About this episode

Christian Ward and John J. Pearson discuss their new thriller The Patron and its creative process.

Writer Christian Ward and artist John J. Pearson join us to talk about The Patron, their dark new thriller from Ignition Press. We discuss the inspiration behind the story and the art and how it all came to be. We also talk about potatoes. The Patron #1 final order cutoff June 15th, in shops July 29th! LIVE Wednesdays 7PM EST! New Comic Book Day Reviews, Nerdy News/Rumors, & Creator Interviews! Follow, Subscribe, Join the Discord! PANELOIDS.COM

People in this episode

Guests: Christian Ward, John J. Pearson

Topics covered

• comic books
• thriller
• art
• story inspiration
• creator interviews

Keywords

• The Patron
• Christian Ward
• John J. Pearson
• Ignition Press
• comic book
• thriller
• art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ignition Press

Books & works: The Patron

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