INTERVIEW: Eli Schwab & Bob Fingerman

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Eli Schwab and Bob Fingerman, discussing their work in indie comics and their roles at Cosmic Lion Productions.

Joining us today are two very significant creative forces over at the upstart indie comics publisher that promotes, “comics of every kind for every mind” Cosmic Lion Productions. One is not just the founder Cosmic Lion, but he is also a comic creator himself, fellow podcaster, and maybe one of the most enthusiastic Grendel megafans I’ve ever seen. The other is the critically acclaimed, Eisner-nominated cartoonist who you may know for his work on MAD Magazine and his cult comic series Minimum ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Hacker, Aaron Knowles

Guests: Eli Schwab, Bob Fingerman

Topics covered

• indie comics
• comic creators
• podcasting
• Eisner-nominated artists
• comic publishing

Keywords

• indie comics
• Eli Schwab
• Bob Fingerman
• Cosmic Lion Productions
• comic creators
• Eisner-nominated
• MAD Magazine
• Minimum

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cosmic Lion Productions

Books & works: Grendel, MAD Magazine, Minimum

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