Empire’s Comics Presents: Cracking The Vault

"When I see Veronica Fish on a book, I always give it a read. I always have to check it out." - Tony Asara, Cracking The Vault Podcast

So, please, enjoy this replay of a Google Hangout interview with Veronica Fish, the talented artist whose work has included Archie, Slam, Spider-Woman, Pirates of Mars, The Unstoppable Was, and more. The interview was conducted by Ben Schwartz, owner of our host comic shop, Empire's Comics Vault, on January 10, 2017.

To kick it off, Tony shares some recent comic book picks.

Tony interviews local talent who exhibited at Free Comic Book Day Festival 2017. FCBD Festival is Empire's Comics Vault's annual comic book celebration, featuring local comic book creators, writers, artists, food trucks, and community groups. This episode features the following individuals and groups:

• Sac City Rollers
• West Coast Avengers (Facebook)
• Jared Konopitski, Artist
• Supreme Pro Wrestling (Facebook)
• Graphics & Growlers (Facebook)
• Kyrun Silva of Big Tree Comics, Comics Creator and Publisher
• Jen Monson, Artist
• John Marcotte, HeroicGirls.com
• Julie Okahara, Artist
• Dan Bethel, Long John comic, Comics Creator, Artist
• Eben Burgoon, Comics Creator, Writer
• Melissa Pagluica, Artist, Comics Creator
• Justin Orr, Artist
• Hainanu "Nooligan" Saulque, Arist
• Eric Nguyen, Artist
• Hanna Moore, Ghost Thunder Collective
• Sean Gregory Miller (Twitter)
  
• Mach Yeager, Artist
• Kristine Balog, Artist, Writer, Comics Creator

Ben and Rick dig down deep and get to the root of comics and life and passion. Also, Tony shares his picks for the week. 

The Remender interview was previously recorded from a live broadcast via YouTube Live.

We're pleased to share our recent Brian Michael Bendis interview with you as a podcast episode. The original BMB interview can be viewed at Empire's Comics Vault's YouTube channel. Ben and Bendis talk about past and current projects, the creative process, and comic book theft! 

After the interview we wrap up with our recommendations for the week, shared by Tony, Patrick, and returning guest Minnie Saucedo. 

Connect with BMB on his website, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or Tumblr. Find CTV Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Tony sits down with local writer, artist, publisher Kyrun Silva, founder of Big Tree Comics, to chat about a great many things -- the most important of which is Kyrun's ongoing Kickstarter for Shaman's Destiny! Picks & Pulls of The Week (for the comics week of March 15th) are at the end of the episode, as usual.

FCBD Festival 2016 wasn't just about free comic books, but also about Sacramento. Meet some great local groups, like Supreme Pro Wrestling, Sac City Rollers, and HeroicGirls.com, but also some amazing writers, artists, and comic book creators, like Christine Balog, Nooligan, and Jared Konopitski. PLUS we chat TopCow Productions' COO and superstar writer Matt Hawkins. All that and more in this episode. Check out pictures from the event on our Facebook page and Instagram account: @CrackingTheVaultPodcast.

Ben interviews the crew of Cracking the Vault to get the real scoop about the members of Sacramento's awesomest geek podcast. You'll go deeper into the minds of the CTV crew than you ever imagined possible.

In this special episode, Amy and Tony sit down with Sacramento-born artist Melissa Pagluica of AtCloudsComic.com to learn more about her art, inspiration, and current and upcoming projects.

Jake, Amy, Patrick, Tony, and Matt sit down to reveal their guilty pleasure comic book reads. As usual, they share the new comic book titles they're looking forward to most that will hit shelves on Wednesday. Finally, as an episode bonus, Matt interviews the first woman to write a Transformers comic book, Mairghread Scott. Mairghread attended last weekend's 3rd Annual Creative Women Mini-Con here in the shop. Next week, watch for the Barbara Kesel interview. 

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