Indie Spinner Rack

Charlito is back with guest Liz Baillie discussing her comic 'Freewheel' and the pros and cons of an indie comics creator exhibiting at a big box convention! Plus Boston Comics Roundtable members Jaime Garmendia, E.J. Barnes, and Joey Peters talk about their horror anthology, 'Hellbound,' their continuing 'Inbound' anthology, and other new work!

Charlito is joined by Jon and Clayton of the Jon & Clayton Podcast for 'The Pitch!' The guys each create a comic pitch that they present to publisher Chris Staros of Top Shelf Productions!

Charlito meets up with the Zines on Toast Tour! Zinesters Alex Wrekk, Tom Fiction, Steve Larder, and Isy Morgenmuffel discuss their work, the zine scene, and their cross-country tour! Plus readings from the creators and more!

Charlito and The Phranque discuss some of the mean, obnoxious, despicable, morose, and otherwise unpleasant comic characters dubbed 'The Unlikable!' Plus the guys play a round of 'Brit or Twit,' talk about the ISR plans for New York Comic-Con including the 'Rock Comic Con' concert, and listen to some ISR hotline messages!

ISR takes a look into the past to discuss the short life of mid-1970's publisher Atlas Comics! Editors Jeff Rovin and Ric Meyers sit down with Charlito for a fascinating inside look at the crazy early days of the upstart company and their untimely demise! Plus guest hosts The Phranque and Grape Ape Kevin!

Shiga! Charlito and Mister Phil talk with Jason Shiga, the genius behind the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure comic Meanwhile! After a discussion of his latest book, the show turns into an unpredictable Choose Your Own Interview. A fun old-school ISR interview! Who knows where it will end?!

An Eclipse Comics special! Charlito and Mister Phil sit down with AdHouse Books publisher Chris Pitzer to discuss his younger days working for Eclipse Comics! We discuss their early days with arguably the first graphic novel, to the classic Miracleman, their early manga translations, the great flood, and their demise! A fun conversation with lots of behind the scenes stories! It's a total Eclipse ISR! I think I feel a song coming on...

Fire up the vuvuzelas, cause ISR is back again! Charlito & Mr. Phil continue to tear through convention season! This episode we talk with Neil Brideau (What Is This?), Kenan Rubenstein (Drought), Jamie Tanner (the Kickstarter-funded The Black Well), Neil Kleid (The Big Kahn), Katie Rose (Benny Comic(s)), Liz Baillie (Freewheel), and Bill Ayers, Ryan Alexander-Tanner & Meg Lemke on To Teach: The Journey, in Comics! Plus, Noah Pierce (The Inksperiment), Adam Szymczak (Deep 6'ed), and a dip into the ISR mailbag and more!

ISR gets back on track for the summer! We start here as Charlito & Mr. Phil catch up on the first part of convention season! From CGS Super Show to MoCCA, and Denver Comicfest to HeroesCon - we've got a ton of audio for you! In this episode Charlito and (former forum nemesis) Mr. Colin P finally meet to talk comics and Jontar! They talk with Roho (Outbound Anthology), Mike Kitchen (Spy Guy), Jordan Michael (Silent Barn zine library), Michaela Colette Zacchilli (R.A.V.), Derek Mainheart & Mathew Moss (National Cartoonists Society) and more!

Part Two of ISR's Izzer Awards for the best indie comics of 2009! Charlito and Mister Phil present their choices for the very top books of the year! The long-awaited finale to our award show extravaganza!

ISR is pleased to present one of the most talked about panels from the 2010 MoCCA Art Fest - 'The Art of the Superhero: When Singular Vision Meets Popular Mythology!' Once upon a time, comics defenders made much fuss over how "comics are not just superheroes." We turn the notion on its head, exploring how superheroes can be not only as smart, and as much of a personal artistic expression as the more "literary" autobio and indie comix, but when done right these new myths can be simply sublime. Join true superheroes of the art Frank Miller, Jaime Hernandez, Paul Pope, Kyle Baker & Dean Haspiel as they explore what they find inspiring about the genre and about each others work. Moderated by Jeff Newelt.

ISR presents the Izzer Awards for the best indie comics of 2009! Charlito and Mister Phil are joined by The Phranque as they present their favorite books of the year! An award show extravaganza with all the guest acceptance speeches you've come to expect from the Izzer Awards!

ISR is back! Charlito talks with James Jasek of Library Binding about the different ways they can help you customize your comics and create a unique addition to your bookshelf! Plus listener e-mails and voicemails from the ISR hotline and more!

In this episode, Mr. Phil is LOST, so Charlito teams up with the Phranque to not only bring interviews with cartoonist, Mike Jasorka and publishers Barry Matthews and Leon Avelino of Secret Acres but they listen to calls from the IZZER Army. The gents also ramble on about Berkely Breathed, thieving James Cameron, The Golden Girls, and they discover a new ISR segment called Finding Bill Watterson!

Part Two of our archaeological dig through Charlito's comic collection! Charlito, Mister Phil with the Phranque and guests Dávíd and GrapeApe continue to unearth treasures both wondrous and disturbing!