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Family Fans Interview and Comic Giveaway

Posted by Jim Zub on August 6, 2015 No comments

Family Fans Magazine interviewed me about working in the comic industry on my own stories and commercial projects like Figment and Samurai Jack.

They’re also doing a special giveaway of signed copies of Figment #3. All you have to do is send them a message and you could win! Details HERE!

First Print Podcast

Posted by Jim Zub on June 4, 2015 No comments

I was a guest on the First Print Podcast, where I talked all about making comics and working in the industry, Wayward, Skullkickers, Figment, and more. Give it a listen!

Indie Edge Spotlight for June

Posted by Jim Zub on May 26, 2015 1 comment

I’m spotlighted on Diamond Previews’ Indie Edge for June. We talk a bit about my career, current projects, and favorite new titles I’m reading. Click through to check it out.

Wayward Video Interview With the Comicstorian

Posted by Jim Zub on May 7, 2015 No comments

I spoke to Benny at the Comicstorian about Wayward – the characters, the culture, and the supernatural myths of Japan.

The Comicstorian YouTube channel will be doing video overviews of the early Wayward chapters as a way to get new readers on board and I’ll post links to those once they go up on their site.

Crowdfinders Interview

Posted by Jim Zub on April 29, 2015 No comments

I was interviewed by David from the Crowdfinders podcast. We talk about my career, getting my start, working on commercial and creator-owned properties, and a bunch more. Give it a listen.

Audio Interview on The Comic Shoot

Posted by Jim Zub on April 28, 2015 No comments

The gang at All-Comic interviewed me at the Calgary Expo and we chat about Wayward, Skullkickers, Samurai Jack, creator-owned comics and more.

Click on through to listen to it.

SFX – POP! on Comics Alliance

Posted by Jim Zub on April 28, 2015 No comments

Over on Comics Alliance I’m one of four creators interviewed about our stories in Vertigo’s latest comics anthology called POP! Click on through to check out my thoughts on sound effects and to see an exclusive preview of my short story “Little Medals”, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller.

Zub on Word Balloon – The Comic Conversation

Posted by Jim Zub on April 20, 2015 No comments

John Siuntres and I had a wonderful in-depth conversation about my career and the changing face of the comic industry. It’s one of the most extensive interviews I’ve done and covers a lot of ground I haven’t tread elsewhere. It is quite long, so I put together a breakdown of what subjects we cover in case you just want to zero in on a few sections instead of listening to the whole thing.

0:00:00 John’s Introduction
0:04:18 Interview Start: Talking about Canada
0:11:03 Convention Culture
0:15:40 The changing comic industry
0:20:24 How I got my start doing webcomics
0:28:43 Working at UDON
0:34:19 Starting Skullkickers
0:41:48 Working with Edwin Huang
0:44:25 Skullkickers’ final issue
0:51:50 Skullkickers complete Omnibus?
0:54:10 Tutorials, Economics and Working with Image
1:00:56 Working with Retailers
1:06:33 Wayward
1:14:14 Manga sales in North America
1:17:49 Wayward’s touchstone character and the big story
1:22:46 Samurai Jack
1:40:47 Conan and Red Sonja
1:52:57 Teaching and Animation History
2:02:59 Conventions and Travel
2:15:29 Role-Playing Games and Creativity
2:18:35 Wrapping Up

Newsarama Interview About the End of Skullkickers

Posted by Jim Zub on April 14, 2015 No comments

I talked to Chris Arrant over at Newsarama all about the impending end of Skullkickers and what it feels like to wrap up five years worth of work. Give it a read!