Comic Creator Interview - Mike Deodato Jr.

Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse ... our next guest has worked with them all and then some! The Squares were excited to chat with Mike Deodato, Jr., a longtime profesional comic book artist who has had a prolific career. He's worked on everything from Incredible Hulk to Batman to Lady Death to Jade Warriors, and now he's brought his talents to AWA Studios. With AWA, he recently won an Eisner for "Not All Robots," and helped kick off their new Resistance Universe. Now the first issue of his newest series, "Red Zone," hit stores on March 1 to rave reviews! In this episode Ben and Paul chat with Mike about his past works, the differences between working on corporate-owned and creator-owned comics, and of course his newest comics for AWA. Here's the official description for "Red Zone": "Randall Crane, an unassuming American professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at NYU, is called in by the US government for a secret international mission back to Russia, where his long-buried secrets come to light. When his support team of commandos is ambushed and killed, it’s up to Randall to fight his way out of Russia using his 'particular set of skills.'” You can learn more about "Red Zone" here: https://awastudios.net/series/red-zone/ Please don't forget to like and subscribe! And you can also find us on your favorite podcast apps! See all Comic Book Squares links here: https://linktr.ee/comicbooksquares. Also, please consider donating to the Comic Book Script Contest fund! We're sponsoring a comic book script contest for up-and-coming comic book writers, with cash prizes of $1,000, $500 and $200. Your donation will go toward this prize as well as toward the other prizes we'll be offering our winners. You can donate here: https://dreamfoundry.org/donate-to-dream-foundry/. Just make sure to check the "Comics Script Contest" box.