Ep: 82 Adam Cahoon on Horror Fandom, LitRPG Monsters, and Vault Comics

Send us Fan MailThis week on Back to Pop, we sit down with Adam Cahoon — artist, designer, and Senior Designer & former Production Lead at Vault Comics. Adam stepped into The Nasty, Vault’s horror-comedy about VHS culture and the “video nasties” moral panic in 1990s Scotland, taking over as sole interior artist from issue #3. He’s also the designer behind the premium hardcover edition of He Who Fights With Monsters and the cover of The Two Week Curse (Book 1 of The Ten Realms), and the artist/co-creator of Greetings from the Maglev, a post-apocalyptic revenge story from Invader Comics.We dig into what day to day, the invisible design choices that make a comic feel like an object instead of just printed pages, and how Adam built the “1950s title card” energy into the He Who Fights With Monsters typography. We also get into horror fandom, the challenge of stepping into a world someone else built, and the quiet, personal comics Adam’s been building on the side — superhero spas, cosmic consequences, and family mistakes.In this episode:•Designing The Nasty and taking over from original artist George Kambadais•Inside the cover and hardcover design of He Who Fights With Monsters•Building a cover for LitRPG/portal fantasy with The Two Week Curse•Greetings from the Maglev and the pull of personal, self-owned work•What makes a comic book logo actually workFind Adam:🌐 https://adamcahoon.com📷 Instagram: https://instagram.com/adamccahoon🛒 Greetings from the Maglev Vol. 2: https://invadercomics.com🎙️ Back to Pop — the podcast that looks back through the eyes of those who were there.Theme music composed by Ron Wasserman Audio composed and edited by Lauren M. Antoine Website: Composer Ron Wasserman Back To Pop https://lantoine2.wixsite.com/portfolioInstagram/ https://www.instagram.com/backtopopmedia?igsh=MTd0dGNid2hjdWd5cA%3D%3D&utm_source=qrhttps://www.instagram.com/4ronwasserman?igsh=MTR6ZGZ5dXJzYXN3eQ==Support the showEver had an idea for an action figure, or maybe you just wish one had been made? Well at Lecroy Toys you don't have to wait anymore, head over and tell Matthew we sent you!  https://www.instagram.com/lecroystoys?igsh=MW1ndWE5cHhzaGQ3dw==