Ryan Stegman dishes details on Vanish and reflects on Venom/Superior Spider-Man work

This week, Ryan Stegman joins the show to discuss his new series Vanish with Donny Cates out September 21st. We dig into its creation, discuss worldbuilding, and more! Plus, we dig into his upcoming Miracleman story and learn how he got the project, he reflects on his work with Donny Cates on Venom and the incredible Superior Spider-Man run.Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you can sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon!NEWSDecember 2022 Marvel Comics solicitations: New Dark Web, Miracleman, and moreMarvel announces 'Timeless' year ending one-shot teasing 2023 projectMarvel finds its new ‘Miles Morales: Spider-Man’ writer: Cody ZiglarEverything we know about Marvel’s ‘Dark Web’ event from Venom to X-MenMarvel reveals remastered art from Miracleman: The Silver Age #1‘Scarlet Witch’ conjures up new ongoing series for January 2023'Avengers: War Across Time' #1 features the Avengers vs. Hulk and Kang across centuries‘Midnight Suns’ to explore Agatha Harkness’ past in upcoming issuesSiriusXM and Marvel launch 10-episode 'Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom'NYCC 2022: Marvel reveals NYCC 2022 panel detailsDC honors Stan Lee with 'Tales from Earth-6: A Celebration of Stan Lee' one-shotNew story details and art reveal Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo’s ‘Batman Spawn’ #1DC adds ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ to The Sandman UniverseDC’s ‘Danger Street’ gets trailer and December 13 release dateDC sheds light on the end of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7Joshua Williamson launches 'Super Scary Substack' and 'Nailbiter' horror anthologyMatthew Rosenberg launches Ashcan Press Comics Corporation Substack with 6 series in development'G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero' #300 breaks record and marks the end of the seriesBrutal sci-fi series ‘All Against All’ #1 launching from Image/Syzygy December 7 (Exclusive)Hexware is ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ meets ‘Devil May Cry’ launching December 7Our Top Books of the WeekDave:Venom #10 (Al Ewing, Bryan Hitch)There's Something Wrong With Patrick Todd #3 (Ed Brisson, Gavin Guidry)Nathan:The Silver Coin #14 (Pornsak Pichetshote, Michael Walsh)Spider-Punk #5 (Cody Ziglar, Justin Mason)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Nathan - Spider-Punk #5 (Cody Ziglar, Justin Mason)Dave - Batman vs. Robin #1 (Mark Waid, Mahmud Asrar)TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: Batman One Bad Day Two-Face #1 (Mariko Tamaki, Javier Fernandez)Nathan: X-Terminators #1 (Leah Williams, Carlos Gomez)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Edge of Spider-Verse #4 (Tyler Kirkman)Nathan: Carnage #6 (Kyle Hotz)Interview Ryan Stegman Vanish #1 out September 21, writing/drawing Miracleman story in Miracleman #0Thanks for being on the AIPT Comics podcast, for folks looking at getting into Vanish, can you give us the elevator pitch?With your podcast Stegman and Friends, your Substack KLC, you’ve created an empire of sorts! With over a year into both, what has been the biggest surprise, and is there anything you’d have done differently at the start?Vanish was seen by fans as it was being made, was there any fear you might be “giving away” too much before Vanish comes out next week?Vanish is obviously hugely influenced by 90s comics, what were some of your favorites?Do you have a favorite character design in Vanish (and if he says the main character, who else)?You mentioned spin-offs in the AIPT written interview, when you say that do you mean spin offs for you and Donny to explore, or are we talking tie-in series from other creators at some point?Violence gets pretty brutal in the first issue, how do you balance between going too far or not enough?With Todd McFarlane producing toys seemingly daily…Vanish action figures when?You’ve done an exceptional job crafting great covers for Marvel, are you under a contract where you produce a certain number of covers? How does that work with your indie work with Vanish?I was a huge fan of your work on Superior Spider-Man, the omnibus was just announced, do you have any fond memories or stories working with Dan Slott on that series?I’m so excited for your Miracleman story in Miracleman #0, can you talk a little about what that character means to you?Do you have other projects you’d like to talk about today?