Check out Season 2 of The Superfan Podcast
The Superfan Podcast Returns with Superstar Comic Book Creators Jim Rugg, Maia Kobabe, Johnnie Christmas, Paul Pope, Erica Henderson, and Elsa Charretier
Our friends over at Superfan have had a podcast going on for over a year now, which is now entering its second season.
Co-hosted by PR veteran David Hyde (DC Comics), legendary industry designer on works such as Star Wars (He invented Darth Maul’s Lightsaber) and Eyes of Wakanda, Christian Gossett, along with Mad Cave Executive Editor Kris Simon (whose substack is pretty dope if you haven’t read it), these are folks who are some of the coolest and friendliest names in comics and whose podcast guest features some of the best of the best talking… well… interests outside of comics!
Edited by Fanbase Press President and another friend, Bryant Dillion, and also sponsored by friends over at the Fanbase Press, this new season returns today with an interview with Eisner and Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist, designer, zinemaker, and illustrator Jim Rugg on… wrestling!
The interviews featured here are with some of the comics industry’s greatest, like Marjorie Liu and Kelly Sue DeConnick last year, but are always a fun get to know ya about, well, life and interests outside of just comics!
Season 2 will feature talks with Jim Rugg, Maia Kobabe, Johnnie Christmas, Paul Pope, Erica Henderson, and Elsa Charretier.
Here’s the PR below.
What fascinates, captivates, and influences the people who create comics and graphic novels? In Season Two of the Superfan Podcast, co-hosts Kristen Simon (Executive Editor at Mad Cave Studios’ Nakama Press), Christian Gossett (Story Artist, Eyes of Wakanda, The Red Star), and Superfan Promotions founder David Hyde will talk with some of the biggest stars of the comic book industry to find out what they’re passionate about — outside of comics.
The Superfan Podcast season two debuts on March 13, 2026, with a conversation about professional wrestling with Eisner and Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist, designer, zinemaker, and illustrator Jim Rugg (True Crime Funnies, Hulk Grand Design). In the freewheeling, no-holds-barred episode, Rugg reflects on who has the best gimmick in wrestling, the appeal of heels and heroes, and the art of kayfabe.
Season Two of the Superfan Podcast features an all-star line-up of award-winning writers and artists, including Gender Queer cartoonist Maia Kobabe on the appeal of K-pop, #1 New York Times bestselling cartoonist Johnnie Christmas (Swim Team) on the mystery of Mike Flanagan’s Midnight Mass, Eisner Award-winning artist/designer Paul Pope (THB) on the glorious career of guitarist Rowland S Howard, Eisner Award-winning artist Erica Henderson (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) on her love of Terry Pratchett’s seminal, satirical Discworld novels and acclaimed artist Elsa Charretier (Love Everlasting) on the many merits of game-based dog training. For each episode, the co-hosts also share a dessert recipe and a recommended cocktail and mocktail inspired by the conversation.
“As AI continues to creep into our lives, it’s arguably more important than ever to celebrate the people who make the art we love,” said co-host David Hyde. “It’s been tremendously rewarding to talk with creative people that we admire about the things that they’re deeply passionate about.”
“When I listen to my favorite creators speak, what I’m hoping for are insights about the moments that we so rarely hear described,” said co-host Christian Gossett, who was the writer, artist, and creator of the hit Image Comics series The Red Star before working on movies for George Lucas, Peter Jackson, and Tim Burton, and directing television episodes for the CW network. “How is what creators love built into what they do? What is it they are trying to bring to their chosen genres? What cultural gap are they unknowingly attempting to fill? The Superfan Podcast has helped inspire these kinds of conversations, and that’s very exciting for us.”
Gossett is best known for his radical concept drawing of a double-bladed lightsaber, which was personally approved by George Lucas and was later introduced as the signature weapon of Darth Maul. For both season one and two of the Superfan Podcast, he has drawn portraits of each of the guests. Season one features Rodney Barnes on Stephen King, Marc Guggenheim on Billy Joel, , Kelly Sue DeConnick on Alan Alda, Matt Kindt on John le Carré, Marjorie Liu on gardening, and Patrick McDonnell on Frank Zappa.
“Especially with everything going on in the world, it feels extra important to celebrate joy and creativity,” said co-host Kris Simon. “The conversations on the Superfan Podcast are deep dives into fandom. It’s a genuine thrill to chart someone’s fandom and how it’s evolved over time, whether we’re talking with Maia Kobabe on eir favorite K-Pop songs and K-pop fan fiction or chatting with Johnnie Christmas about the catharsis of Mike Flanagan’s Midnight Mass.”
The Superfan Podcast is a production of Superfan Media. Season Two’s episodes have been edited by Bryant Dillon with production help by Fanbase Press, who are title sponsors of Season Two’s episodes. The Superfan Podcast theme song is performed by the band Low in the Shag, featuring Daniel Shulman on bass, Sasha Brustinov on keyboards, Ziv Fisher on drums, Eric Garcia on guitar, Jacob Shulman on saxophone, and Derek Zimmerman on percussion. The song was written by Daniel Shulman, who has played bass for Garbage and is currently performing with The Halloween Jack, alongside Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses), Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction), and Eric Dover (Alice Cooper). The Superfan Podcast logo is designed by Criswell Lappin, former Creative Director of the legendary Metropolis Magazine, whose design work can be seen at criswelllappin.com.
Anyway, check out their Substack pages linked way above and listen to their podcast. It’s pret-ty cool if I do say so myself. Which I am. I’m particularly interested in hearing Maia Kobabe as a guest, as I’ve been selling Gender Queer in abundance at my traveling book store that I take across all of New Jersey to get people to read comics who don’t read comics. Plus, you know, it’s nice to get the most banned book in America in people’s hands.