Isaac Goodhart Interview & Marvel Cancellations | The Comics Pals Episode 61

On the penultimate episode of the year, the Pals have on their last guest of the year, Postal artist Isaac Goodhart! He dishes on how he got into the industry, working on Postal and his love of mailmen, his time at the DC Creator’s Workshop, and more! The Pals also talk about the biggest news in the industry this week, including the continuing saga of Ben Affleck’s flip flopping on being involved with the DCEU, Star Wars dominating the box office, and C.B. Cebulski apologizing for the Akira Yoshida debacle. Interview with Isaac Goodhart: 00:01:20 Apples and Origins: 00:37:53 Pals Pulls: 00:43:23 Cale - Star Wars: Jedi Storms of Crait #1 Marco Cunalata - Postal Vol. 6, They're not Like Us #17 Pete - Void Trip #2, Image+ #5 (Oblivion Song Cover Issue), Saga Vol. 8 TP Sean - Doomsday Clock #2 News: 00:53:00 New Ghost Rider Series Coming From Christopher Sebela: http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/12/19/marvel-ghost-rider-new-comic-series/ IGN's Best of the Year Awards: http://au.ign.com/wikis/best-of-2017-awards?abthid=5a3ac1f00cb72b8455000011 Gail Simone and Cat Staggs Crosswind In Development For TV: https://www.newsarama.com/37913-simone-staggs-crosswind-in-development-for-tv.html Sex Criminals Returns This January: https://imagecomics.com/content/view/brimpers-rejoicesex-criminals-returns-this-january Does Ben Affleck Still Want To Direct a Batman Film?: 00:58:48 http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/12/21/ben-affleck-batman-future-dceu-justice-league/ Arrow Television Show Can No Longer Use Deathstroke: 01:02:16 http://au.ign.com/articles/2017/12/22/arrow-cant-use-deathstroke-anymore-because-of-joe-manganiello-movie Titan Comics Unveils The Factory: 01:05:20 https://graphicpolicy.com/2017/12/20/factory-new-dystopian-sci-fi-coming-jodorowsky-moebius-collaborator-elgo/ Valiant Reveals X-O Manowar Live Action First Look: 01:09:30 http://capelesscrusader.org/valiant-reveals-first-look-live-action-x-o-manowar/ Star Wars: The Last Jedi Score Allegedly Tampered With By Alt Right Member: 01:15:22 http://comicbook.com/starwars/2017/12/23/star-wars-the-last-jedi-rotten-tomatoes-alt-right/ Star Wars: The Last Jedi Dominates Box Office, But Doesn’t Beat Out The Force Awakens: http://comicbook.com/starwars/2017/12/22/star-wars-last-jedi-box-office-650-million-worldwide/ C.B. Cebulski Apologizes For Using Pseudonym Akira Yoshida: 01:22:10 https://www.polygon.com/comics/2017/12/18/16790024/marvel-comics-editor-cebulski-name-akira-yoshida Main Topic: 01:25:59 Marvel's Cancellations - why do they matter? Working in comics can be a heartbreaking experience. It happens all the time that talented writers, artists, colorists, and beyond can put their absolute all into a book they think is really good, only for it to turn out to not connect with audiences, get cancelled by the publisher and leave the creative team high and dry. This is an experience six different creative teams shared this week as Marvel announced the cancellations of six of their books. Cancellations are nothing new in comics -- but the reaction to this round of them by Marvel has been surprising to say the least. The Pals break down why people are so up-in-arms about the cancellation of these books, the realities of working in comics and how small the audience pool is, what constitutes a successful release in comics, how fan reactions underlie a big problem for the industry, and much more. Six Marvel Comics Books Cancelled: http://comicbook.com/2017/12/20/luke-cage-canceled Tom Breevort Comments On Cancelled Marvel books: https://www.newsarama.com/37898-brevoort-addresses-wave-of-marvel-title-cancellations.html The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Cale: twitter.com/Totointow Marco: twitter.com/MrMarcoAnimoto Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop