Probably my favorite episode we ever did was 25…

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Comic Relief Podcast

Not only was this the first time we ever had a booth at a convention (San Diego Comic Fest), but we also scored a number of interviews that mean so much to me.

One of them was James Hudnall – Comic Book Writer – I knew James from his work on the Alpha Flight series. Unfortunately a few years later, James Hudnall passed away. While he was with us, he had spoken about some of his ongoing health issues. So the moment I got to have someone from a book that I immensely enjoyed (though, the previous writer had done a number on Alpha Flight – but Bill Mantlo had an unfortunate accident many years ago; and I enjoyed Bill’s stuff that he got to do without preexisting continuity – such as Micronauts and ROM).

James Hudnall, with Maico and myself

But what was also amazing was Julia & Eric of X-Men: The Animated Series. The X-Men animated series, I am pretty sure, what got this podcast started between Maico and I; because, yes, we discussed X-Men comics; a lot of our conversation before we started the podcast was talking about how well done the animated series was, and how, overall, it stuck pretty close to the comics.

Myself, Julie, Eric, Maico

After the Neal Adams interview, I thought I could handle anything… but I truly was a nervous wreck when we spoke to Eric & Julia – who were AS NICE as could be – but really, these two had a pretty profound impact on my childhood because of my love of the X-Men comics being translated so beautifully in the cartoon.

The Animated Podcast
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