A conversation years in the making! THE FIRST OF ITS KIND!!!
Okay... I'm totally lying. That's completely untrue.
Fresh from this week's double-shot (#128 and #129) of A Podcast with Ross and Nick, Nick Marino (that's me!) and Ross Campbell reunite to talk about Glorious, the recent Super Haters story featuring the extreme warrior woman, Glory.
We reveal the secret origin of the story arc, share some behind-the-scenes info about the production of the webcomics, and ruminate on the (super bloody) lasting effects that this tale will have on Destruct-O-Tron and Mind's Eye as they move forward.
On this week's Super Haters podcast, Nick Marino (c'est moi!) and creator extraordinaire Andrew Kilian go off-topic to debate The Godfather, share mutual love for The Legend of Korra, and trade philosophical views.
Completely unrelated to this podcast... THE HATERS NEED YOUR VOTE!
After the end theme (which happens somewhere in the middle of the episode), we talk about Mind's Eye for a bit, discussing her background and costume. And we chat about the inspiration for RALF.
But then we start bullshitting about other stuff again.
On this week's podcast, Nick Marino is joined by artist Scott Hedlund to discuss Scott Hedlund Guest Week a.k.a. Office Haters!
The guys discuss Scott's artistic process, the creation of their collaboration, the influences behind the themes and jokes in their story, putting Mind's Eye in a skirt suit, and tons more! Read all of Scott Hedlund Guest Week on Facebook.
Shoutouts to Dan Greenwald, Andrew Kilian, Brian Babyok, and Phantom of the Attic Comics in Oakland.
After the end theme, Nick reveals a surprise guest who's joining Destruct-O-Tron and Mind's Eye in their next story arc, starting on Monday with Super Haters #355.
Nick Marino delivers a detailed report on what he did during the month and a half that the Super Haters webcomic was on hiatus.
From San Antonio to Austin to Phoenix to Pittsburgh to Buffalo to Rochester and back to Pittsburgh again, Nick stayed busy during his break from Destruct-O-Tron and Mind's Eye. Learn about his experiences at comics events like STAPLE! and the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair (not to mention the in-progress Toonseum MiniCon!), as well as his thoughts on the Phoenix comics scene and tons more.
IMPORTANT: The Super Haters hiatus officially ends on Monday, April 9th with Super Haters #350, featuring kickass art by master drafter Scott Hedlund! And be back here in one week to hear Scott and Nick discuss the creative process behind their story arc on Destruct-O-Cast #11.
Directly following last week's Destruct-O-Cast #8, we're back with more audio commentary, this time for Super Haters #27-56d. As before, these recordings come from 2010's Super Haters Special Edition, a homemade CD collection of comics, commentary, and extras.
This episode covers the transition from three panels to six panels, some meta commentary, the death of Destruct-O-Tron and Mind's Eye, and the short-lived Super Haters relaunch:
Click the above links to read the revised arcs on Facebook OR visit the AudioShocker's Super Haters Master List to read the comics as they first appeared. In fact, for the first story, you'll definitely wanna read the strips on the AudioShocker because the Facebook version of the arc excludes some stuff.
Note: A couple of extras are mentioned -- one for #47 and one for #53dd.
Take a trip down memory lane as Nick Marino presents audio commentary for Super Haters #1-26, as recorded for 2010's Super Haters Special Edition, a homemade digital collection of comics, commentary, and a few extras:
Never before released online, this audio commentary reveals behind-the-scenes info about the earliest Super Haters story arcs, including:
Click the above links to read the revised arcs on Facebook OR visit the AudioShocker's Super Haters Master List to read the comics as they first appeared.
Note: Throughout the episode, Nick references "extras" originally included on the Super Haters Special Edition disc. To help you follow along with the commentary, he's collected those images into a PDF which you can check out here.
Nick Marino is sleepy. And he's podcasting. Alone.
In this Super Haters micro-cast, Nick talks about the genesis of the Fast Cash story arc (concluding today with #349!). It all began with the mystery of Ross MacDonald, which continued to build and build until it all came to a head with this week's odd (and well-timed) coincidence:
After the end theme, sleepy Nick relays more Fast Cash coincidences relating to two audiobooks he's been listening to lately (How I Helped O. J. Get Away with Murder and A Helluva High Note).
Whatever you think about this podcast, just remember that Nick is sleepy.
On this week's Destruct-O-Cast: Nick Marino talks to Brian John Mitchell, emperor of the Silber Media empire, comics creator, and Super Haters guest writer.
STOP! You should take a couple of minutes to read Brian John Mitchell Guest Week before you listen to this episode!
Brian's 10-strip tale was all about Destruct-O-Tron being reunited with a strange Tony Stark lookalike who may or may not actually be his dear old daddy. And, believe it or not, Brian used his own unusual experience as a father to inform his story.
But that's not all Brian and Nick talk about -- they cover a wide range of topics, from the history of social media to changes in comic book continuity and lots more.
Of course, there's a ton of Super Haters conversation mixed in among the wide range of topics, from behind-the-scenes development of Brian's arc to 3 panels vs. 6 panels scripting and beyond!
On this week's Destruct-O-Cast: making a Super Haters comic strip from start to finish. Join Nick Marino as he details his creation process, revealing lots of little Super Haters secrets along the way!
It all starts with the plot, building it up through brainstorming and conversation. Then, after plenty of tweaks, the process moves onto the scripting phase.
Once the initial script is complete, it's time to put the characters in place. After the panels are composed, they're copied into another file and lettered.
The time-consuming lettering stage is also an opportunity to rewrite the dialogue and tighten up the jokes. Once that's finished, the webcomic is exported, uploaded, and posted to the Super Haters blog.
Above is the final product, Super Haters #339, which is then shared across multiple social media networks including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Google+. AND THAT'S A WRAP!
On this week's Destruct-O-Cast, Nick Marino (that's me!) and Justique Woolridge are joined by Brett Wallwork, Super Haters super fan!
Above: Brett on the left. Dorks on the right.
We discuss Brett's taste in comedy, his taste in candy bars, and his taste in Super Haters comics. (Actually, now that I think about it, we spend a lot of time talking about candy...)
Above: Brett's favorite story arc... one that doesn't exist.
We also toss around ideas for future Super Haters stories AND future Destruct-O-Casts, plus Nick teases what you can expect from the upcoming story arc.
Above: Brett's least favorite story arc... the current one.
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