🎬 We’ve Been Working Behind the Curtain…
It’s been a little while since our last update, when we shared our conversation with Mitch Hallock. Since then, things have been moving fast, and we wanted to take a moment to catch everyone up on what we’ve been recording.
Over the past stretch, we’ve had the chance to sit down with an incredible lineup of creators and voices from across comics, games, film, and entertainment.
Recent conversations include:
Caitlin Yarsky — acclaimed comic artist known for her visually distinctive work on Black Hammer and Living Hell, and the co-creator and artist behind the new Oni Press series Dead Teenagers, alongside writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle.
Jennifer Jones — 1st African performer with the world-famous Radio City Rockettes, cancer survivor and author of Becoming Spectacular, sharing insights from one of the most iconic performance troupes in entertainment history.
Hal Eisner — longtime reporter for FOX 5 News and author of My Accidental Career, known for decades of journalism covering culture, film, and entertainment.
Highburn Studios sit down
Michael Watkins, Apryl Watkins, Mike Mez Phillips, and Lyle Pollard — a wide-ranging group conversation covering indie comics publishing, illustration, and life in the independent creative space.
Doug Wagner — creator of Plastic, Vinyl, Plush, I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer, and the new Image Comics series Narco, known for blending dark humor with genuinely heartfelt storytelling.
Marc Singer — star of The Beastmaster and V, looking back on a career that helped define fantasy and science fiction storytelling in the 1980s.
William Harms — writer of White Sky from Image Comics, the BAFTA-nominated lead writer on Mafia III, and the writer behind PlayStation hit inFAMOUS, with additional Marvel work spanning Captain America, Avengers, and Wolverine.
Every conversation continues what drives Back to Pop: going beyond nostalgia and resume rundowns to explore the identity, legacy, and formative experiences behind the work — and the people still out there building the stories we love.
New episodes drop every Thursday at 6:00 AM ET. If you haven’t tuned in lately, now’s a great time to jump back in.