Capes and Tights Podcast

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic book writer and author Benjamin Percyto the podcast to discuss all things comics and more! Benjamin Percy is an author and comic book writer who has seven novels to his name including most recently The Sky Vault, the final book in The Comet Cycle series. He broke into comics in 2014 and has many big titles on his resume including a long run on X-Force, Wolverine, Teen Titans, Nightwing, and the upcoming Dungeons of Doom, Punisher, and Star Wars: Shadow of Maul. Percy wrote two, ten-episode seasons of the audio drama Wolverine, which are presently streaming now on all podcast apps. The Long Night was listed as one of the top 15 podcasts of the year by Apple and won the iHeart Radio Award for best scripted podcast in 2018. His latest podcast is Wastelanders: Old Man Starlord (produced by Marvel and SiriusXM/Pandora), a post-apocalyptic take on the Guardians of the Galaxy that stars Timothy Busfield, Chris Elliot, Vanessa Williams, and Danny Glover. He also has sold many scripts to major production companies, including a few currently in development. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes IDW Publishing's Gregg Katzman to the podcast to discuss the year that was and the year upcoming at IDW and more! Katzman is the Senior Publicity Manager at IDW Publishing where he is in charge of promoting the entire IDW catalog by working with the creative teams, press, and media to ensure the success of the series. He works with the direct market, such as comic book stores, to promote the series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Trek, Godzilla, IDW Dark, and more! Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic book retailer Paul Eaton back to the program to discuss our 2025 Comics of the Year. It's that time of the year once again! Our good friend and Galactic Comics & Collectibles shop owner, Paul Eaton, joins us again this year to countdown our favorite comics of 2025. This year, as in the past, both Justin and Paul discuss MOSTLY independent comics. What comics made the cut? Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes author and actor Tim Blake Nelson to the podcast to discuss his latest novel Superhero and much more! Nelson is an author, actor, and playwright best known for his acting roles in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: Brave New World, Minority Report, The Fantastic Four, Holes, and many more! As an author his has penned novels such as City of Blows and the recently released Superhero. Superhero hit bookshelves everywhere on December 2, 2025 from Unnamed Press with an audiobook dropping on February 3, 2026. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic writer Hannah Rose May to the podcast to discuss The Guy in the Chair, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Smile: For the Camera, and more! Hannah Rose May is an Irish writer and actress know for her comics Rogues' Gallery, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, and The Guy in the Chair. Hannah has a stacked start to 2026 with the 1600 Penn sequel The Exorcism at Buckingham Palaceas well as Smile: For the Camera based in the Smile world from the feature films. As an actress, May has starred alongside her The Guy in the Chair co-writer Utkarsh Ambudkar on Ghosts, as well as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ballers,Shooter, Altered Carbon, and more. The third issue in The Guy in the Chair drops on December 24, 2025 from Dark Horse. Smile: For the Camera #1 and The Exorcism at Buckingham Palace #1 are set to hit local comic shops in February and March 2026 respectively from IDW Publishing. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com