Capes and Tights Podcast

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes The Lawrence Brothers to the program to discuss The Lawrence Brothers: Detective Agency and more!

Joey, Matt and Andrew have been a part of Hollywood since the 1990s and likely part of your childhood. That might be Joey as Oliver in Oliver & Company or Joey Russo on Blossom, Matt as Chris Hillard from Mrs. Doubtfire or Jack Hunter from Boy Meets World, Andrew as Theodore J. Detweiler from Recess or Vinnie Nasta from The Kids from Room 402, or even the entire crew in Brotherly Love. However, more recently the brothers have been hard at work on their own graphic novel, which fitting features themselves.

The Lawrence Brothers  have toyed around with their own take on the Hardy Boys by creating a detective agency with a Hollywood twist. A darkly funny graphic novel that reimagines them as reluctant heroes battling a conspiracy that’s warping the very fabric of fame. Set against the surreal backdrop of a corrupted Hollywood, The Lawrence Brothers: Detective Agency is a satirical fever dream about identity, memory, and the absurdity of pop culture.

Think Scooby Doo meets Barry meets Bojack Horseman. Except instead of searching for criminals they are searching for lost child stars... with cameos from some of your favorite actors from the 90s! The graphic novel hit shelves at bookstores everywhere and a comic shop near you on September 29, 2026 from Z2 Comics.

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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes author Kiersten White to the program to discuss Something is Killing the Children: Hope is a Knife, and more!

Kiersten White is the #1 New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning, and critically acclaimed author of dozens of books for readers of all ages, including The House of Quiet, the And I Darken trilogy, the Sinister Summerseries, the Camelot Rising trilogy, Star Wars: Padawan, Hide, Mister Magic, Lucy Undying, The Fox and the Devil, and Hiding from the Dark: A Star Wars Horror Novel.

Her books have been published in over twenty territories, been Indie, Publisher’s Weekly, USA Today, and Sunday Times bestsellers, and her novel The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein was an NPR best book of the year pick. Other accolades include the Utah Book Award, the San Diego Book Award, a Rainbow List Top Ten pick, a YALSA Teen Top Ten pick, an Evergreen Book Award, a Florida Teen Reads winner, and spots on many other regional and national lists.

White's latest novel, Something is Killing the Children: Hope is a Knife, which she co-authored with James Tynion IV, hits bookstores everywhere on October 13, 2026. The first-ever prose novel based in Tynion's Slaughterverse.

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It's here. The 300th episode of the Capes and Tights Podcast and with this, Justin Soderberg welcomes writer, director, actor, comedian, and podcaster Kevin Smith to the program to help us celebrate in fitting fashion!

Kevin Smith came to prominence with the low-budget comedy Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo "Jay & Silent Bob." Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith's follow-up films Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Clerks II, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Kevin has also directed and produced films such as Cop Out (2010), the horror film Red State (2011), and the horror comedies Tusk (2014) and Yoga Hosers (2016), the first two films in the True North trilogy. More recently he has written and directed Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), Killroy Was Here (2022), Clerks III (2022), and The 4:30 Movie (2024).

In the world of comics, Kevin Smith is known for his runs on DC's Green Arrow and the recently released Bizarro; Marvel's Daredevil, Jay & Silent Bob: Jays of Future Past, and recently released Spider-Man / Hulk: Fire and Brimstone; Dynamite Entertainment's Green Hornet and The Bionic Man; and Dark Horse's Masters of the Universe: Revelation, as well as writing comics under his imprint at Dark Horse with Quick Stops and Maskerade. It was recently announced Smith will be penning the first-ever Marvel / Star Wars crossover event, Star Wars / Marvel: Hope Assembles, which debuts in January 2027.

Kevin Smith has been podcasting on a regular basis over a number of different shows as part of his Smodcast platform since the early 2000's. Some of his more notable shows have been Fatman Beyond with co-host Marc Bernardin; Hollywood Babble-On with co-host Ralph Garman; Jay & Silent Bob Get Old with Jason Mewes; and more!

This is the 300th numbered episode of the Capes and Tights Podcast. Launched on August 8, 2021 in Bangor, Maine by co-founders Soderberg and Adam Morrisette, the Capes and Tights Podcast has faithfully released at least one-episode per week. Over five years, the Capes and Tights Podcast has gone on to host 196 different guests, reviewed 63 movies and 13 television programs all from their studio in Maine.

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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes author Richard Chizmar to the program to discuss his Boogeyman series including his final installment, Killing the Boogeyman, and more!

Chizmar is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Amazon, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author best known for his collaborations with Stephen King on Gwendy's Button Box and Gwendy's Final Task, as well as sole writing the middle book Gwendy's Magic Feather. He has also authored The Boogeyman series with Chasing the Boogeyman, Becoming the Boogeyman, and Killing the Boogeyman. Recently he co-authored a best-selling book with his son W.H. Chizmar entitled Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting.

The bestselling author is also the founder/publisher of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. He has edited more than 35 anthologies and his short fiction has appeared in dozens of publications. Chizmar's work has been translated into more than fifteen languages throughout the world.

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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes Star Trek Editor Heather Antos to the program to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek on Star Trek Day 2026.

Heather Antos is the Senior Group Editor in charge of Star Trek at IDW Publishing. Antos oversees the Star Trek line which includes titles such as The Last Starship, Red Shirts, Lower Decks, Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact, Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation, and more!

Star Trek Day is an annual commemorative day on September 8, referencing the broadcast US premiere of the original Star Trek series on that day in 1966, with the airing of "The Man Trap". This year, we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of Star Trek with this episode dropping a day early to coincide with the special day!

Antos is also the Senior Group Editor of IDW Dark which has a HUGE upcoming few months and more to be announced!

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