Capes and Tights Podcast

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book writer Fearless Fred Kennedy to the podcast to discuss his latest comic series The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre and more!

Kennedy is a radio host, actor, and comic book writer. He works for the Toronto radio station Q107. He is known for his Image Comics series Dead Romans as well as his fan made Star Wars story podcast, Mud79. His latest comic The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre hit local comic shops on February 18, 2026 from Mad Cave Studios.

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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic creator Kyle Starks to the podcast to discuss his latest comic series End of Life, Wrestle Heist, Devil on my Shoulder, and more!

Starks is a three-time Eisner nominated comic creator from Southern Indiana.

He is likely best known as the longest tenured writer and occasional artist for Oni Press' Rick and Morty comic and the hit series Peacemaker Tries Hard! for DC Comics. He was nominated for Eisners for Sexcastle, Rock Candy Mountain, and I Hate This Place for best humor publication.

In recent years Kyle has released Where Monsters Lie, Where Monsters Lie: Cull-de-Sac, Those Not Afraid, and his Minor Threats' miniseries Barfly all at Dark Horse. His current series include Wrestle Heist, Devil on my Shoulder, and The Unprintable Rick and Morty. His latest series End of Life hits your local comic shops on February 18 from the Vertigo imprint at DC Comics.

He has also worked on Skybound’s Assassin Nation with Erica Henderson, 6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton with Chris Schweizer at Image Comics, Marvel Unleashed at Marvel Comics, DC Comics' Harley Quinn: Black White and Redder, Wild Dog in Batman: Brave and the Bold, Dynamite Comics' Mars Attacks with Schweizer, Oni Press' Dead of Winterand many more.

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Star Wars Podcast Day 2026 is here! Star Wars comic book writer Marc Guggenheim joins Justin Soderberg to discuss Guggenheim's upcoming Star Wars: Jar Jar comic series as well as more from the Star Wars universe!

Star Wars Podcast Day is an unofficial celebration of the Star Wars fan audio community. Every year our event brings together approximately 100 shows, sharing their love of fan made audio with other Star Wars fans, as well as the wider podcast listening audience. Think of it as a little version of May the Fourth.

Guggenheim is former Boston lawyer who left practicing law when he was hired to write on David E. Kelley's Emmy-winning show about Boston attorneys, The Practice. Guggenheim then joined Law & Order, where he wrote for three seasons before moving on to the critically acclaimed series Jack & Bobby and the ratings juggernaut CSI: Miami.

Marc continued in writing for the screen when he collaborated with Greg Berlanti on feature film versions of the DC Comics characters Green Lantern and The Flash. Green Lantern was released as a major motion picture starring Ryan Reynolds in June 2011. The duo then went on to co-create Arrow, which spawned a “universe” of related series and events, culminating in 2020’s Crisis On Infinite Earths, a five-hour, six-series crossover. In 2020, directed his first episode of television (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) which made several “best of year” lists.

A life-long comic book fan, Guggenheim has been writing comics professionally for twenty years, working on titles for both Marvel Comics (Blade, X-Men, Spider-Man), DC Comics (The Flash, Superman, Batman), and original creator-owned works (Resurrection, Halcyon, Nowhere Man, Jonas Quantum, Stringers). He is currently developing two of his creator-owned graphic novels Too Dead to Die and Last Flight Out as a movie for Universal Studios and a television series for Netflix, respectively.

In the world of Star Wars, Guggenheim has written Star Wars: Age of Republic Special (2019), Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Special (2019), Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca (2022-2023), Star Wars: Revelations (2022 & 2023), Star Wars: Yoda (2022-2023), Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Jabba's Palace (2023), Star Wars: Dark Droids – D-Squad(2023), Star Wars: Jedi Knights (2025), Free Comic Book Day 202...

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back author Saratoga Schaefer to the podcast to discuss their upcoming novel Trad Wife and more!

Schaefer is the author Serial Killer Support Group and sophomore novel Trad Wife coming in February 2026, as well as The Last Time We Drowned and A Thousand Monstrous Forms out later in 2026. Saratoga was born and raised in New York City. Besides being an avid reader and writer, Saratoga is also sober, and in their spare time, teaches yoga, climbs rocks, and hikes mountains.

Trad Wife hits bookstores everywhere on February 10, 2026 from Crooked Lane Books

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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes author Brian Raftery to the podcast to discuss his latest book, Hannibal Lecter: A Life, and more!

Raftery is a journalist, podcaster, and author. His works include the books Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen (2019) and the upcoming Hannibal Lecter: A Life (2026), both published by Simon & Schuster. He also wrote and hosted the narrative podcasts Mission Accomplished, The Hollywood Hack, Do We Get to Win this Time?, and Gene & Roger, all produced by Spotify and The Ringer.

He is a former senior writer for Wired, Brian’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, GQ, The Ringer, and New York, among several other publications.

Hannibal Lecter: A Life hits bookstores everywhere on February 10, 2026 from Simon & Schuster. The audiobook, narrated by the author himself, is available for preorder via Libro.fm!

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