Long before either of us got into the industry, Kevin and I worked at a small grocery store in Stephens Iowa. We were just teenagers at the time and he worked mostly produce while I handled the cookies/crackers/cereal isle. One day we decided to build a box fort out of the huge boxes of paper towels and toilet paper in the back room and convinced this other kid who worked with us, Shelby, that it was the doorway to another dimension. Shelby was gullible like that and we really sold it. But Shelby went in and we heard a "crack"… and we never saw Shelby again. We quickly disassembled the box for and no one ever knew. Til now.

(*stay tuned for an extra special guest cameo at the end)

I'm not gonna lie; Alisa Kwitney came into the studio and all but wrecked the place. I didn't know her. You know how Doug's been trying to get me to interview more people who AREN'T my friends. Well, Alisa's one of them. Doug knew her and set this up. But in she comes and, you know how when kids are at that certain age and they just have to touch everything? "What is this?," "What does this do?," "Look, doesn't this look like a French horn when I hold it like this?!" That was Alisa. You can tell I'm pissed throughout the whole conversation. Couldn't wait to get her out of there.

This week's guest is comics darling Mark Russell, a writer whose inventive revisions of classic characters — Snagglepuss, The Flintstones, Superman: Space Age, Batman; Dark Age — could be called ingenious. But is that what Doug wanted to talk with him about…? No. These guys are both a couple of deep cineastes and it was all I could do to get them to stop talking about movies. Jeez.

Gene Ha — I don't like to give away too much in these show notes, but you're gonna love hearing from Gene Ha. Not only is he a fantastic artist, he is a considerate and insightful storyteller and he makes some damn fine points on this episode that will definitely make you think.

In this, our debut episode of RAOC Book Club, Todd is joined by our pal, John Pasquini. Together they examine the first two issues of Batman & Robin Year One by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee.

To launch this, The Summer of Random Acts of Comics, we wanted to kick things off with a guest whose joyful and vibrant artwork would set the tone for another exciting season! But then we doubled-down cause she brought her husband. Ladies and Gentlemen— here are the fantastic Amanda Conner and her Secret Service escort Jimmy Palmiotti!

• The iconic movie poster for Rock 'N' Roll High School (1979) was drawn by legendary fantasy and illustration artist William Stout. He created the poster's original watercolor, pastel, and charcoal artwork featuring the Ramones and cast members.
• The iconic 1978 movie poster for National Lampoon's Animal House was drawn by the illustrator and artist Rick Meyerowitz . Meyerowitz, who was a regular contributor to National Lampoon magazine, based his chaotic illustration on the film's script and production photo

episode one drops on june eighth

Random Acts Of Comics Season 3 : The Summer Of Random Acts Of Comics officially returns starting Monday June 8th!