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  • INTO THE KNIGHT PODCAST

    A great podcast that talks about all things Fist of Khonshu. Worth checking out!

  • Weirded Wonder

    Our friends who host the Conan Podcast! Check out their other podcasts here.

  • COMIC BOOK GRADING

    The Paint Monk uses CBCS to grade all of his key comics. Check out their prices - lower than CGC and just as good.

  • Golden Age Podcast

    A podcast featuring titles from the Golden Age of comics.

  • Robert E. Howard News

    Keep up-to-date on all the comics coming out that are based on the works and worlds of Robert E. Howard!

  • WRITER JIM ZUB’S BLOG

  • ARTIST TIM TRUMAN’S SITE

  • Atlas Comics Archives

    All you ever wanted to know about the short-lived Atlas Comics of the 1970s and its equally short-lived revival in 2011-2013.

  • “Groovy” Comics Blog!

    Our friends at "Diversions of the Groovy Kind" take a look at many different Bronze Age comics! Check them out.

  • THE DEFENDERS FAN SITE

    Do you enjoy Marvel's beloved superhero "non-team?" This is a nice blog for Defenders fans!

  • MARVEL UNLIMITED

    Get Marvel Unlimited - and access to over 20,000 of the best comic books in the industry - for only $9.99 a month!

  • COMIXOLOGY

    Digital INDY comic subscription service with some Marvel and DC Comics, too.

Interviews

This is an alphabetical list of creator and industry interviews – with the newest interview at the top – that have appeared here at Paint Monk’s Library. Click on the links in each caption to read the interviews.

Pop culture icon and classic Gold Key Comics author discusses vintage Gold Key characters Tragg, Dagar and Doctor Spektor. (Read Interview)
Don is a comic book writer and creator who made hamsters a household name – at least the adolescent, radioactive black-belt variety! PM Library editor Wally Monk talks with Don about the Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters and his time with Eclipse Comics. (Part One) (Part Two)
Robert describes himself as a self-made artist who would rather play in his own sandbox than be restricted working for corporate America. Diverse in his work, Robert (known online as RAK) shares the story of his beginnings, his work and his most famous creation, Chakan, with PM Library Editor Wally Monk. (Read Interview)
A Kickstarter comics entrepreneur, Lee Milewski talks about the industry, his characters, and his upcoming project The Winter Year. Lee shares his story with Wally Monk, PM Library Editor. (Read Interview)
Respected author of historical fantasy-fiction and most recently “The Shadow of Vengeance” novella in Marvel’s Savage Sword of Conan. An interview by Bob Freeman. (Read Interview)
Associate editor Joeseph Simon talks with Rik Offenberger, a long-time veteran of Archie Comics, about the Mighty Crusaders and his work in the industry. (Part One) (Part Two)
Guest writer David Conine talks to Jim Starlin about his time with Marvel, sharing some bombshells about the creation of Thanos, and the release of his artists portfolio hardcover by AfterShock Comics.
Associate editor Joeseph Simon talks with the legendary creator of Scout and co-creator of Dreadstar about his time at Eclipse Comics, his early career, and his successful Scout: Marauder Kickstarter. An interview in two parts. (Part One) (Part Two)
Barry Windsor-Smith needs no introduction if you’re a fan of Conan the Barbarian in comics. Paint Monk’s Library Editor Wally Monk talks with the artist in a brief “mini-interview” about his work on Conan and why he has no plans to return to the character. (Read Interview)
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Marvel and Image Comics scribe Jim Zub talks about his upcoming work on Conan the Barbarian in 2020 and his vision for “legacy” characters like the Cimmerian.
(Read Interview)