The one and only real Jim McCann joins John and David to talk about his secret careers in music and flower arranging, the truth behind the success of the podcast, a peek the behind-the-scenes in comic book publishing offices, and how to put a double-page spread to good use. Also, David wets himself, Jim wets his comics, and John gets a rock.

Timestamp Segments

• [00:48] David’s leaky pipes.
• [04:28] Jim loses comics.
• [05:12] David finds comics.
• [06:16] The third best Jim McCann.
• [06:53] Jim is algorithm-optimized.
• [08:37] The world, summarized.
• [10:16] The best office locations.
• [17:53] The Other/Half.
• [19:30] Setting up a double-page spread.
• [22:33] The perfect page turn.
• [32:01] Working with Ignition Press.
• [42:11] Jim’s other secret projects.
• [43:25] John and G.I. Joe.

Notable Quotes

• “I was there for, if I recall correctly, about another 435 years.”
• “Sometimes, rocks are bad. Sometimes, they’re good.”
• “I’m responsible for more failed relaunches of G.I. Joe than any other human being.”

Books Mentioned

• Avengers #800, by Brian Michael Bendis, Jed Mackay, Mark Bagley, Farid Karami, & Russell Dauterman.
• Avengers Disassembled.
• Civil War.
• Conan the Barbarian.
• Dazzler, by Jim McCann & Kalman Andrasofszky.
• Deluge, by Cullen Bunn & Marika Cresta.
• G.I. Joe.
• Green Lantern: Ganthet’s Tale, by John Byrne & Larry Niven.
• Green Lantern Mosaic, by Gerard Jones & Cully Hamner.
• Hawkeye & Mockingbird, by Jim McCann, David Lopez, & Paul Renaud.
• House of M.
• Mind the Gap, by Jim McCann.
• Morning Glories, by Joe Eisma, Nick Spencer, & Rodin Esquejo.
• Murder Podcast, by Jeremy Haun, Mike Tisserand, & Nick Filardi.
• Mutant Massacre.
• New Avengers: The Reunion, by Jim McCann, David Lopez, & Jo Chen.
• New Teen Titans.
• Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann & Janet Lee.
• Something is Killing the Children, by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, & Miquel Muerto.
• Star Trek: Year Five.