Hello there, faithful Shots in the Dark viewers! What a month it’s been! We have tons of new content for you, in the form of interviews galore from Wizard World Chicago 2008. It’s all right there to view at Newsarama.com

http://newsarama.com/php/video/na_video.php

The videos are under “Book People.” Here’s a rundown of the highlights from these great conversations the SitD cast had with comic creators galore.

Peter David- Peter talks his new novel, his current comics work, and announces the upcoming comic mini-series telling a new story of his “novel” character, Sir Apropos of Nothing

 Greg Rucka chats with us about the upcoming Gotham Central hardcovers, his current comics work, and his segment in Batman: Gotham Knight

 Brian Michael Bendis told us about the upcoming Secret Warriors book, his favorite moments of the con, and why being with good friends is the best time for bad news.

 Michael Avon Oeming talked about two new upcoming books, one from Top Cow and one with Taki Soma. He also lets fans know if we’ll be seeing Powers more regularly.

 Brian Reed talks comics, video games, and twitter- his three loves.

 Steve Sansweet of LucasFilm talks the upcoming games and movie coming from George Lucas and the Star Wars universe, with exclusive new details for both!

Warren Ellis is an interesting cat, that’d for sure. He’s an even more interesting human. He talks about FreakAngels, his other Avatar work, his internet presence, and what it’s like to be writing Astonishing X-Men.

 Gail Simone talks about what it’s like to be the first regular female writer of Wonder Woman, and hints at some upcoming plans for the new ongoing Secret Six series

Khoi Pham announces his Marvel Exclusive, the series he’s now ongoing artist on, and tells fans whose art he aspires to

Jesse Blaze Snyder talks about what it’s like to be a published Marvel writer, and announces his next work with the publisher, an upcoming one-shot featuring a certain mean green fighting machine.

Jeremy Haun talks comics old and new, written and drawn.

Ralph Tedesco announces a new special cover for Beyond Wonderland, and discusses plans for Zenescope Entertainment in their 4th year.

Brian Azzarello talks the coming end of 100 Bullets, and writing for animation in Batman: Gotham Knight

Scott Licina, as only Scott Licina can, waxes haphazardly about comics and movies coming from The Scream Factory

So, that’s TONS of interviews for you to go watch. There’ll be some great new content coming later this week, along with some exciting new changes coming for Shots in the Dark. Stay tuned, and let us know what you think of all the news in the interviews here or at our forum!

 

 Shots in the Dark Jeremy Haun PocketCast!: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (562)

Could it be? Is Shots in the Dark STILL posting content they recorded at Wizard World Chicago 2007? Yes! And this week, we’ve got an intimate interview with comic book artist and writer, Jeremy Haun. You may know him from his recent work on Marvel Civil War: Casualties of War, or Battle Hymn, his co-creation with B. Clay Moore. Tune in and hear how Jeremy made his way from indie to mainstream and why he wrote Narcoleptic Sunday, but didn’t draw it himself. What are you waiting for? Download it now!

 

 Adrian Alphona and Christina Strain Interview - Live from Wizard World Chicago 2007: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (557)

That’s right, the Shots in the Dark crew landed an exclusive interview with two incredibly talented folks who’ve worked on one of our favorite comics - Marvel’s Runaways! Adrian co-created the comic with Brian K. Vaughn back in 2002 and Christina now colors this fantastic book. Hear Adrian and Christina discuss what they like and what they don’t like about working in comics and much more. What are you waiting for?! Click that play button and turn it up!

At Wizard World Chicago, Shots in the Dark got the chance not only to play Bioshock ahead of its release next week, but also to have a nice talk with Joe McDonagh about the game and its development. So sit back, relax, and laugh at foreign colloquialisms. Here it is, another WWC SitD Pocketcast!

 

 Joe McDonagh [6:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (658)

It was an amazing weekend, folks. Wizard World Chicago 2007 proved to be one of the best pop culture conventions of 2007. We had the pleasure to sit in on the Dark Knight panel and talk with a host of notable comics super-stars. This week, we’ll be bringing you a variety of top-notch pocketcasts featuring interviews with a variety of folk from the comics and video game industries.

One of the highlights of the weekend for us was our time spent with Mr. Michael Madsen. Michael is a acting veteran with a list of credits that are simply staggering. From Sin City and Reservoir Dogs, to Grand Theft Auto III, he’s done it all. Check out this Shots in the Dark EXCLUSIVE interview where Michael talks about his newest project, Shifter, coming soon from Fangoria Comics. Get it now, while its hot!

 

 Michael Madsen Interview - Live from Wizard World 2007!: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (575)

Here we go, a quick, down and dirty recap of all the panels at Friday’s Wizard World Chicago. That’s right, we compressed hours of droning on into less than ten minutes! We rock! Enjoy! And don’t forget to head to Newsarama for complete coverage of every panel brought to you (mostly) by members of the Best Shots and Shots in the Dark teams!

 

 Wizard World Chicago Friday [8:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (500)

No, we’re not having a sexual encounter with Harry Potter (though I’m sure Janelle…and MAYBE Vince wouldn’t mind). We’re gonna be rocking Wizard World Chicago starting in, oh, about 2 hours! Boo-yizzle! Look TONIGHT for the premier of our all-new all-different feature that we’ve been promising for about 2 months, THE POCKETCAST! We’ve got so DAMN much content coming to you this weekend, it can’t be contained in a simple show, so we’ll be putting it out in bite-sized bits. Look for Panel coverage here and from us and our other Best Shots and Newsarama friends at the Newsarama site, and look forward to interviews with creators, cosplayers, and editors, oh my! So if you want the best Wizard World coverage around, join Newsarama, Shotgun Reviews, and Shots in the Dark for a killer weekend!