Longtime TV and film animation writer Ernie Altbacker rejoins the show to discuss his new comic book project, Area 51 Studios. The comic book is written by Altbacker with art by Josh White.

Altbacker is an Emmy-nominated writer with over 30 years of experience.

Area 51 Studios Synopsis: It turns out Area 51 is a secret government site, but not for storing alien corpses or crashed spacecraft. It’s actually a studio lot where aliens come to shoot low-budget galactic reality shows. Our story centers on Zephril Boon as he tries to save his once-great career from the flaming dumpster fire that it’s become. The tone is Douglas Adams meets Men In Black, with a pinch of Jabberwocky.

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The Star Wars series Andor recently completed Season 2. It was reviewed on this podcast in Episode 423. The second and final season has received universal praise for its storytelling. Brian Roberts composed Season 2 of Andor and joined the show to discuss his work on the series. Roberts designed new themes for Season 2 while building on the work done in Season 1, the film Rogue One, and Star Wars lore.

Brandon Roberts is an award-winning composer behind some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films and series today. He won an Emmy with legendary composer Marco Beltrami for co-writing the score of National Geographic's Oscar and BAFTA-winning documentary Free Solo. He has scored blockbuster films including A Quiet Place I and II, Logan, World War Z, and Chaos Walking, as well as Netflix's Fear Street trilogy, and Jordan Peele's The Twilight Zone series for Paramount+, among others.

In this episode, Roberts discusses his thoughts on all facets of Season 2 and how he watched all 12 episodes before composing the score. He also discussed his love for Star Wars and how John Williams’ iconic score was an inspiration for this project.

Walt Disney Records released the Andor: Season 2 soundtrack in four volumes. Each volume includes music from three episodes. Volume 2 includes music by Nicholas Britell.

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Axel Alonso is a comic book creator and a renowned comic book industry executive. He is currently the Chief Creative Officer of AWA, which he co-founded with Bill Jemas. Axel is well known for his tenure as Marvel’s Editor-In-Chief from 2011 to 2018 where he oversaw all story development, and several important milestones in adding diversity to the industry including the introduction of Miles Morales as the first half-black, half–Puerto Rican Spider-Man, the makeover of Jane Foster into the new female Thor and the installation of Carol Danvers as the new female Captain Marvel.

Previously, Axel was an Executive Editor at Marvel from 2001-2011, Senior Editor at DC Comics, and at Vertigo.

In this episode, Alonso details the newest offerings from AWA as well as comments on his run as Editor-in-Chief at Marvel Comics. He also comments on the idea that AWA stories are creator-owned. He also offers insight on the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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