In 2019, back when The ComicsXF Interview Podcast was WMQ&A (and ComicsXF was Xavier Files), Dan Grote and Matt Lazorwitz interviewed Gerry Conway, Larry Hama and Walter and Louise Simonson for a panel at Camden Comic Con. We’re resharing this episode in tribute to Conway, who died this week at 73.
Topics include Mussolini, Olivia Newton-John, Doug Ramsey, G.I. Joe, Jason Todd, “Star Wars,” Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin, how the Simonsons met and much more.
(The great thing about doing this panel is we barely had to talk. Get four comics legends in a room and the stories will flow with minimal prompting.)
Dan Grote is the editor and publisher of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Paul Winston Wisdom. Follow him @danielpgrote.bsky.social.
Matt Lazorwitz read his first comic at the age of 5. It was Who's Who in the DC Universe #2, featuring characters whose names begin with B, which explains so much about his Batman obsession. He writes about comics he loves, and co-hosts the podcasts BatChat with Matt & Will and The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.
