If you’ve read a great image book in the last ten years chances are Will Dennis was involved. 

He’s a prolific writer and editor with a murderer's row of titles, from Vertigo (RIP) to Comixology and Image.

To put it simply Will Dennis is comics. He sat down to talk to us about his history in comics, his favorite apocalypse,

and a long-gone but favorite t-shirt.

Will on Instagram www.instagram.com/thrilliod 

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Kirsten Shiel is an artist, an animator, a teacher, and an illustrator.

Her work has been seen on countless productions all over the world with stints on shows like Nella The Princess Knight,

Ridley Jones, Ada Twist, Eureka, and her new show Eva The Owlet debuts on Apple TV this week. 

She joined us to talk about a certain video game that’s close to all of our hearts. 

Kirsten’s portfolio prep course https://www.creativeskillnet.ie/course/building-a-portfolio/

Kirsten on Insta https://instagram.com/kirstenshielart?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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Jer Haun is a writer, an artist, and basically an all round creator.

His books The Beauty and The Realm are smash hits at Image, and his work on The Approach and

Red Mother for Boom is outstanding and his recent Kickstarter anthology Haunthology is a huge success.

He took some time out of his busy schedule between issues and cons to hang out with us and

talk about a couple of comic book apocalypses. 

All of Jer's links https://linktr.ee/jerhaun

The Odds Pod on Twitter https://Twitter.com/TheOddsPods

Dave On Twitter https://Twitter.com/DaveHendrick

Ben On Twitter https://Twitter.com/Bennessy

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Writer, editor, actor! Chris Ryall packs a lot in. He had a company-defining stint at IDW that shepherded the brand from newcomer to the stalwart it is today.

His current role as joint head of his and Ash Wood’s Syzrgy imprint at Image comics is off to a flying start and he joined us to take us through his theory about

why the world is always safer when ROM Space Knight is around.

Chris on Twitter https://twitter.com/Chris_Ryall

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MAJOR SPOILERS FROM THE OUTSET

It's all been leading to this! 

Joel and Ellie are on the home stretch - will they make it, will they save the world or each other? 

This is The Odds Pod Presents The Ninth Of Them

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Chrissy Williams the writer behind the phenomenal Image Comics series Golden Rage joins us for a chat about the book,

how it came into being, her amazing co-creators Lauren Knight, Sofie Dodgson, and Becca Carey,

and her favorite flaming-death-from-above apocalypse.

Golden Rage at Big Bang Comics https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/products/golden-rage-graphic-novel-volume-1-mature-

Chrissy on Twitter https://Twitter.com/chrissywilliams

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Visit Silver Lake Colorado!

Why not contemplate the lord while taking a dip in our hot springs,

and ignore the aroma of seasoning in the water that’s just rock salt and uh carrots. 

This is The Odds Pod Presents The Eighth of Them.

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Aaron Losty is a writer, artist, and storyteller. His kickstarted titles Blaze Beyond The Pale and The Ploughman has taken the indie scene by storm. 

His webcomic Clearwater continues to enthrall and it wouldn’t be a huge leap for us to say his style is one of the most individual and unique we’ve seen in years. 

Aaron Losty online https://www.aaronlosty.com

Aaron on Twitter https://twitter.com/AaronLosty

Ben on twitter https://twitter.com/Bennessy

Dave on twitter https://twitter.com/Davehendrick

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A-Ha!

Scotch

And the worst American Girl Store assistant you’ll ever meet.

This is The Odds Pod presents The 7th of Them.

This week we check out episode 7 of The Last Of Us.

We’re mall walking and sometimes even running, for our lives in what we like to call “F*** Carol.”

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Robert Cullen is a Dublin-based writer and artist. He’s one of the founders of Dublin animation giant Boulder Media which

has produced hit shows such as 'The Amazing World Of Gumball', 'Wander Over Yonder' and 'My Little Pony' to name but a few.

Nowadays he’s hard at work writing and drawing incredible graphic short stories.

We caught up with him to hear about his favorite apocalypse. 

Rob on Instagram https://instagram.com/robert.cullen.art?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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Dave on Twitter https://twitter.com/DaveHendrick

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The Northern Lights, Panic Attacks, And Monkeys!

Welcome to the Odds Pod presents The Sixth of them.

"Sheep Ranches On The Moon."

This week we dive into episode 6, we talk about heroes' journeys and one rather unheroic one Dave

made around the block to his mate's house when he was 11 'cos he couldn't climb the back fence - he still can't.

All this and listen in for a chance to win something special from Ben Hennessy.

Annie Wersching Gofundme https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-annies-boys-freddie-ozzie-and-archie

The Odds Pod on Twitter https://twitter.com/TheOddsPods

Dave on Twitter https://twitter.com/DaveHendrick

Ben on Twitter https://twitter.com/Bennessy

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Colm Griffin is a director, writer, and comic book illustrator.

While working on comics like "Jumpsuit Johnson" and "Ocean City" under the Rogue comics banner Colm holds down a full-time job co-directing the animated adaptation of the extremely successful book series "The Floods". His IMDB boasts his range as an artist with roles as a background artist, character designer, and animator on titles such as Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten, Purple Turtle, and The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill.

Colm joined us to chat about one of his all-time favorite apocalypses - AKIRA! 

Colm Griffin on everything - https://linktr.ee/ColmGriffin 

The Odds Pod https://twitter.com/TheOddsPods

Dave on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DaveHendrick

Ben on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Bennessy

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The Odds Pod Presents The Fifth Of Them

“What way’s west?”

Spoilers!

Look, if you know the game you knew this was coming, and if you’ve been keeping track of the show you probably figured it out too. So, yeah, they went and broke our hearts again.

Let’s get subterranean and talk about episode 5 of The Last Of Us. 

Annie Wersching Gofundme https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-annies-boys-freddie-ozzie-and-archie

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Peter Dunne is a writer and director and is scarily good at what he does. You don't have to take our word for it though as you can scare yourself stupid by checking out his terrifying podcast Petrified (but do that after you listen to ours first). He came by a while back to talk about one of our favorite ever pop cultures or should that be "pod" culture apocalypses. 

Petrified https://play.acast.com/s/petrified

The Odds Pod on twitter https://twitter.com/TheOddsPods

Dave on twitter https://twitter.com/DaveHendrick

Ben on twitter https://twitter.com/Bennessy

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The Odds Pod Presents The Fourth Of Them

“By now, Wyoming.”

20-year-old ravioli, gun lesson, and is there a Hank Williams revival on the way? 

Camp out with us to talk about episode 4 of The Last Of Us. 

Annie Wersching Gofundme https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-annies-boys-freddie-ozzie-and-archie

The Odds Pod on Twitter @TheOddsPods

Dave on Twitter @DaveHendrick

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John Lees is without a doubt a modern master of horror. His sometimes hilarious and always thrilling horror comics, Sink, HotELL,

and The Crimson Cage have shown us new ways to be terrified within the borders of a panel. 

His soon-to-be classic horror comedy The Nasty with artist Adam Cahoon is launching soon from Vault and

he's returning to Sink with a brand new Kickstarter anthology.

Sink Hill Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comixtribe/sink-cutthroat

John's Shop https://johnleescomics.bigcartel.com/

John on Twitter https://twitter.com/johnlees927

Dave on Twitter https://twitter.com/davehendrick

Ben on Twitter https://twitter.com/bennessy 

The Odds Pod https://twitter.com/theoddspods

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The Odds Pod Presents The Third Of Them

“Not on the strawberries!”

A final form Ron Swanson! A ratatouille-esque moment and Ben and Dave considering the nature of real love!?! 

C’mon down to the bunker, it's really well stocked.

Annie Wersching Gofundme https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-annies-boys-freddie-ozzie-and-archie

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Welcome back to The Odds Pod! We’re kicking off season 2 of the podcast at the end of the world with not one but two guests! 

Gary Moloney and Paul Carroll are two-thirds of the brain trust behind Irish indie publisher Limit Break Comics. 

Their recent hit mythology anthologies Down Below and Turning Roads have been massive successes and their third book in the series Fractured Realms has just been announced. 

We chatted to them about everything from great beasts to speeding critters. 

Paul Carroll on Twitter https://twitter.com/writeranonymous

Gary Moloney on Twitter https://twitter.com/m_gearoid

Limit Break Comics https://twitter.com/lb_comic

The Odds Pod on Twitter https://twitter.com/theoddspods

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The Odds Pod Presents The Second Of Them.

“Everything you hoped for.”

This week we analyze the theme of the rational versus the emotional and how all of us are subject to that strange dichotomy…

but don’t worry there’s a tonne of stuff about pooping yourself and we all fall in love with the world’s greatest chicken sandwich.

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Ben @bennessy

Dave @davehendrick

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Welcome to The First Of Them - where The Odds Pod hosts Dave and Ben take a spoilerific look at The Last Of Us adaptation currently running on HBO Max and Sky Atlantic.

Will it live up to the game? 

Does ’80s really mean trouble?

And just what are “they” capable of?

All of this and more will be asked - very little of it will be answered - but sure what else would you be doing during a fungal apocalypse?

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The Odds Pod - Christpocalypse Spectacufest!

Join Ben and Dave as they sit by the fireplace at the end of the world for a look back at season 1, a deep dive into a (quite frankly disturbing) holiday tradition and a visit from a very special guest, who only comes once a year (thankfully not down your chimney) - yes it’s producer extraordinaire and the man without whom our inane ramblings about end times would have only ever been heard by each other - and let’s face it Dave is NOT a good listener - Mr. Adrian Carty! He’s not empty-handed either as he’s generously gifting us one of our nation’s very own strangest and funniest apocalypse stories.

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Jamie Teehan is an award-winning animation director from Dublin. He’s currently the series director on PBS’s Pinkalicious and Peteriffic and has worked on The Adventures of Gumball, Kiva Can Do, Randy Cunningham's 9th Grade Ninja, and Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends. Millions across the globe have seen his work and he joined us to talk about an apocalypse that’s very close to our hearts. 

Jamie On Instagram @teehanwolf

Pinkalicious https://pbskids.org/pinkalicious

AoA at Marvel https://www.marvel.com/comics/events/227/age_of_apocalypse

IADT Dun Laoghaire https://iadt.ie

Dave on Twitter https://twitter.com/davehendrick

Ben on twitter https://twitter.com/bennessy

The Odds Pod on Twitter https://twitter.com/theoddspods

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Rob Williams is a UK-based writer best known for runs on DC’s Suicide Squad, Vertigo’s Unfollow, and 2000AD’s lawman of the future Judge Dredd. He’s worked on some of the biggest franchises in the world with stories for Star Wars and Indiana Jones as well as Ghostbusters, Wolverine, Deadpool, and Spider-Man.

He’s just been announced as one of the new writers on DC’s relaunch of The Brave And The Bold. As well as discussing the future of Dredd on TV, he reminded us of one of the all-time greatest lines in comic book history - check it out.

Rob on Twitter https://twitter.com/robwilliams71

Judge Dredd Control at 2000ad https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/GRN685

Judge Dredd The Small House at 2000ad 

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB669

Dave on Twitter https://twitter.com/davehendrick

Ben on twitter https://twitter.com/bennessy

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Alejandro Arbona is primarily known for his work as an editor on writer Greg Rucka’s books; The Old Guard (with Leandro Fernandez) and Black Magick (with Nicola Scott). 

He started out with a stint on the long-since departed comic book bible, Wizard Magazine. Recently he’s written Doctor Tomorrow published by Valiant Comics and has a host of new projects on the way. 

He is without question the hardest-working podcast guest out there - doing some serious and hilarious research for this one. Enjoy!

Alejandro on Twitter https://twitter.com/alejandrobot

Dave on Twitter https://twitter.com/davehendrick

Ben on twitter https://twitter.com/bennessy

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Ruairi Coleman is an incredible artist and one of the most genuine talents in the comic book business today.

His work on the best-selling Comixology Original title Astonishing Times about a world where superheroes just happen to be everywhere has been enjoyed across the globe. He's had stints on TMNT, Star Wars, Spider-Uk, Cloak and Dagger, and most recently the big blue himself Superman. He came by to talk about, well, nothing...trust us it's the best chat you'll ever hear about "nothing" or rather "the nothing".

Ruairi's Site https://www.colemancomicart.com

Astonishing Times https://www.astonishing-times.com

Ruairi on Twitter https://twitter.com/ruairicoleman

Ben on Twitter https://twitter.com/Bennessy

Dave on Twitter https://twitter.com/DaveHendrick

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Heather Antos is an Eisner and Harvey nominated editor who's worked on some of Marvel's biggest characters. Away from the house of ideas, she's forged a career as a freelance editor on such books as Old Dog, Rogue's Gallery, and Time Before Time. She's currently shepherding the Star Trek line at IDW as well as the original superhero tale Crashing.

We caught up with her to talk about all things apocalyptic and it did not disappoint.

Heather's Site https://www.heatherantos.com

Heather on Twitter https://twitter.com/HeatherAntos

Crashing https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/allproduct\

Rogues' Gallery https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/allproduct

Time Before Time https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/allproduct

Old Dog https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/allproduct

Star Trek https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/allproduct

Ben on Twitter https://twitter.com/Bennessy

Dave on Twitter https://twitter.com/DaveHendrick

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Will Sliney

Hailing from the picturesque East Cork seaside town of Ballycotton, Will Sliney hit the professional comics world like a tidal wave with an acclaimed run on Farscape which he quickly followed up with stints on Marvel books Fearless Defenders and Spider-Man 2099. Closer to home he wrote and drew Celtic Warrior: The Legend Of Cu Chulainn a stunning retelling of the ancient Irish myth. 

His adventures in a galaxy far, far away have seen him tangle with bounty hunters, Jedi Knights, Sith Lords and the occasional scruffy looking nerf herder. His work on the Star Wars book The Rise of Kylo Ren saw him and writer Charles Soule tell Ben Solo’s tragic back story, not only that but he got to design a major Star Wars character in Ren. 

He’s currently the co-creator of Image Comics smash hit Hell To Pay, again with Charles Soule on writing duties. This ongoing series tells the story of two married adventurers given the impossible task of buying their way out of an infernal debt. 

Outside of comics Will has forged a massively successful career in TV, with his Draw With Will series on Sky Television and his “Will Sliney’s Storytellers” series on RTE Television in Ireland. Will’s become ubiquitous in the art for children and his philosophy that art is a skill to be learned not a talent that only some are born with has opened up the world of art to millions of kids across Ireland and Europe. 

We caught up with him earlier in the year to discuss his plans for 2023 and of course his favorite apocalypse. 

Draw With Will On Now TV https://www.nowtv.com/watch/draw-with-will/iYEQYZ6ymh22E9xqjy6bxb

Will Sliney’s Storytellers On RTE https://www.rte.ie/player/series/will-sliney-s-storytellers/SI0000011974?epguid=IP000067453

Hell To Pay at Big Bang Comics https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/allproduct

Will’s Books at Big Bang Comics  https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/Artist/Product/11252473-6CAA-4030-B843-5F271A225F72

Will On Twitter https://twitter.com/WillSliney

Dave On Twitter https://twitter.com/DaveHendrick

Ben On Twitter https://twitter.com/Bennessy

The Fermi paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

The Fermi Paradox Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc

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Episode 1 – Opening The Vault

Just before Hallowe’en 2022 we got to sit down with Damian and Adrian Wassel, the fraternal duo behind the powerhouse indie publisher Vault Comics. 

In just six years Vault Comics has taken the market by storm with dozens of best sellers in horror, fantasy and sci-fi. 

Their stand out titles Wasted Space, These Savage Shores, Barbaric and more have brought fresh new perspectives to the industry without sacrificing a scintilla of excitement. 

In what’s probably our most positive episode to date both guests surprised us with what have to be the most uplifting apocalypses we’ve heard so far. 

We’re just glad we’ve never had to use their microwave…

Vault Comics https://www.vaultcomics.com

Vault Comics on twitter https://twitter.com/thevaultcomics 

Vault Titles https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/allproduct

Adrian Wassel on twitter  https://twitter.com/afwassel

Damian Wassel on Twitter https://twitter.com/DamianWassel

Dave on Twitter https://twitter.com/DaveHendrick

Ben on twitter https://twitter.com/Bennessy

Ted Kooser  https://www.tedkooser.net/works.shtml

Station Eleven https://gutterbookshop.com/product/station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel/

Spin 

https://www.bookdepository.com/Spin-Robert-Charles-Wilson/9780765348258?redirected=true&selectCurrency=EUR&w=AFFPAU9S6HCMKDA8VTJ9&gclid=CjwKCAiA9qKbBhAzEiwAS4yeDdXmjTd0rqDIboQCQgf3KLDVNKAFdTEaHuCrkzXkotzPdh3klwPxoRoCx2AQAvD_BwE

Clown In A Cornfield 2 https://www.omahonys.ie/clown-in-a-cornfield-2-frendo-lives-p-10536377.html

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Welcome to your Favourite Apocalypse.

Every Thursday, join writer Dave Hendrick and artist Ben Hennessy as they ask guests from the world of comic books and beyond “What’s your favorite apocalypse?” Be it the destruction of Pompeii, the cancellation of a beloved tv show, or just your common or garden asteroid, Dave and Ben find out that everyone’s world ends a little differently.

On today's introductory episode, Dave and Ben introduce The Odds Pod, what sparked their curiosity for calamity and why they love discussing destruction.

From the action figure commercials masquerading as tv shows in the eighties to good old reliable zombies, Dave and Ben shed some light on their appreciation of apocalypses.

Ben’s twitter https://twitter.com/Bennessy

Ben’s site https://bennessy.com

Dave’s twitter https://twitter.com/DaveHendrick

Dave’s site https://davehendrick.com

Transformers G1 Episode 1 “More Than Meets The Eye” https://youtu.be/Y1ujpoDlgRU

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars explainer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Wars

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Deluxe HC https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/products/marvel-super-heroes-secret-wars-deluxe-hardcover-uk-edition

Dawn Of The Dead explainer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_the_Dead_(1978_film)

Amazing Spider-Man 2022 https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/allproduct

Spider-Man 2022 https://stores.comichub.com/big_bang_comics/products/spider-man-1_4A9061

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