Grail Hunters Comic Podcast S04E05 - SDCC 2022 Special featuring Gary Chaloner

In this San Diego Comic-Con Special Episode, Neville chats to Gary Chaloner

Next week Neville will be travelling to San Diego Comic Con where he will be hosting a panel to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of some of Australia's most iconic comics and the creators behind them 

In his preparation for the panel, many of the great creators behind titles such as Southern Squadron, The Dark Nebula, Jackaroo, Flash Damingo, Phantastique, Nightshade and The Rock took time out of their schedules to chat to him about the story behind the stories. With the consent of the creators he will be releasing them over a number of short episodes so collectors and readers passionate about the books and stories can enjoy them as much as he does

Gary started his career in comics as a publisher in 1982 when he got the band together and formed Cyclone Comics which went on to play host to his own work.

Cyclone went on to publish a range of amazing comic books with titles as diverse as The Jackaroo, The Southern Squadron, Dark Nebula, GI Joe Australia, Flash Damingo and CCQ (Cyclone Comics Quarterly).

As the years rolled by, Gary also worked overseas, including US editions of The Jackaroo and The Southern Squadron; a very odd issue of The Badger as well as the award-winning Planet of the Apes. Gary also worked on The Olympians, a two-issue prestige series for Marvel Comics which featured his art inked by the great Gary Martin with covers inked by Todd McFarlane (Spider-Man and Spawn) and Karl Kesel.

Gary was also lucky enough to have worked with the late, great Will Eisner on stories featuring Eisner’s early creation: John Law, Detective. This was subsequently released by IDW Publishing and awarded a Ledger for International Title of the Year.

Gary's more recent creator-owned projects included a pulp adventure series Red Kelso, an Australian adventure series The Jackaroo, and  The Undertaker Morton Stone.

And now? Well Gary's back with the rest of the crew to take on the 40th anniversary of our bronze age heroes!

 

Crack a beer and enjoy the episode!