Steve Geppi: The Godfather of Comics Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
06/01/20 • 51 min
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson chat with Steve Geppi head of Diamond Comics Distribution about the second half of the interview via livestream. We continue from his role as distributor, to various decisions positioning him as the president of the main comics distribution company in North America and the United Kingdom, with various expansions into games and publishing. Steve also goes through in detail how he’ll help the modern comic book industry from the economic collapse of COVID19! Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Video © Comic Book Historians 2020
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson chat with Steve Geppi head of Diamond Comics Distribution about the second half of the interview via livestream. We continue from his role as distributor, to various decisions positioning him as the president of the main comics distribution company in North America and the United Kingdom, with various expansions into games and publishing. Steve also goes through in detail how he’ll help the modern comic book industry from the economic collapse of COVID19! Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Video © Comic Book Historians 2020
Previous Episode
Steve Geppi: The Godfather of Comics Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson sit down with Steve Geppi, head of Diamond Comics Distributors, formed 1982 discussing various phases of his comics career via livestream. We start from his humble beginnings as a comics dealer, comics retailer, sub distributer, distributor, to various decisions positioning him as the president of the main comics distribution company in North America and the United Kingdom, with various expansions into games and publishing. Steve also goes through in detail how he’ll help the modern comic book industry from the economic collapse of COVID19! Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Audio © Comic Book Historians 2020
Next Episode
Erik Larsen: Comic Book Maker Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Erik Larsen, in the first of a three parter, from his childhood reading his dad's Golden Age comics like Captain Marvel, creating the Savage Dragon as a kid, his early Fanzine Graphic Fantasy, his run in the Independent Comics like AC Comics for Sentinels of Justice and Eclipse for DNAgents, then breaking into DC Comics working on various titles like Doom Patrol and then his early work at Marvel Comics like Punisher & Excalibur before Spider-Man. Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders, CBH Podcast ©Comic Book Historians. Thumbnail Artwork ©Comic Book Historians. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians
Comic Book Historians - Steve Geppi: The Godfather of Comics Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
Transcript
Alex: Did Capital have any West Coast at the time?
Steve: Yes, they did. They, I think, bought Common Ground, I think was--
Alex: They did it. They bought--
Steve: I forget which came first, the chicken or the egg. I'm not sure I bought Bud first, and then they bought but Bob could tell you that, what came first. Capital did.
Alex: I think Capital bought Bob's Common Ground sub-distributors in 1982, and then--
Steve: Yeah, so he was already on the West Coast.
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Featured in these lists
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/comic-book-historians-11365/steve-geppi-the-godfather-of-comics-part-2-with-alex-grand-and-jim-tho-4060627"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to steve geppi: the godfather of comics part 2 with alex grand & jim thompson on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy