Marvel's Voices

Silver Surfer: Ghost Light writer John Jennings joins Angélique to talk about building an authentic backstory for Al Harper, directing a graphic novel imprint, and curating the Schaumburg Center’s Black Comic Book Festival.

The man behind all of your favorite childhood cartoons is here to talk about making Spider-Man: The Animated Series! John Semper worked on The Incredible Hulk, Kid ‘n Play, Rugrats, Clifford the Big Red Rog, The Smurfs, and so much more. But his work on Spider-Man is truly a legacy, both for him and the Marvel Universe.

Creators from Marvel’s Voices: Spider-Verse #1 join this week to talk about their stories from the upcoming book. Jeremy Holt wrote a first-person story about Cindy Moon/Silk, while Jason Loo wrote and drew a brand-new Spidey character – Spider-Friend!

Cody Ziglar joins us this week to talk about writing Miles Morales and Spider-Punk - for their own books and for Marvel’s Voices: Spider-Verse #1. Plus, he brings us behind the scenes of the writers’ room for Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law!

Will Htay, the production designer of Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, sits down with Angélique to talk about his work on the film. Will discusses how he collaborated with director Peyton Reed and other departments like art, props, and cinematography to achieve the incredible look of the Quantum Realm (and the rest of the film)!

How does Marvel find all the incredibly talented creators who work on our comic books?  Angélique talks to Marvel’s Director of Talent Relations and Publishing Recruitment Jon-Michael Ennis to find out!

The Marvel’s Voices: Wakanda Forever anthology features five new stories about some of our favorite Wakandan heroes – past, present, and future! And on this episode of the podcast, Angelique talks to two of Marvel’s newest comic creators about writing those stories! Dr. Sheena Howard introduces a brand-new character to Wakanda, a Dora Milaje trainee. Meanwhile, journalist Adam Serwer digs into the past with a story about T’Challa’s grandfather Azzuri.

The roller-skating genius and her big red bestie are the stars of our season premiere episode! Angélique talks to producer Pilar Flynn about building the creative team behind Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Plus we’ll hear from actors Libe Barer (Casey) and Gary Anthony Williams (Pops) about performing in such an inclusive environment! Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is now streaming on Disney+, and you can also watch on the Disney Channel!

Coming soon! This season on Marvel’s Voices, host Angélique Roché explores how to build better, more inclusive, and more representative creative teams. She’ll talk to the people who built the teams and creators who have worked in them. Listeners will get to peer behind the curtain of shows like Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, comic series starring Miles Morales, Cindy Moon, the Dora Milaje, and so much more.

Ibi Zoboi, author of Okoye to the People, talks to guest host and fellow YA author Preeti Chhibber about writing for young audiences, bringing Okoye from Wakanda to Brooklyn, and infusing her work with her Haitian roots.

Peach is a Japanese comic creator who reimagines Marvel characters in the framework of Japanese folktales. We’ll talk to her about Demon Days, Demon Wars, and how she reinterprets Marvel characters in the self-proclaimed “Momoko-verse”. How to Draw Psylocke w/ Peach Momoko! | Marvel Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMpAewXSc6M

Mohale Mashigo is a South African musician, a writer of novels and comic books, and the narrative director for video game company Nyamakop. Host Angélique Roche asks her about writing Moon Girl (without Devil Dinosaur!) and co-writing one of South Africa’s first Black super heroes, Kwezi. Find out what it was like teaming up Moon Girl with Miles Morales and the Avengers and why Mohale wanted Lunella and Wolverine to team up in X-Men & Moon Girl (2022) #1!

Juni Ba is a writer from Senegal and France who wrote Black Panther Vol. 8 #3 with John Ridley. He intentionally applies African influences in his work, in addition to American and Franco-Belgian comics. This week he joins Angélique to speak to the comics culture in Senegal, and his “West African fantasy epic” graphic novel. 

James Kim, co-writer of Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom, and Alejandra Lopez, director of Marvel’s Wolverine: La Larga Noche, join us to talk about creating (and re-creating!) fiction podcasts. James talks about his experiences bringing his Korean-American background into audio fiction, plus what it was like to write Victor von Doom. And Alejandra explains why creating the Spanish-language version of Marvel’s Wolverine: The Long Night wasn’t as simple as just translating the English into Spanish!

Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom, starring Dylan Baker as Doctor Doom, available today on the SiriusXM app, Marvel Unlimited Podcasts on Apple Podcast, and everywhere you get your favorite podcasts. Directed by Jade King Carroll. Original sound design and music by Mark Henry Phillips. Story by Mark Waid. Written by Mark Waid and James Tae Kim. Learn more at marvel.com/wastelanders

Fabian Nicieza has written X-Men, Thunderbolts, Nomad, Cable, and so much more. But did you know he also edited licensed comics like Ren & Stimpy, Kid ‘n Play, and…Barbie?? Hear all about Fabian’s extensive career at Marvel, from manufacturing assistant to editor, plus his life from Argentina to New Jersey.

In this brand-new season of Marvel’s Voices, Angélique Roché talks to the first Chinese-American woman letterer at Marvel Comics - Janice Chiang - about her family and culture’s influence on her work, her activism, and why lettering is so crucial to good comics. Join Marvel’s Voices this season as we go global, exploring how cultures from around the world have influenced the Marvel Universe.

On Marvel’s Voices Season 6, host Angélique Roché holds in-depth conversations with storytellers about their creative processes, collaborations, and professional journeys, painting a full picture of the diversity of the Marvel Universe.

Thirty years ago, Super Villains won. After killing the Avengers, the X-Men, and nearly every other Super Hero, the Red Skull assumed the office of President of the United States. Since that day, a traumatized Wolverine (Robert Patrick) has wandered in a daze of survivor’s guilt and self-loathing over his failure to protect his fellow X-Men and their mutant students.Wolverine encounters Sofia, a young mutant in-hiding and vows to transport her into the safe hands of estranged former X-Men Kitty Pryde and Rachel Summers. When the Red Skull and his top lieutenant Crossbones frame Wolverine and escalate anti-mutant sentiment to dangerous new levels, our hero realizes that his only option may be to face Red Skull and his savage allies head on. But a shocking, terrible truth may destroy Wolverine first...Marvel's Wastelanders: Wolverine is the fourth installment in the “Marvel's Wastelanders” audio epic. Starring Robert Patrick as Wolverine. Written and Directed by Jenny Turner Hall, with sound design by Michael O

Squirrel Girl has taken down Thanos and Doctor Doom – but now she faces something far more terrifying… living authentically. Empire State University college student, Doreen Green, has recently been outed as a Super Hero – The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl! Hoping to unify her personas in the public eye, Squirrel Girl has created a new student radio show on ESU’s own college station. With the help of her best girl-friend, Nancy Whitehead as producer, and her best squirrel-friend, Tippy-Toe in the booth; Doreen is ready to help people more people than ever with her greatest Super Hero advice.  And when the going get rough, she can always lean on her heroic friends: Iron Man, Spider-Man, Chipmunk Hunk, Koi Boi and Brain Drain. However, with a call-in show comes caller anonymity and not all the folks on the line want help – some want to crime – and crime hard! When a suspicious caller, wreaks havoc on New York City, Squirrel Girl and her friends will have to put their heroics to the test and prove that once and for al