{"podcast":{"title":"Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast","slug":"off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-1312","podcast_index_feed_id":1312,"rss_url":"https://sktchd.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://sites.libsyn.com/68551","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/d/c/7/ddc7ed0f824e5bec/0FC30D51-58CC-44A3-8853-96B63750D9B9-18831-0000191BA01ED0BF.jpeg","author":"David Harper","episode_count":575,"summary":"A weekly comics interview podcast hosted by David Harper of SKTCHD that gets the story behind the stories and creators we love, as well as the broader comic book industry. Website: SKTCHD.com Patreon: Patreon.com/OffPanel Instagram: @slicedfriedgold/@SKTCHDcomic Bluesky: @davidharper.bsky.social/@SKTCHD.bsky.social Email: david@sktchd.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T22:19:27.934687+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-1312"},"episode":{"title":"Off Panel #551: Ref King with Dave Wielgosz","slug":"off-panel-551-ref-king-with-dave-wielgosz","published_at":"2026-05-11T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-1312/off-panel-551-ref-king-with-dave-wielgosz","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-1312","url":"https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-551-ref-king-with-dave-wielgosz","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Dave_Wielgosz.mp3?dest-id=282628","summary":"Writer Dave Wielgosz joins the show to talk about his journey from comics editorial to writing comics and his new series at Ignition Press, Showdown. Wielgosz discusses the build up to release, his comic origins, the 2000s in comics, making his way into comics and DC editorial, becoming a master of continuity, the key to being a good editor, relationship management, the origins of Showdown, the market's influence on his work, revenge stories, collaboration, the title's creative team, the different sides of his brain, what he's learned from Showdown, his ideal project mix, and more.","meta_description":"Writer Dave Wielgosz joins the show to talk about his journey from comics editorial to writing comics and his new series at Ignition Press, Showdown. Wiel…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5356,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-1312/episodes/off-panel-551-ref-king-with-dave-wielgosz/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-1312/off-panel-551-ref-king-with-dave-wielgosz.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}