{"id":28172,"date":"2021-10-15T09:26:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=28172"},"modified":"2021-10-15T09:26:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:26:53","slug":"sam-maggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2021\/10\/15\/sam-maggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the marvelous Sam Maggs for drinks on Episode 156 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time to return to Washington, D.C. for my second episode recorded during this year’s AwesomeCon<\/a>, following last episode\u2019s chat with Renee Witterstaetter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This time around, you’ll get to eavesdrop on my chat with Sam Maggs, a writer with whom I share an artistic bond, even though we\u2019re from entirely different generations of comic book creators.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s because Sam wrote the adventures of the she\/her Captain Marvel in 2019 — 42 years after I wrote about he\/him Captain Marvel in 1977. She’s also written comics about Jem and the Holograms<\/em>, Rick & Morty<\/em>, My Little Pony<\/em>, Transformers<\/em>, and Invader Zim<\/em>. She’s published pure prose as well, including her first book The Fangirl\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em>, and the young adult novel The Unstoppable Wasp: Built on Hope<\/em>. Her games writing includes Spider-Man: The City that Never Sleeps<\/em>, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart<\/em>, and many others.<\/p>\n

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We discussed the Stargate SG-1<\/em> convention that was her gateway drug for fandom, why her debut comic book story turned out to be a Star Trek<\/em> tale, the way the arcs of our careers ran in completely opposite directions, what it was like releasing six books during a pandemic, how The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em> was born though complete serendipity, the audition that got her the gig to write an Unstoppable Wasp<\/em> novel, how she dreamed up her pitch for Captain Marvel<\/em>, and much more.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how you can take a seat at the table with us — <\/p>\n

1) Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts<\/a> — where I hope you’ll also be tempted to sample a few of the 155 previous episodes.<\/p>\n

2) Use the RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> on the device of your choice.<\/p>\n

3) Or simply listen via the embed below.<\/p>\n