NEWPORT, ME – The Capes and Tights Podcast is proud to announce their 300th episode special guest. Filmmaker, actor, podcaster, comedian, author, comic book writer, and movie theater owner, Kevin Smith. The milestone episode will drop on capesandtights.com, all major podcasting platforms, and YouTube on September 23, 2026 as Episode 300.
“Hosting Kevin Smith for Episode 300 is a true honor,” said Capes and Tights Podcast co-founder Justin Soderberg. “When we crossed over 200 episodes we had one name on the list I wanted for the 300th and with help from our friends at Dark Horse Comics, we were able to accomplish this goal. Kevin Smith is one of the main reasons we started this podcast in 2021 with words of advice spoken by Kevin Smith on a random episode of one of his podcasts. So, it only seems fitting that as we celebrate 300 that we do so with a podcasting legend.”
Kevin Smith came to prominence with the low-budget comedy Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo “Jay & Silent Bob.” Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith’s follow-up films Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Clerks II, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Kevin has also directed and produced films such as Cop Out (2010), the horror film Red State (2011), and the horror comedies Tusk (2014) and Yoga Hosers (2016), the first two films in the True North trilogy. More recently he has written and directed Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), Killroy Was Here (2022), Clerks III (2022), and The 4:30 Movie (2024).
In the world of comics, Kevin Smith is known for his runs on DC’s Green Arrow and the recently released Bizarro; Marvel’s Daredevil, Jay & Silent Bob: Jays of Future Past, and recently released Spider-Man / Hulk: Fire and Brimstone; Dynamite Entertainment’s Green Hornet and The Bionic Man; and Dark Horse’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation, as well as writing comics under his imprint at Dark Horse with Quick Stops and Maskerade. It was recently announced Smith will be penning the first-ever Marvel / Star Wars crossover event, Star Wars / Marvel: Hope Assembles, which debuts in January 2027.
Kevin Smith has been podcasting on a regular basis over a number of different shows as part of his Smodcast platform since the early 2000’s. Some of his more notable shows have been Fatman Beyond with co-host Marc Bernardin; Hollywood Babble-On with co-host Ralph Garman; Jay & Silent Bob Get Old with Jason Mewes; and more!
“I applaud you for making something that doesn’t make people unhappy or fuel the rage or feed into their already f#&king deeply honed biases and whatnot to just speak freely about the things we love.” said Smith. “I’ll take that show 1,000 times every time man it’s just better for the soul of the world. So it’s gotta feel f#&king cool to hit 300, congratulations!”
September 23, 2026 marks the 300th numbered episode of the Capes and Tights Podcast. Launched on August 8, 2021 in Bangor, Maine by co-founders Soderberg and Adam Morrisette, the Capes and Tights Podcast has faithfully released at least one-episode per week. Over five years, the Capes and Tights Podcast has gone on to host 196 different guests, reviewed 63 movies and 13 television programs all from their studio in Maine.
Over the nearly 200 guests hosted on the program, the podcast has welcomed Goosebumps artist Tim Jacobus; voice actor Dana Snyder; actors and writers David Dastmalchian, Patton Oswalt, Tim Blake Nelson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Hannah Rose May, and Alex Hyde-White; bestselling and award-winning authors Daniel Kraus, Christopher Golden, Paul Tremblay, Jay Bonansinga, Charles Soule, Adam Cesare, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Stephen Graham Jones; filmmakers Marc Guggenheim, Joshua Hull, David Ian & Rebekah McKendry, Aaron B. Koontz, Jordan Blum, Eliza Clark, and Marc Bernardin.
While the podcast discusses comics, books, movies, and tv, comics has been the main focus, hosting such guests as Kevin Eastman, Steve Lavigne, and Ben Bishop of the TMNT; Tony Fleecs of Stray Dogs; Jonathan Hedrick of The Recount; Jeremy Haun of The Beauty; Cavan Scott, Alyssa Wong, Liana Kangas, Ethan Sacks, and Daniel Jose Older of Star Wars; Brian Michael Bendis of Marvel; Ram V of Venom; Kyle Starks of Peacemaker; Joey Esposito and Kenny Porter of Power Rangers; Matthew Rosenberg of Marvel & DC; Patrick Horvath of Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees; Benjamin Percy of Marvel; Alex Segura of Dick Tracy; Ande Parks of Green Arrow; and many, many more.
“We have hit two different major milestones over the years including Episode 100, where we luckily hosted Kyle Starks for the first time, and Episode 200, where we wanted to discuss the milestone with a podcast regular, friend, and comic creator Liana Kangas, but for Episode 300 it was time for something big,” said Soderberg. “Kevin Smith is a larger-than-life creator who has worked on some of our favorite movies and comics over the years and is a true podcasting icon, having the chance to sit-down (over video chat) and discuss his career, plus the world of podcasting was an episode we will never forget. We hope people enjoy the episode as much as we did!”
The Capes and Tights Podcast is gearing up for Episode 300 with three more episodes before number 300. Comic creator Christian Ward discusses his comics The Forever Home and The Patron on Episode 297, IDW Publishing Senior Group Editor Heather Antos celebrates Star Trek Day on Episode 298, and comic writing duo Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelley closes the first 299 episodes with a discussion around Star Trek: The Last Starship, before Kevin Smith joins for Episode 300!
While 300 Episodes is an amazing milestone, it’s not the end. Soderberg and the Capes and Tights Podcast already have a few episodes scheduled to follow the milestone, including actors The Lawrence Brothers breaking down their new comic The Lawrence Brothers Detectives; bestselling author Richard Chizmar discussing Killing the Boogeyman; author Kiersten White talks Something is Killing the Children: Hope is a Knife which she co-wrote with James Tynion IV; Kevin Johnson chats his debut novel ‘Twas the Night; Galactic Comics and Collectibles owner Paul Eaton reviews 1995’s Casper; Chris Ryall breaks down Marvel’s Mightiest Monsters; and author Alice Openshaw dives into her debut novel On The Killer’s Trail.
Be sure to subscribe to the Capes and Tights Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform or YouTube in order not to miss the milestone episode. The 300th episode drops at 3:00am ET on all major podcasting platforms including Apple and Spotify.
