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On this week’s episode of the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes Ryan Browne and Charles Soule to the show to discuss Eight Billion Genies and more!
Ryan Browne is a Harvey Award winning comic book writer and artist from Chicago, Illinois. Browne is the creator of God Hates Astronauts as well as the co-creator and artist of Curse Words and Eight Billion Genies.
Charles Soule is a New York-based, New York Times bestselling novelist, comic book writer, musician, and former attorney. While he has worked for DC and other publishers, he is best known for writing Daredevil, She-Hulk, Death of Wolverine, and various Star Wars comics from Marvel, and his creator-owned series Eight Billion Genies and Curse Words.
Soule also co-created Undiscovered Country with Scott Snyder & Giuseppe Camuncoli, Letter 44 with Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque and the Shrouded College series with Will Sliney.
In addition to his comic book work his novels include The Oracle Year and Anyone with his third novel, The Endless Vessel, coming in June 2023. Charles is a creative consultant for Lucasfilm and one of the founding architects (which also includes Cavan Scott and Daniel Jose Older) of Star Wars: The High Republic, a multi-platform Star Wars saga kicked off by his #1 New York Times’ best-selling novel Light of the Jedi, released in January 2021.
The series has been optioned for television and film by Amazon Studios.
The Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Hard Cover hits shelves at local comic shops on July 19, 2023.