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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic writers Jordan Hart and Chris Ryall to the podcast to discuss their upcoming holiday one-shot, Dread the Halls, and more!
Jordan Hart is the creator of the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated comic series Ripple Effects. Centered on an invulnerable superhero with type 1 diabetes, the story was placed on the American Library Association’s Best Graphic Novels for Adults reading list and was a finalist for the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards. Additionally, he is known for his Image Comics supernatural adventure series The Cabinet with co-creator David Ebeltoft and artist Chiara Raimondi. Recently he has released one-shot comics including Dread the Halls, Dread the Hall H, and more.
Chris Ryall is the co-founder and publisher at Syzygy Publishing, an imprint at Image Comics, that launched in January 2022 with the Eisner-nominated Joe Hill’s Rain. He is also the writer and co-creator of Syzygy titles Zombies vs Robots, Onyx, The Hollows, and Tales of Syzpense, among other titles. Prior to forming Syzygy, Ryall spent nearly two decades developing unique stories from multiple sides of the business.
Prior to founding Syzygy Publishing, Ryall served as IDW Publishing’s Editor-in-Chief, Chief Creative Officer, President, and Publisher over his long tenure with the publisher. He also worked with creators Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez in the development of Locke & Key, serving as editor on the acclaimed comic series and as an EP on its three-season Netflix series. Additionally, in 2017 joined Robert Kirkman and David Alpert’s Skybound Entertainment as Editor-in Chief and Special Projects in a gap at IDW. Ryall also authored Marvel Age of Comics: Daredevil: Born Again which hit bookstores everywhere on November 11, 2025.
Hart and Ryall co-created Dread the Halls, a horror holiday one-shot. The 2025 edition hits shelves at local comic shops on December 3, 2025 from Syzygy Publishing / Image Comics.
