{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The United States Department of Nerds Podcast","title":"Jim Whiting - Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector: Apocalypse in Pink","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/622fe0b5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4524,"description":"The universe is a dirty place, and somebody has to clean it up.\nComic creator Jim Whiting joins The Chairman on the United States Department of Nerds Podcast to discuss Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector: Apocalypse in Pink, the new 112-page collected edition celebrating eleven years of Margo's independent comic-book adventures.\nFrom Margo's origins more than two decades ago to Kickstarter, the direct market, creator-owned publishing, and an all-new series planned for 2027, Jim takes us inside the evolution of Margo and the realities of building independent comics across more than four decades in the industry.\n\n🚀 SUPPORT MARGO INTERGALACTIC TRASH COLLECTOR: APOCALYPSE IN PINK\n\nThe Kickstarter launches September 8, 2026.\nhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whiting/margo-intergalactic-trash-collector-returns\n\nMargo Intergalactic Trash Collector follows an overworked, underpaid intergalactic trash collector whose routine assignments have a habit of turning into universe-threatening disasters.\nApocalypse in Pink brings Margo's early adventures together in a 112-page, 6 x 9-inch trade paperback, along with character personnel files, ship schematics, alternative covers, behind-the-scenes material, and artwork from Joe Sinnott, Joe Staton, Rich Clark, and Marcelo Trom.\n\nJim Whiting has spent more than four decades working as an illustrator, cartoonist, designer, publisher, letterer, colorist, and production artist. His creator-owned work includes Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector, SCAB, Shriek, and Lady Dracula, with a career spanning horror, science fiction, comedy, adventure, and independent publishing.\nTOPICS COVERED\n• The creation and evolution of Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector\n• Building the larger Margo universe\n• Silver Age comic-book influences\n• Margo's journey from Kickstarter to the direct market\n• Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector: Apocalypse in Pink\n• Keeping creator-owned comics in print\n• More than four decades working in comics and publishing...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jK77dc0vRU6rdQe3lGzQeHxWXmC-iqPIYcsRvu3WnRw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMDE0/NzI5MzBlZGRiOGQ2/MzFlNGI2NzJiMzc2/MTczOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}