Comic Geek Speak, episode 888, a conversation with Bob Layton.

And welcome to the show. This is your host, Peter Rios, and I'm the only geek in the room on this Monday night.

This episode is sponsored by Fan Expo Canada.

We're going to be there, August 27th through the 29th, up in Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Center.

We will have a booth.

We will have a panel.

So stay tuned for further updates on when that's going to be.

And along with the CGS crew, you're going to have creators such as Stan Lee, Gary Frank,

John Ramita Jr., Andy Kubart, Adam Kubert, J. Michael Strzinski, Olivia Coypell, Steve McNiven, Ethan Van Schuyver, Doug Monkey, Will Sportacio, C.B. Sabulski, Palo Rivera, Uncle Sal will be up there, Alex Sarah, Jeff Lemire, Jack Briglio, and so, so many more.

And of course, one other creator that's going to be there, Mr. Bob Layton, who, if you don't know who Bob Layton is, just do some research, pick up his Wikipedia page, go to comic book DB.

The man has done many, many things.

Marvel, DC, co-founders of Valiant Future Comics.

Just so, so many projects and creators and creations under his belt.

You know, from Iron Man with David McElagney, creating that, you know, basically reviving Iron Man back in late 70s, early 80s.

Of course, the Hercules miniseries.

He designed the Star, Secret Wars Toy Line, wrote the first few issues of X Factor, Valiant, the Law, War Machine, and the list goes on and on and on.

And he does have a current book out right now, Hercules, Twilight of a God for Marvel miniseries

with Ronlin.

We talk about all this stuff and more.

A lot of his San Diego plans, one of his great mentors, Dick Giordano, who passed away this

year.

We touch on that.

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