Focusing primarily on comic books, the minds behind the show “Tales From The Parents’ Basement” cover everything past and present, informing everyone on current titles and storylines as well as focusing on artwork, not to mention chatting with creators and those involved in the industry. Recently the group took time to chat with Gavin Sheehan for his blog about the show as well as their thoughts on podcasting in general.  Want their thoughts on comics?  Check out the show!

Gavin’s Underground interview with the cast of “Tales From The Parents’ Basement”

Gavin: When did the idea come about to start up a podcast and what was it like planning out how it would work?

Spence: I had always been a fan of podcasts and wanted to do one myself. I tried and failed once with Nate. We were going to do one called “The Comic Book Geniuses” or something. We recorded one episode and never released it. So a couple of years passed and I decided I would try again. I called up Cally, because I thought he knew more about comics than anyone I was acquainted with, and suggested we do a podcast. At first we swiped ideas from other podcasts we liked until we began to develop our own persona. We have gone back and forth from being very structured with a typed agenda to kind of freestyling it. We now try to stay somewhere in the middle.

Cally: One day I had called Spence to catch up and talk some geek. In the middle of our conversation he said “Let’s do a podcast!” I said “Serious?” We started recording that Friday.

Gavin: What persuaded you to bring on comic creators for interviews on the show?

Mark: We are comic fans first and foremost and the decision to bring on creators was purely selfish. We just wanted to talk to them! We have had some great conversations with some great creators and the interviews have become one of the better parts of the show.

Spence: Selfishness. These creators are our celebrities. We idolize these guys and gals and it is the ultimate geek high to be able to talk to them. I get crazy butterflies before calling them every time.