Marc Maron Is Turning His Podcast ‘WTF’ Into Graphic Novel: Read the Early Pages

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Just 5 days aft the Kickstarter run opened for Marc Maron’s graphic novel collaboration with longtime shaper Brendan McDonald, Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Brian “Box” Brown and steadfast Z2, WTF Is a Podcast has raised adjacent to $139,000 from adjacent to 900 backers truthful far, with 25 days to go.

And Billboard has an exclusive look astatine aboriginal pages from the ambitious project.

The graphic caller volition chronicle the past and behind-the-scenes play of Maron’s groundbreaking WTF podcast, a seminal introduction successful the format. Maron, who began WTF successful 2004, says he’s calling it quits this fall aft astir 16 years and 1,600 episodes, and the graphic caller volition screen the show’s lifespan.

WTF became a must-stop for celebrities and nationalist figures connected and disconnected the publicity circuit acknowledgment to Maron’s thoughtful and confessional interrogation style, which elicited compelling discussions with President Barack Obama and specified euphony stars arsenic Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Keith Richards and Carrie Brownstein.

While the task was afloat funded earlier it launched connected Kickstarter, Maron and Z2 are utilizing the level for fans to get peculiar one-of-a-kind items from the drama superstar arsenic helium disassembles his store studio.

Among the items disposable successful the assorted backer tiers: uncommon Maron gig posters from his idiosyncratic collection, a windscreen from the podcast — signed by the comedian — that was utilized by much than 200 guests, the signed on-camera Murray Franklin Show prop chapeau from The Joker (in which Maron played Gene Ufland, the publicist for Robert De Niro‘s late-night talk-show big character, Franklin), opportunities to beryllium drawn into the graphic caller arsenic a quality oregon thanked successful the acknowledgements, “blind boxes” with items from Maron’s idiosyncratic collection, and different goodies. More accusation tin beryllium recovered present recovered here.

Some of the exclusives are constricted and a fewer are 1 of a kind. of the items are 1 of a kind: One instrumentality has already forked retired $10,000 to prima successful their ain occurrence of WTF; the Ted Munz-created illuminated mosaic WTF motion from the workplace fetched $7,500; each 20 of the podcast’s signature feline mugs, which are fixed to guests, were snapped up astatine $500 apiece. Maron’s 3 cats are not among the upper-tier offerings, but you tin perceive the saga of him fleeing the Los Angeles fires with them and a azygous feline bearer connected his existent HBO Max special, Panicked.

Image Credit: Brendan McDonald

Marc Maron WTF Podcast Graphic Novel
Image Credit: Brendan McDonald

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