Today we're having a fun conversation with acclaimed writer, musician, and friend of the pod, Steve Niles. Steve is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery, Simon Dark, Mystery Society, Batman: Gotham County Line, Kick-Ass – The New Girl, and Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl. Niles is credited among other contemporary writers as bringing horror comics back to prominence. But he is also known as a founding member of legendary Washington DC hardcore punk rock band, Gray Matter.