Hosted by Don Lehman, Core77's podcast series is designed for all those times you're sketching, working in the shop, or just looking for inspiration from inspiring people. We'll have conversations with interesting creatives and regular guests. The viewpoint of Afterschool will come from industrial design, but the focus will be on all types of creativity: Graphic design, storytelling, architecture, cooking, illustration, branding, materials, business, research... anything that could enrich your thought process, we'll talk about.

Comic book artist Paolo Rivera has done everything from lusciously handpainted origin stories of Captain America, Hulk, Spiderman, Xmen, and Fantastic Four to helping reboot Daredevil to an untold number of covers for titles such as Wolverine and Guardians of the Galaxy. His work has a graphic, hand crafted quality that mixes elements from many genres outside of the the comic world. Best of all? He's our guest today on Afterschool.

Get the Afterschool Podcast, Episode #12 - Comic Book Artist Paolo Rivera: Available at the iTunes store or direct download via Soundcloud below.

Covers & More on Picasa; more artwork after the jump...

A recentWeird Science cover is a tribute to Wallace Wood

Poster for God Hates Astronauts, a web comic by Rivera's college roommate Ryan Browne Rivera recently got hitched; the Save-the-Date & Invitation are brilliant homages to Hergé, better known as the creator of Tintin

Rivera recently got hitched; the Save-the-Date & Invitation are brilliant homages to Hergé, better known as the creator of Tintin

Show Notes: Paolo Rivera RISD Illustration Jim Krueger (writer who helped give Paolo his break) Alex Ross (famous comic artist) Joe Quesada (Editor-in-Chief at Marvel who hired Paolo) Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware (the book and artist that made it cool to do comics)

Paolo's friends at RISD: R Kikuo Johnson - Nightfisher Ryan Browne - God Hates Astronauts Joe Quinones Maris Wicks

Artists Paolo likes to "steal" from: Jordi Bernet Alex Raymond John Romita

Todd Klein's Lettering blog

Mark Waid (writer on Daredevil reboot) Marcos Martin (another artist on the Daredevil reboot) Joe Rivera (inker on Daredevil reboot, also Paolo's dad)

Mythos Paul Jenkins (writer on Mythos)

Paolo's TinTin inspired wedding invitations Maus

Daredevil reboot Daredevil #1 cover Daredevil #7 - Eisner award winning issue