Commander Rick consults with creators, editors and writers about how to break into the science fiction and comic book fields, featuring authors Edward Bryant (Particle Theory), Candas Jane Dorsey (Machine Sex and Other Stories), Neil Gaiman (co-author, Good Omens), Tanya Huff (Blood Trail), Nancy Kress (Beggars in Spain), Kim Stanley Robinson ("Down and Out in the Year 2000"), Lewis Shiner (Deserted Cities of the Heart),and Dan Simmons (Summer of Night); SF editors Dorsey, Shiner, and Kathy Gale (UK's The Women's Press). From the comic book world, Rick speaks with creators Sergio Aragones (Groo the Wanderer), Gene Colan (The Tomb of Dracula), M.W. Kaluta (The Shadow), Frank Miller (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns), and Marvel editor Fabien Nicieza (Wonder Man). With Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro.