Summer 2025: Superman and The Fantastic Four with Matt Stevens

In a prior episode, designer and illustrator Matt Stevens talked about why 2022’s The Batman is such a great movie and how it has some elements from David Fincher’s Se7en plus inspirations from various Batman sources, creating a unique vision. Matt does something similar in his own work. His latest project, Good Movies as Old Books from Chronicle Books reimagines films as vintage book covers. In that prior episode, Matt also talked about taking risks, going out on his own, leaving the agency world behind, and various side projects. Here, Matt discusses how maybe, sometimes a side project that looks and feels fun may not be a success but the momentum and direction it gives you could still have value. He also shares his opinions about two summer movies, Superman and The Fantastic Four.