What a long, strange trip it’s been for Diana Schutz. For over 25 years, Diana was an editor for Dark Horse Comics, helping shape such titles as Frank Miller’s Sin City and 300, Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo, Harvey Pekar’s American Splendor, Matt Wagner’s Grendel, Will Eisner’s Last Days in Vietnam, as well as Terminator, Aliens, Predator and many, many more.

By her side all along has been fellow editor, best friend and one-time spouse Bob Schreck. One of the more recognizable faces in comics, Bob himself enjoyed a long tenure at Dark Horse Comics, editing such titles as Sin City and Dark Horse Presents and Madman, he is the co-founder of Oni Press and he was the group editor of DC’s Batman and All-Star titles. Bob is now the editor-in-chief of Legendary Comics.

Diana is leaving the world of editing comics to pursue other interests and we were lucky enough to have her and Bob join us to discuss their journey through comics: how Supergirl, Swamp Thing and working at comic conventions and comic book shops helped them find their tribe, how they define the roles and responsibilities of a comic book editor, what was great about working with creators like Eisner and Miller and what’s up with Cerebus creator Dave Sim.

We also talk with Bob about why he thinks Batman has appealed to so many people for so long.

Although Diana is retiring as a comic book editor, she still serves as an adjunct instructor of comics history and criticism at Portland Community College and doesn’t have time to fool around on Twitter. You can probably meet and greet Bob at your local comic book convention representing Legendary Comics or you can find him not very often on Twitter at @bobschreck.