Radio Clint McElroy is an alumnus of
Marshall University, at which he worked with campus radio station
WMUL. He then worked as news director at
WKEE-FM in 1975, followed by roles at
WRVC and
WEMM-FM, as well as a sports director role at
WWBA in Florida. Beginning in 1994, he co-hosted the morning show at
WTCR-FM, along with co-host Judy Eaton. In 2017, he retired from radio.
Podcasting Clint McElroy, his sons and their wider relations have been nicknamed the "first family of podcasting", owing to their large volume of work and the popularity of their various podcasts. Clint McElroy refers his work in the format as a natural extension of his work in radio, where would occasionally perform on-air skits with his children. He first appeared as a guest on
The Joystiq Podcast in 2009. For the 100th episode, he was called up live on air to tell an embarrassing story about his son, co-host of the show,
Justin McElroy. In 2014, Clint McElroy and his sons – Justin,
Travis, and
Griffin – launched a
tabletop role-playing game podcast entitled
The Adventure Zone. Initially playing
Dungeons & Dragons, the show moved into other game systems in later arcs. Clint acted as
Game Master during the 'experimental' campaign
Commitment, which made use of the
Fate system. During the first arc,
Balance, Clint portrayed Merle Highchurch, a
dwarf cleric. In the second campaign,
Amnesty, he portrayed Ned Chicane, and later Arlo Thacker. For the show's third campaign,
Graduation, he portrayed Argo Keene, a water genasi
rogue. In the fourth campaign,
Ethersea, he portrayed Zoox, a Brinarr ranger. In the fifth campaign,
Steeplechase, he portrayed Emerich Dreadway. In the sixth campaign, “Versus Dracula”, he portrayed Brother Phileaux, an artificer. In 2018, Clint McElroy appeared as a guest star on
Adventure Impractical as part of the
Stream of Many Eyes, a
Dungeons & Dragons event promoting the new
Waterdeep storyline. He also appeared at the following year's event,
The Descent. In 2020, Clint McElroy appeared as a guest voice in
Sidequesting. Amid the
COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Clint began the daily YouTube series
Stories from Your Gaffer, in which he reads chapters from books, in lieu of bedtime stories for his grandchildren. He began with
The Hobbit, though had to switch to
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for copyright reasons.
Neil Gaiman granted permission for his books, and so Clint then moved on to
Coraline.
Comics Clint wrote several comic books for
NOW Comics in the early 1990s, such as
Green Hornet: Dark Tomorrow and adaptations of the movies
Freejack and
Universal Soldier. He also wrote for
Eclipse Comics with
Blood is the Harvest in 1992. This was among the final comics printed by the group, which ceased operation in 1994. Beginning with
Here There Be Gerblins in 2018, Clint McElroy co-wrote a series of graphic novel adaptations of
The Adventure Zone: Balance, releasing one volume each summer. The four volumes released to date were highly successful, becoming
New York Times bestsellers. Along with his sons, Clint co-wrote
Journey into Mystery, a five-part limited series as part of
Marvel's
War of the Realms storyline. Alongside this, McElroy would work on
Marvel Team-up #4 that year. == Personal life and family ==