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Get the book: https://madcavestudios.com/product/the-last-session-1/
Guest Links
https://twitter.com/mythjaecomics
https://www.jasminewalls.com/
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Jasmine Walls is a California based writer, artist, and hot chocolate connoisseur with a passion for stories that are fun, engaging, and critical. Her works are unapologetically queer, inclusive, and span across several genres. -
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Chuck Pineau is a freelance writer/editor who has done work for such companies as Second Sight Comics, Markosia, Antarctic Press, and Scout Comics. He is best known for (co)writing titles such as Welcome to the Void, Essence House, and Belial.
Guest Links
https://Www.youtube.com/chucksrawreviews
https://Www.facebook.com/bonfirepress
https://Essencehousestory.com
https://www.facebook.com/charlie.pineau
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I wanted to get this out there before publishing any additional episodes.
To keep you all abreast on why I have chosen to end the podcast.
That said, there are still at least 3 more episodes. -
Are you into high fantasy and inclusive narratives? Prepare to have your little mind blown as JL Johnson walks you through his story and creative processes.
Guest Links
Join the mailing list - https://www.enneadcomic.com/
Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enneadcomic/
Insta - https://www.instagram.com/ennead_comic/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ennead_comic
Guest Bio
J.L. Johnson Jr. is the writer and letterer of Ennead: The Rule of Nine. JL is known as (to himself at least) a "Writer of Comics, Creator of Graphic Novels. Second of his name." It's also possible he's read A Song of Ice and Fire way too many times... When he isn't writing you can find him spending time with his wife Jess, daughter Olive, Lab Mix Ruthie, and his cats Quinn and Sansa.
About the Project
Luke Horsman, is a pro's pro who's responsible The Rule of Nine's interior art and letters. Luke has nearly 20 years of experience in illustration and design. Now working solely as a comic book artist, Luke has worked on scores of titles. Ranging from independently created projects, like this one, to well known publications like 2000AD and better known titles, such as Judge Dredd. It's been an honor to work with Luke to bring this story to life. -
Niki came by to talk about her experience as a trans woman, writer, and artist. The show covers a lot of ground, from her early experiences writing science fiction, to film, and comics. Niki is an incredible personality, and it really shines through in this interview.
Guest Links
* Official Website - https://nikitarissanen.com/
* Twitter - https://twitter.com/NikiGrindhouse @NikiGrindhouse
Guest Bio
Nikita made a smashing debut as a child, performing, as well as writing, the enchanting theatrical piece called “The Cat, the mouse and the Golden Cheese”. The audience, consisting of her parents, saw her potential, and let her move out of the house at 15, to commence her world travels.
A former resident of Kyoto, and both north, middle, and south cities of Sweden, her first book was published in 2012 (a short scifi called “Eternity, sister”), and since then she’s also managed to birth a short film into the world which premiered, to mixed and bad reviews, on the 26th of July 2018. It has since migrated to Cinema Queer México, where it was streamed during 2021’s edition of their international film festival, and then went on to be screened at QFest Houston, during the beginning of October.
Nikita herself is now dedicated to the visual arts, TV Asahi, and storytelling through sequential imagery, and is working on her next novel (a nordic horror fest) and a comic book project called “The Tiny Island”. -
Russell came in to talk about his creative process and the things that inspire him.
Guest Links
Store: https://russell-lissau.square.site
FB: https://www.facebook.com/russell.lissau
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rlissau @rlissau
Insta: @rlissau https://www.instagram.com/rlissau
Bio: By day, Russell Lissau is a mild-mannered newspaper reporter in suburban Chicago. By night he battles evil writing comic books including The Batman Strikes!, Batman: War Games and the critically acclaimed Old Wounds.
His newest project is the Vegas-based crime-thriller The Hardways. -
Bob came by for an amazing interview. We talked about comics journalism, and the stories that he loves, as well as his incredible volume of work that dates back as far as the 1980s.
Guest Links
* Website - https:///rjsodaro.wixsite.com/freelanceink
* Blog - https://freelanceink.blogspot.com/
* E-mail - rjsodaro at gmail dot com
* Twitter - https:///twitter.com/#!/Funnybook_City
* Facebook - https:///www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=700449832
* Mix - https:///mix.com/robertsodaro
* Pinterest - https:///www.pinterest.com/robertjsodaro/_saved/
* Tumblr - https:///www.tumblr.com/dashboard
* LinkedIn - https:///www.linkedin.com/in/robertjsodaro/
Guest Bio
Robert J. (“Bob”) Sodaro is an American-born writer, editor, and digital graphic artist, who is perhaps best known as a journalist for the comic book industry during the ‘80s & ‘90s. He currently contributes stories to several indie comic book publishers including, Dark Fire Press, Red Anvil, Main Enterprises, Pronto, InDELLible, Wunderfunders, and others. He is the creator of a number of intellectual properties including Agent Unknown, Wülf Girlz, Girl Skout Wars, The Adventures of Hot Girl & Totally Hot Girl, and others. As a graphic production artist, he has produced magazines and books for several clients, including Main Enterprises, Glass House Graphics, Pronto Comics, Buffalo Avenue Press, and others. -
Sarah Litt popped in to have an absolutely charming conversation with me. We talked a lot about working as an editor, managing collaborations, and the joys of Ahoy Comics.
Guest Links
Ahoy Comics - https://comicsahoy.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/sarahstarlitt
Insta - https://www.instagram.com/sarahstarlitt
Guest Bio
Sarah Litt got her start in comics as an assistant editor at Vertigo, working on OGNs. From there, she moved with DC's first wave to LA, where she worked on digital projects and SCOOBY-DOO and LOONEY TUNES. After taking a break from comics, she is an editor-at-large at AHOY Comics, where she has worked on such titles as BILLIONAIRE ISLAND and BLACK'S MYTH. She is also the editor for the BLACK SUPERPOWERS universe, which includes BLACK, WHITE, and AMERICA'S SWEETHEART. She lives in Portugal, where she spends her free time, editing other projects, reading a book, or enjoying the beach (with a book). -
**Content Warning:** This episode contains an honest discussion about mental illness and suicidal ideation.
Josh stopped by to have a powerful conversation with Eva about creating autobiographical comics, and his new book, Two Stories will be available on December 14th.
Guest Links
* Official Website - https://www.joshuakemble.com/
* Quarterly Stories - https://www.joshuakemble.com/quarterlystories
* Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/joshuakemble
* Twitter - https://twitter.com/JoshKemble
* Buy the book - https://www.amazon.com/Two-Stories-Joshua-Kemble/dp/1913802205/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Josh+Kemble&qid=1636841418&sr=8-1
Guest Bio
Joshua Kemble is a full-time Art Director, freelance illustrator, and a Xeric Award-Winning Cartoonist. He currently working on writing and illustrating his own comic books, while creating freelance illustrations for t-shirts, magazines and other media. His illustration clients have ranged from Scholastic to Random House and his comic work has been published in various anthologies and self-published mini-comics. His writing is represented by Keely Boeving at https://www.wordserveliterary.com/
An unabashed comic book geek, Kemble was born in 1980 in Tarzana, California, grew up in the Antelope Valley. He received his BFA and MFA in Illustration from California State University of Long Beach and now resides in Lancaster, CA with his wife and fellow artist, Mai S. Kemble, and his son Benjamin.
He occasionally teaches college art courses in design and illustration, was the co-host of the illustration podcast Big Illustration Party Time, and currently co-hosts the Artcasters, and the 48 Hour Art Check.
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Shadia Amin is just this amazing personality, and she's a super talented artist. Her most recent work was for Marvel in Spider-Ham, Great Power, No Responsibility.
Guest Links
Website - https://www.shadiaminart.com/
Agent - http://azantianlitagency.com/pages/artist-sa.html
Buy Shadia Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/shadiaminart
Insta - https://www.instagram.com/shadiaminart/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/shadiaminart
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shadiamin/
Comivine - https://comicvine.gamespot.com/shadia-amin/4040-104673/
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Shadia Amin is a Colombian comics artist and illustrator. She graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA and MFA in Sequential Art and a BFAMinor in Illustration. -
Juan came by to talk about writing comics, creating believable, inclusive characters, and world-building, as well as his current Kickstarter, which is live now!
Check out the Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thirty-three/thirty-three?ref=panel-garden-eva-webb
Guest Bio
I am a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California.
I was born in Mexico Michoacán. And I came to America when I was 2 going on 3. I grew up in South Central Los Angeles, im the Crenshaw area. So Boyz in the Hood was a big movie for me growing up.
I received my B.A. in History from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). A also were I studied film, TV, and literature in UCLA.
I developed my love for comics in college. After I read Persepolis by Satrapi something woke up in me. My community college was right across the street from a comic shop, so it was inevitable. Reading comics and studying went hand in hand for me. I didn’t know it then, but I was studying to be a writer.
My heart lies in comics. Since 2018 I've produced multiple shorts and full-length comics with amazing creators. I have also worked with publishers such as Marvel Comics, A Wave Blue World, and Action Lab Entertainment.
In March 2020 my superhero comic book, The World's Strongest, was released by Action Lab Entertainment. The book was met with critical acclaim upon it's release. Later that year I released a short story titled, A Match. It is a beautiful sports drama that is currently free to read right here! Between us, that’s the story that opened doors for me.
In September 2021 my short story, The Recording Studio, was featured in the Dead Beats 2 horror anthology.
December 8, 2021 I will make my Marvel Comics debut in the pages of Marvel Voices: Comunidades. A beautiful anthology highlighting Latinx Marvel heroes and creators. My story is about Nina the Conjuror, the Brazilian Sorcerer Supreme of the 1950’s! She must save the world from the nature spirit Anhanga.
I have an eclectic collection of books under my name. From slice of life stories of heartbreak (Tilly) to modern-day fantasy tales (A Moment in Time), I write what I would love to read.
When I'm not writing or reading I'm spending time with my lovely 2-year-old daughter and my awesome wife—who said I would be a writer long before I even thought of it. They're both a big inspiration to me. -
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Alyson Shelton wrote and directed the award winning feature, Eve of Understanding. She wrote and created the comic, Reburn, which successfully funded Issues #1 and #2 on Kickstarter during 2021. She’s currently finalizing the scripts for Issue #3 and #4, that will finish the first arc. Her original screenplay, The Night We Met, was selected for the 2nd round of the 2021 Sundance Creative Producing Lab. Additionally, her essays have appeared on MsMagazine.com, Hobart Pulp, Survivor Lit and Little Old Lady (LOL) Comedy Blog. She lives in Los Angeles with her family where she juggles Zoom calls, reads and swims in the ocean.
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @byalysonshelton. -
Hannibal sat down with Eva to discuss his creative process and the way he sees the world. The conversation covered a lot of ground, discussing everything from his first moments around comics to his latest projects, and the joys of representation in thoughtful storytelling.
Guest Bio
Hannibal Tabu is a writer, journalist, DJ, poet, designer, digital program manager and raconteur living in south Los Angeles with his wife and two children. AWARDS: 2012 Top Cow Talent Hunt, 2019 Cultural Trailblazer Award from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, was on the Eisner Award-winning staff of Comic Book Resources, contributed to Ringo Award-winning comics benefit anthology Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom For All.
COMIC BOOKS: Time Corps, Irrational Numbers and Scoundrel for Wunderman Comics; Artifacts #35 for Top Cow/Image Comics; Fathom Sourcebook, Soulfire Sourcebook, Executive Assistant Iris Sourcebook and Aspen Universe Sourcebook for Aspen Comics; Menthu: The Anger of Angels with Robert Roach; Project Wildfire on Second Sight Publishing with Quinn McGowan; co-writer (alongside 2 Guns writer Steven Grant) of an issue of Watson and Holmes for New Paradigm Studios. PROSE: Waso: Will To Power and Waso: Gathering Wind for Stranger Comics; Dark Universe: The Bright Empire, Steamfunk!, Cyberfunk! and Black Power prose fiction anthologies for MV Media; two self-published novels (The Crown: Ascension and Faraway). POETRY: (sic) Vice Verse (journal); A Drumming Between Us (journal); Multiverse: An Anthology of Superhero Poetry; two volumes of Drumvoices Revue (anthology); Voices From Leimert Park and Voices From Leimert Park Redux (anthology). JOURNALISM: weekly comic book reviews can be found on http://BleedingCool.com and the iHeartRadio podcast Nerd-o-Rama with Mo and Tawala. MORE INFORMATION: please visit the website, http://hannibaltabu.com. -
Everybody, this is one of my favorite interviews of all time. Gerry Conway is a massive talent, the second full-time writer on Spider-Man, and the creator of multitudinous characters you read and enjoy today. Also, he's a super nice guy!
Find Gerry on Twitter at https://twitter.com/gerryconway
Guest Bio
Gerry Conway is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher (with artist Ross Andru) and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man. He is also known for co-creating the DC Comics superhero Firestorm (with artist Al Milgrom), and for scripting the first major, modern-day intercompany crossover, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man. -
Taylor came by to talk lettering and comics production with Eva. We covered all kinds of interesting ground. This one really is a ton of fun!
Guest Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaylorEspo, https://twitter.com/TaylorEspo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostglyph
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GhostGlyphStudios
Official Website: https://www.ghostglyphstudios.com
Guest Bio
Taylor Esposito is a comic book lettering professional, owner of Ghost Glyph Studios and teacher at the legendary Kubert School. A former staff letterer at DC and production artist at Marvel, he has lettered titles such as Red Hood and The Outlaws, Constantine and Bunny Mask. Other publishers he has worked with include Line Webtoon, Vault Comics, Image, Aftershock, Dark Horse, Dynamite, BOOM! Studios, and IDW. -
Pink came by for a discussion about comics, print, digital, and what makes her mind work.
Guest Bio
Pink Pitcher is an Artist, Author, Seamstress, Druid, and Textile and Domestic Historian (among other titles). She is currently publishing her first comic - Root & Branch - as an ongoing story in both print and web. She enjoys costuming and cosplay in a variety of genres, and would love to draw your RPG character.
Follow her Kickstarter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pinkpitcher/root-and-branch-volume-five-a-fantasy-webcomic-in-print
Website - http://rootandbranchcomic.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/pinkmakescomics
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pinkilicious7/
Tumblr - https://rootandbranchcomic.tumblr.com/
Store - https://gumroad.com/pinkilicious -
John came by to talk about his latest comic, and the process of writing, as well as to how it compares to the process of working in theater.
Guest Links
The Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/worthcost/marguerite-vs-the-occupation?ref=project_build
The Showercap Blog - http://showercapblog.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/CapShower
Guest Bio
John Luzar wrote Marguerite vs. the Occupation, MINE, and The Worth & the Cost for Resistance Comics, and blogs about politics under a mask as Shower Cap. -
Katie came by for a fantastic conversation about comics, and her projects, but especially the Cardboard Kingdom 2.
Guest Links
The Cardboard Kingdom 2 - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612942/the-cardboard-kingdom-2-roar-of-the-beast-by-chad-sell/
Website: https://www.katieschenkel.com
100 Light Years of Solitude - Free on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JustPlainTweets/status/1325914080075526144
Comixology: https://www.comixology.com/100-Light-Years-of-Solitude/digital-comic/905345
Gumroad: https://troutcave.gumroad.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/justplaintweets
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