THE WRITERS BLOCK w/ David Avallone and Rylend Grant (Pendant Productions)

David and Rylend are joined by Eisner-nominated writer David F. Walker (BITTER ROOT, NAOMI) and Ringo Award-nominated writer Erica Schultz (DAREDEVIL, FORGOTTEN HOME). The group explores the new comic “normal” in the time of COVID, David does not one, but TWO acappella renditions of Ave Maria, and WAY too much time is spent appreciating Erica’s absurdly luxurious hair. DAVID F. WALKER Twitter: @DavidWalker1201 Instagram: @mofoman68 Website: davidfwalker.com ERICA SCHULTZ Twitter: @EricaSchultz42 Instagram: @ericaschultzwrites Website: ericaschultzwrites.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Publisher Pow-wow. This week, David and Rylend are joined by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator/Heavy Metal Magazine Publisher Kevin Eastman and Fanbase Press EIC Barbra Dillon. The group discuss the rapidly changing comics publishing landscape, David tells a few amazing Andy Sidaris stories, and Kevin refers to Rylend as “Leland” for most of the episode. KEVIN EASTMAN Twitter: @kevineastman86 Instagram: @kevineastmantmnt Website: https://fan.kevineastmanstudios.com BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon/@Fanbase_Press Instagram: @barbrajdillon/@fanbasepress Website: http://fanbasepress.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Grown-Ups and Kids’ Stuff. This week, David and Rylend are joined by a gaggle of creators - Brenda Hickey (My Little Pony), Troy Little (Rick and Morty), and Richard Fairgray (Blastosaurus) - whom have made comics for adults AND comics for children. The panel discusses what’s different, what’s the same, how you walk that line, and how nervous they typically make their publishers. Also, Richard talks A LOT about poop. RICHARD FAIRGRAY Twitter: @RichardFairgray Instagram: @richardfairgrayauthor Website: https://www.richardfairgray.com TROY LITTLE Twitter: @meanwhilestudio Instagram: @angoranapkin Website: www.pegamoosepress.com BRENDA HICKEY Twitter: @CrazyAry Instagram: @brenda_e_hickey Website: brendahickeycomics.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend are joined by Scout Comics Co-Publisher Charlie Stickney (creator of WHITE ASH and THE GAME) and Hex Comix Producer/Editor Lynly Forrest. The group discuss the “creator empowerment” era of comics, the rapidly changing comic Kickstarter landscape, and despite David’s strenuous objections, Rylend challenges Rip Torn to an arm wrestling match. LYNLY FORREST Twitter: @HexComix Instagram: @HexComix Website: https://hexcomix.com CHARLIE STICKNEY Twitter: @CharlesStickney Instagram: @whiteashcomic Website: https://whiteashcomic.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

“A plan is just a list of things that aren’t going to happen.” This week, David and Rylend are joined by He-Man/Wonder Woman scribe Amanda Deibert and Screenwriter/CANTO creator David M. Booher. The group swaps stories about wildly zig-zagging career paths, about lives lived with one foot in the film/TV puddle and the other in the comics toilet, and David takes another shot at disproving Einstein’s theory of relativity... IN SONG! AMANDA DEIBERT Twitter: @amandadeibert Instagram: @amandadeibertofficial Website: https://amandadeibert.com DAVID M. BOOHER Twitter: @davidbooher Instagram: @davidmbooher Website: https://davidbooher.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

CREEPSHOW. This week, David and Rylend are joined by the Nightmare Theatre Anthology co-editors Clay Adams (RED XMAS) and David Schrader (BABY BADASS). With Halloween on the horizon the group talks horror... the good... the bad... the decidedly ugly (hint: it’s Schrader). Also, Rylend says “Candyman” five times while looking in a mirror and the ghost of Regis Philbin appears and sings Baby It’s Cold Outside. CLAY ADAMS Twitter: @ClaysEvilTwin/@FriedComics Instagram: @ClaysAdamsFried/@FriedComics Website: https://friedcomics.com DAVID SCHRADER Twitter: @Schraderopolis/@thebabybadass Instagram: @Schraderopolis/@thebabybadass Website: https://babybadass.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Ringo Awards Riot. This week, David and Rylend are broadcasting from Baltimore Comic Con Live! The dynamic duo is joined by cornucopia of elite creators - Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), David Pepose (Spencer and Locke), Drew Edwards (Halloween Man), Troy Little (Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons and Dragons), and IDW Editor Scott Dunbier - to discuss their 2020 Ringo Award nominations. They briefly flirt with the idea of forming a competitive show choir septet, but quickly abandon the scheme once they realize they don’t have a serviceable soprano. MATT FRACTION Website: https://mattfraction.com STAN SAKAI Twitter: @usagiguy Instagram: @stansakai SCOTT DUNBIER Twitter: @sdunbier Instagram: @sdunbier DAVID PEPOSE Twitter: @peposed Instagram: @peposed DREW EDWARDS Twitter: @halloweenmancom Instagram: drew_halloween TROY LITTLE Twitter: @meanwhilestudio Instagram: angoranapkin --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend are joined by New Yorker Cartoonist Emily Flake and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lalo Alcaraz (LA CUCARACHA). The group explores the often thorny intersection of comics and politics and Rylend gleefully discusses the unfettered stupidity of old white men. The episode ends abruptly, however, when Avallone realizes he’s running late for a well-earned romantic getaway with his wife at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. The A is For Clinic Escorts Series Comic Book Emily edited is available here: https://bit.ly/AIF_ClinicEscorts EMILY FLAKE Twitter: @EmilyFlake Instagram: @eflakeagogo Website: https://www.emilyflake.com LALO ACARAZ Twitter: @laloalcaraz Instagram: @laloalcaraz1 Website: https://laloalcaraz.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

PLAYING WITH OTHER PEOPLE’S TOYS. This week, David and Rylend are joined by Eisner Nominee Cecil Castellucci (Batgirl) and Superman of Metropolis writer Sean Lewis. The group discusses the finer points of writing iconic comic book characters. Cecil, Sean, and Rylend discover that they all have the same IP agent (whom Avallone also once had lunch with). And Rylend attempts, on air, to leap over his desk in a single bound. SPOILER: It doesn’t work out so well for him... or the desk. CECIL CASTELLUCCI Twitter: @misscecil Instagram: @cecilseaskull Website: cecilcastellucci.com SEAN LEWIS Twitter: @SeanChrisLewis Instagram: @seanlewis6026 Website: https://www.littlearkfilms.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

ORIGIN STORIES. Comic book characters have origin stories, obviously... but so do comic book writers. Eisner-nominated comic scribe (DR. DOOM and IRON MAN)/HALT AND CATCH FIRE Showrunner Christopher Cantwell and Ringo-nominated JUPITER JET creators Ashley V. Robinson and Jason Inman discuss their humble beginnings, what inspired them to walk their creative walks. Also, Cantwell reveals that he once almost joined the circus (seriously), Ashley touches briefly on the time she starred in a feminine hygiene commercial, and Rylend waxes lyrically about his time spent selling Kirby vacuum cleaners door-to-door. CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL Twitter: @ifyoucantwell Instagram: @ifyoucantwell ASHLEY V. ROBINSON Twitter: @AshleyVRobinson Instagram: @seanlewis6026 Website: linktr.ee/AshleyVRobinson JASON INMAN Twitter: @Jawiin Instagram: @seanlewis6026 Website: solo.to/jasoninman Check out Jason and Ashley’s GEEK HISTORY LESSON Podcast here: https://www.geekhistorylesson.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

MEN OF LETTERS. This week, David and Rylend talk lettering with Eisner-winning comic writer/letterer John Layman (CHEW, Various BATMAN titles) and former DC Staff letterer Taylor Esposito. David reminisces thoughtfully about his filmic salad days, spent ghosting for a legendary exploitation director, and the group decides once and for all if Coke is, in fact, IT. JOHN LAYMAN Twitter: @themightylayman TAYLOR ESPOSITO Twitter: @TaylorEspo Instagram: @TaylorEspo Website: www.ghostglyphstudios.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

ACTUALLY WRITING COMICS - PART 1. This week, David and Rylend talk pitching with Eisner-nominated comic scribe Nancy Collins (SWAMP THING) and Archie Comics Co-President/STAR WARS - POE DAMERON: FREE FALL writer Alex Segura... and David tries unsuccessfully to talk Rylend out of shamelessly pitching his Archie-meets-Bubbles-from-THE WIRE one-shot. Craig Hamilton Emergency Medical Fund Go Fund Me Link: gf.me/u/zcd5pb NANCY COLLINS Twitter: @nancycollins Website: https://www.comixology.com/Nancy-Collins/comics-creator/4693 ALEX SEGURA Twitter: @alex_segura Instagram: @alexsegurajr Website: alexsegura.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

THE WRITER/ARTIST RELATIONSHIP. This week, David and Rylend talk collaboration with artists they’ve spent years in the trenches with, Dave Acosta (Elvira, Dragon) snd Zsombor Huszka (Aberrant, Orient City)… and the show stops suddenly when the 4-year-old with whom Rylend is quarantined demands help using the “potty.” DAVE ACOSTA Twitter: @davedrawsgood Instagram: @davedrawsgood Website: davedrawsgood.com ZSOMBOR HUSZKA Twitter: @zsomborhuszka Instagram: @zsomborhuszka Website: zsomborhuszka.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend discuss the finer points of crowdfunding, writerly research, and “truth” in comics/movies with screenwriter/graphic novelist Steven Peros (Stoker and Wells) and 4-time Eisner nominee Billy Tucci (SHI)… and the group wrestles doughtily with a question that has plagued great minds since 1969… who was the better Darrin on Bewitched, York or Sergeant? STEVEN PEROS Twitter: @StevenGPeros Instagram: @stevenperos Website: StevenPeros.com Stoker and Wells on IGG: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/stoker-wells-order-of-the-golden-dawn#/ BILLY TUCCI Twitter: @BillyTucci Instagram: @billy_tucci SHI on IGG: www.indiegogo.com/projects/shi-haikyo --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend discuss the ins and outs of publisher deals and Hollywood options with Ringo-nominated comic scribe David Pepose (Scouts Honor, Spencer and Locke) and Eisner nominee Alex De Campi (True War Stories, Bad Girls)... and the group finally definitively determines how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. SPOILER: It’s 364. DAVID PEPOSE Twitter: @peposed Instagram: @peposed Website: linktr.ee/peposed ALEX DE CAMPI Twitter: @alexdecampi Instagram: @alexdecampi Website: patreon.com/alexdecampi --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend explore the idea of the comic shop as a "community center" and the importance of comic book "how to" classes with educator/former DC Editor Jim Higgins, TV writer/Duplicant scribe Karla Nappi, and Monster Matador creator Steven Prince… and Rylend publicly tells his "I once kept Screech Powers from assaulting someone in the Meltdown parking lot" story for only the 2nd time. JIM HIGGINS Twitter: @jimhiggins63 Instagram: @jimhiggins63 Website: newsuit.net KARLA NAPPI Twitter: @musingsbycrazed Instagram: @musingsbycrazed BACK DUPLICANT ON KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2007016434/duplicant-1-4-a-dystopian-biopunk-thriller STEVEN PRINCE Twitter: @monstermatador Instagram: @monstermatador Website: monstermatador.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

CHA-CHA-CHANGES! This week, David (Avallone) and Rylend talk career transitions with Hall of Fame colorist-turned-writer David Baron (various Batman titles, Stained) and acclaimed gallery artist/graphic designer-turned-comic penciler Elisa Wikey (The Cobblestone Chronicles)... and Elisa’s real live goddamn HEDGEHOG makes an appearance... it’s GREAT on video... sincere apologies if you’re listening. DAVID BARON Twitter: @MyZombies Instagram: @MyZombies ELISA WIKEY Twitter: @elisawikey Instagram: @elisawikeydrawsthings Website: TinyFramedThings.com CHECK OUT THE COBBLESTONE CHRONICLES HOLIDAY SPECIAL VIA BRAVE NEW WORLD: https://bnwcomics.shop/product/the-cobblestone-chronicles-a-holiday-special-mini-comic/ --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

HEAVY METAL RENASCENCE. This week, David and Rylend talk with Heavy Metal CEO Matt Medney and writers George C. Romero (THE RISE, COLD DEAD WAR) and Stephanie Phillips (TARNA, HARLEY QUINN) about reshaping the Heavy Metal Brand for the 21st century... and Rylend finds out the hard way that you can’t tattoo a baby. STEPHANIE PHILLIPS Twitter: @Steph_Smash Instagram: @snapcracklesteph Website: stephaniecomics.com GEORGE C. ROMERO Twitter: @IamGeorgeRomero Instagram: @indie_brigade Website: romeropictures.com MATT MEDNEY Twitter: @matthewmedney Instagram: @matthewmedney Website: MATTHEWMEDNEY.com HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE Twitter: @HeavyMetalInk Instagram: @heavymetal Website: heavymetal.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

THE ART OF CON TABLING. This week, David and Rylend talk with Ringo Award-nominated scribe David Pepose (SPENCER and LOCKE, SCOUTS HONOR), DEMON BITCH writer/artist Christie Shinn, and PABLO THE GORILLA creator Don Nguyen about the ins and outs/the DOs, DON’Ts and MIGHT MAYBES of tabling at Comic Conventions… and Avallone finally briefly opens up about the difficult years he spent trapped in cult of savage Jim Nabors enthusiasts in Nome, Alaska. DAVID PEPOSE Twitter: @Peposed Instagram: Peposed Website: linktr.ee/peposed CHRISTIE SHINN Twitter: @HoraToraStudios Instagram: @HoraToraStudios Website: HoraToraStudios.com SUPPORT DEMON BITCH AND OTHER STUPID THINGS: Patreon.com/HoraToraStudios WHERE TO FOLLOW DEMON BITCH: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/demon-btch/list?title_no=148964 DON NGUYEN Twitter: @nguyeningit Instagram: @nguyeningit Website: NguyeningIt.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

PODCAST POW WOW. This week, David and Rylend talk podcasting with Aaron Nabus (Hall H Show) and Tilly and Susan Bridges (Pendant Productions). It’s a podcast where a bunch of podcasters talk about podcasting... and that may very well cause a tear in the space-time continuum. Also, Rylend shares with the group his greatest unfulfilled dream... to get a tattoo of a butt with a butt-shaped tattoo on it... and get it ON his butt. SUSAN BRIDGES Twitter: @susanlbridges Instagram: @susanlbridges Website: pendantaudio.com Website: birdguest.com TILLY BRIDGES Twitter: @TillyBridges Website: pendantaudio.com Website: birdguest.com AARON NABUS Twitter: @aaronnabus Twitter: @HallHdotcom Instagram: @aaronnabus Instagram: @HallHdotcom Website: HallH.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

KICKSTARTER KICKOFF. This week, David and Rylend talk the ins, outs, ups, and downs of Kickstarter campaigning with the platform’s Director of Publishing and Comics Outreach, Oriana Leckert, and creator/Kickstarter veteran Gabe Cheng (INTO THE WILDERNESS). And Rylend starts, in earnest, his quest to amass the largest collection of POINT BREAK VHS tapes (the current, honest-to-God largest collection stands at 102 tapes). BE SURE TO BACK THE JUMP #2 on Kickstarter: bit.ly/thejump2 ORIANA LECKERT Twitter: @orianabklyn Instagram: @orianabklyn Website: oriana-leckert.com GABE CHENG Twitter: @gabechengcomics Instagram: @gabechengcomics ANOTHER LOUSY MILLENNIUM Pod: @almpod Be sure to back INTO THE WILDERNESS on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gabechengcomics/into-the-wilderness-modern-fantasy-comic-with-talking-dogs --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

JOURNALISTIC HIGH JINX. This week, David and Rylend talk reviews and comics journalism with Caitlin Rosberg (The A.V. Club) and Hannibal Tabu (Reviews Editor at Bleeding Cool). Recorded while Rylend was getting HVAC installed at his house. Please excuse the intermittent sight/sounds of heating/cooling professionals in the background. BE SURE TO BACK THE JUMP #2 on Kickstarter: bit.ly/thejump2 CAITLIN ROSBERG Twitter: @crosberg Tumbler: https://crhodey.tumblr.com Website: https://www.caitlinrosberg.com/about HANNIBAL TABU Twitter: @hannibaltabu Instagram: @hannibaltabu Website: hannibaltabu.com/411 --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

In the wake of Marvel cutting ties with Diamond, David and Rylend have a state of the comic union pow-wow with Fanbase Press honchos Barbra and Bryant Dillon and MARGINS scribe David Accampo. Where is the industry going? Where the hell has it been? How in the name of Jobu did we get here? Wherever you go, there you are. Also... there are babies... lots of cute babies in this episode. BE SURE TO BACK THE JUMP #2 on Kickstarter: bit.ly/thejump2 DAVID ACCAMPO Twitter: @daccampo Instagram: @daccampo Website: davidaccampo.com BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon Instagram: @barbrajdillon BRYANT DILLON Twitter: @ComicBookSlayer Instagram: @comicbooksniffer FANBASE PRESS Twitter: @Fanbase_Press Instagram: @fanbasepress Website: fanbasepress.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT. David and Rylend have a state of the kids/Y.A. comic union pow-wow with Eisner nominees Norm Harper (Rikki, Haphaven) and Emma Steinkellner (Quince, The Okay Witch). Rylend is made more than a bit jealous when he puts eyes on the grand lego city Norm has built in his spare bedroom... but he’s borderline inconsolable when he learns that the residents of said town elected Norm Mayor-for-life. BE SURE TO BACK THE JUMP #2 on Kickstarter: bit.ly/thejump2 EMMA STEINKELLNER Twitter: @emsteinkellner Instagram: @emsteinkellner Website: emmasteinkellner.com NORM HARPER Twitter: @ThatNormDude Instagram: @ThatNormDude Website: thatnormdude.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

AN ARTIST’S ADVICE. David and Rylend start out having a “what are we (writers) doing wrong?” chat with artists Skylar Patridge (Resonant, Reversal) and Scott Koblish (Deadpool)… but then things take a violent left turn into Kickstarter town and the four decide they’d like to stay a while. Skylar wears a cool hat. Avallone has a cool mustache. Scott has hypnotically shiny things hanging in his background. Rylend enthusiastically fields a 250th compliment on his Golden Girls skateboard. BE SURE TO BACK THE JUMP #2 on Kickstarter: bit.ly/thejump2 SKYLAR PATRIDGE Twitter: @SkyePatridge Instagram: @SkyePatridge Website: Ko-fi.com/skylarpatridge SCOTT KOBLISH Twitter: @Koblish Instagram: @scottkoblish Website: koblish.blogspot.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

SUPER FRIENDS. David and Rylend put the pens down for a minute and yuk it it up proper with Wonder Woman and Green Lantern... more specifically, they talk voice acting with Susan Eisenberg and Phil LaMarr who voiced Wonder Woman and Green Lantern in the much-lauded JUSTICE LEAGUE animated series. And later in the broadcast, Susan and David connect over a mutual love of daytime television while Rylend beats back the urge to make a 3rd “I just shot Marvin in the face” reference. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT SOAP CON LIVE: soapconlive.com SUSAN EISENBERG Twitter: @susaneisenberg1 Instagram: @susaneisenberg1 Website: susaneisenbergvoice.com PHIL LAMARR Twitter: @phillamarr Instagram: @phillamarr Website: phillamarr.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

ANTHOLOGICAL STUDIES. A conversation about anthologies with comic/TV scribe Melody Cooper (Omni, Law and Order: SVU) and writer/artist/editor/publisher Fabrice “The Crazy Frenchman” Sapolsky (Spider-man Noir) blossoms into a meaningful exchange of thoughts on diversity, matters of social justice, and what a piece of writing can and should mean to its author… and Rylend talks about the very pure and very real joy of playing a dead body on CSI. BACK MUTINY ON KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1hitwonder/mutiny-magazine0 MELODY COOPER Twitter: @melodyMcooper Instagram: @melodycooperfilm Website: melodyMcooper.com FABRICE SAPOLSKY Twitter: @fabricesapolsky Instagram: @fabricesapolsky Website: fairsquarecomics.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

ASS SHAKERY 101 - Rylend and David talk with a couple of prolific indie creators - Richard Fairgray (Black Sand Beach) and Ed Laroche (The Warning) about the back, neck, and soul-breaking work of promoting a creator-owned title. STEP 1: Paint your ass blue. STEP 2: Shake it. Shake it. Shake it. GET BLACK SAND BEACH NOW, WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR BOOKS/COMICS! https://holidayhouse.com/site/pixel-ink/?book=black-sand-beach-2-do-you-remember-the-summer-before RICHARD FAIRGRAY Twitter: @RichardFairgray Instagram: @richardfairgrayauthor Website: richardfairgray.com ED LAROCHE Twitter: @edlaroche Instagram: @ed_laroche Website: edlaroche.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

THREE MONKS WALK INTO A BAR - Rylend and David talk with a couple of real deal Zen Monks-turned-authors - Brad Warner (Hardcore Zen) and Shozan Jack Haubner (Zen Confidential) - about the often very complicated proposition of marketing spiritually-slanted works... and when they realize on air that Hitler, Freud, and Einstein where all, at one point, in Vienna at the same time, the guys gleefully beat out a ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI meets THE HANGOVER-style romp... but with zombies? BRAD WARNER Twitter: @BradWarner Instagram: @hardcorezenbrad Website: hardcorezen.info SHOZAN JACK HAUBNER Twitter: @ShozanJHaubner Website: https://www.shambhala.com/authors/g-n/shozan-jack-haubner.html --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Recorded LIVE at the MID MAY MASSACRE. Rylend and David talk horror comics with a murderers row of creators... Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia), Eric Powell (The Goon), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Superman), George C. Romero (The Rise), Brea Grant (We Will Bury You), David Dastmalchian and Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley)... and chaos ensues when a belligerent Kane Hodder trips into the stream and starts demanding a Fresca. RODNEY BARNES Twitter: @therodneybarnes Instagram: @therodneybarnes Website: rodneybarnes.com ERIC POWELL Twitter: @goonguy Instagram: @ericgoonpowell Website: linktr.ee/AlbatrossFunnybooks PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON Twitter: @phillip_kennedy_johnson Instagram: @PhillipKJohnson Website: phillipkennedyjohnson.com GEORGE C. ROMERO Twitter: @IamGeorgeRomero Instagram: @georgecromero Website: romeropictures.com BREA GRANT Instagram: @breagrant Website: linktr.ee/Breagrant DAVID DASTMALCHIAN Twitter: @Dastmalchian Instagram: @Dastmalchian Website: daviddastmalchian.com LUKAS KETNER Twitter: @LukasKetner Instagram: @hardcorezenbrad Website: lukasketner.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Retailer Riot - Rylend and David chat with two of their favorite comic shop owners - Tiffany Melius (The Perky Nerd in Burbank, CA) and Emmet Garnham (Haven for Heroes in Port Jervis, NY) - about the difficulties retailers have faced during the COVID pandemic and about what we comic creators can do to make their lives easier... and David basically has turn a hose on Rylend and Emmet at one point to get them to stop talking collectables. TIFFANY MELIUS Twitter: @ThePerkyNerd Instagram: @ThePerkyNerd THE PERKY NERD 1606 W Magnolia Blvd Burbank, CA 91506 Website: theperkynerd.com EMMET GARNHAM Twitter: @emmetgarnham Instagram: @emmetgarnham YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HavenForHeroes HAVEN FOR HEROES 34-36 Front St Port Jervis, NY 12771 Twitter: @HavenForHeroes Instagram: @HavenForHeroes --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

BACK IN THE SADDLE - Rylend and David chat with CINNAMON writer/artist Victoria Douglas and MYTH DIVISION Creator/Guinness World Record holder Omar Morales about how the pandemic changed comics and what the future of the business looks like now that things are opening up a bit… and while attempting to pitch his latest comic series, David kind of trips over the perfect tagline for the show: “It is what it is… and if you dig that, you dig that.” Well said. VICTORIA DOUGLAS Twitter: @VSQKI Instagram: @blackbit.exe Website: https://blackbit.world OMAR MORALES Twitter: @TheCruZader Instagram: @the_cruzader Website: https://theforcemedia.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

TikTok for Dummies (A.K.A. Comic Creators) - Rylend and David chat with a couple of 500K+ follower Tiktok pros - Jay Morton (thepandaredd) and Justin Mousseau (moose_0) - about the opportunities/wildly enthusiastic audience awaiting comics creators the platform… and then the gloves come off and the group dives DEEP into what comics can and should mean intellectually, culturally, and spiritually. JAY MORTON TikTok: @thepandaredd Twitter: @thepandaredd Instagram: @thepandaredd/@jaymortonart Website: PandaRedd.ctcin.bio JUSTIN MOUSSEAU TikTok: @moose_0 Twitter: @Moo_Sew Instagram: @justerino Website: linktr.ee/Moose_0 --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Edit THIS! - This week, Rylend and David explore the editor/creator relationship with Scout Comics editor Nicole D’Andria and Freelance/former Dynamite Comics editor Kevin Ketner... and Rylend Waxes poetically about his salad days spent writing/editing English subtitles for the DVD release of the MacGyver TV show. NICOLE D’ANDRIA Twitter: @comic_maven Instagram: @comic_maven Website: comicmaven.com KEVIN KETNER Twitter: @ElectricDracula Instagram: @Electric_Dracula Website: electricdracula.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

License to Thrill - This week, Rylend and David talk licensed comics with Eisner-nominated KILLADELPHIA scribe/LAKERS Executive Producer, Rodney Barnes, and Behemoth’s head editor of licensed titles, Kevin Roditeli… and when Kevin starts talking Michael Mann’s HEAT, Rylend gleefully dusts off his award-winning Waingro impersonation and takes it for a proper spin. “He was MAKING A MOVE, man… I had to GET IT ON.” RODNEY BARNES Twitter: @TheRodneyBarnes Instagram: @TheRodneyBarnes Website: rodneybarnes.com KEVIN RODITELLI Twitter: @KevinRoditeli Instagram: @kevin_roditeli.comics Website: happytank.co --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, Rylend and David talk comic/TV adaptations with a couple of seasoned TV Pros, Susan Hurwitz-Arneson (Preacher, The Tick) and Jose Molina (Agent Carter, Firefly). David decants. There are pictures of Carl Weathers on the wall behind Rylend. All is right with the world for 90 minutes. SUSAN HURWITZ-ARNESON Twitter: @batdorkgirl Instagram: @susanhurwitzarneson Website: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2409134/ JOSE MOLINA Twitter: @JoseMolinaTV Instagram: @JoseMolinaTV Website: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596711/ --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Cons are Coming! - This week, Rylend and David talk the ins, outs, ups, and downs of returning to cons with hall of fame colorist (BATMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE)/STAINED creator David Baron and TV writer/DUPLICANT creator Karla Nappi... and Rylend and Avallone must seriously consider couples counseling after the latter thoughtlessly disparages both Cheesy Poofs and THE DEPARTED. DAVID BARON Twitter: @MyZombies Instagram: @MyZombies Website: davidbaron.co KARLA NAPPI Twitter: @musingsbycrazed Instagram: @musingsbycrazed Website: karlanappi.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

CCCOOOOOONNNSSS! Part 2 - This week, Rylend and David talk returning to cons with Eisner and Harvey-winning editor/comic creator (ERRAND BOYS) D.J. Kirkbride and writer/editor Holly Interlandi (LAST SONG)... and we learn that both Rylend AND David have broken Erik Estrada’s heart in two unrelated incidents. HOLLY INTERLANDI Twitter: @junkstory Instagram: @metal_eye Website: hollyinterlandi.com D.J. KIRKBRIDE Twitter: @DJKirkbride Instagram: @DJKirkbride Website: djkirkbride.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, Rylend and David moderate a virtual panel discussion for Los Film School students featuring creatives whom have worked extensively in film/television AND found success in comics... Melody Cooper (Omni, Law and Order: SVU), Amanda Deibert (Wonder Woman, He-Man), and David M. Booher (Canto, Killer Queens). MELODY COOPER Twitter: @melodyMcooper Instagram: @melodycooperfilm Website: melodyMcooper.com AMANDA DEIBERT Twitter: @amandadeibert Instagram: @amandadeibertofficial Website: amandadeibert.com DAVID M. BOOHER Twitter: @davidbooher Instagram: @davidmbooher Website: davidbooher.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

AND THEN THEY FIGHT - This week, Rylend and David talk with two very accomplished artists - Liana Kangas (STAR WARS ADVENTURES) and Leisha Riddell (SMOOTH CRIMINALS) - about what the writer/artist relationship could, should, and, in many cases, must look like… and they learn the HARD way never to ask Liana to draw a horse. LIANA KANGAS Twitter: @lianakangas Instagram: @lianakangas Website: linktr.ee/lianakangas LEISHA RIDDEL Twitter: @LeishaRiddel Instagram: @LeishaRiddel Website: leisha.art --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, Rylend and David talk with Hall of Famers Jo Duffy (STAR WARS, CATWOMAN) and Phillip Kennedy Johnson (ACTION COMICS, ALIEN) about writing for the big two… and Jo battles an old karate injury - NO LIE - sustained while training to prepare to write POWER MAN AND IRON FIST. JO DUFFY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jo.duffy.7 PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON Twitter: @phillip_kennedy_johnson Instagram: @PhillipKJohnson Website: phillipkennedyjohnson.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, Rylend and David talk career development and the origins of KING SPAWN with writer Sean Lewis (THUMBS, SUPERMAN FUTURE STATE)... and at some point, the three start slipping on all of the comic/film heavyweight names being dropped. SEAN LEWIS Twitter: @SeanChrisLewis Instagram: @seanlewis6026 Website: https://www.littlearkfilms.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, a “surviving the pandemic” talk with artists Skylar Patridge (Resonant) and Ben Bishop (TMNT: The Last Ronin) turns into a really meaty mental health deep dive… and Rylend preaches fanatically about the soul restorative aspects of Karaoke. SKYLAR PATRIDGE Twitter: @SkyePatridge Instagram: @SkyePatridge Website: Ko-fi.com/skylarpatridge BEN BISHOP Twitter: @bishart Instagram: @bishart Website: bishart.net --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, Rylend and David talk with SPENCER AND LOCKE creator David Pepose about the Kickstarter campaign for Issue 2 of his twisted Land of Oz opus, THE O.Z., the group takes a long look at what can and should make a story truly meaningful (for author and reader), and they briefly discuss starting a semi-religious cult based on the guiding principals of the Boy Scouts of America. DAVID PEPOSE Twitter: @Peposed Instagram: Peposed Website: linktr.ee/peposed --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, the guys talk with owners/administrators Jaclyn and Anthony Marques about everything going on at the famed Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art... and both Rylend and David seriously consider going back to school. CHECK OUT THE "COMIC JABRONI" VARIANT OF THE JUMP 1 and 2: https://thejump2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/358061 ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE FAMILY OF EDWIN OCASIO! JACLYN AND ANTHONY MARQUES Twitter: @TheKubertSchool Instagram: @thekubertschool Website: https://www.kubertschool.edu --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend talk with attorney Thomas Crowell - author of The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers and The Pocket Lawyer for Comic Book Creators - about creators rights, IP law, and what a contract should look like… and Rylend tries very hard to pretend that he’s not presenting all of this because a certain publisher screwed over a bunch of creators who are now lashing out on a certain social media platform. MR. CROWELL’S COMMENTS ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. ONLY YOUR ATTORNEY CAN ADVISE YOU WHICH LAWS ARE APPLICABLE TO YOUR SPECIFIC CASE AND SITUATION. THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE OR A LEGAL OPINION. CHECK OUT THE “COMIC JABRONI" VARIANT OF THE JUMP 1 and 2: https://thejump2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/358061 ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE FAMILY OF EDWIN OCASIO! THOMAS CROWELL Twitter: @Law_Crow Law Firm Website: www.lanecrowell.com Personal Website: www.thomascrowell.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend talk with Kristin Gollhofer (Cohost of Meanwhile at the Podcast) and Jason Bennett (Editor in Chief of PopCultHQ) about the creator/journalist relationship and everyone’s very essential place in the “comic book ecosystem...” also, Rylend spends half the show shuffling through an old box where he finds some rare ALF pogs, an old copy of X-MEN signed by Stan Lee, and a grocery list written by WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S phenom Andrew McCarthy in 1991. CHECK OUT JASON’S REVIEW OF SUICIDE JOCKEYS #2 AT POPCULTHQ.COM: https://bit.ly/SuicideJockeys2Review CHECK OUT THE “COMIC JABRONI" VARIANT OF THE JUMP 1 and 2: https://thejump2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/358061 ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE FAMILY OF EDWIN OCASIO! KRISTIN GOLLHOFER Twitter: @klu4973/@MeanwhileATP Instagram: @klu4973/@MeanwhileATP JASON BENNETT Twitter: @TahoeJBennett/@PopCultHq Instagram: @TahoeJBennett/@PopCultHq Website: PopCultHQ.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend talk with Henry Barajas (LA VOZ DE M.A.Y.O.: TATA RAMBO) about his journey from donut shop manager to comic shop headliner... and the guys, perhaps too enthusiastically, trade “Kinsey Scale” ratings. CHECK OUT THE “COMIC JABRONI" VARIANT OF THE JUMP 1 and 2: https://thejump2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/358061 ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE FAMILY OF EDWIN OCASIO! HENRY BARAJAS Twitter: @HenryBarajas Website: linktr.ee/henrybarajas --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend talk with Marielle Bouleau and Simon Birks from Blue Fox Comics (THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS and THE SHADOWS OVER INNSMOUTH) about building a publishing powerhouse on Kickstarter and all the fun and crazy that goes into running a new campaign most every month... and David and Rylend celebrate the show cracking the top 60 on the Apple visual arts podcast charts by performing a soul-scorching choreographed dance (via zoom, of course) to Benny Mardones’ INTO THE NIGHT. CHECK OUT THE “COMIC JABRONI" VARIANT OF THE JUMP 1 and 2: https://thejump2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/358061 ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE FAMILY OF EDWIN OCASIO! BLUE FOX COMICS Twitter: @BlueFoxComics Instagram: @BlueFoxComics Website: bluefoxcomics.com MARIELLE BOULEAU Twitter: @mariellewrites Instagram: @marielle.writes Website: bit.ly/2RCoKTz SIMON BIRKS Twitter: @SBirksWriter Instagram: @SBirksWriter --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend chat with Christie Shinn (DEMON BITCH) and Don Nguyen (PABLO THE GORILLA) about writing from the artist’s perspective… and the writer/artist’s perspective… also, David tells thinly-veiled Andy Sidaris stories and Rylend talks about the time he was almost forced to do mushrooms and go rock-climbing with Tony Scott. CHECK OUT THE “COMIC JABRONI" VARIANT OF THE JUMP 1 and 2: https://thejump2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/358061 ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE FAMILY OF EDWIN OCASIO! CHRISTIE SHINN Twitter: @HoraToraStudios Instagram: @HoraToraStudios Website: HoraToraStudios.com SUPPORT DEMON BITCH AND OTHER STUPID THINGS: Patreon.com/HoraToraStudios WHERE TO FOLLOW DEMON BITCH: webtoons.com/en/challenge/demon-btch/list?title_no=148964 DON NGUYEN Twitter: @nguyeningit Instagram: @nguyeningit Website: NguyeningIt.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend chat with Anthony Pollock (EIC at Soda and Telepaths) and Gary Edwards (Editor at Gestalt Comics) about their soon-to-be-kickstarted comic anthology PRODUCING THE END OF THE WORLD… and the group does a deep dive on beard maintenance. CHECK OUT THE “COMIC JABRONI" VARIANT OF THE JUMP 1 and 2: https://thejump2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/358061 ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE FAMILY OF EDWIN OCASIO! ANTHONY POLLOCK Twitter: @anthpollock/@SodaTelepaths Instagram: @anth.pollock Website: SodaandTelepaths.com GARY EDWARDS Twitter: @dingogary Instagram: @dingogary --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend get an audio drama how-to courtesy of Tilly and Susan Bridges (Pendant Productions) and Madeleine Holly-Rosing (Boston Metaphysical Society), the group discusses the advantages of diversifying one’s creative bonds, and Rylend - who was ripped awake at 5am by a Halloween-obsessed 5-year-old - briefly falls asleep on camera. MADELEINE HOLLY-ROSING Twitter: @MHollyRosing Instagram: @mcholly1 CHECK OUT THE BOSTON METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY: THE GHOST SHIP AUDIO DRAMA KICKSTARTER: kck.st/3m0MIVo SUSAN BRIDGES Twitter: @susanlbridges Instagram: @susanlbridges Website: pendantaudio.com Website: birdguest.com TILLY BRIDGES Twitter: @TillyBridges Website: pendantaudio.com Website: birdguest.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week, David and Rylend chat with Shaenon K. Garrity and Andrew Farago from the Cartoon Art Museum in San Fransisco about the Gallery’s current happenings and its mission is to ignite imaginations and foster the next generation of visual storytellers… and Rylend shows off pieces from his extensive Beavis and Butthead original animation cel collection while soulfully crooning David Van Driessen’s “Men have feelings, too.” ANDREW FARAGO Twitter: @andrewfarago Instagram: @andrewfarago Website: andrewfarago.com SHAENON K. GARRITY Twitter: @shaenongarrity Instagram: @shaenongarrity Website: shaenon.com CARTOON ART MUSEUM: https://www.cartoonart.org/about --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

With a holiday hiatus looming, David and Rylend interview each other, chewing mightily on the influence properties like various Star Treks, Magnum P.I., James Bond, and Jack Reacher have had on their personal lives/creative careers… we’ll leave you to decide which franchise profoundly affected which host. --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Back from holiday hiatus with a vengeance, David and Rylend talk with writer Amanda Deibert (Wonder Woman, He-Man), cartoonist Richard Fairgray (BLACK SAND BEACH), and Fanbase Press Honcho Barbra Dillon about the post COVID comic book landscape… and Richard gleefully tells us about the time he maced and threw dog poop on an overly aggressive meathead who refused to wear a mask during a global pandemic. AMANDA DEIBERT Twitter: @amandadeibert Instagram: @amandadeibertofficial Website: amandadeibert.com RICHARD FAIRGRAY Twitter: @RichardFairgray Instagram: @richardfairgrayauthor Website: richardfairgray.com BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon Instagram: @barbrajdillon FANBASE PRESS Twitter: @fanbase_press Instagram: @fanbasepress Website: fanbasepress.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend talk with writer Charlie Stickney (WHITE ASH) and action choreographer/KungFuMagazine.com publisher Gene Ching about their collaboration on the Immortal Studios Wuxia comic book epic THE ADEPT… and Avallone briefly considers returning to his ancestral home (Naples, Italy) to take up sculpting. CHECK OUT THE ADEPT #2 ON KICKSTARTER NOW: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theadept2/the-adept-2 GENE CHING Twitter: @geneching Website: geneching.wordpress.com CHARLIE STICKNEY Twitter: @CharlesStickney Instagram: @whiteashcomic Website: https://whiteashcomic.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend talk with cartoonist Stewart Kenneth Moore and writers Brandon Beckner and Scott Sampila about their Clover Press comic book PROJECT MK-ULTRA: SEX, DRUGS and THE CIA… and Avallone finally opens up about the decade he spent as an agency stooge, trading blue jeans and New Coke for state secrets in Moscow Metro stations. CHECK OUT MK ULTRA VIA THE CLOVER PRESS WEBSITE NOW: https://cloverpress.us/collections/newly-added/products/project-mk-ultra-sex-drugs-the-cia-vol-1 STEWART KENNETH MOORE Twitter: @opipop Instagram: @booda_von_boodstein Website: www.stewartkmoore.com BRANDON BECKNER Twitter: @parrotpoet1 Instagram: @parrotpoet1 Website: https://www.brandonbeckner.com SCOTT SAMPILA Instagram: @sampila Website: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1399100/ --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend talk with writer/podcaster Jason Inman about small screen Walking Dead, big screen Batman, and the unequivocal wonder that is AC/DC. Oh, yeah… and we also touch on Jason’s comic book - SUPER BEST FRIEND - available now via Kickstarter. CHECK OUT MY SUPER BEST FRIEND ON KICKSTARTER NOW: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jawiin/super-best-friend-1-2-a-superhero-adventure-comic JASON INMAN Twitter: @jawiin Instagram: @jawiin Website: https://solo.to/jasoninman Geek History Lesson: https://www.geekhistorylesson.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Avallone and Rylend talk with writer David Booher (CANTO, KILLER QUEENS) about the gut wrenching leap of faith that is quitting your day job and committing to full time creative work. They also touch on pitching, meeting editors, and Rylend’s predilection with punching readers in the face. DAVID M. BOOHER Twitter: @davidbooher Instagram: @davidmbooher Website: https://davidbooher.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend talk with Wonder Woman: Trial of the Amazons artist Skylar Patridge and Superman/Wastelanders: Star-Lord writer Rich Douek about making the jump from indie books to Marvel/DC... and Rylend goes on a Charlie Sheen-esque rant about all of the earthworms, gnarly gnarlingtons, and Vatican Assassin Warlocks jealous of his tendency to #win. SKYLAR PATRIDGE Twitter: @SkyePatridge Instagram: @SkyePatridge Website: skylarpatridge.com RICH DOUEK Twitter: @rdouek Instagram: @rdouek Website: rdouek.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend talk with Emmy-winning writer/producer (STUDIO CITY) Sean Kanan about his journey from actor to best-selling author. Rylend gleefully turns the last 15 minutes of the broadcast into an enthusiastic Karate Kid III deep dive (Kanan played the film’s villain) and he and Sean strike a deal to pitch a Mike Barnes Cobra Kai comic at IDW. SEAN KANAN Twitter: @seankanan Instagram: @sean.kanan CHECK OUT SEAN’S NEW BOOK “WAY OF THE COBRA”: WayOfTheCobra.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

A catch up session with old friends Christie Shinn (DEMON BITCH) and Don Nguyen (PABLO THE GORILLA) morphs slowly-but-surely into a very serious, poignant, and often quite hilarious chat about representation, censorship, and other hot buttons… and also Klingons, Battlestar, and Clint Eastwood and Sylvester Stallone movies. CHRISTIE SHINN Twitter: @HoraToraStudios Instagram: @HoraToraStudios Website: https://linktr.ee/HoraToraStudios CHECK OUT THE DEMOMN BITCH KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/horatorastudios/demon-bitch-you-all-suck SUPPORT DEMON BITCH AND OTHER STUPID THINGS: www.Patreon.com/HoraToraStudios WHERE TO FOLLOW DEMON BITCH: Demon B!tch DON NGUYEN Twitter: @nguyeningit Instagram: @nguyeningit Website: NguyeningIt.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with accomplished filmmakers Jess Silvetti and Ethan Kogan to talk about their first foray into comics, SHOCKHEADED PETER (available now via Kickstarter)… and Ethan and Rylend - who’ve known each other for 20+ years - swap stories about the INSANE 45-minute-long musical they filmed while in college. JESS SILVETTI Twitter: @Jesilvetti Instagram: @jess_silvetti Website: www.jessicasilvetti.com ETHAN KOGAN Twitter: @EBKfromLA Instagram: @EBKfromLA CHECK OUT THE SHOCKHEADED PETER KICKSTARTER: shockheadedpetercomic.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with Adam Rose to talk the ins and outs of releasing his first book in comic shops (COROLLARY from Source Point Press)… and Rylend presents David with an exciting new business opportunity he enthusiastically describes as "decidedly NOT a pyramid scheme." ADAM ROSE Twitter: @adamrose74 Instagram: @shazamcap CHECK OUT ADAM AT GOLDEN APPLE COMICS ON MAY 7th: https://goldenapplecomics.com/pages/events CHECK OUT FA SHENG: ORIGINS ON KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theadept2/1281297143 --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with 18-year-old wunderkind Saida Woolf, who started writing and drawing Scout Comics’ SOULSTREAM when she was just 15. Many Doogie Howser jokes are made and Rylend and David remember what they were like at 15… slamming Jolt Cola and burning G.I. Joe figures in Rylend’s case... debating which suit to wear to meet Mr. Chekov at the Mall in David’s case. SAIDA WOOLF Twitter: @saidawoolf Instagram: @saidawoolf/@soulstreamcomic Website: saidawoolf.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend do a process deep dive with comic creator Don Walker (AGENT WILD and REAPER CORPS)… and then they get matching, wildly-inappropriate tattoos to celebrate the podcast’s Communicator Awards victory. DON WALKER Instagram: @don_spaceknight Website: https://dorkempireink.bigcartel.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend chat with Hall of Fame editor Shelly Bond about her past at Vertigo and Black Crown and her present running revolutionary Kickstarter campaigns and teaching classes to inspire the next wave of great comic creators... and the broadcast is interrupted briefly when the kindly Armenian Grandmother living next door to David brings over some freshly baked nazook. SHELLY BOND Twitter: @sxbond Instagram: @sxbondimprimatur Website: offregister.press --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend chat with comic shop owner/cartoonist Eddie DeAngelini (THE COLLECTORS) about the power of Kickstarter and the ever-mutating comic retailer landscape… and the pod evolves (or devolves), eventually, into a cutting disquisition on responsible and affecting film scoring. EDDIE DEANGELINI Twitter: @DeangeliniEddie Instagram: @collectorscomic Website: https://collectorscomic.com LINK TO THE COLLECTORS KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN: collectorsonkickstarter.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend have a delightful “career building” chat with writer/editor Brian Hawkins (Aftershock’s THE VINEYARD)... and amid a tense conversational digression re: New York real estate, Rylend makes the rash decision to buy a three bedroom Townhouse in Jersey City that needs a bit too much work. BRIAN HAWKINS Twitter: @BrianLHawkins Instagram: @brianhawkinswrites Website: brianhawkinswrites.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with Eisner-nominated Fanbase Press EIC Barbra Dillon and writer Jordan Hart to talk about their collaboration on RIPPLE EFFECTS, a comic series that explores life as a superhero with a disability... and Rylend talks candidly about all of the mildly-evil things he’d do if he somehow lucked into superpowers. JORDAN HART Twitter: @ripplefxcomic Instagram: @jordyjordith Website: www.fanbasepress.ecrater.com/p/39178444/ripple-effects-pre-order BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon Instagram: @barbrajdillon FANBASE PRESS Twitter: @Fanbase_Press Instagram: @fanbasepress Website: fanbasepress.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with writer David Accampo (Wormwood: A Serialized Mystery) for a thematics deep dive and to discuss his new horror anthology series SPECTRAL... and the show quickly and confidently mutates into conversational street fight re: the dos and don’ts of fine prequeling. DAVID ACCAMPO Twitter: @daccampo Instagram: @daccampo Website: davidaccampo.com BACK SPECTRAL ON KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chrisandersoncomics/spectral BACK SHAKESPEARE UNLEASHED ON KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manbomb/shakespeare-unleashed --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David (high on cough syrup) and Rylend (severely jet-lagged) sit down with editor-extraordinaire James Aquilone to discuss his latest and greatest Kickstarter anthology, Shakespeare Unleashed... also, SCOTUS can eat a fat one. JAMES AQUILONE Twitter: @jamesaquilone/@MonstrousBooks Instagram: @james_aquilone Website: linktr.ee/jamesaquilone BACK SHAKESPEARE UNLEASHED ON KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manbomb/shakespeare-unleashed?ref=8syg49 --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with ESCAPE THE NIGHT showrunner Adam Lawson to discuss his new comic endeavor - an actiony collab with Hollywood legend Wesley Snipes - titled THE EXILED... and the three begin the long and arduous process of integrating for seamless viewing and analysis the post pipeline data coming back from NASA’s James Webb telescope. ADAM LAWSON Twitter: @GiftedRebelsCo Instagram: @gongfuman/@giftedrebelsco Website: giftedrebels.com BACK THE EXILED ON KICKSTARTER: http://bit.ly/theexiled --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with Ringo-nominated writer Drew Edwards and artist Paulo J Hernandez to talk about their collaboration on HALLOWEEN MAN MEETS THE LATEX AVENGER… and the group furiously butts head over a very SERIOUS question… which is the superior movie? GHOSTBUSTERS? Or GHOSTBUSTERS 2? “VIGGO!” DREW EDWARDS Twitter: @halloweenmancom Instagram: @drew_halloween Website: halloweenman.com PAULO J. HERNANDEZ Twitter: @paulojhdz Instagram: @paulojhdz Website: paulojhdz.com BACK HALLOWEEN MAN MEETS THE LATEX AVENGER ON INDIEGOGO: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/halloween-man-meets-the-latex-avenger#/ --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend are coming to you LIVE from SDCC 2022 where they hosted a POST-PANDEMIC PUBLISHING LANDSCAPE panel with creators David Booher (CANTO), Charlie Stickney (White Ash), Ashley V. Robinson (Jupiter Jet), and David Pepose (Savage Avengers)… Also, Rylend narrowly defeated Lou Ferrigno in a high stakes game of Chinese checkers and Avallone received the key to the of San Diego city after foiling a plot by Hiroto cosplayers to steal NECA’s Last Ronin action figure prototypes. DAVID M. BOOHER Twitter: @davidbooher Instagram: @davidmbooher Website: https://davidbooher.com CHARLIE STICKNEY Twitter: @CharlesStickney Instagram: @whiteashcomic Website: https://whiteashcomic.com ASHLEY V. ROBINSON Twitter: @AshleyVRobinson Instagram: @seanlewis6026 Website: linktr.ee/AshleyVRobinson DAVID PEPOSE Twitter: @Peposed Instagram: Peposed Website: linktr.ee/peposed --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with writer Ray Chou (Skies of Fire) to talk about how he and his team built the Kickstarter publishing juggernaut Mythopoeia… and the guys trade ass-chapping Hollywood horror stories. RAY CHOU Twitter: @mythopoeians Instagram: @mythopoeians Website: https://www.mythopoeia.us/ Get the Skies of Fire Collected Edition on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythopoeia/skies-of-fire-collected-edition Kickstarter How-To Blogs www.mythopoeia.us/blog/kickstarter-breakdown-pt-i-continuing-an-ongoing-series --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend have a “creator’s guide” chat with writer Pat “Six Figure” Shand (CHEEKY) and talk pitching, publisher/producer note implementation, the dos/don’ts of “con schmoozing,” and best social media practices… and Rylend leaves about 3/4 into the show to go get Mr. T’s autograph at the Glendale Galleria. PAT SHAND Twitter: @PatShand Instagram: @PatShand Website: linktr.ee/PatShand CHECK OUT PAT’S BOOK CHEEKY ON INDIEGOGO: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cheeky-a-nsfw-graphic-novel/x/1947872#/ --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Live from Long Beach Comic Con! David and Rylend talk with an elite gaggle of veteran Kickstarter campaigners - Charlie Stickney (White Ash), Kelly Sue Milano (Hex11), and Steven Prince (Monster Matador) - about the ins and outs of crowdfunding your dream project. CHARLIE STICKNEY Twitter: @CharlesStickney Instagram: @whiteashcomic Website: whiteashcomic.com KELLY SUE MILANO Twitter: @kellysuesays Instagram: @kellysuesays Website: hexcomix.com STEVEN PRINCE Twitter: @monstermatador Instagram: @monstermatador Website: monstermatador.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Live from Long Beach Comic Con! David and Rylend talk with a gang of experienced comic pros - Scott Koblish, Christie Shinn, and Don Walker - about how they actually making a living doing what they love, staying paid and keeping projects funded. SCOTT KOBLISH Twitter: @Koblish Instagram: @scottkoblish Website: koblish.blogspot.com CHRISTIE SHINN Twitter: @HoraToraStudios Instagram: @HoraToraStudios Website: https://linktr.ee/HoraToraStudios DON WALKER Instagram: don_spaceknight Website: https://dorkempireink.bigcartel.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Live from Long Beach Comic Con! David talks with a gaggle of experienced comic pros - Kris Longo, Bobby Timony, and Barbra Dillon - about how they survived the COVID pandemic personally, professionally, psychologically, and spiritually. To an audience of hundreds. As far as you know. BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon Instagram: @barbrajdillon FANBASE PRESS Twitter: @fanbase_press Instagram: @fanbasepress Website: fanbasepress.com KRIS LONGO Twitter: @krislongo Instagram: @kris_longo Website: modernfanatic.com BOBBY TIMONY Twitter: @BobbyTimony Instagram: @bobbytimony Website: twincomics.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with Heavy Metal CEO Matt Medney and politico/clean energy advocate Catherine Loubier to discuss THE FIFTH FORCE, their ecological time travel comic book extravaganza… all while Matt enthusiastically watches the Brazilian soccer team beat the pants off of South Korea. MATT MEDNEY Twitter: @matthewmedney Instagram: @matthewmedney Website: matthewmedney.com CATHERINE LOUBIER Twitter: @CLoubier HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE Twitter: @HeavyMetalInk Instagram: @HeavyMetal Website: https://linktr.ee/HeavyMetalMagazine --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Live from L.A. Comic Con, David and Rylend chat with a gang of seasoned comic editors/shot callers - Fanbase Press EIC Barbra Dillon, Heavy Metal CEO Matt Medney, and Top Cow Publisher/COO Matt Hawkins - looking to finally definitively answer the question… What are publishers looking for? BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon Instagram: @barbrajdillon FANBASE PRESS Twitter: @Fanbase_Press Instagram: @fanbasepress Website: fanbasepress.com MATT MEDNEY Twitter: @matthewmedney Instagram: @matthewmedney Website: matthewmedney.com HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE Twitter: @HeavyMetalInk Instagram: @HeavyMetal Website: https://linktr.ee/HeavyMetalMagazine MATT HAWKINS Twitter: @topcowmatt Instagram: @mhawk5222 Website: http://matttalks.com TOP COW Twitter: @topcow Instagram: @topcow Website: topcow.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Live from L.A. Comic Con, David chats with a gang of seasoned comic professionals - Charlie Stickney, Liana Kangas, Scott Koblish, and Chuck Patton - about breaking into the business. Surprise tip: work at a frame store. CHARLIE STICKNEY Twitter: @charlesstickney Instagram: @whiteashcomics Website: whiteashcomic.com LIANA KANGAS Twitter: @lianakangas Instagram: @lianakangas Website: bio.site/lianakangas SCOTT KOBLISH Twitter: @koblish Instagram: @scottkoblish Website: koblish.blogspot.com CHUCK PATTON Twitter: @ChuckPatton9 Instagram: @chuckpattonart Website: artofchuckpatton.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Live from L.A. Comic Con, David and Rylend chat with a gang of seasoned comic professionals - David Booher, Melissa Flores, and Ray Anthony Height - about breaking in, falling out, and surviving the COVID 19 storm. DAVID M. BOOHER Twitter: @davidbooher Instagram: @davidmbooher Website: https://davidbooher.com MELISSA FLORES Twitter: @misty_flores Instagram: @misty_flores Website: mistyflores.com RAY ANTHONY HEIGHT Instagram: @artofraheight Website: www.studioskyetiger.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend chat with Kickstarter Hall-of-Famers Pat Shand (STEAMY) and Madeleine Holly-Rosing (BOSTON METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY) about all the fun happening on the platform right now... and Pat’s cat repeatedly tries to seize control of the broadcast. PAT SHAND Twitter: @PatShand Instagram: @PatShand Website: linktr.ee/PatShand CHECK OUT THE STEAMY KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/patshand/steamy-a-nsfw-graphic-novel MADELEINE HOLLY-ROSING Twitter: @MHollyRosing Instagram: @mcholly1 CHECK OUT THE BOSTON METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mhollyrosing/boston-metaphysical-society-mystery-at-pikes-peak-1-2 --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Live from WonderCon ’23, David and Rylend chat with a gang of seasoned comic professionals - David Booher (CANTO), Barbra Dillon (EIC Fanbase Press), Charlie Stickney (WHITE ASH) and Ray Anthony Height (STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA) - about the current state of the comic book industry… they discuss the controversies, the challenges, and some possible solutions. DAVID M. BOOHER Twitter: @davidbooher Instagram: @davidmbooher Website: davidbooher.com BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon Instagram: @barbrajdillon FANBASE PRESS Twitter: @Fanbase_Press Instagram: @fanbasepress Website: fanbasepress.com RAY ANTHONY HEIGHT Instagram: @artofraheight Website: studioskyetiger.com CHARLIE STICKNEY Twitter: @charlesstickney Instagram: @whiteashcomics Website: whiteashcomic.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with Blake Morgan (Blake’s Buzz) and Brian Wayne (Cheers to Comics) to talk the ins and outs, the highs and lows of covering comics… interviewing creators, writing reviews, knocking heads with idiots in hate groups. Oh yeah… and Rylend tells, like, A BUNCH of people to go “F” themselves. BLAKE MORAGAN Twitter: @blakesbuzz Instagram: @blakesbuzz Patreon: http://patreon.com/blakesbuzz Website: drum.io/blakesbuzz BRIAN WAYNE Twitter: @cheerstocomics Instagram: @cheerstocomics Website: linktr.ee/cheerstocomics --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with Derek McCaw (Fanboy Planet) and the Bearded Comic Bro for part 2 in their “covering comics” discussion series… More on interviewing creators and writing reviews… and much more of Rylend telling people to go “F” themselves. DEREK MCCAW Twitter: @FanboyPlanet Instagram: @FanboyPlanet Website: fanboyplanet.com BEARDED COMIC BRO Twitter: @beardedcomicbro Instagram: @beardedcomicbro YouTube: https://t.co/G5eZk2XOcP --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with one of their absolute favorite people in the creatorverse - Ray-Anthony Height (MIDNIGHT TIGER, STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA) - to discuss what a writer can, should, and necessarily must pour into a story emotionally, philosophically, and experientially… they also talk about ROAD HOUSE a lot, you know, because it’s freakin’ INCREDIBLE? RAY-ANTHONY HEIGHT Facebook: Studio Skye-Tiger: Home of Ray-Anthony Height --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with film/TV/comics writer Melody Cooper to discuss the complicated ins and outs of the current Writers Guild strike, to hash out where AI might be headed (from an art/writing standpoint), and to seriously examine whether or not Dr. Dre started this whole mess when he helped create digital Tupac back in 2012. MELODY COOPER Twitter: @melodyMcooper Instagram: @melodycooperfilm Website: melodyMcooper.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with HALT AND CATCH FIRE co-creator/showrunner Christopher Cantwell to delve deep into the philosophical and psychological ramifications of the current Writers Guild strike. CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL Twitter: @ifyoucantwell Instagram: @ifyoucantwell --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with Simone and Ajax creator Andrew Pepoy to talk cartooning, comic strips, and librarial influences... and the guys have an exceedingly hard time deciding what to purchase from this month's Scholastic "book order." ANDREW PEPOY Twitter: @andrewpepoy Instagram: @andrewpepoy Website: pepoy.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend get another frontline report on the WGA Strike from TV pro and Sony AM picket captain Susan Hurwitz-Arneson (Preacher, The Tick). The crew talks writers rooms, strike culture, and how to combine errands with picketing. SUSAN HURWITZ-ARNESON Twitter: @batdorkgirl Instagram: @susanhurwitzarneson Website: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2409134/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend chat with cartoonist Richard Fairgray about love, hate, social and political turmoil, and his new Fanbase Press release FOUR-COLOR HEROES. Also, Rylend talks WWWAAAYYY too much about Dominic Toretto (what the hell else is new?) and David works through his rather significant issues with THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL. RICHARD FAIRGRAY Twitter: @RichardFairgray Instagram: @richardfairgrayauthor Website: richardfairgray.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend chat with screenwriter Josh Miller (Violent Night, Sonic the Hedgehog) about Roger Corman, Andy Sidaris, Lloyd Kauffman, and about what it really takes to hang in the often onerous Hollywood game for 20+ years… and Rylend and Josh gleefully reminisce about the time they spent together at Steven Seagal concerts back in the aughts… yes, CONCERTS… Steven Seagal actually put out a few blues albums back then… we’re serious… look it up. JOSH MILLER Twitter: @JoshMillerLite Instagram: @josh_s_miller Best Movies Never Made Twitter: @NeverMadeFilm Instagram: @bestmoviesnevermade Website: anchor.fm/never-made --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend chat with librarian/Creators Assemble Co-Founder Moni Barrette about the wonder that is the public library, the value of comics and pop culture as teaching/literacy tools, and the group colorfully and enthusiastically tells book burners to go ‘F’ themselves. MONI BARRETTE Twitter: @MoniBarre Instagram: @MoniBarre CREATORS ASEMBLE Twitter: @CreatorsAssemb Instagram: @CreatorsAssemb Website: https://www.creatorsassemble.org OTHER LINKS The Fight Against Book Bans: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/fight-against-book-bans-9781440879760/ CA! on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/creatorsassemble --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend gleefully take the red pill, stay in Wonderland, and Tilly Bridges - author of the incredible new book Begin Transmission: The trans allegories of The Matrix - shows them how deep the rabbit hole goes. Luckily, Rylend knows Kung fu. TILLY BRIDGES Twitter: @TillyBridges Instagram: @heckyeahtillybridges Website: http://birdguest.com Website: http://tillystranstuesdays.com Grab Begin Transmission: The trans allegories of The Matrix on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix/dp/B0BY2FCSVX/ --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with Late night writer (CONAN, Daily Show)-turned-animation writer/author Rob Kutner to talk about how working in comics can and will affect your film/TV writing (and vice versa)… and after threatening to do it for 97 episodes, the guys actually spend way too much time arguing about Star Trek. ROB KUTNER Twitter: @ApocalypseHow Instagram: @robkutner Website: robkutner.com Pre-order SNOT GOBLINS and OTHER TASTELESS TALES: http://bit.ly/3DpKZlE --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend sit down with author Preeti Chibber to explore the many interrelations of the book and comic comic book businesses and to discuss her latest Marvel YA novel SPIDER-MAN’S BAD CONNECTION. Rylend also slips into a deep meditative trance and takes the group on a magic carpet ride through something he calls the “Elmore Leonardverse.” PREETI CHIBBER Twitter: @runwithskizzers Instagram: @runwithskizzers --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

David and Rylend celebrate their 100th episode milestone with a raucous conversation with dear friends/all star guests Barbra Dillion, Richard Fairgray, Charlie Stickney, Amanda Deibert, and Ray Anthony Height. RAY ANTHONY HEIGHT Instagram: @artofraheight Website: www.studioskyetiger.com RICHARD FAIRGRAY Twitter: @RichardFairgray Instagram: @richardfairgrayauthor Website: richardfairgray.com AMANDA DEIBERT Twitter: @amandadeibert Instagram: @amandadeibertofficial Website: https://amandadeibert.com CHARLIE STICKNEY Twitter: @charlesstickney Instagram: @whiteashcomics Website: whiteashcomic.com BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon Instagram: @barbrajdillon FANBASE PRESS Twitter: @Fanbase_Press Instagram: @fanbasepress Website: fanbasepress.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions