Rylend and David talk with Eisner/Inkpot-winner Shannon Wheeler (TOO MUCH COFFEE MAN) and GLAAD Award-winner Richard Fairgray (EX-WIVES OF FRANKENSTEIN) about the evolution (and de-evolution) of cartooning, about process, and about moving one’s business onto kickstarter. SHANNON WHEELER Twitter: @MuchCoffee Instagram: @muchcoffeeman Website: https://linktr.ee/ShannonLeoWheeler 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

Rylend and David talk with writer Adam Rose about his new Titan Comics release HUGE DETECTIVE… and without really meaning to, the gang does a very deep dive on IP/Rights issues. ADAM ROSE Twitter: @adamrose74 Instagram: @shazamcap Website: adamharryrose.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

Rylend and David intended to have one of their standard “state of the comic union” discussions with Syzygy Publishing co-founder Chris Ryall, but - as happens with great guests - ended up with something much more fun, layered, and nuanced in the end. Special appearances by Cassandra Peterson, Syd Field, and Tyrese and Ludacris. CHRIS RYALL Twitter: @chris_ryall Instagram: @chris_ryall Website: worldofsyzygy.com Website: chrisryall.substack.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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Rylend and David talk with Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. creators/showrunners Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum about their MINOR THREATS comic book universe… Patton and Rylend get through the broadcast - despite being woefully under the weather - by pounding gogol mogol and judiciously using the mute button. PATTON OSWALT Twitter: @pattonoswalt Instagram: @pattonoswalt Website: pattonoswalt.com JORDAN BLUM Twitter: @BlumJordan Instagram: @BlumJordan --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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

Rylend and David talk with Kickstarter mainstays Charlie Stickney (WHITE ASH COMICS), Richard Fairgray (THE EX-WIVES OF FRANKENSTEIN), and Steven Prince (MONSTER MATADOR) about the current state of the platform’s union… and after spending an 90-minutes admiring David and Richard’s rather prominent cookie dusters, Rylend seriously considers growing a mustache. RICHARD FAIRGRAY Twitter: @RichardFairgray Instagram: @richardfairgrayauthor Website: richardfairgray.com CHARLIE STICKNEY Twitter: @charlesstickney Instagram: @whiteashcomics Website: whiteashcomic.com STEVEN PRINCE Twitter: @monstermatador Instagram: @monstermatador --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 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

The Writers Block with David Avallone and Rylend Grant! A weekly post-con-style roundtable romp with some of the most outspoken (yet still employed) creators in comics. Show biz war stories. State of the comic union. Furious debates over ‘80s televisions shows. Great lobster bisque recipes. Something for everybody.

Rylend and David talk with Bram Stoker Award-nominated comic writer Rich Douek (HEARTPIERCER, MECHAGODZILLA) about the topsy-turvy state of publishing in the wake of the pandemic/the writer’s strike/the streaming collapse/et al… and after a short, cryptic rant about some time spent with Director Simon West years back, Rylend leaves mid-show to watch a CON AIR/THE ROCK double feature. RICH DOUEK Twitter: @rdouek Instagram: @rdouek Website: linktr.ee/rdouek --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

Rylend and David talk with Bram Stoker Award-nominated comic writer Rich Douek (HEARTPIERCER, MECHAGODZILLA) about the topsy-turvy state of publishing in the wake of the pandemic/the writer’s strike/the streaming collapse/et al… and after a short, cryptic rant about some time spent with Director Simon West years back, Rylend leaves mid-show to watch a CON AIR/THE ROCK double feature. RICH DOUEK Twitter: @rdouek Instagram: @rdouek Website: linktr.ee/rdouek --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 ’24, David and Rylend chat with Rob Kutner (Snot Goblins, Scott Lang: Look Out for the Little Guy, Conan O’Brien) and Tim Sheridan (Alan Scott: The Green Lantern, Masters of the Universe: Revolution) about their experiences working professionally in both film/TV and comics. ROB KUTNER Twitter: @ApocalypseHow Instagram: @robkutner Website: robkutner.com TIM SHERIDAN Instagram: @ilovetimsheridan Website: timsheridan.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 WonderCon '24, David and Rylend chat with a gang of seasoned comic professionals - David Booher (CANTO), David Pepose (PUNISHER), and Jessica Maison (MARY SHELLY'S SCHOOL FOR MONSTERS) - about how they broke into comics. DAVID M. BOOHER Twitter: @davidbooher Instagram: @davidmbooher Website: https://davidbooher.com DAVID PEPOSE Twitter: @Peposed Instagram: @Peposed Website: linktr.ee/peposed JESSICA MAISON Twitter: @jessistarjudd Instagram: @dandelion451 Website: substack.com/@jessicamaison Website: wickedtreepress.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 author/comic creator Jessica Maison (MARY SHELLY’S SCHOOL FOR MONSTERS) about their shared film business roots, strategies for communicating effectively with collaborators, and the looming AI threat. JESSICA MAISON Twitter: @jessistarjudd Instagram: @dandelion451 Website: substack.com/@jessicamaison Website: wickedtreepress.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 comic/TV/animation writer Tim Sheridan to discuss matters of love and hate, the dangers of tribalism, the mysterious ethnicity of Kahn Noonien Sigh, and to examine his recent masterwork ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN. TIM SHERIDAN Twitter: @iamtimsheridan Instagram: @ilovetimsheridan Website: timsheridan.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 chop it up with old friend Kevin Grevioux… writer/creator of the UNDERWORLD movies, iFrankenstein, the Blue Marvel, and director of the recent Frank Grillo action hit KING OF KILLERS. KEVIN GREVIOUX Twitter: @KevinGrevioux Instagram: @KevinGrevioux Website: darkstormcomics.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

Rylend and David talk with stand-up comedian Deece Casillas about his journey into comics and his new book KILL STAN… and Rylend waxes poetic about the power of cultivating a “beginners mind” in any creative endeavor. DEECE CASILLAS Twitter: @deececomedy Instagram: @deece.comedy Website: DeeceComedy.com CHECK OUT KILL STAN ON KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/killstan/kill-stan --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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Rylend and David talk with Global Comix’s Head of Business Development Eric Tapper about fanbase building and where digital publishing is heading is headed in the wake of the Comixology collapse. SPECIAL OFFER FROM GLOBAL COMIX: The first 25 listeners to use this link or code will get 1 week of free reading on Global Comix. Claimable until midnight on October 17th, 2024. https://globalcomix.com/claim/TWDSEP2024 CODE: TWDSEP2024 ERIC TAPPER Twitter: @ericmtapper Instagram: @ericmtapper Website: linktr.ee/thecafeopenmic GLOBAL COMIX Twitter: @globalcomix Instagram: @globalcomix Website: https://globalcomix.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 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 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 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 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