Jocelyn Short, Jordan Purnell Jackson, Andrea Rose Washington, and Rod Van Blake give their thoughts on the season finale of Star Wars Acolyte. Spoilers if you have yet to finish the show.

Rod Van Blake, Jocelyn Short and Andrea Rose Washington talk Acolyte episode 7 ahead of the finale! Spoilers if you're not caught up!

Jordan Purnell Jackson, Jocelyn Short and Rod Van Blake give their thoughts on the third and fourth episodes of Disney plus's revamped X-men animated show reprising themes and characters from the late 90's cartoon!

Jordan Purnell Jackson, creator of the E.V.E. of Insurrection comic and illustrator of the Ancient Illumination graphic novels as well as the Jerichos' Bane comic, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantree's Magic, and Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles : the Return Home discuss their thoughts on Don't Look Up a Netflix film with an all-star cast depicting a sarcastic yet poignant view on how the end of the world could be handled given societies idiosyncrasies. SPOILER ALERT!!

Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantree's Magic, Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist and Illustrator for the Ancient Illumination graphic novel volumes, Jericho's Bane comic and creator of the E.V.E. of Insurrection comic along with Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home discuss how this year went from the perspectives of creators making more content and trying to get back into the swing of things with conventions after the lockdown. The pandemic is very much still in effect, but we made it and had some successes along the way despite some trying circumstances as have all of you!

Season one of the Foundation on Apple TV has concluded and the Askari cast has finally gotten around to discuss their thoughts on it. Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist and illustrator of the E.V.E of Insurrection comic, Jericho's Bane Comic and volumes one and two of the Ancient Illumination graphic novels, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantree's Magic, and Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return home get together to speak on it!

Jordan Purnell Jackson of JP JACKSON ART and creator of the E.V.E. of Insurrection comic, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Ahmantree's Magic and Elendil, and Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles discuss episodes 7 and 8 of the Foundation an epic scifi series based on novels and short stories of Isaac Asimov. SPOILER ALERT!!!

Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist and creator of the E.V.E. of Insurrection comic and Illustrator of the Ancient Illumination graphic novels joins Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination novel series and Nyumbani Chronicels: the Return Home to talk about the recent Netflix offering titled The Harder They Fall directed by Jeymes Samuel packed with an all star cast! Listen to our thoughts. SPOILER ALERT!!!

Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantree's Magic, Jordan Purnell Jackson creator of E.V.E. of Insurrection and the illustrator of the Ancient Illumination graphic novels and Jericho's Bane comic join Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination scifi series and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home take some time to talk about the recently release of the Dune 2021 remix on HBOMax! Spoiler Alert!!

Andrea Rose Washington the author of Adalithiel, Ahmantree's Magic and Elendil, Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist/Illustrator for the Ancient Illumination graphic novel series as well as his solo comic E.V.E. of Insurrection, and Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series of novels and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home discuss the 6th episode of the Foundation on Apple TV. In the second half they discuss Baltimore Comic con and their experiences there.

The Askari Cast is whole again as Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantree's Magic rejoins Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series, and the Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home and Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist and Illustrator of the Ancient Illumination graphic novel series, the Jericho's Bane Comic and soon to be released E.V.E. of Insurrection comic. Andrea adds her impressions and observations on the Apple TV series the Foundation based on the books and short stories penned by Isaac Asimov. They are also getting ready to hit Baltimore Comic con going on this weekend Oct 22-24th! Go check them out at tables E-5, E-6, and E-26!

The Askari Cast gives their takes on the Finale for the Disney plus show "What If" where the Watcher breaks his vow! Hear Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Ahmantree's Magic and Elendil, along with Jordan Purnell Jackson Illustrator of the Ancient Illumination graphic novels, the Jerichos bane comic and creator of  E.V.E. of Insurrection comic give their thoughts!

Rod Van Blake, author of the Ancient Illuminations series and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home, along with Jordan Purnell Jackson, graphic artist, animator and Illustrator of the Ancient Illumination graphic novels, Jerichos' Bane comic and soon to be released E.V.E. of Insurrection comic discuss the Foundation a newly released show streaming on Apple TV based on short stories and novels penned by Isaac Asimov that features a mathematician who comes up with a theory of psychohistory that can predict the behavior of mankind on a grand scale. It will be interesting to see how the execute the story in TV show format which to many will be a tall order! SPOILER ALERT if you have yet to see the first 3 episodes. 

The whole gang is back! Andrea Rose Washington, Jordan Purnell Jackson, Jocelyn Short, and Rod Van Blake dive into the first two episodes of X-Men 97!

The Askari cast is back as Rod Van Blake, author of the Ancient Illumination series, and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantree's Magic along with Jordan Purnell Jackson Illustrator of the Ancient Illumination graphic novels and soon to be released E.V.E. of Insurrection comic get together to discuss the latest two offerings from Disney Plus series "What if"! The last episode especially was a doozie! SPOILER ALERT!!!

The Askari Cast with Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home, and Jordan Purnell Jackson Illustrator for the Ancient Illumination graphic novel adaptations and creator of upcoming E.V.E of Insurrection speak about their early impressions of Star Wars Visions first three episodes The Duel, Tatooine Rhapsody, and Twins on Disney Plus. Visions is featuring six Japanese Anime studios for nine episodes. We were surprised Disney let someone else into their playground like this but we are excited! SPOILER ALERT!!

This week Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantree's Magic and graphic designer/Illustrator Jordan Purnell Jackson talk Disney plus series "What if" this sixth episode explores what would happen if Killmonger was the one to rescue Tony Stark. Spoiler alert for those that have yet to see it!

The Askari Cast is back to discuss another episode of What if on Disney plus! Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantree's Magic along with Graphic artist, Illustrator and creator of E.V.E. of Insurrection Jordan Purnell Jackson give their thoughts as Disney seems to be taking a dark turn with their animated series featuring hypotheticals with MCU characters.

Today the Askari cast take some time to talk about the What if series on Disney Plus. Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil, and Ahmantree's Magic, and Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist and animator give their thoughts in the house of Mouse's new animated show featuring characters from the MCU. If you have yet to watch the episodes. SPOILER ALERT!!!

Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home, Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist and illustrator, and James Howard otherwise known as Arrow J. Knight author of Jericho's Bane discuss their experiences at Awesome con, the Comic con for Washington DC from the perspective as vendors. Despite being much larger than Blerdcon the results great but not up to bloated expectations after the numbers from the smaller event. Listen as we talk about how in person events have changed since the shutdowns.

The Askari Cast is back a couple days early this week with Awesome con coming up this weekend! Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles, Andrea Rose Washington, author of Adalithiel, Elendil, and Ahmantree's Magic, and Jordan Purnell Jackson creator of the upcoming comic E.V.E. of Insurrection chat with DeAryes White and Brandon Silvera of Coplay Media, a small media company with aspiration to create a Afrocentric side scrolling metroidvania game!

Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles :the Return Home, Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist, Illustrator of the Ancient Illumination graphic novel series and creator of the upcoming E.V.E. of Insurrection comic, and Illustrator for the Jerichos' Bane comic, along with Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil , and Ahmantree's Magic get together to discuss the Suicide Squad. DC's latest cinematic offering released in theaters and on the HBOMax streaming app. Join the Askari cast to hear our thoughts on the sequel to the not so well received film of a similar name. We weren't so sure of how adding the "The" would make a difference. Surprisingly it did. For those that have yet to see it...SPOILER ALERT!!

Today we discuss the Netflix action flick Gunpowder Milkshake starring Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino, and Paul Giamatti. Hear the thoughts of the Askari cast with Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series, and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantrees' Magic, and graphic artist and illustrator Jordan Purnell Jackson who illustrated the Ancient Illumination graphic novels, the Jerichos' Bane comic, and soon to release his solo comic E.V.E. of Insurrection. SPOILER ALERT if you have not watched the film!

Todays topic is the new Netflix release of Masters of The Universe Revelation which has been the subject of much controversy lately. Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist and creator of the soon to be released E.V.E. of Insurrection comic discuss their thoughts on the sequel to the 80s cartoon series. Andrea Rose Washington will be back next week but left us her thoughts to share with you all! For those who have yet to watch...SPOILER ALERT!!!

Jordan Purnell Jackson, Jocelyn Short and Rod Van Blake talk the latest foray into the monsterverse with Godzilla X Kong New Empire! Spoilers if you have yet to see it!

The Askari cast is back to discuss our experience at Blerdcon 2021 which for a lot of folks was the first in person convention since the shutdown. Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Nyumbani Chronicles:the Return Home, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Ahmantree's Magic and Elendil, Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist and animation extraordinaire share what it was like to be back in the presence of enthusiastic blerds as well as other people of many geekdoms!

The Askari cast discusses the Loki finale which just aired on Disney plus! Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series, Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist and creatorof the upcoming E.V.E. of Insurrection and Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantree's Magic discuss the ending to the latest offering from Marvel/Disney, and it's possible rammifications to the MCU. SPOILER ALERT!!!

To save the Loki discussion for next weeks finale the Askari cast takes on the recent Amazon Prime release The Tomorrow War starring Chris Pratt, JK Simmons, Sam Richardson, and Yvonne Strahovski. Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series, Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel. Elendil, and Amhmantree's Magic, and Graphic artist, Illustrator and Animator Jordan Purnell Jackson share their thoughts on the campy, military scifi, time travelling film released direct to the popular streaming service.

The Askari cast is back this week to discuss episode 4 of Loki which definitely took a turn from last week. Hear Rod Van Blake , author of the Ancient Illumination series and Graphic artist/Illustrator Jordan Purnell Jackson give their thoughts on the developing plots as we edge closer to the season finale! Only two episodes left!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!

The Askari Cast is back with another discussion about Loki on Disney plus. Half way through the season now with three episodes down. Listen to Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and graphic artist and illustrator Jordan Purnell Jackson give their thoughts on the progress of the series so far. SPOILER ALERT for those of you who have yet to see episode 3!

The Askari cast is back to discuss the latest Disney Plus show starring Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson. Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist and Illustrator, along with Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and fellow author of Adalithiel, Elendil, and Ahmantree's Magic Andrea Rose Washington give their initial impressions and speculate on where they think things will go! If you have not watched the first two episodes, come back and take a listen when you do! SPOILER ALERT!!

Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmantree's Magic sit down to chat about Paramount plus recent release Infinite about two contrasting groups of immortal beings, one of which has lost coherency in the memories of his past lives. He will need help regaining his memory to prevent an extinction level event disaster planned by the leader of the opposing group of immortals. If you have Paramount plus go watch the film then come back and listen to our thoughts. If you don't care about spoilers and just want to hear about this scifi/fantasy action flick, take a listen anyway! You've been warned SPOILER ALERT!!

Rod Van Blake author the Ancient Illumination series, Jordan Purnell Jackson graphic artist/Illustrator and creator of the Eve of Insurrection comic and Andrea Rose Washington author of Adalithiel, Elendil, and Ahmantree's Magic discuss Zack Snyder's latest zombie heist film Army of the Dead now streaming on Netflix! Come hang out grab a coffee or your preferred beverage and hear our thoughts!

The Askari cast is back with Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and graphic artist/Illustrator Jordan Purnell Jackson get a chance to catch up with TJ Sterling Lead artist of RAE Comics to share his current project Joystick Angels live now on Kickstarter! Take a listen to see what he has been up to since his successful campaign for the fourth issue of Okemus.

Welcome back to another Askari Cast! Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination scifi series, joined once again by graphic artist, illustrator Jordan Purnell Jackson. Awesome con has been approved for full capacity, and we applied. Just got word yesterday that we were approved! Today we discuss our excitement and preparation for it and other events coming soon. During the second half we discuss more of our creative endeavors with respect to our upcoming projects The Eve of Insurrection (Jordan), and Nyumbani Chronicles: the Return Home (Rod) will be releasing soon in addition to the Ancient Illumination graphic novels. Come listen in on some of our world building thoughts!

Rod Van Blake and Jordan Purnell Jackson discuss the final four episodes of Halo season 2 and give their thoughts. Spoilers if you have not finished it!

Another Askari cast is here! Today Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series gets to talk with Andrea Rose Washington! She is the author of Adalithiel, Elendil and Ahmentree's Magic. Novels of the Fantasy, Science Fiction and Urban Fantasy genres respectively. They had the coincidence of meeting at Baltimore Comic con in 2017 which happened to be their first conventions as vendors. A potentially precarious endeavor as literary novelists at a convention that focuses mainly on visual mediums. As they prepare for live in person conventions opening back up listen to their experiences at their first event and prospects coming soon post lockdown. Hear the prologue to Adalithiel narrated by Rod Van Blake!

The Askari Cast is back as Rod Van Blake author of Ancient Illumination and Jordan Purnell Jackson discuss Jupiter's Legacy the new series on Netflix based on another graphic novel from Image comics. We give our initial impressions and during the second half we talk about rumors that WB/DC is pushing to make the black superman project announced to be another Clark Kent which doesn't jibe with what we were told previously. Then on to Bitter Root another comics based IP to be directed by Regina King who has been on a hot streak lately.

Today Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series and Illustrator and graphic designer Jordan Purnell Jackson discuss Yasuke! A highly anticipated anime featuring a historical figure who had the difficult task of becoming a black samurai in feudal Japan! Created by Lesean Thomas with Lakeith Stanfield as lead voice actor. In the second half they discuss the finale of Invincible the popular animated show on Amazon prime.

Rod Van Blake author of Ancient Illumination and graphic artist and illustrator Jordan Purnell Jackson discuss the finale for Falcon and Winter Soldier and the latest cinematic release for Mortal Kombat. Hear our opinions on how Disney plus finished this short MCU series and how HBOmax handled this much loved IP. SPOILER ALERT!!

The Askari cast is back as Rod Van Blake author of Ancient Illumination and Jordan Purnell Jackson of JPJacksonart is back to talk about the Shang-Chi trailer that was released as we head into the finale for Falcon and Winter Soldier. In the second half we discuss Invincible the animated show on Amazon prime and the newly released Mortal Kombat movie on HBOmax as the streaming world seems to be taking a brief breather.

Rod Van Blake author of Ancient Illumination along with graphic artist and Illustrator Jordan Purnell Jackson discuss Invincible which now has 6 episodes and later get into the silliness of some of the upcoming films especially the new Fast and Furious entry. Take a listen and let us know what you think!

The Askari cast is back for another movie discussion as Rod Van Blake author of Ancient Illumination and Illustrator and graphic desginer Jordan Purnell Jackson of JPJacksonArt talk about the movie Godzilla VS Kong that was released the last day of March on HBOMax and in limited theaters. SPOILER ALERT! It's been a couple weeks but still needs to be said as a courtesy.

The Askari Cast is back at it again with Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series joined today by fellow self published author Alfred J. Hunt who penned Alliance set in the magical land of Sahleam! Today we get to speak about his self publishing journey and what inspired him to write. There's a hyperlink above to check out the book available on Amazon or if you with to contact him directly via email you can arrange to get a signed copy at alhunt6307@yahoo.com. Take a listen and let us know what you think? Are you thinking of writing and publishing a book? What are you waiting for?

"Another one!" In my DJ Khaled voice, Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination series along with graphic artist and Illustrator Jordan Purnell Jackson back again for the Askari cast to discuss the new animated show on Amazon Prime titled Invincible. An interesting, colorful creation with a varied take on the comics genre that is definitely not for kids despite the bright color palate. In the second portion of this episode we discuss Falcon and Winter Soldier, the latest offering from Disney+. Hear our thoughts on the general direction of these shows as well as some of the more grounded topics touched upon in each, and as always...SPOILER ALERT!

The Askari cast is back! Rod Van Blake author of Ancient Illumination is joined once again by JPJacksonArt! Jordan and I discuss our thoughts on the Snyder Cut of the Justice League further since we missed our chance to podcast about it last week. Here we give our thoughts on the overall art direction as well as some of the changes from the theatrical version. Spoiler alert for those of you who have yet to see it.

After a long break, the Askari Cast is back! Jordan Purnell Jackson and Rod Van Blake discuss the first 4 episodes of Halo season 2 streaming now on Paramount Plus! Spoiler alert! Next week we will be back to discuss the second half!

Spoiler alert (sort of) This week I am without JP Jackson art, but wanted to drop my thoughts while this film was fresh in my mind. If you saw the 2017 version then not much can be spoiled however this was a more palatable experience for various reasons. Rod Van Blake, author of Ancient Illumination  takes to the Askari cast to discuss his thoughts on the newest release.

The Snyder cut releases on the 18th of this month but there is another DC show featuring the red caped last son of Krypton on the CW's streaming app that hasn't had as much fanfare. Rod Van Blake author of the Ancient Illumination book series and Illustrator of the graphic novels Jordan Purnell Jackson discuss their thoughts on this different take on the beloved character. Have a listen and let us know your thoughts! There are only three episodes so far. SPOILERS for those of you who have not watched them yet! If this is you go watch them then come back to listen to our take.

This week we added an impromptu spoiler discussion following the season finale of WandaVision with Rod Van Blake author of Ancient Illumination, Jordan Purnell Jackson the talented illustrator, graphic artist and animator who are joined by James Howard author of Jericho's Bane Imperial Protocol. We give our thoughts and impressions on the show, it's slow start and progression as well as our final ratings.