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Patrick McEvoy has been a guest before, and we’ve talked about his previous graphic novels World War Kaiju and the two Codename Arkham books. This time, he and Cory!! chat about his work outside comics in gaming, advertising, other graphic novels and comics, and his return to the world of Giant Monster Fights to Titanic Creations, Soul War.

Patrick’s graphic novels are available here.

The graphic novels discussed in this episode is right here!

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This time, Cory!! sits down with Omar Valdivieso, who runs Near Mint Collectibles on YouTube. The Uncanny Omar talks about his lifelong love of comics, being a fan of American comics when he moved to the US, and how comics gave him a new career when the pandemic hit. We also talk about how he got to the the person who announces Marvel Omnibuses, moving from comics to trade paperbacks and what sparked the love of Big Books!

All of this and much, much more!

Watch Omar’s Videos at: https://www.youtube.com/@NearMintCondition/videos
Join his Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/nearmintcondition

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If you go to Ronny Cox’s IMDB page, you will see a list of credits showing the definition of a “Working Actor”. From Deliverance to Star Trek: Prodigy, What you may not know is that he is a working musician who (before the pandemic) played over 100 gigs a year. He has done tons of interviews about hsi acting, but I wanted to dig deeper and talk about his roots as a musician, how he found his way back to performing, and all of the side roads along the way./
Ronny’s story is one of true love, friendship, and telling stories and I hope you enjoy this conversation with him.

His website is : https://www.ronnycox.com/

You can listen to his music on Spotify, and the playlist is right here.

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Artist and friend of the show Patrick McAvoy nudged me to interview Tom, and in doing so I was introduced to his work. Tom has worked with Man of Action Studios on animation projects, his own comics and graphic novels and much more. He has new projects we discuss in this far ranging interview about his career, writing for comics, animation, rebooting characters, teaching writing and so much more.

Tom’s website is here: http://tompinchuk.com/

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The X-Men character Thunderbird was killed in his second appearance back in 1975. He now returns in a one shot special issue by All Elite Wrestling’s Nyla Rose and Steve Orlando. Cory!! sits down with Nyla to talk about the comic and all of the things that Nyla Rose has done with her career so far, such as:

• Being AEW Women’s World Champion
• Bring the first trans wrestler signed to a national promotion
• Being the first trans wrestler to win a world championship
• Being the first Native American to write a full issue of a Native American character at Marvel
• Acting in a Canadian Comedy
• Headlined episodes of AEW’s national cable shows

All of this, the process of writing a comic as a first timer, the things that translate from wrestling to comics and much, much more! To pick up Nyla’s issue of the X-Men Thunderbird One Shot:

https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/96238/giant-size_x-men_thunderbird_2022_1

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Mike Baron has been a comic book writer, novelist, an Eisner winner, an Inkpot winner, and a previous guest here on the old podcast, and he and Cory sat down to chat about what he’s been up to. We talk about moving from comics to novels, self-publishing, writing classes, and his new kickstarter that will move his comic character The Badger to the world of novels. The Badger is the story of a man with multiple personality disorder, one of which is a costumed crime fighter, and his partner, Ham, a 6^th Century druid.

Action and hilarity ensue.

It’s a wide ranging conversation! Don’t ask, just download and listen!

Lots O Links!

Badger: The Novel Kickstarter

Nexus: Monster Hunt Let’s Get Kraken

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/monster-hunt-let-s-get-kraken#/

Florida Man Graphic Novel:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/florida-man-graphic-novel-volume-one#/

Mike Baron’s novels on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Mike-Baron/e/B004N7W25W?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1607464411&sr=8-1

And if you want to listen to our FIRST conversation, you can do that here!

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Cory!! welcomes Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore from Ahoy comics! They talk about their new company, Ahoy, and their books The Wrong Earth and Captain Ginger.

The books they discuss are:

The Wrong Earth, a six-issue mini-series by Tom Peyer and artist Jamal Igle. The book’s lead story will tell the story of what happens when two alternate earth versions of a character named Dragonflyman (one a brutal anti-hero and another an adventurer) switch places.

Captain Ginger a space opera set on a starship that is staffed by cats who behave like cats. They’re human cats who really act like cats, written by Stuart Moore and drawn by June Brigman.

They discuss the idea of starting a new company, what Ahoy does differently, and what it’s like moving from the editorial chair to the creative chair. It’s a great discussion with two long-time comics pros!

Ahoy Comics’ web page: http://www.comicsahoy.com/

Their Facebook series: https://www.facebook.com/ComicsAHOY/

Their Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/AhoyComicMags

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Bill Schelly was one of the founders of 60’s fandom with his various fanzines, the most known of which was Sense of Wonder, which is the title of his new book: Sense of Wonder: My Life in Comic Fandom – The Whole Story

Cory!! chats will Bill about his new version of the book, which was originally printed by TwoMorrows that ended with his leaving comics fandom. This version continues his story, has been rewritten and tells the whole story of his life from his own point of view.

They discuss the origins of the 60’s fanzines, why they didn’t have a lot of fan fiction back then, the different fanzines he created, printing processes for fans in the 60’s, his return to comics in the 80’s, and how he has become an author of comics history and biography.

You can order Sense of Wonder: My Life In Comics Fandom: The Whole Story at his website:  Bill Schelly.net

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School is open!  Professor Elemental (Paul Alborough) has released a new CD, The School Of Whimsy, and he stops by to chat about the new CD., the projects he has been up to for the last year, comics, kids and why nerds are the same all over the world.  It’s a lovely chat over tea and Mister Miracle.

They have talked before:  http://www.krayzcomix.solitairerose.com/?p=1088

Now, go buy the CD here: https://professorelemental.com/album/745886/the-school-of-whimsy

And join up wityh the Professor’s Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/professorelemental

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