The Writers Block
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.
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Episode Archive
Comic Law with Thomas Crowell
Episode Number: 46David 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.
Episode download: TWB046.mp3
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THOMAS CROWELL
Twitter: @Law_Crow
Law Firm Website: www.lanecrowell.com
Personal Website: www.thomascrowell.comRelease Date: September 22, 2021
Run Time: 1:37:53Jaclyn and Anthony Marques
Episode Number: 45This 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.
Episode download: TWB045.mp3
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ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE FAMILY OF EDWIN OCASIO!
JACLYN & ANTHONY MARQUES
Twitter: @TheKubertSchool
Instagram: @thekubertschool
Website: https://www.kubertschool.eduRelease Date: September 15, 2021
Run Time: 1:16:48David Pepose
Episode Number: 44This 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.
Episode download: TWB044.mp3
DAVID PEPOSE
Twitter: @Peposed
Instagram: Peposed
Website: linktr.ee/peposedRelease Date: September 8, 2021
Run Time: 1:33:56Skylar Patridge and Ben Bishop
Episode Number: 43This 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.
Episode download: TWB043.mp3
SKYLAR PATRIDGE
Twitter: @SkyePatridge
Instagram: @SkyePatridge
Website: Ko-fi.com/skylarpatridgeBEN BISHOP
Twitter: @bishart
Instagram: @bishart
Website: bishart.netRelease Date: September 1, 2021
Run Time: 1:33:13King Spawn Origins with Sean Lewis
Episode Number: 42This 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.
Episode download: TWB042.mp3
SEAN LEWIS
Twitter: @SeanChrisLewis
Instagram: @seanlewis6026
Website: https://www.littlearkfilms.comRelease Date: August 25, 2021
Run Time: 1:07:23Jo Duffy and Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Episode Number: 41This 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.
Episode download: TWB041.mp3
JO DUFFY
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jo.duffy.7PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
Twitter: @phillip_kennedy_johnson
Instagram: @PhillipKJohnson
Website: phillipkennedyjohnson.comRelease Date: August 18, 2021
Run Time: 1:20:24Liana Kangas and Leisha Riddel
Episode Number: 40AND 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.
Episode download: TWB040.mp3
LIANA KANGAS
Twitter: @lianakangas
Instagram: @lianakangas
Website: linktr.ee/lianakangasLEISHA RIDDEL
Twitter: @LeishaRiddel
Instagram: @LeishaRiddel
Website: leisha.artRelease Date: August 4, 2021
Run Time: 1:29:59Why You Should Be Working In Comics
Episode Number: 39This 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).
Episode download: TWB039.mp3
MELODY COOPER
Twitter: @melodyMcooper
Instagram: @melodycooperfilm
Website: melodyMcooper.comAMANDA DEIBERT
Twitter: @amandadeibert
Instagram: @amandadeibertofficial
Website: amandadeibert.comDAVID M. BOOHER
Twitter: @davidbooher
Instagram: @davidmbooher
Website: davidbooher.comRelease Date: July 28, 2021
Run Time: 1:33:43Holly Interlandi and D.J. Kirkbride
Episode Number: 38CCCOOOOOONNNSSS! 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.
Episode download: TWB038.mp3
HOLLY INTERLANDI
Twitter: @junkstory
Instagram: @metal_eye
Website: hollyinterlandi.comD.J. KIRKBRIDE
Twitter: @DJKirkbride
Instagram: @DJKirkbride
Website: djkirkbride.comRelease Date: July 21, 2021
Run Time: 1:17:20David Baron and Karla Nappi
Episode Number: 37Cons 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.
Episode download: TWB037.mp3
DAVID BARON
Twitter: @MyZombies
Instagram: @MyZombies
Website: davidbaron.coKARLA NAPPI
Twitter: @musingsbycrazed
Instagram: @musingsbycrazed
Website: karlanappi.comRelease Date: July 14, 2021
Run Time: 1:23:43Susan Hurwtiz-Arneson and Jose Molina
Episode Number: 36This 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.
Episode download: TWB036.mp3
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/Release Date: July 7, 2021
Run Time: 1:38:06Rodney Barnes and Kevin Roditeli
Episode Number: 35License 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.”
Episode download: TWB035.mp3
RODNEY BARNES
Twitter: @TheRodneyBarnes
Instagram: @TheRodneyBarnes
Website: rodneybarnes.comKEVIN RODITELLI
Twitter: @KevinRoditeli
Instagram: @kevin_roditeli.comics
Website: happytank.coRelease Date: June 30, 2021
Run Time: 1:04:06Nicole D’Andria and Kevin Ketner
Episode Number: 34Edit 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.
Episode download: TWB034.mp3
NICOLE D’ANDRIA
Twitter: @comic_maven
Instagram: @comic_maven
Website: comicmaven.comKEVIN KETNER
Twitter: @ElectricDracula
Instagram: @Electric_Dracula
Website: electricdracula.comRelease Date: June 23, 2021
Run Time: 1:20:51Jay Morton and Justin Mousseau
Episode Number: 33TikTok 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.
Episode download: TWB033.mp3
JAY MORTON
TikTok: @thepandaredd
Twitter: @thepandaredd
Instagram: @thepandaredd/@jaymortonart
Website: PandaRedd.ctcin.bioJUSTIN MOUSSEAU
TikTok: @moose_0
Twitter: @Moo_Sew
Instagram: @justerino
Website: linktr.ee/Moose_0Release Date: June 16, 2021
Run Time: 1:46:33Victoria Douglas and Omar Morales
Episode Number: 32BACK 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.
Episode download: TWB032.mp3
VICTORIA DOUGLAS
Twitter: @VSQKI
Instagram: @blackbit.exe
Website: https://blackbit.worldOMAR MORALES
Twitter: @TheCruZader
Instagram: @the_cruzader
Website: https://theforcemedia.comRelease Date: June 9, 2021
Run Time: 1:19:28Tiffany Melius and Emmet Garnham
Episode Number: 31Retailer 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.
Episode download: TWB031.mp3
TIFFANY MELIUS
Twitter: @ThePerkyNerd
Instagram: @ThePerkyNerdTHE PERKY NERD
1606 W Magnolia Blvd
Burbank, CA 91506
Website: theperkynerd.comEMMET GARNHAM
Twitter: @emmetgarnham
Instagram: @emmetgarnham
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HavenForHeroesHAVEN FOR HEROES
34-36 Front St
Port Jervis, NY 12771
Twitter: @HavenForHeroes
Instagram: @HavenForHeroesRelease Date: June 2, 2021
Run Time: 1:24:56Who’s Who in Horror Comics!
Episode Number: 30Recorded 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.
Episode download: TWB030.mp3
RODNEY BARNES
Twitter: @therodneybarnes
Instagram: @therodneybarnes
Website: rodneybarnes.comERIC POWELL
Twitter: @goonguy
Instagram: @ericgoonpowell
Website: linktr.ee/AlbatrossFunnybooksPHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
Twitter: @phillip_kennedy_johnson
Instagram: @PhillipKJohnson
Website: phillipkennedyjohnson.comGEORGE C. ROMERO
Twitter: @IamGeorgeRomero
Instagram: @georgecromero
Website: romeropictures.comBREA GRANT
Instagram: @breagrant
Website: linktr.ee/BreagrantDAVID DASTMALCHIAN
Twitter: @Dastmalchian
Instagram: @Dastmalchian
Website: daviddastmalchian.comLUKAS KETNER
Twitter: @LukasKetner
Instagram: @hardcorezenbrad
Website: lukasketner.comRelease Date: May 26, 2021
Run Time: 56:48Brad Warner and Shozan Jack Haubner
Episode Number: 29THREE 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?
Episode download: TWB029.mp3
BRAD WARNER
Twitter: @BradWarner
Instagram: @hardcorezenbrad
Website: hardcorezen.infoSHOZAN JACK HAUBNER
Twitter: @ShozanJHaubner
Website: https://www.shambhala.com/authors/g-n/shozan-jack-haubner.htmlRelease Date: May 19, 2021
Run Time: 1:24:58Richard Fairgray and Ed Laroche
Episode Number: 28ASS 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!
Episode download: TWB028.mp3
RICHARD FAIRGRAY
Twitter: @RichardFairgray
Instagram: @richardfairgrayauthor
Website: richardfairgray.comED LAROCHE
Twitter: @edlaroche
Instagram: @ed_laroche
Website: edlaroche.comRelease Date: May 12, 2021
Run Time: 1:40:15Melody Cooper and Fabrice Sapolsky
Episode Number: 27ANTHOLOGICAL 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.
Episode download: TWB027.mp3
MELODY COOPER
Twitter: @melodyMcooper
Instagram: @melodycooperfilm
Website: melodyMcooper.comFABRICE SAPOLSKY
Twitter: @fabricesapolsky
Instagram: @fabricesapolsky
Website: fairsquarecomics.comRelease Date: May 5, 2021
Run Time: 1:31:52Susan Eisenberg and Phil LaMarr
Episode Number: 26SUPER 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.
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Episode download: TWB026.mp3
SUSAN EISENBERG
Twitter: @susaneisenberg1
Instagram: @susaneisenberg1
Website: susaneisenbergvoice.comPHIL LAMARR
Twitter: @phillamarr
Instagram: @phillamarr
Website: phillamarr.comRelease Date: April 28, 2021
Run Time: 1:22:56Skylar Patridge and Scott Koblish
Episode Number: 25AN 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!
Episode download: TWB025.mp3
SKYLAR PATRIDGE
Twitter: @SkyePatridge
Instagram: @SkyePatridge
Website: Ko-fi.com/skylarpatridgeSCOTT KOBLISH
Twitter: @Koblish
Instagram: @scottkoblish
Website: koblish.blogspot.comRelease Date: April 21, 2021
Run Time: 1:34:27Emma Steinkellner and Norm Harper
Episode Number: 24THE 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.
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Episode download: TWB024.mp3
EMMA STEINKELLNER
Twitter: @emsteinkellner
Instagram: @emsteinkellner
Website: emmasteinkellner.comNORM HARPER
Twitter: @ThatNormDude
Instagram: @ThatNormDude
Website: thatnormdude.comRelease Date: April 14, 2021
Run Time: 1:29:23David Accampo and Bryant and Barbra Dillon
Episode Number: 23In 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.
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Episode download: TWB023.mp3
DAVID ACCAMPO
Twitter: @daccampo
Instagram: @daccampo
Website: davidaccampo.comBARBRA DILLON
Twitter: @barbrajdillon
Instagram: @barbrajdillonBRYANT DILLON
Twitter: @ComicBookSlayer
Instagram: @comicbooksnifferFANBASE PRESS
Twitter: @Fanbase_Press
Instagram: @fanbasepress
Website: fanbasepress.comRelease Date: April 7, 2021
Run Time: 1:12:17Cailtin Rosberg and Hannibal Tabu
Episode Number: 22JOURNALISTIC 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.
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Episode download: TWB022.mp3
CAITLIN ROSBERG
Twitter: @crosberg
Tumbler: https://crhodey.tumblr.com
Website: https://www.caitlinrosberg.com/aboutHANNIBAL TABU
Twitter: @hannibaltabu
Instagram: @hannibaltabu
Website: hannibaltabu.com/411Release Date: March 31, 2021
Run Time: 1:32:43