The Writers Block

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.

Episode download: TWB083.mp3

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

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.

Episode download: TWB081.mp3

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

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.

Episode download: TWB079.mp3
 

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

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. 

Episode download: TWB077.mp3
 

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#/

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.

Episode download: TWB075.mp3

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

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.

Episode download: TWB073.mp3

ADAM LAWSON
Twitter: @GiftedRebelsCo
Instagram: @gongfuman/@giftedrebelsco
Website: giftedrebels.com

BACK THE EXILED ON KICKSTARTER: http://bit.ly/theexiled

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.

Episode download: TWB071.mp3

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

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.

Episode download: TWB069.mp3

BRIAN HAWKINS
Twitter: @BrianLHawkins
Instagram: @brianhawkinswrites
Website: brianhawkinswrites.com

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.

Episode download: TWB067.mp3

SHELLY BOND
Twitter: @sxbond
Instagram: @sxbondimprimatur
Website: offregister.press

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. 

Episode download: TWB065.mp3

SAIDA WOOLF
Twitter: @saidawoolf
Instagram: @saidawoolf/@soulstreamcomic
Website: saidawoolf.com

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. 

Episode download: TWB063.mp3

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

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.

Episode download: TWB061.mp3

SEAN KANAN
Twitter: @seankanan
Instagram: @sean.kanan

CHECK OUT SEAN’S NEW BOOK “WAY OF THE COBRA”: WayOfTheCobra.com