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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

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

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.