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THE WRITERS BLOCK w/ David Avallone and Rylend Grant

87 Episodes

67 minutes | Mar 29, 2023
Episode 85: Kickstarter Now!
David and Rylend chat with Kickstarter Hall-of-Famers Pat Shand (STEAMY) and Madeleine Holly-Rosing (BOSTON METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY) about all the fun happening on the platform right now... and Pat’s cat repeatedly tries to seize control of the broadcast. PAT SHAND Twitter: @PatShand Instagram: @PatShand Website: linktr.ee/PatShand CHECK OUT THE STEAMY KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/patshand/steamy-a-nsfw-graphic-novel MADELEINE HOLLY-ROSING Twitter: @MHollyRosing Instagram: @mcholly1 CHECK OUT THE BOSTON METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mhollyrosing/boston-metaphysical-society-mystery-at-pikes-peak-1-2 --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
55 minutes | Jan 4, 2023
Episode 84: War Stories Panel from LACC
Live from L.A. Comic Con, David and Rylend chat with a gang of seasoned comic professionals - David Booher, Melissa Flores, and Ray Anthony Height - about breaking in, falling out, and surviving the COVID 19 storm. DAVID M. BOOHER Twitter: @davidbooher Instagram: @davidmbooher Website: https://davidbooher.com MELISSA FLORES Twitter: @misty_flores Instagram: @misty_flores Website: mistyflores.com RAY ANTHONY HEIGHT Instagram: @artofraheight Website: www.studioskyetiger.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
58 minutes | Dec 21, 2022
Episode 83: Where’s the Front Door? Panel from LACC
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. 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 --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
47 minutes | Dec 14, 2022
Episode 82: What Editors Want Panel from LACC
Live from L.A. Comic Con, David and Rylend chat with a gang of seasoned comic editors/shot callers - Fanbase Press EIC Barbra Dillon, Heavy Metal CEO Matt Medney, and Top Cow Publisher/COO Matt Hawkins - looking to finally definitively answer the question… What are publishers looking for? BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon Instagram: @barbrajdillon FANBASE PRESS Twitter: @Fanbase_Press Instagram: @fanbasepress Website: fanbasepress.com MATT MEDNEY Twitter: @matthewmedney Instagram: @matthewmedney Website: matthewmedney.com HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE Twitter: @HeavyMetalInk Instagram: @HeavyMetal Website: https://linktr.ee/HeavyMetalMagazine MATT HAWKINS Twitter: @topcowmatt Instagram: @mhawk5222 Website: http://matttalks.com TOP COW Twitter: @topcow Instagram: @topcow Website: topcow.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
63 minutes | Dec 7, 2022
Episode 81: Matt Medney and Catherine Loubier
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. 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 --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
46 minutes | Sep 28, 2022
Episode 80: “Pandemic Survival” Panel from LBCC
Live from Long Beach Comic Con! David talks with a gaggle of experienced comic pros - Kris Longo, Bobby Timony, and Barbra Dillon - about how they survived the COVID pandemic personally, professionally, psychologically, and spiritually. To an audience of hundreds. As far as you know. BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon Instagram: @barbrajdillon FANBASE PRESS Twitter: @fanbase_press Instagram: @fanbasepress Website: fanbasepress.com KRIS LONGO Twitter: @krislongo Instagram: @kris_longo Website: modernfanatic.com BOBBY TIMONY Twitter: @BobbyTimony Instagram: @bobbytimony Website: twincomics.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
49 minutes | Sep 21, 2022
Episode 79: “It’s a Living” Panel from LBCC
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. 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 --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
47 minutes | Sep 14, 2022
Episode 78: Kickstarter Panel from LBCC
Live from Long Beach Comic Con! David and Rylend talk with an elite gaggle of veteran Kickstarter campaigners - Charlie Stickney (White Ash), Kelly Sue Milano (Hex11), and Steven Prince (Monster Matador) - about the ins and outs of crowdfunding your dream project. CHARLIE STICKNEY Twitter: @CharlesStickney Instagram: @whiteashcomic Website: whiteashcomic.com KELLY SUE MILANO Twitter: @kellysuesays Instagram: @kellysuesays Website: hexcomix.com 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
101 minutes | Aug 10, 2022
Episode 77: Pat “Six Figure” Shand
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. 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#/ --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
82 minutes | Aug 3, 2022
Episode 76: Ray Chou
David and Rylend sit down with writer Ray Chou (Skies of Fire) to talk about how he and his team built the Kickstarter publishing juggernaut Mythopoeia… and the guys trade ass-chapping Hollywood horror stories. RAY CHOU Twitter: @mythopoeians Instagram: @mythopoeians Website: https://www.mythopoeia.us/ Get the Skies of Fire Collected Edition on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythopoeia/skies-of-fire-collected-edition Kickstarter How-To Blogs www.mythopoeia.us/blog/kickstarter-breakdown-pt-i-continuing-an-ongoing-series --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
51 minutes | Jul 27, 2022
Episode 75: SDCC 2022 Panel
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. 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 --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
95 minutes | Jul 20, 2022
Episode 74: Drew Edwards and Paulo J Hernandez
David and Rylend sit down with Ringo-nominated writer Drew Edwards and artist Paulo J Hernandez to talk about their collaboration on HALLOWEEN MAN MEETS THE LATEX AVENGER… and the group furiously butts head over a very SERIOUS question… which is the superior movie? GHOSTBUSTERS? Or GHOSTBUSTERS 2? “VIGGO!” DREW EDWARDS Twitter: @halloweenmancom Instagram: @drew_halloween Website: halloweenman.com PAULO J. HERNANDEZ Twitter: @paulojhdz Instagram: @paulojhdz Website: paulojhdz.com BACK HALLOWEEN MAN MEETS THE LATEX AVENGER ON INDIEGOGO: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/halloween-man-meets-the-latex-avenger#/ --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
72 minutes | Jul 13, 2022
Episode 73: Adam Lawson
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. ADAM LAWSON Twitter: @GiftedRebelsCo Instagram: @gongfuman/@giftedrebelsco Website: giftedrebels.com BACK THE EXILED ON KICKSTARTER: http://bit.ly/theexiled --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
93 minutes | Jul 6, 2022
Episode 72: James Aquilone
David (high on cough syrup) and Rylend (severely jet-lagged) sit down with editor-extraordinaire James Aquilone to discuss his latest and greatest Kickstarter anthology, Shakespeare Unleashed... also, SCOTUS can eat a fat one. JAMES AQUILONE Twitter: @jamesaquilone/@MonstrousBooks Instagram: @james_aquilone Website: linktr.ee/jamesaquilone BACK SHAKESPEARE UNLEASHED ON KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manbomb/shakespeare-unleashed?ref=8syg49 --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
96 minutes | Jun 29, 2022
Episode 71: David Accampo
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. 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 --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
72 minutes | Jun 15, 2022
Episode 70: Jordan Hart and Barbra Dillon
David and Rylend sit down with Eisner-nominated Fanbase Press EIC Barbra Dillon and writer Jordan Hart to talk about their collaboration on RIPPLE EFFECTS, a comic series that explores life as a superhero with a disability... and Rylend talks candidly about all of the mildly-evil things he’d do if he somehow lucked into superpowers. JORDAN HART Twitter: @ripplefxcomic Instagram: @jordyjordith Website: www.fanbasepress.ecrater.com/p/39178444/ripple-effects-pre-order BARBRA DILLON Twitter: @barbrajdillon Instagram: @barbrajdillon FANBASE PRESS Twitter: @Fanbase_Press Instagram: @fanbasepress Website: 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
81 minutes | Jun 8, 2022
Episode 69: Brian Hawkins
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. BRIAN HAWKINS Twitter: @BrianLHawkins Instagram: @brianhawkinswrites Website: brianhawkinswrites.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
77 minutes | Jun 1, 2022
Episode 68: Eddie DeAngelini
David and Rylend chat with comic shop owner/cartoonist Eddie DeAngelini (THE COLLECTORS) about the power of Kickstarter and the ever-mutating comic retailer landscape… and the pod evolves (or devolves), eventually, into a cutting disquisition on responsible and affecting film scoring. EDDIE DEANGELINI Twitter: @DeangeliniEddie Instagram: @collectorscomic Website: https://collectorscomic.com LINK TO THE COLLECTORS KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN: collectorsonkickstarter.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
89 minutes | May 25, 2022
Episode 67: Shelly Bond
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. SHELLY BOND Twitter: @sxbond Instagram: @sxbondimprimatur Website: offregister.press --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
74 minutes | May 18, 2022
Episode 66: Don Walker
David and Rylend do a process deep dive with comic creator Don Walker (AGENT WILD and REAPER CORPS)… and then they get matching, wildly-inappropriate tattoos to celebrate the podcast’s Communicator Awards victory. DON WALKER Instagram: @don_spaceknight Website: https://dorkempireink.bigcartel.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
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