Geek Life – The Indie Comics Podcast

This week we share techniques and talk about some experiences of defeating the enemy of every creative out there… dun dun duuuun! Creative Block! THE Admin joins us in this special Creatives Conversation to share her experience with creative block from the video-game art and design world. In addition to the return of THE Admin, we also enjoy some great letters from the Geek Life Brain Trust, a fearless group of creators we’ve met over the years who share their perspectives and sage advice with us from time to time. Thanks so much to everyone who wrote in, if you’d like to check out the work of our friends in the Brain Trust just follow the links below. This time from the Geek Life Brain Trust, we have… Sean Mclean – LoopComic.com Jala Prendes – NeonSkiesStudio.com John Jamtli – Dazz.no Madeline Holly Rosing – BostonMetaphysicalSociety.com Ed Cho – LittleGuardiansComic Lunarbaboon – Lunarbaboon.com Joe Flanders – NinjaAndPirate.com Geek Life is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 150,000 books on more subjects than you can imagine. Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for one whole month! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s songs in order of play are “Small World (Greed Remix)” by Aux Verba and “The Dream” by Blindstate, available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like these songs, be sure to support Aux Verba, Blindstate and AirPlus Recordings!

We combined our powers with the 4J’s and a Comic podcast from WaterfrontComics.com to talk about our experience at the recent Big Wow Comic Fest. We get into heated debate about fan art, cosplay and signatures! Geek Life is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 150,000 books on more subjects than you can imagine. Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for one whole month! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “Nnimble Headphaze” by Gattica Kid, available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like this song, be sure to support Gattica Kid. and AirPlus Recordings!

Geek Life is back! This episode was recorded outside at the crazy, windy & fun Free Comic Book Day at Waterfront Comics in Suisun Ca! We setup a table, mics and asked the attendees what their first comic was and what they’re reading these days. Of course we put in our own answers, but it was just a blast to reminisce with friends new and old about our early comic origins. Geek Life is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 150,000 books on more subjects than you can imagine. Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for one whole month! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “Bug On Board” by Woodtekr, available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like this song, be sure to support Woodtekr. and AirPlus Recordings!

Today we complete the 2 part series on Free Comic Book Day. Today we’ll be recommending some “Gold” (More mainstream) comics available on FCBD! Be sure to listen close & get the gang’s opinion on what you should grab tomorrow. See you there!

This week the Geek Life gang talks about the “Silver” titles available on FCBD and recommends our favorite picks. Be sure to listen to tomorrow’s follow up podcast from the 4J’s & a Comic podcast, where we talk about our picks for FCBD’s “Gold” comics (we’ll be posting both podcasts on both sites so everyone can have easy access)! Happy Free Comic Book Day to everyone! This day is an important and exciting opportunity for comic fans everywhere to evangelize their love of comics and share this great medium with friends, be sure to bring a friend and show them all the awesome that is COMICS! Geek Life is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 150,000 books on more subjects than you can imagine. Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for one whole month! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “Moon Trip” by nightt., available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like this song, be sure to support nightt. and AirPlus Recordings!

This week we spotlight Kim Holm’s incredible adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s short story Pickman’s Model. Being big Lovecraft fans around here we jumped at the opportunity to cover Kim’s work. This graphic novel adaptation of one of Lovecraft’s best is totally excellent. Kim’s vision of Pickman’s world is truly something to behold. The thick inky blackness, frayed lines and fevered pitch of his work is an experience you wont want to miss. You can purchase yourself a copy of  Pickman’s Model on IndiePlanet and read it for free on FreeComics.no. Be sure to like Kim’s facebook page facebook.com/DUHHfans. Geek Life is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 150,000 books on more subjects than you can imagine. This week we recommend Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill, a creepy story about an aging rock star with a murdering ghost on his trail. Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for one whole month! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s songs in order of play are “Pan’s Grotto” by Elekruve & “Traveler” by Aux Verba, available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like this song, be sure to support Elekruve, Aux Verba and AirPlus Recordings! In the episode we mentioned an excellent video titled “Why Are Things Creepy” from Vsauce! Check it out, it’s a good one.

This week the gang spotlights B-Squad from Eben Burgoon (of Eben07 fame). B-Squad follows an A-Team like group of colorful & diverse folks who engage in missions of extreme danger that others would simply turn down. The really interesting part comes from the element of chance Eben has thrown into the mix. In each issue one of the squaddies will perish, chosen at random by the spin of an antique mariner’s gambling token made of whalebone dubbed “The Pequod”. Don’t get too attached too the team in this hilarious comedy, because it’s anyone’s guess who’s next on the chopping block (even Eben doesn’t know!). Masterfully illustrated by Lauren Monardo, this book is so very worth your attention. Check out BSquadComic.com to read more and purchase yourself a copy! Be sure to follow Eben on Twitter @EraserNubs & like the B-Squad facebook page at facebook.com/BSquadComic. Geek Life is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 100,000 books on more subjects than you can imagine. Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for a whole month! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “Midnight Sun” by Armed Nation, available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like this song, be sure to support Armed Nation and AirPlus Recordings!

This week we spotlight the insanely violent and crazy Anna Pocalypse by Adam Talley. Follow Anna in her struggle to survive just months after the world went to hell. No government, no police, no rules. This grindhouse style story is over the top and not for the faint of heart. Adam spins an interesting story that asks, what will you do after the bombs drop? You can purchase Anna Pocalypse and check out Adam’s other works on IdiotHead.com. Geek Life is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 100,000 books on more subjects than you can imagine. Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for a whole month! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “Nimble Headphaze” by Gattica Kid, available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like this song, be sure to support Gattica Kid and AirPlus Recordings!

This week we spotlight the hilarious web-comic Loop by Sean McLean. Loop follows Dave, a time tourist from the year 3065. Dave get’s stuck in prehistoric time and must survive with the help of his new caveman friend, Krong. Dave’s future friends are looking for him, but it may take some time… heh heh. This pitch perfect comic tickles the funny bone with each ambitiously short strip. It’s an easy and entertaining read, and we highly recommend Loop for your laughing pleasure! Be sure to read Loop at LoopComic.com, Follow Sean on Twitter @Doylecomic and like the Loop facebook page at facebook.com/LoopComic. Geek Life is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 100,000 books on more subjects than you can shake a stick at (and you can shake a stick at just about anything). Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for a whole month! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “Pan’s Grotto” by Elekruve, available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like this song, be sure to support Fletch and AirPlus Recordings!

This week we spotlight the insane and hilarious comic “The Slightly Insane Spontaneously Combusting Frothing Mutant Ninja Blackbelt Samurai Rabbit-Walrus From Hell” by Matt Marchetti. Often shortened to just “Rabbit-Walrus”, this crazy comic finds our rabbit/walrus-like friend fighting (what he thinks is) crime, though often he just murders some innocent folk. But throw a giant evil doom monster at him and now we’re talking! This comic is so funny and totally scatterbrained, we had a great time reading it. Be sure to read some Rabbit-Walrus on Plotless.com and like the Plotless Comics facebook page facebook.com/plotlesscomics. Geek Life is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 100,000 books on more subjects than you can shake a stick at (and you can shake a stick at just about anything). Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for a whole month! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “The Flower I Saw That Day” by Fletch, available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like this song, be sure to support Fletch and AirPlus Recordings!

This week we look back at the iconic first issue of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird… 80’s style! That’s right, we go back in time and imagine what it’d be like to review TMNT issue 1 in 1984 right as it came out. Eastman and Laird weren’t comic titans yet, just aspiring indie comic creators from New Hampshire. Without all the weight that the turtles carries in our minds, how do we really feel about TMNT if we’d never heard of it before? Find out in this special episode of the Geek Life Podcast. Geek Life is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 100,000 books on more subjects than you can shake a stick at (and you can shake a stick at just about anything). Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for a whole month! Intro and outro music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. Also sampled in today’s episode is “Don’t Stop Believin” by Journey and the 1987 TMNT cartoon theme song by Chuck Lorre & Dennis C. Brown.

This week we spotlight the true indie gem SadoCat by Cory Patten. The hero…? SadoCat, is here to defend our parks against evil squirrel invasions, our forests against obnoxious hippies and in general murder lots of stuff! Cory’s hilarious comic is pitch perfect and was an instant favorite of the Geek Life crew. This one is really and truly in our top indie comics we’ve ever read (JP said it’s all the way in his Top 10). BE SURE to read and purchase SadoCat on Plotless.com, follow Cory on Twitter @SadoCat and like the Plotless Comics FB page facebook.com/PlotlessComics The Geek Life Podcast is sponsored by Audible, you can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife. Check out their insanely huge catalog of over 100,000 books on more subjects than you can shake a stick at (and you can shake a stick at just about anything). Follow the link above to enjoy a free book and 30% off their entire catalog for a whole month! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “Fata Morgana” by JayWak, available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like this song, be sure to support JayWak and AirPlus Recordings!

This week we spotlight Trixie Dynamite by Ben Schwartz. Ben employed an incredible team of artists to bring his vision of future Sacramento California, or Sacramentropolis, to life in full beautiful color. Trixie is the rocket-booting acrobatic superhero of Sacramento’s future. She battles loads crazy villains and stands guard against the ever present danger of alien invasion! This comic is completely great, with excellent art and skillful (often hilarious) writing, Trixie and company are a must read for indie comic fans. You can find Trixie Dynamite at Empires Comics Vault in Sacramento California or grab issues 1 & 2 at TrixieDynamite.com. Be sure to follow Trixie on twitter @Trixie_Dynamite and like their facebook page facebook.com/TrixieDynamiteComic! This week Joe recommends The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, narrated by Anne Hathaway. He was blown away by Hathaway’s reading and really enjoyed seeing the original (much darker) story of Oz. You can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife and The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a great place to start! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “Foresight” by Blindstate & TigerPaw, available on the new AirPlus Recordings record “Winter Chills“. If you like this song, be sure to support Blindstate, TigerPaw and AirPlus Recordings!

This week we spotlight the unique and wildly entertaining Hunter Black by Justin Peniston & William Orr. Hunter Black follows the assassin aptly named “Hunter Black” after his escape from prison. He was set up, and he’s gonna find out who’s responsible and make them pay. Armed with his sword “The Revenger”, Hunter is ready to cut a bloody path to justice. This comic is lovingly rendered in classic Noir film style, complete with greytone illustration and copious internal monologue. Be sure to read Hunter Black at HunterBlackComics.com, follow Justin on twitter @HunterBlackComx and like their facebook page! This week John Harter recommends The Sword-Edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe. This fantasy Noir book follows private investigator Eddie LaCrosse, as he investigates a missing princess but before long, he’s swept up in a web of mystery and deceit involving a brutally murdered royal heir, a queen accused of an unspeakable crime, and the tragic past he thought he’d left behind. You can grab your free book at AudibleTrial.com/GeekLife and The Sword-Edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe is a great place to start! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “Solar Hazing” by JayWak from his “So long Summer” EP . If you like this song, be sure to support JayWak and AirPlus Recordings!

This week we review web-comic The Samurai Boy by Dan Arrows. Samurai Boy is all about Hiko, a young martial artist growing up in the distant land of Brazil! There he meets new friends, old enemies & learns about his new home. This adorable and at times poignant comic is clearly written by someone who appreciates martial arts and their true spirit. Hiko is immediately likable and his almost Calvin-and-Hobbes relationship with his jaguar friend Kitty makes for strong core of whats truly an excellent comic. Make sure to check out The Samurai Boy at TheSamuraiBoy.com, follow @TheSamuraiBoy on Twitter & like the facebook page Facebook.com/TheSamuraiBoy! Music is provided by AirPlus Recordings+. This week’s song is “Side A” by TigerPaw, available on the AirPlus Recordings record “The Crying Games”. If you like this song, be sure to support TigerPaw and AirPlus Recordings!