This Is Who I Am

A chat with the comic creator, founder of Comixtribe, and host of the Comixlaunch Podcast, Tyler James.

In this episode I talk with producer, writer, and cocktail mixer, Elliot Blake. Elliot recently ran a Kickstarter campaign, the rewards of which were 100 custom cocktails for each of the 100 backers. He came by and mixed one of those cocktails, The Lazy Eye, for us to try before the interview.

In this episode I talk to vulcanologist, geologist, and congressional hopeful in Californias 25 District Jess Phoenix. Jess is running against the incumbent Steve Knight, who is more than welcome to come on the show if he really wants to...

In this episode I talk with cartoonist, educator, and fellow podcaster, Jerzy Drozd about comics, storytelling, the hope of building new readers and fans, and the importance of good audio!

I talk with artist and afrofuturist, Tim Fielder, about inclusivity in comics and science fiction, and how the delivery systems for story telling have changed.

In this episode I talk with writer and creator of The Paranormals and Angela Dark, A. Diallo Jackson about his process and inspirations.

In this episode, I chat with actor, David Lambert, who braved a rainy LA day to come to the garage to discuss his career, and what he finds himself drawn towards as a creative person.

In this episode I talk with comedian and writer, Joe Randazzo. We discussed writing and performing comedy, how improvisation helps, and how LA comedy is different from NY comedy. We fought on occasion to be heard over the occasional sounds of gardeners.

A talk with West Covina native, Jim Lujan, about story telling and animation, and growing up in the "Jersey of LA". We ate chocolate and talked microphones before pressing record.

In this episode I talked with the co-founder of Two-Headed Press and writer of High Crimes, Dead Letters, Cold War, and I Lived in a Clown Motel, Christopher Sebela.

In this episode I take podcaster and musician, Nick Taniguchi away from his festive fun, and we talk podcasts, comics, and music. I was comically amazed to learn that Nick was born in Seattle.

In this episode I talk with Maia Mitchell, about her move from Australia to the US and her work as an actor.

On this episode, I talk with actor and dialect coach, Michael Traynor. We discussed the importance of the arts, and talked about his life moving around the states and finding acting.

In this episode I talk with Derya Derman about finding one's bliss, having multiple blisses, being blissed, just general blissing stuff, while writing, working in film and television, podcasting, puppeteering, wardrobe designing, basically everything from one coast to another.

A talk with writer, Shawn Aldridge. We discuss his love of reading, Chester Himes, Terry Pratchett, absurdism, and animal facts. We also talk about the changing ways of pitching comic ideas, and lament the demise of Zuda. I didn't edit the pronunciations of Patricia Mulvihill, sorry.