First and foremost I want to let you guys know about the Fanbase Weekly podcast – Fanbase Press celebrates fandoms and creates new ones! As a GLAAD Media Award-winning and an Eisner and Harvey Awards-nominated comic book publisher and geek culture website, Fanbase Press produces new and distinctive works, as well as daily reviews, interviews, and podcasts, that span the pop culture spectrum and give voice to the themes, ideals, and people that make geekdom so exceptional.
I was thrilled to be asked to join their podcast this week as one of their special guests for Episode #274 (Charlie Kirk Shooting Fallout in the Comic Book Industry & More) In addition to Podcast hosts Barbra Dillon (Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief), Drew Siragusa (Fanbase Press Senior Contributor), and Claire Thorne (creator, A Geek’s Guide to Cross-Stitch: Journeys in Space), I was also joined by Special Guests Arthur Ebuen (writer/illustrator/producer/director – Systemic: Volume 1), and Ben Crane (novel and comic book writer – Systemic: Volume 1) to discuss the latest geek news stories of the week, including the fallout in the comic book industry from the Charlie Kirk shooting, the problems with AI-Batman, and Batman’s best new weapon: empathy.
You can listen to the episode at the link below or on Apple Podcasts
The past two months have been a whirlwind of events, meetings and travel, so as a book update – I’m still working on it! My schedule has finally cleared up a bit, and so I will start making good progress again soon.
I hope your fall season is off to an excellent start and that you are dealing with world events in rational and safe ways that are good for your mental health.
Dru sends her love! Given the current state of the world, there isn’t much else I can say that wouldn’t be either batshit crazy or insanely depressing!