Adrian Has Issues

This week's guest is New York-based artist artist A.K. Lovelace, the founder of the design studio Stand Alone Productions. He is also the co-creator of the webcomic City of Walls, which tells the story of three youths banding together to escape a walled city run by gangs. A.K. tells the story of his beginnings as an intern for Marvel Comics and eventually meeting City of Walls writer/co-creator Shaun Noel. We discuss the breakneck pace of technological advancements in the comic book medium and a mutual love of action movies from the 1980's.

This week's guest is Neesh, the host of the internet radio show called The Neeshcast on Radio Xenu. On July 13th, Neesh is hosting Radio Xenu's Top 20 Mid-Year Countdown. She explains the origins of her show, starting at its humble beginnings as a TurntableFM chatroom, then as a pre-recorded podcast and eventually transitioning into a weekly live radio program. We spend a great deal of time discussing the ins and outs of progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria, the band's fanbase and other artists that often run in the same circle: Weerd Science, the hip-hop side project of Coheed drummer Josh Eppard, Three, Thank You Scientist and more. Also In This Episode: Adrian vs. South Jersey! The death of terrestrial radio? Adrian & Neesh sing Fall Out Boy! Coheed members as Ninja Turtles!

"Who needs American muscle when you can have prehistoric muscle?" Adrian is joined by fellow podcaster Thomas Coe, the co-host of Jake And Tom Conquer The World (formerly The Drunken Dork Podcast). Our two heroes debate numerous geek topics including Ben Affleck's upcoming solo Batman movie, the numerous shakeups within the creative teams behind the DCEU and Star Wars: Rogue One.Also In This Episode: Blue Moon: Cheap beer fit for a podcaster! Soap opera villains vs. Comic book villains! David Goyer is the worst! Tango & Cash in Space!

On this week's episode I'm joined once again by Illinois-based comic book writer Todd Black, the creator of the comic book series Guardians. Way back in Episode 26, Todd told the story behind his miniseries entitled Home, about a girl with a mundane life who is mysteriously transported to a magical realm called Altaria. Having recently launched the Kickstarter campaign for Issue #3, Todd returns to bring us up to speed on the continuing saga of protagonist Elysia and what readers can expect from the new issue.

This week's guest is British comic book writer Andi Ewington. Andi has written titles for 451 Media such as Six, ExMortis and Sunflower as well as creator-owned works such as 45, Bluespear and Overrun. Overrun tells the story of a group of friends, all forgotten videogame characters, as they battle a computer virus, which turns normal citizens into zombies. Andi has also worked on comic book tie-ins for videogame properties such as Just Cause 3 and Dark Souls II. We also discuss several other topics including the comic book speculation boom of the 90's, beloved childhood action figures and British comedies.

Get ready for an hour of tales about sex, drugs, rock & roll...and novelty ice cream! This week's episode isNew England-based Illustrator/musician Kate Bresnahan. Kate is the author and artist on the book entitled, I Have No Idea What I'm Doing, which chronicled a year of illustrated journal entries. Recently, Kate has been raising her profile as a musician under the moniker, The Rocket Pops and she tells her story about how picking up a guitar became a life-changing event. Also In This Episode: Comics as a coping mechanism Geeking out over bands we've met Jeopardy's Alex Trebek is kind of a dick Adrian saves Stan Lee And more!

Intergalactic adventurers, space-faring presidents and punk rock bounty hunters! It's another great episode of Adrian Has Issues! Magdalene Visaggio is a comic book writer based out of New York. She is the creator of numerous series including the Stronghold, Sea of Clouds and Andrew Jackson In Space. Her newest title, Kim & Kim, about a pair of bounty hunter best friends who share the same name, is nearing release courtesy of Black Mask Studios. In this episode, Mags explains how indie creators resemble garage band musicians when it comes to creating comics and how Black Mask Studios' punk rock acquisition of Kim & Kim is an important step in furthering Trans and Queer representation in comic book culture. There's also some hilariously geeky discussions of former US presidents including Andrew Jackson, a buddy comedy featuring Teddy Roosevelt & Howard Taft and the secret supervillainy of James K. Polk.

On the 50th episode of Adrian Has Issues I'm joined by Colorado-based artist/writer Xing Xin. Xing is the creator and director of the fantasy epic Ximphonic Versus and the Executive Producer of the upcoming TV series based on the comic from Broken Heart Productions. Xing chronicles the 20-year journey he's taken to create Ximphonic Versus and how his personal story mirrors that of Tetsuya Nomura, the former director of the Square Enix role-playing epic, Final Fantasy XV. We geek out hardcore over our love of the Final Fantasy franchise as a whole and talk about how important it is for creators to not give everything away when promoting their projects.

This week's episode was recorded on location at East Side Mags in Montclair, NJ. Today's guest is Joe Caramagna, an Eisener and Harvey award nominated letterer who's worked on Marvel titles such as Daredevil, Captain America and New Avengers as well as serving as the writer of two creator-owned titles: The Further Travels of Wyatt Earp and Model Operandi. Fellow Jersey-based writer/artist Stephen Coughlin also steps in for a few quick comments in between drawing sketches for kids. Stephen is the creator of the title Sanctuary for Slave Labor Graphics. My conversation with Joe is as random as it is hilarious. We talk about his background in comics as a graduate of the Kubert School and starting out as an intern with Marvel Comics. This is Adrian Has Issues, so you know I gotta get some hockey-related banter in and we riff on the Minnesota Wild logo, defunct teams and how Joe's comic book career mirrors that of legendary goalie Martin Brodeur. Also in this episode: Facebook v Twitter: Dawn of Social Networking! Lethal Weapon Impersonations! Superhero Presidential Candidates! The Secret Origins of Stephen Coughlin Adrian King: The Geek Chris Matthews! And more!

Friend of the show Ashley Burgy returns to Adrian Has Issues, picking up where we left off in Episode 8. We originally planned to talk about a variety of topics within the NHL, but thanks to a steady diet of PBR and cherry-flavored spray candy we ended up falling down a rabbit hole and began riffing on bands that have performed at the Honda Civic Tour. For the next 50 minutes or so we get pretty geeky over pop/punk bands of the mid-2000s, so you'll hear us talk about bands like Motion City Soundtrack, The Matches and more. In This Episode: Adrian's weird hockey dreams! What's the deal with Christian Pop Punk? Are songwriters better when their lives suck? Adrian sings Hoobastank! And more!