An Elegant Weapon

It's a dream come true for The Jedi Ras as he gets to chat with Dave Hillyard, founder and saxophonist for the legendary NYC Ska band, The Slackers. Dave is a very influential figure in the Ska/Reggae scene and an extremely talented musician. We talk about family, The Slackers relentless touring schedule, his hippy dippy beginnings and of course, Jamaican Rock 'n Roll.

This week The Jedi Ras welcomes the talented and super cool Dan Dougherty. Dan is the writer and artist behind Beardo comics and also Touching Evil, a thrilling comic that is currently being collected into a 240 page hardcover graphic novel via Kickstarter. Please visit and lend some support to one the best comic books I've had the pleasure of reading this year, truly amazing stuff, kids.

This week The Jedi Ras welcomes the talented and super cool Dan Dougherty. Dan is the writer and artist behind Beardo comics and also Touching Evil, a thrilling comic that is currently being collected into a 240 page hardcover graphic novel via Kickstarter. Please visit and lend some support to one the best comic books I've had the pleasure of reading this year, truly amazing stuff, kids.

Part two of the local Toronto Comic creator event, Pints and Pages LIVE from The Cameron House. This episode features a lengthy chat with Oakville artist Mike Rooth ( Red Sonja and Conan ) about his career and art and perpetual nice guy, T.O. native Shawn Daley ( TerraQuill ).

Part two of the local Toronto Comic creator event, Pints and Pages LIVE from The Cameron House. This episode features a lengthy chat with Oakville artist Mike Rooth ( Red Sonja and Conan ) about his career and art and perpetual nice guy, T.O. native Shawn Daley ( TerraQuill ).

This episode features some good time conversation from Pints and Pages,a recent event held at The Cameron House in Toronto. This event brought together some of the GTA's finest up and coming local comic book creators to hang out, draw, have a few pints and share some laughs. Part one features artists T. Medeiros ( Tales of Lost) Joe Osei Bonsu ( Heroes of The World) and Aaron Ong ( MaddSketch )

This episode features some good time conversation from Pints and Pages,a recent event held at The Cameron House in Toronto. This event brought together some of the GTA's finest up and coming local comic book creators to hang out, draw, have a few pints and share some laughs. Part one features artists T. Medeiros ( Tales of Lost) Joe Osei Bonsu ( Heroes of The World) and Aaron Ong ( MaddSketch )

I'm joined by local creator, writer and artist A. Shay Hahn to chat about his work and the Toronto independent comic community in preparation for his event, Pints and Pages at the Cameron House Nov 14/15, where many of the GTA's coolest up and coming comic creators will be hanging out drawing, drinking and being merry! The Weapon will be there also so come on down from 3-7pm for some good good times!

Check out Shay's work at The Mad Craft Shoppe.

I'm joined by local creator, writer and artist A. Shay Hahn to chat about his work and the Toronto independent comic community in preparation for his event, Pints and Pages at the Cameron House Nov 14/15, where many of the GTA's coolest up and coming comic creators will be hanging out drawing, drinking and being merry! The Weapon will be there also so come on down from 3-7pm for some good good times!

Check out Shay's work at The Mad Craft Shoppe.

This week in the L5J studios I chat with Brian Lee Byrd. Brian is an editor and content contributor at Master Plot Comics. He's the writer of Bullets and Angels and the upcoming 100 tears based on the slasher film of the same name. We talk about the formation of Master Plot Comics, the development of 100 Tears, balancing family and a busy professional life and a whole slew of other fun stuff including, of course, Star Wars. Brian is a super fun and impressive fellow and I urge you to visit Master Plot Comics and check out and support the kickstarter for 100 Tears.