This week our guest is award winning comic writer Christyle. We chop it up about his newest kickstarted, making his child’s first comic book and the importance of why as an artist.  

Where would you like to be found on the internet?

Instagram Threads Linktree

3:02 When did you know you wanted to become a writer?

Dormant Powers

Dream Match Revolution Kickstarter

Wrestling Fan

9:33 What do you wish you had known when you had started out?

His “Why?”

13:56 What's your go-to order at your favorite hometown restaurant?

Korean Wings

15:26 What are you curious about?

Uncertainty

Joe Budden deep dive aka Knowing Your Worth

19:18 What should I ask you that I didn’t know enough to ask?

Making first kid’s comic

22:49 If you could create a new holiday what would it commemorate?

Air Fryer Day

24:04 Why Create?

Share your experience

25:21 Final thoughts

Lead w/Intent in Creation

This week we get to meet an aspiring game developer, writer and cartoonist, Mega Nerd Greg Diggs! .  We learn more about how how easy it is to get your projects into stores, art events, and the most Dank-tastic Burger.  

Where would you like to be found on the internet?

IG: @gregdiggs_comics

Threads: @gregdiggs_comics

2:36 When did you know you wanted to get into comics?

Created for the kids

6:08 What do you wish you had known when you had started out?

Ease to get into store

11:27 What's your go-to order at your favorite hometown restaurant?

Dank-tastic Burger

15:37 What are you curious about?

Animation

18:31 What should I ask you that I didn’t know enough to ask?

Art Events

23:42 If you could create a new holiday what would it commemorate?

Creators of all kinds

26:26 Why Create?

Outlet Needed

This week our guest is author and podcaster, C M Lockhart. We chop it up about the importance of community, cultures and celebrating everyday black people.  

Where would you like to be found on the internet?

IG @CLockhartWrite 

Threads @CLockhartWrite, @melaninlibrary

Tiktok @CLockhartWrite

Blusky https://bsky.app/profile/clockhartwrite.bsky.social

3:15 When did you know you wanted to become a writer?

• Keeping Promises
• We are the Origin and Death Among the Stars

15:33 What do you wish you had known when you had started out?

• Marketing as important as Writing
• Community
• Melanin Library

22:32 What's your go-to order at your favorite hometown restaurant?

• Food from the Cookout

25:25 What are you curious about?

• How did we get here?
• Infrastructure

31:02 What should I ask you that I didn’t know enough to ask?

• Cultures
• Anime Recs

36:28 If you could create a new holiday what would it commemorate?

• Celebrating Everyday Black People

40:30 Why Create?

• No other choice

This week our guest is Army Vet, Martina Sneed, here to talk about her new novel The Inkslinger. We also  talk about legacy, how community and art interact and the focus on the journey.

Where would you like to be found on the internet?

IG @official_MMSneed 

Tiktok @official_MMSneed

2:00 When did you know you wanted to become a writer?

• Legacy 

5:10 What do you wish you had known when you had started out?

• Focus on the Journey
• Mentors in the Indie space 

8:49 What's your go-to order at your favorite hometown restaurant?

• Home cooking 

10:05 What are you curious about?

• How community and art connect

11:30 What should I ask you that I didn’t know enough to ask?

• Learning about yourself as an author
• Healing through art 

13:15 If you could create a new holiday what would it commemorate?

• Day of Reading w/paid time off

14:28 Why Create?

• To be of service

This week we have a conversation with Malcolm McFadden, the creator and writer of SixFifteen Comics. We talk about how his experiences inform his writing, the importance of patience and leaving your mark on the world.  All that and more so stick around and see what else Demond Does.  

Where would you like to be found on the internet?

Instagram @sixfifteencomics. 

Website: sixfifteencomics.com

2:09 When did you know you wanted to become a writer?

• How his experience informs his writing  

4:41 What do you wish you had known when you had started out?

• Patience

5:36 What's your go-to order at your favorite hometown restaurant?

• Hometown favorite and heartbreak

7:11 What are you curious about?

• People watching
• “Friendly” Social Experiments

11:11 What should I ask you that I didn’t know enough to ask?

• Malcolm’s 5 Favorite Movies
• Fun fact

13:35 If you could create a new holiday what would it commemorate?

• Black Man Day

15:51 Why Create?

• Legacy

This week we sit down with GE Moore, author of Bealz Prince of the South Side.  We chop it up about how he created the mythology of the book, how an unusual teaching strategy got him writing AND Black Men Read.  

Where he wants found on the Internet

www.gemoorethewriter.com

Bealz Prince of the Southside

https://a.co/d/3a1m6lF

The Wayward Home For Retired Superheroes: Updated Edition

https://a.co/d/j8oQmOV

I Used to be a Superhero 

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/gemoore/i-used-to-be-a-superhero

2:00 When did you know you wanted to become a writer?

• Teachers are important

4:36 What do you wish you had known when you had started out?

• Being a Professional

8:09 What's your go-to order at your favorite hometown restaurant?

• Hometown Heartbreak

9:50 What are you curious about?

• Love of Language
• Evolving Language

12:01 What should I ask you that I didn’t know enough to ask?

• Musical Background

14:12 If you could create a new holiday what would it commemorate?

• Black Men Read

16:05 Why Create?

• No alternative

Final Thoughts

This week we get to hear from Michael Driver, author of the King of the Block book series. We talk about his current curiosity rabbit hole, his unique writing process and just how vast the Indie Writing Community is.  Stick around and find out more of what Demond Does.  

Where he wants to be found on the internet

Instagram @mikedriverauthor

Threads @mikedriverauthor

Twitter @MikeGDriver 

TikTok @mikedriverauthor

1:57 When did you know you wanted to become a writer?

• Reading was 1st love
• The Difference Between Urban Fiction and Street Literature
• From the Godfather to the King of the Block

6:28 What do you wish you had known when you had started out?

• The Indie Writing Community
• Toni Morrison as inspiration

10:04 What's your go-to order at your favorite hometown restaurant?

• Mike’s Sam’s Pizza Order

12:00 What are you curious about?

• Current Rabbit Hole

14:34 What should I ask you that I didn’t know enough to ask?

• Mike’s writing process

17:51 If you could create a new holiday what would it commemorate?

• National Day Off

18:57 Why Create?

• The Love of Game

21:15 Final thoughts

This week’s guest is a perfect example of what I’d like to show to be.  I met Tatiana Obey (pronounced oh-bi’) at Gen Con and bought a couple of her Champloo Mix books and now my new friend is here to talk about her journey to courage, the upfront costs of indie publishing, and acts of resistance. 

Where she would like to be found on the Internet? 

Website: tatianaobey.com

2:56 When did you know you wanted to become a writer?

• Unique early writing references
• Bucket List Item 
• Upfront Costs of Indie Publishing

6:56 What do you wish you had known when you had started out?

• The Journey to More Courage

8:54 What's your go-to order at your favorite hometown restaurant?

• Dallas Food Scene
• Struggle meals

10:37 What are you curious about?

• Combining disparate ideas
• Christmas songs in Japan

16:08 What should I ask you that I didn’t know enough to ask?

• We actually talk about her books!

18:41 If you could create a new holiday what would it commemorate?

• Free Slurpee Day
• Akira Toriyama

21:34 Why Create?

• Acts of resistance

22:23 Final Thoughts

This week we have a conversation with creative, Gary Jones, the creator of Divergent Comics. We talk about his relatively late start into the fandom AND the business of comics. We also talk about vetting artists and the upcoming football season.

Where would you like to be found on the Internet? 
Threads https://www.threads.com/@gmtj2k
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GMTJ4g
IG https://www.instagram.com/gmtj2k/

Divergent Comics
IG https://www.instagram.com/divergent_comics
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ComicsDivergent
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@divergentcomics

2:50 When did you know you wanted to get into comics?
Late to the comic space
Origin of a Name
6:54 What do you wish you had known when you had started out?
Vetting Artists
8:52 What's your go-to order at your favorite hometown restaurant?
Japanese Fusion
10:31 What are you curious about?
Psychology and Sociology for writing
14:59 What should I ask you that I didn’t know enough to ask?
Football Nerd too?!
18:59 If you could create a new holiday what would it commemorate?
A Celebration of Black Love
21:09 Why Create?
The Love of Family Tradition

This week we have a conversation with creative, Dre Fire.  We talk about his new comic, Black Son, which feels like Quantum Leap with the added seasoning of beating up Nazis, Hollywood’s broken promises and Black People superpowers.

Where he wants found on the Internet

Prophecy comics in twitter or my page on Threads

Webpage: https://prophecy-comics.jimdosite.com/

Twitter: https://x.com/Prophecy_Comics

Threads: https://www.threads.com/@drefir3

3:42 When did you know you wanted to become a writer?

• Hollywood’s broken promises

8:52 What do you wish you had known when you had started out?

• Reading to write

11:04 What's your go-to order at your favorite hometown restaurant?

• A Waffle House Favorite

12:07 What are you curious about?

• The Profound
• Black People Superpowers

15:25 What should I ask you that I didn’t know enough to ask?

• Kickstarter Courage
• Support Indie Comics 

20:26 If you could create a new holiday what would it commemorate?

• Afrofuturism

23:26 Why Create?

• You’ll like it eventually