This is a very different podcast than normal. This episode was actually recorded for my other podcast, Relentless Geekery, so you'll hear my co-host - Alan Baltis - on here.

We chatted with Ted for quite awhile about many things, most of which weren't book or publishing related. I edited the episode so that it focused on the book and publishing.

What also makes this weird is that Ted's books are comic books, graphic novels. It is a look at writing and publishing that isn't seen as much.

I encourage everyone to check out Ted's stuff. I love it. Even though the kickstarter is over, you can still get his books.

https://www.herotomorrow.com/

Transcript:

Stephen 0:41Welcome to a new episode of discovered roots. This is a special episode. It's a little different. I have another podcast called relentless geekery that I do with my friend Alan baltus. And on that episode, we interviewed Ted Sikora. He is from Cleveland does a graphic novel comic book called apama. And he has a new one coming out called bloom. When we interviewed him, he was working on his Kickstarter for bloom. Alan and I both love the stories, the art, everything about the eponymous series. And we wanted to make our first guest someone special. And we asked him and he said yes, it was a great time. Good interview. But because Ted's a writer, I thought it would be a great episode to listen to for discovered wordsmiths. I know most people probably don't know who he is. And it's a shame because I really love what he's done. So this is a little different avenue episode. It's not your normal fiction or nonfiction, but I love what he's done. This is something you should check out. Even though the Kickstarter is over, you can still go to hero tomorrow.com. order any of the books from Ted, any of his comics, check it out on comixology. They are fun, they are really reminiscent of the 70s. If you're like that era of comic books, or if you just want to read something that's not your typical Marvel DC. superheroes enjoy enjoyed the interview. And if you haven't figured it out, the other voice you hear is my friend Alan. I did edit this one down quite a bit. It's still a little longer than normal. But there's a lot of good information, a lot of good things Ted says about his path, his journey and working with Kickstarter. So enjoy.

Alan 2:26Ted is a delight to have you here everybody. This is Ted Sikora, who is a longtime Comic Book Creator, movie creator, head of hero tomorrow. enterprises. I'm not sure if I have exactly the word but has done all kinds of things that I have first stumbled onto at a comic con and then began to actively follow because I love the quality of the work.

Ted 2:47Thank you so much for having me.

Stephen 2:49Okay, so I'm sure. And hopefully, we've got some people out there going. I've never heard of this guy who is he? So go ahead, do some unabashed bragging about yourself. Tell us all about how happy you are to be doing what you're doing. Oh my god. Well, wow, there's no reading.

Ted 3:08Hey, thank you so much, guys, for having me on the show today, you you picked up on things that I hope we are accomplishing, you know that we're trying to do comics in a modern way in a new setting, but with a nod to the classics that we grew up loving so much. And, you know, trying to almost take like the Bronze Age of comics and evolve them in a different direction than the way things did evolve. So we kept, you know, the big captions on the cover and all the hype. And you know that these kind of exactly larger than life arcs that, you know, you really can't get from Marvel or DC anymore. And it's not anybody's fault.