Flame On!

It's another Flame ON! Friday, and this week, Bryan sits down with Dave Ebersole, the writer of the noir comic Dash for Northwest Press (www.teamdashcomic.com). Bryan talks to Daved about his work as a playwright, his formidable years at a religious school, and how those experiences have shaped his artistic work. They also get into their respective views on Christianity, how much their parochial schooling affected their current lives, and how frustrating it can be as gay Christians to deal with other parts of the Christian community. Oh, and there's lots of talk about comics, what Dave would love to write for the major publishers, and the future of the Dash series.

Also, be sure to check out both Flame ON! and Northwest Press during New York Comic Con and Super Week in NYC this October! Bryan and Pat will be joining up with the members of Comic Book Bears at Rock Bar on Tuesday, October 6th, and Northwest Press along with Dave Ebersole will be at the New York Comic Con that weekend!

While Bryan is away the boys of Flame ON! will play! Join Pat the talking Bear Skin Rug along with Jarrod, Oral, BJ and long time listener Humberto as they tackle the world of pop culture from a gay and geeky perspective! You’ll get to hear about the less than stellar reboot of the Fantastic 4 and how it rained on Jarrod’s date night, our take on the news coming out of D23, the upcoming Marvel movies, a small Fall TV preview, and what’s great (and what’s not so great) in the world of comics! Tune in and Flame ON!

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Do you like to ride Chocobos? Are you the kind of gamer that enjoys a healthy does of sex chat among your fellow LGBTQ guild mates? Or do you just prefer to create a hot toon and solo your way around a virtual world? Well, no matter what your style of online gaming, Final Fantasy XIV can do it all!

Join Bryan, special guest hosts Erik and Jacob (the former straight boy on the floor), and guest interviews with Vain and Hawke, two of the guild leaders behind the FFXIV LGBTQ Guild TAINT, to discuss why FFIXV is so special among MMORPGs and how it continues to lead the way in creating safe online spaces for LGBTQ gaymers to quest, to cavort, and even to get into bondage (er, bonding). All this and the usual gay and geeky excitement you've come to expect on this episode of Flame ON!

Fresh from seeing Marvel's Ant Man, the boys convene to review the movie, discuss all of the exciting trailers and announcements from San Diego Comic Con, and review the latest in TV, gaming, and comic books. Special guests Erik and Melody join Bryan, Pat, and Oral for all this and the usual gay and geeky excitement on this episode of Flame ON!

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Bryan, Oral and Pat are back with a brand new episode of Flame ON! and they're here to dish about all the goings on in the comic world! From Marvel's line altering Secret Wars and all of the tie-ins to DC's post-Convergence fallout to the indie titles that are rocking our world, we've got you covered! We'll let you know which books are hitting a home run and which of them have turned out to be duds! Plus you'll get to hear their thoughts on the thoughts on the future of the big 2 publishers!

The boys also take a long hard look at the controversy surrounding James Robinson's Airboy #2. They look at the Trans community, how it's represented, and how even well meaning allies can make mistakes in representing the community - on this episode of the gay geek podcast that you know and love, Flame ON!

After a hot summer of blockbusters like the Avengers and Jurassic World, the boys of Flame ON! still found time to sit down and review the latest bubbles in pop culture for you, dear listener. Our substitute Flamers BJ and Adam help review Pixar's new movie Inside Out and HeroesCon 2015, along with a "choose-your-own adventure" style reaction to the impending Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. All that, along with the latest recommendations on comic books and our sad news about our favorite TV show Hannibal, on this episode of the gay geek podcast that you know and love, Flame ON!

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Every now and then, we love to feature Kickstarter projects with LGBT themes and interview the creators behind them. This episode, we have Jase Peeples, the author of Square Zair Pair, and Anthony Ford, the lead designer of Post Replica Square Zair Pair is an LGBT children's book about celebrating diversity and finding acceptance, and Post Replica is a futuristic "tablet-top" RPG about androids with strong LGBT themes.

Bryan and Adam sit down with Jase and Anthony to discuss each project's origins and long-term goals. You can find links to each project's Kickstarter at the episode link below.

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Do you like movies with shirtless men driving tricked out cars and trucks? What about post-Apocalyptic epics with bad-ass women warriors on bikes trying to save civilization? Well, the big-budget, brash return of the Mad Max saga is BACK, and we've got our Flame ON! crew to cover the carnage. Oral, Jarrod, and Bryan convene to discuss what they loved about Fury Road, why the comic book prequels might not be for you, and how the strong women characters in the movie were just what the box-office needed!

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Flame ON! Assemble! Having just seen the new Avengers movie, the boys and our very own Scarlet Bitch Oral brings their own brand of chaos magic to share what they liked and didn't like so much. They also get into trouble spilling some sweet T all over Ru Paul's Drag Race, dish about their favorite moments for Agents of SHIELD and Flash, and hear a taste of why Gotham is the worst comic-book show on television.

After a brief journey through some gayming, Oral and Bryan collide in their discussion of DC's Convergence and Marvel's Secret Wars, along with a few of the indie comic books their excited about.

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After a weekend (or two) of binge watching, the boys are back to expose their legal briefs on the hot new Marvel Netflix series Daredevil. From the ultraviolence of street brawls to the legal proceedings of the courtroom to the personal dating life of Wilson Fisk (really?), there's a lot to take in over the 13 hours of the series! Listen in to hear what the boys of Flame ON! think of it all, and let us know what you thought of the series.

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