Hungry Trilobyte Podcast

Jerry Carita is known to Hungry Trilobyte fans as the producer of AMC's Comic Book Men, as well as several other reality TV shows. Today he's launching his own indie comic book, The Grizzly Crew, about a group of bears who fight pirates. We discuss his world-building process for the furry adventurers, his time hanging with Ming Chen (last seen in Episode 35) and another book of his, Cicada Samurai.

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Wells Thompson is a comic creator and the mind behind the MechaTon series of indie comics. The next installment of MechaTon hit Kickstarter in February of 2024, and in this episode of Hungry Trilobyte, Wells and I talk about mixing humor with darker themes and how Kickstarter is a boon to the indie comic creator.

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Kailee Rosen is an illustrator based out of Milwaukee, WI, who has a broad range of styles ranging from fantasy-oriented travel posters to touching children's book illustrations to very detailed anatomical diagrams. In this episode of Hungry Trilobyte, Kailee and I sit down to talk about what the meaning of "art" even is, how she wraps her head around so many different visual styles, and how much mood and emotion influence our appreciation of the creative world. Other side-topics include the ability of a single Hollywood actor to open a movie, and Pokemon. Lots of Pokemon.

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Jay B. Kalagayan is the creator of MeSseD and the visionary behind each season story arc. He and I sit down at Fan Expo New Orleans to hash out unique storytelling possibilities of a story about fighting Cryptozoic monsters in a city sewer, as well as the more real-world importance of creating diverse characters.

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Artist Allyson Bode and I find a quiet(ish) corner of Fan Expo New Orleans and have a chat about her work- SoulSpeak Studios! Not only her visual arts, but her background as a costumer come up. She and I have similar views on getting started with whatever tools you have, making improvisation and innovation part of your craft, and treating every convention as an adventure. 

You can follow Allyson on Instagram and the main website for SoulSpeak Studios. She extended SoulSpeak to be a platform for multiple artists.

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I sit down at Fan Expo New Orleans with author James Maxey, discussing his book Life in a Moment, which is a compilation of short stories featuring darker themes. In particular, the loss of life and memory play a key role in the two stories he and I discuss: "Clockwork Melting" and "Mercy is for Morning". After looking into how these stories connect with the reader's own sense of mortality, James and I discuss the best ways to get yourself out of bad writing habits and into legit sci-fi author mode!

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John Billingsley is back to talk about this year's Trek Talks 3 event! Live-streaming on YouTube January 13 at 9:45 AM US Pacific time. Some of Star Trek's top talent (on-screen as well as behind-the-camera) have come out to put on a full day of entertainment for a good cause. As in previous years, these efforts benefit the Hollywood Food Coalition. Please give generously, regardless of if you are reading this before, during, or after the event.

John previously visited Hungry Trilobyte in episode Episode 154 to lay the ground work for 2023's Trek Talks 2, and in Episode 68 to discuss his work with HFC. In episode 173, we discussed advocacy of a different variety.

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In this episode, I get to look at Chicago GameSpace, an attraction that starts off as a museum of video game history, illustrating the shifts in gaming technology and how those shifts impact pop culture. Joining me from the museum are John Kinkley and Ethan Johnson. The three of us talk about what it means to be a gaming historian, the unique role the Midwest (and Chicago in particular) play in coin-op history, and the site’s recent special exhibition: @!#?@! The Art, Design, and Sound of Q*Bert.

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Tom Fenoglio and Joe Fenoglio are the talent behind Fenom comic studios. I sit down with these two guys and talk about their epic indie release, Hunter Ninja Bear. I get to talk to them about coming up with the wild idea for the book, working with Chuck Dixon, and bringing in such an awesome team with Mel Rubi, Rob Hunter, Ivan Nunes, and Taylor Esposito.

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Donny Phillips is part of the creative team that produced the new homebrew NES game, Project Blue. Teamed up with Ellen Larsson, Project Blue is a dystopian sci-fi action game that captures the themes of 80s scifi movies, while faithfully embracing the play styles of late 80s classics like Metroid and Kid Icarus.

In this episode of Hungry Trilobyte, Donny discusses his game, his take on the scifi influences, and the state of homebrewing for the NES.

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