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Ari Gross is a Canadian writer who's been on the show in the past to chat about his comics Awakening and Wardens. He's currently crowdfunding his most recent book, Upkeep, which takes a dark look at the housing crisis that's affecting the middle class everywhere. In Upkeep, a young family finds their dream house but in order to maintain ownership of it they have to make a very sinister deal. On this episode of the Part-Time Fanboy podcast Kristian chats with Ari about home ownership, how he was inspired to create a to create a Twilight Zone-like tale by average citizen's struggle to find a house, and if he thinks crowdsourcing is worth the effort it takes to help fund his projects.

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Ricky Lima is a writer who has been publishing his own comics for years through his website, Limepressonline.com. This week sees the debut of his first collaboration with a major publisher, Top Shelf Productions! Undergrowth tells the story of dystopian future where giant alien mecha are causing an environmental catastrophe. In response, the spirit of the planet resurrects a group of teenagers to fight the monsters with giant robots of their own created from the elemental forces of their world. On this episode of Part-Time Fanboy, Kristian chats with Ricky about what inspired Undergrowth, how the book is an exploration of traumatic and environmental themes, and Ricky's unique method of collaboration with the artists of his books.

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Mark Voger is a writer who's known for taking deep dives into the history of pop culture. Through Twomorrows Publishing he's written books like Monster Mash, Holly Jolly, and Britmania. This summer saw the publication of his latest release...Zowie! In Zowie! Mark takes a look at the era of Batmania in the 1960's and how it influenced the superhero movie craze that came after it. On this episode of the Part-Time Fanboy podcast, Kristian chats with Mark about how the Adam West Batman show was a major hallmark of his childhood, why that show was so different than anything that had come before it, and how its success had an impact on everything that came after it.

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A little over a month ago, the Part-Time Fanboy podcast went ape when we ran an interview with the creators behind the Planet of The Apes Role Playing Game and then did a deep dive into the original Planet of the Apes movie. This week we're back with PTF regular Yvis Cannavale and POTA megafan Joe Slepski (of the Joe on Joe Podcast) to discuss the first sequel in the franchise...Beneath the Planet of the Apes! What happens when Earth sends a younger, less arrogant clone of Charlton Heston's Taylor into space to rescue him? Kristian sits down with Joe and Yvis to talk about how the second apes movie's first half is basically a re-run of the first film, why radioactive mutants with psychic powers wear Mission Impossible like masks, and how the average talking ape can benefit from a relaxing steam sauna!

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Dallas Hoisington and Connie Huang are two artists who met at a local Drink n' Draw gathering. While sketching to their hearts content, Connie mentioned that she had purchased table space at a local convention but wasn't quite prepared to set up shop. Dallas stepped in to help and they began manufacturing stickers to sell at their first comic convention together. Thus Hyde Hermit Studio was born and Connie and Dallas have been a mainstay of the convention scene ever since...branching out into selling pins, shirts, plush and even books! On this episode of the Part-Time Fanboy podcast, Kristian sits down with Connie and Dallas to discuss how they met, what it was like setting up a business together, and what their takes are on the constantly evolving convention scene.

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When most people imagine having superpowers, they imagine them as a blessing. But what if they weren't? What if being stronger or faster or smarter than everyone else was more of a disability than a benefit? If you were superpowered but the world was built for people who weren't...wouldn't that make the world a more difficult place to function in? That's the approach that Mike Scrase took when he created his own superhero, Zip (funding on Kickstarter this fall). On this episode of the Part-Time Fanboy podcast Kristian chats with Mike about his unique twist on the superhero genre and how being born with a visual disability influenced his understanding of what having superpowers might be like.

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Joan of Arc is widely known as a patron saint of France who inspired her nation during a time of war and was ultimately betrayed ,disavowed as a heretic, and executed. But what if Joan of Arc had been resurrected by god and sent on an errand of vengeance after being burned at the stake? In Steven Yu's new comic Joan (now funding on Indiegogo) readers are presented with a different kind of Joan of Arc mythology...one inspired by the action packed films of John Woo, Quentin Tarantino, and Robert Rodriguez. This week on the Part-Time Fanboy podcast, Kristian chats with Steven about his own artistic journey, why he became interested in expanding the story of Saint Joan, and his own unique method of digital illustration.

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The Science of Ghosts is a graphic novel that takes the best parts of noir detective drama and mixes them with a serious dash of classic horror movies like The Haunting or The Innocents. Written by award winning author Lilah Sturges, The Science of Ghosts details how Joy Ravenna, a transgender parapsychologist, finds herself caught in a spine tingling murder mystery! On this episode of the Part-Time Fanboy podcast, Kristian chats with Lilah about how the look of the graphic novel took form, how she goes about crafting a comic book script, and how her love of the old mystery TV series In Search Of and all things paranormal influenced the creation of the book.

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Earlier this week, Part-Time Fanboy brought you an interview with the creators of the Planet of the Apes role-playing game. Coincidentally, Kristian had already planned an episode to discuss the sci-fi classic as it has long been a favorite of his. This week PTF regular Yvis Cannavale and POTA mega-fan and friend of the podcast, Joe Slepski (of the Joe on Joe podcast) sit down with Kristian to discuss the film that started it all. What happens when a cynical, self-centered astronaut finds himself stranded on a planet where apes have become the dominant species and mankind is a beast that finds itself in a cage? The Part-Time Fanboy clubhouse goes ape as they discuss Charlton Heston, the ins and outs of a story that challenged the world's imagination, and ask the question: What exactly was the plan for the lone female astronaut that didn't survive the journey?

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Andrew E. C. Gaska and E. L. Thomas are two of the creative minds behind a new role-playing game based on the original Planet of the Apes film franchise which is up for pre-order on Kickstarter now. Gaska has a deep history with the franchise, having authored two novels based on the mythology of the movies from the sixties and seventies. Thomas has had a plethora of experience creating and writing about role-playing games. This week on the podcast, Kristian chats with both of them about their Odd Couple-like first meeting, how they came to work together and became the best of friends, and how they were able to take the Apes movies, TV shows, comic books, and novels and use them to create the mechanics for an RPG that pays homage to the science fiction classic.

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