The Faqs Project

Today I sit once again with Anthony Stokes to discuss the third Installment to his Pro wrestling Epic-Tap or Die #3. By the beginning of Issue 2 Domino has been humbled and feels cheated realizing that his shot a world championship will be a harder hill to climb. You come to find out that his passion for wrestling has to overshadowing the powerful corporation he works for to finally get his rematch with Reel Deal Randy for the World Title. We also discuss Domino being an allegory for Anthony Stokes career in Indie Comics as well as why he feel anthologies may now be a bad idea for fledgling writers.

Today I sit with Charlie McElvy the creator of Spider Squirrel and Godquest to get into his first non Superhero based drama pairing with 2 friends of the Podcast Chris Moses and Anthony Stokes to bring you the tale of Xavier, a former MMA champion who comes to find out his friend and business partner has just been killed in Japan. In the midst of his arrival, he is amassed in culture in the ways of how his business may have translated to criminal activity in the underworld of Japan. I also ask from a Indie comic creator standpoint how can crowdfunding sites like Zoop and Kickstarter now hope to gain in their audience.

Today I sit with a great friend of the podcast Vector Comics Founder and Traversing the Stars Podcast Creator/Host Jeff Haas as we talk about Issue 2 of his Interspecies Sci-Fi-The End of it All: Terminus. With 33 species from many different worlds and about 50,000 individuals, The Terminus captained by President Ada Lamarr comes to terms that ultimately the costly decisions that need to be made in order to sustain the inhabitants of her ship may prove fatal. The need to survive from not only the people on the ship but their biggest threat in the universe chasing them leads to a saga they might not be prepared for.

First time on the pod I speak with Lesly Julien to talk about the Action/Fantasy Savage Wizard. When the Leader of a powerful Barbarian Clan loses his hand to a former friend, R'Nar has to choose a new path as fragility leads to banishment. Until a least likely ally has to use his help and the only way to do it is with Magic. Read this race against the clock, Can R'Nar warn his old clan of a new threat being imposed on his people.

Today I have Wells Thompson back in the studio to speak on his new NSFW comedy SMUT. If you've ever found yourself extremely comfortable to speak freely with your own friends at risk of revealing explicit details of your exploits in your relationships and those of a sexual nature meet Dakota. A woman who cant seem to get past her impulses at risk that sex overshadows her quest for a normal relationship, but in the advice she gets from her 2 best friends Jess and Rita makes it seem like they have more in common than they previously thought. Wells takes the time to juggle not only the common relationships the 3 have, but sexualities and how they tie in.

Today I sit with the great Tony Kittrell, Founder and CEO of Advent Comics as we speak about the ultimate call to arms with the collaboration of 40 creators and 33 publishers with Epiphany Engine. The collection of writers and artists who are participating in the project has been held secret in some ways, but we finally see how some of the most revered characters join forces against a cosmic threat. As someone who himself has been in the Black Indie Comic community for over 15 years we dig into the Talent pool of what it was in 2009 as opposed to 2024. Take a look at our episode a couple weeks back with Artist Bobby Lexx and Writer Keef Cross as they collab on this particular book.

Today I'm back with Anthony Stokes to talk about his dive into the likes of a Calvin and Hobbes in his latest twist into Dark Comedy with Its Fun to Kill People. The story centers around a young boy named Tommy who's around 8 years old and a prodigy already in High School. His everyday life is overwhelming appetite, bullies, and outrageous childhood curiosity, but the catch is his Mother Jessica who is on her 3rd husband and is a Serial Killer. This leads to a Hilarious Outrageous tale and more like it to come.

Today I sit down with Caleb Palmquist to talk his latest tale in mixing the Wild West with Creatures of High Fantasy in Dragon Grit. An Ex Outlaw with a complex past on a dangerous escort mission pursued by an old rival. Interestingly enough this was also co-written by his wife whom's specialty is High Fantasy. We get into the ability to bend genres to make a more fulfilled story and also the continuing pattern from his books that each character has certain guided belief that all seems to connect each other.

Today we reveal a 2 part podcast into the massive collaboration of Black Indie Comics thru Tony Kittrell and Advent Comics as 33 Black Comic Publications join forces to unite against a cosmic threat in Epiphany Engine. My Guests today are Keef Cross Creator of Critically Reviewed Graphic Novel-Day Black and Bobby Lexx-Artist for Marvel/Crucial Crisis Comics/Upper Deck about what intrigued them to join the project. We also speak on the current state of Black Indie Comics since they both arrived on the scene in the 2010's and how particular comic cons have recently turned into a family reunion of sorts. Epiphany Engine will be live on Kickstarter on Juneteenth.

Today's Guest is definitely one of my favorite people in Comics. Troy-Jeffrey Allen is known as the physical form of Previews World and Co-Founder of RexCo Comics, but today we speak on his newest works as he prepares for the release of a hybrid of Culture, Comics, and Music with AfroFutures. A collection classic Mythologies, Historical Black heroes, Artificial Intelligence, and Futuristic Artwork that catches the eye. Troy and myself speak on the means of looking at comic culture from within and continuing to see ways to insert his love of Hip hop as he did recently with ODB Lyrical Ruckus in the city, The ALL CAPS-MF Doom Tribute, and Chuck D Apocalypse '91. We also get into growing in the Maryland-DC area aka The DMV and how that shaped how he sees the world.