Two Geeks Talking

Erica Friedman is the creator of Okazu and is an Author of numerous articles, journals on Yuri anime and manga for twenty years. She speaks frequently at conventions in the US, Japan and around the world. Erica Friedman stopped by Two Geeks Talking to discuss her newest book; By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga She also is the creator of Okazu. Okazu is the Internet's oldest and most comprehensive source for news, reviews, interviews and articles about lesbian-themed animation and comics since 2002.

Laurent Valles Jr. is a US Army Veteran, #writer of #comics . Originally, starting out he wrote a #webcomic and through that experience he has created his current comic: Sacrifice. About Sacrifice series:  Damien, the super powered host of the devil, has been looking for allies who can stop Lucifer from reviving, which would bring an end to the age of man. Among these allies are an archangel, a vampire, a demon hunter, and a fledgling witch who was chosen by a legendary spell book. Damien's team has split into two groups, the first of which set off to uncover the plans of the evil cult which tied his soul to Lucifer in the first place. In this issue, we get to see a bit more of what the cult has been scheming, while learning what makes the spell book so special.

Christie Shinn is a comic creator, writer and artist for her comic Demon Bitch. This is an ongoing series that releases every year and her newest #kickstarter campaign is called: Demon Bitch: Triggered.  We talk about the meta of social media commentary, how to spot fake relationships on social media, demon bitch concept and creation, how the comic deals with toxic people and also the new point-and-click video game as well.

Dylan Goss is an author and comic writer for his newest series Mara. This comic which released recently is about: Mara follows the titular character, moments before she's suddenly caught in a bloody tribal war. Unwilling to allow the last of his tribe to die, a guardian wolf spirit descends upon Mara, taking her from a young girl in a small fishing village to an avatar of revenge. We talk with Dylan Goss about being a digital detail geek, Programming, Video Games (overrated and underrated), how he deals with success and failure. How his comic's world and characters came to life and much more!

Daniel Kalban is a comic book writer and author known for his comics American Dreams and his newest co-created comic: Knightwrath. This is the first episode of Two Geeks Talking: Rapid-Fire; 11 questions, 9-15 minutes of time as we dive right into the heart of being a creative person. We talk about the creative process, what drives Daniel Kalban as a creative person. What stops him as a creative person and why Todd McFarlane could have done better?

Shawn Daley is a talented Ringo Award nominated Cartoonist, Artist and Musician. Shawn is known for his work on such titles as: Better Place published by IDW/Top Cow, TerraQuill, Samurai Grandpa, Bridgebuilder's Creed, OGRE and more. We talk about the creative process of being both an artist and a musician (both analog and digital). Comics that made him cry. Which comic is better BONE or Sweet Tooth? Meeting Jeff LeMire multiple times and the advice he was given and a few introspective questions as well!

Todd Black has an extensive resume as an Author, Writer, Comic Book Writer and more. Todd Black is known for his comics: Guardians, HERO, Tokyo Blade Detectives, Sherlock Holmes and his upcoming graphic novel: 5 Bullets, 6 Men soon to be published by Source Point Press. We talk about why Todd became a writer. First material he wrote that made him say he could do this as a career. Why Gail Simone could be a bear (we have never seen a bear and her in the same room) and how believing in yourself, your work will lead to success which is a topic he will be discussing at an upcoming comic convention.

Claudio Ghirardo is an Italian-Canadian comic artist that is a graduate of the famed Kubert School of Arts. He talks about his comic Skull on Comixology, Caio on Webtoons and why being creative in comics changed his life when his life internally didn't have a direction. We dive into comic beats, story telling vs. real-life and so much more!

Stephen Kogon is the Creator and Actor with a cast of talented Actors / and Actresses including Jim O'Heir in The Groad Show!

This time around Stephen brought the talented and funny Jess Adams to talk about The Groad Show Episode 3: Interviews. We discussed Comedy, Favourite scenes with cast members, Why Lucille Ball's documentary was inspiring and what does the next generation of Actors and Actresses have to deal with in regarding Hollywood.

Chris Sahloff has had many careers in his life from husband, father, been in a guitarist in a band signed by Sony, a DM in D&D; He is now a comic book creator with his comic: C.R.I.T. Not interested in Fantasy that D&D brings? That's fine C.R.I.T's concept is this: What if you woke up the next day and had Superpowers! Cool right? Well, Chris and his four friends have been playing this campaign for four years and over 500 hours. To the point that Chris one day said: This would be a great comic book! Fast forward to this interview where we talk about the creative process of D&D and this comic; The characters and how closely they resemble their real-life counter parts. Who was edited the most out of the characters in the comics and much more!