What's Your Random?

Chris Moses is the mastermind behind 'The Saturn Effect' a #sciencefiction universe that is slowly unfolding in #indiecomic form online... and now in print! His recently successful #kickstarter campaign for #thesaturneffect Alpha will give readers a hard copy in hand to read as they look forward to kickstarting the second of eight issues in February 2021.

We talk allegory, systemic challenges in our democracy, and building and audience to ensure creative success. Enjoy the Random!

Matt Moss is a drawer - an artist and designer - introduced to me by Luis Santamarina (see interview 8).  Matt and Luis worked together on a daily webcomic about their respective lives unfolding during the pandemic called 66 days. Matt and I explore many topics including: technology's impact on design work over the last two decades, learning from your mistakes, forgiveness and fallibility and the virtues and challenges of using creativity to sort through ideas and contemporary hot topics. Enjoy the Random!

Creating short film at Out Jogging Pictures for 20 years Brian Christopher White is an #Indie film maker. His upcoming show "Lost/Found" will be his first foray into web series. On the #podcast we discussed appreciating incremental growth and ways to jump start a film making career.... TEASER!....In short you have to start! So, get whatever camera you can grab and shoot. This conversation is full of golden learning moments gleaned from Brian's 20 year experience. Enjoy the Random!

Edie Deffebach wrote, produced and acted in The Queue, a short film that explores and "examines the limits of trust and morality when living in a fractured and divided world". On our #creative #podcast we explore the challenges and fortune of creating during the pandemic and consider the possibilities for film to act as a means of exploring difficult ideas and evolving current events. Recently successfully Kickstarted The Queue is in post production and will be released early 2021!

Edie Photo Credit to: Sequoia Ziff

Matt Palmer has been hard at work on the multimedia #Tokusatsu project the @ImmortalRedFox for over 4 years. His story spans both a youtube #webseries and a #manga inspired #comic that come together to tell a campy hero story, and feed his quest for creative expression and nostalgia. Matt and I talk about the online groups that brought us together and how they keep us fueled - with like minded niche creators inspiring one another from across the globe!

Andy Nordvall brings stories to life! He is known for his illustrated novel "Siren's Song", his webcomic @internetroomate, and his guest hosting on 'Burn After Pitching'. Together we explore his craft, his collaborations, and the benefit of boundaries. I look forward to his imaginative storybooks to come and ask you to Enjoyed the Random!

Explore #boardgames through the lens of a creator! Becca Horovits recently brought her boardgame Annapurna to life through Kickstarter.  We discuss the layers of design and art that go into making a game, the challenges of rulebook writing, marketing a one of a kind game.... and the differences between board games and #videosgames - in digitalspaces! Get Annapurna here and as always, Enjoy the Random!

Henry Barajas is a comic writer and story teller who infuses his stories with latinx history and cultural context - first in nonfiction with La Voz De M.A.Y.O. Tata Rambo and now with Helm Grey Castle! Enjoy the random!

Kip Benjamin (@Ipkipi) is an artist and comicbook creator. Traversing the Atlantic which separates us we connected to celebrate Kip's wildly successful kickstarter, discuss the year long process to make it a reality, talked about the dreams that inspire their work, and finished by exploring inclusion and diversity in story telling. Check out Heaven's Not Enough and Kip's other amazing work!

Luis Santamarina is an Argentina based comic creator. From story to pencil, pen, color and distribution he shares details of the Argentine comic book industry, his growing international network, and his metaphysical philosophy. You can enjoy his work on www.Mitomante.com.ar, @Mitomante, and in the recently funding kickstarter #comicanthology: A Cold Dark Universe