Vodka O'clock

It2019s great to welcome back one of my favorite people in the world, comics writer PAUL ALLOR, to this week2019s episode of VODKA O2019CLOCK. Paul fills us in on his latest creator owned comic STRANGE NATION and his new franchise work on TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and G.I. JOE. plus Dynamite Comics2019 anthology PATHFINDER: GOBLINS.

Talented screenwriter and comic book writer BRAD ABRAHAM talks about his comic series MIXTAPE which uses music of the 1990s as a backdrop to show how a group of friends came together with only this in common.

FABIAN RANGEL, JR. sent me his miniseries DOC UNKNOWN. Time for the typical comparison: if you like2026. Indiana Jones, Athena Voltaire, Batman, Green Hornet, Kim Possible and pulp detective stories, then yes, you will love DOC UNKNOWN.

Comic creator Mark Stegbauer talks about his creator owned comics DR. GOYLE and PUB DREAD, the life of collaborating as a team, balancing home life.

If you didn't know, consider yourself informed, that there is an International GoTopless Day. GoTopless.org fights for women to have equal clothing optional rights as men.

Joining the Vodka O2019Clock Podcast this week is Zack Kruse who is the organizer of the Appleseed Comics and Art Convention in Fort Wayne, Indiana. AppleseedCon.com

Jordan recently ran a very successful Kickstarter campaign to fund his book series WOLLSTONECRAFT, a fictionalized tale about young Ada Lovelace and her best friend Mary Shelley with cameos by other historical figures.

Adam's first foray into comics was editing the Popgun anthology which then immediately won a Harvey Award and an Eisner Award in consecutive years. He still had to face the submission process in a later volume of the anthology and faced rejection. AMELIA COLE is the result of when Adam and his collaborative partners DJ Kirkbride and Nick Brokenshire wanted to launch a creator-owned series with a strong female protagonist. AMELIA COLE is digitally online at Comixology through Monkeybrain Comics; and the collected first volume will be printed through IDW. After they launched, Nick and Adam were able to bring letterer Rachel Deering on board along with several pinup artists.

Eric Ruben is a literary agent, entertainment lawyer, and actor. This is a very long edition of VOC, happily so. We hadn2019t talked in a while so it2019s about two hours of romance, erotica, sex, BDSM, LGBT, publishing, pitfalls, and my unbridled enthusiasm unleashed.

The Geek Creation Show is Nov 15-17 2013 in Piscataway, NJ. Learn about steampunk, the Tesla Museum & Jeff Mach events. http://geekcreationshow.com

You may remember JEREMY HOLT from his past appearances on this podcast. His historical fiction about Harry Houdini and his son is compelling and driven through a more focused plot than any attempts to cover all aspects of Harry2019s life.

It's been almost a year but finally DIRK MANNING is back on VODKA O'CLOCK to talk about his incredible pipeline of projects including LOVE STORIES TO DIE FOR, LEGEND OF OZ: THE WICKED WEST, TALES OF MR. RHEE and more. As we expected, this is pretty much a double-length episode because not only is there comics talk but halfway through Dirk shares some rather personal stories.

Chris creates the comic ZOMBIE DICKHEADS and works in animation. He did a bit of work on the THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR. He2019s working on a Roddenberry Entertainment book called WORTH. And he2019s also art directing for the new XIAOLIN CHRONICLES cartoon.

REBECCA NAGEL and HANNAH BRANCATO are the founders of the organization FORCE: UPSETTING RAPE CULTURE which you may know from their viral parody against Victoria's Secret when they spoofed the famous Pink brand with various "Consent" themed underwear. Now the team of Nagel and Brancato are focusing all their energy into the temporary memorials for sexual assault survivors and victims while keeping their eyes on the goal of a real national monument.

This special edition of VODKA O2019CLOCK features one of my best friends, ANDE PARKS who is here to talk about fatherhood and the family life of a writer/artist. Ande considers his life in Kansas City where he raises a son (Henry, 10) and a daughter (Hannah, 14) with his wife to be extraordinarily fortunate. There2019s a great deal of openness by me and Ande in this episode. Perhaps, it2019s more personal than the Vodkateers are expecting.

SHANNON WHEELER, a wild philosopher who also happens to be that successful cartoonist you know from The New Yorker and his own comic series TOO MUCH COFFEE MAN. From cartoons to coffee enemas, we talk about everything in this episode.

STEVE WANG, creature creator, special effects designs, art director, writer, film director (HELLBOY, BEETLEJUICE, PREDATOR, KAMEN, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION)

Jeremy Whitley talks about his comics Princeless, the Order of Dagonet and new title from Action Labs like the NFL Nickelodeon series, Vamplets, and Molly Danger.

LGBT, gender roles/identity, & sexual orientation are discussed through our conversation with writer Jennie Wood.

Novelist & comic writer Duane Swierczynski returns to the show to discuss David Goodis, comics, gun violence blaming, & if he's "hot" or only "publishing hot."