We kick off May with another fantastic artist, illustrator and award winning comic maker Shazleen Khan. We took a bit of a whirlwind tour through their history in the comic industry and how they get actual pleasure from the physical act of drawing. Shazleen has been working on their web comic BUUZA!! since 2019 and is enjoying using actual time as an element and making the reader commit in the long haul. For our creative section we come up with a rhythm based game loosely connected to Pa Rapper ...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 14 min
We met Gustaffo Vargas in 2019 at Thought Bubble and he is is an amazing comic book creator who has been incredibly busy in 2020. Not only did Gustaffo work on the really interesting Quarantine Comic by Jordan Thomas , he also worked on Skrawl: Comix Magazine and drew, funded, released his own work Puno . We chat to Gustaffo about his really busy year, his work, his incredible use of colour, inspirations and so much more. Gustaffo started our story telling section wonderfully and you have to hav...
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 38 min
We got to chat with another creative across the pond in the form of Cooper Shaw. Cooper is an actor, director and teacher at the well known Second City training school. Chris got to know her a bit while he was taking the Dialects and Character Voices course that was run by Cooper over Zoom It was lovely to dip into Cooper' history and work and how encouraging she is when learning to use your voice as an instrument. She has an infectious teaching method which is fun and encouraging so if you are ...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 29 min
Here we are with our second producer of the occult and spooky material. Here is a chat with T. W. Burgess , a writer and purveyor of horror, especially ghost stories. We had a bit of audio difficulty with this and we hope it does not ruin your listening enjoyment. We went on a HUGE horror movie tangent and picked up on how important it is to dig into those old folk tales for more material. We dug into the success of the Early Haunts Kickstarter and what is coming up. That's all before we take a ...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 32 min
We have another double episode for you for March and feature two producers of creepy, occult and that type of content. Starting off with James Bojaciuk the Chief Executive Officer Duobus of 18th Wall Productions . We talked to James about how the publishing house came about after he received a rather harsh piece of criticism on a piece of his writing. He also speaks about finding the right audience, the controversy around e-books, his love of the Hammer House of Horror series of films, what Kick...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 30 min
For our second episode for February we had a remote chat with Improvisor, Radio producer and Podcaster Lloydie James Lloyd . Chris has been delving into what Lloydie has been up to with his Improv Chronicle Podcast , not something everyone might enjoy but if you are interested in Improv then we would certainly recommend it for a very consumable deep dive into some very interesting topics. Lloydie was slightly reserved about the drawing section of our show but I do feel that he enjoyed creating a...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 36 min
For February we bring you the first of two scheduled episodes. We managed to grab some time with the owner of Buy Small Press an Indie marketplace, Aaron Rackley. We can't thank Aaron enough for his time. He spoke to us about his day job as a Scrum Master and being a sometime developer. The publishing house that he setup to try and provide books for all ages, the charity he runs, the typography he did for Art Nine Two on GGA and more about how Buy Small Press came about. Aaron spoke openly about...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Happy new year listeners. We start this year with an Improv bang and managed to organise a chat with performer extraordinaire Jen Rowe . Jen is multi-talented and when she is not teaching, performing or writing then she is probably out on a walk, painting or practising hip-hop dancing. We chat about how the lock down was and the new challenges that face UK performers now that the UK is no longer in the EU. Be sure to check out Jen's awesome drawing on our social media. Jen Rowe Links Website - h...
Jan 08, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Hello there, well it's been a bit of a year huh? 2020 I think has been a bit of a trial for a lot of us, but we go through it. A huge thank you to all of the guests that we have had this year. Without them, we would have a very different show and it's been wonderful to have these lovely conversations get to create with them. This is a retrospective episode looking back on our 16 episodes this year and finding the hidden joy with links to the guests involved. Ep 17 - Jamie Iles Ep 18 - CB Ep 19 -...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 33 min
After listening to his podcast Make It Then Tell Everybody for the past year and consuming over 200 episodes we caught up with podcaster, maker, creator and jack of many trades Dan Berry . We talk to Dan about his 8 years in podcasting, his brief dalliance with stand-up and how that helped him in teaching. How he knows that he has an idea that he wants to draw and how words can give you various feelings when you think about them way too much. Dan Berry Links Podcast Website - https://makeitthent...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 30 min
As promised we set up and had a great chat with Andy Perry the writer of the Reanimator Incorporated Graphic Novel . Having already spoken to the artist Lyndon White . We dive into his writing process a fair bit and how he wanted the whole process to be collaborative with Lyndon. He does mention just how valuable the editing process was and how it reformed the story. We talk a little about a writing retreat that he went on with Arvon and as a writer just how much that improved his ways to give a...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 35 min
Fantastic independent artists and comic book creators Damian and Helena make up Art Nine Two and for us, it was a huge amount of fun to sit and chat with them. Damian's recent comic GGA (Galaxy Grappling Alliance) is a huge homage to the early days of the WWE bit with the matches having a deeper meaning. He has a passion for wrestling and movies and he even runs his own podcast called Omen to That . His talents don't stop there, he does amazing portraits of all sorts of people including Dr Who ....
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 20 min
After receiving the fantastic first issue of the Reanimator Incorporated graphic novel we really wanted to reach out to the creators. This is a chat with artist and illustrator Lyndon White and we have a chat scheduled with Andy Perry coming soon. Chatting with Lyndon was fascinating. He is certainly prolific with his work and if you take a look at his portfolio on his site it shows just a selected amount of what he has been up to. We chat about how he puts his work together, the work that he ha...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 32 min
After a bit of rescheduling, we managed to have a chat with Jennie Gyllblad to talk to her about the comics that she makes, smut, art and all sorts of other things. We cover a lot of ground with Jennie from her most recent work Rough Hex to fetish culture and the state of comic book publishing in Sweden and why her living in the UK is not "A phase". We loved how when Jennie realised she didn't have to censor herself she jumped in with both feet. This does include the amazing idea she came up wit...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 32 min
We are super happy to bring you a chat with Harriet Braine . Harriet is the second presenter of The Design Spark Podcast that we have been lucky enough to get onto the show. We talk to Harriet about her experience of recording the podcast with Lucy Rogers and Bec Hill. Her experiences living and working in Edinburgh during the festival, as well as the highs and lows that winning awards early in your career can bring. We also learn that Harriet is not just a super talented musician and comedian b...
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 17 min
At time of writing, Joe and his wife are just about to have a baby so we managed to get a chat with him before that happened. It's also a bit of luck because we were only talking about Joe in the last episode. We met Joe at Thought Bubble 2019 and Chris loved his watercolour style comic The Fox, The Wolf and The Woodsman but we didn't get much of a chance to chat to him. So it was interesting to dig into Joe's history and learn how he grew into web design. Making MySpace (remember that?) pages f...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Welcome back for a rather chilled episode with the wonderful Graham Johnson . Graham is a producer, improviser and illustrator to name a few things. We chat to Graham about his early influences like the webcomics Questionable Content and Dresden Codac . It's really interesting to hear Graham talk about how these "Slice of Life" style comics appealed to him more than the more superhero/fantasy style. We dive into being able to work with the fantastic Kid Carpet and his current projects which incl...
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 32 min
We arrange a chat with creative problem solver Mat Roff . Sadly, we had a little issue with our audio on this episode but Mat's audio is great and after all, it is all about our guest and not us. Mat helped us in a bit of a deep dive into why fan art can be so important in any artist journey. He told us how everything for him is classed as some sort of collaboration and how that keeps his work fun and interesting for him and his clients. His openness is something we applaud, it's not always abou...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 39 min
Professor Lucy Rogers (PhD) is an inventor with a sense of fun. She is a Royal Academy of Engineers visiting Professor of Engineering: Creativity and Communication at Brunel University, London, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and she is adept at bringing ideas to life, from robot dinosaurs to mini-mannequins and even a "fartometer" for IBM! Chris had the pleasure of meeting Lucy at an improve intensive weekend with The Maydays and just knew we had to get her on the podcast. L...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 21 min
We sat down with Director and all-round awesome human being Melanie Light way back in February before the lockdown was put in place and now we finally bring it to you. Melanie not only writes and directs her own films but she is also a huge part of the Women In Horror month putting on amazing horror showcases. If that was not enough and is a huge advocate and voice for female representation in the film industry, especially in the horror scene. Her short film The Herd won several awards including...
Jul 03, 2020•1 hr 41 min
This month we bring you a chat with comic book author and fellow podcaster Samuel George London . We met Sam at True Believers (2020) and invested in his Milford Green comic books. It's amazing that Sam had never even written a major fictional story until he wrote Milford Green. He did so with the help of a structure laid out by Dan Harmon called the Story Circle and drawn by ace Finnish artist Mikael Hankonen . Sam talks about his experience with Kickstarter, how he found Mikael, delivering the...
Jun 05, 2020•1 hr 41 min
Another month is upon us and we are still in lockdown, we hope you are all well. This episode was recorded at the beginning of March. Elliot and Kay collectively known as Arthole joined us after a full day at the Bristol art fair Shake . We fed them and plied them with tea to find out more about their own art fair, style, interests, influences and whatnot. Of course, we also made them roll some dice and invent something on the spot and they did not let us down. How Kay managed to draw a whole pa...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 42 min
Welcome to our April episode where most of the world seems to be in some sort of lockdown (including the UK). We hope that you are well and employing some sort of social distancing. We had this interview with Matt Emeny already recorded and obviously, we want to bring it to you so that you can check out his work. Matt makes his own theatre productions, acts and would love to direct his own movies. Chris has been working with Matt for the past few months as part of the theatre training that Matt ...
Apr 03, 2020•1 hr 39 min
We took a trip in early Feb to Cheltenham to check out True Believers Comic Festival . There we caught up with a multi-talented creative CB. We first bumped into CB at Cardiff comic con and we were compelled to have them on the Podcast as soon as we could. It took a while to set up but we got there in the end. CB has produced two awesome comics; ThirteeN, the adult erotic demon zine about a former witch who is thrown into a life of servitude in the fiery pits of the underworld and Avery Chase a ...
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 54 min
Welcome to Episode 17 where we talk to storyboard artist Jamie Iles. If the surname sounds a little familiar it's because we spoke to his wife almost 1 year ago Sophie Iles . It was so nice to finally sit down with Jamie and have a chat about his work. We feel that storyboard artists are a very under-appreciated breed of people, they can add so much to a project. Jamie talks about his love of story and how him and Sophie are very different in how they try to tell stories and many other things. W...
Feb 07, 2020•1 hr 42 min
Happy new year from both of us. We had recorded a whole episode with the amazing Katy Shutte but due to technical difficulties, we don't have any of that audio. We will say that if you have the chance to check out any of Katy's work then please do so. We would like to also thank the Bristol Improv Theatre for giving us space and time to record with Katy. We will fix the technical issues and have a back up for this year. So this episode is just a bit of a look back on our first year of podcasting...
Jan 03, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Welcome to probably the last episode for the year where we chat to the multi-talented Dan Emmerson . First a quick advert for our recording space which was donated to us by Desklodge . Desklodge is a hotdesk and office rental space that have two locations in Bristol and one in Basingstoke. You can pay by the hour for just £3 per hour and £20 (ex. VAT) for a whole day. For more pricing take a look at the Desklodge website or give them a call. New members get 2 free days! Dan is a multi-talented c...
Dec 06, 2019•1 hr 28 min
Welcome to our first bonus episode where we talk to Jamie Frew who is the designer of a card game called The Old Hellfire Club . We were supposed to have a full episode with Jamie and did chat to him for over an hour but due to an operator error we only actually recorded the second half of the chat. We didn't want our listeners to miss out on what we did manage to record so we decided to release it anyway. We give you a bit of an extended intro as to how we found out about The Old Hellfire Club ...
Nov 21, 2019•59 min
Welcome to part two of our bumper 14th episode for November with Sarah Millman . If you have not already listened to Part 1 of this then we would advise you to go and do that. In this section we get Sarah rolling a whole bunch of dice in which she gets what is known in D&D as a critical fail! Nothing is a critical fail in our book, not even Chris's poorly drawn horselike creature. From this chaos comes a beautiful fantasy scene involving castles, princesses and a deep conspiracy. You can see...
Nov 01, 2019•1 hr 12 min
Welcome to part one our bumper 14th episode for November with Sarah Millman . Sarah is a writer and artist that we found at Cardiff MCM . It was because her comic involved tea which Chris drinks a lot of and because our initial chat with her just felt so natural we really wanted to get her in for a chat and we are so glad she said yes. We had to split this into two parts because there was just so much that we covered. In this part, we dig a bit into Sarah's history and how she feels about people...
Nov 01, 2019•1 hr 8 min
