Social Justice War Room: Recent Episodes
Neil Kapit
An interview show featuring a wide and brilliant array of progressive content creators, hosted by We Are The Wirecats comic creator, autism awareness advocate, and old millenial leftist, Neil Kapit. The Social Justice War Room promotes social justice in fiction, reality, and everything in between. If you have something you're working on that promotes a better vision for the future, however small it may seem, you too can be invited on for an interview.
I come out of quasi-retirement (ironically because I'm working full-time IRL) for a new conversation with returning champion The Radical Writer, as we talk about the oft-lionized Image Comics founders, and how they blazed a trail for comic creators' rights.....at least for a small few. Employee exploitation, market crashes, and belts, belts, belts galore.
Check out more of the Radical Writer's work at: The Left Spectrum: Art and Autism From a Different POV: Making #ComicsForAll Means Supporting Unionized Workers (radicalautism.blogspot.com)
And for more of me, check out my various haunts online; Wirecats Presents | Linktree
If you have something to promote and are on the progressive side, DM me and I'd be happy to make time for an interview.
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In the final episode of the Social Justice War Room (for now), I interview C F Arik Grant on his webcomic Bohica Blues, his time serving in Iraq, the lighter side of the war (such as it is), and Russia's current military quagmire in Ukraine. You can check out his comic here;
Bohica Blues |
Working full time again means no more time for podcasting, but this isn't an ending but a hiatus...who knows what the future will hold?
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Today I talk to Ave Messer about her superhero comics, the webcomic scene, crossovers, public domain characters, and more. You can check out all her work here;
Karabear Comics | Overview (thecomicseries.com)
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Today I talk to cartoonist, animator, and teacher SkipperWing about the Crimson Fly, his silent antifa hero comic. Check it out here;
The Crimson Fly! – A teen do-gooder finds that fighting crime doesn't work like it does in the comics!
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Today I talk to my old comics sensei Jim Higgins, who taught me a lot about comics back at the (sadly defunct) Meltdown Comics classes in Los Angeles. He provides a lot of invaluable services and draws on a vast career as an editor and freelancer. You can check out his site here;
Jim Higgins | Comics Writer Editor Film Consultant Los Angeles United States (jimhiggins63.wixsite.com)
And the comic store he references but that neither of us could actively remember is here;
Secret Headquarters (thesecretheadquarters.com)
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Today I talk to Robo Strange, co-founder of the I Freaking Love Comics channel and the Beta Boys podcast. We talk about the alpha male myth, introducing people to comics, hosting regular streams, how to leave the right, and more. BETA! Check out his works here;
I Freaking Love Comics! - YouTube
BetaBoys TV
BetaBoysTV - YouTube
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Today I talk to autism self-advocate and Youtuber Ira Eidle about tracking the history of the neurodiversity movement, how people began to conceive of developmental disability as something other than a curse, the pitfalls those movements faced, and the charity-industrial complexes that plague the autism community. You can check out his channel here;
Ira Eidle - YouTube
And the archive he's created here;
Autistic Archive (google.com)
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Today i talk to my old webcomics friend about comics, superheroes, superhero universes, drawing, Bojo, and other things that are better than Bojo (which is most things). You can check out his comics here;
Heroes of the World and Beyond - HOTWAB Issue 11 - Page 22 (webcomic.ws)
And the independent shared-universe Expanse (of which his comic G.I. Ant is part) here;
The Expanse (theexpansecomics.co.uk)
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Today I talk to teacher, cartoonist, and gamer Israel Reyes about his political gaming comic...or is it a gaming political comic... Games People Play. We discuss tabletop gaming, predatory monetization in video games, Mexican politics, and the perfection of Metroid Dread. You can check out his comic here;
Games People Play Unchaptered Quickie Fable (thecomicseries.com)
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Today I talk to an old friend of mine, science teacher, painter, and YouTuber Caroline Hambright about her work. We discuss topics including ADHD, teaching in this endemic era, making art from literal junk, and the Jewish Space Laser that certain terrible right-wing congresswomen say we have. Check out her channel here;
Brighter Days - YouTube
And her Instagram with links to her paintings;
Caroline Hambright (@instabrighterdays) • Instagram photos and videos
Enjoy what you see? Please like, subscribe, and support here and my other places;
Wirecats Presents | Linktree
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Today I am proud to talk to critic, essayist, teacher, and musician Travis Hedge Coke on their writings about comics, cosmogeny, and the landmark run of Grant Morrison as writer of the X-Men. Learn about why the universe won't let Grumpy Smurf be anything more than Grumpy, how 9/11 changed comics along with everything else, the dark age when Wolverine wasn't hot, and more about the pound-for-pound best era in the comic's nearly 60 year history.
Check out Travis' articles here;
Travis Hedge Coke, Author at Comic Watch (comic-watch.com)
PATRICIA HIGHSMASH: This Has Been Examining New X-Men - Comic Watch (comic-watch.com)
Travis Hedge Coke - YouTube
And if you enjoy what you hear, like, subscribe, and support at my places;
Wirecats Presents | Linktree
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In this episode I talk to Spelledeg, creator of 80's-inspired urban fantasy Now Hiring and administrator of the Ontenterhook Thriller(ish) Webcomic Collective. We discuss webcomics, crop tops, high school OCs, Reaganomics, and more. Check out her work here;
Now Hiring | 3:21 Deluge (cfw.me)
And check out other great webcomics like We Are The Wirecats (#shameless) at the Collective, and consider applying if you'd be a good fit (there's still time!)...
Thrillerish Webcomic Collective| Ontenterhook (spelledeg.wixsite.com)
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Wirecats Presents | Linktree
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In this important episode I talk to Zvi Dav of Autism against Fascism about the far-right radicalization within disability communities, how to identify it, and how to catch it.
CW: Discussions of extremism and bigotry
Autism Against Fascism – Identifying, Exposing, and Combating the Far-Right of Autism (wordpress.com)
Misogynist Incels and Male Supremacism (newamerica.org)
Shannon Foley Martinez is creating a different tomorrow | Patreon
Schools — Western States Center
And for my own stuff;
Wirecats Presents | Linktree
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In this episode I am proud to interview Mo Black of Critical Weeb Theory, one of the greatest and most needed voices in the den of largely reactionary consoomers we call Western anime fandom, as we talk about how Crunchyroll's High Guardian Spice is good actually. He's done a lot of work that you all should hear about politics and anime alike (the two are closer related than you'd think, as this podcast discusses). Links below;
The Hero Squared Special! || Critical Weeb Theory Episode 10 - YouTube (His podcast w/Raghava, and the episode where I talked to them about the copaganda in My Hero Academia)
Mo Black – Medium (His blog)
2020 Animator Dormitory Project | Nonprofit Fundraising Page with GoGetFunding (promoted project to help the hideously underpaid animators that make your anime)
And if you want more of me;
Wirecats Presents | Linktree
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I proudly interview Dane Whitman of Actual Fandom, one of the leading voices against the hate group of ComicsGate for a much more just and equitable fandom. We talk about what he and many other creators on YouTube are doing and the future is looking bright. Check out his channels here:
Actual Fandom - YouTube
Fandom For All - YouTube
BetaBoysTV - YouTube
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I talk to Willow about their channel QuestingRefuge, where they do videos analyzing media from a neurodivergent lens. We discuss many things including Coraline, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loop, and the minute of Atypical footage I could handle before dry-heaving. Check out their work at https://www.youtube.com/c/QuestingRefuge
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I talk to the Radical Writer about his blog The Left Spectrum, which teaches us important things like how cars are inextricably linked to the fash side, how leftist spaces need to be more sensitive to disability identity, and how the Champions comic under Mark Waid is the horrifying mind palace of centrist self-congratulation. Check out his writing here;
https://radicalautism.blogspot.com/
Are you a content creator with a desire for a better world? Let me know and we'll set up an interview !
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Today I talk to Tripp Gustin about his peerles slice of life comic True Colors, his interactive fiction with Corpset, his side-scrollers in Input Quest, and how things that once seemed silly on Black Mirror are now our terrible reality. You can check out all his work here;
https://www.trueniverse.com/index.html
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Today I talk to Dave Lerner about his comic Always Distracted Haley Delgado, a comic about a character with ADHD, done from a much more informed and sympathetic perspective than usual. You can read it here;
https://adhd.thecomicseries.com/
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For my first content creation related content creator interview, I talk to my old friend Bluraven, an expert on zine self-publishing and creator of a bunch of comics big and small, most notably the semi-autobiographical "It's Just Another Day".
You can check out his work here; https://bchcomix.com/ And his Youtube channel here; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVL6...
If you're interested in going on to promote your work, contact me! We'll set something up.
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Episode Notes Notes go here
My old podcasting buddy Dave shows up to see me off as he tells me about a dark and depressing basic cable sitcom I never heard of but now can't stop thinking about. This is how most of our daily conversations go. For those interested in our old podcast;
Read It For The Pictures on Apple Podcasts
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