Geekdom Empowers: Recent Episodes
Guy Hasson
Geekdom Empowers highlighting empowered geeks across the world, one geek at a time. Every geek has a story. Together, we are one big Geekverse.
Today: A repost! Our guest is Michelle C. Smith, stuntwoman, stunt performer, and professional bad-ass, who worked in shows like Supergirl, Motherland, Helstrom, The Magicians, Arrow, Smallville, and Deadpool, among others. The list is long. If you get a chance, check out her videos on TikTok. The things she does are amazing. Today she’ll talk about how she became a stuntwoman, the path she’d taken, some of her experiences on the sets, and how she empowered herself by taking her own path.
You can find Michelle here: Website: www.freestylestaffspinning.com/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@michelle.c.smith YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Z8eTFtiyP88XylvO-lBHw Instagram: www.instagram.com/michelle.c.smith/
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Today’s guest is Erica Friedman, the author of ‘By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga, the Untold Story of Lesbian Love in Japanese Animation and Comics'. It is an amazing power of following through on the thing you love for decades. Take a listen!
You can find Erica here: Website: https://www.yuricon.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OkazuYuri By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga: https://www.yuricon.com/product/bys/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okazuyuri/
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Today’s guest is Natalie Devitt, geek, fan, and contributor to the Galactic Journey website. She has interesting geek stories to tell! Take a listen!
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Our guest today is Dylan Goss, American indie comic book creator who lives in Taiwan and writes about a Native American heroine.
Check it out!
You can find Dylan here:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stuffedrock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosiwoo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stuffedrock Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461165116/mara-chapter-1
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Today’s guest is Hector Rodriguez, American creator of the El Peso Hero comic book. This conversation is emotional. El Peso Hero is a powerful attempt to empower children and adults through the power of the superhero. Do listen!
You can find Hector here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elpesohero/ Website: http://riobravocomics.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/el_peso_hero/ Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/elpesohero
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Our guest today is Gerimi Burleigh, an American indie comic book artist and writer. His comic book Morningstar is amazing. There’s so much to tell you about this conversation, but I don’t want to spoil it. So just listen.
You can find Gerimi here: Website: www.gerimi.net Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gerimib/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gerimi Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gerimi YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gerimi
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Today's guest is Gwyn Conaway.
She is an American costume designer, a costume concept artist for film and TV shows (specifically science fiction), a fashion historian, and a professor of design. We will talk with her about so many things we never talked about on the show, from working on Star Trek Discovery to how people’s biases are reflected in their choice of clothes, the difference between concept artists and costume designers, the difference between how Russian cosmonauts dressed and how American astronauts dressed, and so many other things. In addition to all this, she writes for Galactic Journey, the creator of which, Gideon Marcus, was a previous guest on the show. This episode’s riveting. You should listen.
You can find Gwyn here: Website: http://gwynconawayart.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/gwynethcb Twitter: https://twitter.com/GwynConawayArt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rgwyneth.art Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/gwynethcb Gwyn’s book Talking Threads: https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Threads-Costume-Animation-Illustration/dp/1624650481/
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Today’s guest is Serena Sanchez, creator of the indie Black Rhapsody comic book.
You can find her here:
Black Rhapsody: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/black-rhapsody-part-1/coming_soon/x/23117639 Twitter: twitter.com/MagicGalMedia
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Today’s episode is a repost, but not of Geekdom Empowers. I had interviewed Lavie Tidhar for the Blind Panels podcast years ago, and his story is so on-point for Geekdom Empowers, I had to repost it here. Lavie Tidhar is a fantasy/horror/sf author, winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and many more awards, big and small. His short stories and books have been translated to countless languages.
We’re going to be tracing his path from being a complete, unpublished unknown up to being a well-regarded published science fiction author.talked-about and influential authors today.
You can find Lavie here:
Homepage: https://lavietidhar.wordpress.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lavietidhar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lavietidhar/
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This week, we're reposting two awesome interviews with authors who were just nominated for the Hugo Award. Our guest today was nominated 3 times for best short story, best novelette, and best novella.
Today’s guest is fantasy and science fiction author Catherynne Valente.
Catherynne Valente is the writer of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (and the four books that followed it), Palimpsest, the Orphan’s Tales series and so many books you’ve probably read or heard about. She’s a New York Times bestselling author, winner of the Andre Norton, Tiptree, Sturgeon, Eugie Foster Memorial, Mythopoeic, Rhysling, Lambda, Locus, Hugo awards, and more.
Usually, in Geekdom Empowers we follow the paths of the geeks around the world who are not highlighted. And yet, Cat’s path is exactly the path we talk about. She talks about how, with the power of social media, before it was called social media, she got from knowing no one to what she is today. Social media helped her every stage of the way, including today where her Patreon gives her financial independence from the publishers.
It is the story of a rise to success of an author who came from nothing, knowing no one. It is the story of an author who made her own niche, who kept her style and authenticity, and who has withstood, as we’ll see, quite a bit of terrible pushback from science fiction and fantasy fans.
I think you’ll enjoy this interview. It’s fascinating.
You can find Catherynne Valente here:
Website: catherynnemvalente.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/catvalente Instagram: www.instagram.com/catvalente
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This week, we're reposting two awesome interviews with authors who were just nominated for the Hugo Award.
Today’s guest is Donald Oghenechovwe Ekpeki, a speculative fiction author from Nigeria, whose story 'O2 Arena' is nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula.
He has been awarded an honorable mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, twice. His short story “The Witching Hour,” won the 2018 Nommo award for best short story by an African. He was longlisted for the 2019 Nommo award and the 2020 British Science Fiction Association award. He was also awarded the 2020 Horror Writers Association diversity grant and was nominated for best novella by the Nebula Awards.
I usually don’t give you a list of a guest’s accomplishments, but in this case it is relevant. We’ve talked in this podcasts with guests about the way the American and British SF&F world keeps out authors from other countries, about how so much SF&F gets lost by never being noticed in the world, and I guess you know that there is a lot of inherent racism towards Africans. But whatever we know, whatever we assume, Donald shows us in this interview today many of the ways that African writers are cut off from the rest of the world, from self-publishing, from the big publishers, and more.
You can find Donald on: Website: odekpeki.com/ Twitter: Twitter.com/@penprince_
Also check out the books he edited that we talked about: 'The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021)' and 'Dominion’.
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Today’s guest is Melvin Cartagena, an indie comic book creator. Check out his journey!
You can find Melvin here: Website: https://robopulp.gumroad.com/l/ThePlot Twitter: twitter.com/robopulp Instagram: Instagram.com/robo.pulp
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Today’s guest is Michael Iwoleit, a German science fiction author and editor of the German SF magazine Nova, editor of the international SF magazine InterNova, which was published in English. This was one of the first influences fifteen, almost twenty years ago, which got the English-speaking audiences to the point where they’re able to read and like science fiction from non-English-speaking countries. It was one of the things that began the movement.
As you’ll be able to hear, I know Michael from all those years ago. He published a few stories of mine, in German and in English in InterNova. And today he’ll talk about his own path as fan, editor, and writer. About international SF, about German SF and about the history of German SF&F.
It’s fascinating! However, sound quality in addition to a raspy voice means you should listen to it with earphones. It’s worth it.
You can find Michael here: Nova: www.nova-sf.de InterNova: internova.worldculturehub.net World Culture Hub (an international cultural project that InterNova is a part of): www.worldculturehub.net Personal website: mki.worldculturehub.net
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Today’s guest is Gideon Marcus, American SF author, creator of the Galactic Journey blog (which follows SF&F from 55 years ago), and publisher of cool SF books.
don’t want to spoil anything. I’ll just say that we go through the history of science fiction and fantasy, talk about women and gay SFF authors in the 50’s and 60’s, the right way to watch Star Trek, and sooooo much more. Including how Gideon’s geekiness created an entire community built around his particular geekiness. I shall say no more. Just. Bloody. Listen.
You can find Gideon here: Website: www.galacticjourney.org Galactic Journey’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeygalactic Journey Press: https://journeypress.com/ Journey Press’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PressJourney Gideon Marcus’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gideonmarcus9
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Today’s guest is Andrea Johnson. Andrea used to write science fiction and fantasy book reviews as Little Red Reviewer, now she’s got a new podcast called Retro Rockets Podcast, and in-between she does cool things for Apex Books, which, by the way, you should check out.
You can find Andrea here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/redhead5318 Little Red Reviewer: https://littleredreviewer.wordpress.com/ Retro Rockets Podcast website: https://retrorockets.wordpress.com/ Retro Rockets Twitter: https://twitter.com/RetroRocketsPod RetroRockets at Podbean https://retrorocketspodcast.podbean.com/
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Today’s guest is Gu Shi, award-winning Chinese science fiction author.
You can find Gu Shi here: Her stories on Clarkesworld: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/author/gu-shi/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/gushidoc
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Today’s guest is animator and creator Cory Kerr. He will walk us through his journey, his origin story, and so many more things! Enjoy!
You can find Cory here: Website: www.corykerr.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coryrkerr Twitter: https://twitter.com/corykerr YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mythidiot Behance: https://www.behance.net/corykerr
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Today our guest is Justin Quizon, geek creator, podcaster, writer and director who, in his Instagram description, describes himself as “I won’t shut up about movies.” We talk to Justin about his journey, about Lumpia, a Filipino superhero movie (he’s involved in the second movie), about his plans for a first movie, about comedy, about superheroes, and so much more.
You can find Justin here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinquiz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinquizon Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JustinQuizon
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Today our guest is Ralph Miranda, artist and animator, with an amazing approach to art and life! I hope you enjoy it!
You can find Ralph here: Homepage: https://ralphious.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSjrMNA_jKsa8X47HZN-gOw DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/ralphious Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ralphinox/
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Today our guest is Usman Malik, a Pakistani fantasy, science fiction, and horror author, winner of the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, nominated for the Nebula, and so much more we’re going to cover. Usman takes us through his journey as a writer, and talks about the science fiction and fantasy scene in Pakistan.
You can find Usman here: Website: usmanmalik.org Twitter: twitter.com/@usmantm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usmantanveermalik/?hl=en
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Our guest today is J. Salvador, the artist behind SuperEmoFriends. J’s journey is quite amazing, and we’re going to talk all about it.
You can find J. Salvador here: Website: https://superemofriends.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/superemofriends/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superemofriends/
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Our guest today is Brian Hawkins, an indie comic book creator with his own unique story and journey. He’ll walk us through that journey, which includes a surprising stop as a ghost writer, which completely blew my mind, through comics, through responding to trolls, through the projects he’s working on, and so much more.
You can find Brian here: Website: https://www.brianhawkinswrites.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLHawkins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brianhawkinswrites LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhawkinswrites/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianhawkinswrites/
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Our guest today is Nina Daisy Aberlein, an Italian-Canadian creator of comics. Nina’s going to talk about her journey, about the comics she’s created, and about monster girl communities, and other smaller communities that maybe you’ve heard about and maybe you haven’t.
You can find all of Nina's links here: https://linktr.ee/NinaDAberlein
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Today’s guest is Milan Kovacs, Hungarian collector and indie comic book creator. He talks to us about how his past as a collector influences his decisions as an indie comic book publisher. Plus, we get to talk about Hungarian comics and the comic book scene in Hungary. It’s fascinating.
You can find Milan here: Website: www.milankovacs.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milankovacs Twitter: https://twitter.com/milankovacs
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Today’s guest is Elana Gomel, an author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. She also teaches science fiction in the academic world. That, and having lived all across the world, give her a unique perspective which she shares with us.
Website: https://www.citiesoflightanddarkness.com/ The Cryptids: https://www.amazon.com/Cryptids-Elana-Gomel/dp/1947522205 Little Sister: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Sister-Friendship-Soviet-era-Historical/dp/1737721864/ref=sr Black House: https://www.amazon.com/Black-House-Elana-Gomel-ebook/dp/B09N61Z6BN/ref=sr_1 The Best Horror of the Year 13 with her story "Mine Seven" https://www.amazon.com/Best-Horror-Year-13-ebook/dp/B09H6MWX7S
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Today our guest is Christa Harader, a.k.a. Knowledgeable Cabbage. They are a comic book reviewer, a comic book creator, a fan of geek stuff and many many things we’ll talk about. They are fun, funny, great to talk to. So let’s just listen!
You can find Christa here:
Twitter: twitter.com/cabbagecomics Email for comics reviews: knowledgeablecabbage(at)gmail(dot)com Website: www.kc-comics.com
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Our guest today is Hannah Spikings, creator of the webcomic A.P.O.C. We go through her origin story, through Original Character Tournaments, to how she is able to do a multi-year project. It's a fascinating story!
You can find Hannah here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/hspikings Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spikingsart APOC Comic: https://www.apoccomic.com/
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Our guest today is Ashley Ilulaneko, a cosplayer from Amsterdam. Ashley is the third cosplayer on the show, and each time I feel we go deeper and deeper into what makes a cosplayer, what dressing up means, and what the experience is. This is a very interesting conversation.
You can find Ashley here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashley_ilunaneko/ Website: https://www.ilunaneko.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ilunaneko/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/IlunaNeko Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshleyIlunaneko
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Today our guest is Melissa Shaginoff. She is a curator, an artist, and, as you’ll hear, an archeologist of Indigenous people, including her own. That explanation is hardly sufficient. She is a fascinating guest, and she’ll talk about the origin of Indigenous stories, about her advisory role in comics, about curation, about the difference between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation, and so much more.
You can find Melissa at her website: https://www.melissashaginoff.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/mshaginoff
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Today we’re talking to Gamal Hennessy, comic book lawyer, business consultant, and author of the book ‘The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing’.
Website: https://www.creativecontractconsulting.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gamalhennessy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gamalhennessy/
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Today’s guest is Jarrel De Matas, a young man who created the Caribbean Science Fiction Network Podcast, in which he interviews science fiction, fantasy, and folklore creators from the Caribbean.
In our conversation, he talks about his origin story as well as the podcast’s. He’ll go episode by episode telling us about the artists and creators he highlights. It is fascinating.
Check out what geek creators have been up to in the Caribbean!
Find more of Jarrel here:
Website: caribbeanscifi.wordpress.com Twitter: twitter.com/caribbeansfnet Instagram: instagram.com/caribbeansfnet Facebook: www.facebook.com/caribbeansfnet
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Today’s guest is Chris Kawagiwa, an artist and illustrator, who creates storyboards, amazing specialized posters for movies we all know, and his own comic book series. Chris takes us through on his journey from being an aspiring artist to where he is today.
You can find Chris here: Website: https://www.chriskawagiwa.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sketchboy01/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sketchboy01 Kitnrivet: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KitnRivet
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Today’s guest is Scott Serkland. Scott has found a way to be a comic book artist and how to do his own thing by helping others do their own thing.
It’s a fascinating conversation about how, like the name says, your geekdom empowers you.
You can find Scott here: Web: http://www.serkworks.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/serkworks You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SERKWORKS Twitter: http://twitter.com/Serkworks Store: http://madsciencesupply.com Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/serkworks
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Today’s guest is Dave Baker, indie comic book writer and creator, including ‘Everyone Is Tulip’, which was just named one of the ‘Top 10 Comics of the Year’ by Library Journal.
We talk about geekiness, writing, being indie, and so many things. This is a fun and deep conversation. I hope you enjoy it.
Website: www.davebaker.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/xdavebakerx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xdavebakerx
And thanks to Adina David, for lending her voice to this episode's the intro.
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Today’s guest is Tlotlo Tsamaase, an upcoming science fiction and fantasy author from Botswana. She talks about her journey, her books and stories, and everything in-between. It is the story of a person who does what she loves because she can’t do otherwise.
You can find Tlotlo here:
Website: https://www.tlotlotsamaase.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlotlotsamaase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tlotlotsamaase/
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Today we’re talking to Xing Xin who is an indie comic book creator with an amazing story of perseverance and success. There are two twists in his story, one in the middle and one in the end. I highly recommending listening to his entire story.
You can find more about Xing here: Website: https://ximphonicversus.com/shop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theversus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ximphonic_versus/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/XimphonicVersus/
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Our guest today is Mai S. Kemble, who illustrates children’s books. She is making Geekdom Empowers history, since she completes the first wife-husband set of inerviewees we’ve ever had. Just a couple of week ago we had Josh Kemble, the husband, and now we’re talking to Mai S. Kemble, the wife. She will talk about her journey, about growing up a twin, about storytelling through pictures, and about being able to keep working doing the thing you love. You can find Mai here: Website: https://maiskemble.com/ Reedsy: https://reedsy.com/mai-kemble Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maikemble/
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Wow, we are episode 50! That’s freaking crazy. 50 episodes of geeks creators and fans from all around the world, creating a huge, giant, world-sized quilt. In 50 episodes we’ve explored indie comics creators. We talked to web comics creators from the US and Finland. We talked to the founders of Kugali, a company which creates Pan-African comics and animation, rose out of nothing, and made a deal with Disney. We talked to Spanish science fiction authors and one translator. We talked to a Spanish publishing company that publishes only female and non-binary authors, and we learned about how small publishers can create big changes. We talked to cosplayers and found that racism can be found anywhere We talked about the LGTBQ mainstream comics. We talked to indie animators. We talked to an Italian author and publisher who finds science fiction from literally all around the world, stuff that’s never been translated, and he translates and publishes it to Italian and Chinese. We spoke to a new an upcoming Chinese author. We spoke to an Israeli science fiction editor. We talked to a Japanese Manga artist who wanted to be different and couldn’t do it in Japan. We talked to an actor who created his own niche of playing CGI characters. We talked to a stunt woman on big SF shows and found out what goes on behind the scenes. We talked to authors and comics creators from various countries in Africa and learned what it’s like for them. We talked to a French Canadian author. We talked to a woman who creates Latina superheroines to empower girls and women. We talked to a man who built a physical vintage science fiction book store in the age of Amazon. We talked to a man who created his own cinematic scifi universe and to a woman who writes and publishes romantic scifi books. We talked to the chairperson of the Israeli Society of Science Fiction and Fantasy (where we learned about how cons work). We talked to a team who writes comics based on Native American heritage. We talked to a man who created a comic book review site. And that's not all of them! And we have just started. I am so happy all these people agreed to talk and tell their personal stories. I am so happy that you’re listening. I am so proud that the dream of Geekdom Empowers is growing. And now, for our special 50th episode, we have a special guest. Bill Plympton, king of the indie animators. He has a lot of advice for anyone trying to do their own thing, to go the indie way. Check it out!
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Today’s guest is Noa Menhaim, a fellow geek and an editor in Israel’s biggest publishing company. She edits many books, including genre books by original Israeli authors. Today she’ll talk about her geek origin, about the way she got her editing job (in a scene that only exists in movies), about the slush pile, and about what an editor’s job really is.
Enjoy!
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Today’s guest is Kayden Phoenix, the creator of the Latina Superheroes comic books in the A La Brava universe. She talks about her origin story, how she created the universe, how she created comic books when she was new to comics, and has great advice for people starting out.
You can find Kayden here: The Latina Superheroes website: https://latinasuperheroes.com/ Kayden’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaydenphoenix/ Latina Superheroes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latinasuperheroes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kayden_phoenix
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Today’s guest is Gary Hodges, the indie artist and writer behind the comic ‘Dinosaurs Vs. Marsbots’. He has a very personal origin story and I'm sure you'll enjoy this conversation.
You can find Gary here: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCySMveQkCBrvxYZw5ThVVwA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dinosaursvsmarsbots/
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Our guests today are the women known as CC and Beep, hosts of the podcast Word of the Witnesses. In it they analyze every aspect, episode by episode, of the 12 Monkeys TV show, including in-depth interviews with the team that created it. We talk TV genre shows, geek out a lot about 12 Monkeys, talk of their origin story, the way Terry Matalas (the showrunner) reacted to the podcast, and so much more. And we also talk about the lack of the fangirl point of view in the overall geek experience as it comes out on the web. There are always warnings before spoilers, so you can listen to this episode safely even if you haven’t seen the show. Listen to this episode! You’ll enjoy it.
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Our guest today is artist and writer Joshua Kemble. I found his comics online by accident, and was so blown away by the powerful black and white art, that I had to have him on the show. Not just because he’s talented, but because there must be a story behind that art. And there is. And he shared it with amazing openness and frankness. So here it is. Joshua Kemble’s story.
You can find Josh here: Website: https://www.joshuakemble.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshuakemble/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshKemble/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXqjTz5D6_RsZZfzO4DPzEQ
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Our guest today is Jean-Paul L. Garnier, author, poet, publisher, and owner of a vintage science fiction bookstore in Joshua Tree, California called Space Cowboy Books.
He has turned his bookstore into a special place by holding amazing events, by promoting local writers, and so much more. On top of which he has a podcast, Simultaneous Times, with short SF stories by contemporary authors.
We’re going to talk about all of that. It’s going to be a fun conversation. But I’ll tell you what. Stick around for the end. The last ten or fifteen minutes carry a message of optimism that for me at least is one of the most powerful we’ve had on the podcast so far.
You can find Jean-Paul here: Space Cowboys Bookstore: https://spacecowboybooks.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyQwqKhUuhW_s9lDtXnKmsA Twitter: https://twitter.com/space_books The Simultaneous Times Podcast: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spacecowboybooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacecowboybooks/
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Today’s guest is Pascus Smith. He is a fan of comics, of SF&F movies, and an artist, and he is the man responsible for the fact that Geekdom Empowers is called Geekdom Empowers. He is this podcast’s origin story. And that is the first thing we talk about.
You can find him on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/universeofprincepascus/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Universe-Of-Princepascus-1498919867045654/
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Today's guest is Demetrius LaSean Witherspoon, who created a science fiction universe in film called the Submerge Universe. His story is amazing. Not just in how this developed but in what he did later on to market, to sell, to create comics, novels, action figures, cards, an animated pilot, apparel, and more. This is a deep lesson in how we can empower ourselves through our geekiness.
If you want to find Demetrius: Homepage: https://www.dventertainmentpictures.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSjvHbINx1-plowcDHSGGhg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dventertainmentpictures/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dventertainmentpictures/
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Today’s guest is Michelle C. Smith, stuntwoman, stunt performer, and professional bad-ass, who worked in shows like Supergirl, Motherland, Helstrom, The Magicians, Arrow, Smallville, and Deadpool, among others. The list is long. If you get a chance, check out her videos on TikTok. The things she does are amazing. Today she’ll talk about how she became a stuntwoman, the path she’d taken, some of her experiences on the sets, and how she empowered herself by taking her own path.
You can find Michelle here: Website: https://www.freestylestaffspinning.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@michelle.c.smith YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Z8eTFtiyP88XylvO-lBHw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelle.c.smith/
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Today’s guest is Ace Ruele, an actor that does creature work for VFX and motion capture in productions like Eternals, Matrix 4, Wheel of Time and video games like Dead Island 2, Palace of the Apes VR, the Inpatient, and more. He also created a company called Creature Bionics which creates physical bionics to actors who do creatures, to help them become the creatures. We’re going to talk to Ace about his path, about working on the movies, and, in the last third of the show, the hard path he had to take to become successful and what it takes and how he did it. He also talks about how he created a niche that didn’t exist within the VFX world. I promise you that you will enjoy this episode. It’s absolutely fantastic.
You can find Ace here: Website: www.aceruele.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aceruele/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AceRuele Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aceruele/?hl=en
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Today’s guest is independent animator Jim Lujan. This is a fun conversation, where we go deep into his process, into what it’s like to go 100% on your vision, on working with Bill Plympton, and so much more. This is a fun one.
You can find Jim here: Website: www.jimlujan.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Jimlujan333 Patreon: patreon.com/jimlujan Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimlujan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimlujan/
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Today’s guest is Liat Shahar Kashtan, the chairperson of the Israeli Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction. Liat talks about discovering the world of science fiction and fantasy, starting out in Cons as a volunteer, and slowly moving up and becoming the chairperson of the Society. She talks about her goals, about Cons, and about making Cons feel like this is our place, the geeks.
The Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy: https://www.sf-f.org.il/
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Today we’re talking to the author known as Zelda Knight or Zaria Knight. Zelda writes erotic sci-fi and fantasy romance and is a cryptozoologist in training. If you remember, in his episode Donald Ekpeke talked about her, as they co-edited ‘Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora’. She also became an independent publisher, empowering herself to do what she likes.
You can find of Zelda here: Homepage: https://authorzknight.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorZKnight Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AuthorZKnight/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@AuthorZKnight Tons of other links: https://authorzknight.com/links/
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Today we are talking to Carla B. Estruch, translator and editor at Crononauta. You remember Crononauta from previous episodes? This is the small Spanish publisher which publishes only female and non-binary science fiction authors.
In this episode Carla will talk about their adventures in translation to Spanish, including the snail story you heard in the beginning. Translation of science fiction and fantasy is what keeps the engines of SFF running across the world and what create new fans and keeps old fans who are starved for new books and stories. The translators have their own stories, their own tales. Carla will talk about non-binary science fiction authors, about how the establishment in Spain treats that, and many more things.
You can find Carla here: Homepage: https://carlabatallerestruch.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/trad_carbaes
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Today we’re talking to Chinese science fiction author, editor, and researcher Regina Kanyu Wang. She will talk about the Chinese science fiction scene, her own writing, the rise of female Chinese authors, and a lot more.
If you want to find Regina: Twitter: https://twitter.com/regina_kanyu Center for Science and the Imagination: https://csi.asu.edu/people/regina-kanyu-wang/
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Today we’re talking to two people who make up one team. We’re talking to Dimi Macheras and Casey Silver, who make up 80% Studios. Their latest comic book, Chickaloonies, is based on the ancient Native American stories told to Dima by his grandmother. In this episode, they talk their origin stories, about choosing to go down your own path, about working together as one, and about creating events around their comic books which are amazing.
You can find 80% Studios here: Website: http://www.80percent-studios.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/80percentstudios/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/80percentstudio
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Today guest is Francesco Verso, an Italian science fiction author, editor and publisher. He talks about the books he writes, the state of Italian science fiction, and the case for world science fiction and fantasy. As a publisher, he finds the best short stories around the world that have not been translated, that are unknown outside their country of origin, and he publishes them. Not in English. But in Italian and Chinese. He has amazing collections of stories from amazing parts of the world. If you're curious about new science fiction and fantasy, listen to this interview!
You can find Francesco here: Website: http://www.futurefiction.org/francescoverso/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francesco.verso.31 Amazon: https://www.amazon.it/Francesco-Verso/e/B005BOQNRY/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/francesco_verso
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Today’s guest is Niina Eveliina, a web comic book creator from Finland. She’s been working on and publishing her webcomic series ‘Numb’ for years now. In this episode she talks about how to start when you don’t feel ready, about what to do if you are aware that there are people more talented than you all around, about the comic book scene in Finland, and, oh, yes, witches.
You can find Niina on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSalmelin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artofniinaeveliina/ Numb: https://www.niinaeveliina.com/
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Today’s guest is Donald Oghenechovwe Ekpeki, a speculative fiction author from Nigeria. He has been awarded an honorable mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, twice. His short story “The Witching Hour,” won the 2018 Nommo award for best short story by an African. He was longlisted for the 2019 Nommo award and the 2020 British Science Fiction Association award. He was also awarded the 2020 Horror Writers Association diversity grant and was nominated for best novella by the Nebula Awards.
I usually don’t give you a list of a guest’s accomplishments, but in this case it is relevant. We’ve talked in this podcasts with guests about the way the American and British SF&F world keeps out authors from other countries, about how so much SF&F gets lost by never being noticed in the world, and I guess you know that there is a lot of inherent racism towards Africans. But whatever we know, whatever we assume, Donald shows us in this interview today many of the ways that African writers are cut off from the rest of the world, from self-publishing, from the big publishers, and more.
You can find Donald on: Website: https://odekpeki.com/ Twitter: Twitter.com/@penprince_
Also check out the books he edited that we talked about: 'The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021)' and 'Dominion’.
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Today’s guest is Michèle Laframboise, a French-Canadian author who has been writing books and comics for a few decades now. In Geekdom Empowers talk about geeks who empower themselves – she is certainly that. She has created a way to publish stories, comics, and books – more than most authors publish. She publishes in French and in English. And yet maybe you haven’t heard of her. Or maybe you’ve heard of her recently because one of her books was published in Asimov’s.
You can find Michèle here: Official author blog: https://michele-laframboise.com/ English blog: https://sundayartist.wordpress.com/ Her publishing company: https://echofictions.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/savantefolle Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michele.laframboise Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelesff/ Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/laframboise Patreon: http://patreon.com/sundayartist Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3182745.Mich_le_Laframboise
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Today’s guest is the cosplayer known as Exuberant Cosplay. If you don’t know him, check out Exuberant Cosplay on Instagram to see the amazing pieces of cosplay he does. He creates suits, exoskeletons, body armor and… it’s just crazy how good it looks.
You can find Exuberant Cosplay: On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exuberantcosplay/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/exuberant_cos
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Our guest today is Matt Ligeti, creator of the Comic Book Yeti website. Join us for a fun, funny, and empowering conversation about how to create something big from the thing that you are geeky about.
Comic Book Yeti website: https://www.comicbookyeti.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicBookYeti
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Today’s guest is Etubi Onucheyo, a fantastic Nigerian artist, and the artist and writer behind the Mumu Juju comic book at Kugali.com, previous guests of the show. You can find Etubi here: Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/etubi92 On Twitter: https://twitter.com/mumu_illustratr On INPRNT: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kingluminous/
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Today’s guest is our first return guest! Last time we talked to Cristina Jurado about SF&F in Africa, in Spain, in oppressive regimes, and just basically by authors around the world that you have most likely never heard of. Cristina is in the middle of a lot of that and we've only scratched the surface.
We also speak about her own fiction, which last time we didn't get to.
Embracing the Movement: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jurado_06_21/ Black Snow: https://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/modern-fantasy/cristina-jurado/black-snow Her Amazon page with various publications in English and Spanish: https://www.amazon.com/Cristina-Jurado/e/B08CBXSZZH%3F Twitter: https://twitter.com/dnazproject Webpage: https://masficcionqueciencia.com/
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Today’s guest is artist and writer Juni Ba. Among his works: 'Kayin and Abeni' and 'Djeliya'. His blend of ancient African folklore with modern images are like nothing you've seen before.
This story is one of those super rare stories of instant success. You’ll hear how he had to take something down because it was successful, how his art was discovered immediately, and so take a listen to a story that’s very different from those you’ve heard before.
You can find Juni Ba here: Website: https://juniba.wixsite.com/juniba Twitter: https://twitter.com/juni_ba Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juni.ba/ Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/juniba
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Special double-sized episode!Today’s guest is Kwanza Osajyefo. He is an author and creator of indie comics, in particular the comic book series ‘Black’ in which it turned out that only blacks have superpowers. And that is followed these days with the new series ‘White’ which features the whites' reactions to this news. This episode is double-sized, because it covers so much it couldn’t be contained. Kwanza takes us through his origin story, through DC, Marvel, and webcomics, which is fascinating enough. And then we get to ‘Black’ which leads to, I think, one of the deepest discussions in comic books I’ve seen about the nature of power, who has the power, what is power, and so on. This episode will hit you in the gut, while at the same time very philosophical. Enjoy!
For more about Kwanza, go to: Website: https://www.kwanzaosajyefo.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/kwanzer Instagram: www.instagram.com/kwanzer/
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Our guest today is Jay Fabares, indie-comic book maker and co-creator of the comic book/webcomic The Pale, with her husband. She tells an amazing tale of doing your own thing in your own terms and finding a way to make it work.
For more about Jay, check out: Twitter: https://twitter.com/wootjay Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jay.fabares/ The Pale: http://thepalecomic.com/ The Kickstarter ending soon: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jayfabares/the-pale-ch-1-remastered
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Today’s guest is fantasy and science fiction author Catherynne Valente.
Catherynne Valente is the writer of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (and the four books that followed it), Palimpsest, the Orphan’s Tales series and so many books you’ve probably read or heard about. She’s a New York Times bestselling author, winner of the Andre Norton, Tiptree, Sturgeon, Eugie Foster Memorial, Mythopoeic, Rhysling, Lambda, Locus, Hugo awards, and more.
Usually, in Geekdom Empowers we follow the paths of the geeks around the world who are not highlighted. And yet, Cat’s path is exactly the path we talk about. She talks about how, with the power of social media, before it was called social media, she got from knowing no one to what she is today. Social media helped her every stage of the way, including today where her Patreon gives her financial independence from the publishers.
It is the story of a rise to success of an author who came from nothing, knowing no one. It is the story of an author who made her own niche, who kept her style and authenticity, and who has withstood, as we’ll see, quite a bit of terrible pushback from science fiction and fantasy fans.
I think you’ll enjoy this interview. It’s fascinating.
You can find Catherynne Valente here:
Website: http://catherynnemvalente.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/catvalente Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catvalente
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Today our guest is Kate Baker. Kate is a two-time Hugo Award winning Podcast Director and Non-Fiction Editor for Clarkesworld Magazine. She’s narrated over 550 audiobooks, short stories, and poems. And she’s the executive director at the SFWA, The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. She will regale us with stories of moving from fandom to the SFWA, stories of Neil Gaiman, adventures in recording, and more. You can find Kate Baker: On Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kate_Baker Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/katercakes SFWA: www.sfwa.org
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Today we’re talking to Ty – Tyrone Dickey, who has been previously mentioned on the show as the person behind the comic book Samurai Ty. Tyrone is half of Stef-n-Ty, who do fashion. But he also has two comic books, a book, animation, action figures, and so much more. This episode is for anyone who wants to go out with their own thing, their own art, and build their own brand from nothing.
You can find Stef-n-Ty on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stefnty/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/stefnty/stef-n-ty/
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Today we talk vampires, ghosts, and the supernatural with Brenda Gaske, creator of the Horrifying History podcast! And while we do, we follow her path to empowerment by creating a podcast exactly the way she likes it. Take a seat. You'll enjoy this one.
If you hadn’t had the chance yet, do check out the Horrifying History podcast. It is fantastic. You can find Brenda at the Horrifying History podcast. On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horrifyinghistory/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HorrifyingHistory On Twitter: https://twitter.com/HorrifyingHist1 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/horrifying_history/
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Today our guest is Kelly Bender, indie comic book creator, and today writer for video games. He will talk to us about his journey, which will take us from Canada to China.
You can find Kelly on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kellybender17 And on Twitter: www.twitter.com/kellybender17
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Today's guest is Spanish author Laura Soriano Maquilón. She not only writes books and stories, she also has an award-winning website that advances the cause of female authors. In this episode she talks about her journey, about the way she helps advance awareness of the contribution of female SF&F authors as well as to help advance female SF&F authors. You will also find here the deeper origin story of one of our previous guests. I won't spoil it for you.
Links: La Nave Invisible (https://lanaveinvisible.com), a site that promotes female and non-binary authors. The bilingual magazine Constelación: es.constelacionmagazine.com The link to Laura’s translated short story: http://masqueveneno.blogspot.com/2018/08/fiction-dreamhunter-maquilon-translation.html. It is the prequel to 'El pasado es un cazador paciente' ('The Past Is a Patient Hunter') Laura on Twitter: twitter.com/Dalayn Laura on Instagram: www.instagram.com/dalayn_sierpe
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Today’s guest is Cocoa Sugar Cosplay, our first Cosplayer. She talks us through her origin story, the unique path, and shares everything with so much joy. Do listen to the episode!
You can find Cocoa Sugar Cosplay here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cocoasugarcosplay/ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz5lnDGdJTq99PJLqGUfxlg/videos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cocoasugarcosplay/
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Today's guest is Spanish science fiction author Caryanna Reuven. She talks about writing, about original ideas, and about how she got published - which is quite an interesting path. There are many takeaways from this episode, and it’s a fascinating one. But my main takeaway is that there is so much original and amazing and powerful fantasy and science fiction being published not in English, under the radar, that most of us will never even hear about it. Geekdom Empowers is here to highlight things that don’t get highlighted. Caryanna Reuven's website: https://la-cueva-de-caryanna.my- online.store/ Twitter: twitter.com/@caryannareuven Instagram: @caryannareuven
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Today on the show we have Manga/comics artist Fumio Obata, which I found thanks to two great graphic novels called ‘Just So Happens’. He is a Japanese artist and writer who moved to the UK to be able to do what he wanted to do. We will see how that turned out, and we will also see what it is like to do something, stop, and then come back. It is a fascinating conversation that’s funny at times, that’s touching. As always, I’m interviewing people on very personal paths in which they just try to grab their geekiness by the horns.
Also, if you’re a fan of Tezuka, Fumio talks about quite a few things I, at least, didn’t know at all.
Check out Fumio Obata's links: Website: https://www.fumioobata.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fumioobata Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fumioobata
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Today we have comic book creator and award-winning animator Paul Pate. He is, as you will see, on a deeply personal path of doing the art he likes in the way that he wants to do it. This is a very personal story and therefore a perfect story for Geekdom Empowers, where we find how the inner geek in all of us can empower us.
Paul's website: https://paulpate.com/ On ComiXology: https://www.comixology.com/Paul-Pate/comics-creator/41390 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pate_paul/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulpate
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Today’s guests are a perfect example of how geekdom empowers you and you can empower the world through your geekdom. We have three guests: Tolu Olowofoyeku, Ziki Nelson, and Hamid Ibrahim, all from the Kugali.com website. I first me Tolu and Ziki about five or six years ago when they were just starting something called the Tao of Otaku podcast, which tried to bring to light all the African comics, animation, and TV that was in the SF&F genres. As the years went by, they grew bigger and bigger, created Kugali.com, began to create and help creators of original African genre content, and most recently even signed a deal with Disney for one of their stories. Their geekdom empowered them and now they are empowering the creators of an entire continent, helping everyone rise with the tide. As you listen, pay specific attention to the sacrifices made along the way and the different times they had to choose the right path. It is fascinating to listen.
You can follow Kugali on: Their website: Kugali.com On Twitter: Twitter.com/@kugalimedia On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kugalimedia/ On Snapchat they are Kugali.ar
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Today we talk with Elena Lozano, editor of Crononauta, a small and groundbreaking Spanish publisher that publishes only female and non-binary SF&F authors. The conversation is fascinating. Take a listen!
Check out Crononauta’s homepage: https://www.crononauta.es/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cronoCiFi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cronocifi/ Their Matreon: https://www.patreon.com/crononauta
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Today we talk to science fiction author Tendai Huchu. He is a Zimbabwean author who lives and writes in Scotland.
His first book, The Hairdresser of Harare, has been translated into multiple languages. His short stories have appeared in Lightspeed, AfroSF, Interzone, The Apex Book of World SF 5, and more. His most recent book is called The Library of the Dead, and the next book in that series is due out next year.
The episode starts out a normal conversation and slowly becomes a deep, deep dive into the nitty gritty of falling in love with reading, learning to write, the process of writing – in a way that I really have never heard in other interviews. It’s not about technique but about what authors are and what they go through.
Tendai Huchu's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tendaihuchu
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Today we’re talking with Omar Morales, veteran indie comic book creator of titles from CruZader to, most recently, Lunar Ladies.
We talk about the path, the hard path of the indie comic book creator. We talk about why Omar was able to survive and thrive and why some people don’t survive.
You can find Omar Morales at: https://theforcemedia.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheForceMediaLLC/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCruZader On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_cruzader/
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Today we’re talking to Avaryl Halley, who works for the podcast How Did This Get Made. If you haven’t heard it, run out and listen. It’s amazing. Avaryl likes movies and likes to watch bad movies. She is now making a living from watching and recommending bad movies to How Did This Get Made, and she has a YouTube channel, Movie Bitches, in which she talks about movies with her friend. We got to talk about bad science fiction and fantasy movies, her criteria for recommending bad movies, bad movies she wouldn’t recommend, how Movie Bitches happened, and how she got to have this life of geeky empowerment. You can find Avaryl at www.avaryl.com, where you will also find the mashups she edited. To see her mashups for How Did This Get made, you can Bananas Melonas on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BananasMelonas. Check out Movie Bitches on YouTube as well: https://www.youtube.com/user/MovieBitches
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Today we talk indie comics with Javier Hernandez who has been making indie comics for more than 20 years now. Many of you maybe know his comics about El Muerto. We talk about how he started, how he was able to stick it out for so many years, about how they made a movie out of his comics, and so many more. If you want to know how to stick with it for a long time, listen to this podcast.
You can find Javier Hernandez here: Website: http://javzilla.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JavierHernandez Instagram: @javierloscomex
Geekdom Empowers is a podcast that highlights the lesser-known sides of geekery, a greater diversity of SF&F artists and creators, including geeks, artists, and creators from all around the world.
Geekdom Empowers is published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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Today’s guest is Pierce Lydon, who has been writing for GamesRadar and Newsarama for almost a decade. I originally approached him because he wrote two pieces I wanted to talk about here: One is about the ten best comics stories of the Black Widow and about the most iconic LGBTQIA+ superheroes in comic books. We certainly did cover this, but the conversation was so much better and covered so much more than I had expected.
You can find Pierce’s articles on Gamesradar.com
Geekdom Empowers is a podcast that highlights the lesser-known sides of geekery, a greater diversity of SF&F artists and creators, including geeks, artists, and creators from all around the world.
Geekdom Empowers is published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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Today our guest is David Peterson, who invents languages for a living. He invented Dothraki and Valyrian for a little TV show called Game of Thrones, moved on to Defiance, and from there on to a score of other languages. The list on Wikipedia includes Dominion, The 100, Penny Dreadful, The Shannaara Chronicles, Into the Badlands, The Witcher, and Shadow and Bone.
Our conversation goes deep. We explore how language works, where it comes from, how we learn languages, how the gorillas that use sign languages see language differently from us. And we also get to talk Game of Thrones, how he got the job – which is a pretty impressive story, working with actors, how he teaches them to say the words right, and so many more things.
This is a fascinating conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
David Peterson's website: https://artoflanguageinvention.com/ On his Twitter: @Dedalvs On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJSf-fmdfUsSlcr7A92-aA There’s tons of fascinating stuff there, so check that out. Plus, you can check out his book, The Art of Language Invention: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316207/the-art-of-language-invention-by-david-j-peterson/9780143126461
Geekdom Empowers is a podcast that highlights the lesser-known sides of geekery, a greater diversity of SF&F artists and creators, including geeks, artists, and creators from all around the world.
Geekdom Empowers is published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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Our guest today is Cristina Jurado. She is a Spanish SF&F author. She has written short stories, novels, is a winner of the Ignotus Awards, and is editor of the Apex Book of World SF, which is how I found her. She is also editing other anthologies of authors which are outside the regular ‘American/Canada/UK’ countries we’re used to. What you’ll hear today is amazing insight into world SF&F. We’ll hear about small publishers which are publishing anthologies no one would have even dared to publish a few years ago. We’ll talk about authors who want and need to get their voices heard in oppressive regimes. We’ll hear about trends in world science fiction and fantasy. And there’s just so much more. We talked for almost an hour and there was so much more to cover, I asked her on the spot to return in a few weeks. This is an amazing episode. I hope you enjoy it!
Cristina Jurado's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dnazproject Instagram: @jurado_cristina Her website: www.masficcionqueciencia.com
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Today’s guest is Emanuel Lottem, one of the premier translators of the genre in Israel. Over the decades he’s translated some of the best classic books and everyone who’s grown up reading fantasy and science fiction have read his translations. He’s also on of the driving forces behind the creation of the Israeli Society of Science Fiction and Fantasy and served as its chairman for a few years. Recently he and Sheldon Teitelbaum edited an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories by Israeli authors translated into English called ‘Zion’s Fiction’. In this interview we cover the translator’s problems in translating from one language to another. As in Frank Herbert’s Dune, Ann Lackey, and more. Emanuel Lottem became part of a big controversy with Tolkenists when he re-translated Tolkien a couple of decades ago, and he talks about that frankly and openly. He talks about his early years of falling in love with science fiction, about the dream of creating ArmageddonCon in Megiddo, the place of Armageddon. One of my favorite parts is when he talks about his thinking behind translating books and I can’t help but think how different it is from the approach of some other translators. Obviously not all. This conversation spans decades. I hope you enjoy it!
Geekdom Empowers is a podcast that highlights the lesser-known sides of geekery, a greater diversity of SF&F artists and creators, including geeks, artists, and creators from all around the world.
Geekdom Empowers is published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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Today we talk to artist Avi Katz, who is one of the famous F&SF illustrators in Israel. We talk decades of experience: Tolkien, Gaiman, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy covers, ArmageddonCon, and so much more.
You can find so many of his illustrations at his website, http://avikatz.com/. Do take the time to check them out.
Geekdom Empowers is a podcast that highlights the lesser-known sides of geekery, a greater diversity of SF&F artists and creators, including geeks, artists, and creators from all around the world.
Geekdom Empowers is published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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Today we talk to indie comic book creator Ken Mora about indie comics, optioning scripts to Hollywood, starting late and choosing to go down his own path, and so much more.
Geekdom Empowers is a podcast that highlights the lesser-known sides of geekery, a greater diversity of SF&F artists and creators, including geeks, artists, and creators from all around the world.
Geekdom Empowers is published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Ken Mora's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BellaFeMedia Ken Mora's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bellafemedia/ Ken Mora's website: https://bellafemedia.com/
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