The QUESTionaire

We're joined on this #Quest by the talented artist Jordan Noir with the also talented artist & co-host Shiro. We dig right into knowing when to draw the line & how much to be a pushover. The idea of doing work just cause it's good for your career. Jordan discusses technics & art supplies with us. The importance of having love for the art you're creating. The evolution of blank covers. How a great album cover can help yo...

We're joined by Michael Schwartz & dive right into his wish of having every silver age comic. Discussing how having all those books could be a great way to finance any & everything including getting those books back. Mike gives a pitch for Armored that would have a blind person wanting the book. Finding out what lead Mike to write the story of Armored. Getting into the political side of Armored. The importance of stories in...

We're joined on this #Quest by a whole pack of people from Indiana. As Dave Milburn grabs a talented creator he know from Mage's, Joe Donohue. Joe tells a great story about meeting the late Robin Williams. We discuss Joe's most recent book Graveyard Shift. Joe goes pro zombie apocalypse. Joe tells the story that has lead him to making comics. Dave tells us about when he went to the Shawshank Prison. We chat about changing up the wa...

We're joined on this #Quest by Robert Jeschonek to get into the words of the anthology he's put together Legends of Indie Comics Words Only. What made Robert what to bring these characters back to the page. The process of doing so. Getting a hold of all the creators to be able to put this book together. How Robert went about selecting the creators & characters for Legends of Indie Comics. Robert's process of staying on the time...

Shiro who does all our GFXs & is one of our many great co-hosts decided to drag her partner in comic book crime Lee Newman onto the #Quest. I don't think Shiro warned him enough. But we had to talk about their book Barbarian Queen Karybdis. All the inspirations that caused the book. What got Lee into reading comics & then making them. Lee almost walks off the show when Factor displays his dislike of Mac & Cheese. He sti...

Once again we journey into the world of The Sundering with our guide Hannibal Tabu. Jay AKA Mr. Factor, Allan AKA Vexis, Shiro AKA Benjamin & Dave AKA Vincent barely survived our first session when they ran into a crystal dragon(I know Weird). After all that our group is just looking for information. Information about the Items them found. Information about that weird dragon. Information about how to maybe get home(they probabl...

Steve Zmijak joins us on The QUESTionaire again with Chrissy Wiseman cohosting. We get into the fact the Steve was a background actor in Battlestar Galactica. A bit of the ins & outs of being a background actor. The joy kids get from cosplayers & the happiness they can bring to a convention. The importance of keeping your fart gun handy. The quick change from Barney Rubble to Trump. Steve's experience in the wrestling world...

It's time for another quest & this one is full of Canadians who really don't like Star Wars: The last Jedi. Ramón & Scott dissect the entire series with Factor jumping in to talk about the best lightsaber duel. We get into the ways technology effects the creative process. The issues with applying todays values on past entertainment. Touching on how people judge things based on very little information. We get off the politic...

Robert Bellamy comes back for another #Quest with Chrissy Wiseman co-hosting. Right off the bat it's proven that Blade wasn't the first R rated comic book film. Rob tells the story of what got him to start throwing conventions. We get so many great convention stories from Rob. Getting into cosplay & how it became such a large part of conventions. The business side of conventions. Rob's love of paper work & NDAs. Factor trie...

Canadians Wonder Twin powers activate as Scott Wojcik booked David Jacob Duke to join the #Quest. We discuss how David's name affects him on social media. We go over some odd requests artist get at cons & ones that David has received. We get into the stories of Hawaiian shirt guy. The ways cons have changed & ways artists have to change to keep up with the market. David gives his insight into the creating process. The colle...

Scott is killing it with the booking since he took over convincing artist Adam Gorham to join the mad quest that is The QUESTionaire. Adam has some controversial opinions on Ang Lee's Hulk. We discuss different approaches to drawing violence getting Adam's thoughts. Adam's experience writing Godzilla. The importance of the narrative. Adam's advice for upcoming artists. Adam has another controversial opinion with his endorsement for...

We finally get down to Texas on The QUESTionaire as artist David Luján joins us from the heat of his porch with Shiro co-hosting. David fills us in on the Texas comic scene & the pressure of including Texas & Ethic themes for comic creators from the area. So requests David gets from adding mustaches to making the Horse Sexier. David Shows his Bike Nerdom as he confuses Shiro & Factor. The ways music & storytelling w...

This was such a great conversation the that it went by in a flash as Damion Poitier joins the #Quest with co-host Hannibal Tabu. (He's really more a guest than co-host. I just wanted to be able to say Hannibal had co-hosted.) We start off talking a little bit about Da Works. Then the conversation takes a turn to Universalism. The importance of storytelling in understanding one another. The need to change the narrative. How the ...

This has been a pretty epic #Quest so far. So let's turn up the epicness as Jon Bailey AKA #EpicVoiceGuy. Joining to help co-host is the talented Erica Schultz. We find out what Transformers means to Jon & how excited he is for Transformers One. His journey within the Transformers Universe from games to film. What lead Jon to be the Epic Voice Guy & he voice acting path. some great advice for anyone wanting to become a ...

Little bit of old footage of Scott & Factor just chatting it up about the books they're currently reading. How to increase comic book sales. A bit of the inner workings of The QUESTionaire. Factor's relationship with social media. He's not starting any social network don't worry. Some convention stories from Scott. They get into the artist side of story telling. I thought I edited all the cursing but yaaaa.........

On this #Quest we're joined by the founder of BOOM! Studios "Jimmy" Ross Richie with Scott Wojcik taking co-hosting duty. We get right into what made Ross decide to sell Boom!. Discussing what Ross plans to do next & chatting about his family. Paul Levitz once told Ross comic book publishing it's like drinking adrenaline for breakfast. The ins & outs & little details in running a publishing company. Fr...

We're gonna monkey around on this #Quest as Kevin Mellon, director of Hit Monkey season 2 joins us. Shiro co-hosts & very much helps add to the madness. Kevin thoughts on the overuse of exposition in modern comic books. Kevin says the QUESTionaire is more Jerry Springer than Maury Povich. Will a chair ever be throw on a quest? Weird stories from everyone before Kevin gets back to Rob Liefeld's cameo to Jonathan Hickman....

We've got another #Quest for you. I know it's been a lot fast. But with great creators like Joe Corallo with Vladimir Popov co-hosting we got adventuring to do. We dig right into Joe's choice of Fritz the Cat as favorite comic book movie. This leads to a discussion on early adult animation & the effects that it has had on entertainment. The link between Mighty Mouse & Superman. The ways Superman as shaped the DC...

For the second time someone joins the #Quest that was on the radio Factor ran as Marc Alan Fishman of Unshaven Comics joins us. We discuss how Unshaven Comics came to be. We get some great convention stories from Marc. Marc's thoughts on the collecting market. The depth of super hero cartoons in the 90's. The effects & backlash of fan service. How the MCU may use RDJ as Dr. Doom. We get into what may happen in the DCU. ...