THE WRITERS BLOCK w/ David Avallone and Rylend Grant
Pendant Productions
Episodes
April 24, 2024
Rylend and David talk with comic book attorney and business consultant Gamal Hennessy about incorporation and the ins and outs of creator contracts.
GAMAL HENNESSY
Twitter: @gamalhennessy
Instagram: @gamalhennessy
Website: creativecontractconsulting.com
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Live from WonderCon ’24, David and Rylend chat with Rob Kutner (Snot Goblins, Scott Lang: Look Out for the Little Guy, Conan O’Brien) and Tim Sheridan (Alan Scott: The Green Lantern, Masters of the Universe: Revolution) about their experiences working professionally in both film/TV and comics.
ROB KUTNER
Twitter: @ApocalypseHow
Instagram: @robkutner
Website: robkutner.com
TIM SHERIDAN
Instagram: @ilovetimsheridan
Website: timsher...
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Live from WonderCon '24, David and Rylend chat with a gang of seasoned comic professionals - David Booher (CANTO), David Pepose (PUNISHER), and Jessica Maison (MARY SHELLY'S SCHOOL FOR MONSTERS) - about how they broke into comics.
DAVID M. BOOHER
Twitter: @davidbooher
Instagram: @davidmbooher
Website: https://davidbooher.com
DAVID PEPOSE
Twitter: @Peposed
Instagram: @Peposed
Website: linktr.ee/peposed
JESSICA MAISON
Twitter: @je...
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December 13, 2023
David and Rylend chat with author/comic creator Jessica Maison (MARY SHELLY’S SCHOOL FOR MONSTERS) about their shared film business roots, strategies for communicating effectively with collaborators, and the looming AI threat.
JESSICA MAISON
Twitter: @jessistarjudd
Instagram: @dandelion451
Website: substack.com/@jessicamaison
Website: wickedtreepress.com
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December 6, 2023
David and Rylend sit down with comic/TV/animation writer Tim Sheridan to discuss matters of love and hate, the dangers of tribalism, the mysterious ethnicity of Kahn Noonien Sigh, and to examine his recent masterwork ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN.
TIM SHERIDAN
Twitter: @iamtimsheridan
Instagram: @ilovetimsheridan
Website: timsheridan.com
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November 29, 2023
David and Rylend chop it up with old friend Kevin Grevioux… writer/creator of the UNDERWORLD movies, iFrankenstein, the Blue Marvel, and director of the recent Frank Grillo action hit KING OF KILLERS.
KEVIN GREVIOUX
Twitter: @KevinGrevioux
Instagram: @KevinGrevioux
Website: darkstormcomics.com
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October 11, 2023
David and Rylend celebrate their 100th episode milestone with a raucous conversation with dear friends/all star guests Barbra Dillion, Richard Fairgray, Charlie Stickney, Amanda Deibert, and Ray Anthony Height.
RAY ANTHONY HEIGHT
Instagram: @artofraheight
Website: www.studioskyetiger.com
RICHARD FAIRGRAY
Twitter: @RichardFairgray
Instagram: @richardfairgrayauthor
Website: richardfairgray.com
AMANDA DEIBERT
Twitter: @amandadeiber...
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October 4, 2023
David and Rylend sit down with author Preeti Chibber to explore the many interrelations of the book and comic comic book businesses and to discuss her latest Marvel YA novel SPIDER-MAN’S BAD CONNECTION. Rylend also slips into a deep meditative trance and takes the group on a magic carpet ride through something he calls the “Elmore Leonardverse.”
PREETI CHIBBER
Twitter: @runwithskizzers
Instagram: @runwithskizzers
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August 2, 2023
David and Rylend sit down with Late night writer (CONAN, Daily Show)-turned-animation writer/author Rob Kutner to talk about how working in comics can and will affect your film/TV writing (and vice versa)… and after threatening to do it for 97 episodes, the guys actually spend way too much time arguing about Star Trek.
ROB KUTNER
Twitter: @ApocalypseHow
Instagram: @robkutner
Website: robkutner.com
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July 26, 2023
David and Rylend gleefully take the red pill, stay in Wonderland, and Tilly Bridges - author of the incredible new book Begin Transmission: The trans allegories of The Matrix - shows them how deep the rabbit hole goes. Luckily, Rylend knows Kung fu.
TILLY BRIDGES
Twitter: @TillyBridges
Instagram: @heckyeahtillybridges
Website: http://birdguest.com
Website: http://tillystranstuesdays.com
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July 19, 2023
David and Rylend chat with librarian/Creators Assemble Co-Founder Moni Barrette about the wonder that is the public library, the value of comics and pop culture as teaching/literacy tools, and the group colorfully and enthusiastically tells book burners to go ‘F’ themselves.
MONI BARRETTE
Twitter: @MoniBarre
Instagram: @MoniBarre
CREATORS ASEMBLE
Twitter: @CreatorsAssemb
Instagram: @CreatorsAssemb
Website: https://www.creatorsass...
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July 12, 2023
David and Rylend chat with screenwriter Josh Miller (Violent Night, Sonic the Hedgehog) about Roger Corman, Andy Sidaris, Lloyd Kauffman, and about what it really takes to hang in the often onerous Hollywood game for 20+ years… and Rylend and Josh gleefully reminisce about the time they spent together at Steven Seagal concerts back in the aughts… yes, CONCERTS… Steven Seagal actually put out a few blues albums back then… we’re seri...
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June 28, 2023
David and Rylend chat with cartoonist Richard Fairgray about love, hate, social and political turmoil, and his new Fanbase Press release FOUR-COLOR HEROES. Also, Rylend talks WWWAAAYYY too much about Dominic Toretto (what the hell else is new?) and David works through his rather significant issues with THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL.
RICHARD FAIRGRAY
Twitter: @RichardFairgray
Instagram: @richardfairgrayauthor
Website: richardfairgray.c...
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June 21, 2023
David and Rylend get another frontline report on the WGA Strike from TV pro and Sony AM picket captain Susan Hurwitz-Arneson (Preacher, The Tick). The crew talks writers rooms, strike culture, and how to combine errands with picketing.
SUSAN HURWITZ-ARNESON
Twitter: @batdorkgirl
Instagram: @susanhurwitzarneson
Website: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2409134/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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June 14, 2023
David and Rylend sit down with Simone and Ajax creator Andrew Pepoy to talk cartooning, comic strips, and librarial influences... and the guys have an exceedingly hard time deciding what to purchase from this month's Scholastic "book order."
ANDREW PEPOY
Twitter: @andrewpepoy
Instagram: @andrewpepoy
Website: pepoy.com
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David and Rylend sit down with HALT AND CATCH FIRE co-creator/showrunner Christopher Cantwell to delve deep into the philosophical and psychological ramifications of the current Writers Guild strike.
CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL
Twitter: @ifyoucantwell
Instagram: @ifyoucantwell
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David and Rylend sit down with film/TV/comics writer Melody Cooper to discuss the complicated ins and outs of the current Writers Guild strike, to hash out where AI might be headed (from an art/writing standpoint), and to seriously examine whether or not Dr. Dre started this whole mess when he helped create digital Tupac back in 2012.
MELODY COOPER
Twitter: @melodyMcooper
Instagram: @melodycooperfilm
Website: melodyMcooper.com
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May 3, 2023
David and Rylend sit down with one of their absolute favorite people in the creatorverse - Ray-Anthony Height (MIDNIGHT TIGER, STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA) - to discuss what a writer can, should, and necessarily must pour into a story emotionally, philosophically, and experientially… they also talk about ROAD HOUSE a lot, you know, because it’s freakin’ INCREDIBLE?
RAY-ANTHONY HEIGHT
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April 26, 2023
David and Rylend sit down with Derek McCaw (Fanboy Planet) and the Bearded Comic Bro for part 2 in their “covering comics” discussion series… More on interviewing creators and writing reviews… and much more of Rylend telling people to go “F” themselves.
DEREK MCCAW
Twitter: @FanboyPlanet
Instagram: @FanboyPlanet
Website: fanboyplanet.com
BEARDED COMIC BRO
Twitter: @beardedcomicbro
Instagram: @beardedcomicbro
YouTube: https://t.co...
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April 19, 2023
David and Rylend sit down with Blake Morgan (Blake’s Buzz) and Brian Wayne (Cheers to Comics) to talk the ins and outs, the highs and lows of covering comics… interviewing creators, writing reviews, knocking heads with idiots in hate groups. Oh yeah… and Rylend tells, like, A BUNCH of people to go “F” themselves.
BLAKE MORAGAN
Twitter: @blakesbuzz
Instagram: @blakesbuzz
Patreon: http://patreon.com/blakesbuzz
Website: drum.io/blake...
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