Paper Lab Podcast Season 02

Paper Lab Podcast Season 02

Nicki and Mervyn McKoy take you on an audio adventure with the many talented characters they've encountered in the world of conventions!

Episodes

January 14, 2026 23 mins
Nicki and Mervyn discuss the highlights and lowlights of the movie year 2025.
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December 16, 2025 27 mins
Nicki and Mervyn discuss Christmas, Santa Claus, and everything in between.
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December 2, 2025 26 mins
Nicki & Mervyn discuss Thanksgiving and teamwork!
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November 25, 2025 27 mins
Nicki & Mervyn chat about upcoming plans, whether traveling for business or pleasure.
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November 11, 2025 24 mins
Nicki & Mervyn go to a Printing Convention and live to tell the tale.
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October 31, 2025 23 mins
Nicki & Mervyn talk about the aftermath of New York Comic Con
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October 21, 2025 24 mins
Nicki Spencer & Mervyn discuss New York Comic Con.
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October 2, 2025 21 mins
Nicki & Mervyn yap about the movie Weapons and horror Conventions for some reason.
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September 16, 2025 18 mins
Nicki and Mervyn dive into some of the pitfalls of a tertiary art education.
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September 2, 2025 22 mins
Merv and Nicki dive into the value (or lack thereof) of a formal education when it comes to art.
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August 19, 2025 24 mins
What are the movies that inspired us?
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August 5, 2025 22 mins
Nicki and Mervyn discuss the tools of art and what they mean in the journey to becoming an artist.
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July 22, 2025 22 mins
Nicki and Merv battle on about Old versus new style art and what that means.
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July 8, 2025 23 mins
What's the deal with Fandom?!
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Science Fiction Versus Fantasy. Merv and Nicki fight it out over which genre reigns supreme! This one's a doozy.
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June 10, 2025 24 mins
Mervyn and Nicki dive into the nitty-gritty of convention schedule logistics, which might be helpful for artists who are starting out.  Mervyn discusses some of the history of Artist Alley and advocates for corner booth supremacy as Nicki warns people against heading out the same day as a convention ends (at least if you can help it!) and keeping your eyes peeled for local, non-convention events to participate in.
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May 27, 2025 27 mins
It's time to put on the metaphorical convention toolbelt and discuss some tools of the trade!  The underrated crayon is Nicki's go-to for coloring in commissions, and she's about to let you know some interesting history behind the waxy but mighty tool.  Mervyn weighs in on some of the crayon's cousins and his vendetta against one in particular.
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May 13, 2025 24 mins
One dark, stormy and fateful night, Nicki met Mervyn at a comic book store in south Florida, and the rest is history!  We learn the hidden origins of how they started as artists at conventions as well as the pros and cons of working with a partner.  
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April 29, 2025 30 mins
Our special guest, Carrington, listens to the trials and tribulations of the collaborative artistic process and gets Mervyn to confess some of the difficulties that have to be navigated working on the job (and even some of his pet peeves)!
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