The Brig: That AHA! Moment (w/ Ryan Benson)

About this episode

Ryan Benson discusses his debut comic ECLIPSED and his new story featured in AHA! (A Horror Anthology!).

Writer Ryan Benson caught a wave onto the indie comics scene with his debut ECLIPSED, a tie-in comic to the upcoming VAMPIRE SURF CULT animated series! He dishes on the book, his ties to the show and all about his new story “Sir William and the Scourge” which features incredible art by Mason O’Halloran . This sword and sorcery/horror yarn is going to be featured in AHA! (A Horror Anthology!) That's 70+ pages, 8 stories, 3 covers and 1 nightmare inducing book that you can support on Kickstarter RIGHT NOW! Check out the campaign! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- " Parasite Steve "...... AKA Steve Van Samson ( read ) " 8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian ( listen ) " Coopster Gold "...... AKA Justin Cooper ( subscribe ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee . Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile.

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Van Samson, Tim Krikorian, Justin Cooper

Guest: Ryan Benson

Topics covered

• indie comics
• animated series
• horror anthology
• sword and sorcery

Keywords

• VAMPIRE SURF CULT
• Sir William and the Scourge
• Mason O’Halloran
• Kickstarter

Mentioned in this episode

Products: ECLIPSED, AHA! (A Horror Anthology!)

Books & works: The Brig: That AHA! Moment, ECLIPSED, Sir William and the Scourge, AHA, A Horror Anthology, RETRO RIDOCTOPUS, " 8-Bit Alchemy

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