The Creative Curmudgeon

R.C. Auz îs the creative force behind the comic book series "Ratkids." In this episode, we discuss plot, panel layout, listening to your characters, drawing by hand vs digitally, self-promotion, staying childish, Silver Age comics, black metal, and much more. "Ratkids" can be found at ⁠https://tapas.io/series/RATKIDS/info.⁠

Let me tell you about Neil Burke. He has performed in such musical endeavors as Men's Recovery Project, Sinking Body, Born Against, Life's Blood, Landed, and many more. In addition to creating his own visual art, he has also created lots and lots of art for lots and lots of bands. It was an honor to talk to him and to discuss music equipment, overcoming stage fright, artistic influences, studio bathrooms, tubes, and a lot of other things. The song that plays after the intro theme is Sinking Body's "Who Are You." Throughout the podcast you can also hear the Men's Recovery Project songs "Man Urinating, Laughter" and "Undigested Food." Neil's work can be found at ⁠https://monoroid.com/.⁠

Andrew Goldfarb writes, draws, paints, and performs as a one-man band under the name The Slow Poisoner. In this episode, we discuss creating juggling, playing multiple instruments at once, time moving backwards, putting corpses on display, what happens when we die, how to stay weird, and much more. His work can be found at theslowpoisoner.com.

Gretchen Felker-Martin wrote Manhunt, one of the greatest horror novels of all time. It was an honor to speak to her about writing, re-writing, why we like horror, how to read Ulysses, the importance of writing exactly what you want to write, and more.

This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Christian Hell, the leader of the hardcore punk band Hong Kong Fuck You. We discussed vocal preservation, bass production, Mexico, ADHD, nu metal, sketch comedy, making music with your offspring, and much more.

Paris Weslyn is a Portland-based poet who recently released her first collection, "Navel of the Moon." But what is poetry? How does it work? That's what we will get to the bottom of in this podcast.

NXOEED is a visual artist who hides his work wherever he goes, then gives his followers clues as to where to find it. It's impossible to walk through Downtown Phoenix without seeing his surreal, monstrous work somewhere. And yet he is shrouded in mystery, a sort of Batman of the art world. I'm honored to present our pleasant discussion, during which we talked about anonymity, stickers, not titling one's work, drawing while on a bicycle, our mutual love of Sam McPheeters, the weather, and much more.