This week, we’re joined by Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash / Revival) and Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs / Uncanny Valley) as we discuss their comics origins, keeping their love of the medium alive, the creation of Local Man, and more!
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Hi!
Getting this one out late. Sorry about that. We had some delays in editing and just as that got finished I realized I had tickets to go see Megalopolis. But I’m back, I appreciate time more than ever, and I’m here to send you this gorgeous half hour-ish of podcasting.
We decided to throw a curveball this week and have two creators who I respect immensely on here. I’ve known Tim for a while. He drew part of my first ever, we stayed in an airbnb with a murderous fish one SDCC, and we just cross paths a lot. Tony is someone who I only knew through their work for a long time, but we met recently and I became a bigger fan. It was only after getting to know Tony a bit that I picked up their series LOCAL MAN (sorry Tim!) and completely fell in love. If you haven’t read it it is both a brilliant satire of and a true love letter to 90’s superhero comics, told through the lens of the greatest hero and greatest failure one small town has ever produced. It’s funny, it’s smart, it’s poignant, and it’s just plain good.
Anyway, this was a fun experiment in having more than one creator on. Were you all into that? Would it have been better if we did them separately?
Also, if you enjoyed this and have been digging Tony’s work on books like LOCAL MAN, STRAY DOGS, and FERAL you will be pleased to know he might be coming to your town right now!
Saturday September 21st (THIS ONE ALREADY HAPPENED BUT I LIKE THIS SHOP SO I LEFT THEM ON THE LIST!) 2pm - 4pm KNOWHERE COMICS 125 Vallecitos De Oro J San Marcos, CA 92069
Wednesday, October 9th 4pm - 7pm ALTERNATE REALITY 5300 South Eastern Ave #130 Las Vegas, NV 89119
Friday October 11th 2pm - 6pm STRANGE ADVENTURES 2270 E. Williams Field Road Gilbert, AZ 85295
Saturday, October 12th 1pm - 4pm SAMURAI COMICS 1602 E. Indian School Rd. Phoenix, AZ
Sunday, October 13th 12pm - 4pm TSUNDOKU DEPOT 5222 Doniphan Dr. El Paso, TX 79923
Tuesday, October 15th 2pm to 7pm AUSTIN BOOKS & COMICS 5002 N. Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 78751
October 16th, Wednesday early afternoon BEDROCK COMICS 6516 Westheimer Houston, TX 77057
October 16th Wednesday Evening 4pm - 8pm SPACE CADETS COLLECTION COLLECTION 17947 I-45 South Shenandoah, TX 77385
Friday October 18th early afternoon Noon - 3pm GEEK OUT INC. 109 W. Ellison St. Burleson, TX 76028
Friday October 18th evening COLLECTED POP CULTURE HEADQUARTERS 2823 Alta Mere Drive Fort Worth, TX 76116
Saturday October 19th 1pm - 5pm GABE'S CAVE 2102 College Ave El Dorado AR
Monday October 21st 4pm - 8pm THE DEEP 2205 Mock Street Huntsville AL. 35801
Friday October 25th 5pm - 8pm BAT CITY COMICS 915 Manatee Ave East Bradenton, FL
October 26, Saturday 10:30am - 12:30pm COLISEUM OF COMICS 19402 Bruce B. Downs Blvd Tampa, FL 33647
4 pm - 7:30 pm COLISEUM OF COMICS 2511 Old Vineland Road Kissimmee, FL 34746
October 27, Sunday 11:30am - 2:00pm COLISEUM OF COMICS ARLINGTON 9344 Atlantic Blvd Jacksonville FL 32225
October 28th, Monday 3pm - 7pm TOP DOG COMICS 2701 Washington Road Augusta GA
October 29th, Tuesday 4pm - 7pm COMIC ENVY 333 Merrimon Ave Suite A Asheville NC 28801
Wednesday October 30th 11am - 3pm & 5pm Panel - 8pm ULTIMATE COMICS 1303 Buck Jones Road Raleigh NC 27606
Wednesday Nov. 6th 11am - 2 pm COMIC RELIEF OF TOM'S RIVER 1341 Lakewood Rd Tom’s River NJ
4pm - 7 pm FINAL BOSS COMICS & GAMES 10 Gordon Avenue Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Thursday, Nov 7th 4pm - 8pm DOUBLE MIDNIGHT COMICS 252 Willow Street Manchester, NH 03103
Saturday November 9th 1pm - 5pm NEW DIMENSION COMICS 630 E. Waterfront Dr. Homestead, PA
Sunday November 10th 2pm - 5pm CAROL & JOHN'S COMIC BOOK SHOP Kamm’s Plaza 17462 Lorain Ave Cleveland, OH 44111
Tuesday, November 12th 2pm - 5pm BILL'S COMICS & MORE 2215 6th St. SW Canton OH, 44706
Wednesday, November 13th 3pm - 7pm CROOKED DOG COMICS 1373 Central Ave Middletown, OH 45044
Thursday, November 14th 12pm - 4pm COYS COMICS & BOOKS 3220 Bay Road Saginaw, MI 48603
Friday, November 15th 4pm - 7pm RCADE COMICS 1245 E. State Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN 46805
11am - 3pm SUMMIT SPORTS, COMICS & GAMES 4240 W. Jefferson Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Saturday November 16th Noon - 3pm GRAHAM CRACKERS 3120 N. Sheffield Ave Chicago, Il 60657
4pm - 6pm CHALLENGERS COMICS AND CONVERSATION 1845 N. Western Ave Chicago, IL 60647
Sunday, November 17th 11am - 1pm GRAHAM CRACKERS The Loop 77 E. Madison St. Chicago, IL 60602
3pm - 6pm GRAHAM CRACKERS 1271 Rickert Drive Naperville, IL 60540
Tuesday Nov 19th 2pm - 6pm KRYPTON COMICS 2809 S. 125th Ave #378 Omaha, NE 68144
Wednesday, November 20th 4pm - 7pm RAINBOW COMICS Clock Tower Shopping Center 6891 A St. #104 Lincoln NE 68510
Tuesday November 26th 1-4pm MILE HIGH COMICS 4600 Jason Street Denver, CO 80211
Wednesday November 27th MUSE COMICS 1338 North Academy Blvd Colorado Springs CO 80909
Friday November 29th Black Friday NERD STORE Valley Fair Mall 3601 South 2700 Suite G106 West Valley City, UT 84119
Wednesday, December 4th COLLECTOR'S PARADISE Los Angeles, CA
Hurricane Helene has caused untold damage and rebuilding efforts are going to take years and years, and going to need the support of a lot more than just those directly affected. There are a lot of great places to donate and help those whose lives were just thrown into chaos, but the town of Asheville, NC is near to my heart so I wanted to shout out a few places there.
BeLovedAsheville is a local, boots on the ground nonprofit who usually focus on mutual aid support for Black and Latinx people in Asheville. They are actively providing material support to people now.
World Central Kitchen is an amazing org whose mission is to get in quickly and provide good meals to people impacted by all manner of humanitarian crises, from natural disasters to war. They are currently in Asheville making meals for hungry people.
For me, and I’m sure lots of you who read this, comic shops are a vital part of our community. With that in mind, Morgan’s Comics seems like a great comic shop and a great addition to the Asheville community. They posted this the other day
If you have money to help a small business who are still helping their community despite the damage and hardship, they could use your help.
You can donate to their paypal with the email address: morganscomicssanctuary@gmail.com Or donate to their venmo username: MorgansComics.
That’s it for me.
Stay safe. Take care of each other. LGFM!
-Matthew Rosenberg
NYC 10/1/24
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