Kristi McDowell

Kristi McDowell of Gamer Girl and Vixen joins us.

In 2013, she co-founded Eden Park Tales with Jay Moores to publish her own comic, A Planet’s Cry and she was one of the authors in the first edition of My Peculiar Family

In 2014, she co-founded Joy Cat Comics to publish Gamer Girl & Vixen.

The Joy Cat Team is:

• Writers:  Kristi McDowell and Sean Ian Mills
• Artist: Gemma Moody
• Letterer: Taylor Esposito

We got the chance to talk with Kristi about the evolution of Gamer Girl and Vixen. Along the way, she shared some wonderful insights into why it is a passion project for the team, where it is heading now that the first graphic novel is out and what some of their other projects coming up “might” be.

It’s always fun to catch up with an old friend of the show and see what’s been happening in the intervening years. Thanks, Kristi, for spending time with us.

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Gamer Girl and Vixen

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Vermont Comic Con

And joining the show to talk about it are Jason and Natasha Moulton.

First the bullet points:

• The con runs September 15 & 16 at the Barre Civic Center.
• The venue has wifi and tons of parking.
• Ticket prices are quite reasonable.
• There are also VIP Passes, discounts for Student, Senior, Military and First Responders.
• There is a Family pack discount as well.

Jay and Natasha got the chance to speak about a ton of stuff. We talked about how the Guests this year (it is year 5) were chosen and how the Artists Alley, Vendor Areas and Panels have a distinct Vermont flavor, so if you have been to other shows, chances are real good that you will get to see and experience a ton of new stuff as well. One of the interesting things Natasha talked about was the Gaming Pavilion and VCC’s affiliation with Steve Jackson Games (Munchkin). It should prove to be a jam packed show with something for literally everyone. Come down and visit the Sci Fi Saturday Night booth. We look forward to seeing you all there.

News:

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This episode brings us Five Timers Club member Rob Smales who converses with us about a swarm of horrifying items.

Rob got to talk about his involvement in My Peculiar Family 2 as an author and as an editor. We got a rare glimpse of that the role of a good editor is and does. From a writing standpoint, he talked about how he used the writing prompt to shape his peculiar story and as an editor seeing the divergent roads others took.

We also talked about two upcoming projects.

First is his editorial work on a new volume entitled “A Sharp Stick In the Eye (and Other Funny Stories)”, available now from Books & Boos Press. Rob seems to truly enjoy his role as

A Sharp Stick In the Eye

editor and waxed almost poetically (I didn’t know that was even possible) about the amazing stories in the book, including works by Jeff Strand and Wayne Faust among many others.

Then he spoke about an upcoming novella, “Friends In High Places” being published by Bloodshot Books, which he describes as ‘a coming of age tale gone horribly wrong’. The amazing Lynn Hansen is doing the cover art and it is due for a late September release.

Rob is always a fun guest to have on, which is a prime attribute of our Five Timers Club members,

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A 5 Timers Club Inductee

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V.S. Holmes

Our guest in this episode is returning author V.S. Holmes here to talk about some new interconnected projects of hers at Amphibian Press.

First is her inclusion in a Science fiction short story anthology ‘Beamed Up.’ Joining with fellow “Amphibian” writers Cameron J. Quinn, Ariele Sieling and Cullen McHael, V.S.’ contribution is a story called “Disciples”, written in the Nel Bently universe.

Her other project is the soon to be released Book 3 in the Nel Bently series “Strangers”. For those unfamiliar with the series, you can read the first book for free here. V.S. talked about Nel, where she came from how she developed and the parallels between Nel and herself.

After that, we talked about the unique perspective that “Disciples” brings to the Nel Bently universe, allowing the reader the rare ability to see this from the opposite perspective, from the eyes of the “alien”, Lin Nalawangsa (but is Lin actually an alien?). This is an extremely enjoyable well-written series and we had a lot of fun talking about it with V.S., aside from not  having to do so in a truck stop with negligible internet access.

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Strangers

Beamed Up