{"id":9188,"date":"2018-10-27T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9188"},"modified":"2018-10-26T20:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T00:48:15","slug":"talkcast-398-the-joy-cat-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9188","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 398 \u2013 The Joy Cat Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9190\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9190\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9190\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/D7YIz7ZI_400x400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kristi McDowell \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/D7YIz7ZI_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/D7YIz7ZI_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/D7YIz7ZI_400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristi McDowell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kristimcdowell.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kristi McDowell<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamergirlandvixen.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gamer Girl and Vixen<\/a> joins us.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, she co-founded Eden Park Tales with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edenparktales.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Moores<\/a> to publish her own comic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edenparktales.com\/a-planet-s-cry\" target=\"_blank\">A Planet\u2019s Cry<\/a> and she was one of the authors in the first edition of My Peculiar Family<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, she co-founded Joy Cat Comics to publish Gamer Girl &amp; Vixen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/joycatcomics.storenvy.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Joy Cat Team is<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Writers: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/katalinadj\" target=\"_blank\">Kristi McDowell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sean.mills\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Ian Mills<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Artist: <a href=\"https:\/\/gemmasiobhan.portfoliobox.net\/aboutme\" target=\"_blank\">Gemma Moody<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Letterer: <a href=\"http:\/\/comicsalliance.com\/gamer-girl-vixen-back-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Esposito<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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 \u201cmight\u201d be.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s always fun to catch up with an old friend of the show and see what\u2019s been happening in the intervening years. Thanks, Kristi, for spending time with us.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the chaos<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9189\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9189\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9189\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Banner2-twitter_original-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"Gamer Girl and Vixen\" width=\"500\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Banner2-twitter_original-300x100.jpg 300w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Banner2-twitter_original-768x256.jpg 768w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Banner2-twitter_original.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gamer Girl and Vixen<\/p><\/div>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9188-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast398.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast398.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast398.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast398.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast398.mp3&id=9188\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9188\" data-text=\"TalkCast 398 \u2013 The Joy Cat Club\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9188\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D9188&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F10%2FD7YIz7ZI_400x400-300x300.jpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20398%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Joy%20Cat%20Club\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Kristi McDowell of Gamer Girl and Vixen joins us. 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