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At ChimaeraCon, I spoke with a couple friends from last year. William and Josh have grown Tabletop Generals into a pretty darn good game store.

Go to http://www.thetabletopgenerals.com to see their selection. Then, order! Order like the wind!

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At ChimaeraCon, I spoke with Terry Howard Thomas of Tabletop Plus. They have very, very, VERY cool dungeon terrain for miniatures and tabletop gaming. The line is just beginning, but it is expanding.

Go to http://tabletopplus.com for more info!

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I don’t get to go to ChimaeraCon every year here in San Antonio. Things always come up on the same weekend. This year, however, I put everything else on the back burner and went. Two days, even!

Here are my thoughts on the Convention.

Go to http://chimaeracon.com for everything you need to know.

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I spoke with two members of After Midnight, Skyler Payne (I have no idea if that’s spelled correctly!) and Sandy Baker (I’m reasonably sure that one is right!). After Midnight travels the State of Texas performing at conventions.

Go to their Facebook page to find out more: https://www.facebook.com/rhpswebster

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Andy Warner produces and creates both fiction and non-fiction comics. He does a lot of work with a lot of other great creators.

Go to http://andywarnercomics.com and http://irenecomics.tumblr.com to find out more.

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The Daily Texan is the newspaper of The University of Texas in Austin. They have very talented contributors who create comics.

Go here to find out more: http://www.dailytexanonline.com/comics

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I spoke with Leo McGovern, the manager of Crescent City Comics in New Orleans. They have some talented people down there making comics.

Go to http://www.crescentcitycomics.com to find out more.

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Zeb West and Deigo Almazan are part of a great group. Binary Solo is a game development company.

They make games. I played one. Fun! Very fun

Go to http://binarysolo.com/about/ and http://indievangamejam.com to find out all you need to know!

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Henry Melton is a Texas author with a ton of books out there. Just do an Amazon search. You’ll see!

Or, you can go to http://henrymelton.net/2/ for even more!

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Robbie and Bobby, the story of a boy and his robot. Jason Poland has created a pretty cool comic.

Go to http://robbieandbobby.com to read some of the goodness.

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Koumori Comics is a group, or club, or community, or whatever you want to call it, of like-minded people who create comics.

So, of course, we talked about beer.

Go to http://koumoricomics.com to find out more. About their comics. Not about beer.

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Lord Vishus (He promised evil things would happen to me if I gave his real name) is a Texas Cosplay artist. He has so many costumes I stopped counting them! But, there is Lord Vishus, the Sith Lord, Hitman (Agent 47), Combat Spiderman (Black costume), and a new Steampunk Western Spiderman. And those are the ones I can remember of the top of my head.

You can find his work at https://www.facebook.com/LordVishus

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M. Austin Bedell is the creator of Skweegie Island, a comic series you need to go read.

Find out all you need to know about the guy with feet but no legs at http://www.skweegieisland.com

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Want to learn about comics? ALL about comics? Go to http://www.thecomicarchive.com.

Mike Furth (yes, I misspelled his name in the audio file!) has a wealth of info for you there!

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Paul Benjamin is a true Renaissance Man! He does it all. Well, I don’t know if he dances, but, with all the books on his table, he probably does.

For all the awesome, go to http://paulbenjaminwrites.com

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James Ferry is a very talented artist, whose work brings to mind all kinds of things you’ve seen elsewhere, but he doesn’t copy anybody!

Go look at his work at http://www.sadinga.com/watsman

I also am including Sasha Blaschka here,

just because her work is cool! No interview, just a link:
http://post-hummus.tumblr.com

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Want to learn all about the people that ALMOST became President of the United States? Go to http://presidentiallosers.tumblr.com to find the book about just that!

Shannon McCormick is the man behind, and also inside, the book.

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Trent Kollodge has a book of nightmares. Or, if you prefer, really cool things. I had a nice little visit with him in Austin.

Go to http://www.sinistermerriment.com to see more.

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Zach Taylor has 3 books, all about “Bear Quest”. The neat thing? They are each in different video game styles, 8-bit, 16-bit, and 3-D! Way cool.

Go to http://www.bearquest.net to see more.

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I’ve talked to Gary Odd Edmond before. It was a lot of fun. So, when he called me to say that he has an awesome announcement, I jumped at the chance to talk to him again.

“The Bud” isn’t your typical hero, or your typical comic. But it is taking Gary places.

Go to http://www.ccpcomics.com or http://www.facebook.com/theoddcomics for more info.

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My friend Kris Kidd is the promoter of Texas ComiCon, which is the home of The Con Cast. He is a great guy.

There, Kris. I did what you wanted. Now pay up!

All kidding aside, Texas ComiCon is a wonderful annual event in San Antonio and I always have a blast. At Staple!, I spoke with Kris about 2014’s show, and he gave a lot of good info.

ALSO, there’s a scoop hidden in the interview! I always get one scoop a year from Kris about an upcoming guest, and this year is no different. But, ya gotta listen to find out who it is!

Kris and I go back a couple of years, and we tend to get off topic. When we get to the point where we are having two different conversations with two different people, please, remember, we’re guys!

Go to http://www.texascomicon.com for even more info!

Also, Fanboy TV and One Of Us were both there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com and http://www.oneofus.net.

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Staple! Yes, the exclamation point is part of the name! Look! Exclamation points!

Chris Nicholas, aka Uncle Staple, runs a great, but intimate gathering of (mostly) print media creators. Comics, art, books, video games, you name it. Indie creators rock, and Chris celebrates them at Staple!

I got 17 (I think) interviews in one short day, which is awesome. Listen to my review of my first visit to this really neat show.

The website is http://staple-austin.org

Also, Fanboy TV and One Of Us were both there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com and http://www.oneofus.net.

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Uni Games makes old games. And by “old”, I mean prehistoric! Cavemaster is one of their games, and it looks really great!

You can find more of their games over at their NEW website at http://unigames.us.

Also, Fanboy TV was there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com.

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Steampunk RPG! Bombs! LOTS OF BOMBS! YOU CAN BUILD BOMBS!

Yeah, I like blowing stuff up in games. Tephra promises to be that kind of game.

They have also have Espionage. The game where you ruin your friends nights.

Find out more at http://crackedmonocle.com.

Also, Fanboy TV was there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com.

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Karen Leonard is one awesome artist! Download the picture for this episode and check out her table!

You can see more at http://www.etsy.com/shop/workofartpg

Also, Fanboy TV was there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com.

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Calvin Johns and the rest of the group over at Anthropos Games make some really interesting games. Plus, Calvin came up with the name of a great media group, Morbidly Obedient Media! You have to listen to get that one…

Check them out at http://www.anthroposgames.com.

Also, Fanboy TV was there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com.

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If you have played Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, AD&D to us geeks, you’ve seen this man’s work. One of the original artists for AD&D, Diesel Laforce is a fascinating man to speak to.

You can find him on Facebook.

Also, Fanboy TV was there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com.

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Jamie Chambers heads Signal Fire Studios. If you like Cthulhu games, he’s got them. If you like METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA!!! He’s got it! The game that birthed Gamma World, my all time favorite game. Can you say suh-weet?

I knew you could.

Go to http://www.signalfirestudios.com to see all the gaming goodness. His personal page is http://www.jamiechambers.net.

Also, Fanboy TV was there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com.

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Jennifer Rehnay is the author of a story that I would call “Religious Fantasy”. “Religious” because it deals with known entities from Christianity, “Fantasy” because it has it’s own universe in which these entities interact.

It sounds really good. She was great to talk to in Austin, and you should go check out the website over at http://www.jenniferrehnay.com. You won’t be disappointed!

Also, Fanboy TV was there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com.

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Aaron Allston is one of those writers that new or aspiring writers love. Or hate, depending. He’s written a ton of novels. He’s even written in the Star Wars Universe.

Like I said. Love or hate.

No matter how you feel about him, you have to admit he’s a cool guy! I talked to him at ChupacabraCon in Austin.

You can find out more at http://www.aaronallston.com.

Also, Fanboy TV was there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com.

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Last year, I interviewed Jarret Crippen, and Austin Police Detective, about his charity Scare For A Cure, but I screwed up the recording and lost it.

This year, at ChupacabraCon in Austin, Scare had a table set up, so I interviewed them. Jarret wasn’t able to be there that day, but I still got some good info.

Go to http://www.scareforacure.org for more info.

Also, Fanboy TV was there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com.

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The Podcast Cowboy (that’s me!) went up to Austin for the day and had a great time at ChupacabraCon 1, a new gaming convention.

Here are my thoughts on it. Visit their website at http://www.chupacabracon.com.

Also, Fanboy TV was there interviewing as well. Go check them out at http://www.fanboytv.com.

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I, along with 2 other San Antonio podcasts, sat down with Apple and two of his lieutenants for an in-depth interview about Alamo City Comic Con 2013. We also talked some about the 2014 show.

You can find out all you want about the Con at http://www.alamocitycomiccon.com.

The GeekVengers were there. Find their stuff on their Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/GeekVengers

Jason can be found on The Nerd 411 Podcast over at http://www.thenerd411.com.

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Scream Queen. The words evoke several faces. Judith O’Dea. Jamie Lee Curtis. Sigourney Weaver. Adrienne King.

Heather Langenkamp is another you think of. “Nancy” in “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. One of “the lady survivors” of movie lore.

And I got to sit down and speak with her.

She is a very gracious lady, and I had a blast!

Visit http://www.iamnancy.net to see her personal page and get her documentary “I am Nancy”.

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Bob Dullam spent 4 years building a Tumbler. You know? The car that Christian Bale drives in the Nolan “Batman” movies? Yeah. He built one.

He drove it down the streets of downtown San Antonio to the Convention Center.

How cool is that?

Listen for the secrets of The Batmobile!

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Matt Frank draws monsters. Big monsters. Kaiju! Godzilla and all his buddies! Also, if you wanna get in to a heated discussion, pick on the Transformers.

I’ve known Matt for over a year, and this is the first time I’ve gotten to sit down and talk to him one-on-one.

The other podcasters we mentioned are over at http://www.mechagorilla.com. Go take a listen.

Find his stuff over at http://www.mattfrankart.com.

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Robert Rios is a tailor and a costumer. A damned good one, too!

You can find pictures of his work, and contact information, over at http://www.cccostumes.com.

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“Video Bob” Robert Moseley makes cars that you want to drive. Cars like Ecto 1. Outtatime. Cars like those.

He has a shop in Dallas where he builds movie car replicas, and does a darn good job of it.

We talked for over an hour.

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Jorge Baeza is a cartoonist and artist who gave me a few minutes at Alamo City Comic Con. He’s a great guy!

Go find out more at drmutato.blogspot.com.

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My buddies over at GeekVengers TV (http://www.geekvengers.com) go to Cons and record video interviews. Find their YouTube channel and see the goodness!

They Nerd Check various and sundry people, and were gracious enough to let me Nerd Check them at Alamo City Comic Con. They did good, but I got them on the last question.

Old school nerds for the win!

My thanks to Little Bit, Timmeh, Alex, and Celles for including me in their greatness!

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Jonboy Meyers is a tall dude. And, a really talented artist, too! He’s worked on World of Warcraft, Twisted Metal, and a bunch of other stuff.

I had a great visit with him. Go check out his stuff at http://www.jonboymeyers.com

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Angel Medina has been in comics for a long time. Chances are you have a comic that he did.

Listen to this great artist and then go to his Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/angel.medina.3139

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Brimstone! The man. The legend. The guy that will hurt me…

Just kidding. Brimstone is a great guy. He’s done it all: professional wrestling, comic creation, food.

You’ve even seen his stuff on The Big Bang Theory.

Find out more at http://www.houndcomics.com and http://www.entrancetohell.com

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Billy Blair is an actor that has been in such films as “Machete” and “Machete Kills”. He is a fantastic guy to sit down and visit with!

His current project is “Blood Sombrero”

Hey, Billy! I remembered this time!

Google Billy and you will find him all over the place.

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Andrew Anderson is a comic creator and upcoming audio drama producer here in San Antonio. He’s a really cool guy. Alfredo Lopez, Jr, another local artist, grabbed me as I walked by at Alamo City Comic Con and told me that I HAD to interview Andrew.

He was right.

Go to Andrew’s blog at anderverse.wordpress.com for more info.

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Onrie Kompan has created, with the help of some very talented people, an incredible book. The historical tale of a great general unfolds in full color.

“Yi Soon Shin” is a great looking book. You ought to get it.

Go to http://www.yisoonshin.com for more on the books, and http://www.onrie-kompan.com for more on the creator.

NOTE: Yes, I know I misspelled his name in the audio file name. Oops.

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Alamo City Comic Con was pretty awesome! Of course, you are going to listen to the review and hear that, so, just go to the webpage http://www.alamocitycomiccon.com to find out just how awesome it was. Keep going back to see what next year will bring!

You can also find them on Facebook.

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Victor Miller created one of the best known movie monsters of all time. Jason Vorhees also happens to be my favorite! Turns out he’s won a few Emmy awards for some of his other works and has written some books, as well.

We had a wonderful visit. You can find out more at victormiller.com

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I survived a face-to-face (if you’ll pardon the pun) with Leatherface himself. Gunnar Hansen is a great guy, and has done many things other than appearing as the iconic slaughter master. Go to IMDB and find out.

His new book, Chain Saw Confidential, is out. Go buy it.

Find out more at his site gunnarhansen.com.

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I had a long talk with an awesome guy! Parrish Randall is a horror fan and actor. And writer. And producer. Get the idea?

He is also part of a “Texas Chainsaw” docudrama starting up next year. I’m looking forward to it.

You can search for him on Google, IMDB, or find him on Facebook.

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