Nicholas Diak's Blog, page 36

Stalkings Review, Voice of Olympus Appearance

At Long Beach Comic Con over the weekend I met Alex Dandino, writer of the comic book Stalkings. It was a great comic and I did a review of it, which is now published over at Fanbase Press:

http://fanbasepress.com/index.php/press/reviews/item/9272-stalkings-graphic-novel-review
Also, with a last minute cancellation, I was added to an episode of Voice of Olympus earlier this week where I talk about sword and planet stories on Venus. That episode can be streamed here: 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/surn/2018/09/11/voice-of-olympus

Voice of Olympus Appearance

On Monday, Sept 3rd I'll be a guest on Hercules Invictus' Voice of Olympus program. I'll be on at 6:00 pm PST. The URL to stream is as follows:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/surn/2018/09/04/voice-of-olympus

Power-Con 2018 Coverage Published

Michele Brittany's and my coverage of Power-Con 2018 is now published at Fanbase Press.

Michele did a general con write up: http://fanbasepress.com/index.php/press/item/9238-by-the-power-of-grayskull-it-s-power-con
I did a panel write up about the writers of the original He-Man cartoon: http://fanbasepress.com/index.php/press/item/9240-power-con-2018-creating-the-stories-of-filmation-he-man
Michele did an interview with author Brian C. Baer (and I got to be the camera man!): http://fanbasepress.com/index.php/press/interviews/books/item/9239-power-con-2018-fanbase-press-interviews-writer-brian-c-baer-about-he-man-she-ra-and-more
Hope you all check out this coverage! 

Panelist at Long Beach Comic Con

Last weekend I attended Power-Con as press for Fanbase Press. Expect some coverage in the next few days.

I will be a panelist at Long Beach Comic Con next month. I'll be on a panel called Fanbase Press Presents: Space Horror in Pop Culture with fellow friends and colleagues Janet Joyce Holden, Kevin Wetmore, and Ryan Cady and moderated by Michele Brittany. The details have been added to the appearances section, but the panel will be on Saturday, September the 8th at 4:00 pm. The Facebook event page can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/315089355908074/

Final Xerxes Review and Podcast Appearances

My review of the fifth and final issue of Frank Miller's Xerxes comic has been published at Fanbase Press. It can be found here:

http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php/press/reviews/item/9127-xerxes-the-fall-of-the-house-of-darius-and-the-rise-of-alexander-5-advance-comic-book-review
Two appearances have been added for August on two different podcast programs from Hercules Invictus: Pride of Olympus on 2018-08-09 at 7pm PST and Voice of Olympus on 2018-08-13 at 6pm PST. On The Pride of Olympus Show, Michele Brittany and I will be talking about Mars and I'll be talking about Barsoom from the John Carter series. 
The event info for the Exotica Moderne launch party as also been updated with a link to a Facebook event page. I'll be a guest at this launch party and I hope to see yall there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2028161584165387/

Exotica Moderne Contributor's Copy

Received in the mail today my contributor's copy of the inaugural issue of Exotica Moderne from House of Tabu:


My essay "Tiki-noir in Fritz Lang's While the City Sleeps" has a nice four page spread! It looks really nice. I'm putting the finishing touched for my contribution to issue two which will be submitted this weekend. More info on this magazine can be found here:

http://www.houseoftabu.com/product/ex...

Also! Remember that there will be a launch party for the magazine Saturday, August 18th at the Tonga Hut in LA. I'll be one of the guests! Hope to see you there! 

Coverage of Fanbase Press at SDCC 2018

Fanbase Press is at San Diego Comic Con this year at booth O-03 in the small press section. They will be covering the Eisners (of which their volume, Quince, is nominated for one), interviews and other live coverage. I'll be helping out by re-tweeting their content on my various social medias. I encourage you to follow their adventures at:

Fanbase Press Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanbasePress1/Fanbase Press Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fanbase_Press

Or at my retweets at my Twitter account at https://twitter.com/vnvdiak

Guest on Chatting with Sherri Program

This upcoming Thursday, July 19th at 1:00 pm PST, I'll be a guest on Sherri Rabinowitz's program, Chatting with Sherry. Much like Voice of Olympus, Sherri's program uses Blogtalk radio, so you can hear the episode live or stream it later. Here is the URL where the episode can be heard:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rithebard/2018/07/19/chatting-with-sherri-welcomes-talented-author-nicholas-diak
Hope yall can tune in! 

Guest on Voice of Olympus 2018-07-09

Tonight, along with Michele Brittany, I'll be a guest on the Voice of Olympus radio program. The subject will be about cats in both H. P. Lovecraft and in Ancient Egypt. We go on at 7:00 PM PST and the episode can be streamed here:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/surn/2018/07/10/voice-of-olympus

Exotica Moderne Launch Party

It's official! The inaugural issue of Exotica Moderne will be at The Tonga Hut in LA on Saturday, August 18th. As a contributor, I'll be one of the guests in attendance. Apparently, for this event there will also be an exclusive mai tai glass as well.

Here is a copy/paste from The House of Tabu's Instagram post for the event as well as describing the magazine:



Launch into the Moderne era! Exotica Moderne - the magazine designed for the future - will be debuting in August at the Lowbrow Aloha! Artists Show at Hala Kahiki in River Grove, Illinois on August 5th and at LA’s oldest tiki bar, the Tonga Hut on August 18th! We’ll be at both events and if you’re in the LA area, meet cover artist Tom "Thor" Thordarson, Contributors Nicholas Diak and Joe Rocco, plus publisher Ken Holewczynski from House of Tabu.
Also exclusive to the party at Tonga Hut, will be the custom Tonga Hut & Exotica Moderne Mai Tai glass. Pick one up and have it filled with a delicious new concoction created just for the event!
Exotica Moderne is a quarterly publication showcasing the new tiki and lowbrow art and artists, exotic cocktails, kustom kulture, music and more. Focusing on where these genres have been and where they are heading, Exotica Moderne features emerging artists as well as those spearheading these movements. Where all of these subcultures meet and intersect, Exotica Moderne covers next wave of tiki and lowbrow art.
Regular Features:Tiki with Ray, Cocktail Hour, Moving in Stereo, Private Oasis, Cocktail HourSpecial Features:Artist profiles, commentary, pinups and more!Single Issue Sales - Subscriptions are currently not offered.