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Indie Comic Interview: Ken Eppstein

I’ve been floored by the response to my “Indie” comic artist interviews. Thanks for sharing your stories with me. Let’s keep promoting Indie Artists work! So, next up is Ken Eppstein. He is a writer, artist and owns Nix Comics right here in Columbus, Ohio. While Ken and I have been unsuccessful in trying to get [...]

3 Gates of the Dead ARC Signed Giveaway and FULL COVER!!!!

Hey Everyone, Below, you can see the FULL and FINAL “wrap around cover” for my novel, 3 Gates of the Dead. Isn’t it cool? Yeah, I like it. AND, my publisher, PDP, is running a contest for a free SIGNED ARC give away! Yep, you heard it right. You can win an advanced copy of [...]

Indie Comic Artist Interview: Katherine Wirick

I’m writing this from New Orleans, the land of dreams and nightmares. I’m going to be posting about my time here later in the week. In the meantime, allow me to introduce you to an amazing artist and writer, Katherine Wirick. A few weeks ago, I attended S.P.A.C.E. con, an Indie Comic-Con convention. Katherine’s work [...]

The Redemptive Spider-Man

(Major Spoiler Warnings. If you haven’t been keeping up with Amazing Spider-Man/Superior Spider-Man, and plan to do so, you shouldn’t read this). Today, Marvel released “Superior Spider-Man” Issue 9 and capped a hugely important story line with this issue. For those of you who don’t follow Spider-Man, the comic world was rocked with the news [...]

Indie Comic Interview: Jacob Warrenfeltz

As readers of Geek Goes Rogue know, I went to  S.P.A.C.E. Indie Comic Con in Columbus, Ohio a few weeks ago. I had the chance to meet some fantastic artists and I want to introduce them to you. Jacob and I  had a great conversation about his just released comic, Villains Galore. The comic is based on [...]

Storytelling is Serious Business

  This morning, my work required a small trip to meet with one of my staff. I turned on the local sports talk radio which was broadcasting the Colin Cowherd show. Colin is a bit of a jerk. Okay, not kinda, he is one. He makes fun of losers, hates “fly over country,” and basically [...]

The Dragon Slayer

Here at Geek Goes Rogue, we love the Saints. These folks are like real, live comic book characters come to life. So, every week, we are going to feature these awesome, wacky, beautiful and faithful people of God. Today’s saint?                   St. George From the Catholic Encyclopedia: [...]

Summer Movie Season…Whew….

    It’s been a pretty horrible week. The Boston Horror ended after a week long manhunt for the bombers. On top of all this, I heard politicians calling for more security, more cameras and more restraints on civil liberties. This makes me cold. Very cold. Many arty movie critics make sneering comments about Summer [...]

When bad things happen….heroes will rise…..by love….

I’ll say it straight out. The past six months have been skubulos from all angles. I don’t get any of it. I don’t know why God allows bad things and I don’t know why people do horrible things. The horrors of the past year make us gape in astonished fear. Sandy Hook broke me in [...]

The Indie Comic Adventure

For a time, I resisted calling myself a writer. The simple reason for this is I felt writer is closely connected with artist. I didn’t feel like I was an artist. Artists seemed to lack any joy in their work. Even more strange, they almost felt insulted if people LIKED their work or somehow identified [...]