A conversation with creatives about and around Comics, Coffee, and Heavy Metal music. Hosted by Don Cardenas.
Greetings! This week I am joined by Metal Producer and YouTuber BOBBY TORRES of FRIGHTBOX RECORDING! We have a great talk about anticipating the new Batman '89 comic, METALLICA, keeping things simple…
Hello! This week I have Artist and Teacher KATE SHERRON (CHAINED TO THE GRAVE, INVADER ZIM, MY LITTLE PONY) for a fun chat about working for licensed books, drawing horror comics, some manga talk, an…
This week I am joined by the duo of MATT KNOWLES and STEPH CANNON of INSYMMETRY CREATIONS (Heirs of Isildur, Tales from Nocturnia)! They have a rad Kickstarter that is ending soon and we have a fun c…
Greetings! This week we have the artistic fine detail master, JONATHAN LAMANTIA (HEAVY METAL, THE THING ARTBOOK), we have a big big chat covering a ton of stuff from Barry Windsor Smiths WEAPON X, na…
Huzzah! This we I am talking to the amazing artist JOE HUNTER (RADICAL GUARDIAN SKATER X, BEAST HEART! STRIKERS), we have a fun chat about Synthpop, first comics, inspirations, digital art, NICKELODE…
MEXICANS.
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SWORDS.
This week I chat up the mind behind the awesome Kickstarter THE TWIN BLADES, Jarred Luján! (DRYFOOT) We talk up the band THE GHOST INSIDE, surviving winter in Texas, the inspi…
This week I have an extended talk with writer, TRES DEAN (GQ, SYFY, DODGER, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: DWAYNE “THE ROCK” JOHNSON, ALL TIME LOW: YOUNG RENEGADES )! We discuss a ton of metal ( The Richmon…
This week I have a great big chat with my collaborator and writer, PHILLIP BUTEHORN (The Death and Rise of The Water Jar Boy, Dinner with Blobby, Jenny, Bart the Goat's Journey to the Upstate Farm, a…
About time! This week I have a woefully delayed chat with artist/writer, STEVE BRYANT (ATHENA VOLTAIRE, GHOUL SCOUTS, THE CATCH)! We discuss looking back at the comics of our youth that are now consi…
Huzzah! This week I have a long overdue chat with my longtime buds, JON WESTHOFF and BOBGAR ORNELAS (KING BONE PRESS, BANDTHOLOGY, BULLETPROOF CHICKEN, B-ONE, HELLBILLIES, WORLD'S STRONGEST MAILMAN, …
Happy New Year! Let's kick this off with some positivity as I discuss my favorite album and comic of 2020! Then we keep the good vibes going with a great chat with writer MARIO CANDELARIA (Tales from…
Greetings! Squeaking in at the end of the year is a fun chat I got to have with my lovely wife, MELODY CARDENAS, about the legendary 1990 film, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! This is a pretty casual, …
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It's been far too long since I took a deep dive and there is none better to do so with than the legend, RONNIE JAMES DIO and his work with BLACK SABBATH! Not only do I go into his 3 officia…
Greetings! This week I have ROOTLESS COFFEE company CCO, Comic Writer (The Inevitables, Maybe Someday, and more) and Musician (The Swellers, Baggage), JONO DIENER! Jono has some great stories about t…
This week I am speaking with writer SHAWN PRYOR (Cash and Carrie, Ignition, The Fire Within). Shawn and I have a great discussion about his (as of recording) current Kickstarter for his Racing/Action…
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! In celebration of the spookiest day of the year I am talking with Comic Writer and Halloween Aficionado DAVE SCHEIDT (TROLLS, SPOOKY SLEEPOVER, WRAPPED UP, AW YEAH COMICS). We have a…