Nerd For A Living
Nerd For A Living explores the lives and careers of people working in pop-culture and genre entertainment industries, like Comics, Video Games, Animation, Publishing, Film, and Television. The bi-weekly episodes feature interviews with working professionals in nerdy career fields, plus N4AL speaker panels recorded live at major comic conventions across the US. Hosted by Adron Buske, with co-host Wendy Buske.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2020
Janet Lee, Artist & Comic Creator - Return of the Dapper Men; Pride & Prejudice
N4AL's Wendy Buske talks with artist Janet Lee about the Kickstarter campaign for her new adaption of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. They also discuss her Eisner-award winning book Return of the …
00:13:54 |
Mon 04 May 2015
Karen Hallion, Illustrator and T-Shirt/Apparel Designer
We talk with popular illustrator and t-shirt designer Karen Hallion about her career as an artist, the transition from her previous jobs as a school teacher and waitress, and how she has employed her…
01:00:12 |
Tue 24 Mar 2015
Zach Lipovsky - Director, Dead Rising: Watchtower
We talk with Zach Lipovsky, director of Dead Rising: Watchtower, an adaption of the popular Dead Rising Capcom video game franchise. The film, produced by Legendary Pictures, will be released exclusi…
00:22:22 |
Thu 19 Mar 2015
Mark Kolpack, VFX Supervisor, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
We talk with Mark Kolpack, the visual effects supervisor for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC. Mark shares the day-to-day process of working on SHIELD and the career path that led him from film…
01:36:35 |
Tue 24 Feb 2015
Kevin Mellon, Storyboard Artist for Archer, and Comic Book Writer/Illustrator
Kevin Mellon is a storyboard artist for Floyd County Productions, where he works on the hilarious animated spy comedy ARCHER, currently in its sixth season on FX. A graduate of the Kubert School, Ke…
01:03:18 |
Wed 11 Feb 2015
Sarah Marino, Animation Artist - Nickelodeon; Book of Life
Sarah Marino is a character designer and background painter at Nickelodeon Animation Studios, working on the upcoming cartoon series SHIMMER AND SHINE. She was previously at animation studio Reel FX,…
01:10:53 |
Tue 27 Jan 2015
Mary Doodles, Artist and YouTube Star
Episode 31: Wendy and Adron have a delightful discussion with artist and YouTube breakout star Mary Doodles. You may have seen Mary’s gorgeous, hypnotic, and often hilarious time-lapse paintings and …
01:09:43 |
Fri 12 Dec 2014
Josh Blaylock, Founder and Publisher at Devil's Due Entertainment
Episode 30: We talk with serial entrepreneur, writer and comics artist Josh Blaylock, founder and publisher of Devil’s Due Entertainment. Devil’s Due currently publishes a number of creator-owned com…
00:59:03 |
Fri 05 Dec 2014
Kristin M. Burke, Costume Designer, Sleepy Hollow
N4AL's Wendy and Adron talk with professional costume designer and author Kristin M. Burke! Kristin just finished a two season run on the immensely popular Fox television series Sleepy Hollow. And th…
00:47:59 |
Tue 18 Nov 2014
Cullen Bunn, writer of The Sixth Gun, Magneto, Helheim, and Deadpool
Wendy and Adron talk with New York Times bestselling comic creator Cullen Bunn, writer of The Sixth Gun, Deadpool, The Damned, Magneto, Helheim, Lobo, and many, many more. He also wrote the middle re…
00:52:56 |
Tue 04 Nov 2014
'How to be a Nerd for a Living' panel from GeekGirlCon 2014
Recorded live at GeekGirlCon 2014, our How to be a Nerd for a Living panel features guest speakers Susan Eisenburg (voice of Wonder Woman, Justice League Unlimited); Jaimie Cordero (CEO, Espionage Co…
00:47:21 |
Mon 27 Oct 2014
The Business of Self Promotion panel from GeekGirlCon 2014
This episode captures one of our N4AL panels from GeekGirlCon 2014, The Business of Self Promotion: Marketing Your Art or Small Business Online. Nerd for a Living’s marketing director Wendy Buske hos…
00:48:25 |
Wed 22 Oct 2014
Susan Eisenberg, the voice of Wonder Woman
We talked with voice actress Susan Eisenberg at GeekGirlCon 2014. Susan is best known as the voice of Wonder Woman from the DC animated universe's Justice League cartoon, video games and direct to DV…
00:13:51 |
Fri 17 Oct 2014
Drinking Quest Creator Jason Anarchy
N4AL talks with Jason Anarchy, the creator of the tabletop RPG card game "Drinking Quest". We discuss how he created this very popular, social game experience, designed to merge D&D-esque questing wi…
00:47:52 |
Tue 07 Oct 2014
Tony Hale and the Co-Creators of Archibald's Next Big Thing
We talk with the co-creators of the new illustrated children's book, "Archibald's Next Big Thing" - including co-writer Tony Hale (Emmy-Award winning actor for his role on HBO's "Veep", and Buster Bl…
00:21:10 |
Tue 30 Sep 2014
Espionage Cosmetics
We talk with Jaimie Cordero, Chad Downing, and Christal Summer from innovative, woman-owned Espionage Cosmetics. Espionage creates make-up, nail wraps and more products aimed at the underserved femal…
01:04:11 |
Tue 16 Sep 2014
Lee Joyner, Cinema Makeup School Director of Admissions
This episode, N4AL’s Wendy and Adron talk with Lee Joyner, sculptor and special effects make-up artist, and director of admissions for Cinema Makeup School in Los Angeles. Cinema Makeup School is ded…
01:29:51 |
Wed 03 Sep 2014
Robin Linn, artist manager for The Third Floor Previsualization Studio
N4AL's Adron Buske talks with Robin Linn of The Third Floor, a previsualization studio that creates animatic storyboards for Hollywood film and commercial productions. Previs helps directors and prod…
01:21:26 |
Thu 28 Aug 2014
Scott Allie, editor-in-chief of Dark Horse Comics
N4AL talks with Dark Horse Comics editor-in-chief Scott Allie. Scott has been an editor on some of Dark Horse’s most popular books, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, Hellboy, B.P.R.D., St…
00:22:35 |
Tue 19 Aug 2014
How to be a Nerd for a Living - Panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2014
From a packed room at San Diego Comic-Con 2014, we present the How to be a Nerd for a Living panel with guest speakers Lee Joyner (director of admissions, Cinema Makeup School); Tom Kurzanski (art di…
00:54:38 |
Mon 11 Aug 2014
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