THE WRITERS BLOCK w/ David Avallone and Rylend Grant
A weekly post-con-style roundtable romp with some of the most outspoken (yet still employed) creators in comics. Show biz war stories. State of the comic union. Furious debates over ‘80s televisions shows. Great lobster bisque recipes. Something for everybody.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Episodes
- 130
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 67: Shelly Bond
David and Rylend chat with Hall of Fame editor Shelly Bond about her past at Vertigo and Black Crown and her present running revolutionary Kickstarter campaigns and teaching classes to inspire the ne…
Wed 25 May 2022
Episode 66: Don Walker
David and Rylend do a process deep dive with comic creator Don Walker (AGENT WILD and REAPER CORPS)… and then they get matching, wildly-inappropriate tattoos to celebrate the podcast’s Communicator A…
Wed 18 May 2022
Episode 65: Soulstream’s Saida Woolf
David and Rylend sit down with 18-year-old wunderkind Saida Woolf, who started writing and drawing Scout Comics’ SOULSTREAM when she was just 15. Many Doogie Howser jokes are made and Rylend and Davi…
Wed 11 May 2022
Episode 64: First Book Stories with Adam Rose
David and Rylend sit down with Adam Rose to talk the ins and outs of releasing his first book in comic shops (COROLLARY from Source Point Press)… and Rylend presents David with an exciting new busine…
Wed 04 May 2022
Episode 63: Jess Silvetti and Ethan Kogan
David and Rylend sit down with accomplished filmmakers Jess Silvetti and Ethan Kogan to talk about their first foray into comics, SHOCKHEADED PETER (available now via Kickstarter)… and Ethan and Ryle…
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Episode 62: Christie Shinn and Don Nguyen
A catch up session with old friends Christie Shinn (DEMON BITCH) and Don Nguyen (PABLO THE GORILLA) morphs slowly-but-surely into a very serious, poignant, and often quite hilarious chat about repres…
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Episode 61: Karate’s Bad Boy Sean Kanan
David and Rylend talk with Emmy-winning writer/producer (STUDIO CITY) Sean Kanan about his journey from actor to best-selling author. Rylend gleefully turns the last 15 minutes of the broadcast into …
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Episode 60: Skylar Patridge and Rich Douek
David and Rylend talk with Wonder Woman: Trial of the Amazons artist Skylar Patridge and Superman/Wastelanders: Star-Lord writer Rich Douek about making the jump from indie books to Marvel/DC... and …
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Episode 59: David Booher
Avallone and Rylend talk with writer David Booher (CANTO, KILLER QUEENS) about the gut wrenching leap of faith that is quitting your day job and committing to full time creative work. They also touch…
Wed 02 Mar 2022
Episode 58: Jason Inman
David and Rylend talk with writer/podcaster Jason Inman about small screen Walking Dead, big screen Batman, and the unequivocal wonder that is AC/DC. Oh, yeah… and we also touch on Jason’s comic book…
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Episode 57: PROJECT MK-ULTRA
David and Rylend talk with cartoonist Stewart Kenneth Moore and writers Brandon Beckner and Scott Sampila about their Clover Press comic book PROJECT MK-ULTRA: SEX, DRUGS and THE CIA… and Avallone fi…
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Episode 56: Charlie Stickney and Gene Ching
David and Rylend talk with writer Charlie Stickney (WHITE ASH) and action choreographer/KungFuMagazine.com publisher Gene Ching about their collaboration on the Immortal Studios Wuxia comic book epic…
Wed 09 Feb 2022
Episode 55: Amanda Deibert, Barbra Dillon, and Richard Fairgray
Back from holiday hiatus with a vengeance, David and Rylend talk with writer Amanda Deibert (Wonder Woman, He-Man), cartoonist Richard Fairgray (BLACK SAND BEACH), and Fanbase Press Honcho Barbra Dil…
Wed 02 Feb 2022
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Sat 29 Jan 2022
Episode 54: Just Us
With a holiday hiatus looming, David and Rylend interview each other, chewing mightily on the influence properties like various Star Treks, Magnum P.I., James Bond, and Jack Reacher have had on their…
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Episode 53: Shaenon K. Garrity and Andrew Farago
This week, David and Rylend chat with Shaenon K. Garrity and Andrew Farago from the Cartoon Art Museum in San Fransisco about the Gallery’s current happenings and its mission is to ignite imagination…
Wed 10 Nov 2021
Episode 52: Madeleine Holly-Rosing and Tilly and Susan Bridges
This week, David and Rylend get an audio drama how-to courtesy of Tilly and Susan Bridges (Pendant Productions) and Madeleine Holly-Rosing (Boston Metaphysical Society), the group discusses the advan…
Wed 03 Nov 2021
Episode 51: Anthony Pollock and Gary Edwards
This week, David and Rylend chat with Anthony Pollock (EIC at Soda and Telepaths) and Gary Edwards (Editor at Gestalt Comics) about their soon-to-be-kickstarted comic anthology PRODUCING THE END OF T…
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Episode 50: Christie Shinn and Don Nguyen
This week, David and Rylend chat with Christie Shinn (DEMON BITCH) and Don Nguyen (PABLO THE GORILLA) about writing from the artist’s perspective… and the writer/artist’s perspective… also, David tel…
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Episode 49: Marielle Bouleau and Simon Birks
This week, David and Rylend talk with Marielle Bouleau and Simon Birks from Blue Fox Comics (THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS and THE SHADOWS OVER INNSMOUTH) about building a publishing powerhouse on Kicksta…
Wed 13 Oct 2021
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