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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 11 2025 - Comic Book Collecting Involves a Lot of Clerical Work
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 11 2025 - Comic Book Collecting Involves a Lot of Clerical Work Download audio On this show, I play a song from Adrianne Lenker; I discuss losing weight rapidly; I talk about Heroescon 2025; I bought more original art at this show than ever before; I...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for June 20 2025 - Driving Home Moist
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for June 20 2025 - Driving Home Moist Download audio On this show, I play a song from The Deadly Gallows; the college world series has a weird structure; go CCU; I am changing my Heroescon strategy slightly; I am using my comic book inventory database...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 12, 2024 - I Wished Nothing But Ill For Him
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 12, 2024 - I Wished Nothing But Ill For Him Download audio On this show, I play a song from The New Marines; grampa's house is under contract; the family went to Carowinds and we went to Heroescon; my con strategy was different this time; less...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for June 14 2024 - Swift Immediate Poetic Justice
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for June 14 2024 - Swift Immediate Poetic Justice Download audio On this show, I play a song from Agitprop; middle school is finished; I could skate through K-12 and I could not skate through Georgia Tech; I never signed the kid in late for middle school;...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 3 2024 - Turducken
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 3 2024 - Turducken Download audio I play a song by Brown Sabbath; one more grampa story; I enjoy Cartoonist Kayfabe as a program but they are just missing making themselves an essential resource; I made sure to get a HeroesCon VIP membership...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 14 2023 - Your Job Doesn't Love You
In this episode, I play a song by Doctor Israel; I am having a surprisingly good summer; shooting off fireworks was so much fun; our stupid inflatable pool is actually kind of great; not playing all-star softball changes your summer; the older big names in comic books can charge quite a lot for...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles for August 30, 2017 - DDOP 30: Charlotte NC
In this episode, I talk about my times in Charlotte NC (which are mostly Heroescon.) Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, August 30 2017 Links mentioned in this episode: Support this show on Patreon Heroescon Mike Fisher Auphonic podcast production tool is...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for June 11 2017 - Heroescon Preview with Derek Coward
In this episode, Derek Coward and I do a preview of this year's HeroesCon with lots of anecdotes and opinions of comic book creators. Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, June 11 2017 Links mentioned in this episode: Support this show on...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for June 26 2016 - Healing the Dysfunctions
In this episode, I play a song from Yes You Are; I tell the story of work travel, personal travel, a trip to a wedding and seeing family for the first time in 40 year; I talk about explicitly trying to heal the dysfunctions of the past and being emotionally raw and how to work with that. Here is...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 19 2015 - Around the Podiosphere
In this episode, I talk a bit about the real world hitches that keep delaying the show; I talk about some podcast listening I have enjoyed including Gregg Schigiel interviewing Jackie Kashian; Eddie Peppitone; Brian Quinn and Sal Vulcano; I talk about a local con that is losing me; I bring up...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 4, 2013 - "DDOP Day 5: Collecting Comics"
Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, August 4, 2014. In this episode, I talk about another thing I enjoy: collecting comic books. I discuss why even the tedious parts I find enjoyable and why it's the perfect hobby for me. You can subscribe to this podcast feed...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 13, 2013 - "My Life In Fandom #28"
Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, September 13, 2013. In this episode, I finish up the fandom series by covering the years 2000 to present; after that I discuss a few quotes I found funny from recent podcast listening. You can subscribe to this podcast feed via...
read articleSpecial Correspondent for Technorama
I'm still barely dribbling out the con reports from my trip to Balticon and in that time since I've been writing them, I've been to a whole other con, Heroescon in Charlotte last weekend. I had a lot of fun there, did comic shopping and autograph hunting and all the things a fanboy does at a good...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 26, 2009 - "The Alan Bean of Podcasting"
Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for July 26, 2009. I play a song by Wolf Parade; I play a sponsorship announcement from Bob's Institute of Time Control; I talk about vacationing in the North Carolina mountains and trying to refocus on what is important; about enthusiasm for and...
read articleMore Heroes Con Wrapups
More Heroes Con wrapups come in. I'm glad I got to meet and hang out with Derek Coward. I was a little surprised that the show was not as explicitly social as many such gatherings. Had I known that you could get in with only a wrist band like a record show, I'd have brought my own name badge. I...
read articleHeroes Con Wrapup
Here are some Heroes Con wrapups by people I hung out with: one from Andre and one from Derek. I've attended before but the last time was in 1991, so it's almost like a brand new con to me. A few quick observations from my side: In a lot of ways, it seemed less like a convention and more like a...
read articleAt Heroes Convention
I'm here in Charlotte a few blocks from the convention center. I'm looking forward to attending Heroes Convention tomorrow. They just had a piece on the con on the 11 PM local news that makes me even more anxious to get there. I brought my full want list of comics I'm looking for, a few issues of...
read articleA Heroes Con Publicity Offer to All
I'm going to attend Heroes Con in Charlotte in 2 weeks. I'm willing to make this offer to any podcaster or anyone with stuff to promote. Send me your flyers, stickers, postcards or whatever promotional material you have. I'll take it to the convention and put it on the freebies table there. If there...
read articleAround the Podosphere
Here's a few things that have struck me as interesting from my recent listening. I'm a fan of Harry Shearer's Le Show and the July 20th episode featured a lot of talk with John M. Barry, a writer and expert on New Orleanian issues. I liked how Mr. Barry debunked the whole ridiculous "why...
read articleConvention Season
I'm thinking a lot about conventions lately. This is the first year where not only am I not going to Podcast Expo but I never for a second even considered going. I was scheduled to speak last year but when it came down not only was my day job so crushing at the time but it had been for months and I...
read articleRecordings and SF Conventions
Tom Spurgeon points out that the panels he moderated at Heroes Con were recorded for posterity by the Dollar Bin guys. I've been listening to these and really appreciate them since I wanted to go to the convention this year and couldn't. This brings up a point I've been meaning to blog about for...
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