Hypothetical Island Podcast

You thought spooky season was over, but that was before Reilly and George welcomed Shannon Eric Denton to the Hypothetical Island podcast to talk about his new horror-host-themed jam comic gHosts, crowdfunding now! On the way, the fellas talk Australopithicuses, the Beetlejuice rules of the afterlife, Lego, Extreme Studios in the 90s, and much more. Check out more about gHosts here:https://zoop.gg/c/ghosts

Step into another dimension on this episode of the Hypothetical Island as Reilly and George welcome writer/penciller/inker/painter/musician/teacher Nelson Faro DeCastro to the podcast to talk about his amazing new multimedia project Megadroid!Along the way they also discuss whether flippers make for appropriate foot fetish-wear, the state of art education, heavy metal as the musical equivalent of comics, and what it's like to receive a phone call from the Ultimate Warrior.  Back Megadroid now at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nelsonfaro-megadroid/megadroid-activate-comic-and-11-track-heavy-metal-record

On this episode of the Hypothetical Island, Riproarin' Reilly  and Jovial George are joined by Fearless Fred Kennedy, radio personality, writer of Dead Romans, and the creative force behind the radio drama Mud 79 . Along the way they talk about the funk of  comic-con bathrooms,  Asterix the Gaul, seeing Marilyn Monroe naked,  the fan-comic Green Leader, the benefits of a two-inch inseam, why the Star Wars holiday special is the truest depiction of the Galactic Empire, and discussing menstruation with your mother. 

It's an appropriate start to the Witching Season as Reilly and George are joined by artist Richard Pace to talk about his new collection of spicy witch drawings Coven (crowdfunding now!) with conversational detours into outrageous French accents,  clothing etiquette in the Land of Oz, how long can the New Warriors be considered New anyway, and much much more. 

On this episode of the Hypothetical Island Podcast, Reilly and George are joined by cartoonist Nick Marinkovich for a wide-ranging discussion on Dead Romans, digital art, the price of immortality, patron gods, bike thieves and just what the hell is mayonnaise anyway?

This week Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by writing superstar Kelly Sue DeConnick to chat about her epic Wonder Woman Historia series, as well as reality TV, the advantages of being a Gorgon,  parenting parents, comics as a meal,  the Great Goddess Hera, and who is the most annoying superhero team. 

Cartoonist Scott Koblish returns to the Hypothetical Island! First, we bust the format for the first ever episode of Hawk Tawk-- all Hawkman, all the time! Then  Scott, Reilly and George have a wide-ranging discussion about what constitutes a hobo, how best to rule through fear, bad odor etiquette,  why you should never, every challenge Scott in a amount-of-characters-on-a-cover-contest, and what it was like to work with Stan The Man Lee. 

This episode Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by cartoonist Zander Cannon for a wide-ranging talk on the chores of a sea god, racist yetis, how 500 feet tall isn't that big, what it's like working with Alan Moore, and the art of page layouts.

Super-Sized Episode! Reilly and George are joined by writer Van Jensen, who is here to talk about Arca, his upcoming sci-fi graphic novel with artist Jesse Lonergan, as well as his currently-crowd-funding anthology celebrating the bizarre Golden Age comics character Stardust the Super-Wizard. But the real meat of this episode comes when Reilly loses his freaking mind and asks all three of us to name their favorite comic from each decade of the last hundred years. It actually ends up being kinda fascinating.

Strap in for a new episode of the Hypothetical Island Podcast when Reilly and George are visited by comics penciller superstar Brett Booth for a wide-ranging talk about dinosaurs, drag-racing Jim Lee,  which superhero they'd want to have to punch, and so much more.

This week on the Hypothetical Island Reilly and George are joined by cartoonist superstar Gene Ha for a wide ranging discussion on the many roles of Gene Hackman, how convincing an Amazon they might make, the general awesomeness of Zander Cannon, over-complicated superhero costumes, and what it was like to collaborate with some guy named Alan Moore.

It's cops vs mobsters as cartoonist Jason Copland joins Reilly and George on the Hypothetical Island this week. Listen in as he talks about his new 300 + page graphic novel Full Tilt, five long years in the making, Special bonus-- the first 15 minutes or so of this episode are delivered by George in his super-authentic Italian accent. Not to be missed!

Thsi week Reilly and George are joined by our first three time offender, Khary Randolph! Our first ever guest , our latest guest, Khary has recently moved to Austria and brings his enlightened European sensibilities to a spirited discussions of proper cafe bathroom etiquette, flying with cats, the song he wants to drown to, Batman vs T'Challa, and how Cypher from the Matrix was right. 

In last week's flashback episode you heard him talk about his incredible work on the then-upcoming Wonder Woman: Historia-- well, now artist-extraordinaire Phil Jimenez makes his long awaited return to the Hypothetical Island for an all-new and  wide-ranging talk on how that book was received and what's coming next for him, with stops along the way for explorations of psychiatry, frozen Dijorno pizzas, finding joy around you, Hera the queen of the Gods, and which comics characters should never, ever wear high heels. 

Not a hoax! Not a dream! One of our all time favorite guests we ever had on the ol' Hypothetical Island was the amazing Phil Jimenez. Next week we have a BRAND NEW episode featuring this uber-talented artist and writer, but we referenced his original appearance so much we felt it was wise to trick, uh, offer you all an opportunity to hear it again.  And if you didn't hear it the first time, well, it's new to you now! And come back next week for the all new part 2

Previous guest (and frequent collaborator with our own Outrageous Reilly Brown) Fabian Nicieza returns to the Hypothetical Island to talk about a wide range of topics, including his two novels Suburban Dicks and The Self-Made Widow, as well as human centipedes, internal dialogues, the comics that got him into comics, and Hollywood.

This week Reilly and George celebrate their momentous 100th all-new episode with the biggest guest they could find-- Reilly's son, Will! Will's not just your average  7 year old kid, though: he's the creator and writer of Thunder Guardian, the new superhero strip Reilly is illustrating as part of the A Kid and A Comic newspaper! Read more about it out here: https://akidandacomic.com/.  

Rub a dub dub, it's time for Jim Zub! Reilly and George welcome the prolific writer to the Hypothetic Isle for a wide-ranging talk on all things Conan, good dental care, inhabitants of the forest moon of Endor and the correct way to pronounce "Cimmerian".

Reilly and George are joined this week on the Hypothetical Island by cartoonist Chris Burnham, artist of DC comics new Unstoppable Doom Patrol series, for a discussion of who you'd rather be: a brain in a robot body, a radioactive burn victim, or a sentient blob of protoplasm. Man, it sucks being a member of the Doom Patrol.

This week Reilly and George welcome writer/editor/letterer/inker/instructor Erica Schultz to the hypothetical island for a delightful talk about wishes, the power of control Z, carbuncles, how awful the past must have smelled, ATM robberies and oh, so much about Wolverine.  Most importantly, they talk about Cristabel, the graphic novel that Erica is crowdfunding right now with artist Amagoia Agirre, which is a continuation of Samuel Coleridge's famously unfinished epic poem.  Comics as art!

Coming to you recorded, from Vienna, Austria, this week Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by cartoonist Mahmud Asrar! They talk teenaged sidekicks, murderous birds, early comics influences and a LOT of Conan the Barbarian. It's more fun than you can shake a Cimmerian broadsword at.

Reilly and George are joined this week on the Hypothetical Island once more by writer Fred Van Lente, for a talk on sleepiness, zombie apocalypses, being tired, baseball, exhaustion, philosophy and never sleeping. Speaking of, Fred talks about his new novel, Never Sleep, releasing soon, which tells the amazing true story of the world's first female private investigators and how they prevented the assassination of Abraham Lincoln!--well, not the Ford Theatre time, another attempt. 

This week Reilly and George welcome writer Dave Scheidt, co-creator of the Mayor Good Boy graphic novels,  to the Hypothetical Island for a discussion of pizza, Sasquatches,  the role of luck in breaking into comics,  various doomed little people in the Star Wars universe,  and the merits of dogs holding public office.  

Thsi week on the Hypothetical Island Reilly and George are joined once more by Leeanne Krecic, super-popular creator of the super-popular web comic Let's Play to talk her new, crowd-funding-as-I-type-this virtual dating game, Everdate! Half choose-your-own adventure, Half Collectible Card Game,  it captures all the fun, stress and horror of real life dating! Also, Leeane and the boys talk the usual silly hypothetical island stuff, like punching fish and whatnot. Listen now!

Reilly and George welcome cartoonist, playwright and noted-shirt-taker-offer Dean Haspiel back to the Hypothetical Island for a discussion on ghosts, reincarnation, carbuncles, Jack Kirby,  Chinese food, Vince Coletta vs Kevin Nowlan, and what to say to famous recluses. Dean also talks about his newest project, Covid Cop (kickstarting now!) and there's a special guest appearance by cartoonist Russ (Amazing Arizona Comics) Kazmierczak. 

Not a dream! Not a hoax! Reilly and George are once again visited on the ol' Hypothetical Island by Mr. Anthony Marques. Most of us have one job, maybe two but Anthony is a comics artist, writer, instructor, president of the Kubert School, proprietor of Dewey's Comic City, and knows 6 ways to kill a man with his bear hands. And no, I didn't misspell 'bare'-- the dude literally has bear claws for hands. That's worth a listen, right?

This week Reilly and George are joined by writer and editor Cam Kerkau , creator of the comic Gilgamesh:Eternal  with artist Kostas Pantoulas . Cam visits the ol' Hypothetical Island for a discussion of  secret plans for thriving after being thrown back in time to ancient Mesopotamia,  inner monologues,  the nature of immortality,  adapting myth to comics form, and the benefits of living in a Cher'd universe. 

Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island this week by cartoonist and sci-fi artist Kraig Rasmussen. They talk the joys of self-publishing, whether bonobos have hair,  their preferred undergarments, and why AI art blows. Kraig is in the final stages of the Zoop campaign for his two volume short story collection Odds and Ends; go support it!

This week's guest on the hypothetical Island is Paul Allor, talented writer of G.I. Joe, TMNT and the currently crowdfunding Pink Midnight Presents: The Butterfly House. Listen as they join Reilly and George and talk about writing wordless comics, whether male kangaroos have pouches, their favorite turtles,  Manhattan real estate and Paul confesses to being a furry. 

Season 3! There have been so many guests! So many hypotheticals! Reilly and George get back to basics with a hosts only show that indulges their geeky sides. Listen in rapt attention as they ask each other the questions that really matter. 

This week on the Hypothetical Island Reilly and George welcome  guest B Clay Moore for a wide-ranging discussion  of clay,  claymore mines, clay bricks, claymore swords, clay golems, Clay Moore the guy who apparently played the Lone Ranger, the early  Image comics scene, and more clay. Also they talk about B Clay Moore and Tony Harris's The Whistling Skull, crowdfunding soon from Zoop!

This week on the Hypothetical Island Reilly and George are joined by the great Steven E Gordon. Steven has had an amazing career in animation, staring while in high school working on Ralph Bakshi's animated Lord of the Rings, and most famously serving as lead character designer for the great X-Men: Evolution cartoon.  Listen in as they talk delicious, delicious crab meat, annoying teenaged clones, roto-photoing, extreme Darwinism, Parisian werewolves, and settle once and for all whether Estelle Getty was actually the youngest Golden Girl.

More George O'Connors than you can shake a stick at! Your hosts Reilly Brown and George O'Connor are joined this week on the Hypothetical Island with... George O'Connor! But a different one!Listen as they discuss cat hygeine,  how many zombie toddlers Reilly could kick into oblivion, their wishes for a Battle Armor Teela action figure, living next door to Satan, the perils of having a common name, and, in surprising depth, that one frame of The Rescuers that had a naked lady in it.

It's two, count 'em, two guests on the Hypothetical Island today! Chris Miskiewicz and Vincent Kings, the creative team behind This is Where We Fall, join Reilly and George for a festive talk on Hugh Jackman, elf Colonialism,  psychotropic substances, the Grateful Dead, reincarnation, La Maison des Auteurs, how to break into comics, and much, much more.

This week on the Hypothetical Island Reilly and George are joined by cartoonist and author Katie Cook, for a discussion about reverse centaurs, attitudes toward public nudity, a comparison of the fandoms of Star Wars and My Little Pony, and just what exactly editors do.

Reilly and George are joined this week on the Hypothetical Island this week by cartoonist Matt Lesniewski for a wide-ranging discussion about whether it's better to be a human or a robot, how many half-sized people they could beat up, getting into the zone as a cartoonist, and most importantly,  Matt's new comic Faceless and the Family. It just launched yesterday on Zoop and is already fully funded-go check out the amazing artwork of this visionary artist!

This week Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by Douglas Einar Olsen, animation director for Rick and Morty, Major Lazer,  Axe Cop and more. Listen in rapt attention as they discuss breaking into animation, being a German performance artist, why Superman is a dick, ugly Sonic and what they know about the death of Cesar Romero. 

Waaaay back in episode 22, Reilly and George played host to talented comics creator Tim Seeley on the Hypothetical Island. However, Tim was distracted by his own beauty and the hypothetical island scenario never finished-- until now! Tune in to hear about the most insane multiversal battle since  Into the Spider-verse, with conversations about teaching, grabbing the youth market, and multiple references to pants-crapping. 

This week's guest on the Hypothetical Island is the super-talented artist Ken Lashley, who joins Reilly and George for a talk about breaking into comics during the Age of Apocalypse, what is the best vampire movie, ways to cultivate an audience, whether Gunther from Friends was a villain, and how coaching high school football lead to his discovering  the ideal work/life balance.

Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island this week by comics artist and watercolorist Tony Moy. They talk about food ghosts, the advantages of complete invisibility, which dead person they'd most want to talk to, and most importantly Tony shares some truly amazing stories of the 442 infantry battalion, the basis for his ongoing Webtoons comic 4Forty2nd. 

 This week Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by cartoonist Bobby Timony, for a talk about mirror twins, super pets, whether it's less wasteful to eat your murder victims, and the other George O'Connor in comics. 

Comics and storyboard artist Gabriel Hardman is this week's guest on the Hypothetical Island.  Listen as he joins Reilly and George for a wide-ranging discussion  on the pros and cons of spontaneous full-body rigidity,  breaking into comics at 18 under an assumed identity, noses and why Marvel comics character War Machine doesn't have one,  storyboarding for big movies you've definitely seen, and being a man of iron in a balsa wood world.

What the what? If you're a loyal Hypothetical Island listener, you may have noticed that George has been threatening to stealth transform it into a cryptozoological podcast. Well, regular co-host Reilly couldn't  record this week, so that time is now! George is joined by previous guest, cartoonist extraordinaire Nik Virella for a spirited discussion of ghosts, bigfoots, dogmen, chupacabras, George's attempt to hold a seance at the Amityville Horror house, Nik's explanation of theology through Warhammer 40K references, and so, so much more. It's the most out there Hypothetical Island yet,

This week Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by horrific comics writer Rich Douek! They discuss magic beer goggles,  Farrah Fawcett, the most beautiful song in the world,  Boston accents as the world's worst accents, and how the scariest monsters are always people. Also, marvel as George works in multiple high brow references to The Odyssey, and recoil in disgust as Reilly poses his own hypothetical  about the possibilities of potential cannibalism.  

It's our most scatological episode yet as Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by writer Joanne Starer  for a rousing discussion about 1980's Lawnguy Land, celebrities being reincarnated as your pets, her brief professional wrestling career,  soooo much about the animated Disney musical Frozen, and,  of course, butt stuff. This episode pairs well with episode 72,  starring Khary Randolph, Joanne's partner in life and in Glass Eye Studios.

Comics scribe extraordinaire Justin Jordan joins Reilly and George on the Hypothetical Island for a spirited discussion of sick abs, exactly what people do in the bathroom,  willpower and practical jokes, what animal they'd most likely turn into, and how being related to a Green Lantern maybe ain't all that.

Comics creator extraordinaire Dan Panosian has done it all-- inked, pencilled, wrote, even attended college under an assumed identity (give a listen to this episode to  understand that reference).  But nothing he's previously accomplished in his long and storied career could possibly prepare him for the Hypothetical Island! He joins Reilly and George to talk the horrors of Melbourne Florida, Alice in Wonderland stuff,  D&D as a  betting game, and more!

This week the wicked Reilly and the divine George are joined by the Wicked + the Divine's own Jamie McKelvie! Listen in rapt attention as they discuss designing awesome superhero costumes,  that one video of an elephant seal totally smashing a car, the internal anatomy of a centaur, and more!

Not a hoax! Not a dream! This week Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by a special return guest-- their first ever guest, in fact-- Mr Khary Randolph! When last we heard from the illustrious Mr Randolph on episode 3, he was the living man god of an island of sexy purple skinned people whose very voices lead to uncontrollable incontinence! Reilly was stranded on an island of living Lego, constructing a titanic living lego version of himself.  What happened next? Listen to this very special episode and find out!

This week Reilly and George are visited by comics artist Charles P. Wilson III for a special holidays in the middle of July episode with a spirited discussion on knock-off Star Wars figures, the Boogey-Man, spending life sandwiched between the stubbly knees of a giant and what it's like working with Joe Hill. 

This week on the Hypothetical Island Reilly and George are joined by cartoonist Tim Hamilton! Listen and learn all about Sasquatch, late 70's Bea Arthur vehicle Maude, Tim's obsession with Cake Farts, and how to break into both 90's mainstream comics and the NewYorker.