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This weekend's Geek Gossip episode is one of the best ever, because this Saturday your hosts, Jack and Artie, returned to Jetpack Comics and Games' annual Free Comic Book Day festival and interviewed all kinds of awesome people there! In the first part of this epic two part event, we start out by interviewing Paul Pelletier, the legendary comic book artist known for his iconic work for characters such as Aquaman, Guardians of the Galaxy, the Incredible Hulk, the Justice League and more! We also interview Jeff Kline, the writer of comic series Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises who is the president of Darby Pop Publishing and also a producer for all kinds of TV series including cartoons such as Transformers: Prime, Transformers: Rescue Bots, Extreme Ghostbusters, Godzilla: The Series and the upcoming Magic: The Gathering CG show on Netflix!Lastly, our good friend and TMNT co-creator Jim Lawson returns to The Geek Gossip to talk about the various iterations of his character Rat King, his self-published work The Box City Wallops, the killer variant cover he did for The Last Ronin #4 and a lot of other interesting topics.Special thanks to all the awesome creators who made this episode possible!! Part two comes out on Wednesday!!!
“Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own.” The idea of constantly researching and refining your own experience was key to Bruce Lee’s way of life. When Bruce decided to break away from traditional martial arts, he wanted to know what really works in combat and how to train your body for real conflicts. Bruce only incorporated what was useful to him and left the rest behind. This quote is the recipe for finding your path in this world and the first step is “Research your own experience.” Be neutral, be the researcher, understand what’s going on with you from a neutral place. Notice what you normally gravitate towards and notice what you enjoy in the tasks you already do in life. Take note and journal your experience. The second step is: “Absorb what is useful.” After researching and noticing, pull out the things that resonate with you and that are working for you. These are the things that you keep and take with you. The things that bring usefulness in your life, bring you joy and create threads that attract more of the same. Absorb what is useful to you personally, not what society or those around you accept as useful. Take note of moments that spark your interest and grab your attention. If you write down these moments and thoughts, you will get clues as to what interests you and it will guide you to your path in life. The third step is “Reject what is useless.” This can be the most difficult step. It can be easy to identify the most negative things holding you back, but it’s harder to identify the mediocre obstacles. When you’re doing self-research, it’s important to pick out what is useful to your journey and leave behind what doesn’t work. If you don’t reject the useless in your life, you end up carrying it around with you and it can block what is actually useful and interesting in your life. The final step is “Add what is essentially your own.” This can seem daunting if you don’t know what is “essentially your own.” It is adding what speaks to you and having the confidence to believe in yourself. What inspires you, moves you, motivates you personally. This whole process is about radical trust in oneself and becoming the divining rod for our own experience. It is about paying attention to what ignites the spark within us. Take Action: In addition to Bruce Lee, who are your other teachers, philosophers, writers, creative people, who you really connect with? Make a list of those people. There is something in that list of people that continually draws you to them, what is it? Take note of any thought or thing that catches your interest throughout your day and write it down. At the end of the week examine your notes and see what speaks to you. #AAHA This week our #AAHA is Asian American comic book illustrator, Bernard Chang. Bernard did the cover for Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises, which is how Shannon got to know him. Bernard was born in Montreal, and started drawing comics professionally while attending the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY studying architecture. He has since gone on to draw for Marvel and DC comics, including X-Men, Deadpool, Superman, Supergirl, and Wonder Woman. Bernard was also a “blue sky” concept designer for Walt Disney Imagineering, designing a bunch of attractions in the Disney parks. He just recently drew a book that is an all Asian Superman. Bernard, we think you’re awesome! #BruceLeeMoment Our moment comes from listener Alanzo: “I recently stumbled on the podcast, and, listening to you two have me hooked. The chemistry between you two resonates a powerful sophistication enriched with substance and candor. I guess discovering, and loving everything about the Podcast, I will say is my Bruce Lee Moment.” Share your #AAHAs, #BruceLeeMoments, and #TakeAction progress with us at hello@brucelee.com Find the full version of our show notes at BruceLee.com/podcast
It’s that time of the year again, so while we dig ourselves out from underneath the many, many free comics here’s part one of our FBCD Special. Our featured comics are Oddly Normal, The Tick, The Comics Mixtape 2016, Strawberry Shortcake, Suicide Squad #1, Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises, Dark Lily & Friends, 2000 A.D, ROM #0, Science Comics, Pokémon, Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom and DC’s Superhero Girls. #2000AD #4Panel #BruceLee #TheDragonRises #Comics #DarkLily #DC #SuperheroGirls #GraphicLiterature #GraphicNovels #HowardLovecraft #Kodansha #Manga #Marvel #News #OddlyNormal #Podcasts #Pokemon #Reviews #ROM #ScienceComics #StrawberryShortcake #SuicideSquad #TheComicsMixtape2016 #TheGeekShow #TheTick
**Doctor Doom’s Department Store Nightmare** This week we’ve got a vigilante called Vigilante, casualties of Civil War II and marketing 101 by DC. Our featured comics are Venom: Spaceknight #1-8, Patsy Walker a.k.a. Hellcat #7, Marvel’s Exiles and Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises #1-2.
** King of the Bruces** We return to the realms of sequential art to discuss the worst X-Man ever, Garth Ennis’ new series “Johnny Red”, Gorilla Grod, Killer Frost and the new Firestorm in The Flash TV series, a new comic in development called “Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises” and more. Our featured comics and manga are Veda: Assembly Required, Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral volume 1, Assassin’s Creed: The Ankh of Isis Trilogy, and we return to the 1990’s with Guardians of the Galaxy #30 and the DC crossover event “Armageddon 2001” with Superman becoming the President of the U.S.A. (this really did happen).
Be sure to listen to this special episode! This week, I talk with Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee and a powerful creator in her own right, and Jeff Kline, founder of Darby Pop Publishing, who are two of the driving forces behind Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises, their new comic series that made quite a showing during the recent Free Comic Book Day! I discuss with them how the book came together, how it helps preserve Bruce’s legacy while introducing him to a new generation of fans, and what we can expect from them in the future! To get your copies of these books, check with your local comics shop, go to their store at the Darby Pop website or find this book on Comixology! Be sure to support this terrific comic series! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Wayne's Comics Podcast continues far into the future!
If it seems like I’ve recently been enjoying many of the books from Insane Comics, I have! This week, I chat with Braiden Cox from Reclaiming Godhood. “Treachery! Deceit! Corruption! Betrayal! After betrayal by his brother, Pluto, Jupiter was cast to earth to live a life of mortality. He has many challenges to overcome during his attempt to adapt to the modern life on earth. Seeking the justice that is due to him, Jupiter embarks on an epic quest towards: RECLAIMING GODHOOD. Writer - Braiden Cox, Art - Samir Simao, Letters - Ray Zepada, Jr.” Braiden discusses gathering the team together to create this series, why the first book is in black & white and the second is in full color, who the various characters are (including a favorite of his, Jupiter), and what we might see from him in the near future, including the epic third issue! To get your copies of these books, either digital or paper, go to the store at Insane Comics’ website! Be sure to support these excellent comics! Next time, I’ll have a great interview with Shannon Lee and Jeff Kline about their terrific Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises comic from Darby Pop. Don’t miss it!
- Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises #1. Shannon Lee, Jeff Kline y Brandon McKinney. (Darby Pop). - Cinema Purgatorio #1. Alan Moore y Kevin O'Neill, Garth Ennis y Raulo Caceres, Kieron Gillen e Ignacio Calero, Max Brooks y Michael DiPascale, Christos Gage y Gabriel Andrade. (Kickstarter/Avatar). - Dredd-Dust #1 (de 2). Arthur Wyatt y Ben Willsher. (2000AD). - Penny Dreadful #1. Andrew Hinderaker, Chris King y Krysty Wilson-Cairns tanto al guión como al dibujo. (Titan Comics). - Renato Jones-The One Percent #1. Kaare Kyle Andrews. (Image). - Satellite Falling #1. Steve Horton y Stephen Thompson. (IDW). - The Punisher #1. Becky Cloonan y Steve Dillon. (Marvel). - Thunderbolts #1. Jim Zub y Jon Malin. (Marvel). - Weavers #1 (de 6). Simon Spurrier y Dylan Burnett. (Boom!).
- Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises #1. Shannon Lee, Jeff Kline y Brandon McKinney. (Darby Pop). - Cinema Purgatorio #1. Alan Moore y Kevin O'Neill, Garth Ennis y Raulo Caceres, Kieron Gillen e Ignacio Calero, Max Brooks y Michael DiPascale, Christos Gage y Gabriel Andrade. (Kickstarter/Avatar). - Dredd-Dust #1 (de 2). Arthur Wyatt y Ben Willsher. (2000AD). - Penny Dreadful #1. Andrew Hinderaker, Chris King y Krysty Wilson-Cairns tanto al guión como al dibujo. (Titan Comics). - Renato Jones-The One Percent #1. Kaare Kyle Andrews. (Image). - Satellite Falling #1. Steve Horton y Stephen Thompson. (IDW). - The Punisher #1. Becky Cloonan y Steve Dillon. (Marvel). - Thunderbolts #1. Jim Zub y Jon Malin. (Marvel). - Weavers #1 (de 6). Simon Spurrier y Dylan Burnett. (Boom!).