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Comics'N'Poptarts
by Michael J. Florio
Comics'N'Poptarts is a self-improvement and motivational-driven Podcast with a centralized focus on visual storytelling. Inevitable Mike seeks out new guests from the forever hustling and bustling world of entertainment professionals from all mediums to deliver inspiring guidance, experience, and "how-to's" for your listening benefit. Your dreams might seem far away, but they're closer than you realize.
Episodes
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Artificially Intelligence'd - Lost Tape 003
Tonight, we take a break from comics to discuss the fear of artificial intelligence, which has been an evolving concern over the centuries, suggesting that civilization has always been on the path to this rise of automation since the Industrial Revolution spawned the supply and demand economy we...
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Service, Product, Process, & Vision - Lost Tape 002
Shots fired! Inevitable Mike uses the unruly and disreputable examples of dashers and third-party delivery contractors in comparison to how indie comic businesses could be run. I put in my two cents using various historical accuracies to describe employee and employer relationships. It's an...
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The Risk's of Crowdfunding - Lost Tape 001
After 5+ years in comics and several crowdfunding campaigns, including 2+ years of marketing in crowdfunding comics, I discuss my thoughts after the end of the Wild Oni campaign. In this solo reflection, we discuss topics such as branding, business, and a plethora of other IP-like issues as they...
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S4E24: Todd Black (Tokyo Detective)
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Todd Black, creator of Tokyo Detective Blade #8, including a docu-comic on Thunder Rosa's coming-of-age journey into wrestling. We talked about persistence, never giving up, and ways to get Tony Kahn's attention for Todd's AEW Origins comic. Black Magic...
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S1E2: Those Dang! Reviews: Dark Angel 1991
Inevitable Mike has roped in Daniel Garcia as his co-host for an all-new podcast about opinions on movies. Tonight's movie, Dark Angel, a smooth 1990s detective film with an alien twist featuring Dolph Lundgren. I concede to movie-biased twenty years in the harboring? Does Dark Angel hold up? Are...
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S1EP1: Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny Review
Inevitable Mike has roped in Daniel Garcia as his co-host for an all-new podcast about opinions on movies. Tonight's movie, Disney's Plusasaurus, will cover our thoughts and feelings about Indiana Jones and the Dile of Destiny. Is Harrison Ford too old for this sh*t? Will there be another Indiana...
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S4E23: Matthew Jasso (Black Cobra)
Black Cobra hits #kickstarter funding in 2 hours, and to tell us all about it is writer, filmmaker, and actor, Matthew Jasso. Black Cobra is a hero from The Remnant's Christian Hero team within the Grok Comics canon. If you want to learn more about Grok Comics follow the links down below. Watch...
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S4E22: Laurie Calcaterra (Path of the Pale Rider)
Laurie Calcaterra, creator of Path of the Pale Rider, rode into the Tartcave tonight to discuss her most recent Kickstarter riding forward into issue #4. This has to be one of the most unique stories I've ever heard. Among other topics, she was a delight to have on the show. Saddle up for another...
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S4E21: Brandon Ingram (Dismay Comics)
Brandon Ingram started writing comics in 2018 and actually began publishing comics under his publishing line Dismay Comics in 2021. Through Dismay Comics, Brandon has been putting out series like The Gallows Man, Dismay Avenue, and Tales From Town's City. While publishing these series through...
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S4E20: Christie Shinn (Demon Bitch)
Hey listeners! You keep the tartie party alive, and I love it. The word is getting out, and thanks to those of you who listen, Christie Shinn, the Ringo Award-winning artist/writer from LA, has graced us with her presence to present her unique and unapologetic perspective on creatorship and why...
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S4E18: Comics’N’Poptarts Presents: Social Media Marketing
Wild Oni Please go like the page to keep up-to-date with the book. Wild Oni #1 is DONE! Sign up and follow both the Kickstarter page and the Facebook group for regular updates and announcements. We're at 64 pre-launchers. (If we can hit 88, all pre-launchers who back physical tiers will receive a...
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S4E19: Stephanie Phillips (Black Sight)
Joining the tartie party tonight is the intellectually and uniquely equipped Stephanie Phillips (Marvel, DC, Boom!, Dark Horse), who has given tons of praise to her creative team on her newest Comixology original comic, Black Sight (available now). She shares with us her journey, the humility of...
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S4E17: Comics’N’Poptarts Presents: Daniel Garcia (Dang! Comics)
Welcome back to the tart cave, you beautiful bunch of smarty-tarties! Our adventures lead to the wandering writer and comic enthusiast Daniel Garcia, an investigator who knows the ways of Batman and was inspired so much by the nostalgia of heroes like Daredevil, TMNT, and other street-level…
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S4E15: Bad Blood w/ Kelly McMahon & Matt Groom
Matt Groom (Inferno Girl Red) and Kelly McMahon (Imperium, Clerks III, & Jay & Silent Bob: Reboot), join me for a Geek Network-sponsored interview to discuss their playing card crime mystery project Bad Blood (available here). Tonight's tarty party kicks off with a validation of my Australian...
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S4E14: Kyrun Silva (Taurus Comics)
Welcome back to the Tarty Party, where we're talking about Xob The Lightning Wielder from Taurus Comics. Joining us tonight to honor his love and respect for his wife and her culture is Kyrun Silva, the creator behind Xob, who seeks to add fun back into the comic medium to liven the masses. What...
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S4E13: Comics & Pop-tart Presents: Mason Solimine (Alpha Comics)
Tonight Mason Solimine kicks in the door to the Tartcave to give us the scoop on a new roof-top diving, ass-kicking, and relatively young crime fighter rocking the red and black tights in one of comics histories few but up-and-coming sibling crime fighting squads. I'm so excited to bring you…
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S4E12: Comics & Pop-tart Presents: The Superhero Project w/Lisa Kollins & Taryn Cozzy
Welcome back to the tarty party! Today I'm joined by the Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lisa Kollins, of The Superhero Project, a non-profit organization that gives hope and joy to families with chronically sick and disabled children. The Creative Art Director, Taryn Cozzy, joins Lisa in...
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S4E11: Comics & Pop-tart Presents: Onrie Kompan (War Lion) & Aaron Wroblewski (Blood & Fire)
Welcome back to the tarty party! Tart-Nation, are you a fan of hard-hitting martial arts, touching parental stories, and skilled warriors grid-locked in a fight for honor and vengeance? That's how "wild" this conversation is about to get. Three warrior writers on one podcast? I'm excited and you...
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S4E10: Comics & Pop-tart Presents: Corissa Grant (Worthy Chaos Comics)
Welcome back to the tarty party! Tart-Nation, are you a Worthy Chaso Comics fan? Great! Because Corissa Grant is climbing the indie comics charts just as fast if not faster, than any veteran guest or guests that we've had on the show! We're talking about the process of hiring and corresponding…
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S4E9: Comics & Pop-tart Presents: Team Diabolical (Grimsteel Games)
The bell rings as Diabolical Dave's DCW roster invades the Comics & Pop-tarts Podcast, "Hey! That's my mic?" Mike Menard snatches Inevitable Mike's microphone..."Grimsteel Games has something to say...SHUT UP!!! Now--" Corey Tomlinson, The EIC of the DCW, and Jean Ducharme, The Director...Mike's...
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S4E8: Deadlines - Why are they so important? Tonight, we're talking about deadlines. Why do they matter? Do writers and publishers have the right to hold artists accountable? Let's talk about working with artists in comics and the best ways to protect yourself and honor the artist bringing your...
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S4E7: Comics & Pop-tart Presents: Nathan Rouse (Black Monolith Comics)
Welcome back to the tarty party! Tart-Nation, give it up for the youngest comic creator and future success story; this comics podcast haven has EVER had on the show representing characters and stories with vigor and synthesis-style imagination. NATHAN ROUSE, the creator of Jupiter Man, and so…
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S4E6: Comics & Pop-tart presents: Zach Howard (Image Comics)
Welcome back to the tarty party! You're about to experience the biggest BIGFOOT news in comic history because the iconic artist and storyteller ZACH HOWARD is bringing the footprint to his new IMAGE Comics title by way of an American Muscle car. Moonshine Bigfoot makes his way out of the forest…
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S4E5: Comics & Pop-tart Presents: Stephen Russell & Joseph Pittman
Welcome back, true listeners! Welcome back, faithful listeners! Welcome, all my power tart compatriots! Stephen & Joseph have stopped by to discuss why normal people in a superpowered world are far more interesting than anything someone with ice powers is going through, right? We're ripping out…
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S4E3: Comics & Pop-tart Presents: Phillip Russertt (Philbo Publishing)
Welcome back, true listeners! Welcome back, faithful listeners! Welcome back, my power tart compatriots! Phillip and I have come together to discuss his new book Withered #1, views on art, views on the creative process being stifled by political overtures, and how his art representation works,...
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S4E2: Let's Discuss Character Development
Welcome back, true listeners! This week I felt it would be beneficial to go over what I learned from Brian's Masterclass on Character Development, followed by what I know and use in my own character development. This topic is one of the most crucial stages of story development when constructing a...
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S4E1: Let's Compare Substack's Our Best Jacket v.s. Jinxworld
Welcome back, true listeners! Tonight I recap our fabulous 2022 year, thanks to all of you, and discuss the plan for 2023. Our real topic is comparing Scott Snyder's substack Our Best Jacket and Jinxworld (by Brian Michael Bendis), masterclasses as prominent resources for those looking to perfect...
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S3EP17: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents - Jeff Zanelotti (Zed Comics)
Tonight I sit down with Zed Comics' own Jeff Zanelotti a military veteran turned comic creator who applied the virtues of discipline and imagination to hone his art skills. We're talking about writing, journey, and life experience elements that can have an impact on your projects in the long run.…
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S3EP16: She-Hulk EP: 1 & 2 | Personal Growth & Habitual Revelations
Tonight it'll just be me talking about the new She-Hulk episodes in an exciting Part 1 review segment that covers some pretty hilarious highlights. As always, Inevitable Mike provides some heartfelt wisdom on personal growth and, most importantly, his newfound revelation on productive habits.…
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S3EP15: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents - JD Oliva (Red Sunrise)
Tonight we're talking about Samurai and Vampires and we go a little teary-eyed on you guys, but it's still going to be a tarty party of a time with JD Oliva as he tells us his success story, obstacles, and comebacks. Red Sunrise everyone and not the one Little Annie sings to everyone about in…
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S3EP14: Wild Oni Update 2.0 & Buzzlightyear Review
Tonight we're talking about the 3 BIG REASONS LIghtyear the movie wasn't as good as it could have been and my comments that got the movie banned from several continents. I announce a pretty cool guest I discovered and we talk some more about Wild Oni. Wild Oni Please go like the page to keep...
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S3EP13: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents - Jean Paul Deshong (Blackberry Juice Publishing)
Tonight I'm so excited to have discovered a like-minded connoisseur of Japanese culture, history, and anime who shares in my passion for the comic and pop-culture medium. We go into depth on topics like content appropriation for children and how parents can best determine what content is right…
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S3EP12: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents - Doug Knight (Cross Eye Comics)
Tonight I bring you a very special guest from across the Northern tundra, Doug Knight, artist/tattoo artist/writer/workhorse/role model, and probably a unique creator I've had the pleasure of crossing conversation with on this show. We discussed several of his properties, but Doug gave us some...
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S3EP11: Wild Oni Update, She-Hulk, & Daredevil: Born Again?
Tonight I'm bringing you some pretty cool updates on Wild Oni, addressing a request from a colleague, and shamelessly plugging all my creator's friends that I can think of who have books out there right now. I briefly give my take on She-Hulk and Daredevil: Born Again series coming to us soon and...
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S3EP10: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents - Jesus Payan (Breaking Bad)
Yo lo, PT Nation! My buddy Allen Johnson has served us a delightful treat from the show Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul. I'm happy to welcome to the tarty party larger-than-life cholo actor Jesus Payan Jr. I'm so excited to help these awesome creators announce a new Breaking Bad meets Walking…
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S3EP9: Ms. Marvel Review, Jaded Disney Series, & Professor Exposito?
Tonight I'm stepping into the deep end with my views on color, race, and sexual orientation in comics and why it has no business in existing comic characters. I'm also bringing up the topic of the Disney + series, its slow-failing structure, and how it's held back an iconic character from…
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S3EP8: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents - Jerry Jones (Limitless Comics)
Tonight I'm joined by my good friend and fellow creator. Jerry Jones is one of only a few fragments that make up the mentors that have set me on my own path to comics, and tonight we honor his third appearance by talking about his long-time project Mrs. Vengeance, a three-issue mini-series that…
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S3EP7: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents - Wyndi Gayle & Chuck Pineau (Bonfire Press)
Tonight I'm joined by some of the independent comics industry's TOP free-spirited fellow Editors Wyndi Gayle & Chuck Pineau. How they live with one another pages can only tell, but tonight they're going to be talking about the tarty party happening in the pages of Wyndi's new book the Viscarian...
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S3EP6: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents - Adam Lawson (THE EXILED)
Get ready for the next big story from the minds of Wesley Snipes and Adam Lawson, with the execution of an amazing creative team to present that story in 140+ pages of comic noir heaven. As someone who can say they're proud to have been a part of this journey, nothing makes me happier than to…
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S3EP5: Comics & Pop-tarts presents - John Herey (Beyond Time Comics)
Tonight I sit down with a very talented Editor & Writer, John Hervey the creator of Magna: The Last Pantheon & The Posse (Click to go support these titles on Indegogo). We're talking story crafting, characterization, comics, publishing, and most importantly what's going down in Beyond Times part…
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S3EP4: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents - Michael Nunneley Returns (Omen Comics)
Tonight I sit with the talented and humble creator, writer, and CEO of Omen Comics to discuss Dragon Girl and Albino Warrior #1. The book is an East meets West story inspired by Michael's experience training in Shaolin Kung-Fu which bore spiritual meaning that also contributed to this story.…
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S3EP3: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents - Jay Mooers (Eden Park Tales Publishing)
Tonight I sit down with a very talented Artist & Writer, jay Jay Mooers the creator of Autumn Grey, Ill Weed, and Fae, but his art can be found in comics across the country. We're talking story, we're talking RPG games, you have to hear this! Kickstarter Page to Support the game! Fae Think Inked...
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S23EP2: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents: Perry Edwards (Cold Blooded)
Tonight I sit down with a very talented and unique indie creator who's taken his love for manga and dinosaurs to a whole new level! His career is very young, but his potential is very strong. Cold-blooded Vol. 2 hits the Kickstarter waves soon, so don't forget to find out what all that damn...
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S3E1: *SPOILERS* Morbius REVIEW, The Future, and Self Worth
Tonight, I'm thanking YOU the fans for supporting the show. I'm celebrating the podcast's 1st EVER Anniversary, making announcements, giving updates, setting goals, and talking about Morbius & the Multi-verse mystery surrounding its need to have been developed. Self-worth is a daunting subject…
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S2EP29: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents: Allen Johnson (8th World Comics)
Join us Saturday morning to discuss a nefarious alien plot to release the worst of all Kaiju across time, space, and the farfetched imagination against one another in a climactic gladiatorial-style fight in which YOU the reader control who wins. Thanks again, listeners & true believers for coming...
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S2EP28: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents: Justin Gray (Spicy Pulp Comics)
Tonight we sit down to celebrate the career of a heavy-hitting writer and media entertainment creator making strides in the self-publishing world of comics, Justin Gray. Coming off the success of Spicy Pulp #5, Justin gives us the D-Lo Brown Lo-Down on his new 60-page creature feature, Bleeding...
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S2EP27: Comics & Pop-tarts Presents: Tony Kittrell (Advent Comics)
Tonight I sit down with Tony Kittrell, owner of Advent Comics, about his comic Titan Issue #4. We talk about his incredible journey from youth to becoming a firefighter after making the choice to change his life. This led to him fulfilling his joy and happiness in the world by helping people, but...
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S2E26: Comics & Pop-tarts presents - Dwight & Rebecca MacPherson (Hocus Pocus Comics)
Tonight we sit down with renowned writers & creators Dwight & Rebecca MacPherson to talk about the late great Edgar Allan Poe, the primary creator creatively reinvented inside the pages of The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe Vol. 3., out on Kickstarter! Dwight & Rebecca were sweethearts and...
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S2E25: Comics & Pop-tarts presents - Mark Bernal (Lesser Known Comics)
I celebrate a newly met creator Mark Bernal behind Lesser Known Comics tonight. We discuss key business decisions behind LKC's "No Amazon" clause, favoring their local comic shops over digital e-commerce marketing. FASCINATING! Mark humbles us with his views and outlooks on what it is to be an...
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S2E24: Comics & Pop-tarts presents - Michael Nunneley (Omen Comics)
Tonight I sit down with the talented and humble creator, writer, and CEO of Omen Comics to discuss the business side of comics, covering some of the critical things needed to institute a comics business. Much team building goes into comics, and Michael reveals a few secrets for us here tonight…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Comics'N'Poptarts is a self-improvement and motivational-driven Podcast with a centralized focus on visual storytelling. Inevitable Mike seeks out new guests from the forever hustling and bustling world of entertainment professionals from all mediums to deliver inspiring guidance, experience, and "how-to's" for your listening benefit. Your dreams might seem far away, but they're closer than you realize.
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Michael J. Florio
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