#230 – What Is Kaijus & Cowboys? Artistic Discipline, Making Money & Putting The Artwork First With Frankie B Washington

Frankie B Washington is an “eclectic artist” and illustrator, working on comics, trading cards, storyboards & co-creator of Kaijus & Cowboys and he speaks with Mike about working freelance in the various artistic industries, the new comic series and more!

In more detail, the podcast begins with Frankie talking about his time in the numerous different industries that utilised his illustration skills and how he turned that into a business, where his discipline came from including previous jobs & art school, what he learned from his mentors, his favourite artistic mediums, plus “nerdy” loves, the previous issues of Kaijus & Cowboys, what he & Matthew Blair have learned from the previous kickstarters, influences, anime and more – this is a conversation for entrepreneurs, comic nerds and everyone in-between!

Kaijus & Cowboys Issue 4 Kickstarter (starting Monday 15th April): https://kickstarter.com/projects/kaijusandcowboys/kaijus-and-cowboys-4

Frankie B Washington’s Links:

X & Instagram as @frankiebwash and on Facebook as /FrankieBWashington – YouTube: https://youtube.com/@FrankieBWashington

RedBubble Store: https://redbubble.com/people/fbwashington/shop – Frankie’s Freelance page: https://www.freelanced.com/frankiebwashington

Secret Lives Of Villains: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-secret-lives-of-villains/list?title_no=8749

Frankie also previously worked on Robot God Akamatsu and mentioned the 3D artist Dope Pope and the manga Gon.

The previous GCC episode was the continuation of Clone Wars Conversations, with the second half of Season 2 (Episodes 12-22)! Dave, Maff & Mike discuss every episode of Clone Wars in this show, making it the perfect Clone Wars companion podcast! Prior to that was a Vegas conversation where Mike & Megan speak with Chris Phelps about his experiences, tips & tricks and more!

To support Mike and hear more from Megan, consider supporting Mike’s podcasting endeavours at https://patreon.com/GenuineChitChat – for only £1 per month, you will get instant access to over 200 episodes of their exclusive Patreon show Afterthoughts and a new episode is released every week!

Sign up to the Pop Culture Collective newsletter here to keep up to date with Mike and other incredible creator’s many releases: https://pccnewsletter.com   

GUEST SPOTS:

Mike was chatted Dune 1984 and Part 1 (2021) with the 20th Century Geek: https://pod.fo/e/227135

Mike was recently on Mandatory Music & CD, talking Weezer: https://pod.fo/e/224890

Mike also featured on the VHS Strikes Back, talking Trainspotting: https://pod.fo/e/22437b

Mike hosted the 1000th episode of Comics In Motion: https://pod.fo/e/22046fhttps://youtu.be/OqFFFehte5A

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. The last episode was a review of the Asajj Ventress/Quinlan Vos book Dark Disciple, while the episode prior (143) was Mike delving into the Free Comic Book Day High Republic comics while ep 142 showcases Darth Vader against Padmé’s handmaidens! Previous episodes include the Hidden Empire crossovers, every canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more – https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion       

Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat 

#176 – Disney Discussions 4: Pixar’s Powerful Películas With Megan, Ria Carrogan & Spider-Dan

For the fourth instalment of Disney Discussions, everyone’s favourite pod-squad is back with their thoughts on four more Disney movies, this time it’s Megan hosting to talk Disney/Pixar Péliculas (movies in Spanish)! Tune in to hear them talk UP, Inside Out, Wall-E & Coco, discussing how they compare, common themes among them, why they’re the squad’s respective favourites and much more! Megan also provides several easter eggs in Coco and gives a little Mexican-culture lesson too!

Approximate worldwide box office revenue: Inside Out: $853m – Coco: $797m – UP: $731m – Wall-E: $532m

If you missed them, go back and listen to their previous Disney Discussions; the first & second are episodes 155 & 163 of Genuine Chit-Chat and their third discussion is on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores in late September 2022: https://pod.fo/e/143657! Or you can visit this YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8ajqsEDJPAYC0DSuIUqa26e

The Latino review site Ria mentioned: https://remezcla.com/lists/film/latino-film-critics-review-pixar-coco/

Ria’s Twitter & Instagram: @RiaCarrogan – Ria’s show; Femme On Film is found on the feed of Comics In Motion, along with the shows Pop Guerrillas & Indie Comics Spotlight here: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast

You can find Spider-Dan’s show, Patreon & further information on his websites https://spiderdanandthesecretbores.com or follow him on social media: Twitter: @Dan_Bores – Instagram: @Spiderdansecretbores

Find Megan on Instagram: @GrittsGetsFit or at https://Patreon.com/GenuineChitChat

The last episode of GCC was Mike speaking with painter, illustrator, comic book artist & expressionist Elise McCall, talking about her creative process, inspiration, her many different pieces of art, interpreting art, working in the comic book industry and so much more!

Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases at least 1 episode of his & Megan’s “Afterthoughts” a week, and in October they released an episode every few days, plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat   

To hear to a free Patreon episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks watch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1  

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-112 are out now, in ep 112 Mike went into the third & final batch of horror anthology stories from Vader’s Castle, in ep 111 Mike delved into the 5-part Obi-Wan mini-series and in ep 110 Mike tackles the final batch of Crimson Reign comics! Previous episodes include the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover (all 34 tie-in issues), every other canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more – https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion    

Mike’s guest spots:

Mike went on Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about Phase 1 of The High Republic, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Mike appeared on Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound Podcast here: https://pod.fo/e/143cf0

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