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The Comics Alternative podcast discusses ED #1 & #2

We’re very honored that one of our all-time favorite comics podcasts, The Comics Alternative, featured a discussion of Esoteric Dialogue #1 & #2 on their show! Known as “two guys with PhDs talking about comics,” the show focuses on insightful conversations and interviews about comics and creators outside of the superhero genre.

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They said ED #1 made them feel “insane.” I take that as a compliment.

Thanks to Derek Royal and Shea Hennum for the candid discussion! You can find them @2GuysWithPhDs or http://comicsalternative.com/

Listen to the show here: http://comicsalternative.com/episode-209-this-and-that/

The beginning of Faces and other things

These days we’re trying to make some smaller stuff and post more frequently. Making books is our main focus, and we’re putting the final touches on our next one, The Seeker, but we’ve been experimenting on the side. Here’s the latest.

Brain FungusThis is the first in a little series that we’re doing called Faces.

color girlsColor is fun and so are computers with editing software.

 

Action & Apathy Blues

A lot of boiling-over occurred in 2015 when it came to protests against police violence in the black community and the anger of an exploited middle class. Chicago saw the clashes up close. Lumpen Magazine # 127 is an edition that applauds the efforts of community activists and those willing to stand up to the injustices of a corrupt political system.

‘Action and Apathy Blues’ is our addition to the issue and touches on the malaise of believing something needs to change and what we can do about it.

Get your hands on a copy here or for free at over 300 Chicago locations.

Lumpen Magazine website

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Esoteric Dialogue #1 extras

The story, characters, visual style and… well just about everything in ED#1 was the result of an evolution process. We had a lot of ideas, scratched most of them, and crafted the best ones draft after draft. Below are some of those ideas and Matt’s sketches that didn’t make it into the final book.

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An early drawing of the Illuminati performing a dark ritual in the form of a board game.

 

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Drawings from an idea for a fake gimmick ad page.

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Page from a “history” segment.

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An unfinished promo page featuring Bigfoot, the Mothman, a Grey alien, and a UFO. Oh yeah, and two teens slurping on each other.

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An unfinished comic Matt was working on that showed a media-brainwashed dude that ends up blowing up the planet.

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A page from an old ED story idea about Shelly Shivers, an all-American girl who becomes a witch through playing D&D, which was inspired by the old Chick comic written by the infamous John Todd.

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Another page from the “history” segment.

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A promo page featuring poster-like panels of various conspiracy theories.

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A page from the very first ED story idea inspired by an interview I heard on Coast to Coast with George Noory about a child sacrifice that took place in the catacombs of the Vatican.

Ghost Dance

We’re very grateful to be a part of Lumpen Magazine‘s 2015 all-comics issue. The theme of the issue is “Radio” to commemorate WLPN Lumpen Radio’s launch to 105.5 FM in Chicago (www.lumpenradio.com). WLPN is a volunteer-run community radio station based in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. Logan and Edmar even give me a bit of airtime on their waves with The Butter Hours – a two-hour late-night music mix my good friend, Eric Streichert, and I do every first and third Tuesday of the month 10pm-12am CST (@TheButterHours). These are some really tuned-in community-minded cats running this weirdo media empire, and we’re really digging getting involved. You can order copies of the most current and back issues at www.lumpenmagazine.org.

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