Aaron NabusHall H Show host Aaron Nabus talks to the Co-Founder and President of Fanbase Press, Bryant Dillon. This episode is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Deezer, Amazon Music, and Spotify. The Hall H Show is produced by Aaron Nabus and Alex Benedicto and is the “Voice of Independent Creators.”
Show Notes:
On this episode, we welcome the Co-Founder and President of Fanbase Press, Bryant Dillon!
As reported recently by Comics Beat, Fanbase Press, after 15 years of celebrating a diverse range of creators and stories, has decided to launch their first Kickstarter campaign for the deluxe hardcover edition of Ripple Effects, a 2023 Dwayne McDuffie Award winner for Diversity in Comics and the winner of the 25th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award for graphic novels and comics!
You can listen to my conversation with Jordan Hart, the writer and creator of Ripple Effects, which was also nominated for an Eisner Award in 2023, on episode 121 of the Hall H Show.
For this episode, I’m looking forward to getting to know Bryant better, learning more details about the Kickstarter campaign, and also diving deeper into Fanbase Press’s journey over the past 15 years – especially on their impact on the indie comic scene.
Welcome to the show, Bryant!
About Ripple Effects:
“Created, written, and colored by Jordan Hart, drawn by Bruno Chiroleu, flatted by Shane Kadlecik, lettered by Oceano Ransford, and with cover art by Justin C. Harder and a foreword by Matthew Noe, Ripple Effects follows an invincible superhero who deals with an acute case of type 1 diabetes and a defective pancreas. These conditions require daily monitoring and treatment. It’s rare to see heroes with any kind of disability or illness, let alone invisible ones that are at the forefront of the story. Ripple Effects is inspired by Hart’s lived experience with thrombophilia, a chronic blood-clotting disease.”
Excerpt from Exclusive: Fanbase Press announces RIPPLE EFFECTS deluxe hardcover Kickstarter
Ripple Effects / Kickstarter Questions:
- How did you come to the decision to do a deluxe hardcover version of Ripple Effects for your very first Kickstarter?
- Are there any new features for the deluxe edition that you would like to highlight?
- It’s been a couple of years since it was first published. How has Ripple Effects been received at comic conventions and online?
Thunder Round Questions:
- If you could have dinner with anyone from the present day or the past, who would it be and where would you eat?
- What is one movie you loved as a teen and one movie that you love now as an adult? Why did you pick those two movies?
- If you were a Green Lantern, what would be the first thing you would create with your ring?
- You mentioned creatures with sharp teeth…what is your favorite dinosaur?
- If Jack Kirby were still alive, what would you ask him?
- When was your first San Diego Comic-Con and what do you remember from it?
- Speaking of SDCC, what was it like spending your honeymoon there?
- If you were President of the United States, what kind of artwork would you hang up in the Oval Office?
- You sometimes share your weekly comics pull from the previous week and it’s at least 10 titles. Do you have the ability to store things in a pocket universe? How are you able to still collect tons of floppies? What determines what comics you decide to purchase?
- What would the title of your biography be?
- What kind of character would you be in Star Wars? What would the name of your ship be?
- Do you have any regrets? What are they?
- If I gave you a million dollars, what would you do with it? If I gave you $100?
- You are prepping a playlist for a long road trip, what kind of music would be on there?
- What’s something new that you recently learned?
Closing Pieces of Advice:
- Everyone has a story to tell. Which is why Fanbase Press is so important. What has been the secret to your success? What are some lessons that you have learned as a comic book publisher and geek culture website?
- Where do you see Fanbase Press in the next 5 years?
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Thank YOU:
And, thanks to our guest, Bryant Dillon! Please give Fanbase Press a follow and consider supporting their Kickstarter for Ripple Effects.
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