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EP 57: Space Crush w/ Silent P · Dad Needs To Talk

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What's up, y'all? And welcome back to Danny's to
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talk. I'm your host Robert.
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And today, I'm joined by my good friend mr.
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Silent P. The creator of space Crush.
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What's up? Silent Peak.
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Hey, there everybody how you doing?
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I'm doing well. How about yourself, man?
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I'm doing pretty good, man. Just just cool.
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And having the Nice, easy. Kick back today from work week
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and is drawing a listening to rap.
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Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
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So II, guess I kind of kick things off with a little bit of
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background between, how, how I ended up meeting silent P.
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So it was what, sometime maybe maybe like early fall of last
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year, your wife miscarried, At start of her podcast, solar
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Scouts podcast and a couple times throughout her show.
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She, she would mention that her husband was drawing a comic.
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I'm okay, you know, it kept picking my interest up until the
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time when you released your first issue of it or the first
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chapter of it. And so I was, I was okay, what
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was that name again? As I looked it up.
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Hit you. You up and that's kind of where
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this all kind of started. Well, it was through that.
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So so they are, so it's dip, it's been, it's been a firm from
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my, from my side of things, it's been very cool and interesting
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to kind of follow along your journey, at least your journey
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in the sense of from having that first chapter out up.
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Until you know, you currently have three chapters out now and
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you're working on. Fourth but it's been just kind
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of fun getting to get in to see a little bit more in depth of
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that process because you know most people they just see okay
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the finished product so you know, when it's online or in
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store shelves or wherever you might find it, so it's
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definitely very rare that you get that insight into the peek
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behind the curtain so to speak so area.
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So that, that is definitely some of many things that will be
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touching on today is just Kind of your history of how you got
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to this where you started and the whole process so serious.
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I guess before I start getting to like specific questions I
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guess. Hmm.
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Well, I'll start with this. What is kind of like your
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history and background as far as like you know, comics and
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writing and things of that nature.
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Oh well, so I started drawing when I was really young.
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So when I was seven, maybe eight year, probably younger than that
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under slit, like, I really loved drawing.
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Like, that was my favorite part of school.
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If they gave an assignment we had to illustrate something.
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I remember, I did two years in a row like in first and second
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grade I did. Drawing of what you want it to
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be when you grow up. And I remember the first it was
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a police officer yikes. In the second year, it was a
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race car driver and I drew the picture of myself as both of
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those things. And I remember my mom being like
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you know your mama always your first fan.
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Oh yeah. If you just really impressed at
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how good I could draw that and that's like my earliest memory
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of like, okay this is kind of my thing.
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Yeah, and from there, you know, I'm a 91 baby.
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So I was one of those anime kids that so many of us was my
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brother entered. My older brother introduced me
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to Dragon Ball Z on Toonami, midnight.
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Run, you know, the summer 1999. We were not supposed to be up
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that late but he was like, hey, it's these kids, some TV and
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they can shoot fire from their hands.
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Yeah, I'm excited when they was traveling the name and all,
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yeah, that's that day. Kind of, I always remember that
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day because it kind of changed my life in from me.
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And I started like folding up sheets of like white rule paper
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and half and putting safety pins, and between the make them
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like a book. And I basically just drew my own
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Dragon Ball Z, rip off. It was like, yeah, right.
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Probably characters what different name.
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So yeah, from being on like all the way from middle school to
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high school, all the way to, I graduated high school, I drew
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comics in the living room, like, on the table.
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Like I used to use DVDs to like make straight lines to make my
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little comment boxes, and stuff. And I still got some old stuff
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from me. And so, you know, through school
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and stuff. I was like the art kid.
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I was The Artsy brother. Yeah, and I knew I wanted to I
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make comics more than anything and Going to college on.
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I went to I initially went to school at the Art Institute of
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Atlanta and I went for graphic design because there wasn't a
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major in comic book art or doing anything that makes me.
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So I was still like teetering between like, okay, well I want
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to go to Atlanta because cartoon, networking, Adult Swim
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and stare maybe I can in turn up there or something like that and
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when I went there and went to school I kind of lost focus.
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A little bit though. Yeah I understand but I lost a
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little focus when I went there I got distracted by other things
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like what a lot of my friends were in a rap and I was also in
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the rep. I also got this The connection.
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The hip-hop. Yeah.
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And at the time, like I learn how to rap and my friend was
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going for audio production, so that stuff kind of distracting
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me. So I'll end up wanting the rap
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and do music and I drew a little less when I was in school.
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And then I end up dropping out of there, because I realized
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like being a, I got pretty far in the graphic design program
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and realize, like, I'm not going to want to do this.
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Yeah, like once I really figured out what dress graphic design
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was actually, About. So yeah, right before I dropped
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out and when I first came back home, hit a Birmingham in 2012.
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I started working on at the time, it was space dust.
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It wasn't space Crush. Okay.
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I did some of the first drawings, I filled up a whole
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little art book. I had from art school for a
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little like character profiles. Character names, pictures, and
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all this stuff. And then, when I got back home,
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you know, I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do it life
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and stuff, and skipping ahead. I want to respiratory school,
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became a respiratory therapist and all this stuff.
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So by time, I did all this stuff I had stopped drawing completely
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and I'm the thought, like, man, I just don't know how to draw
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anymore. Yeah.
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But I still picked up and thought about space dust and had
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by this time renamed, its face, British and wrote stuff and
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notes and stuff. And I think at one point, I was
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even on deviantART, trying to see if I could commission some
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artists to draw some character designs for me because I'll just
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like, I just don't got it, no more.
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Yeah, yeah. Um, so fast for the head.
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I met my wife in 2019 and I showed him my art book with all
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my stuff and I was like it. It's a comment that I've been
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working on and off for almost 10 years now but I don't know if
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I'm ever do nothing with it. And yeah.
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The artwork and stuff and was like you need to keep doing is
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you need to start back drawing. So little by little I start
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drawing stuff for her and draw a little Peaks and stuff and then
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I start getting interested again.
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Yeah, one day I was just like, you know what?
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I'm just going to start, you know, I was like I got some
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characters design. I'm just going to start and I
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just wrote it on paper the first two chapters look a bit
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different from chapter 3 because chapter 3 was done.
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All Digital, okay? Chapters 1 and 2 was on paper
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and scanned in the computer and editing the clip studio.
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So that's my history with comic books.
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I never did anything professionally.
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I just it might at the heart of things I've always drawn and
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I've always wanted to work on comic books.
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So I've drawn comic books, you know, for myself for years,
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growing up. Yeah.
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And I'm just trying to get into it now like seeing the guys that
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set. Today am yeah.
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Doing what they're doing and I've been following them since.
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Like I remember when white manga was on deviantART, a lot and I
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follow him back to 2012 and he was just working on Apple black.
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And I remember when he first Say like in 2013 he was gone create
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this Anthology and be like a Marvel of manga like back in
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2013 and now seeing what them getting a global deal and stuff.
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I was like man like it's really motivating and inspiring and I'm
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so I'm just trying to follow in their footsteps now and you know
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do my own thing with space Chris but I hope that one too long
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haha. Now you did now I enjoyed that
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because you know I said, I'd like, It's always fun and
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interesting getting to hear about the journey that somebody
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want on to get to, you know, what you're doing now.
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Granted I guess in the conversations, we've had over
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the months, whatever I never really asked about civics or
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whatever. So I never knew that you had an
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older brother and and stuff like that and I was curious like How
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much if any of because it's another you said that you've
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kept some of know the stuff that you've drawn like for like years
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in the past. But like like how far back do
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you have? Do you have stuff from like your
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childhood that you were drawing like a little paper clip?
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Paperclip things. You were putting together and
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stuff like that, man. I wish man.
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I know we moved around a lot growing up and I moved around a
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lot as an adult to yeah until recently.
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So a lot of that stuff just kind of Got lost in the shuffle.
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Yeah. And you know, back in the day
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they used to kind of make fun of you about being the anime, kid
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and drawing and stuff. So I know a lot of the stuff I
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got rid of or yeah tried to hide.
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If somebody was coming over because I ain't want to, you
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know? Oh yeah.
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Oh yeah. I lost a good bit of it.
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I do still got stuff from my high school days, so I got a
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comic book that I did called Phoenix fire where I was drawing
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in the sketch pad from with my 11th grade.
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Yeah, that's probably as far back dated as I haven't, but I
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still have those in the box and I got all my early space Crush
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when it was still space dust. Yeah, put up in a box and got
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all my drawings and stuff from that too.
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Okay, so that the in that, that's what I wanted.
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To also ask you about as well. So what kind of made you decide
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to change the name from space dust to space Crush?
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So I came up with space done, Tucson.
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When I made up that name. So I was on break from school
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for a time to I was in between and I took like a quarter off in
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like during that time I just start drawing a lot and I was on
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Facebook sharing my art and I had all my stuff that I was
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drawing every day and share and I just titled it.
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Space dust gotcha. I don't remember why exactly
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like, um, I know back then I had like a plan to like have like a
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multimedia like I was trying to do comic books back then to in
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my life brand logo was going to be spaceships media.
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So it might have just been a play off of that.
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There's something that shit, but I tired of that space dust.
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Then when I start thinking of like I was like, man, I want to
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make like, sci-fi Adventure comic like and I just said I was
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going to name it space dust like and I had no thought about the
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name. I was just trying to think of a
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kind of cool sounding name so I was like they still sounds cool.
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Like I was kind of thinking in terms of like how bleach like it
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you don't know why it's called bleach.
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Yeah yes and no here bleeps get mentioned in the series.
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I'll change the name because I Googled, because I was thinking
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about copyright. Oh yeah.
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So yeah. And I Google space doesn't found
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out. It's a candy called space dust
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and it's also a beer to call space dust gotcha.
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So I was like, let me just switch it up and I just thought
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a crush you know? I was like please Crush.
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Yeah. And when I came up with the
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story I was like that's going to be my main character's name.
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I was like, that sounds like a superhero, a bounty hunter type
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name. I'ma make that my character
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named so. Okay, Mike, I thought of that
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being my character named actually when I actually start
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seriously coming up with the comic I got today.
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Yeah. But before it was just like a
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name of a comic, but yeah, as far as I know, there's no space
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Crush. I'm still working on getting
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that copyrighted and all that smart.
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As I know, there's no. Space crushed brand anything out
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there? Yeah, yeah, that.
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Yeah. The, the burning stuff is
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definitely something that not everybody takes into account
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when they are doing stuff now. You know, like you said, like
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when you kind of like a little bit lot younger and you just,
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hey, I'm just drawing just for the fun of it, you know, you
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know, you know, a lot of us just named stuff, just whatever.
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But then it's like, okay, I might try to do this
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professionally or like you said, I tried Got the copyright and
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all that stuff, whatever. And then it's like some people
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don't actually check that stuff early enough in the process and
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like they're like years deep into doing nothing and also as I
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do that me you know let me go see if I can get that domain
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name or the copyright or whatever and come to find out
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somebody else has had it for years or or maybe even swooped
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in in the time that you've had the idea and registered it two
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years ago. And it's like, man.
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So so yeah, that definitely a lesson to everybody out there.
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If you have anything as far as like a branding and stuff like
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that, you know, try to go about getting like your domain names
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for websites and stuff and copyright and all that stuff
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situated, because Jake it can't become a tricky.
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Pickle. Yeah, very very quickly.
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Oh, one other kind of like background thing.
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I want to ask about before I guess to kind of help us start
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going into space Crush in its current Ant form?
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What? Why why?
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Why did the name silent pee? Oh man.
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So I've always I've always wanted to Go.
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By another name is an artist. I just always thought it sounded
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cool. Like it's a cup artist.
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Like, you know, one they made one punch, man.
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Go about one. Like I've always wanted to have
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something like that. Yeah.
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And also because I used to rap and stuff.
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So I had a rap name that I'm not going to name.
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Yeah, well, I had another rap name and I thought about using
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that, when I Drawing and was on deviantART and stuff.
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And At first, I used to go by Samurai feel and I still feel
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with the pH ee l, so I spelled it like feel nice and I did that
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early in the 2010s and then I wanted to kind of switch it up
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and make it kind of more personal.
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Yeah. And I started thinking about
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like a something that kind of represents me.
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Or represent something people say about me.
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I notice about me and in school I was kind of like, always quiet
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and people talk about why I was so quiet.
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I was introverted. And you know, I think about it
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you get to know me or have a one-on-one conversation with me.
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I will talk talk talk. Yeah, we are completely
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different person, but if I'm in big crowds, if I don't know you
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that. Well first off, I'm always going
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to be quiet for. So that's just something people
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always said yeah about me. He's so I liked that movie Jay
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and Silent Bob. Oh yeah.
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And I was like, okay, what about like silent field or something
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like that? Yeah.
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And then I was like, cuz the Pas Le stands for Professor.
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It doesn't stand for Philip or feel, gotcha.
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So I was like, oh well, I always wore glasses in school and
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people, I enter time, I didn't like it, but people used to
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always liking me as a smart guy. Yeah, what that?
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I would run away from it but they were just going by because
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I was a lot. Stay near to.
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I used to be I'm 6 feet tall and I used the way like 135 pounds
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of high school. So I was this super skinny tall
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guy with glasses. So people used to say, I look
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like a professor. Yeah.
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So I was like, you know what? I'm going to just invite it and
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I was like, okay, silent Professor then like I showed
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them that the silent P. Just, yeah, go get a shorter
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name on the Internet. Okay, are you all it just kind
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of I took two things that people say and just kind of wanted to
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embody it a little bit and own it.
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Yeah. Okay.
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I like that that that's my first time, you know, here and here
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and that cuz you know, it kind of make kind of makes me think
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about Deku and my hero Academia. How, you know Baca go use that
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as a way to make fun of him, but he took it, like you said about
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you, like you said that with a silent what with the professor
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thing and like, you know what, no, I'm going to take.
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Ownership of this myself and turn into something positive.
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So yeah, I really like that that that's that's really dope man.
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That's what so something were to start.
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So, with with space Crush itself, being being this, this
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sci-fi Adventure, Well I guess like what led you to wanting it
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to be a Sci-Fi adventure and and kind of, you know, the general
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story and stuff like that. I'll just always been a fan of
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sci-fi films, like a I guess where my head was at.
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When I thought about it was men and black.
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Guardians of the Galaxy was a big influence.
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So I'm trying to think of something else.
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That's all just like fun, goofy, Sci-Fi series.
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Like just you know, letting your imagination run away with you
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and kind of read or on this adventure like with fun
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characters and all I always Gotta Throw Akira Toriyama in
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there like a post on think about Dragon Ball as a Sci-Fi series,
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but it really is like the space. They fight aliens, the main
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characters, the illya. Yeah, so that was a big
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influence on that and just like I try to what I love about Akira
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Toriyama is the comedic tone of all his stuff and I don't just
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mean Dragon Ball. Leave the I'm talking about like
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dr. Slump yeah.
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I'm about many of his one shots that he have soft like sci-fi
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influence so that comedic tone with like fun action adventure.
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Background is like what? Trying to capture.
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I'm just trying to do something real fun and adventurous and I
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love sci-fi because I'm also a science geek.
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I have a degree in science and I love biology and Technology like
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any of that, stuff piques, my interest.
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And what I like about science fiction, you can take a
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scientific idea for story, but just run with it, you know, like
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you can take a concept and science.
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That's effectual thing and kind. That just let your imagination
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run with it and be like, Oh, but what if?
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Yeah, and I love futuristic stuff.
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I'm also like big cyberpunk serious fan Matrix is one of my
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most favorite movie trilogies of all time.
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I also love the animatrix know And I've been reading a battle
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Angel at leader. Like, I just love stuff like
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that. That's just in the future and
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just letting your imagination. Like, what if this happens in
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the future? Like, you know, speculative
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stuff? Like what if aliens came and
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took over whatever humans, colonize other planets?
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Yeah, you know I got I just love playing with ideas on that.
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So it's just like, my favorite genre to work with ya and You
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because you, you mentioned the humor and things of that.
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That is different. Something that I that I've seen
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all throughout all of the chapters that you wrote?
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Because, honestly, he even, even back in, I remember like, like a
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specific one in chapter one, and I believe another one in chapter
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two, but even sometimes just like the facial expressions that
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some of your characters have in certain moments.
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Were there? Like what?
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Like the first of all, saw it? just made me laugh and there was
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a moment in I believe it was the second chapter where they met
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the The boss of the organization and his hat thing, and the one
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dude just like, just like busting out laughing at like,
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man. Look at this dude.
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He look so goofy. Yeah, he's in charge.
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So yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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As like I said, to all listeners and Watchers, I can definitely
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attest to the comedy stuff being throughout throughout space
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crunch. Cuz yeah, that like I said,
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like, And when I read that first chapter, it was something that
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he immediately grabbed my attention.
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I was, I was okay. I was like, yeah, that this is
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going to be a, a, a fun adventure as well as even know,
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like, so, with with like some of out the, or what you mentioned
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earlier with, like, some of Like Your Dragon Ball Inspirations
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and stuff. You know, I can see that in, you
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know, some of certain characters like power-ups and you know,
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movements and looks and stuff like that but but still, you
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know, you put in your own Spin and style on it yourself so.
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So I guess I'm trying to do it. I don't did I ask you to say
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that? What the actual premise a
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special crush is? I don't know if I actually asked
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you that? Yes, I don't think I have.
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Okay. Or are those the general like
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story and stuff like that for space Crush.
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Okay. So space crush is a story
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centered around two, main characters, meet show and the
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other characters named Nico. So it's me Cho and Nico steal
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me. Cho goes by space Crush as a
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bounty hunter. So he has an alternative name
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that he uses. So, as a bounty hunter, he is
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known as face Crush. So these two are first-year
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bounty hunters in the 59.99 and they are running the case.
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Trying to find these guys that are doing metal, High surround
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capital city, which is the main city that is on Earth Colony.
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So the premise is there on this everyday Mission trying to find
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these two guys running middle highest.
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They need to capture them and they want to collect their
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Bounty. But in the process of that, they
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find out that they are actually working for a guy known as the
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insect came. The insect King is the guy that
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12 years ago was listed as a prime suspect that kidnapped me
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to meet Charles mother in the main character.
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So now they're just going through this whole Whirlwind of
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events of unraveling this Much larger case seems like in the
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goal of finding out what happened to me chose mother and
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what did the insect came do to them.
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So that's kind of the journey. I want to take the reader in on
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that the setting is Earth colony in the year. 15 5999.
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So imagine the world in a very, very distant future.
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Air space travel to other planets colonization on other
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planets as possible, but they Advanced more advanced alien
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race has came in and dominated humans long ago.
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So humans aren't the Apex of society anymore.
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There's a species on top of humans.
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That kinda oppress them economically, they control the
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Galaxy and humans are kind of just like, Almost like
27:23
second-class citizens of the Galaxy on my kind of explain
27:27
some of that stuff. If you read the first chapter,
27:29
some of that stuff again, explained in some stuff, I'm
27:31
just saving for later but that's kind of how deal the world that
27:35
they're living in right now. Yeah, yeah.
27:39
So with with the the story and things of that nature Like, I'm
27:49
just kind of like, here's to know how much of it is.
27:53
Kind of, like, set in stone as far as I.
27:55
Okay, you kind of know or did you know that?
27:59
Okay, this is the end goal and then like how much of it along
28:04
the way, do you already kind of have like, planned out?
28:07
I do you have I? Okay, I'm for sure.
28:09
Gonna hit this this, and this along the way, and the kind of
28:12
like, you know, feeling is three beats or moments along the way,
28:15
or kind of like what it's like, you're your thoughts.
28:18
I says with, you know, planning out the story, Yeah.
28:24
So the ending is not something I have written down the planned
28:29
out. The mystery of the insect came
28:34
is kind of there already. I have like an outline of
28:41
points. I want to get to.
28:43
Yeah. So So many chapters in is like
28:50
my act one, got you. And then each chapter is I make
28:57
them, I write out the details. So like, let's say, for
29:03
instance, chapter 4. Like I got chapter for right
29:06
now, all the way to the end. Chapter 5 is not written yet but
29:11
I'm going off my script as I draw chapter 4.
29:16
But that doesn't mean, I'll know what I'm going to do in chapter
29:19
5 is just like I have to see how until it like plays out on
29:23
paper. Yeah.
29:24
Like, it doesn't really make sense of where I'm a pick up on
29:28
the next chapter. So I tried right in the head
29:31
when I first started, but it didn't exactly work out for me.
29:34
Yeah, yeah exactly. So I'm kind of just following
29:38
the outline of points. I want to hit in the First Act,
29:42
then the second act in the third act, I'm kind of taking that
29:45
approach. Yes.
29:46
To and I'm not an experienced rider.
29:50
Like I just been making up stuff.
29:52
Yeah. Since I was a kid and just kind
29:55
of letting my imagination run with me.
29:58
Yeah, all the stuff. So, The mr.
30:03
Ed an insect King and stuff. I got pretty much planned out,
30:07
but I'm kind of taking it at a chapter in the time, but just
30:11
kind of following my little guy lying on what's Happening.
30:14
And then I also kind of like it like that because it allows me
30:18
creative freedom to change. Yeah stuff.
30:22
So I don't have to stick to a certain things if I decide I
30:24
want to kind of go another way. Yeah it came but I just got to
30:27
get myself a little boundary. So my story don't just be all
30:30
over the place. Forget his goal and oh, yeah.
30:33
So we end up in Hawaii on mars or something, you know.
30:36
I'm like, what's going on? Oh, it is going and where I
30:39
don't want that to happen, but I want to keep surprising people
30:42
and I still want to, like, be able to tweak things here and
30:45
there along the way. Yeah, I got here about
30:49
backgrounds and stuff right now that hadn't been introduced yet,
30:53
stuff like that. But as far as the store it, like
30:56
I kind of take it in a chapter at a time.
30:59
Yeah. See, we're in kind of see where
31:01
I'm gonna go. Go from the end of each chapter.
31:03
Yeah, okay. Okay.
31:06
I like that because yeah. Like, you know, like like I
31:10
said, like me just as a, as a outward Observer and reader is
31:15
that, that is something that I think about a lot with certain
31:18
series and stuff like that is, okay?
31:20
Like, how much of this was planned out and how much it was
31:24
kind of like, okay, you know, like you like you said, like,
31:26
okay, you have these make these certain bullet points you want a
31:32
hit, but kind of like you said, give yourself some freedom to
31:36
kind of pivot and make changes and moves and stuff along the
31:40
way because because that that's kind of how In a way, I kind of
31:47
like how I approach doing my podcast and this stuff, whatever
31:50
to wear, same thing. Like, when I first started, I
31:53
was trying to stick to a script and all this stuff or whatever.
31:59
And yeah, I was, I was like, yeah.
32:00
Did this just isn't me or this just doesn't feel right.
32:04
And so like you said it was okay.
32:06
No, I have. I'm a few bullet points and make
32:08
sure. Okay, make sure I hit certain
32:11
topics or whatever, and then I just kind of just talk and and
32:15
kind of fine. My find my path along the way
32:19
and me me just mention the talking.
32:22
So we're just kind of made me think back to because you know,
32:26
you mentioned earlier, how I can read you.
32:30
I can review said this before we recorded or while we were
32:33
recording but about how yeah man, you are similar in many
32:37
ways because because your story about, you know, you kind of
32:41
being the quiet guy and stuff at school until you know, somebody
32:44
actually gets to know you and stuff.
32:46
That that is definitely the way I am as well because a lot of
32:52
times a lot of times I'll be surprised that I'm able to talk
32:56
so long. Most of my episodes that I Do by
32:58
myself. Yeah, you know, I'll come on and
33:01
I'll be like, yeah guys, I really got much to talk about
33:04
today and then hour and a half later.
33:08
I'm like I guess I found something.
33:11
Yeah. Who would just need that
33:14
one-on-one, you know? And You know, once we get
33:17
rolling, we get rolling this. Yes.
33:19
Yes. I'm sure a lot of people out
33:21
there. They know me.
33:22
Say they like, yeah, he quad was like, now you just got to talk
33:26
to Phil. He, he will definitely talk
33:28
back. You just got to initiate
33:30
sometimes and just talk to him. I was like, he definitely talk.
33:33
Oh yeah. Oh yeah, cuz a lot of times it
33:36
just takes like the right subject or whatever to to talk
33:42
about cuz a cuz I've even had moments where like When I'm
33:47
like, I'm at Barnes & Nobles or something or a bookstore, you
33:50
know, I I tried to be that guy to like, you know, Intruder
33:55
other people's conversations and stuff forever, but it's like
33:58
every blue moon, you know, it's my might be in there and, you
34:01
know, either they're trying to find something or they're
34:04
talking about something that I'm super interested in.
34:06
I might be like, yeah, that is a good series or, you know, give a
34:10
little input or, hey, I can't find where whatever series is,
34:15
or how is this? It's over there around the
34:17
corner stuff like that. But, but yeah, but I think,
34:25
because because because along the way you've different brought
34:27
up a lot of things that I wanted to kind of like our ahead
34:32
curious questions about actually cuz I cuz cuz cuz you kind of
34:36
made mention of you have, you know, the backstory of, you
34:40
know, a lot of our certain characters and stuff they have
34:42
it haven't even been introduced yet of the people that you've
34:47
introduced so far, who who is your favorite character that
34:52
that you like drawing and writing about I'm so I answered
34:59
this on Twitter. Well I answer it was somebody
35:02
just said, post your favorite like original character from
35:05
your I follow a lot of Indie Comics.
35:06
Yeah. Creators.
35:08
And they had he's posed just for a chance to like get exposure
35:11
and you network people and all my posted Nico steel sheet based
35:16
off my wife. So I think that's why I like her
35:20
character. Um, I'm keeping a lot of Hub
35:23
background a mystery right now. Yeah but I know what it is.
35:26
L. So I'm having a lot of fun
35:29
developing her as a character, and she's also just my favorite
35:33
to draw. Like, I don't know.
35:35
It's some therapeutic about drawing or drawing a little cat
35:38
ears and stuff like that. I really like, you know, I like
35:41
my main character, but I just be like, yeah, man, some Nico
35:44
seems, yeah, yeah, so you could, you, you mentioned it.
35:49
And she that she's going to rinse off your wife.
35:51
I was kind of curious if that was the case because, you know,
35:54
one, one, one, Thing that kind of, let me think about it was
35:59
the cat ears because I was, I was like, I wonder house I got
36:03
asked about that one day, so, but yeah, I agree.
36:09
She I like her character as well.
36:15
With the try to think of how to ask.
36:23
Okay? I guess I like with the
36:24
characters and stuff comes, you know, they're different powers
36:30
and abilities like where, where did like some of the ideas for
36:39
some of that stuff kind of come from with like some like, like
36:41
your powers and abilities and And he even even the even the
36:47
having a mutants and Androids and stuff like that and your
36:51
story like that, right? Kind of some of that stuff over
36:53
the ideas with that stuff, kind of come from.
36:57
I'm just so when I was thinking of like the concepts of what I'm
37:04
trying to present, one of the things I wanted to do, one of
37:11
the ways I thought of like, what I was trying to get across with
37:17
this story or what I'm trying to like what my like when I was
37:20
thinking about elevator pitches. I was thinking of, okay, this is
37:25
on. Cowboy Bebop, sprinkle with a
37:30
little bit of X-Men, was one of the pictures I thought of.
37:34
Yeah. So I kind of wanted to take out
37:39
a Sci-Fi elements of like superheroes kinda, but put it
37:46
in, in a Sci-Fi kind of I wanted to have that kind of Space.
37:57
Western background almost. Yeah.
37:59
Makes what a little cyberpunk. Yeah so Cowboy Bebop Trigun but
38:04
what if we literally were dealing with like super mutants
38:08
with powers. Yeah and all the ideas for the
38:12
powers. So Michoacan thought of when I
38:17
first thought of him ten years ago, I just I wanted to have a
38:24
guy who was black The had the power to shoot energy from his
38:29
hands. Yeah, that was just like that
38:32
basic concept I want. It was like somebody can shoot
38:36
energy beans. Some of my influences with that
38:39
of course you know Dragon Ball in able to harness key, another
38:45
influence that I don't think. I say a lot Green Lantern
38:50
because it's like being able to harness energy, I wanted
38:54
somebody like that and that's kind of the idea I had for him
39:00
and then with Nico I was like it's the future like I want it I
39:05
gotta have some cyborgs or robots in here and The idea for
39:10
her Dragon Ball, like the Android Saga like 17 and 18.
39:16
Yeah. What something I thought about
39:20
battle Angel, Aleta buddy, I had in mind and I also wanted to
39:27
think about how it is distant future Society.
39:32
I always think about like, that speculative fiction type of
39:36
stuff like, how did Society Advanced?
39:39
Yeah. I think what a lot of stuff and
39:41
sci-fi films. Always do is like The robots
39:47
take over the robots dominate the humans but I was like in my
39:54
mind in the future like I was like, you know, I don't think
40:01
humans are going to let robots take over.
40:03
I think humans are going to integrate technology in their
40:06
selves. Yeah, before they build a
40:09
human-like robots that's essentially Superior to them.
40:14
Yeah. So my idea was It's not like
40:17
Andrew is walking around this side boys, just people that's
40:20
integrated technology in their bodies.
40:24
The immune idea, just came from X-Men.
40:31
Like, is a big influence on that, but I used the substance
40:37
that I have in the series called meta.
40:40
And this is a substance that Society uses as an energy source
40:45
it like power spaceships. It's like it's like the oil of
40:49
this time. Like it's like what oil is to us
40:52
and this future. That's what meta is it Powers?
40:56
Almost everything. It's a plasma substance station
40:59
that lets off a lot of energy. That gives them a power for
41:02
space travel and all this stuff. But the twist I put is it that
41:07
it causes humans to mutate. So that's created this Society
41:14
of cyborgs and Things in the world and you know, when people
41:18
get those Powers, you know, they can use it for good or bad.
41:22
So you got a whole criminal underworld of like mutants and
41:26
cyborgs out there that have to be handled.
41:30
So that's kind of the ideal to world.
41:33
I wanted to kind of build this world where there are these
41:37
dangerous criminals with like crazy abilities from either
41:41
being a cyborg or mutant Okay. My bad.
41:51
Sorry, I froze. No, no, those are really all
42:08
that stuff. So I'm trying to think.
42:14
I'm so sorry, really? You know, you you made mention
42:16
the that you that you had kind of made.
42:18
No between. 22 and out in chapter 3 that you made the
42:22
trend transition from doing, you know, hand-drawn and skinning it
42:26
in to doing it all digital. Have you found that?
42:31
That's no kind of helped make the process better faster.
42:36
What a kind of been? No, I guess, maybe like some
42:39
both prose, and maybe some cars that you found and making that
42:42
transition. Oh yeah, that's a good question.
42:46
So yeah, I found both Pros. All kinds overall.
42:52
I love digital. Yeah, is really great and I, and
42:56
I ran from digital for so long because I was just, like, I
42:59
can't learn that stuff. My, you know, I'm not a, I'm not
43:03
super duper take Savvy with stuff and, um, I think I just
43:08
was scared of it for a long time that I just wouldn't be able to
43:11
do it, but the pros is / in the long run because you're not
43:21
constantly buying supplies for which can be very expensive.
43:28
Like, Micron pens and pencils May especially those Micron
43:32
pens, man, they can cost you and you are running out quick,
43:35
trying to incoming pages and stuff too.
43:38
Yeah yeah. So from a financial standpoint
43:42
it's cheaper in the long run. Another Pro is that missing up
43:50
is not is detrimental. Yeah.
43:55
So what comes with that is you can experiment with a lot more
43:59
things that way because you're not worried about oh I'm a mess
44:02
up this page if I try this. Yeah, so from a standpoint from
44:07
my standpoint, I feel like it took my art to another level
44:10
because I'm being more risky and trying things that I usually was
44:15
scared of. Yes it And now I have this whole
44:19
arsenal of all these other tools that I didn't have before too.
44:25
So I watched a lot of tutorials and stuff and I think it just
44:28
improved overall quality and not because it helps you draw
44:32
better. Yeah.
44:33
You still kind of have the skills, but it get its, it's
44:36
just better resource the more valuable resource.
44:40
Yeah, to have. So you can do more things.
44:43
It doesn't make you draw better, but you will draw better because
44:46
you got more. More resources than the ability
44:48
to backtrack if you miss up. Yeah.
44:51
Also, so those have all been great pros and other Pro is not
44:59
having to scan in process, like, when I drew on paper, I had to
45:03
scan in, I had to clean up the heart and also redraw stuff
45:11
within the program. I did a lot of that on those
45:14
first two chapters on pages, two, but it Out here.
45:17
Me practice to because I completely erase some of the
45:20
stuff on the program and redrew it in the program and I was
45:25
like, hey I drew this pretty good.
45:26
I can probably yeah. Do old Pages like this?
45:29
So, shout out to Saturday a.m. and white manga.
45:33
Yeah. Again, because I looked white
45:35
manga has like, some of the best tutorials videos.
45:40
I watched a lot of his tutorials and how to do stuff on there and
45:45
It got to me when I was confident enough to do a whole
45:48
chapter on there now. Yeah.
45:52
Collins the only kind, I can really think of is all back up
45:58
your work. Make sure when you save it,
46:03
don't save. It is the page that you just
46:06
worked on that did happen in the process of the last chapter.
46:12
And I had to redo a whole page out, the all the layers and
46:16
layers, I had to backtrack into a page completely over because
46:19
it was gone. Y'all is gone.
46:22
So you Back up your work. Make a copy.
46:24
Yeah, I still need to get a hard drive, by external hard drive.
46:28
Yeah. Because, yeah, if your work is
46:31
all on the computer, some happened to that computer is
46:34
gone man. It's never to return.
46:38
So that's the biggest con to it. But all in all, it's all digital
46:43
is the way to go to me. I don't hardly ever draw on
46:49
paper anymore. I will every now and again, I do
46:51
do all my drafts on paper, I draw all my pages in a
46:55
Sketchbook, okay? Before I draw it on the
46:58
computer, just because it's like a road map to where I want the
47:02
story to go and what I want this scenes to look like.
47:06
So I just followed the little road map, I can actually show.
47:09
Yeah, I got the sketch book right here.
47:14
So I don't know if they can see that good.
47:17
Yeah. You know, that's kind of how my
47:20
page look before I put it on the computer.
47:22
I kind of just redraw that in the panels on there.
47:27
So yeah, digital is great. Yeah, I would definitely keep
47:32
that stuff in mind because because I don't know if you've
47:36
heard me talk about before and I'm not about to my daughter's
47:39
love, drawing their into our and things of that nature and
47:45
because because because, you know, even when used no giving
47:48
your your background, as far as I, you were drawing very young,
47:53
they, they were doing the same because they're currently the
47:57
They're twins, so they're currently 12 but I definitely
48:00
remember them draw and stuff many years back, you know,
48:06
because they they they constantly, you know, be
48:10
sketching that stuff and be like, hey, come in and show me
48:14
and and things like that. So because I had a, what was it
48:19
last Sometime last year. I had winning, got them like
48:28
some like, some little some sketchbooks.
48:31
It was a certain type of mechanical pencil that somebody
48:36
had recommended because because there was a Another artist.
48:41
I was following back last year and I had reached out to her
48:46
house. I got my daughter's there into
48:48
our you know do you have any suggestions or whatever and she
48:51
had no message me back a list as far as alcohol.
48:53
Like this type of Sketchbook with this type of paper and
48:57
pencils and stuff like that. And I ended up know, going out
48:59
and get it and they they were Head Over Heels excited and
49:06
stuff. So, but but that stuff is
49:08
something like you said, I would wait.
49:10
The digital side of things, which Speaking of which, what
49:16
what kind of software, or device that you use to access to do the
49:21
actual drawings. So I'll do everything.
49:25
I don't know, clip Studio paint, it's a great, great software for
49:31
creating Comics, is more tailored to like create and
49:35
manga, but it is, it's a great program.
49:40
RAM. And it's only the starter pack
49:42
is only $50 and that's what I use still now.
49:48
And man, this wonderful man, like it mimics a pencil like it
49:53
feels so natural and I use a Wacom tablet to draw on it.
49:57
On my wife, she bought me the program to for Christmas and she
50:01
gave me. Let me use her Wacom tablet and
50:06
all. Once I got the clip Studio
50:08
program and start practicing on This very natural.
50:11
Yeah, once you practice with it a bit but yeah, it mimics a
50:16
pencil ill, mimic gpn and on the professional level.
50:21
Like the guys that Saturday am, that's what they use.
50:24
Okay? The draw their comics and a lot
50:27
of other artists to like sweat and so Creator uses clip Studio.
50:32
Yeah. So it's what the pros use and
50:35
it's very inexpensive and not that hard to use, especially if
50:38
you're familiar with like Straighter or photoshop instead
50:43
of it's not too bad to use. So, yeah, I would definitely
50:48
recommend that a hundred times like it's a great program.
50:52
Okay, okay. See, I'm like I said at the time
50:54
taking notes for myself, you know it's like you know like the
51:00
people to know there's no the this is more just than just an
51:03
interview for y'all. This is also.
51:04
Hey Roberts taking notes too. Okay, awesome.
51:11
Okay, cuz I, cuz because back when I was in college one of my
51:16
roommates Cliff, he was also artists and so you know that
51:25
that was kind of I think that my pain might have been like one of
51:28
my first real experiences getting a chance to see some of
51:34
these processes and stuff because you know before you know
51:37
having a roommate that I was living with you know it was just
51:40
okay I don't know how to stuff works or what the Says, but just
51:45
kind of even just over the couple of years that we live
51:47
together saying like his transformation of his art and
51:54
his sketches and stuff cuz cuz he would have certain characters
51:58
that he would ever so often redraw it again, and they kind
52:04
of like, you know, put them side-by-side.
52:05
But okay, this is what they looked like five years ago.
52:08
Three years ago today, and so on and so forth.
52:15
Which I guess with. cuz cuz cuz I'm also kind of curious, I
52:21
guess kind of going back a little bit with the scheduler or
52:26
with with with the look of your characters now and I guess, I
52:32
guess what, primarily say your two main character space crush
52:36
and Niko How close or I guess like like how much have their
52:45
designs changed, you know, over the course of, you know, you
52:49
kind of doing the early stages of planning versus okay?
52:53
When chapter one came out, this is what they look like now.
52:55
Do they change very much or or kind of how it was that each?
53:01
Oh, looks like, if you see a picture that I drew of him ten
53:07
years ago, he looks almost the same but he's definitely been.
53:10
Redesign quite a bit. I remember the first big changes
53:16
I've made him was when I showed them to my wife and I was really
53:22
seriously about to start drawing the comic and I was working on
53:25
promo art and all this stuff. One of the first three designs
53:29
ideal because my wife was like, he needed an edge of because I
53:35
just had that hair just like, kind of like that and my wife's
53:40
like, you need I really like getting praised by
53:56
my wife but that that that that that that that is a really good.
54:11
So yeah, he got an edge up now. You know, I keep the Chris, I
54:16
put a little bit more details on his dreadlocks like at first it
54:19
was just like, just one solid like just hairpieces.
54:25
Yeah. But then I start doing the
54:27
individual type back behind them and clothing is changed.
54:34
I kind of want to change clothing because sometimes I'd
54:36
be like, boy drawing the same clothing.
54:39
So my good notice and chapter. R22 chapter 3.
54:41
They got on different clothes and I have graded the clothes a
54:44
little bit. So clothing is changed Nico.
54:50
Nico, still did not exist in early, Renditions of the show.
54:57
I had another support and character that I had in mind and
55:01
all like I said, I kind of got influenced by my wife with her
55:05
and she came in once I started seriously like coming up with
55:09
designs so, she looks pretty much the same, but like I've
55:14
tried to get more detail with her hair, like I really like,
55:19
I'm very big on in central waiting black features in my
55:22
character so you know that they are characters of color.
55:25
So you know I like giving her like around it knows and have
55:30
like you know, the lips and beautiful curly hair because you
55:35
know like my dream is that black people can easily cut cosplay,
55:40
these characters. Yeah.
55:42
In this story like that's kind of one of my my goals and kind
55:46
of like a dream is like a people going.
55:49
It will be very easy for people of color to cosplay on.
55:52
So like, I want to accentuate those features and also just so,
55:57
you know, kids can look at them and see them.
55:59
Yeah. And, you know, kids are Culligan
56:03
say, hey, I, you know, I just remember you know, sin, Dragon
56:07
Ball Z characters, that want my hair to look like that, but
56:09
they'll never look like that. No, I wanted my hair to be like,
56:13
go hums, but it's never going to look like that.
56:15
So, I want people to see black hair is cool, and Be able to
56:19
like oh I can make my hair look like me chose you know, I get
56:22
we're seeing and had a dreadlocks tired back.
56:25
Yeah. So that's kind of dream with
56:27
that but I'm kind of getting off subject.
56:31
Oh no. You cool.
56:32
You find if I'm an eraser I was drawing as a Villain Like is a
56:38
minor character way back. When I first Drew space crush,
56:43
his design has kind of changed and even throughout the
56:47
chapters. He's changed a bit, too, because
56:51
I kind of wanted to clean up his style a little bit and I kind of
56:56
do them progress with that. Yeah, with the characters, I
57:00
actually plan to like on redesigned chapter 1 and chapter
57:04
2 eventually, but I'm going to take my time with it, but I'm
57:07
eventually redo those two chapters didn't religious to
57:11
upgrade the quality. But, you know, if you read any
57:14
manga artist through, you see that they style changes a little
57:19
bit throughout. Is like Akira or just about
57:22
anybody, they style changes. So I'm not too too worried about
57:26
that but because you always just trying to get better and draw
57:30
better with each chapter so it's going to always change a little
57:33
bit. Yeah.
57:34
People are out but those two main ones I know.
57:38
Yeah. Changed a lot over time.
57:41
That I've shown yeah everybody else is kind of like new kind of
57:46
new idea. Yeah so I had A curiosity and
57:51
and you can to kind of be like, hey, I ain't gonna say nothing
57:54
at all. All wait and see the, the
57:57
character that, you know, that you kind of originally had the
58:00
idea for like being like a support character that, you
58:04
know, end up kind of know, gets wiped out, you know, like, you
58:06
know, once you met your wife and Nikko came into the picture, do
58:10
you still have potential plans for that character?
58:13
Like you know what, you know, maybe I can repurpose this
58:17
character somewhere else down the line or is that Kind of like
58:20
a for now. They're just completely.
58:22
Just erased gone. That's definitely always a
58:27
possibility. I don't have any plans right now
58:30
but yeah, while I'm making this, I always liked especially when I
58:34
need some inspiration. Like I always go back to those
58:37
old drawings and see who I can flesh out or redesigned to get
58:40
ideas from so that's always a possibility.
58:43
Yeah, that I'll do that. I don't think anybody I've drawn
58:48
is ever completely Dead. I feel like, yeah, in some way
58:53
long as I'm drawing, I'ma bring somebody back because I feel
58:55
like I had, you know what? My stuff from high school, I
58:58
feel like I had some good ideas for some stuff.
59:02
So I always look back and look back on those old Inspirations
59:07
and see if I can revamp. Yeah, those old ideas I had.
59:11
So, okay. Yeah, definitely.
59:14
Yeah, you could possibly see him again?
59:16
Yeah. Yeah.
59:17
For sure. So, A couple more things I want
59:21
to ask you this specific to space crash, and then I want to
59:26
briefly talk about some other stuff before, before I gotta let
59:28
you go. As far as light light, like
59:35
looking ahead what space crush and once again, you know,
59:40
obviously, don't tell me like no, specifics, whatever, because
59:43
spoilers, but do you kind of have certain either either
59:49
moments or certain characters, where you're like, man, I cannot
59:52
wait until you know, chapter 7 or whatever to get to this point
59:59
or okay? I cannot wait till I get to Is
1:00:02
potential story, beat type of thing.
1:00:06
Oh, yeah, for sure. Yeah, Nico's background.
1:00:12
I'm excited for people to learn more about her.
1:00:16
I'm excited for. I'm excited for the insect King
1:00:23
and some more of that mystery to come out and people to learn
1:00:26
more. I'm trying really hard to Pace.
1:00:29
It all out. Make sure I'm not giving away
1:00:33
too much. Yeah, yeah, stuff too early.
1:00:38
But yeah, like I, I'm really excited to reveal a lot of stuff
1:00:43
in the future, like, yeah. I'm really excited about this
1:00:48
chapter. I'm working on just two ending.
1:00:50
Yeah, that I have planned for it and the stuff on the introduced
1:00:53
at the end of this one and I'm also excited about preceding
1:00:59
chapter chapter 5. Like I'm really excited of what
1:01:03
I'm going to show and was going to be set up for that chapter.
1:01:07
Yeah, nice nice. I you know as somebody that you
1:01:11
know has been following along like say they taste like
1:01:14
something with the journey since chapter one came out.
1:01:16
I am definitely excited to see what you have cooking up.
1:01:24
You know, if if if you ever need to have a character off in the
1:01:30
background, you know that this this, you know, that they're
1:01:33
flying by window and he's podcast and hey, you can use my,
1:01:37
I volunteer my likeness stuff like that.
1:01:47
Yeah, I love doing stuff like that.
1:02:04
You just gave me permission so. Oh yeah.
1:02:09
So with with you know, chapter 4 and stuff because because I even
1:02:15
saw a few hours ago Before we came on to do this, that you had
1:02:18
posted, you know, like some some sketches and stuff that you kind
1:02:23
of been doing lately. Do you have like a rough idea of
1:02:28
like when you think that chapter might be or you just kind of
1:02:31
like not going to put no specific you know okay I'm gonna
1:02:35
have it out by this date just like hey when it's ready.
1:02:37
It's ready type of approach? Yeah I definitely try to keep
1:02:42
its when it's ready as ready type of approach just so I don't
1:02:47
I definitely don't like announcing the deadline that I
1:02:50
can't meet and then kind of put pressure on myself and you know
1:02:55
working a full-time job and doing this and stuff.
1:02:57
I just know stuff is going to come up.
1:02:59
Yeah but I am shooting for the summer.
1:03:03
I can't promise that 100%. Yeah but I'm working to be able
1:03:08
to put some out this summer. Yeah.
1:03:12
And since you as that I was going to go ahead and say that
1:03:15
the plan is to release Before and also release one shot story
1:03:21
that I'm working on called my extradimensional side hustle.
1:03:25
I talk about it a little bit on keeping it Geekly to.
1:03:29
So my plan is to release these chapters and also do like these
1:03:33
little one shots. So hopefully this summer, I can
1:03:37
release chapter 4 and my one shout extradimensional side
1:03:42
hustle this Summer that you can just fit.
1:03:45
Okay? Nice.
1:03:45
Huh I love I love that name. I love that name is is that
1:03:51
watch out as good as going to be tied with space crush?
1:03:55
Or is it kind of like its own separate thing?
1:03:58
Or is it just hey, find out when you read it it's kinda its own
1:04:06
separate thing. And it's gonna be kind of a solo
1:04:11
story but it's kind of just a little bit background of the
1:04:15
idea of it is Going to be about a guy who has a side job is
1:04:24
extradimensional taxi cab driver.
1:04:29
I'm hoping to do like a 10-page like comedic more comedic sci-fi
1:04:34
one shot of that. Will it be tied to space Crush?
1:04:38
I don't know. It could it could not be.
1:04:40
It has some loose ties to it. We never know.
1:04:43
Yeah. Okay.
1:04:46
So, before I let you go. I got, you know, I definitely
1:04:52
got a touch on some other stuff, so and of course, I'll go
1:04:58
through this again. I want to get to the actual
1:04:59
intro, but, you know, I will, of course, have links to where you
1:05:03
can read more people watching, and listening can reach space
1:05:07
crash. I'll make sure to have all that
1:05:09
stuff, as well as silent piece socials all down in the bayou
1:05:13
below and description of the podcast, but What has been some
1:05:19
stuff that you've been? Reading or watching lately.
1:05:26
Oh man, I've been reading a lot. I've read Volume 5 of sweat and
1:05:35
soap. Recently, I actually I actually
1:05:40
just found that Barn because sorry to cut you off about you
1:05:43
and say just real quick because last month I had went out.
1:05:48
Okay. Yeah we're still we're still in
1:05:49
February and March as of today February I went out and bought
1:05:54
all of the series just so when I have once I finish up with what
1:05:58
I'm doing, 20th century boys. I plan on hopefully trying to
1:06:00
read that next but I have found all of the volumes across a few
1:06:05
different stores except for Volume 5 was sold out
1:06:09
everywhere. Even online in most places like
1:06:12
I'm like what is going on? But I luckily just founded
1:06:15
earlier this week. So it's funny that that's the
1:06:18
one that you just read. Yeah.
1:06:21
So broke But good. Good to hear that.
1:06:24
You know you you're you're enjoying this series.
1:06:28
I think I'm still I'm still prettier.
1:06:33
I think I'm still like on volume to because I started it and then
1:06:38
got distracted by me and things and I'm like, okay I need a try
1:06:41
to focus down on less serious. So yeah, but my my bag.
1:06:48
Oh yeah, that mug shot is be a pain.
1:06:53
Yeah. Oh my head, like I got all of
1:06:56
Dragon Ball is step. One volume of, they're like
1:07:00
three in one collection and it's nowhere.
1:07:02
You can't find it anywhere online or anything which are
1:07:05
which, which volume are you trying to find its 13 of the
1:07:08
three-on-one? The read books, okay.
1:07:12
So volume 33 trying to find. Uh, huh.
1:07:15
You know, I'm just making a note in case of in case I see you
1:07:19
then I'll let you know. Thanks man.
1:07:22
I appreciate Oh yeah. But yeah, I've looked everywhere
1:07:25
for that and every store I can think of every website and it's
1:07:30
just out of print. Yeah, right now.
1:07:33
So I feel you on that. But yeah I read Volume 5 sweat
1:07:38
and soap Mal series byrom Eco one and two that I really like
1:07:46
that. I just finished Volume 5 of
1:07:50
battle. Angelita nice.
1:07:54
Let's see, I got to look on my shelf over here.
1:07:57
How are ya? Oh how can I not mention our
1:08:01
radiant, I finished Volume 8 and my wife for Christmas.
1:08:08
I had volumes 1 through 4, I think.
1:08:11
And my wife bought me all the way up to Volume 14.
1:08:14
So I'm just letting it be a slow burn.
1:08:16
I'm just bringing that in there every now and again, I just
1:08:19
like, I got got it in the chamber right there.
1:08:22
Yes. So 14.
1:08:24
So, I, of course, got got to talk about this right now,
1:08:27
because I was planning on bringing a righty on righty on
1:08:30
is some points, but that is also, one of the things that we
1:08:34
have bonded over, because once we kind of met and started
1:08:37
talking and stuff, and then I'm trying to remember, I think, I
1:08:41
think it might have been I think morning like I think you might
1:08:46
have posted a picture or something that you are Mason's
1:08:50
of a mention that you had read volume 1 or something.
1:08:53
A while back and I was like oh somebody else, you know that
1:08:57
that is it that is into that series because it definitely
1:09:00
doesn't get as much love as it should.
1:09:06
Yeah. But yeah, but yeah, that that is
1:09:08
definitely a series for anybody watching and listening.
1:09:11
You know go go check out radiant It is super awesome.
1:09:15
Super dope. I've I've seen both seasons of
1:09:21
the anime and I've read a little bit past where that season
1:09:26
stopped by. I can't remember what volume the
1:09:29
anime stop that I had in mind a while back, but I can't
1:09:33
remember, what? What volume it was.
1:09:37
But but it's definitely one that that I enjoy and every now and
1:09:42
then when I'm at the store, I will kind of like, take a peek
1:09:46
and some of the, some of the later volumes and stuff.
1:09:49
And I'm like, who is is, especially, especially when I
1:09:52
saw the character this on Volume 14, because I'm a black dude on
1:10:00
with dreads, on the cover. I'm like, who are you?
1:10:03
I need to know what is going on. I'm going to take a little peek.
1:10:07
And stop and I was all the okay. All right, no, keeping that in
1:10:10
mind for, you know, once I kind of get there, something
1:10:13
something stuff, I need to get back to, to read in that.
1:10:17
So, but yeah. Yeah, his characters of color on
1:10:21
there, I really dope. Yeah, in the world building on.
1:10:25
There is amazing. That's probably my favorite part
1:10:28
about this series is the world-building.
1:10:30
Like it's so great. Like, um, and he kind of
1:10:34
inspires me on the World building.
1:10:37
They're just like making you feel like II.
1:10:40
It make you feel like this place really is this the detail he
1:10:44
explains everything on there in the story.
1:10:48
I just I just love that and then it's like got that classic shown
1:10:55
in vibe to. Yeah.
1:10:57
But it's his own, you know what I mean?
1:11:00
You don't really seem like nothing else quite that you've
1:11:02
read. But it's got that vibe there
1:11:05
though you know? Like to, yeah.
1:11:10
But yeah, his art style is amazing.
1:11:13
Like his books are so beautiful. Like, I think that's what made
1:11:16
me pick it up. I was just in Second and Charles
1:11:18
and I saw a cover. Yeah, and I looked at the back
1:11:20
and I was like, man, I'm just gon go out on the limb and just
1:11:24
buy this because it's just such a beautiful cover, but it's a
1:11:27
great story too. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:11:31
A series that has 44 for me. I feel like he You know, if if
1:11:37
you have like a really something very beautiful and interesting
1:11:41
looking looking on the cover, potentially the name, or the
1:11:47
synopsis, that's on the back of the book, like if you can hit
1:11:51
one or a couple of those then you'll kind of give me today to
1:11:56
do a blind purchase for my, I don't know what this is but this
1:12:00
looks dope or the name sounds cool or description and stuff.
1:12:05
Yeah, definitely. I'm in agreeance with you on
1:12:08
that. Yeah.
1:12:10
That's the fun part about going book shopping and person.
1:12:13
I I don't like ordering online. I do when it's necessary.
1:12:18
Yeah. You know what I'm saying?
1:12:19
But I love going in a book store and picking up manga.
1:12:24
Yeah. Oh and I love discovering
1:12:26
serious. That's my favorite place to
1:12:28
discover some it's in the bookstore.
1:12:30
Yeah. You know getting attracted by
1:12:33
the cover, reading the back and just taking the chance on under
1:12:37
the turning out to be really good likes.
1:12:39
My favorite way to find new manga.
1:12:42
Yeah for sure. And one one I want to I want to
1:12:45
ask you about real quick cuz I was in 1000 asking earlier, but
1:12:48
it almost slipped my mind. Have you ever forgive me if
1:12:53
we've talked about this before? But I don't think we have.
1:12:55
But have you read or watched blue period?
1:13:01
Blue period. Yeah.
1:13:05
That is one that I would say. Check out.
1:13:09
Okay, honestly, I I would even, I would even suggest watching
1:13:15
because because because I because I checked out the anime,
1:13:17
first, it's on Netflix is, but it's available in both dub and
1:13:22
sub by think 12 episodes. But, but that's definitely one
1:13:29
that I think that you would enjoy, okay?
1:13:32
Just because they're just because of the connection of,
1:13:36
you know, you you being a artist that's a series of follows a
1:13:42
character, that's kind of Like he discovered his love and
1:13:47
interest for art and kind of his journey through, you know,
1:13:52
improving himself on his art and then tried to make his way into
1:13:56
a art college. And so, he even for me, even
1:14:00
though I'm not a person that that does art and that way, it
1:14:05
really spoke to me because because it even hit really
1:14:07
touches on something. I think that anybody that is a
1:14:10
creative period can relate to whether You know, your artist
1:14:14
podcaster, YouTube or whatever. So, that's definitely one that I
1:14:18
had that I would that I feel like he promised about buff to
1:14:22
you and you and Miss cat would probably enjoy.
1:14:26
So. Okay man, I'm going to
1:14:28
definitely check that out. We might pick that up this
1:14:30
weekend or something. Yeah, for sure.
1:14:33
So in any other things, you know, our stuff that you wash
1:14:37
it, you want to give a shout out.
1:14:38
But before we wrap things up, let's see.
1:14:45
And you look back at my shelf over here.
1:14:49
Oh yeah. I just I just want I just read
1:14:53
Hunter Hunter volume 33 to 36 like the stuff that's not
1:14:59
animated, okay? The anime series a man.
1:15:02
I'm just, I'm praying for to gosh you every day that.
1:15:06
Yeah, I know, he's able to get well and pick that pin back up
1:15:10
because it's man. Yeah, I really would like to see
1:15:14
where he's going with this current Arc and, you know, you
1:15:16
can never guess what his stuff. Yeah.
1:15:19
Um, so yeah, shout out to Togashi.
1:15:21
Shout out to his wife, create a Sailor Moon.
1:15:24
Yeah, let's see. What else?
1:15:30
Reese the red amazing Aiko Koo. Okay, yeah, yeah, I just
1:15:37
recently read baby, read. Volume one, a fire force.
1:15:48
Since I got the spoiler on the ending, I was watching the
1:15:51
anime, but since I got the spoiler on the ending, I was
1:15:55
like, I got to figure out how yeah, Fuller happens.
1:16:01
So I decided I'm gonna collect the manga and read the Manga.
1:16:05
Yeah, IMA still watch the anime. But I'm gonna commit to reading
1:16:09
the Monk and now because I want to read it all the way through.
1:16:11
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That yeah, that that. was I
1:16:17
Awesome ride, man. I can't wait.
1:16:21
Yeah for sure. So.
1:16:24
All right. Oh, I guess what?
1:16:26
Kind of give it to wrap things up here because I don't want to
1:16:31
hold you too long, but I definitely weird.
1:16:37
I've got to do this again in the future and stuff men, because
1:16:42
modern more than likely we probably could keep keep going
1:16:46
for For another hour plus. But but I guess.
1:16:54
No, let the people know where they can find you.
1:16:59
You're all I handles all that jazz.
1:17:02
Yeah, you can find me on Twitter.
1:17:06
Wait, let me pull up. Let me just make sure I'm giving
1:17:10
the right names. So any news links to where you
1:17:23
can read space Crush, you can find it on my Twitter and comic
1:17:28
book underscore P. You can read space crush up you
1:17:33
just if you're not a social media person you can read space
1:17:36
crush and space Crush comic dot goes die I owe.
1:17:42
You can also find me on Instagram my Instagram handle is
1:17:48
a Is silent P underscore Comics so you can find me on there.
1:17:56
I post artwork, you can also find a link to the website on
1:18:00
there and I post sneak peeks on reels and on stores as well.
1:18:07
And you can also if you want to support or donate all the money,
1:18:12
it just goes toward stuff for the comment.
1:18:15
Like, paying for the website paying for art supplies or
1:18:19
anything like that. You can donate On coffee and
1:18:24
that's also included on my Twitter profile as well.
1:18:28
So yeah, that's what you can check me out.
1:18:33
Awesome. So yeah yeah y'all go out there
1:18:35
y'all make sure y'all go check out my boy selling P.
1:18:39
Go check out space crush and like I said I have enjoyed being
1:18:46
able to be A Observer of your journey on over the over these
1:18:52
months and, and hopefully, a long time to come.
1:18:56
And, you know, I definitely, you know, we, we talk all the time,
1:19:02
but, you know, I definitely want to say here, you know, you know,
1:19:06
I love what you do, man. And the same man, same to you.
1:19:10
Thank you. And, you know, I definitely am
1:19:14
looking forward to, you know, these, these next couple
1:19:18
chapters Man and and even the the one shot that you mentioned,
1:19:23
and yeah just saying what, what Adventure and ride you you going
1:19:27
to take us as readers on as we go throughout this.
1:19:31
But like I said earlier, we will definitely do this again.
1:19:35
You know, do do some You know, it might be, might be a
1:19:40
reoccurring thing where we kind of do do some check-ins and
1:19:43
stuff. Because like I said, it's always
1:19:46
fun to kind of follow up with somebody or a project or
1:19:52
whatever after X amount of time and kind of like, look back out.
1:19:55
Okay. Hey, here's what's been
1:19:56
happening since the last time we talked and stuff.
1:19:59
So, but but yeah. And so, as for myself, you
1:20:04
already know and I can find me everywhere at Danny's to talk.
1:20:08
That's on Twitter, Instagram, tic toc even are barely use it
1:20:13
and, you know, the patreon page to that and Danny's talk.com,
1:20:18
which is the central hub for all the stuff I do and the YouTube
1:20:21
channel to check out the video of all the content stuff I do.
1:20:26
So yeah, as always, make sure as I say, make sure to treat
1:20:32
yourself to something nice racing manga, watch some anime
1:20:37
play some video games. Games and live your best life.
1:20:40
And with that we were out and we'll catch you on the next one.
1:20:44
Yeah, I'll be easy peasy. All right.