Flame On!

After a chance encounter in Artist Alley at New York Comic Con, Bryan and Pat are back with a very special interview with Image creator Sina Grace (Not My Bag, Li'l Depressed Boy, Burn the Orphanage, Penny Dora and the Wishing Box). Sina shares his rise from retail hell to comic book editor for Robert Kirkman's Skybound to comic book creator for Image, along with his unique creative relationships that inspired and helped him develop his craft. http://nerdyshow.com/2014/10/flame-episode-67-sina-grace-interviewLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the fall movie season still warming up and summer a distant memory, the boys shift their gaze to the fall TV season this month, particularly shows like A to Z, Doctor Who, and Garfunkel and Oates. Jarrod even reminds us of our fondness for Sailor Moon and other anime, and of course, how could we NOT discuss the recent battle of drag queen vs. social media giant Facebook! Oh yeah, and there's some talk of our favorite comics for good measure, as is tradition. Enjoy our fall cornucopia of media madness on this episode of Flame ON! For links and more info head to the main episode page: http://nerdyshow.com/2014/10/flame-episode-66-flame-burning/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fresh off their journey to DragonCon 2014, Bryan and Pat regale their quest to find the Wolfe (Gene Wolfe, that is) to Eric and Oral, who heap on lots of shade to hide their jealous faces. The boys also discuss the ending to True Blood, their review of the first two episode of Series 8 of Doctor Who, and the obligatory dive into the last month’s worth of comics as only the boys of Flame ON! can provide. For links and more info head to the main episode page: http://nerdyshow.com/2014/09/flame-episode-64-doctor-dragon-wolfe/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've got a double-stuffed episode of Flame ON! this week with not one but TWO interviews. First up is Ryan Browne, the creator and cartoonist behind the bizarre and hilarious God Hates Astronauts. Bryan sits down with Ryan to discuss his plans for the series, a possible follow-up to his other surreal project Blast Furnace, and his work for comic greats Jonathan Hickman, Charles Soule, and Mike Costa. In our second interview we speak with the fabulous and talented Steffeny "Steffo" Messinger of nerdcore act My Parent's Favorite Music, while at the recent Orlando Nerd Fest. We discuss her ascent into the nerdcore scene, her gender fluid identity, and her future plans for musical world domination. For links and more info, head to the main episode page: http://nerdyshow.com/2014/08/flame-episode-63-ryan-browne-parents-favorite-music/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The bitches are back and ready to rumble! With special guest Chris “Markers” from Outloud Orlando Homo Happy Hour, tune in to find out exactly who didn’t enjoy Guardians of the Galaxy as much as everyone else! We also find out why Sailor Moon has started looking for crystal, all of the latest news about gay marriage, and how the past month (or so) has been in the world of comics. It’s a rumble between our token, flaming heterosexual and the chaos magic queen herself on this episode of Flame ON! For links and more info, head to the main episode page: http://nerdyshow.com/2014/08/flame-episode-62-guardians-bitchiness/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Whether you fancy yourself a Hero or a Villain, we’ve got a little of both this month as the boys review Malificent, Game of Thrones, Orange is the New Black, Penny Dreadful, their new tricked-out rides in Mario Kart 8, and the latest comics from Marvel, DC, and Image. Once you’ve listened, be sure to check out the video from our LGBT Characters in Comics panel at HeroesCon 2014, and check out the naughty Disney Tumblr that Jarrod mentioned during the show. Finally, we want to hear from you, whether it be a question about comics, how to ask out that hot geek you’ve been eyeing, or just a comment about our show. Leave us a voice-mail at (951) 468-8ASK, and we’ll feature it on an upcoming episode!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Drag is the New Spandex is Back!! This time Oral and Pat look under the wig of one of the geekiest drag queens around, the incomparable Pandora Boxx! From her humble beginnings in the Rochester drag scene, to her rise to international fame on Ru Paul’s Drag Race, to what the future holds for Ms. Boxx, Pandora spills all the tea!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ru Paul’s Drag Race might be over for now, but we’re still bringing you a spotlight on drag culture in this week’s Drag is the New Spandex! Oral, Pat, and Bryan sit down with an Orlando legend, the one and only Chrysanthemum, to discuss her drag journey so far and some of the major changes she’s faced both PERSONALLY and professionaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s So Super Duper this week on Flame ON! We sit down with Brian Andersen of the X-Gays, Advocate, So Super Duper, and many other gay and geeky comics projects to discuss his life as a gay superhero. Then we hang out with the mighty Jason Aaron, writer of Thor: God of Thunder, Original Sin, Wolverine & the X-Men, and Southern Bastards – a deliciously bearded bear of a man! It’s a double-ended episode of your favorite source for all things gay and geeky on this episode of Flame ON! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gotta get back in time! We set the wayback machine to 6 months ago and secretly stop IGN Comic Book Editor Joshua Yehl from ever leaving us without our very own Question. Now he’s back to help us review X-Men: Days of Future Past, Godzilla, Amazing Spider-Man 2, the spectacular finale of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Jinkx Monsoon’s debut album The Inevitable Album, the hot new game based on DC’s Infinite Crisis, and all of our latest comic book pics from Marvel, DC, Image, and even our friends at Northwest Press. The original gang is all here and ready to help you get your gay geeky fix on this episode of Flame ON!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bryan, Oral, and Jarrod sit down to discus their thoughts on Captain America: The Winter Soldier and how it fits into the Marvel shared universe. Oh, and they get sassy about their favorite recent comic books. Just the kind of gay and geeky entertainment you’ve come to expect from Flame ON!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After two successful performances of her off Broadway hit, The Vaudevillians, and joining the cast of the Footlight Players for a one night only appearance, the reigning Drag Superstar of the World, Jinkx Monsoon, sat down with Pat the Talking Bear Skin Rug and Bryan the Bear in the courtyard of the Parliament House. From giving us a look into the head and heart of what makes Jinkx tick, her gay and geeky heroes, to whom she thinks will take the CROWN on this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Jinkx holds nothing back. This is an episode you won’t want to miss, hunty!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last July, we sat down to talk to Glen Weldon, the author of Superman: The Unauthorized Biography and contributor to NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour as part of Flame ON’s Superman 75 Spectacular. In the interest of time, only part of that interview was previously released – we now present to you our interview with Glen in its unexpurgated glory!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!! Even after 50 episodes, your favorite (mostly) gay and (completely) geek podcast are still rocking strong! Join Bryan the Bear, Eric the Muscle Daddy, Oral the Scarlet Bitch, and Jeff the Flaming Heterosexual as they discuss The LEGO Movie, the latest season of BBC’s Sherlock, the fabulous end of American Horror Story: Coven, the controversy around the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, and all the latest news and excitement in the worlds of Marvel, DC, Image and the rest of the comic BOOK PUBLISHERS. Oh, and maybe a special guest appearance by that former superhero The Question (aka Joshua Yehl).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The boys dish about the latest batch of queens on Ru Paul’s Drag Race, how much they enjoyed the gay HBO show Looking, just how delicious the new season of Hannibal is, and all the latest in comic books and video games…oh, and a political discussion?? Listen and let us know exactly what #ImmoralOral means to you. We’re trying to spread it around like…well…you get the idea.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Bryan, Oral, and Pat, the Talking Bear-Skin Rug, as we say farewell to the Eleventh DOCTOR in our reviews of the end of Series 7, the 50th Anniversary special Day of the Doctor, and the game-changing Christmas special Time of the Doctor. “Eleven’s hour is over now, the clock is striking Twelves.”Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bryan the Bear and the mysterious Question take a night out on the town and interview some geeky gays at the local Bear Den within Orlando’s world famous, Parliament House. In between songs at Bearaoke they hit up the patrons about their favorite books, first comics, “men in underwear”, tales from young drag queens, secret histories of Wonder Woman, Wolverine’s gay past, and other tales from the the back issue rack.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The bitches are back after their long solstice slumber, and they’ve brought a new friend along to reignite the flames! Jeff the…um…flaming heterosexual…joins the gaggle to dispense reviews of the latest Hobbit movie The Desolation of Smaug, Disney’s Frozen, American Horror Story: Coven, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and as always, their favorite recent issues from Marvel, DC, and all the other comic BOOK PUBLISHERS! It’s an All NEW day NOW at Flame ON! Now relax, sit back, and enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Spining off from Flame On’s regularly scheduled recordings, Oral, Bryan and Pat are delving into the glitzy world of drag and peek behind the CURTAIN of illusion to see what makes these queens tick! From their origins, to the first time that they donned the wig and tights, to what the future holds for them, sit back and listen to these amazing stories! Our second guest is the delightfully provocative scag drag superstar Bearonce Bare. Never heard of scag drag? Well, you’ll just have to listen in to find out!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join the boys for a raucous and very PERSONAL look at some of their favorite gay news and pod culture moments from 2013, and be sure to stay tuned to the very end for some important news about the future of one of the members of Flame ON!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.