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The Faqs Project-Hosted by James "Grandmaster Faqs" Boyce

Grandmaster Faqs

Journaling interviews about society in everyday Nerd and Geek culture through the lens of Comics, Music, Nightlife, and Film proving through study that everyone has a little nerd in them

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Episode 189: w/ Kenny Meyers-Founder of Sweet Shop...

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2026/01/12

Today, I sit with Kenny Meyers to talk with him about Sweet Shop the newest hub for Digital Comics Marketplace. Along with Bindings Comic Marketing made easy and Find your Comic Store its one thing to say that you love Comic Books but to say make your entire ecosystem in helping creators makes you really wanna fight for this guy. Kenny in the last year or so has taken on more than 24 publishers honed in on his launch any day now from Image, IDW, Fantagraphics, and Dark Horse to name a few. The Comic

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38:36

Episode 187: The Read and the Year in Comics for 2025

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2025/12/16

Where do I start as to first thank everyone listening to the Faqs project in 2025. Today's Pod I talk about not only the Comics that moved me for 2025, but also some of the news stories that moved the needle on the industry. Creator owned comics may have not seen as much trickle down dollar wise as their mainstream predecessors, but there were many great stories to choose from whether you frequent Image, Boom, Mad Cave, Oni Press, Dark Horse, or even Kickstarter Indies. There are many standouts

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30:49

Episode 185: A Torturous Routine w/ Nick Edwards and...

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2025/11/13

Gainsbourg is a Demon with a unique skill that he happens to be very good at, Torture. Until a newly damned soul of a seemingly innocent 12 year old girl named Katie changes his perspective on everything. Nick Edwards take us on a journey into Hell where you find someone of the utmost bounds of evil now questioning his purpose and principles. We ask how Katie change the landscape of hell while a Demon finds compassion for her when he shouldn't. As well as seeing so many adaptations of the great

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63:32

Episode 183: Son of Supreme w/ Lonzo Starr of Konkret...

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2025/10/26

Today I have back on the Pod one of the most successful Indie Comic Publishers as Lonzo Starr of Konkret Comics drops the first Volume Trade Paperback of his highly regarded Akolyte series Issues 1-6. For most will say why did it take 6 years for a trade to reach fans, it took a little sacrifice as Lonzo talks about the business side of this as his company started with 3 flagship characters and has now grown to 15 and now hundreds of stories through Konkret Comics. With Akolyte, we see Lonzo take a

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32:36

Episode 181: Extraterrestrial Diplomacy w/ Benjamin...

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2025/10/04

Today's Episode of the Faqs Project we speak with Benjamin Hunting as we talk about his first dive into a Manga styled Sci-Fi aptly named Model UN. For those that had a College Preparatory classes that incorporated the fixtures of a Model Un you understand the academic activity where students roleplay as delegates from Global Countries, debating world issues, and practicing diplomacy through negotiation. In Benjamin's Tale a group of Model UN students come under an invasion to where the Alien

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36:56

Episode 180: Time can't fix Regret w/ Stephanie...

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2025/09/30

Today we have Stephanie Williams back on the pod to talk about her latest project with Mad Cave Studios, the Sci-Fi Adventure Temporal. Savannah and her husband have left a life behind as Time Thieves for the Temporal Academy. The world is in need of Nostalgia and they go back in time to retrieve it. In the past 10 years they've settled and had a son named Harper whom after one disappointing birthday gift propels Savannah into a struggle between her past life and her current life. We ask how

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45:53

Episode 179: Doing Good is Hard w/ David Brothers...

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2025/09/25

Todays Episode of the Faqs Project is special as we talk to David Brothers as we talk to David Brothers about his amazing collaborative one shot with Nick Dragotta (Absolute Batman) Good Devils Don't Play Fair With Evil where within the book we get 3 amazing stories: Good Devils, Fight like Hell, and Go Back. From a post apocalyptic world affected by climate change, or a self proclaimed Greatest Boxer of the Apocalypse meets his fate but still has fight in him throughout the afterlife, or a bad

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44:49

Episode 175: An Overconfident Failure w/ Adam Downing...

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2025/08/08

Welcome back to the newest episode of the Faqs Project as we bring bring back Adam Downing of Resolve Comics to speak on his latest project arriving August 27th Keeper's Oath. Inspired by Black Clover and Naruto, we arrive at the Cloud Kingdom home to an overzealous young man name Axiis whom has come to the ripe age when him and his friends are figuring what to do with their lives. While they all figure to work with their parents for the upkeep of their stores, Axiis has bigger aspirations to one

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49:22

Episode 173: Demented Subordination and the Sci Fi...

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2025/06/20

What do you when your superior officer seems as if they pressuring you into your own demise? Do you continue to follow orders? When is your moment to Rebel? Today's Guests Chris Condon and Jeffrey Alan Love created one of the most gritty Sci-Fi Horrors I've read this year. Issue 1 introduces us to General Sheridan McCoy whose discovery of a Dark porous rock in which he becomes obsessed with as if its talking to him. Leading his battalion to be guinea pigs through Atomic Bomb Testing in Southern

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41:45

Episode 172: The Recruitment w/ Anthony Stokes and...

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2025/06/19

Today we bring back the return of Anthony Stokes to speak on his work with Space Between and his newest work Demon Time #1. Stokes stay busy as he has currently released 5 titles already this year. Demon Time is actually a continuation of stories built into the universe of Dark Veil, Death Goddess of Cthulhu, and Vampire Queen of Miami. It tells the story of a group of Demons known as the Unclean who after selecting their Human hosts in the forms of a Fitness Influencer, A Junkie, Art Teacher,

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67:13

Episode 171: Facing your Revenge w/ Joseph Illidge...

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2025/06/12

Joseph Illidge is a multi-hyphenated Writer/Editor/CEO/Thought Leader someone many in the industry proclaim as a champion in the Medium of Comics. Today's Episode is special as I get the opportunity to speak about his new series in the Spawn Universe- Bloodletter. We meet Tasha Thornwall, a former CIA Operative who was outed by Al Simmons better now know as Spawn. So even under the new terms in finding that Al Simmons is no longer who she once, she still and must find a way to pit her revenge.

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49:12

Episode 170: Covert Instruments w/ Paul Tobin and PJ...

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2025/06/09

For those that watch the Faqs Project Youtube Channel, I've had a chance to cover the first 3 issues of Dark Pyramid for Mad Cave Studios. The Story centers around the disappearance of a Exploring Social Media Influencer named Hooky Hidalgo whom as he was livestreaming lost connection in the Denali mountain ranges of Alaska until his girlfriend Becca arrives only to find this town in the Foothorn territory where he went missing is tight lipped and want nothing to do with outsiders. Today I get to

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31:23

Episode 168: Recognizing your Power w/ Stephanie...

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2025/05/28

Welcome back to another episode of the FAQs Project, today I had a chance to talk about the Supernatural Tale Bytchcraft by the late Aaron Reese who passed earlier this year after his lifelong battle with Sickle Cell Anemia. I speak with his good friend and Nubia Author Stephanie Williams as well as Senior Editor for Mad Cave Studios James Emmett.The Story focuses on a queer coven of Wytches who each powerful in their own way discover they are bound by an ancient prophecy. They are synced in

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39:09

Episode 167: Unleash your Inner Beast w/ Zander...

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2025/05/22

Today I Sit with Zander Cannon on the release of the Horror Mystery tale for Image Comics- Sleep #1. It tells the story of Jonathan, a very mild mannered introvert living in a small town who happens to wake up one day to his cat missing and front door wide open to nothing but dead cattle parts all over his front yard. Jonathan lives alone in a small town and the community is centered around his church where he and his good friend Tabby have just had an old friend reenter their lives named Hipp,

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49:04

Episode 166: Confliction of the Brood w/ Emeka Nkwo...

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2025/05/19

Welcome back to the Faqs Project as we talk with Emeka Nkwo about the 1st issue of the latest offering for Wise Acre Comics- Vibrant. The Story centers around Chris Okofor, a child living in a family of superhumans, but it seems Chris is a late bloomer as everyone in his family now has powers especially his sister. They all look up to the Patriarch of the family Nchuk as he stands as the most popular and polarizing superhero in the world, until he wasn't. Corruption and failure fuel their

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33:04

Episode 165: Criticism is and Art Form w/ Tiffany...

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2025/05/17

Today we have the pleasure of having Tiffany Babb on the pod to discuss a topic that I hold high interest in and that is Comic Book Journalism and Critics and outlets that speak through their love of Comics as a medium. Tiffany created The Comics Courier, a newspaper formatted living, breathing document filled with reviews and essays curated by not only established Comic Journalist, but literary scholars who hold the art form in high regard. Tiffany emphasizes as well on her love of baseball and I

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56:12

Episode 163: The Silence of the Unfiltered w/ David...

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2025/04/24

Todays episode is a special one as have David F. Walker Co-Creator of Bitter Root and Author of The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History as he brings his latest project to life on Kickstarter. An Homage to the Great Donald Goines with the Death of Bobby Hart. Donald Goines was a literary movement in a genre aptly known as Street Literature and unfortunately was killed in 1974. A cautionary tale of a writer who was completely unfiltered in his tellings of black life in the early 70's. David

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43:52

Episode 160: Sacred Lineage w/ Frederick Littles of...

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2025/04/02

Today I welcome back Frederick Littles of Wise Acre Comics to discuss not one but 2 of of his latest titles on Kickstarter. His Flagship, Magnus Jakuta #5 as Magnus and his sister are subject to trials to prove they are worthy of their honor. We talk about the change in title providing lineage to the last name. As well, Frederick introduces a new title as we dive into Modern day New Orleans and the French Quarter in a tale of the supernatural and religiously around the culture of Voodoo.Magnus

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39:27

Episode 159: Rebellion for the Heavens w/ Rich Davis...

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2025/03/27

Today we welcome back Rich Davis, whom we spoke about his projects Cult of Dracula and Reign of Dracula as he now takes a shift from Classic Horror into Dark Fantasy with the Anime Inspired Angel Hunter. Rich introduces a world of Fallen Angels reminiscent of Angelic Mythology and Nephilim also known as Ancient Giants. Humanity in this world Rich and artist Les Garner created are expelled from Eden only to find themselves in a world of uncertainty and peril. The Book will be released in a full

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60:33

Episode 158: Its a Delco Thing w/ Jimmy Gaspero of...

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2025/03/26

Today is a special episode, as I sit with Jimmy Gaspero of Cryptid Creator Corner and Comic Book Yeti whom with his partner Byron O'Neal have a well established podcast and website highlighting Indie Creators and he steps on the other side of the Microphone to discuss his Anthology-Made in Delco. A highlighted view of Comic Shorts and Vignettes all written by Jimmy Gaspero that range from Fantasy to Sci-Fi to Romance. We also talk about the meaningful side of our love for Indie Comics as well

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