Adrian Has Issues

This week's guest is Orie Enav, the founder and CEO of Dragonfruit, a dating app designed specifically for geeks in mind. Orie explains how DragonFruit was born out of necessity (and frustration) of the current dating app landscape, which seemed to leave out the geeks of the world despite their booming popularity in mainstream pop culture. Adrian and Orie also comment on the importance of creating...

This week's guests are writer Kevin Cuffe and artist Paul Gori. Kevin and Paul are the creators of the comic book Oathbound, presented by Loophole Comics, which combines the elements of fantasy epics and spaghetti westerns to tell a tale of family and redemption. Kevin and Paul tell the story of their close friendship which started on twitter despite being on opposite sides of the United States, n...

This week's guest is New York-based artist artist A.K. Lovelace, the founder of the design studio Stand Alone Productions. He is also the co-creator of the webcomic City of Walls, which tells the story of three youths banding together to escape a walled city run by gangs. A.K. tells the story of his beginnings as an intern for Marvel Comics and eventually meeting City of Walls writer/co-creator Sh...

This week's guest is Neesh, the host of the internet radio show called The Neeshcast on Radio Xenu. On July 13th, Neesh is hosting Radio Xenu's Top 20 Mid-Year Countdown. She explains the origins of her show, starting at its humble beginnings as a TurntableFM chatroom, then as a pre-recorded podcast and eventually transitioning into a weekly live radio program. We spend a great deal of time discus...

"Who needs American muscle when you can have prehistoric muscle?" Adrian is joined by fellow podcaster Thomas Coe, the co-host of Jake And Tom Conquer The World (formerly The Drunken Dork Podcast). Our two heroes debate numerous geek topics including Ben Affleck's upcoming solo Batman movie, the numerous shakeups within the creative teams behind the DCEU and Star Wars: Rogue One. Also In This Epis...

On this week's episode I'm joined once again by Illinois-based comic book writer Todd Black, the creator of the comic book series Guardians. Way back in Episode 26, Todd told the story behind his miniseries entitled Home, about a girl with a mundane life who is mysteriously transported to a magical realm called Altaria. Having recently launched the Kickstarter campaign for Issue #3, Todd returns t...

This week's guest is British comic book writer Andi Ewington. Andi has written titles for 451 Media such as Six, ExMortis and Sunflower as well as creator-owned works such as 45, Bluespear and Overrun. Overrun tells the story of a group of friends, all forgotten videogame characters, as they battle a computer virus, which turns normal citizens into zombies. Andi has also worked on comic book tie-i...

Get ready for an hour of tales about sex, drugs, rock & roll...and novelty ice cream! This week's episode isNew England-based Illustrator/musician Kate Bresnahan. Kate is the author and artist on the book entitled, I Have No Idea What I'm Doing, which chronicled a year of illustrated journal entries. Recently, Kate has been raising her profile as a musician under the moniker, The Rocket Pops and s...

Intergalactic adventurers, space-faring presidents and punk rock bounty hunters! It's another great episode of Adrian Has Issues! Magdalene Visaggio is a comic book writer based out of New York. She is the creator of numerous series including the Stronghold, Sea of Clouds and Andrew Jackson In Space. Her newest title, Kim & Kim, about a pair of bounty hunter best friends who share the same name, i...

On the 50th episode of Adrian Has Issues I'm joined by Colorado-based artist/writer Xing Xin. Xing is the creator and director of the fantasy epic Ximphonic Versus and the Executive Producer of the upcoming TV series based on the comic from Broken Heart Productions. Xing chronicles the 20-year journey he's taken to create Ximphonic Versus and how his personal story mirrors that of Tetsuya Nomura,...

This week's episode was recorded on location at East Side Mags in Montclair, NJ. Today's guest is Joe Caramagna, an Eisener and Harvey award nominated letterer who's worked on Marvel titles such as Daredevil, Captain America and New Avengers as well as serving as the writer of two creator-owned titles: The Further Travels of Wyatt Earp and Model Operandi. Fellow Jersey-based writer/artist Stephen...

Friend of the show Ashley Burgy returns to Adrian Has Issues, picking up where we left off in Episode 8. We originally planned to talk about a variety of topics within the NHL, but thanks to a steady diet of PBR and cherry-flavored spray candy we ended up falling down a rabbit hole and began riffing on bands that have performed at the Honda Civic Tour. For the next 50 minutes or so we get pretty g...

There's nothing greater than hanging out with friends and geeking out over something you love. This episode is dedicated to the Fallout series, specifically Fallout 3, New Vegas and Fallout 4 from Bethesda Softworks. Joining me on this post-apocalyptic journey is Stefa Nunes, twitter extraordinaire and fellow die-hard Fallout fan. We discuss all manner of topics within the recent entries including...

On this week's episode, Adrian is joined once again by former guest Justin Corbett of Comical Podcast and first-time guest George Trispas, a co-host of the Metal Geeks Podcast. With extensive knowledge of both the world of comic books and filmmaking. Justin and George have teamed up to create the company Gray Bear Comics. A Kickstarter campaign has been launched for the inaugural title, Speak No E...

While the world debates the merits (or lack thereof) of Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Adrian and his Canadian compadre Aidan Wilson discuss another controversial Batman story. Legendary comic book creator Frank Miller is best known for some noteworthy comics from a run on Daredevil to The Dark Knight Returns to the infamous graphic novel Holy Terror. Considering the fallout fro...

One of the most important aspect of comic books is finding the perfect creative team for each project. This can be a tricky task for some, which is why the Creator After Con Network (CACN) was created: to bring together writer, artists and publishers to start new projects. This week's guest is comic book author Jeff Rider. Under his umbrella Cloudwrangler Comics, and with programs such as CACN, Je...

Grab your tacos and chimichangas! Adrian makes his triumphant return and he's bringing the "Merc with a Mouth" along for the ride! The Deadpool movie was a massive success, breaking multiple box office records and changing the world of comic book movies forever. However, as everybody's favorite web-slinger has taught us, "With great power comes great responsibility." Will the success of an R-Rated...

In a new minisode, Adrian addresses the recent gap in episodes and considers a brief hiatus from podcasting as he transitions into the next stage in life. This and every episode can be found on iTunes and the Stitcher app, available for Android and iOS. Please subscribe and leave a rating and review. Doing so helps the podcast reach more potential listeners. As always, thank you for your support!...

Get ready to root for the bad guys on an all-new episode of Adrian Has Issues! This week's guest, Micah Myers, is a comic book letterer who has worked for various companies including Alterna Comics, 215 Ink, Zenescope Entertainment and more. However, Micah is hopping into the writer's chair for his new project from Loophole Comics entitled The Disasters, a comic about four supervillain D-listers w...

The DCEU is set to explode onto the silver screen in a big way in 2016 and who better to cover the upcoming slate of films than Adrian Has Issues? Actually, there are a lot of podcasts better equipped to cover this, but none of those shows have comedian Jimmy LeChase on hand to cover them all! Our heroes reflect on the questionable elements of Man of Steel and look ahead to Batman v Superman: Dawn...

Comic book geekdom meets movie geekdom on the 40th episode of Adrian Has Issues! Dana Buckler, the host of the podcast How Is This Movie, stops by to talk all things film. Dana tells the origins of his show's title and Adrian chimes in as the two express their love (and frustration) with major theater chains. Be sure to stick around because there's a boatloat of great moments on this week's episod...

WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS Welcome to Part 2 of Adrian Has Issues' Star Wars special! Picking up where they left off in Episode 38, Adrian and Eileen continue their analysis of the entire saga including Episode VII: The Force Awakens: Luke Skywalker Jedi boot camp Darth Vader: The galaxy's greatest deadbeat dad The Extended Universe: Canon...

WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS This episode of Adrian Has Issues was recorded during the weekend of Adrian and Eileen's two-year anniversary. Being two massive Star Wars geeks, our hosts celebrated with a screening of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Before reviewing the film in earnest, the discussion covered the entire saga and how i...

This is it: the last episode of Adrian Has Issues of the year! To help close out 2015 is Toronto-based filmmaker Steve Kasan. A former guest on the previous podcast, Adrian & Atlas Have Issues, Steve is perhaps best known for his post-apocalyptic stoner comedy Wasted and the sci-fi webseries Out Of Time. Steve and Adrian catch up and discus a multitude of topics including their favorite summer mov...

This week's episode features a riveting discussion with author/columnist R.J. Huneke, the founder of the company Runeworks and its comic book publication division POWKabam. R.J. tells the incredible story of a life-changing cross-country trip from the east coast to California reminiscent of Jack Kerouac's On the Road and Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. Eventually R.J. would go...