Bryan Bales

Blue Tiger Revenge

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A strange and cryptic creature... whose call of stories and reflections echoing out into the vast wilderness of comics and pop culture... bluetigerrevenge.substack.com

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Bryan Bales

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Jul 1, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 61: Critical Entertainment's Chris Reda 22.03.2024

The Revenge Crew joins up with the main man over at Critical Entertainment for his ancient quest across the ever changing lands of indie comics! Writer, publisher, and over all nice guy, Chris Reda breaks down his new line of comics and graphic novels that are gracing the shelves of shops across the North America. Based in the cinematic dreamland of L.A., California. Chris, along with with his par...

Episode 60: Comic Creator Ben Bates 02.03.2024

Ben Bates is back and he’s not holding back! You may remember Mr. Bates from his signature artist runs on Archie Comic’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” or IDW’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and let’s not forget “Mega Man.” He later left the ever-shifting landscape of the comic industry for the world of animation. Taking up residency in some of LA’s most notable studios, storyboarding for todays equivalen...

Episode 59: Warden Comics' Ludie Sexton 15.02.2024

Oh my! It’s Ludie Sextons new “O” Anthology from Warden Comics! We sat down with, the always too humble, indie work-horse Ludie Sexton as he Kickstarts yet another project from his imprint, Warden Comics . Always creating new opportunities for budding writers and sequential artists to showcase their storytelling, he’s put together the “ O” Anthology as a collection of octopod based stories. Buckin...

Episode 58: New Year, Old Tiger 29.01.2024

It’s 2024 and the old tiger is ready.… Ready to run through the depths of the storytellers forest! The new year brings fresh tiger milk to the theoretical tongue. The revenge crew breaks down the hopes and dreams that fuel their goals for the year to come. It’s gonna be heavy with unforeseen twists and turns as we move down the game-trail of the pop-culture hunt. The undisclosed future of our very...

Episode 57: Comic Artist Baldemar Rivas 19.01.2024

The tiger is back and runs that “GLIDE” across the page with comic book artist Baldemar Rivas. Getting his start as a cover artist, Tadd first connected with Baldemar while they were collabing their creative efforts on the cult-classic prequel, “Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers.” Since, the Kansas City based artist has gone on to illustrate for a host of projects and recently just wrapped...

Episode 56: Comic Team Tony Gregori & David Crispino 12.12.2023

Double the dosage of that Tiger Milk ! As artist Tony Gregori returns with writer David Crispino and just in time to shake the Grinch from Big Bry’s Christmas beard! The guys are Kickstarting the next volume of their good-hearted cosmic hero, Taft Sturgeon, with a 140 page Christmas special, “Holiday in the Stars.” David and Tony are long time collaborators with projects such as “Ancient Noise,” w...

Episode 55: Comic Creator Jim Terry 02.12.2023

Entering the tiger den for the very first time is Chicago’s own, comic creator and cartoonist, Jim Terry! One of the nicest human beings in the comic industry! The Revenge crew was lucky enough to meet him last spring in Seattle at ECCC 23’. A Native American cartoonist who’s worked on numerous books, such as “ The Crow: Skinning the Wolves ,” and “ Alice Cooper VS Chaos ,” is making some serious...

Episode 54: Gaming Director Sam Warner 18.11.2023

The tiger wanders into the digital realm with gaming director Sam Warner and his new, independent, release “ The Foglands ”. Like any good adventure story, this simulation shooter is the fruition of extensive research and painstaking attention to detail. Sam breaks down the lengthy development process Well Told Entertainment went through to make this a reality. From early concepting, to pitching,...

Episode 53: Action Figure Creator David Silva 17.10.2023

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, David Silva returns with the greatest action figures ever created, CYBERZOIC! “…. Hold on to your butts.” You may already know David Silva as the main man and mind behind, literally, the best dinosaur figures on the market today, “Beasts of the Mesozoic.” Well he’s back , Jack! And with a project that’s even wilder. So don your armor, sharpen those...

Episode 52: Rose City Comic Con with Super Producer Matty K 08.10.2023

Another Rose City Comic Con is in the books and “Super Producer” Matty K. saddles up for another tiger ride as we break it down. It was a bit quieter this year for the Revenge Crew. Money was made as “pande” collections were sold. Bringing an end to the existential conflict that pulled at the "Heart & Soul.” Victory going to the art-form itself. As stories are meant to be read, enjoyed;… a metaphy...

Episode 51: Comic Writer Steve Urena 18.09.2023

Frequent BTR favorite and indie work-horse writer, Steve Urena, returns yet again with more wild words from his foul mouthed mind! In the late out hours of Kickstarter, a hero with the mouth of a sailor will rise. A hero… who’s nothing, but a “ Foul Mouth ”! Steve’s newest independent floppy is another weird and wild concept, and we absolutely love it! Imagine a character who’s cursing and fragran...

Episode 50: Comic Writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson 02.09.2023

The Blue Tiger get’s a heavy dose of Gamma with Eisner nominated writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and his brand new “The Incredible Hulk” series from Marvel Comics! This is one for the “Monster Kids!” PKJ delivers the kind of Hulk that gives bad dreams nightmares. Gruesomely awesome visuals propel a story that delves into “the darkness” that lurks in the waiting-room of the mind. Inspired by the old...

Episode 49: Comic Creators Colleen Palmer & Gabe Cheng 15.08.2023

Revenge is best served in print! We sat down with the creative crew from the ever growing, indie-power-house, Warden Comics to discuss their newest project; “ Requiem in Relke .” Written by Gabe Cheng with Colleen Palmer on art, the project’s campaign is currently live on Kickstarter and moving steadily towards its goal. This one-shot is the story of a half-human named Aurora who has returned to h...

Episode 48: San Diego and Mayhem 08.08.2023

Behold! As the eyes of the comic industry fall upon the grandest event of their world, once again! It’s Comic Con from beautiful San Diego, California! And Bry and Tadd break down some of their favorite news and announcements to come rolling out of “America’s Finest City.” Including a much surprised revival of an old gate-way gimmick, Cap-Wolf! (Yeah, you read every word of that sentence correct.)...

Episode #47: The Return (… once more.) 17.07.2023

It’s quiet…. Too quiet. Brace yourself as the Blue Tiger explodes out of the silent void and into your earholes. As the hiatus comes to an end, the “Revenge Crew” renew their thirst for … revenge? Once again! Dropping it old school, like fresh ink on a hot page, we spoil the milk of all that’s gone down in the months of early summer. Coach Bry has kept a watchful eye on EVERYTHING that’s been drop...

Episode 46: Comic Artist Ramon' Perez 02.06.2023

From the great land of Canada we welcome comic artist Ramon’ Perez as he hangs in the tiger den via RAID, aka the “Royal Academy of Illustration and Design.” Nestled in the heart of Toronto, Ramon’ Perez is one of the key-stone creators propelling RAID studio into the future and beyond. We met Ramon’ back at Emerald City City Comic Con and he graciously agreed to enter the Tiger Den for the very f...

Episode 45: Film Director Adam Schomer 01.05.2023

Film director and producer, Adam Schomer, enters the Tiger Den to talk about his new comic documentary that’s turning fan and industry heads, “ Selling Superman. ” This is possibly the most anticipated and fascinating comic book documentary in recent history. We sat down with the man behind the camera, Adam Schomer, and talked about how “ Selling Superman ” came together. On the surface the docume...

Episode 44: Bob Quinn 25.04.2023

The triumphant return, again, of comic artist, Bob Quinn, with his latest graphic novel, “ Black Cat Social Club ” from Humanoids publishing. “ Black Cat Social Club ” is not your average struggling garage band. These punk rockers happen to dabble in the best forms of the dark arts; shredding rock and witchcraft! With their hard rockin’ magically juiced riffs these young witches battle the forces...

Episode 43: Comic Artist Patric Reynolds 14.04.2023

Fresh off his latest series “Blood Stained Teeth,” Patric Reynolds steps into the Tiger Den for the very first time. We dive deep into Patric’s background and his journey into the comic industry; from fine artist to school teacher, from masters student to Abe Sapien, and everything that followed including crossing paths with our very own Tadd. A longtime Dark Horse artist of various titles includi...

Episode 42: Comic Artist Colleen Palmer and Writer Ludie Sexton 27.03.2023

Warden Comics are back with another Kickstarter! Artist Colleen Palmer and, returning guest, Writer Ludie Sexton bring the VENGEANCE as they fly into BTR with their latest comic, “ Crow and the Vengeful Light!” A sequel to “ Crow and the Eternal Night ,” it’s a hybid of ancient myth and existentialism by exploratory journey through the world of a zombie apocalypse through the perspective of the cr...

Episode 41: Emerald City Comic Con '23! 21.03.2023

The Revenge Tour continued at this year’s Emerald City Comic Con. Jump back into rainy Seattle as we breakdown the convention weekend with great stories, epic hunts, and the wonderful friends made along the way. It was good to be back in the heart of the PNW. The tiger swag was front and center as Tadd sold original art, books , and sketches. Bry went HAM on prime silver aged comics, anthologies a...

Episode 40: Comic Writer Eric Trautmann 02.03.2023

This week features Bry on location at the best comic shop in the NW, Gabi’s Olympic Cards & Comics, to interview comic writer Eric Trautmann, best known as, in his own words, “the guy who put pants on Vampirella.” Eric has a new Image book, The Forged, that he co-wrote with Greg Rucka, and drawn by Mike Henderson. Taking place in the 11th century, The Forged follows a bad ass group of super soldie...

Episode 39: On the Back Burner with Monster Kid Writer & Monster Kid Radio Host Derek M. Koch! 13.02.2023

“It’s been awhile...” since we’ve chatted with the king of the “Monster Kids,” Derek M. Koch! You may already know Derek from his fantastic podcast “ Monster Kid Radio. ” The show devoted to the classics and sometimes not so classic monster movies of yesteryear. Not just obsessed with creatures of celluloid, Derek is also a burgeoning writer. In his previous appearance, the time before the Revenge...

Episode 38: Guest Host Leila Del Duca w/Special Guest Caitlin Yarsky! 02.02.2023

For the first time in recorded Blue Tiger history, a former guest has made the ascension to the cosmic throne of cohost. Theoretical models warn that even the most subtle adjustment to the BTR broadcast transmission may cause what is known as a ripple effect in the space-time-continuum and thus causation of unpredictable universal events. This is a risk that we here at BTR are willing to… risk… fo...

Episode #37: a New Year, a New Revenge 21.01.2023

It’s 2023… a new year and a new revenge for the ol’ azul tigre’! We break in the proverbial New Year with the usual “unusual” talk as Big Bry finally taps into the Japanese mega-verse that is manga (about damn time), Tadd fights his father in the afterlife (where defeat is inevitable ), and discuss the trope of “what if Hitler survived the war!?” Also what comics destroyed our eye holes over the h...

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