The Hall H Show – The Voice of Independent Creators

Hey there Hall H Show listeners! Aaron Nabus and Alex Benedicto here and on this episode we welcome back a previous guest! You last heard him on episode 51, which was a DesignerCon 2017 interview...so I'm glad he is able to join us for this episode where we'll talk a bit about DesignerCon 2019 (November 22-24) which takes place at the Anaheim Convention Center! We also talk about his vinyl sculptu...

Our guest for episode 81 of the Hall H Show, Tamayo Muto , an artist visiting from Japan, left me and Alex inspired, especially since she only recently started pursuing the fine arts and has already showcased her work in numerous art shows in San Diego and Los Angeles, CA! Recorded a few months ago in May, just before she was going to fly back home to Japan to finish her college degree, this episo...

The powerful and creative Leo Partible , joined the Hall H Show ( Aaron Nabus and Alex Benedicto ) at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 . Leo is a creative force of nature who enjoys expressing himself through music, poetry, movies, comic books and more. He is also more than willing to give back and guide others who embark on their own creative journey. As a fellow Filipino-American creator, we appreciated...

Our third Hall H Show podcast from San Diego Comic-Con 2019 (listen to our two previous SDCC 2019 episodes with comic book, art and graphic design educator, Michael Dooley and cosplayer and podcaster, Tim Ludy) features television writer and script coordinator, Karla Nappi . Karla joined host, Aaron Nabus and talked about her comic book, Duplicant , Meltdown Comics, her (and her father's) love for...

We continue our Hall H Show podcasts from San Diego Comic-Con 2019 with avid cosplayer and fellow podcaster, Tim Ludy from the Entreprenerd Podcast . I've been a guest on his podcast a couple of times so I'm glad he had time at SDCC 2019 to jump on mine! We talked about podcasting, cosplaying (he cosplayed as his favorite Marvel villain this year at SDCC) and more. Tim is one person I always look...

Michael Dooley joined Hall H Show host, Aaron Nabus at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. Michael Dooley passionate about graphic design and comic book history and is the creative director of Michael Dooley Design and teaches Design History at Art Center and LMU. He's also a book editor, Print magazine contributing editor, and writer of feature articles and critical essays for Print and other books and pub...

Artist Vince Alvendia (Beensentoe) joined the Hall H Show (Aaron Nabus and Alex Benedicto) to talk about his first time in Artists Alley at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. We also do a quick recap of our experiences at SDCC 2019 (such as Aaron's first time being a panelist). Special thanks to Beau Machado from Altered Ego Cafe and Hideout (at Southern California Comics) in San Diego, CA for letting us r...

On episode 75 of the Hall H Show, we take a look back at our San Diego Comic-Con 2018 conversation with Leonard Sultana (An Englishman in San Diego / Convention Collective) and Alyssa Franks (Friends of Comic Con).

On episode 74 of the Hall H Show podcast, we feature our conversation with Ming Chen, which was recorded at San Diego Comic-Con 2018. Ming discusses Comic Book Men, his love of podcasting (check out what he is doing with A Shared Universe ) and more! He was so much fun to talk to and we hope to have him on again for a longer conversation. Enjoy! ~Aaron  

Jason Lethert from Hero Journalism joins Hall H Show host, Aaron Nabus and discusses a few of the smaller panels at SDCC 2019 that caught their attention. Jason does in-depth reporting, analysis and pop culture commentary, with a special emphasis on film, video games, and comics, with special eye toward genre material. Thanks for coming back on the show, Jason! If you believe in our mission to be...

The Hall H Show (Aaron Nabus and Alex Benedicto) talked with Scott Lost from the Accidental Aliens about his new comic book, Wanderers of Melisanda. If you will be at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, please visit Scott and the Accidental Aliens at Small Press K5. We know that there are tons of other podcasts out there that you could be listening to and we're humbled that you chose to listen to ours! Than...

On episode 71, we share my DesignerCon 2018 conversation with freelance pencil artist, Lenny Romero (Lenzations) ! A former business major and collegiate wrestler, this self taught artist loves the meticulous nature of his medium…some of his pieces can take up to three months to complete! We first met him at Stan Lee's Comikaze 2015 and each time we seem him is like the first time. We're always bl...

Hey there fellow nerds and geeks, thank you so much for tuning into the Hall H Show podcast! Aaron Nabus here and along with my co-host, Alex Benedicto, we are the voice of independent creators! On episode 70, we share my WonderCon 2019 conversation with three friends, James Merrill, John Kimpson and Michael Scott, who all came together to realize their dream of creating comic books. Forming Thing...

For episode 69, I got a chance to chat with someone that I'm a huge fan of. He has also been on the podcast previously all the way back on episode 8 (along with his wife and Jupiter Jet co-creator, Ashley Victoria Robinson), Jason Inman! Both Jason and Ashley are also hosts of not only one of my favorite geek and pop culture podcasts...but one of my favorite podcasts overall, Geek History Lesson!...

Aaron Nabus here and thanks for tuning into the Hall H Show , the voice of independent creators! What does someone who suffers from massive overthinking do when challenged to do something crazy like give 61 hugs to 61 random people? This was the premise for an incredible short movie that I watched at this year's International Mobile Film Festival that was created by CK Goldiing , an artist and pre...

Aaron Nabus here and thanks for tuning into the Hall H Show! For episode 67, we continue with our focus on independent filmmakers. At WonderCon 2019 , in Anaheim, CA, I got a chance to have a pretty cool conversation with the creative development team behind Carmina (currently in production), the first movie from the anthology series, The Tales From Midnight : Mark A.J. Nazal (Director, Visual Eff...

Hey there Hall H Show listeners! Aaron Nabus here and on this episode, we're joined by the talented actor, singer and director, Kaitlyn Fae ! We talk about her current film project, a short that she is executive producing and directing called Fruit Fly . In fact, before we met up with her at a Starbucks in West Hollywood, CA, she had just finished wrapping up a round of auditions for a few of the...

Aaron Nabus here and on this episode of the Hall H Show podcast, we're joined by one of my favorite comic book creators, the writer and co-creator of Spencer and Locke , David Pepose !  Spencer and Locke is also drawn and co-created by Jorge Santiago Jr. We last had David on the podcast back in episode 22 which was recorded at San Diego Comic-Con 2017. We've kept in touch and and I've seen him at...

At WonderCon 2019 , I was originally supposed to talk with my good friend and multiple guest of the show, screenwriter and comic book creator, Rylend Grant to talk about the second arc of his current comic book, Aberrant and his new one, called Banjax , both of which are published by Action Lab. It was a welcome surprise to see Steven Prince , the writer, artist and creator of Rylend's favorite co...

On this episode, we welcome back our good friend, Susy Botello , founder of the International Mobile Film Festival to talk about this year's festival, which takes place April 27 and 28, 2019 at the Marina Village in San Diego, CA. We also welcome a filmmaker that we met at last year's festival, Seth Dacio ! He submitted another film for 2019, which was accepted, so we thought it would be fun to ha...

On this badass Hall H Show podcast episode, Aaron Nabus welcomes the writer and co-creator of the comic book, Baby Badass, David Schrader! David is a writer/filmmaker with deep roots in the LA alternative comedy scene. He has an extensive background in stand-up, sketch and improv. What makes this episode badass, is that we offer not just one...but two interviews with him! The first one features my...

Aaron Nabus and Alex Benedicto from the Hall H Show welcomes comic book writer ( Unstoppable Cherub ), editor of the Super-Abled Comics anthology and disability advocate, Travis Rivas to the podcast! Travis was just on episode 60 where he was joined by a few of the Accidental Aliens , to promote their 2019 anthology – which was successfully funded on Kickstarter! He is back to talk about a project...

Hello Hall H Show listeners! Aaron Nabus here and on this episode, we welcome Emily Rocha , Travis Rivas , Scott Lost and Lee Kohse , just a few members of the Accidental Aliens , a comic book creating group based in San Diego, CA, to discuss their 2019 anthology which has been fully funded on Kickstarter...so congratulations to them. Their Kickstarter ends on April 1, 2019...so go check out the s...

Hey there Hall H Show listeners! Aaron Nabus here and we're continuing our journey back to San Diego Comic-Con 2018 with my conversation with Tristan Whitehouse from the comic book creating group, The Accidental Aliens . At the time of this recording, he had just gotten out of panel featuring The Accidental Aliens at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 and he was in the middle of completing his first comic b...

Aaron Nabus here and one my personal heroes when it comes to covering pop culture and comic books is Forbes writer and author of the book, "Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture," Rob Salkowitz . On this episode, which was recorded at San Diego Comic-Con 2018, we got to talk about the first comic book he read, "The Spirit" by Will Eisner, which was given to him by his father; his connection to...