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Ep.472 | Interview w/ Ring Of Honor superstar Shane Taylor

Today on the show: With American wrestling promotion Ring Of Honor’s announcement earlier this week that they would shut down in December to “reimagine and retool” their business model, we asked current ROH superstar and World Six-Man Tag Team champion SHANE TAYLOR to come to the Handsome Genius Club for a chat. What went wrong? What can be done to fix the promotion? What are Taylor’s plans for the future of his “Shane Taylor Promotions” faction? Learn all this and SO much more during The Notorious One’s FIRST INTERVIEW since the shut down was announced.

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Ep.460 | The History and Misery of Action Lab Comics

Today on the show: As current and former Action Lab Comics creators suffer under the yoke of terrible contracts and a publisher that has long since stopped serving their interests, we discuss the origins and current controversies surrounding the company. Joining host ANTHONY RUTTGAIZER (writer of The F1rst Hero, Actionverse) are fellow Action Lab creators SHAWN PRYOR (former Action Lab President/writer of Cash & Carry, Force), JEREMY WHITLEY (writer of Princeless, Raven the Pirate Princess) and JOHN PEREZ (writer of Archon) as well as self-publishing maven MICHAEL KINGSTON (writer of Headlocked).

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Ep.447 | Interview w/ Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher

Today on the show: Toronto city councillor PAULA FLETCHER joins the show to discuss the council’s decision to rename Dundas Street, the affects of Premier Doug Ford forcing the city to cut the size of council by almost half during the last municipal election, the current fight against rent increases and evictions during the pandemic,…

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Ep.430 | Interview w/ Dan Mendoza

Today on the show: DAN MENDOZA, creator of such cult favourite comics books as Zombie Tramp, Sad Girl Psycho Baby and Dollface, joins the show to discuss the ongoing Kickstarter campaign for Sugar Pop issue 3, his relationship with his fans, his success with crowdfunding and self-publishing, having one of his books banned in China and working with his significant other Kinghtmare Lynch on her series, Lil Six Kannibal Kitty.

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Ep.428 | Interview w/ Jamal Igle

Today on the show: Comic book writer/artist JAMAL IGLE joins Anthony to talk his library of work such as Molly Danger, Black, its sequel White and The Wrong Earth. Plus, we chat about our former publisher, Action Lab Comics, a little bit of wrestling and a whole lot more!

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Ep.427 | Interview w/ indie wrestler Addy Starr

Today on the show, indie wrestler ADDY STARR talks about her love of deathmatch wrestling, how LEGO made its way into her repertoire of weaponry, her full-time gig as a high school teacher, what she missed about Canada when she was living in the UK, why she went to the UK in the first place and what she misses about Britain now that she’s home. Plus, Addy talks about her favourite wrestler on Earth. Find out who that is on today’s show.

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Ep.421 | Happy Star Wars Day 2021

Today on the show: May The Fourth Be With You! We celebrate Star Wars Day by asking a whole bunch of our friends who their favourite Star Wars character is and which iteration of Star Wars they love most. Joining us on today’s show are animator/illustrator CHRIS MIZZONI, former Naked News anchor KATHERINE CURTIS, 501st Legion photographer JON PARRENAS, comedian EMANUEL MELO, comic book writer HOWARD WONG, university professors KEVIN FREEMAN and CHRIS MAVERICK and pro wrestlers STEVE BROWN, STRATOS FEAR, PHIL STAMPER, SCUMBAG YATES and LENNY LILAC.

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Ep.418 | Falcon and Winter Soldier Review w/ Chris Maverick of Vox PopCast

Today on the show: Anthony joins CHRIS MAVERICK and the cast of VOX POPCAST to discuss the first season of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. From the light and nerdy to the deep and sociopolitical, the crew dissects this just completed Marvel series from top to bottom.

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Ep.403 | Interview w/ pro wrestler Alexia Nicole

Today on the show: “The Bubblegum Princess” ALEXIA NICOLE joins The Club to talk wrestling, road trips, dayjobs, going back to school during the pandemic, shoulder surgery, getting kicked in the face by Gabriel Fuerza, Marvel movies, parental support and what makes Space Monkey so damn weird. It is a fun episode, kids. Definitely worth the extra day’s wait!

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Ep.396 | Interview w/ Andy Belanger aka Animal Bob Anger

Today on the show: Comic book creator ANDY BELANGER (aka indie wrestler Animal Bob Anger) is here to talk about getting into wrestling in his late 30s, training with Speedball Mike Bailey during the pandemic, breaking out on his own as a comic creator with his about-to-debut self-published Mother Trucker series, and so very much more!

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