An Elegant Weapon

 

The Jedi Ras heads to Denver Comic Con to hook up with his Points of Interest podcast network co-horts El Hawkez and Francis The Other Guy to represent P.O.I in the Podcast Peak section of DCC'15. This episode features chats with Star Wars author Kevin J. Anderson about the EU, it's history and what's new on his agenda as well as a talk with his padawan Peter J. Wacks, author of Second Paradigm. Also, The Jedi Ras experiences Denver as any ganjable enthusiast would, hear the results of his wacky adventure and enjoy some clips from Rob Paulsen and Randy Rogel's Animaniac's sing a long!

For Part 3 of our MCCC '15 extravaganza The Jedi Ras has the honour of chatting with legendary Star Wars and Suicide Squad writer John Ostrander, custom lightsaber smiths Solo's Hold and Darth Alice, con security/Sith lord Adam Tornow and the return to the show of E. Roger Mitchell of The Walking Dead and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. to help me close out the show!

What a grand adventure once again this year at Motor City Comic Con in beautiful Novi, Michigan. The Jedi Ras will be bringing you tons of fantastic fun over the next several parts of our MCCC extravaganza. First up, a right jolly romp through Artist's Alley including chats with Kelly O'Hara, Jay Fosgitt, Jason Westlake, Nick Francis, Joshua Werner, Source Point Press and Jason Ujvari. All incredibly talented artists, this episode is a pure celebration of the insanely positive vibes emitted from this convention. Please click their names to experience their amazing work and visit An Elegant Weapon or our Facebook page to enjoy our photo gallery of the event.

The Jedi Ras shares his thoughts on Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Suicide Squad filming here in Toronto and a very special chat featured from the 80's Toy Expo with voice acting legend Jim Cummings ( Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck, Hondo and many, many, many, many, many more).

El Hawkez joins The Jedi Ras to talk about the recent barrage of trailers including The Force Awakens and Batman v Superman, upcoming Con events and The Jedi Ras recounts his day at The GTA Comic Con featuring a chat with Zach Galligan of The Gremlins!

Francis The Other Guy and Anthony Bachman join The Jedi Ras as he shares an epiphany or two surrounding the massive deluge of Star Wars news in the past little while, reconciling his love and investment of time in the Expanded Universe ( Now Legends ) with the shiny new hope that is Rebels, Journey to the Force Awakens, Kanan, The Last Padawan, Aftermath, Marvel comics and the first stand alone Star Wars movie Rogue One. Wild baseless speculations on what is to come are, of course, also discussed as we cover a great deal of parsecs this week on An Elegant Weapon! 

We review the Star Wars Rebels finale, the Motor City Comic Con guest list and Batman issue #39 before The Jedi Ras converses with writer Travis Mcintire and artist Stephen Sharar about the kickstarter for their new book Up The River from Source Point Press.

 

 

 

Comic book writer / DJ / Pro Wrestler and long time friend Anthony Ruttgaizer joins The Jedi Ras to chat about his upcoming kickstarter for The F1rst Hero Vol. 2 for Action Lab, his final tour in the wrestling biz, Gotham, our first look at Jason Mamoa's AquaMan and a whole lotta Star Wars.

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The Jedi Ras lays down his thoughts on this season of Star Wars Rebels thus far, Episode VII news and rumors, Motor City Comic Con's ever expanding guest list as well as Arrow, The Flash, Gotham and more, more , more.

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We start off with a review of this week's episodes of The Flash, Arrow and Gotham and give our thoughts on the big Marvel Spidey movie news followed by an in depth discussion with writer Dirk Manning. Praise Cthulu!

Visit the kickstarter for Dirk's Tales of Mr. Rhee "Karmageddon" Deluxe Hardcover Edition