Share on TwitterIn Episode 070 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author/artist Chris Hart. Chris has penned several ‘how to draw’ books throughout the years. His latest, Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist, is available right now. Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist: Everything You Need to Start Drawing [...]
Share on Twitter ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
Share on Twitter GeekDad Remix Album by John Anealio You can now download the entire GeekDad Remix Album For Absolutely Free! Just click the Download button on the player above. If you are viewing this post in a feed reader, just click here for the free download: GeekDad Remix Album The album features great remixes [...]
Share on TwitterI’ve been trying to come up with a format / column for me to contribute to Functional Nerds for quite some time, but nothing ever seems to feel right to me. Then I realized that I’ve already created it. So welcome to All Things From My Brain. Used books. Going to the library [...]
Share on TwitterI’ve been interested in DC’s recent response to criticism that their New 52 relaunch reduced their number of female creators from %12 to %1. (Er… well, it’s complicated.) As a woman who enjoys comics and has aspirations in the field myself, I feel I have a bit of skin (hehe) in the [...]
Share on Twitter ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
Share on TwitterHuh. Weird. After posting the interview with Charles Day, I received a message from him that he couldn’t actually see the post. I looked in Firefox and Safari, the two browsers I use the most, and everything looked fine. Assuming this meant he was using Internet Explorer, I checked out the post there [...]
Share on TwitterIn Episode 69 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author and small press owner Charles Day. Links: Charles Day (Author’s Website) Evil Jester Press (Fiction Imprint) © 2011 Patrick Hester and John Anealio Featuring original music by John Anealio. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Share on Twitterhierophant noun. 1. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) an official high priest of religious mysteries, esp those of Eleusis 2. a person who interprets and explains esoteric mysteries Back when I wrote a review of Finch, I called Jeff Vandermeer the “Hierophant of the New Weird”. I used that unusual word on purpose, then, and [...]
Share on TwitterY’arr! Ahoy me hearties, and this be another installment of the Booze Nerd. This month we sample the finest cup in all of the seven seas! Okay, I’ll stop. But you might have guessed already that this month’s post is all about the favorite drink of pirates everywhere–rum. A Rotten Sweet Tooth The [...]
Share on Twitter ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
Share on TwitterI’ve been trying to come up with a format / column for me to contribute to Functional Nerds for quite some time, but nothing ever seems to feel right to me. Then I realized that I’ve already created it. So welcome to All Things From My Brain. Used Video Games I buy 95% [...]
Share on TwitterIn the 68th episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester & John Anealio talk with freelance storyteller J.C. Hutchins. Links: Author’s Website JC Hutchins on Twitter JC Hutchins on Facebook © 2011 Patrick Hester & John Anealio Featuring original music by John Anealio. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Share on Twitter ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
Share on Twitter Take a captain of a beat up old ship that sometimes can barely fly, but he loves it to death. He’s a veteran of a recent war, has no love for the Navy, and seeks freedom and profit, from trading between ports to a bit of light piracy and theft now [...]



