{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The United States Department of Nerds Podcast","title":"Mark C. Dooley - The Genesis of a Fanboy & The Actual Adventures of Mark and Dee","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e5c4f317\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3501,"description":"Mark C. Dooley - The Genesis of a Fanboy & The Actual Adventures of Mark and DeeMark C. Dooley joins The USDN Podcast to talk about growing up a comic book fan before fandom was mainstream — and how the 1960s Batman TV era temporarily turned bullying into popularity overnight.Mark is the creator of MARK AND DEE: GENESIS OF A FANBOY (an autobiographical comic strip series spanning childhood into the teen years) and THE ACTUAL, SEMI-TRUE ADVENTURES OF MARK AND DEE (a contemporary series centered around community, friendship, and comic shop culture).We dive into Batmania, creativity as survival, meeting Dee at age 12, turning real-life triumph and tragedy into comics, and why indie storytelling hits different when it’s lived.We also spotlight Mark’s current Kickstarter for GENESIS OF A FANBOY Volume One, collecting years of strips into a single book, plus what’s next with THE ACTUAL Volume One and Issue #6 (the wedding story).Guest Links: Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/markanddee/mark-and-dee-genesis-of-a-fanboy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.c.dooley/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markcdooley/ Substack: https://substack.com/@markcdooley1 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mcdooley1.bsky.social Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/u10978651 Blogspot: https://deboss1.blogspot.com/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jK77dc0vRU6rdQe3lGzQeHxWXmC-iqPIYcsRvu3WnRw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMDE0/NzI5MzBlZGRiOGQ2/MzFlNGI2NzJiMzc2/MTczOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}