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It's the chairman here live for the first
time in twenty twenty six.
And as always.
This is the USDN Podcast where we are
for the people, by the people,
and of the people.
And tonight on the USDN Podcast,
we're spotlighting the creator whose
journey blends hip-hop, storytelling,
and independent comics from a creative
house simply known as SIS-One-Five to
building a comic universe centered on
black characters and lived experience.
This is SIS-Fifteen Comics.
And joining us tonight is creator and
writer and apparently my cat Evie,
Malcolm McFadden.
Malcolm, welcome to the show, dude.
Hey, what's good?
Thank you for having me on tonight.
So let's start off with the
congratulations.
Just before we went live about an hour
ago, I think you are fully funded.
Congrats, my dude.
Thank you.
Let's do a little round of applause.
Thank you.
And apparently my cat was doing, you know,
celebration laps as I was reading out the
intro there.
Thank you to the cat, too.
Thank you to the cat.
But thank you, man.
I'm really excited.
That was really awesome to see, too, dude.
I'm so happy for you.
yeah man thank you i was really um
that happened like about an hour ago i
was actually at work when it happened and
i was mad excited couldn't wait to like
you know rush home but uh thank you
so much it's uh being funded on day
one it's an achievement that i haven't
done yet so it was great doing it
today
Dude,
that's a testament to you and your
creativity and putting together a
phenomenal campaign.
I did get a chance to scroll through
it at lunchtime.
Very impressed.
I love the story.
And it says everything about you, dude.
You earned that.
Thank you, man.
I definitely appreciate that because I
worked a lot of late nights on the
Kickstarter and like making the graphics
and stuff, man.
And I'm not a designer.
So I'm with you on that one.
I try to do as much of my
own stuff as possible,
but yet definitely not the easiest thing
in the world to do.
But let's dive into your origin story,
man.
for people discovering you for the first
time who is malcolm mcfadden and how did
six fifteen comments come into existence
well um melvin mcfadden is a guy from
well a nerd from annapolis maryland who uh
grew up you know loving comics who my
older brothers were always in the comics
so they got me into comics at an
early age you know like dc and marvel
and then so that level comics just never
stopped
Um, so once, uh,
I started always been creating characters
in my head and everything, you know, and,
uh, making up storylines,
but never actually took the time to like
sit down and write it.
And what's actually kind of funny,
cause I took a lot of creative writing
classes and writing classes, uh,
throughout life.
It is never actually sat down to write
a comic book, but, um,
I think it was about like,
two thousand nineteen,
two thousand twenty around the pandemic.
I really kind of started taking it
seriously and I started writing down my
ideas and writing down my stories.
And I started seeing a bunch of other
creators that that were like, God,
her comics, wise, eager comics,
concrete comics like I seen them like
making doing it and then like making
comics.
And I started supporting those.
And then while reading those comics,
I thought, you know,
Hey,
these people are actually out here doing
it.
You got these ideas that you wrote down.
Why not actually try?
So, you know,
went about actually did it actually put
the foot forward to do it and haven't
stopped moving ever since.
And it's just been a great ride and
a great journey since then.
Love to hear the grind, man.
I love that.
So what were some of those early comments
that your brothers introduced you to?
I know you said there was some Marvel
and some DC in there.
What were some of those titles that really
kind of stuck with you?
You were like,
these are my guys right here.
So, of course,
they had a bunch of stuff like they
had like Captain America,
they had like Weapon X,
and they also had like the X-Men comics,
Superman, Batman.
They had a bunch of stuff.
And of course,
like Batman and Spider-Man were the ones
that kind of stuck with me.
those were the comics i was really reading
as i got older that kind of transitioned
to me like you know branching out reading
more different comics started getting into
like static i started getting to uh
superman also just uh branching out and
reading different parts of comics and then
also branching further from dc and marvel
out to more indie stuff what's some of
your favorite indie titles
Indie stuff,
and we're talking about real indie, indie,
outside of image.
I would say stuff by Godhood Comics.
Their comic, Magnus, is really good.
Concrete Comics has a comic called Deja
Vu.
There's apartment six comics.
They have a comic called Book of Dreams
that is fire.
I could go on and on about the
indie comic scene because there's a bunch
of them out there.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
And if we're talking like, you know,
more indie, more like popular indie,
of course, Rodney Barnes,
which me and you were talking about.
Yeah,
Crownsville and some of his work with Star
Wars.
Y'all don't sleep on Rodney Barnes's work.
We were just talking about that in
Crownsville, his newest title.
I think it's who's doing Crownsville.
uh i thought i had it next to
me but i think it's in another room
um which title is on oh what's on
i think it's on only press yeah yeah
but dude it's two issues deep into it
and it is a phenomenal read it is
based on a little bit of the third
one came out third third come out
yesterday yeah you're right you're
absolutely right i do have that one it's
It's in my mess somewhere.
I'm not going to go through and start
looking for it.
But, yes,
I did pick it up as well.
Don't sleep on Rodney Barnes' work, y'all.
That's what we're saying.
So let's jump into SIS-XV, man.
So this name, SIS-XV,
has real emotional weight behind it.
Can you tell us the story of the
SIS-XV house and why it became a
foundation of your brand?
Okay.
So, um, six,
fifteen was the address of one of my
friends.
He actually committed suicide.
And but his house recipe,
his house was like a hub,
but just like creativity.
Like we had his house.
We did a bunch of things we shouldn't
have done and just but a bunch of
creative stuff.
And we like whether it be people making
music, people writing music, whatever,
whatever.
And it was just a hub for creativity.
And so, like,
After that,
I kind of wanted to keep that the
essence of that and the essence of him
also alive, too.
So I named it six,
fifteen comics to kind of just keep the
memory of creativity and the spirit of
creativity alive and also show old to a
friend.
Now, I love that, dude.
And for anybody out there listening,
trust me when I say this,
somebody wants you here.
Reach out.
You are not alone out there, y'all.
Reach out.
There is somebody who wants you alive and
wants you in their lives.
So I didn't want to do an emotional
moment like that,
but that was kind of my fault for
naming it.
No, no, no.
i segued into that purposefully so we
could get that that that moment out there
because i love the fact that you're paying
homage to your friend i hate the fact
that he's no longer here with you right
because i'm pretty sure he would be right
there next to you right now in this
interview creating comic books with you so
Let's jump into a little music, man.
You're not just a comic creator.
You're a hip hop artist and audio
engineer.
How does music influence the way you write
your comics?
OK, you definitely looked into me.
Oh, of course, man.
Of course.
But that's actually a very good question.
Music influences a lot.
Just when going from like writing songs
and then writing comics, it's kind of.
It's kind of I tell people this all
the time.
It's hard for me now that I write
comics to write music as much and write
poetry as much as I used.
Like,
it feels like I use the same side
or part of my brain to do it.
Like, it's a very weird feeling,
but it's kind of like like when you
are when like as a hip hop artist,
as I've read and made beats on either
side.
let's say I make the beat.
Well, to finish the song,
I need somebody to rap on it.
And it's kind of the same with comics.
So I write the stories with comics.
So in the comic sense,
I would be the rapper.
And I need somebody to make the beat
so I can put my words over that.
And then that would be kind of like
the artist working with the artist to draw
and do the colors.
So that kind of process helped with
comics.
And just also as in hip hop,
you got sixteen bars and two verses a
song so you write that's a lot of
words so it's a it's a very expressive
dude comic books you get sixteen to thirty
two pages you gotta make the best of
it with the words right exactly so you
got is it's a very expressive uh genre
of music so when you go into comics
it kind of is you kind of still
get to express yourself the same way but
just differently you kind of get to show
it more because there's pictures involved
so you get to show it more when
you express it
And it also gives that same emotional feel
from when you hear a song that you
connect to emotionally.
You can do the same thing with comic
books and characters and stories within
comic books.
First time I read Death of Superman.
Bro, I'm not going to lie to you.
young chairman's eyes had some tears in
them oh and dude that is the perfect
comparison with hip-hop writing and comic
book writing i i love that that's freaking
an amazing comparison that's the way you
just did that so when you're creating
characters how much of your own life and
experiences are you putting into these
characters in your stories that you're
telling
so for some characters a lot for some
not as much so just so like with
the character for the kickstarter i have
right now uh character uh amari king aka
my he's a lot there's not a lot
of me in this that character there's a
lot of things that i think are cool
that inspire me that i like and things
like that but
It's not a lot of me in him.
So that also makes it fun writing him
because he's very different than I am.
He's a lot more serious.
We have similarities,
but he's a lot more serious in that
way.
And I like to joke a lot.
So it's fun writing him because I kind
of tap into a different brain writing him.
And I also have a character, Malik,
from my comic book, The Legacy,
who is basically a younger version of me.
So it's very easy to write him because
it's just,
He's you.
Ten years ago.
What I would do, you know?
So it's very,
I have a lot of different characters and
I mainly really like to do the ones
that aren't like me.
Cause it's,
it's fun tapping into like a different
brain.
It's weird at times, but it's.
Yeah, definitely.
Definitely.
So you've cited characters like Batman,
Static, Ninja K, Spider-Man,
Peter and Miles.
What did those characters represent to you
from a creative standpoint?
Ooh, these are some really good questions.
Bro, I do my research.
I will never be accused of not doing
it.
The questions is really good.
So how they influence me.
So with... And it's all different.
So Batman,
kind of like his detective style.
Like, um...
And his action,
static with more so how he's grounded,
and I can really relate to him.
Also with Spider-Man, Peter Parker,
and Miles,
Spider-Man is actually a very easy
character as a nerd to really connect
with.
So those aspects of that, and Ninja-K,
the action, the action with Ninja-K,
just how cool and there's
He would be like a character.
I guess people call him like or farming.
So like a hundred percent.
Yes.
Dude, I like that.
So your goal is to create dope stories
centered around black characters.
Why is this mission so important to you?
It's very important to me because growing
up,
it's very important because growing up,
you see a lot of heroes.
You see a lot of comic books, action,
stuff like that,
but you very rarely see black characters
and stuff,
especially when I was growing up.
That's more so changing now,
which is very good,
and I'm glad to be a part of
that.
Big time.
Yeah,
and I'm really glad to be a part
of that,
but it's very important to me just for
that nerd growing up to have something
that he...
can see that looks like him,
something that he can relate to,
and just about giving him a dope story.
Because a lot of times with...
And there's no knock on this,
but a lot of times with Black stories,
we get a lot of Black stories with
the Black trauma things,
and it's very centered around you being
Black.
And sometimes I just want a Black
character just being Black in a comic book
world.
And so that's kind of what I wanted
to bring to the table.
And I also want to say no knock
on...
um on i don't want to say no
knock on anybody that does you know like
tell the black story and tell the black
trauma because those stories still need to
be told but i think there's also stories
that need to be told that just show
us in this comic book fashion you know
so yeah i like that i do that
that's you
That's the perfect answer, man.
Jeez.
That's a real answer.
Ask deep questions, get deep answers.
That's what I'm talking about.
Out page forty four.
Yes, this is the mountain.
Fifteen comments, man, man.
Hey, shout out to Paige.
Shout out to Paige.
Me and him actually worked on a comic
together, Beer and Bullets,
that just released.
And we're actually working on another
comic called The Bear,
which is kind of like a spinoff of
Beer and Bullets in a way.
It's a very fun spinoff that we're working
on right now.
So shout out to Paige.
She has a lot of stuff cooking in
the comic book scene.
hop on instagram shoot me a message over
at the usdm podcast and we'll get you
featured as well we'll bring you and
malcolm on at the same time so we
can talk about y'all's work together bet
bet the a page hit them up i
mean it's easy dude all it needs a
message and an email and we can make
it happen so
How do you balance real-life struggles
with comic book twists so stories feel
authentic but still fun?
That's my dude, Lloyd.
What's up, Lloyd?
Hello, Lloyd.
What's good, bro?
Lloyd's going to be on here soon, man.
He's finally getting his book edited, and,
dude,
I'm excited to read his book as well.
But, Lloyd, we're looking forward to you,
man.
yeah what's good lloyd i'll definitely
check that out but um what was your
question again how do i balance uh yes
with the with the comic book twist so
your stories feel authentic but still fun
Okay.
So actually that's kind of,
that's one of the easiest parts because
I'm a nerd.
Like my whole life I've been struggling,
you know,
I've gone through struggles and I've
thought about my struggles in a comic book
way.
Like as a nerd,
I think we all have had the moments
where you're going through life and it's
like something happens and you're like,
man,
if I had the powers to do this,
I would do this.
Not even two hours ago when I was
leaving the office, bro.
So, yeah,
so that's literally so that's kind of
really easy to do because you kind of
just take your life and your struggles and
you you just put yourself in these stories
that you love to read all the time
that you're already reading all the time.
And that kind of helps you,
especially now as an adult.
And you kind of know things that you
went through and you have a different
brain and thinking about it.
You can kind of shape those into stories
and into ways that people connect with.
But it's also still in a comic book
fashion.
So just to give you an example.
sorry for the long wind answer, but no,
no, this is the perfect answer, dude.
Okay.
Thank you.
Just to give you an example, my character,
I have a character, uh,
Vorley and then she deals with anger
problems.
So she has powers,
but her emotions affect her powers.
And then when I was a kid,
I had,
I used to go to anger management and
stuff like that.
And, um,
I kind of took that and use that
with her.
Like if I had powers,
like I will really kind of have to
hone in my anger because I can literally
destroy whatever.
and i can't use my powers correctly in
how i want inefficiently if i you know
yeah use control definitely feel that one
too like literally like two and a half
hours ago when i was having to work
with some people and i'm just like come
on guys really like if i was dark
vader i would just force choke you right
now every day trust me every day i
What are you doing?
What are you doing, bro?
Don't worry about it.
Just don't worry about it.
Right now I'm force choking you in my
head.
Yeah.
Or just like using the Jedi mind tricks.
Like you don't want to bother me right
now.
Exactly.
Like, dude,
you see me knee deep into this.
Come on.
so where is sis fifteen comments right now
as a company and what projects are you
most excited about not not the one that
just come out what you have working on
in the future okay so right now of
course you know the kickstarter campaign
is going for the king's domain um but
right now with it being the top of
the year um i spent a lot of
two thousand twenty five really kind of
working behind the scenes,
working to put together projects and
finish projects up.
And all the work and stuff that I
was doing behind the scenes has really
paid off to where this year I think
I can release maybe three or four books
this year,
which will be a great achievement for me.
It'll be a huge achievement.
So I'm knock on wood.
But still like that,
where we are right now is kind of
taking –
uh the building blocks like taking the
building blocks and kind of just you know
now really expanding from that and kind of
building out the house i guess like we
laid the foundation and now it's kind of
time to build the house so that's where
we are and then projects in the future
um
I got a good couple of projects.
I got my project called Theme of the
Queen of War,
which is kind of my answer to missing
more like the warrior woman type of comics
and stuff like that.
So I kind of made my own,
which is something I've been wanting to do
forever.
So I made that.
And this project was kind of very
ambitious project.
I probably should not have done it.
But it worked out.
It took a risk.
Those are the best ones sometimes.
They are.
I took a risk kind of making the
project, but it worked out.
Like I said,
like last year was building and it kind
of worked out.
So that's sometimes that Nat twenty just
rolls in your favor.
Right.
It does.
It definitely does.
I got a bunch of other comics.
I got Subject Zero number two,
the Legacy number two.
Right now, we're also just building.
We started out,
got all the number ones out,
and now we're just building out a series
and trying to finish them out.
I'm hoping this year I can finish out
the first volume of Subject Zero,
one of my series.
I'm hoping I can finish out the first
volume this year and have a trade
paperback by the end of the year.
Oh, nice.
Ambitious.
I love it, dude.
Let's go with it.
Let's go.
So what lessons have you learned building
this indie comic brand that you wish you
knew at the start?
And this is a question mainly for me
because
We were talking beforehand.
You know what I'm working on.
So this is one of those double questions
where I'm like, yeah,
let's tell the people.
But also when I'm listening back later,
I'm right.
I'm making notes.
That's that's actually a very good
question.
And I actually think about that a lot.
So.
Going back to when I first started making
comics, there's a lot.
Patience would be definitely one.
Patience is one thing because, you know,
you got to wait for your artist,
wait for... After you write,
you got to wait for every level.
You got to wait for something.
And also just patience.
I think how I started releasing comics,
I think I would have done a little
things differently.
Tried to, like...
Really,
I kind of threw myself into the wolves
with how I wanted to, you know,
build out my universe.
But it was the vision I had in
my head.
And I was like a pit bull with
it.
Like, I need this.
This is how I want people to experience
it.
This is my vision.
And so far,
it's working out how I wanted it to.
But I just think...
I would have took a little bit more
caution and kind of not threw myself to
the wolves as much.
So really patience.
I've learned to work,
how to work with artists, you know,
learn to let,
sometimes let the artists be the artists,
like let the artists do their thing.
Like, you know, I write it and then,
you know, kind of let them, you know,
build on that,
let them build the vision because that's
what they do.
They're artists, you know,
that's their expertise.
That's why I'm that's why I'm paying them
to do it.
So let them be let them be them.
A lot of lessons,
but I think really just to drive it
home is really patience,
just patience and just kind of being more
efficient with my movements,
if that makes sense.
Efficient with your time, your movements.
Yes.
Trust in your artist to deliver because
nine times out of ten,
your artist is going to deliver exactly
what you're looking for.
They know what you're looking for.
And I would say, you know,
they can see things that you don't see
that you may not have.
That's it right there.
That's that's the big one right there.
And also, I will say.
For those who back Kickstarters and we're
all guilty of this to some degree,
be patient with your artists,
be patient with the guys writing this.
Trust me,
they want this done just as bad as
you want it in your hands to hold
and to read.
Exactly.
And one of my what's what's in the
box man's from last year.
one of the kickstarters that was delivered
was no start to finish from the time
i backed it to the time i held
it in my hands was a solid year
plus not all of them take a year
not all yeah that's true but for those
who like me who love to back indie
comics and support indie comments like
that be patient with your people
They want this book done.
They want it finished.
They want you to read it.
They want you to have it just as
much as you want it.
Just be patient with them, man.
That's all I'm saying out there, y'all.
Just be patient with them because trust
me,
nobody wants this book done more than the
man who wrote it.
Zach,
and could I speak to that real quick?
No, absolutely.
Because just, yeah,
I actually got into a whole argument with
somebody about this.
But like, so especially with that,
if you're back in Kickstarters, sometimes,
especially if you know,
if the creator lets you know that the
project isn't done and that the funds will
go to finishing the project, just...
like you said have patience with that
creator and also if that creator is giving
you updates on the project and showing how
it's going please just uh give them that
grace because they're where all of us
indie creators are also human and also um
this is this is a especially if that's
a first time creator i think definitely
you want to give them some grace because
it's like i said there's things i wish
i knew when i started they're learning
lessons the hard way the very first time
exactly they're they are jumping into
something they have never done before so
definitely give them the grace but also on
the creator side of things creators um be
be open with your backers because they are
giving you their money they are giving you
their money they're believing in your
dreams so make sure i will say this
you can tell the difference between a
first-time creator
And a creator who's been at it for
a while because they will give you those
updates weekly, bi-weekly.
Some people will post once a day like,
hey,
just want to give you all the heads
up.
This is where we're at with things and
things are happening.
And they're pretty good about it.
Yeah.
Yeah, patience.
Yeah, definitely have patience.
And then apply it to the rest of
your life, too.
Exactly.
Patience.
That's what my mom would tell me.
This is the one thing I learned in
the military.
Patience.
Yes.
So this is another deep one, dude.
I hope you're ready.
Okay.
What does success look like for six,
fifteen comments in the next few years?
Okay.
Next few years.
So we're saying like about like three,
four.
Let's go.
Twenty thirty.
For instance,
because I know where I would like to
see you,
but I want to know where you want
to be seen and what you want to
be and where you want to be.
twenty thirty it's just crazy that that's
an actual number yes we're closer to
twenty thirty than we are to twenty twenty
okay didn't think about it like that but
that's very true so um twenty thirty it's
about okay so twenty thirty i think where
i would with success means for six or
ten comics would be two
definitely have more of the first arcs of
my characters wrapping up i think that's
where i have plans where where my plans
had are right now uh knock on wood
is to have more so around four or
five years to have the first arcs of
my characters to be fully done fully done
yeah to the point that's pushing one issue
per comic
a year so five bullets per story or
four books per story for one arc one
arc some of my stories are four some
of my stories are five some of my
stories are three so they're all different
so they vary like i said subject zero
that would i'm trying to wrap up this
year is only three so that's why that
one is the first one to easily just
be wrapped up and finished
So I want that.
So yeah, you're about right.
Like, uh,
basically about four or five books a year.
Like I said, I can, like I said,
I worked to have that happen this year.
And if everything goes well,
that will happen again next year and the
year after that.
So that's in my plans.
So knock on wood once again, but yeah,
And that's what success looks like for me.
And also having a lot more,
a lot more, building a bigger fan base,
having more of a presence at con events
and stuff like that.
And that is real success to me.
yeah just building our fame and connecting
with uh the lot more of the indie
creators like i've done a good job in
this last year connecting with a lot of
it and i just it's been dope too
so far so i just want to continue
that so that's what success looks like for
me in the next few years that that's
that's that's one of the big ones i
was gonna recommend like i'd love to see
you at cons i'd love to walk into
my local comic shop and don't have six
fifteen sitting on the shelf you know what
i'm saying that too
I know Powerscape.
He was on here not that long ago.
He got his book one and book two
into a comic shop's
in canada local but also in a few
spots in new mexico and a few other
places stateside recently so that was huge
i was so happy to hear that he
was able to get his book into some
comic shops locally i want to say greg
the comic book greg by a nerd in
the sky also he's in a few local
comic shops dude he's you will know him
when you meet him because he'll be wearing
a bright pink suit
I liked it.
That's tough.
He's such an awesome dude.
He's he works in an animation studio as
well.
Super great dude, but bright pink seat.
That's how you know it sale.
Okay.
Yeah,
I would love to see you in comic
shops.
Hopefully we meet up at a con sometime
here soon.
We're both kind of close to each other.
So that'd be really dope to be able
to do and be able to sit down
live with you and sign some books together
or something like that.
That'd be really fun.
See, that's,
that's the stuff that I really want to,
that's what I'm saying.
Like,
like be having more presence at cons.
Cause I talked to a lot of creators
all the time online and we have great
conversations.
We're cool.
We chop it up,
but I don't get to meet them.
And you know,
I'm a face to face type person.
Like I was, you know,
I was there before we started and
everything was online.
So I'm a, I like to meet people,
feel people's energy,
give people my energy.
Like, so I definitely want to, you know,
connect with people more.
I feel you on that one, dude.
I know like the COVID thing,
I became a recluse.
I'm still pretty much basically a recluse.
And it's one of those,
the only time I really come out is
for cons and comic book events and that
kind of stuff.
So I'm definitely with you on that one.
So you mentioned being inspired by other
black indie creators.
How important has just community as a
whole been in your current journey with
CIS-Fifteen Comics?
Oh, it's been very important.
It's been very important because, like,
it's actually been dope that some of the
comic creators that I was, like,
studying and looking up to coming into
comics, like Weisinger Comics.
Weisinger Comics has been great about
Frederick.
He's been great about, you know...
giving me advice.
Uh, any,
even if I don't even be asking him
something, he gives me great advice.
Just that's the best advice.
Half the time is that unsolicited advice.
Like, Hey, I noticed this.
What about you?
Try this exact.
That's literally what he does.
Like he literally helps me out.
You feel me?
So it, it,
it's been great with the community.
Uh, just having conversations with people,
uh, bouncing ideas off of people.
Um,
Just working with them.
And it's really great because there aren't
a lot of comic book creators.
So your friend group,
you're probably the only one.
I know some people think it's a huge
community.
It's not.
It's small and they're spread out.
is exactly we're all spread out we're not
like living all in the same areas like
like i said you're probably the only comic
comic book creator in your friend group
you feel me so it's nice to like
meet people that are doing the same thing
you go through the same struggles you go
through you know so it's that community it
helps you not feel so alone in this
you get what i'm saying so it's been
very important
Definitely, man.
Definitely.
So this is one of those questions I
throw out to every creator that's kind of
been on.
What advice would you give to creators
sitting on ideas but afraid to take that
first step like you did?
Oh, leap.
Leap.
Just fucking do it.
Leap, yes.
Just fucking do it.
Do it, yes.
Like, the Shia LaBeouf joint.
Do it.
Like,
it's really you standing your own way.
Like,
I think a lot of times I see
creators, I talk to creators,
they be like, I got this whole...
That's exactly.
They be like, I got this whole Bible.
I done mapped out my whole universe for
fifty years.
The character goes through this, that,
and the third.
I done wrote it out.
Blah, blah, blah.
And I'm like, okay, so...
do it like just like you spend all
this time creating it and then you you
so in love with it like bring it
to life so you can see it i
think you people be so afraid to just
leap people be so afraid so it's like
this uh i tell it's this story all
the time this is this is what helps
me just to do things it's the same
story i tell all the time it's like
there'll be a summertime you know what
summertime you go to the pool you go
to the outdoor pool or the indoor pool
whatever summertime is hot
And then they open up the pool,
they say you can jump in.
But you always think about it because
like, oh, you'd be like, oh, that's cold.
That's going to be cold when I get
in there.
So you hesitate to jump.
But once you jump in there,
you already know that the water is going
to be warm once your body get used
to it and you're going to be good.
So just leap, just take the leap.
Just forget you.
It's going to be cold.
It's going to suck.
You won't go through things.
It's going to be, you're going to,
you're going to go through hardships,
but just take that leap because once that
water gets warm and you swim in,
you won't have a good day.
You feel me?
And so that would be my advice.
Just kind of just to leap and just
to kind of study, study too.
Also, I'm saying just leap.
I'm saying just leap,
but also study the game and stuff like
that.
Don't be afraid to ask for advice.
you would get amazed how many comic book
writers how many comic book artists
publishers who will give you advice
exactly you have to ask right just if
they if they don't say anything if they
don't give you advice okay they didn't do
it all right so just ask somebody else
exactly you would be surprised how far you
will get just by i know when i
first started doing new comic book day and
i would
I would be taking pictures of the comic
book.
I'd be like, hey,
here's what I'm reading right now.
Boom, boom, boom.
Here's the artist.
Here's the writer.
Here's this and here's that.
You would be surprised the number of
writers and artists who would hit me up
and be like, hey, man,
thanks for the shout-out, dude.
We appreciate it.
We're glad you're enjoying the book.
And I'm like, oh,
writer so-and-so just said they gave me a
shout-out.
What?
Like, dude.
I'm still working up.
I love spotlight and indie creators,
but there's that little piece of me down
inside.
I'm like, one of these days,
I'm going to reach out to some of
my favorite writers on the bigger tables
and the bigger projects and go, hey,
let me think.
Maybe I could get you on here to
talk about this one or that one.
But right now,
I'm just enjoying the indie stuff right
now,
putting the spotlight on y'all because I
think y'all deserve it a hundred percent.
I'm a hundred percent with you on that.
Hopefully one day when you're sitting at
that big table, you can go,
it's the chairman over there at the USDN.
A hundred percent.
You will be up there too giving interviews
and you're also your comic.
Yeah.
So, yeah,
I am working on two different ones.
I've got notebooks full of content right
now.
And the moment all this behind me gets
organized and I can settle in,
I'm going to start the official right.
And I got my artists picked out for
one of them.
and yeah we're gonna do it it's gonna
be an experience i'm gonna try to take
everything i've learned from all the indie
creators i've talked to and just kind of
put together something that i hope people
will enjoy so definitely hey that's that's
that's what it's all about right there
yeah but tonight is all about malcolm so
if somebody was to discover you tonight
since fifteen comments malcolm mcfadden
Where would you want them to start with
your comic books?
Oh, that's very easy.
The legacy.
It may not be my most popular.
It may not be my most praised comic.
But that is my heart and soul.
That is my comic.
It's actually dedicated to my dad.
Also, rest in peace to my dad.
It's dedicated to my dad.
It's dedicated to just me, my life,
experiences.
It's dedicated to also my son and just
leaving a legacy behind.
it's really it's that is my heart and
soul story so if somebody it mean it's
not my most popular story like people
still like it but it's not my most
popular story but it's it's my story it's
it's you know my heart and soul story
i think every writer every artist has that
one book
that they did that's kind of like that's
the one that they feel the most strongest
about that's like their baby they're the
one that they hold near and dear to
their heart and i and if somebody says
they don't have one of their own books
like that they're lying to themselves
because i think every writer every artist
has that one it may just be one
Yeah, because typically as an artist,
this is like most artists will say this
in any medium, any genre, whatever.
They'll say like their most popular thing
is not their favorite.
And then their favorite one is normally
the least popular,
like the middle bar of things.
That is true.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty,
man.
The King's Domain.
We do know you are a hundred percent
funded and I'm so happy to be sitting
here with you right now saying you are
a hundred percent funded,
but this is what we're here to talk
about is the King's domain.
We got to know you now let's get
to know the King's domain.
So it's currently live right now.
It's issue one, issue two,
which I'm about to get in on.
For those hearing about it tonight,
what is The King's Domain?
And what kind of story are readers
stepping into with The King's Domain?
Yes.
Oh, I love this question.
I'm going to drop something for you that
I don't think I've told anybody else.
There may be only actually one other
person who knows this for real.
Let's go, dude.
Let's go.
So the King's Domain,
just to start off with how I got
the name.
The name is actually so just it kind
of goes with my six fifteen,
the name of my company.
so at the there was this one night
where we were actually at the at my
friend's place uh we were chilling it was
a night before we went to king's dominion
and then me and my friend were actually
writing a song and then we just called
it the king's domain it was like yo
this our domain we kings this we that's
what we call going kings to me tomorrow
so we called it that and then so
when i went into this book and i
had the character's name i called him
amari king and i was kind of going
with names and that's why i call it
the king's domain because like it's like
him since his last name is king and
like this is like his domain and what
he's trying to protect and stuff like that
so
That was actually how I got the name.
And that's,
I think the first time I actually said
that to somebody, but, uh,
the King's domain is a story about my
character, Amari King, AKA my he's,
he is a protector of animals and a
fighter for the innocent.
And he's on this mission to take out
this criminal organization called the
alpha organization.
And they profit off animal cruelty and
they just profit off being evil people.
Like they're just,
they just need to be dealt with.
All right.
They they're bad for humans and animals,
just the earth period.
so he has made it his mission as
a protector of animals and a fighter of
the innocent to bring them down and then
so in this series you will follow him
try him uh uh trying to bring them
down like pursuing them and trying to stop
their whole organization
And to answer your second question,
the type of story that they're going to
get with this is, I actually,
I love that you asked this because I
just came to this realization just like
the other day.
So with this type of story, oh,
I forgot the name of it.
It's a weird name.
But there's type of stories where, like,
you have these adventure characters,
these characters of, like,
myth and legend.
So, like, characters like,
have you ever seen the movie or the
comic The Phantom?
Yeah, yeah, no, dude.
The fact that Phantom is about to get
another rerun in comic books makes that
statement even better.
exactly exactly so that so fandom like
characters like the phantoms are like
characters like that you would tell about
over a camp story uh campfire so like
um those type of characters so he is
i kind of made that i kind of
came to realization that i made that type
of character actually reading the new
phantom series that you just mentioned so
i came to that realization that i made
that type of character and not really
realizing that i did when i've been loving
that type of character forever
so that's always i remember reading him on
the newspaper you know back in the day
see i didn't i i got into him
through the movie the movie and then i
got into the comic league i didn't even
know it was a comic for years it
was a comic strip
And it's Sunday paper.
That's dope.
I did see that because I looked into
the character.
That's how I figured out what the type
of name of this type of story is,
but I can't remember it.
Yeah, just stories.
You're going to get that type of story,
like adventure type and myth type of
story.
Mythological type of story.
Nah,
that's some of the best ones to me,
man,
where you discover that you've written
something completely original,
but
It's like, it's very,
like it reminds you of this character over
here.
It's really dope that the fan,
I love that Dynamite is doing all these
old reruns of comic books like that.
And they're doing some big IPs this year.
I mean, they've done Powerpuff Girls,
Gargoyles, you name it, man.
Dynamite has been on it, dude.
Oh, they did do that new Gargoyle.
I got to get that.
Thank you for reminding me because that
was the series that I was like,
I'm going to get this when it comes
out on trade.
They did Gargoyles and they did Gargoyles
the Dark Ages,
which one of our podcast friends,
Drew Moss, did the artwork on.
What is the Dark Ages like,
taking it back?
It's the prequel, basically,
to the Gargoyles before they came to New
York or wherever it is.
Yeah.
Dude, it's really good.
I got to check that out.
Dude, it's really good.
You can probably find it on Trade
Paperback now on the Dynamite's website.
Oh, back.
Oh, yeah.
See, that makes it easy.
Because that's what I do.
Whenever I discover something like that,
I'm like,
how come I'm just now finding out about
this?
And I hop on the website.
I'm like, Trade Paperback.
Send that to the house.
Thanks.
Cause don't get me wrong.
I love singles,
but if I'm just discovering something for
the first time and it's on like issue
ten, that means in my head,
that means there's two trade paperbacks
out there.
Yep.
So let me get those two trade paperbacks
and then I'll play catch up and pick
up with the single issues on issue eleven
or whatever.
And I just like to read trade paperbacks.
I like that.
I love singles,
but when you read the whole arc at
one sitting, that's what I love.
So that's the way I am with Ghost
Machine.
I love collecting Ghost Machine comic
books.
I love their wraparound covers,
their connecting covers,
and stuff like that.
But a lot of the times,
I have all their current trade paperbacks,
and I just like to sit down and
read the first eight issues I got here,
wouldn't go.
because it's such a good story such a
good story but so what i know we
were just discussing this a little bit but
uh where does it fit within the larger
vision of cis-fitting comics for the
king's domain oh where the king's domain
fits it um
For each of my series,
the way that it is a connected universe,
but for each of my series.
That was my next question.
I'm glad you brought that up.
Right.
For each of my series,
I wanted them to stand alone so you
can read them.
Like if you were a fan of one
and not really a fan of the other,
you can just read one.
Like you don't have to read the others
to know about the other series.
Because that was when I love DCMR,
but sometimes that gets on my nerves.
So convoluted, man.
Yeah,
I'm not even reading that side of the
universe,
but I have to know about it to
know what's going on in this pocket of
the universe.
Oh, wait till people,
they drop the Secret Wars and realize
there's multiple wars going on in Secret
Wars.
like then they got extra they got like
so many like spin-offs that are part of
the main events and stuff like that where
i wanted my universe to where you where
they stuff will cross over and you know
they will have big events but you can
just stay with one storyline i didn't know
if the big event happens you can jump
onto that event and then you can jump
right back on to what you were already
reading you if you want to do the
whole universe
that's cool of course i would love for
you to but like i want to make
it so it is kind of all-inclusive to
like if you want this side and so
where the king's domain kind of fits he
kind of fits on not really like the
superhero or vigilante but he kind of fits
in like i said that adventure side of
my universe so he kind of fills that
void of things and kind of he moves
around he uh he mainly you'll see mainly
his story in africa but he kind of
still will move around like worldwide and
do things throughout the series
And it sets you up for success later
on.
That way,
if you're coming to an arc and you're
like,
how do I want to do this arc
or a I'm at a lull in this
one story.
let me tie him over here into this
other story for a couple of issues or
something,
or for arc over here while I'm trying
to figure out what I'm doing with this
guy,
but I can bring them over here and
do something and you can just move them
around.
Like,
like this one didn't really work for me.
Let me, he's okay.
He's going back to a solo issue.
It gives you a lot of leg room
to play with your characters within your
universe.
So it's always really cool when I see
people going, Hey,
I have these five stories go in.
They can all be in the same universe.
Yeah.
Right,
and then they could all be in the
same universe,
but what happens in this doesn't really
affect what happens in the other.
And if it does,
it won't be a lot for you not
to know what's going on.
You get what I'm saying?
Yep.
I like that.
And to me,
that's just – it makes sense, you know?
Right.
Because, I mean –
and I love Easter eggs.
So you can Easter egg your own character
in your own story in the background.
I love those.
They're all in the shared story.
There's nothing better than reading a
comic book.
And I can't remember the last time I
seen it,
but it was just one of their other
characters from the same writer and
walking through the background of a story.
And it was just like, wait,
is that that one character from the,
from the other book he does?
Yeah.
Exactly.
In the next comic of that character that
you've seen in the background,
you see him in his comic book,
and you see the other character in the
background of it.
So they just literally passed each other.
Two characters, same universe,
passing by on the same panel,
on the same page, two different stories.
It was really cool to see.
That's creative that day.
I might have to steal that idea and
do something like that.
Steal it.
Cause right now,
that's what's great about comic books,
right?
Everybody has stole something from
somebody.
Right.
But that's,
but that is like the Easter egg thing.
I love Easter eggs too.
So one thing I've been doing, um, in,
especially in this series that just
released the Kings domain too, there's,
uh,
character that makes an appearance that is
a character in another book but it doesn't
mess with the story at all but it
you'll see him appear uh and it was
it's dope to put those little easter eggs
i do a lot of easter eggs and
uh i'm actually been working on the
crossover between my characters and the
fact that i've dropped these easter eggs
makes writing that crossover so easy
because i can just bring things right back
into it
And I'm glad you said that, too,
because I can read a comic book in
five minutes,
but I can never do it in five
minutes.
It's going to take me twenty or thirty
minutes because I'm investigating each
page in each panel because I'm looking for
Easter as I'm looking for a little hidden
details.
I'm looking at the art.
I'm studying the art because I want to
see how they laid out panels and how
they why did they choose the gutter here
versus there and that kind of stuff.
Yeah.
It takes a unique human being to just
be like, oh,
I just read that comic book.
I'm like, you held it for two minutes.
What are you talking about?
You read it.
Right.
Did you even look at it?
Did you study it?
Did you embrace yourself in the artwork,
in the story?
Two minutes?
Yeah.
Like normally if I read a book that
fast,
it's kind of just to kind of get
the story,
but I'm always going to come back to
it.
Like I'll do that.
I'll do something like that.
If like I'm leaving a comic book store,
I'll go into my car real quick and
be like, okay,
I'm going to go through this story.
Yeah.
And then when I get home,
that's when I really like dive into it.
Because you're looking for something.
You're looking for a particular piece in
that story that you were hoping was going
to happen.
That's what you're looking for.
Because I do the same thing.
Exactly.
Let me pull this out real quick.
Okay, maybe it'll be the next issue.
But you're going to go home and you're
going to read it.
Exactly, exactly.
So let's jump back into this Kickstarter
because we could go on about that kind
of stuff for days.
Let's do it.
So why was Kickstarter the right platform
for this project,
and what does direct fan support mean to
you as an independent creator?
When I say Kickstarter,
you could have went with Indiegogo,
but I have discovered myself that I'm not
a big fan of the way Indiegogo does
the back end of their business.
Okay, yeah.
But that's just a me thing.
It was something that I recently just
learned.
I prefer Kickstarter all straight to the
means, you know?
So I don't really know too much about
Indiegogo's backend and stuff.
I did do an Indiegogo,
but I'm not even going to go into
that.
But it's really just that Kickstarter is
kind of the platform for comic books and
indie books.
So it's like there's a fan base already
there on Kickstarter.
There's like every Kickstarter I have,
there's times where I see people that have
just been people from Kickstarter that
back it.
And Kickstarter also gives you a lot of
the analytics and the numbers on the back
end for you to use.
A lot of those numbers,
I don't even know how to use them,
but they're there just in case I do
figure out how to use them.
So that's why I'd use Kickstarter because
I really do love the platform and I
love the fan base that's on there and
just how it works as even a person.
I bet it's a crate.
I think I've backed like three hundred
Kickstarters and I just realized that
looking at it.
But you get that super backer sticker on
you.
I think I do.
Yeah,
I think I forgot how many is after.
So I mean, I mean,
I forgot the number is that number because
I think I'm getting close to it myself.
yeah so like even with me you as
a fan i love how as a fan
how to use it how it makes it
real easy for you to bet for kickstarter
it makes it here's the other thing i
like too so i thought i'm following you
on kickstarter it tells me the moment you
launch yours
And then the moment I support yours,
it's going to say, hey,
congratulations for supporting Malcolm and
the King's Domain.
Here's a list of other comic books that
you may enjoy.
And some of them are like, oh,
I like that one.
And you can go and read about that
one.
But every now and then they'll be like,
they'll offer you something and you're
like,
No,
that's a hard pass for me on that
one.
Right.
I would say nine times out of ten,
though,
they're offering you some good stuff.
yeah so i'm guessing they have like a
thing that checks your algorithm i guess
so it knows what type of comments you
like because that does that for me like
especially the comic like the comic uh
especially if you back something that
gives you stuff like that so that is
also why um that's also why uh kickstarter
is one of the platforms i really love
no i'm with you i think i'm on
kickstarter every day
yeah just looking at projects and yeah i'm
always looking at projects on there and
going i wonder if i can get that
person to come on and talk about that
project or something like that you know
and then um what was your second question
about the fan base um
So that was a different question.
You already answered that one.
So that was just like,
why was Kickstarter the right platform for
this project?
Oh, I'm sorry.
It's the second part of this question.
And what does direct fan support mean to
you as an independent creator?
Okay, that one is really good.
It means a lot.
It really means a lot.
Shouts to...
I can't name a lot of them,
but there's a whole bunch of people that
are on Facebook, Instagram,
that have always supported me since day
one.
They shout out my comic book all the
time.
Just Facebook groups and stuff like that.
The direct support is...
it's love it's real love just because when
you as an artist when you put out
stuff and then people receive it and like
it and then you put out a piece
of you basically and they receive it and
like and support like i i told this
guy today i think i told him today
i was like bro if i had a
dollar for every time i told you thank
you i would be making live action movies
right now
So, like,
the support means everything because it's
like I can't – I literally can't do
this.
I'm not going to be able to make
the next book if you guys aren't
supporting and I can reach the goal.
So I always try – as a creator,
like,
I always try to tell people that comment
or say anything on the post or anything.
I try to tell them thank you.
I appreciate it.
I'm ready to start trying to speak a
different language so I can say it
different.
So, but, like –
But it means a lot and it really
helps out.
And it's it's it's sometimes it's
overwhelming.
Sometimes it's like like like today,
like people were saying congratulations
and stuff.
I was like,
I don't I don't know how to take
compliments and stuff like that.
Like it's always hard, isn't it?
It is.
It's very hard.
So so it means everything.
So it's very important to this journey.
And it keeps you pushing.
It keeps you pushing.
And it also adds pressure.
I told my wife when I got them
down like you really don't.
That's exactly that's exactly it.
I told my wife I was like,
it's kind of like I've reached my goal
and I feel more pressure because like
people are actually supporting this like
that.
I don't want to let these people down.
They don't spend their money, you know,
stuff like that.
So it definitely gives you a push,
but it definitely adds pressure at the
same time.
Dude, trust me,
like you are my first live show of
twenty twenty six.
And I was like sweating and I'm like,
yeah, I mean,
this is my first one of the year.
I got to make sure this is right.
And I'm glad it was you because you
brought the good energy back.
And, dude,
you'd be surprised how many people will
come on a podcast and talk about their
project.
And they just seem so unenthusiastic about
it.
I'm like, dude,
you just created something amazing.
Right.
Show some enthusiasm for your work, man.
And you definitely,
definitely brought that energy.
And speaking of energy,
let's talk about rewards.
What can backers expect when they support
the Kings domain?
So from the rewards,
we have a bunch of different rewards.
I have three covers available.
We redid the issue number one cover.
There's a brand new cover for that.
And we also have two covers of the
issue number two available.
So you have three covers.
And with each physical backer,
I'm giving them a Fury sticker.
So my character,
he has a pet lion who is rare.
The lion is fleeing.
yeah wear a black line so i'm i'm
making him a sticker and um those those
things you can expect and also you can
just expect uh when you get your rewards
um because the project is done i've paid
for everything the letter and i'm actually
um after after i get off this interview
i'm going to be putting the layouts for
the comic together so i can send it
to you so that'll be what i'll be
working on tonight
go.
I'm really trying to get it.
As we talked about with Kickstarters and
like we talked about earlier with
creators,
I'm trying to have the project printed,
at least a good amount printed so when
the Kickstarter is done,
especially since I know I got my goal,
when it's done,
I can just start fulfillment as soon as
the joint is done.
People don't got to wait for their books.
This is going to be a forty-five day
or a thirty day Kickstarter?
This will be thirty day.
This is going to be a little shorter
one.
Yeah.
It'll end February fourteenth.
Yeah.
It should be the fourteenth.
Yeah.
If you start it on the fifteenth,
it'll end on the fourteenth of the next
month.
Yeah.
yeah so yeah it'll end on the fourteenth
so people should definitely expect to get
their rewards soon um not i'm not because
especially i'm gonna have i like i said
i'm trying to release other books this
year so i'm trying to have this book
into people's hands before i even try to
release the next book yeah and then so
that's kind of how i like to do
it going uh with the kickstart campaigns
just to kind of build trust with uh
the backers and stuff like that dude yeah
no a hundred percent and it's cool that
you actually had the funds to be able
to just to go ahead and get it
done
This is at the point where I want
to remind people that sometimes that isn't
always the case for kids.
Sometimes the people who are starting kids
search are really relying on you to help
fund the actual book to be finished.
And then they're going to take care of
you.
Trust me.
Um, I just, I'm trying to think, uh,
the plague.
Great, great husband and wife team.
They hundred percent fund it.
And that money is going to the artist
to finish your physical stuff.
They did T-shirts and all that stuff.
I will receive my T-shirts, my poster,
which is a really dope poster that's going
to eventually be on the wall.
But be patient.
A lot of times you're not going to
get that physical reward right away,
especially for the comic book.
Because it's literally you are helping
them.
pay to have that book finished and made.
So for anybody out there,
whenever you're back in a comic book,
if you don't want to support someone who's
not quite finished the book yet,
they're going to tell you if that book
is done or not.
And most of them are really upfront and
honest about it.
And you are their make or break.
Right.
So remember that.
So I like it though, dude.
I know as soon as we're done here,
I'm going to go
Do my thing, too.
I got to put my get my pledges
in for a couple.
So you actually showed me one.
I got it saved on my phone.
You said a flame vote.
St.
Flame vote with Bruno Canarino.
I got to get that one in tonight
and I got to get you in tonight.
And there's a couple of more that we're
going to have to.
It might have to be next week,
but they're going to get back for sure.
Yeah,
I'm definitely checking out that flame
vote, too.
It's so fun.
It's so good.
And I love his stories are good.
They set up the next story very well.
They're always very bright and very
whoever does his colors for him are always
on point.
So I'm going to check.
So if somebody is on the fence right
now,
what would you say to convince them to
take the leap and support the King's
domain?
Sell him the book, man.
Sell him the book.
Well, man,
if you're looking for something new,
this is something new.
It's something original.
It's something that's from my mind,
from my creativity, something that I love.
So if you're looking for something new,
an original, something to jump into,
definitely.
Especially if you're a new fan of comics.
Like I said, I'm an indie creator.
You can grow with me.
You can be like, hey,
I was with him when the King's Domain
first came out,
and now I'm here when King's Domain One
Hundred comes out.
You feel me?
So like, this is, this is,
and plus this is a story.
It's a story that, you know,
it's about like, you know,
being a protector, being a provider,
being somebody that goes out there and,
you know,
puts that foot forward for something that
they want and then something that they,
they want to change.
So that's really what this story is about.
Like this,
there's this man who has these resources,
has these powers, well not powers,
but has these abilities.
And he wants to actually affect change in
the world in some way.
And that's why I can't wait to like
the series ends and you can to the
arc ends and you can read it all
together.
But he really wants to affect change in
the world in some way.
He wants to to like make it better
when he when he leaves this world.
So I like to think we all as
as men and women want to do that
to some degree.
I mean,
there's some people who just want to watch
the world burn, but there's those of us.
who really want to affect change and see
change in the world.
Yeah,
and he's up against those people that want
to watch the world burn.
So that makes the story interesting.
It makes it really relatable.
And like I said, I can't,
especially if you're with me now,
back in issue number two on Kickstarter,
I can't wait for you to be with
me when the volume one of this comes
out and you can see the first arc
and how my character evolves
starts off, how this starts off,
and how he will grow from this first
arc.
Anybody that's on the fence,
I'm hoping that gets you on this side,
but I still got time to get you
off the fence later.
Hey, you're here with us now.
You're in the family,
so we're going to make sure that we're
getting it done together.
That's for sure.
One last question before we sign it off,
man.
When people look back on SITS-Fifteen
Comets,
years from now what do you hope they
say when your stories in your impact i
just hope okay so like i said i
want to make
Oh, this is, oh,
why did I even take that long to
think about this?
You were overthinking that question way
too much.
I did.
I really did.
I actually had this answer.
I want, when people think about six,
fifteen comics, ten,
twenty years from now, I want ten,
twenty years from now, the kid that is...
a teenager right now.
I want him to be like, man,
I didn't see myself in things,
and when I picked up Six Fifteen Comics,
I saw myself.
I saw a character that looked like me,
it inspired me, wanted me to be heroic,
wanted me to, like the King's Domain,
take a step forward and make a change
in the world.
And so, I want
I want the younger me to have to
get that representation that they may be
yearning for that they may not get every
day.
That's what I want people to say ten
years from now.
I want the old head in the future
to be like, yeah,
when I was a kid,
I had six fifteen comics, you know,
that we was on.
Y'all kids don't know nothing about that
six fifteen comics.
Like, I want people to be like that.
Yes, bro.
Yes.
I love that.
That's it right there.
It really is.
Inspire that next generation to step up
and do what you did.
And then that generation do the same
thing.
But before we let you go, man, Malcolm,
tell everybody where they can find you and
where they can find your Kickstarter.
Real easily,
you can find me on Instagram at six
fifteen comics.
The six fifteen is spelled out.
You can actually see it on the bottom
of the video is going along on the
banner.
But like it's the six fifteen is spelled
out.
So it's not the numbers.
It's spelled out six fifteen comics.
You can find me on Instagram.
You can just Facebook if you put in
six fifteen comics to whatever social
media I should come up.
um also the kickstarter if you follow me
if you go to my website
sixfifteencomics.com when you go to the
website it's one of the first things
you'll see if you go to any of
my social media if there's a bio that
has a link in it that's the link
that's in it uh and also i'll be
posting if you follow me i'm literally
posting every day of this campaign i post
every day period so if you follow me
you're gonna see this kickstarter campaign
you're gonna see it
Yo and Nerd.
Don't leave that shit out.
Don't leave that shit out because that
shit is good.
Thank you, bro.
Sometimes I be so laser focused.
Yo and Nerd,
I also do a channel called Yo and
Nerd where I basically just talk about
nerd stuff.
I just talk about comic book stuff,
read comics.
Also,
I'm trying to talk more about wrestling
because I watch wrestling too.
Just all stuff into the nerd realm.
So it's not really...
I'm not really trying to be a content
creator.
I kind of just...
like to talk about stuff just being
yourself yeah facts just being myself so
uh on that channel also on that channel
like like you do here i also give
props to indie creators and indie books
and i also review kickstarters that i've
gotten back so yeah thank you for saying
that too because i definitely would i
didn't want you to leave that one out
because that dude i'm not gonna lie i
probably spent a good twenty minutes today
at some point
Just watching you on Yo and Nerd.
Just because you were talking about indie
stuff and like, dude,
I love what you're doing, man.
Don't change it.
Thank you, bro.
Thank you.
And also to you too.
I also, before I get,
I also want to thank you for having
me on.
This is also.
This was dope because this is our first
time ever having an actual conversation.
It really was, yeah.
Outside of emailing back and forth to make
this happen.
And I always love it when I get
people on and there's an instant
connection like that.
And it just feels like two dudes who've
known each other for twenty years shooting
this shit and talking about comic books.
This was a great conversation.
Even when we came on,
you did a great job of...
not trying to welcome me but welcoming me
like we just kind of i came on
and we just kind of started talking like
we just kind of it's funny because as
i was watching yo a nerd today i
was like me and him are gonna hit
it off right like it was just like
one of those things where i'm like
We're going to hit it off pretty good.
Yeah.
We're going to have to do something else
together later on.
I'm telling you, dude.
I'm with it.
Like I said, I'm all with it.
Let's do it.
But let's get you out of here so
you can go spend some time with the
family.
I will be back on Saturday and Sunday.
I'm quick turning back-to-back days.
I'm going to have Bruno Caterino on.
And...
So Michael Williams will be the
seventeenth.
Bruno Caterino will be the eighteenth to
talk about their projects.
I literally,
as I was telling Malcolm earlier,
I have a whole slew of emails to
go through and reply to people.
There's a lot of stuff going to be
happening the second half of January.
So stay tuned.
Plus,
I got some boxes back there to open
for what's in the box, man.
So we're going to have a new episode
of that dropping this weekend.
Got to stay busy, man.
It keeps me young.
It does.
It keeps you moving.
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