In The Fanbase Weekly, the Fanbase Press staff and a host of special guests from across the pop culture spectrum discuss the top geek stories of the week.
In the latest episode, The Fanbase Weekly co-hosts welcome special guests Mark Mosedale (writer – Gigs), David Hazan (writer – Vampire Survivors, Nottingham), and Jimmy Kucaj (artist – Vampire Survivors, Dread the Hall H) to discuss the latest geek news stories of the week, including Midnight Spider-Man’s moral of “power makes monsters,” the allegations against Criminal showrunner Ed Brubaker, and The Tetris Company’s potential copyright infringement claim against The White House.
Hosts: Barbra Dillon (Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief) and Claire Thorne (creator, A Geek’s Guide to Cross-Stitch: Journeys in Space)
Special Guests: Mark Mosedale (writer – Gigs), David Hazan (writer – Vampire Survivors, Nottingham), and Jimmy Kucaj (artist – Vampire Survivors, Dread the Hall H)
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Segments:
31:40 – (Bleeding Cool) “Power Makes Monsters” Is The New Moral Behind MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN
49:16 – (The Hollywood Reporter) CRIMINAL Showrunner Ed Brubaker, Amazon MGM Sued for Hostile Work Environment by Production Assistant
1:04:13 – (Kotaku) TETRIS Distances Itself From Racist White House Clone: ‘We Take Copyright Infringement Very Seriously’
The Fanbase Weekly Theme Song Written and Performed by: Adam WarRock
The Fanbase Weekly Theme Song Produced by: Mikal kHill
Episode Photo by: Sean Foster
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