As a special feature of The Fanbase Weekly podcast, the Fanbase Feature focuses on and celebrates a specific element of geek culture.

In this Fanbase Feature, Fanbase Press President Bryant Dillon chats with writer and filmmaker George C. Romero about stepping into the comic world with Heavy Metal, his first foray into his father’s “Deadverse” with The Rise (a comic prologue to 1968’s Night of the Living Dead), his thoughts on the role of storytelling in our society, and much more.

Host: Bryant Dillon

Special Guest: George C. Romero (writer/filmmaker – The Rise, Cold Dead War)

This month’s sponsor: All episodes of The Fanbase Weekly Podcast this month are sponsored by GeekFest. Enter your feature, documentary, short, webseries and more to the world’s first and largest traveling geek film festival, where your film could be seen by tens of thousands of con goers across the country! You can submit your Best Science Fiction, Horror, Action, Fantasy or Fan Film to the 8th Annual GeekFest Traveling Comic Convention Film Festival. For ONE Entry Fee, your film can screen in multiple conventions across North America in 2021! Selections receive year-long social media promotion, convention passes, booth space to market your film, awards, and prizes at every stop! Submissions open on July 1 at www.geekfestla.com. GeekFest is also on Twitter at @GeekFilmFests, Facebook at GeekFestLA, and Instagram at GeekFestFilmFest.

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Episode Photo by: Bryant Dillon

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