Hungry Trilobyte Podcast

Nov 29 2024 201 ep. 40 mins 25

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Is the Meaning of Life really 42? Does anything unreal exist? Hosted by Aaron Bossig, The Hungry Trilobyte Podcast focuses on the power and creativity of the scifi, fantasy, and gaming communities. This podcast enjoys finding the best that fandom has to offer, and tries to better understand what being a geek means.

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HTP #201 - Jarrod Alberich is a Real American Hero

Nov 29 2024 55 mins

Back again, Jarrod Alberich gets the misfortune of walking me through the newbie stages of G.I. Joe fandom. We get into a brief overview of the franchise, some new developments, and get to dissect why we collect and what it satisfaction it brings us. The conversation was started after I found the G.I. Joe/Transformers collaboration featuring Kup and Sgt. Slaughter. There's also a m

HTP #200 - Jerry Carita Returns!

Nov 16 2024 56 mins

Jerry Carita (last seen on Hungry Trilobyte in Episode #185) returns for our milestone 200th episode! Tonight, we’re talking about The CloakRoom, an anthology series born out of a writing course by Scott Snyder. There’s so much to cover here-- the value of anthology fiction (particularly anthology GENRE fiction), Scott’s work with the Batman universe, and the opportunities ne

HTP #199 - Amelia Eichler Returns!

Nov 02 2024 57 mins

Amelia Eichler, previously seen on Episode 152, returns today to talk about her journey into cinema history and preservation. Specifically, she talks about her grandfather's love of movies and how he mindfully passed it on to her. She and I talk about how it helps to be guided by a mentor and how that can coincide with normal growth as a person, possibly making it easier. Amelia an

HTP #198 - Philip Tarl Denson

Oct 23 2024 25 mins

Philip Tarl Denson is a man of many talents: writing, acting, directing and now comic creating! Here with a collection called Future Tales, Philip shows he's a big-time comic fan who's happy to have made something wonderful with the medium-- classic fairy tales re-told as contemporary science fiction. He and I talk about how this actually fits very well with the intent of the sourc

HTP #197 - Steve Bynoe

Oct 15 2024 31 mins

Steve Bynoe is a comic artist, writer, and publisher. His latest work is the Atrium miniseries, chronicling the chase of a team of paramedics trying to transport a human heart in a world infested with vampires. Atrium is currently raising money on Kickstarter. Steve and I together discuss creating Atrium, as well as take a detour into how comic fandom has morphed throughout history

HTP #196 - Amanda Deibert... In Class!

Oct 12 2024 29 mins

Amanda Deibert has written for a host of top-tier comic books, like Darkwing Duck, Red Sonjia, The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries, and DC Super Hero Girls. She's also the author of the Racket & Groot Grapx book series, and an extremely insightful writer's journal titled "You Already Have the Answers". In recent months, Amanda has been taking her writing gifts to support a Comic Book

HTP #195 - Ellie Littlechild

Oct 01 2024 46 mins

Ellie Littlechild is a YouTube creator and cosplay artist. Known for her work on WhoCulture and TrekCulture, she comes to Hungry Trilobye to discuss her views on real life. The two of us start off talking about a real incident that happened to her, and extrapolate that to a philosophy about what’s important in life. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on BlueSk

HTP #194 - Ryan Thomas Riddle

Sep 26 2024 48 mins

Ryan Thomas Riddle is an accomplished writer and podcaster. He's a valued member of the Star Trek community, and today he comes to Hungry Trilobyte to discuss Star Trek: Oath-- a fan script that made a bang with Stunt List 2024 and became the most downloaded entry. The script also has the merit of being done on a challenge from Dr. Beverly Crusher herself, Gates McFadden. — See

HTP #193 - Kailee Rosen Returns... at Fan Expo Chicago!

Aug 23 2024 40 mins

Kailee Rosen joins me at Fan Expo Chicago for this live recording. We pick up right where we left off, following her appearance in Episode #183, and this time we are discussing her work in tarot cards, and using that as an allegory for how art affects us all differently. The two of us try to break down the barriers between digital and traditional art, as well as the classic frustra

HTP #192 - Bat Boughner III

Aug 13 2024 35 mins

Bat Boughner III is the grandson of Golden Age Comic Book artist Howard Boughner. Howard Boughner was the talent behind such creations as Mac, Peter and Polly in Toyland, Hold Everything as well as Penny and Dolly Dripple. In addition, he was the author of the how-to guides ‘Cartooning Jobs for Beginning Cartoonists’ and ‘Dictionary of things to Draw,’ both of which were in