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Return to the world of ‘Mezo’ for ‘The Trial of Roden’ this May [Exclusive Preview]

Tyler Chin-Tanner, Val Rodrigues, Gab Contreras and Varga Tomi are joined by Jarred Luján for the next chapter in the magical Mesoamerican saga.

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Preview: Mezo: The Trial of Roden #1 (of 5)

Mezo: The Trial of Roden #1 preview. In the aftermath of war, the Tzalekuhl Empire has reclaimed its dominance over the land of Mezo. But there is a traitor in the midst #comics #comicbooks

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Mezo: The Trial Of Roden #1 Exclusive Preview

Get an exclusive look inside Mezo: The Trial of Roden #1 from A Wave Blue World, by Tyler Chin-Tanner, Jarred Luján and Val Rodrigues.

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Mezo: The Trial Of Roden #1 Exclusive Preview

Get an exclusive look inside Mezo: The Trial of Roden #1 from A Wave Blue World, by Tyler Chin-Tanner, Jarred Luján and Val Rodrigues.

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Part two of the Rake kiddos

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And everyone else that reads/supports of course :)

“How come you’re here?” he inquires. “Someone you love got hurt?”

“Our granddaughter had a baby,” the man replies. “So now I’m a great, great grandpa.”

“You’re so lucky! Babies are awesome! It’s going to be a long time before my mom and dad are grandparents. Mommy’s having another baby. Look…” he removes his hand from atop Tanner’s head, then gathers up the fabric of Esme’s t-shirt and pulls it tight, drawing attention to her ever growing bump. “...another little bean!”

“Excuse me,” she frowns down at him, and gently nudges his hand away with her elbow. “Do you mind, young sir?”

“Daddy says there’s more than one in there. Imagine if it’s twins again? Or triplets? That would be so awesome. Three at once!”

“For you maybe,” Esme grins. “Not for me.”

The woman drops her chin and regards each child through narrowed eyes. “They’re ALL yours?”

“Every last one. Except this one…” she lays a hand on top of TJ’s head. “...may be up for adoption soon. So if you know any good homes…”

“All have the SAME father?”

“That’s rude!” Millie pipes up. “That's not a nice thing to ask. At all.”

“Amelia,” Esme addresses her. “It’s alright. Settle.”

“It’s not alright, mommy. That’s a rude question! She’s saying you got lots of babies from different guys. That’s not a nice thing to say. And even if it IS true, what does it matter? You can have as many babies with as many guys as you want. I mean, if daddy wasn’t around.”

“I’m sure it wasn’t meant to be rude. Calm down, okay? Not everything's meant to be offensive.”

“Of course we all have the same daddy!” the six year old continues. “We all look the same! Declan’s got red hair, but he still looks just like daddy and he still looks like our brother. We all look like daddy.”

“Addie doesn’t,” TJ says. “She looks like mommy. Just like her.”

“But she still has the SAME daddy as us. Daddy and mommy are married. Why would mom have babies with someone else other than daddy? That makes no sense.”

“What if daddy can’t have babies and mommy still wants some? She has to have them with someone else?”

“They’d ADOPT, TJ. Mommy’s not going to have sex with another guy. Just with daddy. And daddy would never, EVER, let her have sex with another guy.”

“Oh my God…” Esme feels the ferocity of the blush that creeps into her cheeks and the tips of her ears. “...guys...please!”

“I don’t even know what you’re talking about,” TJ says. “What ARE you talking about?”

“It’s how babies are made, dummy. Mommies and daddies have sex.”

“No it’s not,” TJ argues. “They sleep in the same bed and it just happens.”

“It’s not magic Tyler,” Millie huffs. “A baby just doesn’t show up in mommy’s tummy. Daddy has to put the baby IN there.”

“How though? How does he get it in there?”

“None of your business,” Esme says to him, then silences Millie by placing a finger against her lips. “Enough. Neither of you need to talk about this stuff, let alone know about it. The baby is in there. It happened. Who cares how?”

“How long does it take?” TJ inquires. “For daddy to put the baby in your tummy?”

“I bet it takes a long time,” Tanner speaks up. “I mean, you’re making a human, right? That’s got to take time. It can’t just happen right away.”

“You guys need to stop,” Esme gently orders, then heaves a sigh of relief when the elevator comes to a shuddering stop at their floor and then doors slides open. “I am so sorry,” she apologizes, as she herds the kids off and follows closely behind. “They like to talk.”

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With hundreds of reviews of indie graphic novels for Foreword Reviews over the years, Peter Dabbene has developed a keen eye for exemplary projects—countless librarians and booksellers have learned to rely on his judgment.

And when the opportunity arose to connect Peter with Tyler Chin-Tanner, author and publisher of Mezo: Battle at Cobán Rock, we were thrilled to see that in his review, Peter found the book to be full of “incredible creatures and magic,” outstanding artwork, and dynamic action. We had no doubt the conversation would offer a master class in what makes a compelling illustrated book for adults. https://www.forewordreviews.com/articles/article/a-rousing-satisfying-graphic-novel-adventure/

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Indie Comics Review: The Orphan King #1

Indie Comics Review: The Orphan King #1 @AWaveBlueWorld #TheOrphanKing @TylerChinTanner @Jamesboyle @AndrewDalhouse @1MoreSingleton #DCComicsNews #SupportIndieComics

Review: The Orphan King #1 [Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers] Publisher: A Wave Blue World Writer: Tyler Chin-Tanner Artist: James Boyle Colors: Andrew Dalhouse Letters: Pete Carlsson Reviewed by: Seth Singleton   Summary The Orphan King #1 introduces the question of whether kings are born or made. Prince Kaidan is the son of a king. His blood ensures he will take the throne once…

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Dead Beats Signing

The Dead Beats music shop is filled with deadly secrets. Run by the mysterious Shoppe Keeper, customers can browse through cursed records, evil sheet music, and instruments of the damned! Our host has dozens of spooky stories to tell you from some of the top names in comics. You're gonna wanna put on your favorite album when you crack open this anthology.

Join Tyler Chin-Tanner (publisher, A Wave Blue World), Joe Corallo (writer), Mark O. Stack (writer) and Taylor Esposito (letterer) for a music / horror loving signing that can’t be missed!

We’ll have plenty of copies in stock for everyone to sign and maybe even a few surprises! Everyone will be here from 1pm-5pm.

…and stick around for Cosplay Karaoke at 7pm! :)

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Wayne’s Comics Podcast #505: Interview with Tyler Chin-Tanner

Wayne’s Comics Podcast #505: Interview with Tyler Chin-Tanner

Episode 505 of the Wayne’s Comics Podcast has the return of Tyler Chin-Tanner from A Wave Blue World! Tyler discusses four of his company’s latest titles, including Dead Beats 2: London Calling!, Bloody Hel, The Orphan King, and Dead Legends II.  As always, he’s got a lot of great variety in the offerings from A Wave Blue World, so we go in-depth on these four books. He’s also at New York Comic…

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Lenni Reviews: "Embodied: An Intersectional Comics Poetry Anthology" by Wendy Chin-Tanner

Lenni Reviews: “Embodied: An Intersectional Comics Poetry Anthology” by Wendy Chin-Tanner

(Image Source) *This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. This graphic novel is a deeply creative collection of art and poetry. Since the words are part of the art, the poems are reprinted in the back of the book as text only; as sometimes it is admittedly difficult to read some of the fonts. It even includes a study guide. I did find the whole experience reading this moving but…

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Preview | ‘Mezo: Battle At Coban Rock’ #1

The new miniseries by Tyler Chin-Tanner, Val Rodrigues, Gab Contreras and Varga Tomi debuts in May.

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Preview: Mezo: The Trial of Roden #1 (of 5)

Mezo: The Trial of Roden #1 preview. In the aftermath of war, the Tzalekuhl Empire has reclaimed its dominance over the land of Mezo. But there is a traitor in the midst #comics #comicbooks

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Mezo #2

Mezo #2 A Wave Blue World 2019 Written by Tyler Chin-Tanner Illustrated by Josh Zingerman Coloured by Doug Garbark & Varga Tamás Lettered by Thomas Mauer     The great Shaman, Itzabé, returns to land of Mezo in hopes of stopping the Talekuhl conquest. He's brought with him a young protege named Zea and the two of them make friends with twin warriors on their quest for the World Tree. Meanwhile, Roden's decisive actions in battle have earned him a promotion to Palatzin in the Tzalekuhl army.     One of the things that strikes me as I read this issue is the mention of the World Tree. This is found in many mythology's throughout the world and some have different names for it but the Vikings, Greeks, the Tree of Knowledge mentioned in the Bible plus Siberian and Native American religions all make mention of it. I have a great appreciation for the use of it here and how it fits beautifully into this region and these cultures.     I am enjoying the way that this book is being told. The story & plot development we are seeing as the sequence of events and how the reader learns information are revealed. After such a packed introduction last issue it's good to take something of a breather here as different parts of the story are brought to life. The character development that we see is very well done and nice to see. While the Shaman Itzuabé is given this proper look and attitude his young charge is very much a child and not one I would have chosen to bring along here. So we'll see how well her addition to the story is done as the book progresses. The pacing here is nicely done as well and I am enjoying how the twists and turns we see are going to impact the story down the road. The ebb & flow of the story we see through all of this is great and a lot less tense than Zea in that river.     I love being surprised and to see the river encounter definitely counts as a major surprise. The Cipactli or Caiman, or crocodile, is an important figure, see deity, in this regions beliefs and yet to see how they both feared and revered is a very interesting to see. Also I love how the story kind of connects in ways you don't expect as we see Roden and his meeting with his lord and Azeillya with the two who the Shaman and his young protégé encounter. It is a really nice bit of writing in how we see this come about.  Plus unless I am mistaken that one look speaks volumes here as well.     The interiors here almost puzzle me a bit. From how we see the rainforest and the ruins within them or the denizens that reside there which are full of this incredible and complex techniques in the linework. Showing us this beautiful attention to detail, heck even the Shaman has that to him but Zea not so much she's very simple and the linework on her seems unfinished and I get she's young but there's something about that which doesn't fit. It seems that children get the lesser of the attention and I don't know how purposeful that is but it's here. The adults and the backgrounds specially in the rainforest and it denizens are the kind of work I want to see throughout. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a great eye for storytelling. I love the colour work we see here. The way we see the colours utilised and how the various hues and tones within the colours which create shading, highlights and shadows is so exquisitely done. ​     I like the pacing not just within the book but throughout the series in general. This puts pieces of the puzzle together nicely as we need to see who the players are going to be and how they fit into the overall scheme of things. As the cliffhanger ending here shows us meeting the twins was by no means by chance. I think that this is certainly charming and mysterious with overtones of fear and death all scattered throughout the book. It creates a very nice look at what an ancient civilisation looked like in the height of it's glory.

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Hi friend. Thank you so much for your offer!!!! I am torn because I would honestly love a rundown of the vlamburn live, but I again don’t want you to put yourself out too much. Knowing you even spent an hour on the Vlamis one makes me feel bad!!! Maybe if you get bored haha, I would love it but please please don’t put yourself out and please also take as much time as you want, no hurry at all IF you decide to do it. Thank you again for everything 💗💗

Okay, nonnie, this took a tad longer to transcribe, but it’s done, now.

Putting the transcript behind a READMORE bc it got quite long. Hope this will help you (and maybe others, too). Sending much love your way, and I hope you get to watch the live. Happy Sunday! ❤️

Vlamis: *goes live* *opens can of Mountain Dew* “I’m gonna thirst my quench. Because I am thirsty for Malex. That’s what I’m thirsty for.”

“Where you at Tyler” (waiting for Tyler to request him)

Vlamis notices a few of his friends have joined the live (a girl who gave him his first hug in 6th grade, and Parker Seaman, famously responsible for pranking with SunBum)

“What’s up, Vlambase?” Makes sure to differentiate between *the* Vlambase (that’s us) and Vlambase (the merch company).

*spots Jeanine in the chat* “Jeanine’s the Real Vlam. We had fun shooting together today. They said they needed to get better focus on Vlam, and nobody knew which one they were talking about because Jeanine and I had a scene together.”

“Tyler? Guys, does anyone see him? Get in here, Tyler.” *looks straight into the camera*

“Oh, he requested, there he is.” *keeps walking around his house until Tyler pops up on screen eventually*

V “Ohhhhh, there he is!”

T “I was listening to you saying ‘where is he?’ And I was like ‘I’m here, I’ve requested you already’.”

V “A lot of people requesting. You’re very popular.”

T “Yeah, that’s why.”

Both zoom in on the merch they’re wearing. Vlamis the black MALEX hoodie, Tyler the black COSMIC hoodie. Tyler’s also wearing a MALEX hat tho.

V “Whose handwriting do you like better?”

T “Honestly, yours reminds me of the writing from FRIENDS, the show, FRIENDS.”

V “That’s right, you told me that before. I love that.”

T “I don’t really have a favorite. I think we’re unique in our own way.”

V “I like yours.”

T “You do?”

V “Yeah, like it’s prettier, dude.” *drinks more Mountain Dew

T “No, yours is nice.” *nods to show the MALEX hat* “That’s yours, right?”

V “Yeah, that’s me.”

Vlamis explains, that they both tried different versions of MALEX and COSMIC in their respective handwriting and ultimately settled on what’s been released (with the help of Jesa).

V “3 minutes in, do we have enough people? Oh, lots of friends here.”

T “Jeanine!”

V “We love you, Jeanine!”

V “Oh, Tanner’s up in here. What up, Tanner? Big brother Greg!”

T “Big brother Greg?”

V “Yeah, Tanner’s in there.”

T “All the hearts. Oh yeah, Tanner, my buddy! I thought that was one of your friends from Chi-town”

V “[girl who hugged Vlamis in 6th grade] she says ‘love me some Tyler’ She’s getting in there.”

Vlamis says they have a list of questions, and they want to answer some of them before they talk about anything else.

V “Sounds good?”

T “Hell yeah .”

“Each of you, describe S3 Malex in one word”

T “You go first.”

V “I’m scared to go first.” *another sip of Mountain Dew*

T *perks up* “You’re literally drinking Mountain Dew right now?”

V *cracks up*

T “You remember what I said about your health? And I was like ‘you don’t really drink that shit.’ And you were like *impersonates Vlamis* ’no, no, no’”

V *cracks up some more* “You thought I just got it for the photoshoot.”

T “Yeah.”

V *drinks more Mountain Dew*

T “That’s disgusting!”

V “I know, dude.” *laughs* “You’re like a health freak. But man, it’s diet. It’s diet.”

T *mock relieved* “Oh, good.”

Back to answering questions.

T “So, S3 Malex.”

V “The reason it’s hard is because we only know up to episode 3x06 as of right now. So we don’t even know fully S3 Malex.”

T “Exactly, yeah. I mean, thus far, I would sayyyyy— tension.”

V “Woooow. Okay. I agree. You know what I’m gonna say?”

T “What?”

V “With the tension, I think there’s a hopefulness. So I would say hopeful.”

T *ponders* “Okay. Okay. Now is that you talking about your feelings about Malex?”

V *laughs*

T “Like you’re hopeful?”

V “Yeah, dude. Sometimes I feel bad like just being so about Malex. But— give me Malex or give me death, man. I love Malex.”

T “Hell yeah. I think we’ve gotten some great scenes and then people really respond to them whether they are themselves queer or not and it’s like. If you can speak to people universally like that? That’s incredible.”

V “Yeah, dude. Speaking of that. I think it’s important that we tell everyone… Usually we don’t— I don’t know, guys, if you’ve been paying attention to it in previous drops but we always donated a percentage of our proceeds to a charity. We don’t really announce that because we do that not to tell you guys what we’re doing but because we like to do it. But this drop specifically, it’s important because we’re donating to one of our favorite ones. And I know you’ve worked with them in the past before. So yes, it’s going to be the Trevor Project.”

T “Yeah.”

V “—for this specific drop. They have no idea, it’s not an official partnership or anything but that’s—“

T “That’s our plan.”

V “Yeah, that’s what we’re gonna do.”

They’re moving on to the next question.”

V “What has been our favorite part about putting this merch drop together and whose idea was it?”

T “It was yours.”

V “I think it was Jesa Joy’s idea.”

T “It was Jesa Joy, but between the two of us, it was you coming to me.You and Jesa. Because you’ve been like killing it with all the Vlambase merch and stuff. So it was kind of like the next best thing.”

V “Duuuuude, you— you’re an inspiration for a lot of things, man. A lot of things that I do and Roswell, and like clearly even before this drop with Boys Will Be Boys or just any of these other designs. So this is something we’ve been wanting to do for a long time. Jesa Joy has been wanting to work with you since… I think you commented on a vintage t-shirt she was wearing at a premiere of yours like six years ago. She was like wearing a Nirvana vintage tee and you complimented her on it.”

T “Wait, why is it that this is the first time I’m hearing this story?”

V “I think… I don’t know.”

T “You never told me this.”

V “She probably asked me not to because she’s probably very embarrassed.”

T “No, I love that story! So I commented on a vintage Nirvana shirt.”

V “One of her shirts from her company Blank Clo.”

T “And she was wearing it?”

V “And now you’re making merch with her which is just so sick.”

T “Honestly, she’s truly just the best.”

V “She is a beast. I don’t know how. She doesn’t sleep. I bought her a Nespresso machine for Christmas to keep her—.”

T “You’re enabling her!”

V “I have to, man, someone’s gonna get the work done!”

Both laughing.

V “But yeah, I think my favorite part’s just been working with you, collaborating with an outsider. It’s always me and Jesa so working with you, doing feedback and then probably because we’ve spent so little time with each other - or anyone - during this pandemic, I would say the photoshoot was… We don’t do that anymore, you know.”

T “I know. No, I know. That really was fun. And I just feel like it’s actually kinda— my favorite part is like more general. You and I have been working together as actors but it was fun to work on like a different kind of creative endeavor together, you know what I mean.”

V “Yeah, definitely.”

T “Going back and forth about like colors and like what kind of writing should be on this merch and what about this photo, and you hearing a lot of like ‘no, I have three chins in that photo, so you’re not gonna use that one, buddy.’”

V *cracks up*

V “Nah, dude, you look beautiful, man.You always look good.”

V *pretends to getting hot, fans himself*

V “Jesus, man, every time I talk to you I just get a little worked up. I gotta—“

V *takes off black MALEX hoodie, reveals pink MANESQUEEZE hoodie underneath*

T *laughs and shakes head* “I hate you.”

V “It’s true, I get so hot and— oh, I didn’t realize I have more merch on. I get so hot and bothered every time I’m talking to you.”

T *laughs* “It’s not that cold here. It’s only like 40F(4C) degrees here and you have layers and layer and layers.”

V “Well, the heat’s out, man, the heat’s out, you know.”

T “Oh, in your house? Nice.”

V “No, no, no, it’s not out, dude. You’re just that hot.”

T “Aurora!”

V “Oh, Aurora’s here!”

T *reads from chat* “Malex forever. Tyler’s handwriting!”

T “She likes it better? Is that what she’s saying?”

V “Yeah, she’s a fan.”

T “She’s gem.”

V “She watches Roswell for you to be honest.”

T *laughs*

V “Which is a little weird but that’s fine.”

Next question is also about the merch making process, and they decide they’ve answered that.

V “The collaboration of it all.”

T “Yeah.”

V “What did you say?”

T “I said yeah.”

V “You blowing me a kiss?”

T *cracks up* “No!” *giggles*

V “Man, I’m seeing things that I wanna see. 

Next question “What is your favorite thing about each other?” from a fan from Argentina. 

“I went to Argentina last year. Well, 2019. Big fan.”

T “I’ve never been, I really wanna go.”

V “Oh, you’d love it, dude. Good steak, good wine.”

T “Hell yeah.”

V “It’s all you need. It’s all you need.”

V “Okay, favorite thing about each other? Do you wanna go first or should I?”

T “Ooooooh, that’s a tough one. There’s not a lot to like.” *cracks up* “No, I’m just kidding.”

V “Yeah, right, dude.”

T “No, honestly, I feel like I’ve said this before, actually, in like actual interviews and stuff. But I think like you’re very multi-dimensional. I feel like you can get along with any type of person but it all comes from a very genuine place, and I think that— it’s very familiar and comforting, I think you’re like a really well-rounded guy who’s in touch with every emotion in a very healthy way. In a good way, you know.”

V “I really appreciate that, man. That means a lot to me. I definitely pride myself on being able to connect with people and I enjoy meeting all sorts of different people. Sometimes to the point where I’m like… I feel like we’re so quickly to judge people nowadays. And don’t get me wrong, I judge, too, it’s hard not to. You look at something and you have preconceived ideas, but staying open through the process to meeting them and getting to know them, that’s something else. And the more as I get older, I realize that, dude, like we all have a ton of faults. So we got to be open with that person even though they may believe something that we don’t like. There’s like fifty other things you might like about them, you know?”

T “Totally.”

V “So that’s—“

T “Absolutely. I mean, you don’t have to like everything a person to *like* them, do you know what I mean?”

V “Yeah.”

T “And I feel like, the things that we don’t like in other people, are usually things that remind us of the things we don’t like about ourselves. So, in a way it’s like a mirror, you have to kind of look at that.”

V “Dude, yes. So, I will say two things I love most about you. I would say number one: your openness. And that goes with: you always say what you’re thinking - at least to me, right?”

T *nods*

V “Like, you always say what you think, you always say what you feel. And I think that goes along with how much of an empath you are. I mean, dude, I’ve said that before but that’s why some of our scenes are my most favorite is because one of the most easiest people I’ve ever worked with. Dude, I look inside you, I know you’re *genuine*, man. And that comes with you being open and available. And, I don’t know if a lot of people know it, they must, but—“

T “I’m nervous.”

V “You have a sick, twisted sense of humor, just like me!”

They’re both cracking up.

V “A lot of people might not know that.”

T “I accept that, I accept that. I do feel though that you bring it out in me. I feel like we can just “bro down” a little bit. As lame as that is to say. You bring it out in me. It’s obviously there, not everybody sees it, but you can bring it out in me.”

V “There’s nothing wrong with a little bro-ing down, dude, we’re not that pretentious where you can’t be a little bit of a bro.”

T “Nah.” *changes topic* “Ashley Benson just did these hands [in the chat].”

V “Wow, is she trying to come for our love right now?”

T “Probably. But dude, our love was first. Haleb was first before Malex. So step down.”

V “You can never beat a first love. So—“ *raises Mountain Dew can* “Ashley, this Mountain Dew’s to you. *guzzles down fluid toxic waste* “Thanks for joining!”

T *smiles* “Yeah. I love you, Ashley. Miss you.”

V “Okay, so one more question. Oh, this is a good one. From aimz_623, what up, aimz... Oh, I know who this is! Because I did a meet & greet last year with her, and she was hammered at like 11 in the morning in Australia.”

T *cracks up*

V “Drinking like a blue slurpy drink. It was awesome! Okay, she said ‘Are the meet & greets joint or individual?’”

Neither says anything for a moment, waiting for the other to talk. Vlamis breaks first.

“Well, joint!”

*both cracking up*

T “I was like ‘am I gonna answer that?’ Yes, they are joint. We’re gonna be together.”

V *nods* “We’re gonna be together.”

T “Not even like this [in two separate places like during the IG live]. We’re gonna be in person together in the same room.”

V “You’re gonna be next to me in bed. Oh, well, next to me.”

T “Yeah, yeah. In the bathtub.”

V *cracks up* “In the bathtub. No mask?”

T “With mask, but that’s it.”

V “You like it with the mask?”

T “We’re gonna do mask and nothing else.”

V *cracks up*

T 😏

V “See, dude, you are sick!”

T “Maybe a few rubber duckies to hide some things.”

V “Dude, all this talking, man.I’m just so hot.” *takes off pink MANESQUEEZE sweater, he’s wearing the MALEX FOREVER t-shirt underneath* “Sorry about that.”

T “I just want everybody to know that he told me he was going to do this shtick.”

V *doubles over laughing*

T “I just want everybody to know that this is pre-planned. He’s a great actor but he just wants to show off as much merch in one live as possible.”

V “Sorry, dude. You know how it goes.” *pretends to take off t-shirt* No, no more!”

T ��Nooo!”

V “I can’t put anything else under here. Oh guys, I’ve been messing around with one of our MALEX LOVE INTENTION candles. I’ve been messing with people and how it smells on Twitter, saying that it smells like vanilla bean and just basically you, and your body, you know.”

T “Me?”

V “Yeah, and your armpits. But what it really smells like is crème brûlée with a hint of jasmine.”

T “So, my body. 😏”

V “Basically your body. After a good wash, dude. Not my body. My body’s disgusting.”

T “You have a good smell, actually, I’ve told you this before. You have a good smell, and I don’t know if it’s like the shampoo you use, it’s *something*. But there’s like a natural— like, I’ve never smelled that on anybody else, and I don’t know what it is. But you do have a good smell.”

V while Tyler’s talking: 😊

V “You mean it’s good?”

T “Yeah! Yes, absolutely.”

V “My guy, dude.”

T “You never even had bad breath during kissing scenes in the past, I don’t understand. You look homeless a lot, but you like you don’t smell it.”

V “My character is homeless, basically.”

T “Yeah, he is. He’s literally always dirty. Physically dirty.”

V “One time I ate like a chicken salad before one of those scenes and then we had to do a quick scrub but most of the time we’re pretty good.”

T “Oh yeah, but we put a mint or some shit like that in the mouth.”

V “Remember when I was doing keto, though, and I was eating all the bagged tuna?”

T “First of all, never talk about that again. That was disgusting.”

V *cracks up*

T “That was disgusting. You ate *bagged* tuna.”

V “Yeah, that was messed up, man.”

T “My doctor told me that tuna has the highest level of mercury in it and we shouldn’t eat it.”

V “Well, that’s what— I mean. Jeremy Piven, I heard he got mercury poison one time, from eating too much sushi.”

T “Probably.”

V “Too much tuna, man. If you wanna be like Jeremy Piven, eat a lot of tuna, guys.”

T “Hell yeah.”

V “No, nobody wants to be like… Anyway. So, another question. Do the sweatpants have pockets? Believe it or not, this is very hard.”

T “Hi, Carly! My cousin Carly just came on. Remember, you met her on set that one time. ”

V “Oh, she came and visited.”

T “Yeah, she just said hi.”

V “When your mom was in town, too.”

T “Yeah, yeah, yeah.”

V *waves at camera* “Hi, Carly!”

T “Was that last year? Yeah, that was last year. Anyway, sorry. Sweatpants!”

V “No, no, it’s good. We have to say hi to the people that support us. I appreciate that. But no, sweatpants, do they have pockets.”

*explains why it’s hard (and expensive) to offer sweatpants with pockets, so sweatpants from this drop don’t have pockets, but they’re working on offering that in the future*

T “But like a lot of these sweatshirts have pockets. Like this has—” *shows his COSMIC hoodie’s front pocket*

V “Oh yeah, we got those. One hundred percent. And there’s a big mix and everything. Uhm, also because it’s a pandemic, it’s a lot of the colors, the sizes, they’re so hard to find. And normally, we don’t really buy—in the past, we hadn’t bought a lot of merch upfront, we waited to see what kind of things you guys ordered and liked and then we made our orders. Now, I’ve been putting money upfront to purchase merch, that’s why stuff’s selling out so quickly. So a lot of it is really “limited edition”. So tomorrow at 10.30am PST when it launches, if you want something, grab it, because it might go quickly, and I’ll feel bad, if you don’t get it. Okay, and the last thing, this isn’t even a question, I just have a note for it because I’m excited about it. Everyone who’s ordered before knows that the first hundred who order, always get a little surprise in their package. And this time, it’s a picture, a Polaroid of us, and we will both be signing it. Isn’t that right?” 

T “We will.”

V “I’ll have a lot of them and put them up in my trailer, around the candle.”

T *cracks up*

V “It’s gonna be real nice.😏” 

T “Yeah.”

V “Okay, what do you think. Should we tell everyone how they can win a meet & greet?”

T “Yeah.”

V “I don’t think we missed anything, right? I think we did it all.” *guzzles last sip of Mountain Dew*

T *ponders* “Yeah, I think we did. I think we’re good.”

V “Okay, meet & greet time, guys.” 

Vlamis explains how people can win a meet & greet. Find a pic on the Vlambase account and a comment that says “Meet & Greet” and the first person to reply to that comment with the name of the band and the song that was playing during Malex’s first kiss at the UFO Emporium in 1x06 wins.

V “[The song] It’s a favorite one of mine.”

T “Oh, it’s so good!”

V “So good!”

T “So nostalgic for me, too.”

V “A hundred percent, man. I actually just watched that scene right before we jumped on here. Is that strange that I watch scenes of us all the time?”

T “I got to go.”

*both cracking up*

V “Ashley, you still here?”

T “Yeah, I gotta hit up Ashley. No, it’s not, I think it’s cute. It’s cute and that’s sweet.”

V “My guy, dude.”

T “So, that was kind of a lengthy scavenger hunt [for the meet & greet].” *explains once more how to win a m&g* 

T “We’ve been on this for a while now, and we still have over a thousand people here.”

V “I know, it’s really cool. That’s definitely the most people I’ve ever spoken to live.”

T *laughs*

V “I think so.”

T “Maybe.”

V “Find the photo, find the Vlambase comment. You’ll know the comment when you see it, you have to search through. Comment, name the band, and then name the song that played during Malex’s first museum kiss. We were so nervous, dude.”

T “🤨”

V “We were so young.”

T “Oh, you mean in real life or in the show?”

V “In the show.”

T “Oh yeah. That was fun, though. That was fun bringing up those emotions, though.”

V “Sometimes I can’t tell the difference between real life and the show.”

T “I know. We’re just *that* method.”

V *cracks up*

V “Dude, so, yeah, 10.30am PST tomorrow. michaelvlamis.com, everything’s going to be live. If you guys have any other questions, I don’t know.”

T “I’m also gonna have the link in my bio of my instagram.”

V “Oh yes, I will do that, too. I always have it in there, though. I’m a narcissist.”

T *laughs*

V “So, anyway, people are saying “I’m confused”. No, they’re not. I think people understood.”

T “Someone else says “what does the comment say”?”

V “The comment says “Meet & Greet”.”

T “And that’s all that it says? Just “Meet & Greet”?”

V “And it says “Be the first to reply”.”

T “Oh, okay.”

V “So, you have to reply directly to that comment, and you got to say the name of the band, name of the song playing during Malex’s first kiss in the museum. Find the comment on one of the random pictures of clothing that was posted today on the vlambase instagram.”

T “We couldn’t let you guys get off easy, you know.”

V “Oh my god, the other vlambase account just said it’s already answered.”

T “😮”

V “So, it’s over guys, sorry. Aww, littlecupcake just said “I lost already.” Sorry, littlecupcake.”

T “Is that someone you know?”

V “No, but I know littlecupcake because I did a live once, and she tried to request to come in and talk to me, and it said that for everyone else who’s seen her screen it said that she was waiting for me to accept but on my screen it wasn’t showing up, so I feel bad about littlecupcake.”

T “Well, we shouted her out big time. Are we sure it’s a she? Maybe it’s a he?”

V “I think it’s a she.”

T “Okay, well, either way.”

V “Dude, you’re working tomorrow, aren’t you?”

T “Yeah.”

V “Then I’ll see you next week.”

T “Yeah, you will.”

V “We’ll be on set together.”

T “Yeah, we will.”

V “Gonna be nice.”

T “Next Tuesday.”

V “I gotta do extra Covid testing because it’s a close contact.”

T “*inhales* I know. I did mine today.”

V “Ooof, we’re gonna be so close.”

T “So close, yet so far.”

V “Alright, dude, get some rest. I’m excited for tomorrow. I love you, man, talk to you later. Thanks everybody for joining!”

T “Thanks so much for coming on, guys!”

V “Alright, see ya.”

T “Bye!”

V “Bye, guys.”

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Indie Comics Review: The Orphan King #2

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Review: The Orphan King #2 [Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers] Publisher: A Wave Blue World Writer: Tyler Chin-Tanner Artist: James Boyle Colors: Andrew Dalhouse Letters: Pete Carlsson Reviewed by: Seth Singleton   Summary The Orphan King #2 introduces the men who rule the land where Kaidan’s father Gorlan once reigned. These knights hunt the prodigal heir to the throne who…

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Mezo Signing w/ Gab Contreras & Tyler Chin-Tanner

Peru and NYC (area) UNITE!

Don’t miss this last-minute chance to meet the amazing Gab Contreras (Peru) along with Tyler Chin-Tanner (NYC) right here at East Side Mags (Montclair, NJ)!

Gab and Tyler work together on Mezo for A Wave Blue World and we’ll have all 5 issues on hand along with some other cool comics they’ve worked on!

Come by from 1pm-3pm to get your books signed, remarked, sketched, defaced or tagged by Gab and Tyler!

Who knows when they’ll be here together again so don’t miss this SPECIAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND SIGNING!