We talk with Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, about his new crowdfunded comic project, Drawing Blood. The darkly comedic drama follows a down-on-his-luck cartoonist whose life is in a tailspin after early mega success. Drawing Blood explores the darkest corners of a mad world only talked about in the hotel bars of Comic Con. Kevin talks about how this new project came together, the continued joys of working on the TMNT franchise, and how he is just as big a fan of toys and collectibles as the fans he creates them for.

In this announcement episode, Adron talks about the ongoing evolution of the N4AL podcast, including updates to our format and overall brand, plus upcoming events at Wizard World St. Louis and Emerald City Comicon in Seattle.

We talk with comic book writer Erica Schultz, one of the writers on Dynamite Entertainment’s massive crossover series, Swords of Sorrow. She also lettered every issue in that series. Erica has written for Marvel (Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne) and DC (Vertigo Quarterly: SFX), and has produced several independent books, including the acclaimed crime thriller M3, comedy adventure The Unauthorized Biography of Winston Churchill: A Documentary, and comedic romance Cheese: A Love Story, all from Vice Press. She is also an animator and production artist, who works includes the Marvel motion comic, Astonishing X-Men: Gifted.

For our first Nerd for a Living interview, we sit down with Amanda Nuckolls, owner and Chief Executive Gnome of fiber, yarn and craft company GnomeAcres. If you are a crafter, artist, DIYer or small business owner, you'll definitely want to hear what Amanda has to say.

N4AL’s Adron Buske sits down with artist and writer, Josh Hagler, to discuss art, comics, self publishing and the history of his recently collected graphic novel from Markosia, The Boy Who Made Silence.

Originally produced for Rocketbot Radio, a podcast for comic creators of all ages, skills and genres on Rocketbot.com.