We start off 2010 with Kenard Drab author of Rick the Stick! He’s irreverant, impulsive and by all measures; unstable at times. Fortunately, he has his cousin Milton who keeps him on the straight and narrow – for the most part. He lives with his Aunt and Uncle who took Rick in when his parents were killed – in an accidental drive by erasing. (Rick the Stick character, not Kenard Drab 
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Our Special Guest Co-Host of the evening is Byron Wilkins from 1977 the Comic.
Podcast Summary:
Host(s): Kurt (”VertigoX”)
Special Guest Co-Hosts(s):Byron Wilkins (“Tr1guy”)
Special Guest(s): Ken Drab
Discussion Topic: Rick The Stick
Length of Podcast:
Guests in Channel:
VertigoX
tr1guy
RickTheStick
ZombieRoomie
RobStenzinger
CaspellWorldwide
DungeonWarden
Various Website URLs:
Other Website URLs:
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/Vertigo_X
http://www.twitter.com/tr1guy
http://www.twitter.com/rickthestick
Chat Room Log:
tr1guy – Ta da!
VertigoX – Tonight’s Episode is with Ken Drab
VertigoX – from Rick the Stick
VertigoX – Episode 81
VertigoX – heya ZR
ZombieRoomie – Drawing tomorrow’s strip, entertain me!
VertigoX – We shall at that 
tr1guy – I’m inking mine too! Hey John!
ZombieRoomie – hey
tr1guy – Thanks again for the plug in your interview…
ZombieRoomie – no biggy
tr1guy –
tr1guy – http://rickthestick.com/
ZombieRoomie – I need to figure out how to use more spot blacks in my work. I’m noticing that whilst inking… ugh.
RickTheStick – I’ll be inking as well – in between stumbling…
RickTheStick – Hey Rob!
RobStenzinger – hey Ken!
VertigoX – heya Rob
RobStenzinger – Hey, Kurt
RobStenzinger – I “stepped away”for a quick tweet… it’s been a good web comic biz conversation thus far
VertigoX – What webcomic do you have?
RobStenzinger – I do the comic Art Geek Zoo, which is at www.artgeekzoo.com
VertigoX – cool stuff thanks that’s going in the show notes
RobStenzinger – Awesome, thanks – most kind of you!
RobStenzinger – Now that Ken mentioned sports – I’m pretty sure he has an awesome Florida Gator-centric memory.
VertigoX – lol
VertigoX – He’s a Tim Tebow supportor / stalker
RobStenzinger – That’s funny – though I think the only reason I’ve heard that name is Ken.
RobStenzinger – Question for Ken – What was your process for improving your writing? Any book references, research, tips?
ZombieRoomie – they say there’s a time for them
ZombieRoomie – and that’s early in the strip’s lifetime
RobStenzinger – Good point, ZombieRoomie.
RobStenzinger – yo
RobStenzinger – Built in on Google App Engine, going to open source it “when it’s ready”.
VertigoX – nice
ZombieRoomie – Scott stopped, Kris still has it.
ZombieRoomie – Assetbar
VertigoX – Meredith Grand Octopus Pie
VertigoX – Rick – Diesel Sweeties
RobStenzinger – Yep – assetbar
VertigoX – Sheldon by a Cup of Coffee fund
VertigoX – Tyler James from Over
VertigoX – 30 characters in 30 days
RobStenzinger – I left a lasting impression.
VertigoX – that you did Tyler’s a cool guy as well
RobStenzinger – Thanks! She’s listening too.
VertigoX – As always, you can ask any questions of Ken in the channel here
RobStenzinger – Tyler’s great – shares a ton of good info on his comic advice column.
ZombieRoomie – feh, audio dropped out for me.
RobStenzinger – Question Ideas for Ken: 1) What’s your current writing process? 2) Will there be a Rick the Stick – Killer Plankton crossover?
VertigoX – DJ Scrap Jackson
VertigoX – Siemese Twins – connected by different cultures one African American and one Caucassian.
VertigoX – Guam got to love the islands
VertigoX – Real World Guam – where camera’
VertigoX – s aren’t allowed to go
VertigoX – Excel , to illustrator,
VertigoX – Photoshop, InDesign
VertigoX – I was lost on this old process
VertigoX – 1) Keys
VertigoX – 2) Phone
VertigoX – 3) Wallet
VertigoX – 7 things before going to work… Pants #1
VertigoX – Streamlining the process
VertigoX – Six Sigma
VertigoX – ITIL
RobStenzinger – Nice. CMM level 2?
VertigoX – Sketching on the Wacom
VertigoX – That’s what I’m thinking Six Sigma / ITIL for the Toyota Processs
VertigoX – Cintiq
VertigoX – the god of Tablets or so they say
VertigoX – We’ll get to your second questions Rob
VertigoX – Direction: We are all different, embrace it and go with it
VertigoX – Cartoon Character vs. Stick Figureness
ZombieRoomie – exterminate
ZombieRoomie – very robot voice
RobStenzinger – It does sound a bit robovoice
ZombieRoomie – Yeah, his schedule peaks at the end of October
VertigoX – Rick the Stick vs. Killer Plankton
VertigoX – Just peaks in Oct eh?
RobStenzinger – The VS. idea would be awesome.
VertigoX – Killer Plankton Vs. (just like Hulk vs.)
VertigoX – Plankton FLOAT!
VertigoX – Plankton slimeiest of them all!
VertigoX – Skinny stickman, no match for Killer Plankton power!
VertigoX – I think you’ll have a great show Josh
ZombieRoomie – John?
VertigoX – John right that’s your name
VertigoX – heya DW!
VertigoX – Happy New Year
VertigoX – remember to post your URL’s in the chat room here for the Show notes
DungeonWarden – Hi Kurt
DungeonWarden – Happy New Year
DungeonWarden – http://www.dungeonlegacy.com
RobStenzinger – http://www.artgeekzoo.com
ZombieRoomie – http://www.zombieroomie.com
VertigoX – Love what you’ve done with the comic George, great job man Shadowing looks really awesome
DungeonWarden – Thanks. I decided to do fewer updates and concentrate on the art more.
VertigoX – heya Caspell
VertigoX – Happy New Year
RobStenzinger – I also recall groups of young women liking the Rick the Stick banner, book, and handout
RobStenzinger – Ken had great marketing for the Baltimore comicon – definitely caught people’s attention.
VertigoX – Dave from Unbearable Bears
VertigoX – Dawn, Chris Flick,
VertigoX – What was Ken’s Marketing plan that caught your eye Rob?
RobStenzinger – I was tabling with Ken – and he had an eye catching banner as a table-front then a great followup of his hand-out which had RTS comics
RobStenzinger – I saw first hand how passers-by would notice the banner and have a spark/recognition/curiosity.
VertigoX – http://rickthestick.com/shop/
VertigoX – http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/flushtered—rick-the-stick-vol-1/5508884
VertigoX – for the book
VertigoX – Guest art for Drunken Fools – http://www.thedrunkenfools.com
VertigoX – Johnny Saturn
VertigoX – Union of Heroes
VertigoX – Scott Story
VertigoX – Arne Schulenberg
VertigoX – http://rickthestick.com
VertigoX – http://killerplankton.com
RobStenzinger – Thanks for the show!
tr1guy – Great show!
RickTheStick – AWESOME!!
RobStenzinger – Listening live was a ton of fun!
VertigoX – glad you all had fun, this was a great time
RobStenzinger – I do flash – but you could also do that with a javascript timer.
VertigoX – ya the javascript timer
tr1guy – byron@1977thecomic.com
RobStenzinger – I’ll email you to chat about it, Byron.
RickTheStick – THanks for hanging out Rob!~
RobStenzinger – My pleasure! Thanks for the mentions!
tr1guy – Thanks Rob!
RickTheStick – Thanks everyone else!!
RobStenzinger – Thanks again – signing off!
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