June 26, 2025 · 5:23 pm

Solitaire Rose Radio 88: Christopher Michael of Home Brew Comics

After more than 20 years of creating characters, and writing stories, Christopher Michael is the creator of CRIT, and the universe they live in. When he decided to create CRIT, he used a resource that he knew well: Dungeons and Dragons. What is a cool and different way to write a story? Organically through the actions of players. But the problem was that there were no source books with material he wanted to use, so he took the rules and created his own game to master. Chris records the game sessions, and turns the story into the comic you read.

  • He started taking his plots from a D&D group and turned it into a comic
  • He taught himself how to draw to create his comic
  • How the company came together
  • Navigating the current distribution world for comics right now. 
  • We go through all of the books Home Brew will be printing, their Kickstarter timeline and the timeline for shops to get the books.

Buy his books at: HBHcomics.com

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June 25, 2025 · 3:32 pm

Kray Z Comics and Stories 679: Free Comic Book Day Part 2: Four Geeks In A Cop Car

Free Comic Book Day was May 3rd, and as is tradition, we piled into Joe’s Cop Car and hit as many comics shops as we could. Joe Joe, Cory!!, Bunkhouse Butch, and Turbo for the nerdiest car ride in history! This is the second of 3 episodes we use for fillins, so BEWARE THE DREADED DEADLINE DOOM!

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June 3, 2025 · 9:52 am

Kray Z Comics and Stories 678: All The Rest Of Previews May 2025

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. Last week they did it for Marvel and DC and this week it’s for all the other publishers! This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in July 2025 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!

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May 27, 2025 · 11:48 am

Kray Z Comics and Stories 677: May 2025 Previews: Marvel and DC

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in July 2025 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about! This month we will have a two parter due to schedule stuff, BUT you get both parts this week!

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May 21, 2025 · 2:04 pm

Solitaire Rose Radio 87: Going Angel Hunting with Rich Davis

Rich Davis is someone who has done a lot of different things in his life, playwright, star on the Netlfix series “Swap Shop”, concert booker, volunteer with 2 Presidential campaigns, and comic book writer. His new Kickstarter is for Angel/Hunter, which he discusses with Cory!! as well as his previous comics Cult of Dracula (a twist on the Dracula mythos) and Promoethia in Chains.

Angel/Hunter’s Kickstarter is right here: Solitaire Rose Radio 87: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/angelhunter/angel-hunter?ref=profile_created&category_id=252

AND you can get his previous books from Amazon and your local comics shop!

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May 11, 2025 · 5:18 pm

Kray Z Comics and Stories 676: Free Comic Book Day Part 1: Four Geeks In A Cop Car

Free Comic Book Day was May 3rd, and as is tradition, we piled into Joe’s Cop Car and hit as many comics shops as we could. Joe Joe, Cory!!, Bunkhouse Butch, and Turbo for the nerdiest car ride in history!

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May 2, 2025 · 3:39 pm

Kray Z Comics and Stories 675: Geek Day Vs Mania in the Thunder Dome!

Last week, Cory!! Took the week off to cover Wrestlign events around WrestleMania, so he got a free day for geeking!  They discuss that as well as:

  • It’s our first episode NOT on Skype
  • Diamond News!
  • Why isn’t Marvel doing new CrossGen comics
  • Geek day!! Cory!! And Joe go to go to a bunch of local comics shops in the Twin Cities:
    • Nerdin’ Out
    • Mind’s Eye
    • Most Wanted
    • Dreamhave
  • They also hit record store Electric Fetus
  • Cory!!’s coverage of indy wrestling shows around WrestleMania

Retro Review: 

Dr. Kildare #3

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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April 20, 2025 · 11:51 am

Kray Z Comics and Stories 674: April 2025 Previews

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in June 2025 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!

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April 16, 2025 · 7:36 pm

Kray Z Comics and Stories 673: Remembering Patrick Gruber

Joe’s partner in comics, Pat Gruber passed away a few weeks ago, and this week, we share stories and pay tribute to Pat.  Joe met Pat in High School over a shared love of comics. They started a convention based business together and then bought Hot Comics St. Paul in 1992. Joe and Cory!! Talk about:

  • How Cory!! met Pat.
  • Pat accidentally putting adult themed trading cards into MCBA giveaway 
  • The Pat character in a minicomic made by two people at Hot Comics
  • “The Shed”
  • The infamous Wisconsin Dells comic convention
  • How Pat outwitted a scammer by making sure he got cash
  • The Poker game at MCBA cons and how Frank Cho lost a LOT of money and had to do commissions to make up the losses. 
  • The infamous “blind guts” game
  • Pat meeting Traci Lords
  • “Hot Artist!!!!”

We also discuss Diamond Distribution news, freaking and geek, and the usual shenanigans. 

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April 12, 2025 · 9:22 am

Kray Z Comics and Stories 672: March 2025 Previews

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in May 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about! AND because of time constraints, they cover everything BUT Marvel and DC who were in Last Week’s episode.

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