Episode 17.9: Interview w/ the Creators of Space Oddities and Disney+ Day News!

Welcome back to another episode of the Online Warriors Podcast! This week, we have a very special episode in store for you.

We kick off the episode with a special guest interview featuring Jon Williams and Ben Robinson, co-creators of the Space Oddities comic! Jon and Ben came on the show today to chat about their inspiration to create a comic book and their upcoming issue, now up for funding on Kickstarter. Some quick hits from our interview:

• Jon and Ben's background (00:33)
• Jon and Ben's favorite comic books growing up (1:07)
• The inspiration behind creating a comic and, more specifically, the story behind Space Oddities (4:02)
• The working relationship behind the scenes (7:19)
• What the Kickstarter process is like for indie comics (8:50)
• The different environments we can expect to see in future issues of Space Oddities (11:36)
• A little bit about the main characters of Space Oddities (13:13)
• The tertiary characters we might get to see in future issues (15:42)
• A robot receptionist love story? (18:22)
• Jon and Ben answers: "If you could be a superhero, what would be your superpower?" (20:24)

Next up, we discuss some of our top highlights from the bevy of announcements during Disney+ Day! Due to time constraints, we couldn't cover *everything*, but we'd love to hear from you on social media about the one's we missed.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi (24:26)
• Under the Helmet documentary (32:56)
• Moon Knight (34:08)
• She-Hulk (37:53)
• Ms. Marvel (39:29)
• Baymax (41:12)
• Marvel Zombies (43:12)
• X-Men 97 (46:18)
• Spider-Man: Freshman Year (49:13)
• Secret Invasion (51:11)
• Other Marvel show announcements (51:32)
• Ice Age show trailer (55:55)
• Zootopia+ (56:20)
• Tiana (56:56)
• Cars: On the Road (57:26)
• Hocus Pocus 2 (57:38)
• Disenchanted (58:37)
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (1:00:05)
• Limitless with Chris Hemsworth (1:00:36)
• Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers (1:01:32)

The crew then goes hands on in their What-Are-You-Up-To Segment:

• Illeagle watches The Chair and Dexter: New Blood, then preps to finish Metroid Dread (1:03:35)
• Nerdbomber watches Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Best Sellers (1:07:55)
• Techtic watches Squid Game and plays Spider-Man: Miles Morales (1:12:05)

This week, if you wanna be our lover, you gotta get with our friends... because we're playing Spice Girls trivia! (1:13:35)

Special shoutout to our Patreon Producer: Steven Keller

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As always, we appreciate you tuning in, and look forward to seeing you next week! Stay safe and healthy everyone!

Thanks again to Jon and Ben! Check out their work and Space Oddities at...

• Space Oddities #2 Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beefypress/space-oddities-2 
• Space Oddities Website: https://spaceodditiescomic.com/
• Space Oddities Twitter: https://twitter.com/spaceodditiesco 
• Geeksploration Twitter: https://twitter.com/geeksplorepod 
• Geeksploration Podcast: http://www.geeksplorationpodcast.com/ 

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