Season 4 Episode 9 :: Pro Fan Love
The nerd world revolves around pop culture. Our collective psyche feeds off of our love for the cool and kitschy things that we obsess over. For some of us it manifests in collecting or cataloging, for others it manifests in creativity and fan love. These days a little fan love can go a long way and in this Culturesode we chat with three gentlemen who are making a profession out of it.
Join Cap, Hex, Tony and Kristen for two lively interviews three gents balls deep in some pro fan love. First up, the man who’s brutally realistic Ninja Turtles portraits have taken the internet by storm: Dave Rapoza. In addition to drawing crazy-amazing pro fan art, Dave is a freelance artist who regularly works for Wizards of the Coast and has created some killer art for Magic: The Gathering. Next we speak with the ringmasters of Epic Win Burlesque: magician Nelson Lugo and rapper Schaffer the Darklord. They’ve recently begun the second season of their whirlwind-success nerdy burlesque performance, debuted their “Rated R For Violence” show, and have announced that they’re going to be hosting this year’s Nerdapalooza. All three of these guests specialize in very visually stimulating work, so open up their respective links in some new tabs, press play, and let us entertain you:
Tracks:
- Thor :: Seal of Quality
- The Future Soon :: I Fight Dragons
- The Grid (The Crystal Method Remix) :: Daft Punk / The Crystal Method
- Nicola Tesla :: Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash, Ben Folds, Neil Gaiman
- Rap at Your Violence :: Klopfenpop
- Streets of Rage ‘Four Years Since’ :: Fallen Seraph
- Shores of the Cosmic Ocean :: The Saganites
- Beetlejuice :: Girlz Melon
Links:
- Dave Rapoza’s How-to video series
- The Crimson Daggers
- The Turtles in Time intro: “Pizza Power”
- A list of all the Magic cards Dave Rapoza’s done art for
- Powerglove – Video Game Metal
- The Willrow Hood Fan Love Contest
- The US-1 Fan Love Contest
- Hex’s Etsy store
- See some of Kristen’s dollar art
- Kristen’s Etsy Store
Fan Links:
- What nerdy Burlesque would YOU like to see?
- Nerds in Action: OmniG-Sage0 and Max Acree
- What would YOU like to know about voice acting?
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…And now I want Kristen dollars.
Tesla’s face on the 1$ bill…
IN SCIENCE WE TRUST!!!
Nice episode. I got very excited when I saw the ifd track, and I was not let down. Great music all round, and great interviews as well. As hex would say, a phenomenal culturesode.
As a side note, weird al does do a lot of original songs. It’s just that the parodies are the ones that get popular. I’m a big fan of many of his originals, like everything you know is wrong and albequrque.
Also, my nerdy show shirts came in today. They are awesome!
@Tolan
Oh yeah, I’m actually a bigger fan of Al’s original style parody work than his parody-parody work. What I meant was original, not necessarily comedy music. I’m certain he’s got it in him and I want to hear it, but I know that his chances of successfully publishing that music as “Weird Al” would be very dicey.