This week’s artist’s spotlight is on @rites_of_annihilation !

1. Tell me a little bit about yourself:

“Hi there, I’m Ray!

I’m an odd little introvert living in Northern Delaware with my best friend for life, three cat overlords and two rat dukes. 

Never conceding for a truly traditional path, by daylight I work retail in the weirdest of ways,  managing a large and diverse collection of crystals, fossils and tarot cards. By night I’m excavating monolithic figures out on canvas and drawing until I can’t see straight. 

Art has most of my attention today but when I was young I absolutely knew I’d be a Paleontologist by now. Digging up new dinosaur species and (of course) naming them after myself and loved ones. This childhood devotion would be the leading force to direct me to the world of art. After all, I knew I wasn’t going to get a job digging up dinosaurs right away. I was only 6 years old and I needed to be at least 10, as I figured. I had to find ways to feel close to my prehistoric idols. This involved watching all dino related programs, combing beaches for fossils and drawing T-Rex’s over and over until I had an unholy knowledge of their anatomy.

This process of study, practice and creation became my modus operandi and even as my interests would change and grow over the years my satisfaction with art has remained constant. 

These days as my interest in the esoteric and occult cultivates, my art is influenced by Extraterrestrials, altered states of consciousness, eroguro, manga and the natural world.

I studied Animation at The Delaware College of Art and Design earning an AFA in 2010 and in 2012 finished my Undergraduate degree at the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Painting. 

Since then I have completed many commissioned works and collaborated with art supply companies. In 2016 I co-illustrated the children’s book “Its not Mean to be Green” Authored by Jamie Kleman and have been privileged to exhibit in many group shows including Michigan’s Future Gallery’s “Exploring Supernatural Revelation” in 2017, “Astral Shadows” at Philadelphia’s Johnny Brenda’s in 2018, and most recently in the “Delaware Fun a Day” exhibit in early 2020.It is with gratitude and excitement that I anticipate many more opportunities for growth, to create and exhibit in the coming years. “

2. Can you talk about the characters in your drawings? Where do you get your inspiration from?

“The characters in most of my drawings come about rather intuitively. Unless I am doing studies, reference work, or detailed projects I may only know how I want to depict how the subjects themselves feel or what colors to start with. As my lines are made those lines tell me who they want to be. Like some weird cyclical alchemical reaction from my pen, to the page, and back to my mind, each mark before it informs the next. This surreal sketching method started for me when I was moving from middle to high school. After the accumulation of traumatic events I was left homeless and lost a lot of my art and sketchbooks up to that point. It became important to me to place greater value on the act of creating art rather than the permanence of the piece itself. 

It was then that I committed to drawing with just a ballpoint pen 90% of the time.  

This drawing process has taught me to draw quickly, and often, developing snap problem solving and ultimately leaving the dependency on erasers behind. In addition to giving me a vast encyclopedia of sketches to later reference in more labored art projects further along the road this has helped me develop a personal style and some repeating characters that have become important in representing certain themes and emotions.     

Looking more into the repeating characters mentioned above, there is one that has been an intentional figure in my sketchbook and on my canvas for years. Though they have existed in my creative sphere since a young age as an almost imaginary friend this figure is still very present in my art to this day. His name is Almaz. Akin to the Tibetain tradition of a Tulpa or “Thought Form” this particular character has grown and changed over the years as my art style and myself have. Though it might be too simple to say that Almaz is an alter ego, much of the artwork he is featured in does mirror my personal introspections without diminishing his own potency as a character.”

3. Can you talk about the inspiration of your social media name?

“It’s a funny story that is still developing to some degree. Once I decided to make an art account on instagram it was time to embrace my artistic persona, Ray Reinsfelder and with that an account name that was exciting and memorable. I was really struggling to find something that was empowering but also available.  In an effort to get out of my own way I looked into random word generators. 

One in particular stood out.

Magical spell name randomizer, corny, I know, but I ran with it! 

Promising myself to take the first name to come up, “Rites of Annihilation” was it.  It is a rather ominous set of words. However I felt very attached to them immediately. 

Transformation cycles have been very important themes throughout my life. Sometimes catastrophically so. As difficult and painful as they have been, all of them have added to my Scorpio super power to shed and recover.  With each ‘Annihilation’ I have grown wiser, more empathetic, and have dug a deeper well of equanimity each and every time.”

4. Can you talk about your Esty shop?

“My Etsy shop’s name is SekhmetTreasures, after the Egyptian Lion-Warrior Goddess of the fire, heat, and the sun (this association serves as testament to the ferocity of my commitment to the success of my work but also who can argue with cats?) It is an eclectic collection of all my favorite creative works, collaborations and projects that my Partner and fellow cat lover Peter Varallo (Instagram:@Garbagefaery) and I have done.

Anything from original paintings, art prints and merchandise, to things like handmade jewelry, minerals, divination tools, ethically sourced taxidermy and all manner of other odd sundries can be found in store. Take a look and find something both funky and original, and know each order made is supporting real people doing real work! 

Thank you for checking out SekhmentTreasures on etsy!

5. Do you have any exciting news or events that you would like to share?

“The most exciting news that can be pinned down right now is a work-life adjustment that has added hours of time to studio and educational pursuits.  With determination and time to focus on larger studio pieces my major goals going into 2021 will be finishing paintings and applying for group and solo exhibitions. With that in mind, considering the current pandemic certain planned events have been cancelled or rescheduled. This has added to my interest in expanding on printed and digital media and interdisciplinary projects like animation, music, videos and zines. To stay abreast of all projects feel free to follow my social media accounts or watch my website listed below. ”    

Website: Ray Reinsfelder 

Instagram: @rites_of_annihilation

Esty: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SekhmetTreasures

Thank you for the interview! Until next time!

It was the summer of 3rd grade and I had a huge obsession with vampires. I read my first book on vampires by Anne Rice called “Interview with the Vampire.”

After I finished that book I went on to read the rest of the vampire chronicles by Anne Rice. I finished all of those in three months by the end of the school year. However I wanted more vampire theme stuff and was searching for it. On the first day off of summer my brother was watching a channel called the Sci-Fi Channel and left it on for me. It first I saw a bunch of Lost in Space episodes but by the time late morning came I heard a theme song that would forever be in my mind:

I was impressed and curious by the theme song and decided to see the rest of the show. Midway through the show they started talking about a subject my child’ s mind wanted to know more of:

VAMPIRES!!! I was so trilled because finally my thirst of more vampires content had finally come true!!!

I started watching the show everyday for that entire summer and was completely glued to the complex content of vampires, curses, werewolves, and time travel. I even begged my parents to buy me musical boxes and anything that looked vintage that could possibly looked like it could of been on the show. My brother know my obsession with the show and bought me my first vhs tape of

I watched this tape SO many times during the beginning of the school year that I literally wore it out. It got to a point where I was able to memorize the first 20 minutes of the movie. I knew when each character was about to enter the scene. It still reminds one of my favorite movies to this day.

I never was able to watch the entire Dark Shadow Series (1966-1971). But I did watch the reboot one that was made in 1991

Although I do prefer the original version of the series. I hope one day to be able to watch the entire series. I know they sell the entire series through various stores. But in the meantime whenever I see House of Dark Shadows or Night of Dark Shadows on TCM I always make sure I watch it. My ringtone on my phone is the intro theme to the show so I might sure I only answer my phone halfway through so I’ll be able listen to the song.

I know some people think a cartoon or a kid’s show with fond memories however one of my found childhood memories involves a horror soap opera.

This week I interviewed a great small business: @bitchyveganhomo !

1. Tell me a little about yourself:

“I was born in Pittsburgh but I live in Cleveland now. I have always loved to cook and bake and since I was the only non-meat eater in the house growing up, I did a lot of my own cooking. One night I was making my best friend his dinner and we were joking around. He said, “Shut up you bitchy vegan homo” to me and I decided to literally own that name.“

2. What made you want to start your business?

“t sort of happened by accident. I had the opportunity to do a vegan YouTube cooking show and I decided to do events to help promote that. The response I got to my baked goods at these events made me realize that there was a hole that needed filled and it was going to take something gay and delicious to fill it.“

3. What is the “Vegan Cheesecake Podcast”?

” The Vegan Cheesecake Podcast is a fun side project that I do with my dear friend Vegan Vicki of Urban Sweetness. She came up to me one night at an event and said “I’ve been thinking about doing a podcast and I’ve been thinking about doing one with YOU.” Two minutes later we had the name and the concept nailed down. We focus on two things we both love, vegan food and The Golden Girls. Each week we discuss a different episode of the show and talk about the things we’ve made or eaten and anything else that pops into our heads. Unlike a lot of other vegan podcasts, we keep it light and fun. We want to be a welcome relief of silliness for people to enjoy. We have been on a hiatus for the past few months due to the health crisis and other commitments but we are starting back up with new shows in mid October.“

4. What is the top 3 items you make and why do you think that they are the most popular items?

“Without a doubt my brownies are the thing I am known for. I didn’t realize how good they were until strangers started telling me they were the best brownies they’d ever had. After so many people said that, I just started calling them “The Best Damn Brownie.” People love them because they are very rich and chocolatey and they are the perfect middle ground between fudgy and caky.

The other two items that I think have the most passionate responses are my blueberry white chocolate cookies and my new pumpkin praline bars. “

5. Do you have any exciting news and events that you would like to share?

“I’ve got a lot of pop-ups happening in Ohio including a new monthly partnership with Melt Bar & Grilled. On October 22nd I’ll be at locations in Lakewood (a Cleveland suburb), Akron and Columbus. People can pre-order in advance to make sure they get what they want but i will also have the tables stocked with brownies and select other vegan goodies. There’s a page on my website that’s updated with all of my upcoming events. I am also working on getting the mail order side of things going for the brownies. That will hopefully be launching before the end of the year in time for the holidays.”

If you like to learn more about this great business. The following contact information is below:

Website: https://www.bitchyveganhomo.com/

Instagram: @bitchyveganhomo

Twitter: @bitchyveganhomo

Pinterest : @bitchyveganhomo

Youtube: @bitchyveganhomo

Facebook: @bvh Show

This week artist’s Spotlight is on @zak_koonce!

1. Tell me a little about yourself:

“My name is Zak, and along with my creative partner Craven Moorhaus we are the co-creators of a Youtube channel called Auralnauts which is coming up on its 8 year anniversary. I’m pretty sure he and I are a common law couple by this point. We are most known for redubbing movies, commercials and other pop culture media with our own music and dialogue in order to tell new stories and jokes. If you put a gun to my head and demanded to know what we’re like, I would say a mix between MST3K, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge and The Mighty Boosh. Then I’d ask why you felt the need to escalate so quickly because I would have been more than happy to answer the question without being pressured at gunpoint. My primary pursuit is writing. I mostly stick to comedy, but I’ve done my share of professional copywriting as well. When I’m not making content with Craven or submitting articles to my friends’ sites, I can be found somewhere in Brooklyn training people how to fight or helping them get more fit. You know how samurai were believed to have pursued the arts in order to balance their spirit? I’m kind of like that, only I insert farts into movie scenes where there previously were no farts.”

2. Can you talk about your Youtube channel “Auralnauts?”

” Auralnauts began when Craven invited me to help make fun of Bane’s voice in The Dark Knight Rises. Craven is a composer and sound designer by trade, and Bane’s voice was odd enough to him that he felt compelled to do something with it. I helped him write a comedy short prior to this, so he reached out to me again to help him scratch the itch Bane’s voice was causing him. Since Bane is wearing a mask, we could make him say anything we wanted, so long as we could replicate the voice. Turns out I was able to get pretty close on my own, so between that, Craven’s skills as a sound designer and an empty paper towel tube, we were able to make Bane Outtakes:

Our first and by far most popular video. We strung together a series of disconnected scenes where we portrayed Bane as a health nut who was violently opposed to poor nutrition, while simultaneously pursuing a freestyle rap career. The impression isn’t perfect, but it’s good enough that many people think they’re watching real scenes removed from the final cut of the film. Since then Craven and I have been finding new ways to combine our unique skill sets across different projects. In the beginning, Craven was very clearly the music and sound guy, and I was clearly the writer guy, but over the years we’ve grown so familiar with each other’s style that our work has become a happy blend of both our voices. 

3.  How did the idea of “How to Make a Blockbuster Movie Trailer” come about?

“Not everything we do is overdub related. Sometimes we make original content, and How to Make a Blockbuster Movie Trailer may be our most successful attempt. It even won a Webby. The idea came about sort of naturally after watching too many trailers during blockbuster movie season. The conversation started with “Hey, you ever notice how every trailer does this?” Followed by “Oh yeah, and what about this other thing?” Pretty soon you have a long enough list of clichés to make a parody. If I remember correctly, I think the top priority was to make an edgy cover track with spooky female vocals, because movie trailers love their edgy cover tracks with spooky female vocals. Even though our intent was to make fun of the music, most of those covers still kick ass, so it was important to pick the right song to cover and make it as epic as possible. We went with DOA’s “You Spin Me”. After that it was a matter of comparing a bunch of recent trailers and making sure we had the most important clichés accounted for. The final product is a bunch of audio gags with basic text instructions. We made a follow up recently specifically for action movies.

4. Apart from Star Wars. What would be your top 3 sci fi movies, and why?

Top 3 sci-fi movies:

• “The Thing (John Carpenter) – This movie is timeless to me. I’m not big into “favorite movies of all time” because I’m pretty fair weather about what I like at any given moment. Except when it comes to this film. I can watch this film at any time, anywhere. The special effects, the creature designs, the building suspense, the performances. Nothing about it gets old to me. I even catch new details every once in a while. For instance I never noticed the half of Blair’s mutated face in the final creature until recently. I don’t know why I missed it for so long. Maybe the staggering amount of grotesque details to take in always drew my eye away from it. Whenever I picture it the first detail that comes to mind are the absurdly large teeth actually coming out of the side of his head. Blair’s face was right there the whole time!

• Robocop (Paul Verhoeven) – I like sci-fi films that can make strong commentaries and remain relevant over time, while also still being fun to watch. Robocop encompasses a lot of the problems tearing the US apart today, like monied interests directly controlling the police, manufacturing crime stats in order to incentivize gentrification, instant cancer by way of full toxic waste submersion. Okay, the last one may be a stretch, but it still gave me nightmares as a kid. Toxic waste is supposed to give you superpowers! Not turn you into a wheezing pile of dripping flesh.
• Robot Jox (Stuart Gordon) – I can’t really defend Robot Jox being here. It’s so personal. All the inside jokes it has given my friends and family over the years are priceless. It has so much going for it! Awesome stop motion animated mechs. Trick jungle gym bars that separate the inferior from the superior. Ritualistic butt slaps that give away imposters. Stuart Gordon films are a delight no matter what, but most of them skew more toward horror, so Robot Jox slides in here to represent sci-fi.”

5.  Do you have any exciting news or events that you would like to share?

” We’re always working on new projects and music. So if you are interested in anything you read here, I encourage you to visit our Youtube channel, sort by “Most Popular” and start from there. You’ll find hours of entertainment to catch up on, including a completely redone version of the first 6 Star Wars films, where the jedi are stoner dickheads, the bad guys are lame franchise restaurant owners, and C3P0 is a Cronenberg-esque, flesh obsessed psychopath called Creepio. In my opinion it starts off a little clunky, but I think we stick the landing and make it worth your while. Also Dance of the Fates is still a banger. “

Our channel IG account is @auralnautsofficial

My personal IG account is @zak_koonce, but it’s mostly just thirst pics of me flexing. 

Thank you so much for the interview!!

Witches Night Out was Canadian cartoon that premiered on October 27, 1978 on NBC.

I remember the fist time I saw it I was about 8 years old and the channel Nickelodeon was showing a lot of programming from Canada. I remember coming home from school, turning on the tv and coming in the middle of the intro show.

Anything Halloween related or anything that had to do with monsters or witches I would stop and watch. SO of course I was automatically drawn to to this cartoon:

The cartoon is directed by John Leach and it has some great actors doing the voices as the cartoon characters. Such as Gilda Radner

and Catherine O’Hara:

The cartoon centers around a witch who is going through a rut because the town she lives in thinks that Halloween is not an important holiday and they don’t really celebrate it:

However she hears the cries of two children’s wishes on Halloween and she comes to their rescue by turning them into whatever their hearts desire. Such as a ghost, Frankenstein and a wolfman.

The kids show off their new scary selves at a Halloween party that the adults are having at the witch’s house. The adults get so scared the children who are the monsters feel bad.

The witch starts to feel bad and begins to tell the townspeople how underappreciative she feels in the town. The town realizes how fun they had because of the witch and applaud her and want her to turned them scariest selves:

The witch is trilled and invites the town back to her house where they celebrate!

Fun facts about this cartoon:

This cartoon is a spinoff of another cartoon called “The Gift of Winter (1974):

If you are in the Halloween mood. Witches Night Out is available to watch for free from TUBI:https://tubitv.com/movies/327416/witchs_night_out?utm_source=google-feed&tracking=google-feed

Until Next time!!!

This week’s Welcome to the Insta-hood is on @Yasmina_666!

1. Tell me a little about yourself:

” My name is Yasmina Ketita and I am one third of Witch Finger Horror Podcast and writer/vlogger of The Rewind Zone column for Rue Morgue Magazine and a VHS collector.

Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, I currently live in London, Ontario and was a musician for several years singing for thrash metal Nothing Left For Tomorrow and playing guitar for The Alcohollys and Night of the Demons. Since taking a break from music in 2017, I have been focusing more on incorporating my love of 80’s horror movies by sharing my passion with other fans in the world through audio, writing and video platforms for everyone’s enjoyment of all things related to 80s horror.”

2. What is the “Witch Finger Horror Podcast”?

“Witch Finger Horror Podcast is a combination of girls, booze, burps and 80s horror! I began the podcast in 2016 with my best friends Morgan Lander and Megan Stinson and we record our episodes as we watch the movies in my living room. We are currently preparing for our 50th anniversary episode and we also have a YouTube show called After Dark where we review our favorite non-horror films as well as do occasional live shows at horror conventions while we sit in front of the movie playing on a screen with a live audience that we encourage participation from. Once I began writing film reviews for fun, I was then hired by Rue Morgue Magazine as a columnist in 2019. I have a blog called The Rewind Zone where I write on a particular 80s horror movie every month that gets posted on rue-morgue.com as well as an occasional YouTube vlog version that is available to watch on Rue Morgue TV.”

3. What are the top 3 pieces you have written and why?

” My article on racism is definitely the most personal and substantial piece I’ve written so far. It was released as a personal note from The Rewind Zone a month after the murder of George Floyd and details my personal experiences with racism as well as why I find it a necessity in life to work towards being anti-racist. As a person of color, I am very much affected by systemic racism and found it crucial to tell my story to reach others who have gone through similar experiences in order to help people realize they are not alone in this fight. I felt compelled to write on these important matters to bring awareness to on-going racism, to incite activism within my followers, and to encourage more space for BIPOC within the horror community.” https://www.rue-morgue.com/reflections-on-racism-a-personal-note-from-the-rewind-zone/

My review on Beyond the Black Rainbow is one of my favorites I’ve written because I believe this film is one of the most beautiful and engaging stories I have seen and feel although Mandy is a great film, that BTBR should merit more recognition for its existentialist theme and astounding visuals. I am a big fan of cheesy 80s horror movies but I also love more convoluted, abstract subject matter in films because they tend to intrigue our minds into fields of the unknown and I find unique and enigmatic storytelling to be the most thought-provoking hence why I’m a huge David Cronenberg and David Lynch fan. http://www.witchfinger.com/reviews-1/2019/1/29/beyond-the-black-rainbow

As for a third top piece, I’d have to choose from The Rewind Zone and go with my blog on one of my favorite 80s horror movies: Witchboard. I have many memories of renting movies in the 80s and 90s but renting Witchboard in high school with my best friend Dana renders many nostalgic memories of us laughing so hard at many scenes while eating our pizza with mushrooms and pineapple, a double topping we like to say we invented at the time! I also have a huge girl crush on Tawny Kitaen, she as well as many other women, was a top notch 80s babe! Watching her and countless other amazing 80s horror movies makes me wish I could travel back in time and just stay in my favorite decade forever!” https://www.rue-morgue.com/the-rewind-zone-dust-off-your-ouija-boards-for-witchboard/

4.  What are your top five movies from your collection and why?

“1. TMNT 2: Secret of the Ooze will forever be one of my favorite tapes I own because it is the tape from my childhood that I would watch A LOT. In my opinion, part 2 is way better than 1 and here’s why. We all have our nostalgic associations with certain aspects from our childhood and I for one grew up with part 2 so that’s why it resonates more deeply than part 1. Although part 1 is a classic, I admire part 2 more because it contains a copious amount of added features compared to its predecessor like the mutants Rahzar & Tokka, Super Shredder, Vanilla Ice, and I just prefer this April O’Neil. There’s just a lot more going on in this one and yes I have the Vanilla Ice Ninja Rap tape as well haha!

2. NIN: Closure double vhs. This is a very important tape to me because not only are NIN my favorite band (I touched Trent Reznor’s head once, that was cool) but I stood in line waiting to buy it the day it came out when I was 14 years old and will never get rid of it!

3. Heavy Metal Summer. This movie is probably one of the rarest tapes I own. I bought it from a video rental store that was going out of business where me and my friends Morgan and Mercedes would rent it quite often from and we’d make all of our friends watch it. It’s a Canadian gem that centers around two “heavy metalers” who end up at a camp called Weewankah Park to recharge when they discover there’s a wilderness challenge that offers $5000 to the winner. The plot also focuses on three best friends Eve, Marsha and Linnie who are on vacation at Weewankah Park, and on the park’s local brothers Truckie and Trailor, yes those are their names, doing everything they can to save the park from the evil Mr. Rancewell who is dumping toxic waste. Oh and did I mention Ted Nugent makes an appearance?
4. Sleepaway Camp the Media release. This was gifted to me many moons ago and as far as I know the Media release is rare and I just love the iconic cover of the bloody knife stabbing the shoe plus this release includes the full camp letter on the back.

5. As far as vhs distribution companies go, I also like to collect VHS from particular companies like Wizard Video, Paragon, Rae Don, AIP, Vestron, and would like to one day add to my collection from more rare companies such as Unicorn Video, Gorgon Video and Midnight Video.”

5. Do you have any exciting news or events that you would like to share?

“As for this question unfortunately due to Covid-19 I have no events or news to announce at this time but hopefully in the near post-covid future I want to be doing more writing for film and may be doing PR for horror events for RM and definitely more live WF shows, whenever life gets back to normal lol.”

If you would like to learn more about Yasmina here is the following contact information:

Instagram: @yasmina_666

Websites:

http://www.witchfinger.com/

Rue Morgue

Thank you so much for the interview Yasmina!!

Until next time!

This week’s artist spotlight is on @Ghettogeppetto !

1. Tell me a little about yourself:

“I’m Roy Miles and I go by the name “Ghetto Geppetto” , a name I have been using since 2001. I work in the fields of illustration, puppeteering, animation, toymaking and film production. I would say that although I’ve been drawing most of my life. I didn’t turn “pro” until 1999. Also I live and work out of Oakland CA!

I am the creator of the Biddies toys and have worked on a whole mess of tv shows and movies but mostly I’m working on my things these days.”

2. What made you interested in creating these characters? What was the inspiration behind them?

“I grew up as a kid in the 1970s/80s and Some of my fondest memories are connected to 70 Saturday morning cartoons am visiting theme parks. Sid and Marty Krofft stand out as creators that had a hand in many of the things I love.

Like “HRPufnstuf” and the “Banana Splits Show” As well as a healthy dose of a Hannah Barbara Disney and the Muppets. Mainly I’m insured by folks that were creating their own worlds. So I guess that all came out of my brain when I started drawing HoodFoot and his homies. I suppose the idea of making puppets came organically as I started I got tired of just drawing these guys. I wanted to hear them speak I wanted to see them living and breathing in front of me!  So one by one they have become vessels for my inner thoughts and observations of my friends and folks I’ve been hanging  around my whole life.”

3. Out of all the different characters you created which one is most like your personality and why? 

“I think there’s a little bit of or rather a lot of me in one of these creatures. HoodFoot is outwardly very gruff and sure of himself but in reality he doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing most of the time and he has a huge heart. That’s me most the time. Fuzzy just likes to chill and do a lot of drugs all day! That’s not really me but there is an openness and naïveté that gives him a certain logic and that’s me for sure. The puppets and the costumes really bring out things that would normally not come out of my mouth, but all of a sudden one of them will blurt out something through me that would not have occurred to me unless I was holding that puppet or wearing that mask.”

4. If you had to invite four guests (could be cartoon, living or dead etc) to a last dinner situation who would sit at the table and why?

“Okay this is a tough question for me because I think I would be honestly intimidated buy most of my heroes or folks that I admire. Prince someone I would’ve loved to have had a real solid sit down with . He is an amazing musician and cultural icon and a creator that strived to have full control of all his art.

I think the next person would be Jim Henson his creations were beyond inspirational and just bring me joy even to this day.

Okay the third guest is Daws Butler the voice actor. He may be as famous in name as Prince and Jim but everyone knows his voice. Whether it was the southern drawl of “Huckleberry Hound” or the wise old cereal mascot “Cap’n Crunch” Dawes wasn’t just the guy who did funny voices, he really had a lot of thought behind  all those characters. His work distinct and he gave each voice backstory with their own texture, I love that! Speaking of cartoons Jay Ward of Bullwinkle fame  would be a pretty dope final guest. I just like his attitude toward story telling and the zany nature of his work. Now I’m imagining all those folks sitting together, it would be pretty hilarious!”

5.  Do you have any exciting news or promotions that you would like to share?

“I just hope that everyone stays well during the pandemic. If you want to follow me or check out my work I can be found on Instagram @ghettogeppetto and you can follow the legend himself @hoodfoot as well. I am currently working on a show based around “HoodFoot” and his friends so look out for news about that soon.
Peace.”

If you like to learn more about Roy this is his following contact information:

Instagram: @ghettogeppetto

@hoodfoot

Website: https://linktr.ee/ghettogeppetto

Thank you so much for the interview!