Living The Geek Dream

I would stake my reputation (whatvever’s left of it) and my left testicle in saying that each and every comic book fan has dreamed up a superhero or heroine in whatever setting at some point of their lives. Admit it, it’s okay. I’ve sketched up (very badly) a couple of characters myself. In fact, very recently, a good friend of mine and I had very similar ideas for one character, and it’d be cool to flesh it out somehow. 

Unfortunately, no matter how good our ideas are, it won’t fly past the pages of our sketchpads or our mind’s eyes. Well, for most of us anyway. There are a very bold few who take the leap into their dreams and come out victorious, like a golden warrior demigod who just slew the mighty Grognak.

 One of those brave souls would be Gio Paredes, a man whose claim to fame is his creation, Kalayaan. You got nuthin’ on this guy. Have YOU ever published your own comic book that circulated outside your circle of friends after playing the stereotypical round of DnD? Hells no. This dude has. That gives him auto-cool points. Also, we have him with us today and he was kind enough to give us some of his time and answer some of our questions.
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