{"id":2489,"date":"2016-08-04T23:01:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T23:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2017-11-17T20:05:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T20:05:40","slug":"robert-stark-interviews-mark-velard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2489","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews Mark Velard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pepe-John-Carter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2490 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pepe-John-Carter.jpg\" alt=\"Pepe John Carter\" width=\"489\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pepe-John-Carter.jpg 900w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pepe-John-Carter-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pepe-John-Carter-768x393.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Stark and co-host Rabbit talk to Cartoonist Mark Velard. He publishes\u00a0his work at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/refractorindustries.com\/\">Refractor Industries<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Topics include:<\/p>\n<p>How he got into drawing comics<br \/>\nHis influences, including <a title=\"Daniel Clowes\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_Clowes\">Daniel Clowes<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Crumb\">Robert Crumb<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Kirby\">Jack Kirby<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Woodring\">Jim Woodring<\/a><br \/>\nThe\u00a060s-80s influence in his comics<br \/>\nWhy he prefers to work in Pen &amp; Ink instead of digital graphics<br \/>\nEdgar Rice Burroughs&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Carter_of_Mars\">John Carter of Mars<\/a>\u00a0and Mark&#8217;s parody &#8220;Pepe John Carter&#8221;<br \/>\nHis short stories, including his recent one\u00a0<a title=\"Cliff Wretched\u2019s Escape: Part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/refractorindustries.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/23\/cliff-wretcheds-escape-part-1\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cliff Wretched\u2019s Escape<\/a>, and the themes that drive them<br \/>\nHow his stories tend to be tales of journeys and heroism<br \/>\nHis upcoming graphic novel &#8220;Clowns of the Apocalypse,&#8221; about evil clowns who invade society and want to be seen as equals<br \/>\nHis stand up comedy<br \/>\nHis fascination with Space Travel and Escapism<br \/>\nJohn Carpenter&#8217;s Film\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/In_the_Mouth_of_Madness\">In the Mouth of Madness<\/a><br \/>\nHow he ended up associating with the AltRight<br \/>\nHow his politics influences his work<br \/>\nHis experiences with political correctness at Comic Cons<br \/>\nWhether his political views have interfered with his art career<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2489-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mark-Velard.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mark-Velard.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mark-Velard.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mark-Velard.mp3\">Click Here<\/a> to download!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\"><span style=\"color: #1a0dab;\">Check out Robert Stark&#8217;s Artwork<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"75RF3EG8CMWVE\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Robert Stark and co-host Rabbit talk to Cartoonist Mark Velard. He publishes&nbsp;his work at&nbsp;Refractor Industries Topics include: How he got into drawing comics His influences, including Daniel Clowes,&nbsp;Robert Crumb,&nbsp;Jack Kirby, and&nbsp;Jim Woodring The&nbsp;60s-80s influence in his comics Why he prefers to work in Pen &amp; Ink &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2489\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Stark interviews Mark Velard<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1135,542,195,457,336,335,366,459,116,656,655,172,604,603,517,678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mark-velard","category-aesthetics","category-alternative-right","category-art","category-censorship","category-comedy","category-comic-books","category-culture","category-literature","category-memes","category-pepe-the-frog","category-political-correctness","category-rabbit","category-science-fiction","category-social-justice-warriors","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2498,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}