Coronavirus Update

No show tonight the station manager wants to PAINT the broadcasting room so I cant do my show, Why he waits to do when there are shows that need to be broadcast. So the guest I was suppose to have on will be on next week.

IDW Press Statement

Last week, we sent out a statement to the comics community in which we pledged our support for the Direct Market during the current health and economic crisis. We’ve been keeping a very close eye on the public discussions taking place in forums and on social media, and the sentiment from retailers is abundantly clear:

It’s time to take action.

In light of Diamond’s statement today, our immediate steps to offer relief for our retail partners are:

 

• For the next three months, IDW will be offering 60-day no-fee returnable terms for all items on Final Order Cutoff (FOC) corresponding to the weekly on-sale dates from March 18th to June 24th.
• IDW is announcing the suspension of May releases corresponding to OSD dates from May 6th to May 27th.
• IDW will reduce its overall publishing line for products originally scheduled through July, with a focus on releasing our biggest projects in special editions to help drive traffic to stores through the summer.

From IDW Publishing

 
With these measures, our hope is that we can lessen the immediate financial risk that retailers face for IDW products, and give retailers a much-needed break for their monthly budgets.

These are first steps. As the situation continues to unfold, we’re certain to initiate additional programs to help our retail partners. It’ll take insight from and coordination with shop owners, Diamond, and our publishing peers to shape a comprehensive strategy for the industry to move forward.

As a special note to our Creative Partners:

We know that you’re likewise feeling the pain of the current circumstances. Trimming our line through the summer in support of the Direct Market retailers will undoubtedly impact creative workflow for the short term. We fully appreciate the difficulty that this presents to freelancers. It’s our expectation that — in the long term — the Direct Market will bounce back as a result of these steps, and we can all continue the good work of making quality comics on the other side. Our Editorial team has been reaching out to creators and licensors with these latest updates, and we’re here to help in any way we can: answering your questions, listening to your ideas, etc.

The IDW team is committed to working with retailers and creators to get through the coming weeks and months. As I mentioned in our previous statement, we’re here to listen and help. We invite you to contact us directly (ryall@idwpublishing.com, rosalind@idwpublishing.com, dirk@idwpublishing.com) and we’ll field your questions as best as we can. 

Wishing you health and security,

Chris Ryall

CoronaVirus Episode

Tonight on the show no guest we were to have a guest on the show but we do have some great music to play a review or two. We will discuss the top Ten Pandemic FIlms and the Top Ten FIlms I think you should watch to take your mind off the virus.

Don’t forget we got new episodes of the PODcast coming out soon and some new videos on the Radio of Horror Youtube Channel. Stay tuned for a new guest next week and the week after as we have Actress/Producer Jennifer Carpenter and Actress/Producer Diana Porter on the show with us.

Over on the Dorkening Network as part of the Dork-Vania event we have a huge giveaway and me and my cohost of Boobs Blood and Baddasses just posted a new episode for it.

https://boobs-blood-badasses.pinecast.co/episode/3852d02e7d164cab/dork-vania-part-7

Robert Englund

Tonight on the show me and several other reporters got a chance to sit on a call with Robert Englund aka Freddy and 100s of other roles he has done. We  talk about the upcoming Travel Channel series he is the host of True Terror which debuts this coming Wednesday, music tonight will be from his many Nightmare on Elm Street movies as well as Disturbed Down with the Sickness and MC Hammer Can’t Touch this lol.

Top Ten Nerd

Tonight on the show  Geek Culture Analyst and Model Amanda McKnight, will be talking to us about cosplay modeling the board Game company she works for and more. Music tonight will be from my collection of Nightmare on Elm street soundtracks in anticipation of an upcoming guest.

https://www.facebook.com/amanda.lee.mcknight/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF5tN4DO3Eh-BBOddG09gHw/featured

Pax East Recovery

Tonight we have no show cuz of recovering from Pax East. As well as a tiny cold. Not Coronoa. I will be back next week with Amanda McKnight from Youtube.