Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time Podcast Season Two Coming Soon . . .
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– APF
Writer, Artist, Creator
Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time Podcast Season Two Coming Soon . . .
Make sure to subscribe to this channel so you’re hooked up for Season Two of the REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS STORY TIME podcast!
Currently at:
Thanks.
– APF
Patreon for Creators
A lot of time and thought has been put into the essays and articles I post on Patreon for my patrons to help the creators there boost their arts career.
These articles and essays aren’t available anywhere else online except for patrons. Definitely worth the read even if you drop in for just a month.
These are the topics covered so far with more to come:
Please join me on my Patreon journey by going here.
For some free reading on writing and self-publishing, please check out the articles at this site.
Status report – 041724:
All right, we’ve got a full roster going on over here. Between the stuff you see on a daily basis and working on stuff behind the scenes that you’ll see eventually, we have our hands full.
Right now we’re:
1) Writing AXIOM-MAN: THE SUMMONING
2) Freelance editing for a client
3) Creating daily content for you both here on this blog and across the Web
4) Getting the second season of the Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time podcast ready for launch (I’m building a queue to ensure you get it weekly)
And a day job.
But basically, our creative focus is on the Axiom-man books for this year. My main goal is to get the first drafts done by summer with, say, mid-July completion at the latest. Then all the heavy lifting is done and it’s just an issue of cleaning things up before publication.
The secret to getting all the above done and maintaining the schedule is just that: maintaining the schedule. Work on something every day and eventually you’ll get what you need out of it.
Back to work.
This has been your Status Report for 041724.
Collecting 101: How I Afford my Toy Collection Part 2
This is a continuation of the original article, which you can read here.
Talk to any serious collector and we’ll all admit to having an addiction to the hobby, and the problem is, like any addiction, you can start to run up the tab real quick.
Here are some more ways to avoid that:
5) Cash-back credit cards. Most credit card companies offer cash-back cards, with 1-4% cash back, depending on what you buy and where you buy it. Grab a discounted collectible with it and you automatically save a bit just by using your card.
6) Find reliable discount/coupon finders for your Web browser. I use Honey and it’s saved me a bundle. Plus, Cash back. You can take a look here for info on it.
7) Collector’s can be impulse buyers, and while this is great for snagging a last-second deal, the impulsive buy could also drain your wallet. If the item can wait, keep it in your shopping cart. Often, online vendors put stuff on sale and it’s happened to me several times where items in my cart are suddenly discounted.
8) Shop local and check the clearance aisle. Like comic book writer Harvey Pekar once said regarding rummaging around at garage sales for jazz records, “Most of the time it’s a waste of time but every once in a while . . .” And some collectors out there, myself included, know the glorious feeling of finding something cool on the clearance shelf for next to (relatively) nothing.
9) Dollar stores. They basically clear out what the chains couldn’t/can’t. Example: my Marvel Legends Retro action figure collection (which I’ll do a full showcase of on YouTube at some point) was all Dollarama. $5 a figure. Know what retail wanted? $21+ a figure. For what I have, I saved around $175 or so. I don’t have the whole set but most of them.
I hope the above gave you some more ideas on how to save while still collecting in whatever hobby. Maybe there’ll be a part three to this series if I think of something new? After all, there is more than one way to afford a toy collection.
Cheers.
– APF
Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time Podcast Episodes 1 and 30
Yesterday, I recorded episode 3 of Season Two of the Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time podcast. The episode ran over an hour, the show primarily the story.
We have a new format for Season Two. Hope you enjoy it.
For now, tune into the first and last episodes of Season One to tide you over as I stockpile a bit of Season Two before release.
Thank you for tuning in. Be sure to subscribe for more Story Time podcast episodes so you’re all set for Season Two.
For more on FLASH ATTACK, please the book’s page here.
Peace.
– APF
vLog – My YouTube Journey Part 3
An update from the desk of writer and artist A.P. Fuchs on his YouTube journey. This vLog marks the third entry of what will probably be an endless series of videos about the channel and how it’s coming along both in front of the camera and behind.
Thank you for supporting my channel of Pop Culture, superheroes, monsters, stories, podcasts, collectibles, shopping trips, and more.
Check out A.P. Fuchs’s Books and Comics in paperback and eBook at:
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Thank you for watching Axiom-man TV.
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My name is . . .
. . . A.P. Fuchs and welcome to my website where superheroes and monsters and Pop Culture is the name of the game. I’m an independent writer, cartoonist, and freelancer in the worlds of books and comics. This is Canister X, my official blog and the Realm of Heroes and Monsters, where we try and entertain and inform you on a regular basis.
I’ve been publishing for almost 25 years and still have lots to do. Right now, we’re big on video content—both longer videos and shorts and reels—and podcasts, so be sure you’re hooked up at the appropriate links below (podcast on YouTube, YouTube Music, and Spotify).
My, perhaps, too many social media presences are:
My Patreon page is here. It’s an important place where I post serial novels, serial comics, essays and articles on the creative arts business, behind-the-scenes secrets, artwork, photos, and more. Join me and my other patrons and be a part of something entertaining and informative with consistent content. Check out the sweet trailer for the page, too.
I’m also the writer/artist of the webcomic, Fredrikus, which you can read from the beginning here.
On Saturdays, I send out my newsletter, The Canister X Transmission. It’s a weekly newsletter where we all come together after a busy week, unwind, regroup, and kick off the weekend. Currently, we started Year Seven. Join me and my readers and fans of fandom.
Peace.
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Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time Season 2
Begins Production Today
This morning was spent producing the premiere episode of Season Two of the REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTER: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS podcast.
We’re doing things differently this season. Of course, Story Time is the name of the game and a large part of the show, but the format has changed and the stories are much longer.
What’s it all gonna be about? Tune in and subscribe so you’re ready.
Story Time Season 2 is coming soon with more scares, more thrills, more heroics, more fun!
Collecting 101: How I Afford my Toy Collection
If you watch my YouTube channel, the thought has probably crossed your mind as to how I can afford my collecting hobby and toy collection. The truth is: I can’t. I’m a struggling artist like most out there.
Here’s what I do:
1) Never pay retail if/when possible. The majority of my collection comes from dollar stores like Dollar Tree and Dollarama. Example: action figures that retail at the toy store or comic shop for $20+ (before taxes), I can get for $5 or less. Same with the hotwheels. All from the dollar store. And the Funkos? Well…
2) Find a vendor with good deals where things are always discounted, not because something’s wrong with it, but simply because it’s a more affordable vendor. Again, never pay retail if it can be helped.
3) Plan your shipping. Not all vendors offer free shipping upon purchase so what you do is save up and get a bunch of collectibles at once. Yes, a larger bill but you would have spent the same amount on the collectibles anyway so that renders that argument moot. What you’re doing by buying in bulk is amortizing the shipping cost across several units so your per-unit shipping cost goes way down.
4) Gifts. People know I love action figures and toys so I get a bunch of those as gifts, and it’s those gifts I share with you, like my Superman Christmas video. Not talking value here but strictly retail, out of my entire collection out of all the things I collect, I’ve paid about half retail all told. Half.
Yes, us Winnipeggers are cheap and know how to find a deal. We only pay retail if absolutely required.
That’s my secret. (Oh, and you guys checking out my books and comics helps too.)
Peace.
The Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time – The Complete First Season
Last weekend we completed the first full season of the REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS podcast. We’re taking a month break before coming back with round two.
What’s planned? Oh, some things, including a new show format and, of course, more stories.
In the meantime, you can tune in and listen to it in its entirely via the following sources:
The Realm of Heroes and Monsters