Stuff Said 053: Chris Staros

(contains brief adult language)

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SHOW NOTES:

• Chris Staros on Twitter
• Top Shelf’s website and Twitter
• More about tinnitus (ringing in the ears/”getting boxed”/hearing damage)
• Courtesy of Chris, here’s photographic proof of his metal life and the band, Lethal Promise:
• Valient Thorr
  Fu Manchu
  Chris talked about trying out for sports and “natural talent”, things he touches up a bit in HIS comics in YEARBOOK STORIES, available from, yep, Top Shelf.
• SCAD, the Savannah College of Art & Design, with campuses in Savannah and Atlanta.
• Top Shelf’s booth at Comic-Con, from the Top Shelf twitter account:
• V for Vendetta
• We only mention it briefly, but Chris entered comics with The Staros Report, “an annual fanzine dedicated to promoting “the most intelligent and innovative” graphic novels in the business. In addition to ranked reviews, each issue of The Staros Report featured interviews, comics, bibliographies, character guides, letters, and more.” (wikipedia)
• Before it was Top Shelf, it was Primal Groove. Here, the original Primal Groove logo and the Top Shelf anthology they published:
• Craig Thompson (Blankets & Goodbye Chunky Rice)
• The book I tried to get published as an original graphic novel at Marvel and got frustrated with the P&L person over number crunching was BLAZE OF GLORY.
• Colonel Tom Parker
• Rich Koslowski (Three Fingers, The King. BB Wolf and the 3 LPs)
• David Yurkovitch (Death by Chocolate, Less Than Heroes)
• Jess Fink (We Can Fix It!, Chester 5000)
• Kevin Cannon (Far Arden, Crater XV)
• Double Barrel
• From Double Barrel, a few pages of “Penny from the Front” because I think it’s awesome:
• The TV Room at Graceland (photo found here):
• Official Elvis events listing
• Here’s a nice selection of Elvis factoids and trivia.
• Elvis 1968 Comeback Special:
• Elvis, “Aloha from Hawaii”:
• Andy Kaufman Elvis story/impression:
• Elvis tribute artists Chris mentioned: Cody Slaughter, Ben Portsmouth, Pete Storm, Anthony Shore
• PIX: ONE WEIRDEST WEEKEND Diamond Comics Item #DEC141546
• “Stuff Said Theme” by Craig Chin (also on Soundcloud)
• Other music/audio: “She is Staggering (instrumental)” by Polaris, “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Suspicious Minds” by Elvis Presley