#246 – Mike Chen On His Moon Knight & Venom Book: What If Marc Spector Was Host To Venom? Plus Marvel’s Connecting Novels And A Quantum Love Story
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Author & sci-fi aficionado Mike Chen returns to GCC to talk about his new novel; What If Marc Spector Was Host To Venom, which is part of the collection of new What If novels!
In this episode, Mike & Mike discuss the characters of Venom & Moon Knight in depth, including where they each first heard of the characters, how their characters are similar but also different, how Mike wrote this story with so many several different perspectives, the spoiler-free brief of the story and how it connects to the other What If novels. In addition, the duo talk about unlikely friendships, fun parts of writing and they discuss Mike’s book A Quantum Love Story, which Mike recently read!
Find the book here (Amazon UK): https://amzn.eu/d/16gA6Ei
Check out Mike Chen’s website here: mikechenbooks.com and find Mike Chen at @MikeChenWriter on Instagram, Threads and X (Twitter).
Mike was on GCC in May, in ep 234 where they discussed his Star Wars novel Brotherhood as well as some ofhis other works; listen here https://pod.fo/e/23d985 & watch here https://youtu.be/pQA0QvC5qa0
Mike shouted out fellow author Delilah S Dawson, who has written the Star Wars books Inquisitor: Rise Of The Red Blade, Phasma & Black Spire Outpost, plus several non-SW books! Find her @DelilahSDawson on social media!
The Moon Knight Essay Collection Waxing And Waning: http://sequart.org/books/40/examining-moon-knight/
If you want a full retrospective of Moon Knight comics, listen to ep 224 of GCC to hear Mike & Scott Weatherly discuss: https://pod.fo/e/21ecf6 & https://youtu.be/818L9-Lt9BE Mike has also spoken with Leyna of the Douglas Vincent system, who actually has the condition Moon Knight has; Dissociative Identity Disorder, to hear more about this, check out episode 235 of GCC: https://pod.fo/e/2430ed
If you enjoy Star Wars, check out Mike’s monthly show Clone Wars Conversations, where he, Dave & Maff are going through all episodes of the iconic show; which been releasing monthly since January 21st 2024 on the usual podcast feeds & YouTube (eps 221, 225, 229, 233, 236, 238, 241 & 244 of GCC): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8Y79aRWUxSWwdy3eyNrbXBl
You can listen to all episodes of Genuine Chit-Chat or Star Wars: Comics In Canon on their usual podcast feeds, or watch the video versions at https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat!
Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:20 Mike Chen Interview
01:00:30 Outro
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