Geek Syndicate Issue 9 March 2014 | Page 55

Geek Syndicate initial characters. We’ve watched a lot of the Food Network and thought to parody the cooking show theme with a super strict show host...who says TV is a bad influence huh? GS: You are giving away a 16 page comic free why did you decide to do this as opposed to charging for the prologue? GS: So give us your pitch...just what the hell is Samurai Chef? SC: Samurai Chef is a cooking show where the Chef judges contestants dishes by attacking them with his sword! However, the contestants eventually adapt to the harsh judging measures and the battle quickly escalates. All the mayamada characters are from shows in our fantasy television network world and Samurai Chef is just the first of the shows we’re working on. GS: Who would you say Samurai Chef is aimed at? SC: It’s an action comedy mix with large amounts of food based violence...so I’d say it’s aimed at people open to new ideas :-) haven’t seen before. GS: So you started out with just selling T-shirts...was the comic always something you wanted to do? SC: We started out doing t-shirt but the comics was always part of the plan. We are creating a really cool brand world and bringing it to people in different ways whether it’s with tshirts, comics or events. SC: Since we released Samurai Chef Volume 1 people have bec