Chris Mancini is a writer, comedian, filmmaker, and podcaster. On April 12th his graphic novel Long Ago and Far Away will be re-issued in digital format on Amazon Kindle/Comixology and in physical print on the website for his own company, White Cat Entertainment. Long Ago and Far Away tells the tale of a bitter pop-culture nerd who was once the hero of a Narnia-like fantasy kingdom. After his youthful adventures in that Dungeons and Dragons realm, he’s living out his adult life managing a comic shop trying to convince his friends and employees that his stories of wonderment and adventure aren’t just products of his fruitful imagination. When the denizens of that land finally do return for his help once again, he turns his back on the call to adventure and must be convinced to save their world one more time. On this episode of Part-Time Fanboy, Kristian chats with Chris about how Long Ago and Far Away began as a project for the now-defunct Thrillbent online comics outlet, how Chris completely embraced the resentful nerd aspect of comic book fans and used it to create a fun and heartwarming adventure, and how he took his passions for storytelling and turned them into his own small creative studio.

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