Episode Details

Mark C. Dooley - The Genesis of a Fanboy & The Actual Adventures of Mark and Dee

Mark C. Dooley joins The USDN Podcast to talk about growing up a comic book fan before fandom was mainstream — and how the 1960s Batman TV era temporarily turned bullying into popularity overnight.

Mark is the creator of MARK AND DEE: GENESIS OF A FANBOY (an autobiographical comic strip series spanning childhood into the teen years) and THE ACTUAL, SEMI-TRUE ADVENTURES OF MARK AND DEE (a contemporary series centered around community, friendship, and comic shop culture).

We dive into Batmania, creativity as survival, meeting Dee at age 12, turning real-life triumph and tragedy into comics, and why indie storytelling hits different when it’s lived.

We also spotlight Mark’s current Kickstarter for GENESIS OF A FANBOY Volume One, collecting years of strips into a single book, plus what’s next with THE ACTUAL Volume One and Issue #6 (the wedding story).

Guest Links:
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/markanddee/mark-and-dee-genesis-of-a-fanboy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.c.dooley/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markcdooley/
Substack: https://substack.com/@markcdooley1
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mcdooley1.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/u10978651
Blogspot: https://deboss1.blogspot.com/