August | 2025 | K J and A Podcast

This week on the K J and A Podcast, we’re joined by indie comic creator Alex Clark, the mind and pen behind the new series Lost in the Shuffle.

We talk all things nerdy—from childhood cartoons and favorite comic runs to the behind-the-scenes process of bringing a self-published story to life. Alex walks us through the characters, inspirations, and emotional beats of Lost in the Shuffle #1 and #2, as well as what’s coming next.

If you love indie art, character-driven storytelling, and good old-fashioned nerd tangents, this is your episode.

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Gothic castles, divine relics, and a Belmont on the edge—let’s talk Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.

In this episode of the K J and A Podcast, we sink our fangs into Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — MercurySteam and Kojima Productions’ bold reboot of the iconic franchise.

We discuss:

The shift from 2D to cinematic 3D and how it changed the series
Gabriel Belmont’s tragic journey from holy knight to something much darker
God masks, necromancers, werewolves, vampires, and titanic bosses
The game’s combat, puzzles, and exploration (plus that satisfying whip!)
That twist ending and what it meant for the Castlevania timeline
Whether the game holds up today and how it compares to the classics

Whether you played it back in 2010 or just discovered it now, Lords of Shadow offers one of the boldest takes on Belmont lore—and we’re here to dig into all of it.