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My name is Ben Blacker.

I'm the creator of the Nerdist Riders panel series.

Follow me on Twitter at Ben Blacker and let me know who you'd like to see on this series.

I'm always looking for new ideas for TV show, movies, books, comics, anyone you like who writes

things. Do me a favor though and check the archive to see if we've already had that person on

whom you would like to hear from. I am a television writer. I've written for supernatural, super ninjas,

and I'm currently on the Netflix DreamWorks show Puss and Boots.

I'm also the co-creator of The Thilling Adventure Hour,

stage production and the style of old-time radio,

which is a weekly podcast here on the Nerdist Network.

For more information, visit thrillingadventurehour.com.

Hi, this is Ben Blacker, creator of the Nerdist Writers Panel and the Nerdist Comics panel.

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