Caffeine Fueled Creative

Caffeine Fueled Creative

Welcome to the Caffeine Fueled Creative Podcast, where illustrators Chopsy and Sam Fortner sit down and chat with other artists about their creative endeavors, ALL WHILE DRINKING CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES!!!

Episodes

April 7, 2026 15 mins
Coffee Break! A shorter than usual mini-episode! We're going to start throwing these in as needed.

For this episode Chopsy and Sam had the pleasure of sitting down and having a quick chat with Paul E. Niemeyer!

Paul is the original artist and designer behind the arcade games from all of our childhoods like the Mortal Kombat, Tron and Tapper!

Recorded live on Location at Border Town Comic Con 2026.

Find more from Paul Niemeyer at:
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This episode Chopsy and Sam sit down with Eli Holland AKA Eli The Cartoon to have a post BCAF (Boise Comic Arts Festival) chat. Things get goofy and awkward real quick.

Apologies to Sam, Eli, and all of the listeners for how long its taken to get this episode out. But its here now, and theres more to come.

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September 15, 2025 81 mins
This episode Chopsy and Sam sat down with writer and comic artisan, Vannotes!

I intended on getting this episode out before the Boise Comic Arts Festival, and it just didn't happen. So my apologies to Vannotes, Sam and the Listeners.

Check out everything Vannotes has to offer at vannotesbooks.com and https://linktr.ee/vannotesbooks, sign up for his news letter, and follow him on all his socials.

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August 24, 2025 77 mins
This Episode the boys sat down with Boise artist and video game developer Rayshell Glenn.

This episode came out with some really loud high's, mostly while we were laughing, and there was a lot of laughing in this episode.

We chat about her personal art, along with the video game industry, the use of digital art programs, and Chopsy complaining about AI like an old man.

You can find more from Rayshell at https://linktr.ee/Rayshellglenn
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August 13, 2025 79 mins
This episode we sat down with The Spooky Dinosaur to have a very fun and relaxed chat about his art!

We learned a lot about his ten year history in art, his use of watercolors, and we learned a ton about Dinosaurs, Mythology, the proper way to say "Krampus" and human dialect.

We also talked a lot about the logistics of putting on events and art shows. Catch The Spooky Dinosaur at the 32 Cells art show this weekend, BCAF and more.
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This episode Chopsy and Sam sat down with Boise Public Library events cordinator and Boise Comic Arts Festival founder Josh Shapel.

We talked about the up comming BCAF event (August 30th & 31st, 2025), Comics, and art in general.

Find out more about the event at https://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/BCAF

We hope to see everyone there!

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July 19, 2025 79 mins
This week on the podcast Chopsy and Sam sat down with Hope Buys-Whitworth, better know as Hope Project Arts.

We've had the opportunity to watch Hope grow as an artist over the last few years, and we had an amazing chat about art, events and mental health.

You can find Hope's work at https://the-hope-project-arts.square.site and @hopeprojectarts on all social media sites.

Check out Tape Deck Junkies at:
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June 19, 2025 81 mins
With week I went back to Sam's house so he could help me interview Sugar May, an amazing comic artist here out of Boise, Idaho.

This episode we talk about, comics, creative drive and going on your own path.
You can find all of Sugar May's work at http://sugarmayisagoodwife.com and @sugarmayisagoodwife on all social media platforms.

You can find Sam Fortner's work at https://www.instagram.com/thesamfortner/
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March 27, 2025 48 mins
With week I went to the home of fellow artist Sam Fortner to take a look at his in home studio and chat about everything from art, to college and even Kevin Smith films. Sam is a madman when it comes to illustration, so go check out his work at https://www.instagram.com/thesamfortner/

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March 18, 2025 36 mins
This Week I sat down With Eli Holland AKA Eli The Cartoon. We had a fun little art chat about Eli's comics and pretty much anything that came to mind. It's unstructured and a little unhinged, but its a good start, and will only get better from here.

Eli's website is now live, so go read his comics at http://elithecartoon.com and find him on instagram at @elithecartoon.

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February 23, 2025 5 mins
First new episode of 2025, and honestly, the first new episode since 2023.

Today I just give a quick little update about my goals for the year, and bring up the current state of social media.

The theme music comes from the great band Lab Brats, the song is Escape the Maze. Used by permission from Adam Wallace.

You can find more of the Lab Brats at
https://labbrats.bandcamp.com/
https://instagram.com/LabBratsInc
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