<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A few weeks ago I came across an online video from a comic convention featuring a phalanx of comic book figures — life-size statues, painted to look like they’d walked off the pages of a comic book. Their creator is <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gregmaraio/">Greg Maraio</a>, an actor and artist in Boston who fills his time between shows with this unique project that’s turned into an artistic calling … though for many years, it seemed like it was bringing him to financial ruin.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;We’ll have that interview in a moment. First a quick reminder that I host weekly livestreams every Sunday <a href="http://twitch.tv/mattbaume">on Twitch</a>, and I hope you’ll join me for those. Plus — check out my book <a href="http://gaysitcoms.com">Hi Honey, I’m Homo!</a> at <a href="http://gaysitcoms.com">GaySitcoms.com</a>; subscribe to my email newsletter at <a href="http://mattbaume.com">MattBaume.com</a>, and if you’re enjoying The Sewers of Paris, <a href="http://patreon.com/mattbaume">support the show on Patreon</a> at <a href="http://patreon.com/mattbaume">Patreon.com/mattbaume</a>.</p>