# TFFP Ep. 37 – Ernie Altbacker of AREA 51 STUDIOS #3

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Podcast: [The Funky Flavor Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-funky-flavor-podcast-6476496)
Published: 2026-06-13T05:35:00+00:00
Episode link: https://comicsbodega.com/the-funky-flavor-podcast/
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## Resource

Episode thirty-seven of The Funky Flavor Podcast features creator/writer Ernie Altbacker to discuss his Kickstarter campaign for AREA 51 STUDIOS #3. The campaign runs through Tue, June 9 2026 8:05 AM PDT. AREA 51 STUDIOS #3 Written by Ernie Altbacker Art/Colors/Letters by Steve Bryant Our story centers on one alien producer in particular, Zephril Boon. ZB, as friends and frenemies alike call him, lives to rub elbows, claws, tentacles, pseudopods, testenticals (don't ask) with the same outrageous, weird, hilarious, and exhilarating personalities and situations that we’re familiar with in “our” Hollywood. Only…more so. ZB is on the last of a long queue of "very last" chances. This is it! He'll do anything to save his once-great career from the flaming dumpster fire that it will become if his new show, The Human Race, fails. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AREA 51 STUDIOS #3 is still running, but barely. You can visit the campaign at https://bit.ly/Area51Studios3 --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Ernie Altbacker Online: https://www.facebook.com/ernie.altbacker https://www.instagram.com/erniealtbacker https://area51comic.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Jason Bennett Online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TahoeJBennett Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tahoejbennett Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tahoejbennett.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TahoeJBennett Follow Comics Bodega Online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComicsBodega Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicsbodega Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/comicsbodega.com Follow The Funky Flavor Podcast Online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefunkyflavor Blue…

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