"A Brief History of the BlockHeadZ: Introduction" - September 11, 2025
You know them... you love them... now, learn where they came from!
Every Thursday, Silver Gecko Publishing highlights one of my stories, either a work of short fiction, a novel, or an audiobook. This week’s selection is the introduction to the comic compilation A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BLOCKHEADZ, due on Kindle and in mass-market paperback in October!
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-Kevin Carr
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Illustrations by Benjamin Géza
A Brief History of the BlockHeadZ: Introduction by Kevin Carr & Benjamin Géza
Eleanor Roosevelt once said:
That may not be a fully accurate quote. In fact, there’s a strong chance this quote was completely made up.
But let’s be honest… before you got half-way through, you honestly believed that Eleanor Roosevelt said something profound about doodles and art.
She was iconic pimp, after all.
None of that is actually relevant. Because the BlockHeadZ did not start out as a doodle. Rather, the BlockHeadZ started out as an idea… a concept… a shape, if you will. Then two shapes. And then came the doodle.
Along with my son Benjamin Géza, I helped create the BlockHeadZ. This silly little internet comic strip started out as a glimmer of creativity in my head, but it did not fully form until we had mixed it up in a pot of creative sauce, each of us adding our own unique flavors to the creation. And it was from that bubbling pot of creative stew that the BlockHeadZ grew.
The BlockHeadZ have been making people laugh on a weekly basis for a year now. Our first cartoon hit the Internet on August 1, 2024 with a somewhat prophetic gag about the two friends contemplating their own laziness. In August of 2025 – to celebrate one year of weekly comics – the strip debuted cartoon avatars of ourselves.
That’s what this book is about: Us. Yes, as much as it is a book about the characters themselves, we couldn’t turn down the sweet taste of egomaniacal hubris. So we are the star here, not those dumb little doodles.
So let’s dive right in to the warped minds that developed this strip.
I am a nationally syndicated radio personality and author. For 20 years, I headlined the Fat Guys at the Movies radio program, flapping my jaw about movies, cinema culture, and whatnot, offering a non-pretentious, fly-over-state sensibility. I put Fat Guys at the Movies to bed in early 2024, mainly to free up some time to develop his writing.
I still produce entertainment reports for Westwood One’s nationally-syndicated news show America in the Morning. Movie reviews drop every Friday, and you can check those out on my TikTok page @fatguysatthemovies. You can also see them each week on my Substack, which is coincidentally where you can get your weekly dose of BlockHeadZ: SilverGecko.substack.com.
With a background in teaching and filmmaking, I chose neither of those as a career, proving once again that preparation does not always lead to productivity. This is certainly the case when creativity is involved.
On the other hand, Benjamin Géza has a much more interesting origin story.
Benjamin Géza began his life in a Khazastani prison, held there for a crime he didn’t commit. (That can be proved because the crime happened before he was born.) After learning martial arts, hand-to-hand combat, and basic toilet training, Benjamin Géza broke out of the compound and made his way on foot all the way to America. (Yes, he even traveled by foot over the ocean… don’t ask.)
After making a fortune in the stock market, he blew it all on whores and cocaine, falling into a string of turbulent relationships with everyone from Lorenzo Lamas to Ana de Armas.
Fortunately, one day, I discovered Benjamin Géza in an alley behind a defunct Canes Chicken Fingers franchise. After nursing him back to health, I discovered that he had a hidden talent for the visual arts. So, keeping my young protégé faithful with a cocktail of Capri Sun and Fruit Roll-Ups, I collaborated with Benjamin Géza to design the now-wildly-popular BlockHeadZ.
The only thing left to do is the final step: PROFIT!
Oh, one other thing you should know about me is that I exaggerate. A lot. Even my exxaggerrattions are exaggerated.
In the following chapters, you will discover the sordid history of the BlockHeadZ, how they came to be, what’s with their heads, and what the hell are these guys’ names.
Excelsior!
