Filmmaker, writer, and composer Jacob Calta is a newcomer and tour de force in the modern indie scene. Born and raised in upstate New York, Calta’s a film buff with a knack for filmmaking, and a massive knowledge of the medium that he puts to use editing for review site A Fistful of Film and on his video review channel Quality Candor. His rampant imagination has also given birth to hours of vintage-styled electronic music released on his Bandcamp and his pulp sci-fi project 365 Infantry, a quarterly magazine that’s equal parts “Blade Runner,” “Mad Max,” and “Heavy Metal” and is on track to becoming a multimedia juggernaut.

Since so much of Jacob’s time is spent working on his one property 365 Infantry, it seems fair to assume that he might feel creatively stifled. I’d suspect he doesn’t get to stretch his legs into other worlds, but he assures me that despite its specificity, the world of 365 Infantry is diverse enough to let him create whatever he likes. In addition, he spends plenty of time working in other genres, we just don’t get to see them as of yet.

Describing himself as “the oldest twenty-one-year-old on the face of the earth,” Jacob Calta talks about the pulp magazine scene of the past and how happy he is to be involved with reviving the medium. He looks romantically at Manhunt, Astounding Stories, EC Comics, etc. Calta laments that the market in its current state can’t support the creators looking to take part. He sees Anvil Magazine as a first step in the evolution of this modern scene or Iron Age.