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D’Andre Ellis (https://twitter.com/Prophecy_Comics) talks about his kickstarter for ‘Heavy is the Hand’ (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hithcbs/heavy-is-the-hand-issue-1-of-comic-book-series) Writer Christopher Cantwell (https://twitter.com/ifyoucantwell) talks about his experience writing Iron Man comics. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: D’Andre Ellis from Prophecy Comics (https://www.instagram.com/prophecycomics/) talks about adapting his movie script into a comic book, the Kickstarter for his comic, and the creators who have inspired him. 21:30 SEGMENT 2: Writer Christopher Cantwell talks about getting his start in indie comics, getting tapped by Marvel to write for Doctor Doom, pitching for Iron Man, and how long he plans to keep writing for Marvel. 31:20 SEGMENT 3: Christopher Cantwell talks about which Marvel characters he was allowed pair up with Iron Man, taking Tony Stark to space, keeping the Space Friends together, his admiration for Tom Brevoort, his new JFK conspiracy story for Boom Comics, working with Kar

In this 2nd part of a 2 part interview, comic writer, editor, and creator Tom DeFalco talks about Thor, Hasbro, collecting comics, and the crowdfunding campaign for his new book ‘The R.I.G.H.T. Project’ with Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema. Also, James shares a roundtable interview from Terrificon with Howard Mackie, Paul Kupperberg, and D.G. Chichester. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Tom DeFalco talks about his problems with the DC films, coming up with the Acts of Vengeance crossover, co-creating New Warriors, and creating the character of Thunderstrike Eric Masterson in the Thor comics. 10:45 SEGMENT 2: Tom DeFalco talks about which of his characters deserved to be more popular, working with Hasbro to create comics like G.I. Joe and Transformers, how he feels about his legacy, collecting things that he has worked on, hurricane Sandy wiping out most of his collection, his plans to attend future conventions, and how J. M. DeMatteis convinced him to start going to conventions. 20:43 SEGMENT 3: Tom DeFalco talks about the indiegog

Ryan Cooper, Special Events Producer for The City of St. Charles, gives the backstory on the huge Halloween festival in St. Charles called Legends and Lanterns (http://legendsandlanterns.com/) and shares what is new for this year. Writer Marcos Gabriel (https://twitter.com/MarcosAGabriel) talks about his new horror film called ‘The Old Ways’ (https://theoldwaysmovie.com/). Find out how he used his latin heritage to put a new spin on the exorcism genre. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Ryan Cooper, Special Events Producer for The City of St. Charles, gives the backstory on how Legends and Lanterns came about, researching real Main Street St. Charles haunted history, additions to this year’s festivities, sensory friendly experiences, and new characters that have been added. 14:55 SEGMENT 2: Ryan Cooper talks about the New Orleans inspired masquerade ball called The Bayou Bash happening as part of Legends and Lanterns on October 29th at the St. Charles Foundry. Ryan also shares how the planning for Legends and Lanterns is a year

In this first part of a 2 part interview, comic writer, editor, and creator Tom DeFalco talks about his start on Archie Comics, creating characters for Marvel, his work on Spider-Man and Thor, and working on stories for Spider-Girl, Green Goblin, and the Hobgoblin. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Tom DeFalco talks about all the different types of writing he did before comics, starting at Archie Comics, growing up loving all comics, Riverdale on The CW, the live action Spider-Man movies, introducing the Hobgoblin, avoiding retconning characters, and the One More Day Spider-Man storyline that led to petitions from fans. 14:26 SEGMENT 2: Tom DeFalco talks about creating the Spider-Man characters Black Fox and Silver Sable and revisiting the Clone Saga. 22:10 SEGMENT 3: Tom DeFalco talks about being known more for Spider-Man than Thor, how he became editor at Marvel Comics, pitching ideas vs being assigned ideas, and how Spider-Girl was meant to be a one-shot. 31:52 SEGMENT 4: Tom DeFalco talks about starting Dazzler’s solo book

0:00 Ash Patino (https://ashestoashtv.com/) talks about her documentary ‘PTSD: The Walking Wounded’, why she was drawn to working with veterans, the challenges of making a documentary, how to spot the signs of PTSD, editing down 60 hours of footage, when her love of film started, and her next project about the boy scouts. 27:57 To celebrate the beginning of the Halloween season, James shares how ‘The Changeling’ (1980) is one his all time favorite horror films and gives details about the Legends and Lanterns Festival in St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/events/legends-lanterns/). Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/) and Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/) Amazon Affiliate Link -   http://bit.ly/geektome Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3Y0D2iaZl Patreon -   https://www.patreon.com/GeekToMeRadio Website -   http://geektomeradio.com/ Podcast -   https://anchor.fm/james

Author Brian Heiler (https://twitter.com/Plaidstallions) talks about rack toys; the cheap licensed toys that can be found at drug stores and five and dimes. Check out his book “Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings” from Nacelle Company Publishing at http://racktoysbook.com/ 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Brian Heiler talks about his parents being involved in the distribution of rack toys, getting locked in a drug store, reading his dad’s toy publications, playing with his dad’s toy samples, what Christmas was like for Brian, the types of movies and TV shows got rack toys, and the types of people that collect rack toys 10:10 SEGMENT 2: Brian Heiler talks about bonding with strangers over rack toys, weird water guns, why there is so much bizarre Marvel rack toys, and why monster toys are so crude. 20:24 SEGMENT 3: Brian Heiler talks about the Universal Monsters craze, rack toys as seasonal stocking stuffers, updating the book for the 2nd edition, the book selling for $100 on Amazon while it was out of print, and Brian Volk-Wei

Pat Fraley (https://patfraley.com/) talks about his upcoming appearance at Unicon in Las Vegas October 1st-3rd, 2021 (https://www.unicon.vegas/), his online voice acting courses (https://patfraley.com/pf/product-category/hsc/), and his amazing career voicing characters for TMNT, GI Joe, TaleSpin, The Centurions, BraveStarr, and more! 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Pat Fraley (https://twitter.com/PFraleyteaches) talks about voicing cartoons in the same room as his fellow cast members, when it’s okay to change a line in the script, how Pat’s courses teach students how to wow a casting director in the first 4 seconds of an audition, and the differences between how directors act whether it is a cartoon, video game, or narration gig. 16:56 SEGMENT 2: Pat Fraley (https://www.youtube.com/user/PatrickFraley) talks about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cast reuniting at Unicon in Las Vegas October 1st-3rd, the most interesting fan interaction he’s ever had at a convention, how animation really exploded after He-Man debuted in 1983,

Herdis Stefansdottier (https://www.herdisstefansdottir.com/) talks about composing the music for the FX on Hulu show “Y: The Last Man”, adapted from the Brian K. Vaughan graphic novel. Michael Kramer (https://www.michaelkramermusic.com/) talks about composing the music for the Netflix kids show “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe”. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Herdis Stefansdottir talks about how intimidating it was to tackle the music for a show that will last multiple seasons, feeling lucky that the producers liked her reel, leaving law school for music, missing performing live, whether her parents always supported her artistic pursuits, and begging her family for piano lessons when she was 8. 12:53 SEGMENT 2: Herdis Stefansdottir (https://www.instagram.com/herdisstef/) talks about feeling overwhelmed in music school, being inspired by other female composers, where she hopes her career will be in 5 years, whether she wants to be a teacher, and what advice she’d give to aspiring composers. 21:09 SEGMENT 3: Michael Kr

Adam Hall, the brand manager for Boulevard Brewing (https://www.boulevard.com/), talks about their new Space Camper IPA and the comic book based universe they are building around their future beers. Yuri Lowenthal (https://twitter.com/YuriLowenthal) and Parvesh Cheena (https://twitter.com/Parvesh) share stories from their amazing acting careers and take some time to catch up with each other live on the air. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Adam Hall from Boulevard Brewing (https://twitter.com/boulevard_beer) talks about what an IPA is, The Space Camper comic universe, taking inspiration from the West Coast Avengers, beers with short shelf lives lending themselves to a limited release, whether the art will change year by year, new characters and new identities that will be added, whether there will be toys and comics made, why Boulevard is donating 7% of the profits back to carefully chosen programs that help to save the earth, and using the finder tool on their website to find Boulevard products. 13:30 SEGMENT 2: Yuri Lowenth

Writer/Director/Producer Joel Soisson (https://twitter.com/JoelSoisson) talks about his film “My Best Worst Adventure”. Video game legend Walter Day (https://thewalterdaycollection.com/) talks about his predictions for the future of gaming. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Joel Soisson talks about his obsession with horror, racing Cambodian water buffalos, filming in southeast Asia, picking up a parasite, making “Dracula 2000” with Bob Weinstein, Christopher Plummer, and Gerard Butler, and what draws him to “The Prophecy” series. 16:15 SEGMENT 2: Joel Soisson talks about what makes him want to produce a film, what a producer does, why writing and directing is more fun than producing, wanting to be an animator and cinematographer, staying busy during COVID, and working on a “Magnificent Seven” remake with Danny Trejo. 28:23 SEGMENT 3: Walter Day talks about partnering with Old School Gamer Magazine at Planet Comicon’s Planet Entertainment Zone (PEZ) where they held the Retro Gaming Olympics. Walter also discusses how every new

Barbara Friedlander (https://twitter.com/BarbaraFriedla2) talks about being a trailblazer at DC Comics in the early days when it was a boy’s club. Laura Karpman (http://www.laurakarpman.com/) talks about creating the music for the Disney+ series “What If…”. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Barbara Friedlander talks about being one of the 1st female editors at DC, being the first woman to create a character for DC, creating “Swing with Scooter” with Joe Orlando as the artist, loving the Wonder Woman movies, working with Bob Kane and Bill Finger, being mentored by Jack Miller, loving Brenda Starr, being thrown into the deep end after getting hired at DC, comparing working at DC to “Mad Men”, Sol Harrison loving anyone who had talent, and her upcoming book. 16:45 SEGMENT 2: James met Walter Day (https://thewalterdaycollection.com/) of Twin Galaxies Arcade, “The King of Kong”, and “Wreck-It Ralph” at Planet Comicon. Look for that interview later this week in episode 256. 25:03 SEGMENT 3: Laura Karpman (https://music.apple.com/us/

Writer/Director Mike Cuenca (https://twitter.com/MikeCuenca_) talks about his movie "Like a Dirty French Novel", which is a noir film made up of 5 different chapters. Check out the trailer https://youtu.be/-O23vC1GoHI 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Mike Cuenca (https://www.instagram.com/mikecuenca_/) talks about how wild it is to see his film on the big screen at the legendary Chinese Theater in Hollywood, making a movie in only a week, giving the actors just their specific scenes, whether the movie turned out exactly the way he pictured it, his inspirations for the film, and whether he would let someone else direct one of his scripts. 12:10 SEGMENT 2: Mike Cuenca (https://linktr.ee/mikecuenca) talks about having a shared universe for all of his movies and his feelings on crowdfunding. 19:28 SEGMENT 3: Mike Cuenca talks about submitting his films to festivals, the rewatchability of his movies, and filming “Boys About Town” over many years to show the characters aging in real time. 27:42 SEGMENT 4: Mike Cuenca talks about cr

Actress Hannah Kat Jones (https://hannahkatjones.com/)  talks about what it was like playing Harley Quinn in the webseries “Superhero Diaries” (https://www.youtube.com/c/SuperHeroDiaries) and her love of acting. 4 time Eisner Award Winning artist Rick Burchett (https://www.facebook.com/rick.burchett.98) talks about how Batman both helped and hurt his career and why it can be important to have a distinctive art style when drawing comics. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Actress Hannah Kat Jones (https://www.instagram.com/hannahkatjones) talks about how much the Harley Quinn costume helps to get into character, how the pigtails are so tight they pull her face into a smile, her background with the comics, researching Harley, being starstruck when talking to Rick Burchett, and flirting with Spider-Man. 12:28 SEGMENT 2: Actor Hannah Kat Jones talks about Phil Lamarr playing the live action Green Lantern, when she got bit by the acting bug, being the Persian Panda mascot for her middle school, asking for acting lessons for Chr

Host James Enstall and producer Joey Vosevich have a spoiler-filled discussion about their history with The Suicide Squad comics and movies and review James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" (2021). 0:42 James’ very 1st episode of Geek to Me Radio featured a review of “Suicide Squad” (2016) https://bit.ly/geektome1 2:45 James’ 1st exposure to The Suicide Squad was reading Justice League International #13. Later on he bought the 66 issue run off ebay for about $16. 6:05 James’ problems with “Suicide Squad” (2016) 9:55 Superhero movie exhaustion 10:42 It’s just better to see a movie in the theater 13:36 James interviewed John Ostrander back in 2017 about his involvement in “Suicide Squad” (2016) https://bit.ly/geektome42 15:44 James Gunn getting fired by Disney was a good thing 20:40 DC knew what they were going to get with James Gunn and practically wrote him a blank check 21:43 It was smart not to make Idris Elba do a Will Smith impression 22:06 Margot Robbie embodies Harley Quinn 23:15 “The Suicide Squad” (2021) is

Mike Davenport (https://twitter.com/marvel_mmo) talks about The Marvel Universe Online (https://themarveluniverseonline.com/), an open-world version of the Marvel Universe made by fans for fans that takes place on the ever-changing world of Earth 619. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Mike Davenport talks about how The Marvel Universe Online started as a massive multiplayer online (MMO) project between Microsoft and Marvel, Marvel suing ‘City of Heroes’ because of their character creator, and how he’s avoided being sued by Marvel. 10:43 SEGMENT 2: Mike Davenport talks about commissioning artists to create the art for The Marvel Universe Online and creating character handbook entries. 16:53 SEGMENT 3: Mike Davenport talks about designing the locations for The Marvel Universe Online, what the end goal is, and how far along the project is. 28:18 SEGMENT 4: Mike Davenport talks about what characters he is the most excited about for The Marvel Universe Online, what he is looking for in an artist, and how you can support the project

First we talk to Chris McQuillen about next Sunday's ToyMan Show at the Bridgeton Machinists Hall, then we talk to Spike Forster about how he sources and sells collectibles and toys, then we talk to the head of marketing for Planet Comicon Chris Phelan, and finally a quick review for “The Suicide Squad”. Keep an eye out for our “The Suicide Squad” spoiler discussion in the upcoming days. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Chris McQuillen (https://toymanshow.com/) talks about the 8.29.2021 ToyMan Show at the Bridgeton Machinists Hall, his family running toy shows for 30+ years, the different types of toys that can be found at ToyMan Shows, and why you shouldn’t skip those bargain bins that are under most of the vendor tables. 16:48 SEGMENT 2: Spike Forster a.k.a. That Lost in Space Guy (https://www.ebay.com/usr/thatlostinspaceguy/), talks about sourcing and selling toys and collectibles, how he got into selling, having a warehouse full of merchandise, how hectic his travel schedule used to be, a $1,300 box of Space Ghost bubble

0:00 SEGMENT 1: Kathy Garver (http://www.kathygarver.com/) talks about her very 1st voiceover audition, “Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends” now on Disney+, working with Stan Lee, being an author, her Retro TV reunion show called “Idol Chat”, and some stories from “Family Affair”. 15:46 SEGMENT 2: Robert Costanzo (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182456/) talks about roasting people in business meetings before becoming an actor, voicing Harvey Bullock on “Batman The Animated Series”, working with Andrea Romano, getting his start on “Dog Day Afternoon”, the movie “Do You Wanna Dance?”, the grind of “Days of Our Lives”, and the greatest lessons he has ever learned from his fellow actors. 33:58 SEGMENT 3: George Newbern (https://twitter.com/georgenewbern) and Maria Canals-Barrera (https://twitter.com/Maria_CB) talk about Justice League reunions, “Scandal”, “Father of the Bride”, “The Proud Family”, “Justice League Vs. The Fatal Five”, their favorite directors, balancing work and family, video games, and getting advi

Tracey Birdsall (http://www.traceybirdsall.com/) talks about appearing in the 2nd season of the Netflix sketch comedy show “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” and her career as an actress. Jim Ousley (https://twitter.com/JimOusley) talks about the Kickstarter for his latest horror comic called “The Atonement Bell” (https://bit.ly/geektomeatonement) 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Tracey Birdsall talks about the grind of working on soap operas and wanting to do more comedy after working on “I Think You Should Leave”. 19:17 SEGMENT 2: Jim Ousley talks about the inspiration for “The Atonement Bell” and how it combines horror/family/religion. Jim also talks about making sure he landed the ending, his love for the artist Raymond Estrada  (https://twitter.com/ItsOkayRaymond), and working remotely with an artist who lives in LA. 28:44 SEGMENT 3: Jim Ousley talks about St. Louis’ complicated history, what he learned from his last horror anthology “Butcher Queen”, and his process for writing comics. 41:57 SEGMENT 4: Jim

Courtney Gains (https://www.instagram.com/courtneygains/) talks about starring in movies like “Children of the Corn”, “Back to the Future”, and “The ‘Burbs” as a teen and then refocusing his career back on acting after having a child. Check out his latest projects “Queen Bees” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8338076/) and “River” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12823084/).  0:00 SEGMENT 1: Courtney Gains talks about what advice he would give his teenage self, getting serious about acting again after having a kid, his music career, having his songs featured in movies, and staying productive during COVID.  9:20 SEGMENT 2: Courtney Gains talks about his new film “River”, the struggles of indie filmmaking, how his roles have changed now that he is in his 50’s, which movie he learned the most about acting on, and thanking Bruce Dern later on in life for how kind he was during “The ‘Burbs”.  17:13 SEGMENT 3: Courtney Gains talks about how learning improv can help an actor, making a conscious choice not t

Marvel Comics editor Tom Brevoort (https://tombrevoort.com/) joins James for the entire hour to co-host an episode celebrating the comics of “What If…” and the new show premiering on Disney+ on August 11th. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Marvel Comics editor Tom Brevoort (https://twitter.com/TomBrevoort) celebrates the 60th anniversary of the 1st issue of “Fantastic Four”, Tom and James talk about their first issues of “What If…”, and Tom talks about being an intern at Marvel when the 2nd volume of “What If…” came out. 11:10 Writer/editor/artist Al Milgrom talks about “What If… Elektra Had Lived”, “What If… the Marvel Bullpen Became the Fantastic Four”, and what power he would like to have. 14:02 Tom Breevort talks about why the body count was always so high in “What If…” stories. 17:20 SEGMENT 2: Tom Brevoort talks about his top 3 “What If..” stories. 25:30 A caller talks about “What If...Captain America Fought in the Civil War”. 28:25 James’ favorite story is “What If… Professor X Had Become The Juggernaut” 30:15 Artist K