Episode 50 - Interview with Anisah Jabar, The Importance of Ms. Marvel "Diversity in Comic Books"
Hello GLC prisoners!
In this episode, we are happy to introduce you to Anisah Jabar. She's a writer, actress, producer, and up and coming cosplayer that you need to get to know. She has a growing social media presence and now a youtube movie short we think is great. It's titled "MsMarvel: No Normal". It's about the beginnings of Kamala Kahn, a Muslim-American girl from New Jersey that eventually becomes Ms. Marvel. Chuck and I look forward to her future movies, based on how great the first one is.
In this podcast episode we talk with Anisah about the importance of diversity in comics, empowering women, tolerance and acceptance, and being true to yourself.
Please subscribe to: Anisah Jabar, Ms. Marvel NYC, on You-Tube. Here is the link to Anisah's YouTube movie short:
Ms. Marvel: No Normal (Anisah Jabar)
This is the link to the Ms. Marvel CBS News story Anisah helped produce:
You can find Anisah on Instagram: @msmarvelnyc
Or on Twitter: @AnisahJabar
Her friend Lauren cosplays as well, Instagram: @projectkr_
We had a great time talking with Anisah and look forward to following her as she shoots for the stars and achieves her dreams. Best of luck Anisah!
I hope you all enjoy our 50th episode!
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Episode 30:
Graphic Novel Writer Wes Locher Talks "Unit 44" - Wes Locher's newly released sci-fi/comedy graphic novel is packed with laughs, with great visuals from illustrator Eduardo Jimenez.
UNIT 44 - This sci-fi/comedy romp tells the story of inept Area 51 employees who forget to pay the rent on the facility's off-site storage unit, leaving the secret contents to be sold at public auction. When an alien invasion threatens Earth, it's up to agents Hatch and Gibson to recover an item from the locker if they hope to stop the extraterrestrial threat.
Alterna Comic's newest graphic novel is hilarious; laughs on every page, if not every panel (awesome sight gags from Ed Jimenez). We highly recommend it. Writer and Unit 44 creator Wes Locher was a great guy to interview. He tells us how he got involved writing comic books and writing video games. He's got other projects in the works that sound awesome as well. He survived the eclipse, and if you did also, you should buy his graphic novel. You can get it on Amazon, Target, and if you go to your local comic store, your buddy behind the counter can still order it to get it into your hands. After you listen to this interview, you should probably just go to your comic shop. Oh, first give us a good review on iTunes (Apple Podcasts). Every 5-star review helps our show get noticed by more potential listeners. HELP US HELP YOU!
Follow Wes Locher on twitter: @weslocher
Follow illustrator, Eduardo Jimenez on twitter: @edjimenezart
Follow Alterna Comics on twitter: @alternacomics
In this episode you will also get MissGeek89's review of "Unit 44"! Go find MissGeek89 on Instagram! She's got a great IG account.
Our "outro" announcer Ashe976 is on Instagram as well, and you'll hear her at the end of this episode.
Thanks Wes for coming on our show! Chuck and I truly are working to improve upon the "Skype standard", so next time we talk I won't sound like a cylon. Ha!
One more thing! There's a promo in the middle of our episode for another podcast we love "Hey Down In Front". Give them a listen, subscribe, rate, review, rinse, repeat.
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Thank you friends, prisoners, Hatch, Gibson, and Alterna!
Episode 18 - Interview with Alterna Comics publisher Peter Simeti
#BringBackNewsPrintComics -$1.50 each!
In our previous episode, during Geek News, Chuck and Steve discussed the announcement by Alterna Comics publisher Peter Simeti, that Alterna is returning to the days of yore... newsprint comic books! Alterna has been publishing comics and graphic novels for over 10 years. They've weathered tough times, but Peter navigated those waters. With the advent of crowd sourcing web sites, such as Kickstarter, independent comics are experiencing a renaissance, and captivating readers like never before. Alterna comics has seen their share of positive reviews, New York Times best selling graphic novels, and now one of their classic titles (written by Peter) "The Chair" has recently become a feature length film. Its starring Rowdy Roddy Piper (RIP) and currently making the rounds on the horror film festival circuit.
Why is Alterna returning to newsprint comics? Quality stories, lower cost, and location, location, location. Alterna comics will be found at your beloved local comic shop, but also at regular ol' newsstands, in those spots left vacant by "main stream" titles. Increased visibility should equal increased Alterna circulation.
Reading new newsprint comics again will be very cool. I might even roll one up and put it in my back pocket for old time's sake. On new comic day, you can definitely afford to get all of the new Alterna titles for less than 10 bucks! for $1.50 an issue (and sometimes less) you can definitely afford a "reader copy" and a "saver" to put away.
For collectors, newsprint comics means that mint and near-mint ratings mean something again. A newsprint comic will need special care to get slabbed with a 10.0 rating. Will you be smart enough to secure those first issues quality condition?
Enjoy our podcast interview with Peter Simeti, publisher at Alterna Comics. Then, go to your local comic store and tell them to add the following Alterna titles to your pull-back list:
Amazing Age, Adam Wreck, Croak, Lilith Dark, Trespasser, The Chair, Scrimshaw, and Mother Russia.
If you miss them at your comic store, you'll likely see them pop up at your newsstand two months later (since comic shops get first dibs).
Thank you Peter Simeti for coming on Geek Life Crisis. We think of you as the Stan Lee of independent comics! We hope to follow up with you someday and hear good things about your newsprint issues. www.alternacomics.com
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Steve & Chuck
Hope you enjoyed the promo from "Grouch Inc." podcast. It's really funny, and I'm a little jealous how easy they make podcasting seem. www.soundcloud.com/grouch-inc
Special thanks again super producer, Chuck, for getting in touch with Peter Simeti, as well my long time friend Karen for our new "out-tro" at the end of the ep. Can you guess which celebrity she sounds like??
Biff Yeager, an experienced Hollywood character actor who has been in many popular movies and TV shows such as: Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Seinfeld, Golden Girls, Gilmore Girls, Preacher, and our favorite: Star Trek: The Next Generation. On TNG he played Chief Engineer Lt. Commander Argyle in season one. Biff shined in his role, but only did 2 episodes. This is known as "The Legend of Argyle"* and we get to the bottom of it. We also find out Argyle's first name, and how his character dies (not canon - but close enough).
* Argyle (and Biff) had a recent ST:TNG renaissance due to the popular podcast "The Greatest Generation". Hosts (Ben Harrison and Adam Pranica) spotlighted Lt. Commander Argyle one day, and their fans on social media took it from there. Biff's now a GreatestGen listener that responds to his fans and friends on twitter. Also, we find out if Biff would appear at "Gen Con 2017"!
Did you know Biff was a big deal on Gilmore Girls too? He talks about the upcoming Gilmore Girls Fan Fest in Connecticut. Will "Tom, the Contractor" appear at the CT. Fan Fest? With or without a beard??
Most recently Biff played a minor yet critical character on AMC's "Preacher". His character changes the entire landscape of the show! We talk about his work on Preacher, so... SPOILER ALERT if you did not see the finale!
Biff's a great guy, and truly an artist first and foremost. Chuck and I got to see some of his fractal artwork and it's amazing. He's putting together a book of his art pieces, and hopes it will be available to purchase by Christmas. While you're waiting for that, go to Amazon right now and get the children's book he and his daughter collaborated on: Smokey The Cat. It's based on Biff's actual cat finding his purr. Aww!
One thing we forgot to mention on our show, Biff's twitter handle is @Biff_Yeager. Go follow him and tell him you heard him on our show! (Or at least follow him.)
Thanks for downloading this episode, and please leave us a kind review on iTunes.
PEACE!
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(Oh, if seems like we said our goodbyes and dumped out quickly at the end of the episode... SKYPE is a fickle mistress. The connection crapped out, so I edited around that stuff. Maybe I pulled it off, let me know.)
Hello everyone!
We were very lucky to interview Laura Gilbert of Sydney, Australia. (We kept her up late to do this interview. Friggin time zones!) Laura is new to cosplaying, but has become an overnight success. She's 21 years old, and recently decided to attend Oz Comic Con dressed as her favorite DC character, Harley Quinn. Even in that sea of cosplay she stood out. Big time. She has gained international notoriety due to the fact that her Harley looks identical to Margot Robbie's portrayal in "The Suicide Squad". I dare you to tell them apart.
She adores her new fans and is loving the "bandwagon" ride, as she calls it. While speaking with her, it's obvious she has her priorities in place. She's attending university, wants to become a full time teacher, and is right now tutoring music students as a part-time job. Laura, sorry I tried to talk you into quitting that job, before I knew what it was!)
She also did very well at our Harley Quinn Quiz! A very high pressure quiz it is indeed.
Please follow her on Instagram: Infamous_Harley_Quinn
On twitter she is @lauragbert.
And her email: infamous_harley_quinn@outlook.com
Also, she is making great stuff on YouTube: just search "Laura Gilbert". The "blooper reel" she includes at the end of her videos are really fun.
THANK YOU LAURA FOR THE GREAT INTERVIEW! To her fans: push her to get a www.patreon.com account, and/or sell prints, whatever generates income. Before long Warner Brothers will knock her door to be in a Harley movie. Keep her enthusiastic! Haha!
Episode disclaimer -- I need to say, I'm sorry... I made an error while recording that created an echo effect throughout the interview. Completely my fault. Chuck and I agreed that it was best to release it because Laura was such a great guest. My apologies to listeners and to Laura! Ugh, still kicking myself over that.
Thanks again for listening. Please go to iTunes to rate Geek Life Crisis. Join our Facebook group. On twitter: @geeklifecrisis, @geeklifesteve, @geeklifechuck
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Geek news: Netflix She-Hulk, The Female Iron Man, Live action Tick is back on TV! Geek Birthdays included: Sean Connery and Pee-Wee Herman (sorry, Melissa McCarthy got cut for time, come back next week Melissa). Mixed in with the birthdays are celebrity geek quizzes!
We honor and roast Kenny Baker and R2D2 in our increasingly strange "Geek Memoriam" bit. Please remember James Doohan (original Scotty) only had 9 fingers.
Suicide Squad Review. SPOILER ALERT!
Chuck and I create an original movie rating system.
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SPOON!!!!!
Welcome to episode 6! It's a quickie. Due to problematic timing issues (I blame myself - so do I) this short episode was originally part of the previous one where we reviewed Star Trek: Beyond. Feel free to download it again right now. Anyway, the original idea was to put both movie reviews in the same episode, but it was not to be. So this episode does not have geek birthdays, in memoriam, or even pleasant chatter. It's just Chuck and Steve verbally sparring over the pros and cons of bustin'. Does bustin really make you feel good? Please let us know. (Not you, Ray Parker Jr., we know how you feel.) Use this link to follow us on facebook: www.geeeklifecrisis.com
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The "I blame myself" "so do I" quote awkwardly used above is actually a line from the original Ghostbusters. I refrained from editing a bunch of original Ghostbuster jokes into this episode because I thought the classic stuff would eclipse the new movie a bit. But, stick around to the end for one great Bill Murray zinger.
"BEYOND CONVENIENT" - EPISODE 5 OF GEEK LIFE CRISIS
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Thanks for downloading our 5th episode... or at least reading about it. In this episode there are SPOILERS for: "Batman: The Killing Joke", "Star Trek: Beyond" and "The Fall Guy".
We review movies and talk geek birthdays: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Redford, Eric Bana, and Chuck's mom. Happy birthday Chuck's mom!
Stay tuned at the very end for a special version of a catchy tune.
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Episode 3 - "IOU Rope and Gany Mead, Callisto" - I'm going for the weirdest podcast title ever. We have a lot of geek talk today, celebrity birthdays. SUCK IT SHELLY DUVAL! Marvel character diversity, Juno goes to Jupiter, Chuck wisely likes Ip Man III, but can he spell Ip? Can Steve divide 124 by 2? Sulu has a husband!
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Okay, quick lesson: the cartoon faces drawn on our iTunes artwork, that's HeroMan and Punkman. While bored college students living in the same dorm, Chuck and I created these "Spy vs. Spy" competitive super-beings. Why do you need to know this? Well, this episode begins our listener-interactive story: "The Return of HeroMan and Punkman!" (stay until after the credits). www.geeklifecrisis".com On Twitter: @geeklifecrisis @geeklifechuck @geeklifesteve geeklifesteve@gmail.com Also, go read our ridiculous reviews on iTunes and add one of your own... next episode we will start reading all creative reviews. #BringBackHarryMudd
For the growing Geek Life Army! I think I can honestly say it's doubled in size in the last couple of weeks. Thanks to both of you.
Episode Two (It was 6 for us, but it's 2 for you.)
"The Worst Scotty" (It was called "Geekpourri Wannabe" originally; I called an audible.)
As we turned on the microphones to record, this one was supposed to be a "chatting it up" potpourri episode where Chuck and I riff on whatever current geek culture trends we liked. What happened was, we had a bit too much fun with the celeb geek birthday bit.
We have a discussion on the crazy tragic passing of Star Trek's Anton Yelchin (Pavel Chekov from the ST:Kelvin timeline), and successfully answer the question "What will Star Trek do without Yelchin? How can they make more Trek movies without this Chekov?"
Celebrity Geek Birthdays include: Chris Isaak, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Offerman, Chris O'Donnell, JJ Abrams, Mel Brooks, Steven Seagal, David Alan Greer, Pamela Anderson, Margot Robbie, Mike Tyson, Elon Musk, the good ol' USA, and more. I told you we got carried away with that part.
Re: "Elon Musk". Google magically revealed to me the name Elon comes from the Bible and means oak. (I of course did not actually check the Bible.) So "Oak Musk" is that guy's name! I wonder what other first names work that well in the Musk fam?
Also in this episode:
**Thanks to our friend Pete's advice we vastly improved the sound quality, and now we're a real boy! (Did you know Pinnochio becoming a real boy is a Jesus Christ allegory? Look it up!)
**I yell at Chuck for reading the red notes. Damn him!!
**And, for the first time, sound clips. Yay?
Enjoy our growing pains Geek Life Army! DO IT!
Please tweet ideas and responses. Rate and review on ITunes. We look forward to reading listener tweets or reviews, suggestions, and criticisms.
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Coming next episode: HeroMan and Punk Man
SPOILERS FOR DCU REBIRTH ISSUE #1. This is one of our lost episodes. (Eventually, I found it, so here you go.) In this episode Chuck and Steve (that's us), we turn the pages of DC Universe "Rebirth" Issue #1. We follow Kid Flash Wally West as he peeps on Batman in the Guano Cave. What are you watching on those 9 screens, Bruce?? And then we follow Wally through his own "It's a Wonderful Life" story, just to see who really loved him, who he could reach out to, and who couldn't be bothered. Pretty sure Captain Boomerang is a better buddy to Wally West than AquaMan. We ask questions such as: how does Flash get his pizzas to deliver to kids he rescues? Is Dr. Manhattan powerful enough to create a DC universe that lasts longer than the new 52? Hey DC, any regrets naming Robin, Dick? And, WTF, does the DCU overuse the young ward boy sidekick storyline? Flash/Kid Flash. Blue Beetle/ew Blue Beetle, Batman/Robin, The Atom/random college kid named Ryan, Aquaman/Aqua Lad, etc, etc. Join us as we use sarcastic humor to explore the new DC diversity. Tweet us your thoughts or any goofy crap: #GeekLifeCrisis, @GeekLifeCrisis, @GeekLifeSteve, and @GeekLifeChuck. Find us on Facebook. Listener input will always be reviewed and discussed. Join the #GLA GeekLifeSteve@gmail.com. PEACE!