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Geekocracy Podcast

Episode 20! That seems like an accomplishment… Well, maybe not so much. You can get it on iTunes by searching for the Geekocracy Podcast or you can check it out at the burner of feeds.

Let’s see… What did Rudy and I talk about this episode? It was just two days ago, you’d think I’d remember. We talked about television, specifically shows that have recently been cancelled. We also talked about Incognito (the best Brubaker book out this week), Captain America, Invincible and much, much more!

Podcast, the

Geekocracy podcast was posted Friday. I forgot to tell the internets. Go get it in Itunes, or from the burner of feeds.

Geekocracy Talk Cast: Jeff Zwirek Interview Part 2

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Welcome to part 2 of our interview with Ignatz Award nominee and independent comic cartoonist Jeff Zwirek. Jeff is the creator of the self published titles Jack Rabbit, Black Star and Burning Building Comics. If you need to catch up here is Part 1 of the interview.

In this episode we continue our conversation with the creation of Jeff’s uniquely creative comics project, Burning Building Comics.

Jeff Zwirek Interview Part 2 - 21 min 40 sec mp3 format

You can also download the Geekocracy Talk Cast interviews through iTunes in the podcast section.

For further information on Jeff Zwirek, please visit him at

www.jeffscomics.com

Advice from a Nobody: Meeting Neil Gaiman…

You may have read that I met Neil Gaiman recently. What you don’t know is that I did so by being a ninja.

Neil Gaiman was recently here in the good ol’ Chicago attending the Printers Row Lit Fest and being (get this) honored by the Chicago Tribune as a children’s author. You can bet your sweet grandmother’s medication money that I was there, in the front row… watching Dave Eggers. It was Dave Eggers, how could I not go see Dave Eggers? He’s the man. Besides, Neil Gaiman’s “honoring” was immediately after Dave Eggers and in the same auditorium. As I sat and watched Dave Eggers up on stage doing his nicest guy in the world routine (which he is) an idea occurred to me… I should give Neil Gaiman my comics (left in my bag from S.P.A.C.E.). But how?

Neil Gaiman was no doubt back stage somewhere in a comfortable room where beautiful women fed him fruit and I was determined to find that room. After Dave Eggers’ panel ended I put the black hood of my zip-up sweater over my head and ran past security through the door that took me backstage. I crept the hallways next to the stage like a ninja… a sexy ninja (because I’m sexy and a ninja). I hid in the shadows, clung to walls, and round house kicked imaginary enemies with Chuck Norris-like grace…

Then security found me…

(continued reading)

Sexiest Men in Comics

Met Neil Gaiman today. It was fantastical.

Haven’t done a “sexiest men in comics” post in a long while. Here we go…

Woh…

Hey, dudes! There’s a new episode of the Geekocracy Podcast. Episode 18! Go check it out on iTunes or through feedburner.

Geekocracy Talk Cast: Jeff Zwirek Interview Part 1

Welcome to part 1 of our interview with Ignatz Award nominee and independent comic cartoonist Jeff Zwirek. Jeff is the creator of the self published titles Jack Rabbit, Black Star and Burning Building Comics.

In this episode Jeff talks about his time in art school at Columbia College in Chicago, his introduction to alternative press comics and the genesis of his first self published work Jack Rabbit.

Jeff Zwirek Interview part 1 - 20 min 41 sec mp3 format

You can also download the Geekocracy Talk Cast interviews through iTunes in the podcast section.

For further information on Jeff Zwirek, please visit him at

www.jeffscomics.com

Geekocracy The Podcast

Rudy and I recorded another podcast this weekend. You can check it out by looking for “Geekocracy The Podcast” in iTunes, or by checking out our feedburner feed.

Holmes, Sherlock Holmes…

I’m not prepared to comment about how great the new Sherlock Holmes, escuse me, Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, movie will be… You know me, I’m not one to review a movie before I’ve seen it. One thing I will say: I never expected to see Holmes walking away from an explosion…

Go watch the trailer somewhere.

Geekocracy Talk Cast: Jeffrey Brown Interview Part 5

This is Part 5 and the conclusion of our interview with indie comics cartoonist Jeffrey Brown. In case you missed it, here’s Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. Jeffrey is known for such works as Clumsy, Little Things, Incredible Change-Bots and Cat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations. Now Jeffrey is back with his latest autobiographical work Funny Misshapen Body: A Memoir for Simon and Schuster.

In this episode we discuss Jeffrey’s possible upcoming project with comics artist Tim Seely, his unpublished work Wolverine: Dying Time and his thoughts on big comic book events.

Jeffrey Brown Interview Part 5 - 27 min 40 sec mp3 format

You can also download the Geekocracy Talk Cast interviews through iTunes in the podcast section.

For further information on Jeffrey Brown, please visit him at

www.jeffreybrowncomics.com