We Got The Geek

At this years Hamilton Comic Con we were lucky enough to speak with actor Bernard Robichaud. He is known for playing Cyrus on The Trailer Park boys and  Kirk on Haven. We discussed how he got into acting as well as his roles.

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This year at the Cambridge Comic Arts festival we were reunited with former agent and now writer of the comic Penny Steele – Darryl Joseph. Joining us with fart gun in hand was Gru  himself.

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At this years Cambridge Comic Arts festival JStew met Alaire and Toben Racicot and spoke to them about their amazing comic book work.

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Once again we answered the call to appear at the annual Jace Wars fundraiser. We were once again honored to talk to the founder of the organization Aaron Russell. This time out we had some help from our buddy Jason Clark from An Elegant Weapon.

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One of our big highlights at NF Comicon this year was meeting DiVinica artist Dawn McTeigue. she recently did a beautiful cover for the upcoming Batman issue 50 in which Batman marries Cat Woman. We learned about how she broke into comics and found out about the series DiVinica. JStew was also lucky enough to have been the moderator at her panel. We all became instant big fans of her work. We would also like to thank our friend Stacey Clarke for taking the photos at the panel.

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Recently at Toronto Comic –  JStew spoke with Andrew Heard –  the writer of a new comic book series called Buckethead.  It is a comic book about a guy who gets a bucket stuck on his head and decides to become a superhero – and its fantastic.

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At Toronto Comicon we were able to talk  to  our friend the wonderful and talented Stephany Lein. It was fun to catch up and hear about her new comic Shelly. make sure you check that out and check her work out at one of her many comic con appearances.

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While we were at  Toronto Comicon we were able to interview a terrific cosplayer named ShadowStorm Cosplay. She was dressed as Rey from Star Wars but she also has a wide variety of amazing costumes. Her Rocket Raccoon  is so great that she was asked to appear at the Canadian premiere  of Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 2 with Michael Rooker himself. We talked with her about her craft and the creation of her cosplays.

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On February 18th the We Got The Geek podcast reached a milestone –  we celebrated our five year anniversary.We have come a long way since 2013 and we were feeling very proud of the work that we have done. JStew, Sara J and Sarah WaterRaven got together to remember some good times – that was followed by a trip to Toronto Comicon where they were joined by some friends of the show – Dr Stevil, Alfonso from StudioComix, Mz Hyde Cosplay and Candy Cosplay,PPhoto and Loki Quinn Cosplay. Also  –  continuing a tradition that started in 2017 we inducted Loki Quinn Cosplay and Dr Stevil into the We Got The Geek hall of fame. thanks to everyone out there for coming along for the ride and sharing our journey with us

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At Toronto Comicon JStew  and Sara J had the honor of speaking with actor John Wesley Shipp. Mr Shipp played the lead role on The Flash from 1990 to 1991 and  Henry Allen and Jay Garrick on the current  Flash series on The CW. We talked about the differences in working on both series and what it’s been like working with Grant Gustin and Mark Hamill.  We wanted to thank him for the wonderful interview and being the nicest guy we ever recorded with. Thanks also to the folks of Toronto Comicon for setting this up.

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JStew attended a rehearsal for a great new play that will be debuting in Welland soon called Bare Bear Bones. During a break in the action, he spoke with director Sara Tellier and some of the cast. Take a listen to hear the details of the play and find out where you can  purchase tickets.

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At a recent Con – Sara WaterRaven interviewed a talented guy named Lee Theobold. He and his wife run a wonderful business called Theobold Graphics. We’ve run into them at a few cons and wanted to speak to them about their amazing products.  For the record JStew owns some excellent Stargate themed coasters that they created. Check out the interview and please check out the link below to view their awesome creations

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At a recent con JStew and Sarah WaterRaven interviewed the writer/producer of the documentary –  Heroes Manufactured – Yaron Betan.  he told us about  the making of the film and chatted about his future projects. Joining us for the interview was comic book talent and one of the creators featured in the documentary – Alfonso Espinos.If you haven’t seen the documentary yet, do yourself a favor and seek it out. Thumbs up from everyone at the  podcast.

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At a recent con WaterRaven had the honor  of interviewing a terrific cosplayer by the name of Joshua of The North. He talked about the creation of some of his cosplays and how he pulled a sword out of a stone!

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At a recent con – our buddy WaterRaven introduced  us to a fantastic author named Mark Leslie. in addition to talking about his work we discussed some of the things he is scared of and asked what super hero he identifies with.

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At a recent con – our friend Alfonso unveiled a calendar  for 2018 that Studio Comix had put together. its a wonderful calendar that features the talent of the following cos players  – Candy Cosplay, AngelicLuka Cosplay, The Lauryn Show, Loki – Quinn cosplay and Shadow Storm Cosplay. Most of those cosplayers and Alfonso were on hand to talk about their project with JStew , Sara J and WaterRaven. There is also a guest appearance from Gru himself.  As an added bonus this was our 650th segment. We were so proud that we did this one with so many of our favorite people.

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At long last we present our interview with Brian a.k.a. Stark Reality Cosplay. recorded at Kitchener comic con, JStew  and WaterRaven spoke with Brian about his craft.

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We were extremely happy to once again get a chance to speak with the co creator of the Hilarious house of Frightenstein  – Mr Mitch Markowitz. this time out we asked him about some horror films he has appeared in and talked about playing Super hippy.

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We were very fortunate to once again speak with  comic book writer Chip Zdarsky. Since we last spoke with him, he completed a successful run on Howard the Duck for Marvel comics. He is currently writing marvel’s flagship character Spider-man. we asked him if he had gotten to say everything he wanted to with Howard and if he had been nervous getting the call to write a Spider-man series

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At the Hamilton comic con -JStew and the Wonder Librarian spoke with comic book legend Michael Golden about his work.

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at this years Hamilton comic con we caught up with out artist friends Jason Ward and Kyle Barnett, Recently they have started a new venture  – TriCity Studio. JStew and Sara J spoke to them about the new adventure that they are on.

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Recently our local comic book shop –  Mostly Comics – had a celebration. A new owner – Norm had taken over and the store had a party to introduce him. Many great guests showed up. The event was organized by Dave Bennison. We spoke with Dave as well as some old friends Candy Cosplay, AngelicLuka Cosplay, Alfonso from Sketchbook Comics and Dr Stevil.  It was a fantastic day and we certainly appreciated being included.

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Once again we were joined by our friend, artist, movie star and now owner of a fantastic new store – Alfonso from StudioComix. We spoke to him about the new store and IMDB.

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photo by Janet Brown

At The Cambridge Comic Arts Festival, WaterRaven and JStew spoke with  James Bambury about his work. He has a fantastic web comic called   space box and here he  talks about the origin of that series

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This year at the Canal Days celebration, Sara J and JStew spoke with Michelle Cuthbert. She told  us what goes into planning these events and tells us about next years special plans.

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At Canal days Sara J went on board the famous boat The Empire Sandy to chat with Ian. We learned a little bit of the ships history. Thank you to the crew for letting us come aboard – it was a fantastic day!

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At Fan Expo JStew chatted with one of the stars of the show Heroes of Cosplay – Canada’s own Riddle! She spoke about her craft and some of the comics she was into. We appreciate the fact that she took time to talk to us as she was packing to go catch a plane.

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At Fan Expo JStew  chatted with author Kasey Pierce. She spoke about the terrific comic book she is writing for Source Point Press called Norah.

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and the web site for Source Point Press here

At Fan Expo WaterRaven introduced JStew to another great author named  JF Garrard. We spoke to her about some of her recent projects and  where she finds inspiration

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Check out the website of JF Garrard here

JStew  and Sara J were extremely happy to attend a panel for the upcoming animated film – Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End Of the End. Following the panel we were invited to talk one on one with one of the stars of the film – Jason Mewes. We had been fans of this man’s work since seeing  the film Clerks in 1994. We spoke about the new animated films and brought up his love of comics.

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At Fan Expo JStew and Sara J were excited to attend the panel for the new animated feature – Todd and The Book Of Pure Evil :The End Of The End. Following the panel we were invited to interview two of the stars of the movie – Alex House who played Todd and Bill Turnbull who played Curtis. It was one of the best interview experiences that we have ever had. We spoke about the animated feature as well what it was like working with Jason Mewes.

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At Fan expo Sara J and JStew sat down with Ana Sani and Evany Rosen to talk about their new animated series – Mysticons. We found out about their characters and what goes into doing voice work for a show. Catch the season premiere September third on YTV.

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At the Cambridge Comic Arts festival – WaterRaven and JStew spoke with a fantastic author named Timothy Carter.  We discussed some of the books that he has gotten published.

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At the Cambridge Comic Arts Festival – we spoke to our good friend –  Jen Frankel. We talked about the film she has made and other projects she has on the go!

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At the Cambridge Comic Arts Festival,  Sarah WaterRaven and JStew spoke with a wonderful author named Kit Daven. We asked  her about her body of work and a film that she recently took part in with fellow author Jen Frankel.

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Once again we were delighted to be guests at the Cambridge Comic arts Festival – a.k.a. JStew’s favorite show of the year. The architect of the show was our old buddy Alfonso Espinos. He took time out of his busy day to speak with Stew an, Sarah WaterRaven and guest interviewer Jen Frankel. We had a blast and definitely recommend this show to everyone.

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Stew and Sara J were joined by three of their favorite cosplayers at Canal Days in Port Colbourne. They discussed a variety of upcoming projects and cosplays. It should be noted that not long after this – Hamilton’s Rocket Raccoon rebranded herself  as ShadowStorm Cosplay. Our thanks to Candy, Alex and Brooke and Janet for spending the day with us.

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Check out Candy Cosplay’s FB Page here

AngelicLuka’s fb page here

and ShadowStorm’s page here

Photo of the interview taken by Con Mom

Previously on We Got The Geek we said goodbye to Kim and Cheryl and Bev as they headed off on a new adventure. Now we’d like to introduce you to Norm, a life long Comic fan who has taken over as the new store owner. We asked him what changes might be coming to the store and about some of his favorite titles

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Mostly Comics has been a comic book store in some shape of form since 1980. For the last 17 years the store has been run by our friends, Kim and Sheryl and Bev. They have been extremely good to us over the years. We’ve been asked to take part in free Comic book day and the grand re-opening and they even got us our interview with legendary artist – Neal Adams. Well they have decided to sell the store and go on a different journey. They will definitely be missed. A new owner will take over on August the first. JStew and Sara J had a chance to talk to Kim at his going away party as he prepares to go off into the great wide open

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Once again we were honored to be asked to help out the annual Jace Wars fundraiser. It’s a cause we will be there for anytime they need us. JStew and Wonder librarian were reunited with the always wonderful Amazon Princess. We talked about the fundraiser and of course the discussion turned to Wonder Woman and the new film

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During Niagara Falls Comic Con we spoke with an awesome cosplayer and fellow geek Erica Perron. We spoke with her about her various costumes and tried to convince her to  create a cosplayer page on Facebook.

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At this years KCC we were introduced to a talented artist and writer named Andre Campbell. We had seen him in a film called Heroes Manufactured and we were excited to speak with him.. In one of her first solo interviews, Sarah WaterRaven asked him about the comics he has worked on and we found out more about him

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We were very happy to welcome comic book creator/movie star/geek family member Alfonso Espinos to our latest mini con at the Geekery restaurant. The whole team and our buddy Jen Frankel were on hand to ask him about his film Heroes Manufactured. We also made him an honorary member of We Got The Geek for all the help he has given us since the very beginning

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This year at the 5th Jace Wars fundraiser we spoke with a fantastic cosplayer –  Bad Wolf and Timelords cosplay. We discussed her love of Star Wars especially the character of Mara Jade.

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At the Kitchener Comic Con – Sara WaterRaven spoke with a great author named Ryan Toxopeus. Ryan  has written the books  A Nobel Quest and  A Wizards Gambit. Sarah asked him all kinds of hard hitting questions about his work.

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This year We Got The Geek attended the Kitchener Comic Con for the first time. We were delighted to see that our good friend Mz Hyde was one of their featured Cosplayers. Sarah WaterRaven and Stew spoke with her about her career as a cosplayer

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This year at NFCC –  JStew and Sara J were extremely happy to interview actor Jeremy London. Mr London has had a lot of great roles in his career including  TS from Kevin Smith’s 1995 film Mallrats. We spoke about  working on Mallrats, Canada, people confusing him with his twin brother and his recent appearance on Macgyver.

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We were so happy that one of our favorite people – The lovely and talented Jen Frankel was able to join us for our recent mini con. We spoke about her different ventures and Stew finally finds out that she is a comic book fan! So wonderful to have her on the show again!

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A few months ago at the Geekery Restaurant we helped put on an artist spotlight. Basically it was an artist alley type show with fantastic artists. The whole team made the rounds and spoke to some of the wonderful people there – Kiara Cons, Marvin Law and Cassandra Serrani

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Back in 1994, a young chicken cook/future podcaster was introduced to the View askewniverse via a fantastic film by Kevin Smith called Clerks. JStew became an instant fan. Fast forward 23 years later and JStew and Sara J were honored to interview  Dante Hicks himself – actor Brian O’ Halloran at the Niagara Falls comic con. We talked about Clerks,Canada, and a sequel to his film vulgar. It’s always great when you meet your favorite celebrities and they turn out to be super nice. Thank you to Brian for his time.

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At the Artist spotlight at the Geekery Restaurant – Sarah WaterRaven spoke with a fantastic artist by the name of Aaron Ong also known as Madd Sketch. They discussed his work and things that he loves to draw

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Recently we threw our latest Geekery C0n It was a tie in to Guardians Of The Galaxy volume 2 so we cleverly named it – Guardians of The Geekery Con. All the cosplayers came in Guardians inspired costumes. At one point during the con  JStew, Sara J, WonderLibrarian and Sarah WaterRaven recorded at a roundtable with a group of cosplayers. So strap yourselves in and check out the segment that we recorded with our friends, Candy Cosplay, Mz Hyde Cosplay, The Lauryn Show, Pphoto, AngelicLuka cosplay and Loki-Quinn cosplay. Thanks to all our featured cosplayers which also includes Snowhawk Cosplay and Hamilton’s Rocket Raccoon

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Recently at the Geekery Restaurant we had an artists spotlight. We invited a bunch of talented artists to the restaurant and transformed it into an artist alley. JStew and Sarah WaterRaven got to speak with their buddies Alfonso Espinos and Vinny Thompson with a cameo from our fellow podcaster friend Jason Clark. We talked about the latest issue of Vinny and Bud and the film Heroes Manufactured

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At Frost Con JStew and Sara J spoke with a fantastic Deadpool Cosplayer named D Piddy. He has a wonderful You Tube channel in which he interacts with fans and other cosplayers. We sat down to talk to him about his career and his love of the character

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Early in the year WonderLibrarian spoke with a great guy with a you tube following – Invader Gaming. They discussed some of the games he’s a fan of discus other things he likes to geek out about.

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This past February we were truly honored to speak with an amazing artist – Tony Harris at the Toronto Comic Con. My Harris has drawn a lot of great books – JSA Liberty Files, Ex Machina and JStew’s favorite comic series of all time Star Man. Recently he was reunited with his former Star Man writer James Robinson on the C3-P0 one shot for Marvel comics. We spoke a little about that project and some of the wonderful things he got to experience once the book was out.

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We were honored to be guests of this years Frost Con. It was a great show full of fantastic cosplayers and amazing artists. We had such a great time. Join JStew, Sara J and the Wonder Librarian as they talk to their friends Stephany Lein, Alfonso from StudioComix and Mz Hyde Cosplay. Thanks to the fine folks of Frost Con for having us there both days.

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Once again we were very lucky to attend Toronto Comic Con. We were very happy for our good friend Candy Cosplay as she had been named one of their featured cosplay guests! We had first met Candy two years prior to that at the same con and she has gone on to become one of our geek family members. Join us now as JStew, Sara J and WonderLibrarian get the full scoop from Candy about her new costume and reminisce about that first interview in 2015

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We’ve know of  Jason Clark for awhile now. He’s a fellow podcaster who has an excellent show called An Elegant Weapon. At Frost con he was kind enough to interview us and now at The Geekery Art Show we return the favor. We discussed his origins in podcasting and find out about his awesome Light Sabre collection.

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Check out the FB page of An Elegant Weapon here

At Frost Con, Sara J and JStew met an awesome cosplayer named Amaleigh. She told us about some of her costumes and what she geeks out about. She also had some great advice for cosplayers just starting out.

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In April at the Canadian Toy Con  JStew was blessed with a conversation with a fantastic cosplayer named Amazon Princess. She does a lot of great charity work and is with a group that visits Children in the hospital. She has a terrific outlook on life and it was a pleasure talking to her

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Roughly a year ago at a toy show we met Heather a.k.a. PPhoto. At the time she was dressed as Kylo Ren from Star Wars. Our paths crossed a few  times over the next year. At Christmas she hosted our Christmas cosplayer dressed as Effie from The Hunger Games. Along came the Frost Con Event and she was there as a member of a group of very talented cosplayers. On the second day of the con they were dressed as the Avengers – Heather herself was an awesome Captain America. Enough was enough – it was time for an interview. JStew and Sara J  to her talked about her various cosplays, her love of Doctor Who and a lot of other great topics. We will announce right here for the first time that she will be a guest at the upcoming Guardians OF The Geekery . We are very happy to have her.

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