Comics, Beer & Sci-fi

This week Marc Myers chats with Mike DeSantis, who has been running one of the best comic cons in Michigan for over a decade! The Great Lakes Comic Con, along with the quarterly expos, are very comic book-centric shows. On this episode we get a preview of the 2023 show and find out how Mike got started.

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Our coverage of the fall 2022 Motor City Comic Con continues on this episode with:

(00:43) Up first is English actor Kevin McNally, who most know from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, but who has also appeared in countless films, tv shows and stage plays.

(05:14) Then we're joined by comic book artist and illustrator Andy Bennett.

(11:23)We wrap up the episode with a chat between our hosts Richie and Brad as they discuss all things cosplay after years of interviewing cosplayers at conventions around the country.

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Our coverage of the fall 2022 Motor City Comic Con continues on this episode with:

(00:43) Voice actor Kellen Goff shares how he got involved with the Five Night at Freddy's video game franchise, some of the voice roles he'd like to revisit, and much more!

(05:22) Comic book inker and artist Jason Moore

(15:01)Our hosts Jill, Samantha and Aseret discuss what they love about comic cons, She-Hulk Attorney at Law, and the Able Ideaz comic books that they appear in.

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After a couple month off for a winter break, we're back with three great interviews from the fall 2022 Motor City Comic Con:

(00:43) Actor Steven Williams discusses starting his movie career in the classic comedy The Blues Brothers, his friendship with Chuck Norris, the difficulty of working on Twilight Zone: The Movie, and much more!

(12:55) Collector Darren Watts discusses the documentary he's making called Selling Superman, about his father's secret comic book and toy collection.

(18:03) Finally we chat with artist Dave Aikins who has created work for numerous companies like Nickelodeon, Hasbro, and Mattel.

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We're joined by the founder of the Grand Rapids Comic Con, who shares how they started and grew the convention. Including a preview for the 2022 fall show and the 2023 spring fling!

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At the Motor City Comic Con we spoke to several comic book creators about their recent works, including:

0:40 - David Crownson https://kingwoodcomics.com/

4:52 - Kwanza Osajyefo https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/BLACK-Vol-1/Kwanza-Osajyefo/BLACK/9781628751864

8:45 - TJ Sterling https://www.raecomics.com/

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At the Motor City Comic Con we spoke to legendary comic book artist Howard Chaykin, Anthony Marques (president of The Kubert School), and Roy Schwartz author of the book "Is Superman Circumcised?"

Howard Chaykin website

https://www.howardchaykinart.com/

The Kubert School website

https://www.kubertschool.edu/

Is Superman Circumcised? book excerpt

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Is_Superman_Circumcised/XIMwEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

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Marc Myers stopped by the 10th Annual Monroe Pop Fest and spoke to some of the guests including:

00:41 - Wrestler Al Snow

05:45 - Artist Bill Morrison

14:58 - Blue Power Ranger Blake Foster

18:57 - Writer Frank James Bailey

22:20 - Artist Scott Rosema

27:18 - Artist/Writer Matt Feazell

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Richie Rollins, The Q, and Nick Moretti stopped by the Really Cool Comic Con and spoke to some wrestling and boxing legends, including:

00:41 - Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake

05:07 - Hacksaw Jim Duggan

07:21 - Butterbean

09:09 - Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

14:21 - Steven from GWC

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We were back at Motor City Nightmares in Novi, MI to chat with some of their amazing 2022 guests.

00:00 - Cooper Andrews discusses Halt and Catch Fire, The Walking Dead and the Shazam movies.

07:32 - Richard Masur chats about co-starring in The Thing, the original IT mini-series, the cult comedy Scavenger Hunt and the HBO movie 61*.

15:21 - Ve Neill looks back at her academy award winning make-up career starting with the original Star Trek movie, many of the Tim Burton movies and her new make-up school https://legendsmakeup.com/.

19:41 - Stephen Geoffreys shares what it was like playing Evil Ed in the classic 80s movie Fright Night.

23:35 - Kathleen Kinmont talks about starring in Bride of Re-Animator and her new book https://www.amazon.com/Shouldve-Been-Nicer-Quentin-Tarantino/dp/1649458363

30:22 - Character actor Brad Greenquist chats about his make-up heavy roles in the original Pet Sematary and Star Trek: Voyager.