Interview With Comic Artist Mike McKone
The transcript of an interview with Marvel and DC artist Mike McKone, taken at the 2015 Motor City Comic Convention in Novi, Michigan.
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So, What’s ‘Tomorrowland’ About Anyway? We Asked George Clooney
If you have no idea what Tomorrowland is about, you’re not alone. What did the film’s star, George Clooney, have to say about it?
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Interview: Sam Maggs’ Guide to the Fangirl Galaxy
The fangirl behind a “fun and feminist girl-power guide to the geek galaxy” speaks!
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Interview for Dragons Beware!
The adventure continues! Check out the latest Claudette the fearless story in Dragon’s Beware! An interview with the creators.
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An Awesome Assemblage of Avengers Again
The cast and crew of Avengers: Age of Ultron talk about recreating the magic for the highly anticipated sequel.
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Fight to the Last Man — Interview With the Creative Team Behind ‘The Stranger’
Here’s an interview with the creative team behind ‘Last Man’: Balak, Michaël Sanlaville, and Bastien Vivès. The first book in the series, ‘The Stranger,’ focuses on a gladiatorial contest–the Games–in what seems to be a medieval world in which magic is not only possible but also the very soul of the Games. Teams compete and wield elemental powers against one another in the ring (think ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ meets Ultimate Fighting).
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GeekDad Interviews ‘Thunderbirds’ Game Designer Matt Leacock
Game designer Matt Leacock talks about “Thunderbirds,” the “Pandemic” series, and game design.
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An Interview With Comic Book Artist and Writer Katie Cook!
GeekMom Mel interviews comic book artist and writer Katie Cook!
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Princess Decomposia And Count Spatula
Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula is a creepy-cute graphic novel by Andi Watson. Read an interview on the characters and the yummy treats in the book!
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Review – Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show
Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show is a Kickstarter-funded documentary film and book that examines the role of the showrunner.
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Dragons and Hot Sauce: Poems, Cuteness, and an Interview With the Creators
Do you like dragons? Hot sauce? Bigfoot? These guys wrote a bunch of poems about such things; you may need to check it out!
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5 Questions with a 5-Year-Old: LEGO Master Builders
Interviews with LEGO master builders Jason Miller (LEGOLAND Florida) and Chris Steininger (LEGO KidsFest)
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Batman and Aliens Meet the Real World: GeekDad Interviews Nate Ball
I spoke recently to uber-geek and new dad Nate Ball about his inventions, his books, and his role in helping a new generation of makers get inspired about engineering. We didn’t get to discuss his beatboxing, but you’ll find a link to his Ted X talk on that here also.
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Meet Jessica Chobot From Nerdist News!
GeekMom Mel interviews Nerdist.com’s Jessica Chobot about news, kids, holidays, and general geekery!
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Hey, Sailor Moon Fans! An Interview With Charlene Ingram of Viz
GeekMom Mel interviews Sailor Moon enthusiast Charlene Ingram, Senior Manager of Animation Marketing at VIZ Media.
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GeekMom Mel Chats With Kyle Hill, Science Editor of Nerdist
I don’t know about you, but there is nothing I love more than to read about science that’s presented in an entertaining and digestible way, especially when it pertains to topics I geek out about anyway, like comics and video games.
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Chatting with Jen Wang, In Real Life
GeekMom Melanie had the opportunity to chat with artist Jen Wang about her work on the new graphic novel, IRL (In Real Life).
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Cory Doctorow Talks About His Graphic Novel, IRL
GeekMom Melanie talks to Cory Doctorow, author of such books as Little Brother, Makers, and Rapture of the Nerds, and co-editor of Boing Boing, about his upcoming graphic novel, IRL (In Real Life).
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Bounded Enthusiasm #6: Paul Pope, Battling Boy, and The Rise of Aurora West
Today’s episode is an interview with Paul Pope about his latest comic book series, Battling Boy. Paul Pope is a prolific cartoonist and illustrator, perhaps best known for Batman: Year 100, for which he won two Eisner awards.
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All in the Family: GeekDad Interviews Hip Hop Family Tree’s Ed Piskor
Three of my favorite things are comic books, documentaries and hip hop music, so when I discovered Ed Piskor’s Hip Hop Family Tree I was in heaven. In anticipation of the upcoming HHFT box set, Ed was nice enough to talk with me via email about the project itself and the unique kinship between comics and rap that it represents.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Cast Reach for the Stars
Guardians of the Galaxy stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, and Benicio del Toro talk about what the film meant to them.
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Mabel for President: GeekDad Interviews Kristen Schaal
Kristen Schaal is one of those rare personalities that seems to pop up in all my favorite television series at some point, but to my kids she’s simply Mabel Pines from Disney Channel’s Gravity Falls.
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Tinybop and a New Kind of App
“Inspired by children’s books, toys, and stop-motion films, we design digital toys that dive into the strange wonders of our everyday world,” according to Tinybop, maker of a stylish line of apps including a #1 App Store hit with their Toca Boca-style The Human Body and their new one, Plants.
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Wil Wheaton Geeks Out in Front of Larry King
The GeekMom favorite talks about being a geek, The Big Bang Theory, his hobbies, and his new TV show on Larry King Now.
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Ben Hatke on Zita, Cosplay, and What's Next
Author-illustrator Ben Hatke talks about his third and final Zita the Spacegirl installment (which publishes this week), life with his four daughters, and what’s next for him creatively.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #2: Jonathan Auxier and the Spud Cannon
Bounded Enthusiasm is a new podcast I’ve started to talk about books and games and whatever else comes to mind. Today’s episode is an interview with author Jonathan Auxier, the author of an upcoming book The Night Gardener.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #1: Tony DiTerlizzi Talks About WondLa, Dungeons & Dragons, and Star Wars
Tony DiTerlizzi is one of my favorite author-illustrators, and his WondLa series is a family favorite. The final book of the trilogy, The Battle for WondLa, is out this month, and I got a chance to speak with DiTerlizzi before he heads out for his book tour. We talked about all things WondLa, his upcoming Star Wars book, Dungeons and Dragons, and more.
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Karl Kesel Reveals the Truth About The X-Files: Year Zero
The X-Files: Year Zero is a five part mini-series which will show the origins of the department in the 1940s when Mulder and Scully are faced with a similar case to one faced by their predecessors many decades ago. Writer Karl Kesel has spoken to us about what we can expect from the series.
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Eddie McClintock Is a Hugger
Part two of our interview with the awesome Eddie McClintock, aka Agent Pete Lattimer from Warehouse 13.
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GeekDad Interviews rePLAY: Symphony of Heroes’ Jason Michael Paul
Just as video games and video gamers have grown up, so has the video game soundtrack. Whether it’s the tinny electronica of a retro-style beat-’em-up or the orchestral might of the latest system-selling FPS, game music composers are at long last being recognized for the work they do to help craft the immersive digital experience.
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