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James Marsters has made a career out of playing the irresistible villain who is everyone’s type thanks to iconic roles like Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Captain John Hart on Torchwood. Join us on today’s edition of Dallas Geek as we talk vampires, anime, & rock music with the ultimate TV bad boy!
As the longest tenured James Bond, Daniel Craig has earned a prestigious place within the legacy of both the franchise & the character. But is the Bond mythology truly better for this? On today’s audio-exclusive edition of Dallas Geek, we will breakdown the legacy of the franchise & see if WE can agree on how important Daniel Craig’s tenure as the most infamous man-of-mystery has truly been!
If you missed the first day of Fan Expo Dallas, don’t worry. We’ve got you covered! Here’s a quick peak into the opening day with special guest Andrew Moyes to talk about everything you can expect to see & experience this weekend.
Clickbait has become increasingly pervasive in our digital lives. While frustrating, the question is, “Is it dangerous & irresponsible?” With articles like Variety’s interview with Anthony Mackie that created a fake homophobia problem with Falcon & The Winter Soldier, we tend to say…it’s complicated. Join us on today’s edition of Dallas Geek as we dive into the dark side of internet clickbait!
For a year mostly devoid of fresh entertainment news, A LOT happened this past week. DC & Marvel both pulled out of SDCC; Black Widow hit box offices with HUGE weekend expectations; & cinematic/directing legend, Richard Donner, passed away. Obviously, we have…a FEW thoughts about all of this. So, join us LIVE at Madness Games & Comics as we dive into this tempest of nerdy news!
With so many major announcements hitting the internet all year long, there have been far fewer genuine surprises left to announce at the granddaddy of the gaming industry hype-machine. Is E3 still worth our attention or is it time to let this gaming pioneer fade into the sunset? Find out all this & more on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
For all the gamers old enough to remember the golden age for arcades in the 1980’s & 90’s, we have a real treat for you today! Back in 2019, we had the chance to speak with Brian Colin, the creator of Rampage, shortly before he was inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame. So, let’s dive in with the legend himself on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
In case you were living under a rock for the past few months, Pokémon cards are back in the news. People are literally getting into fights at Walmart & stealing cereal for a chance to get card worth thousands or…millions. What does this all mean? Have millennials lost their minds during this pandemic or is there more to the resurgence of Pokémania? Find out on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
For those of you who did not already know, this year is Pokémon’s 25th anniversary. As with any franchise this large that survives 25 years in pop culture, fans are expecting a spectacular celebration to ring in the occasion. Will this year be everything fans hope it will be? Join us on today’s live edition of Dallas Geek to see what you might have missed & what surprises are still to come!
Ok Disney…we need to talk. We get it. You’re large, in charge, & own basically everything that we have loved since childhood. However, you have this terrible habit of canceling our favorite shows right when they’re hitting their peak. We understand that you are INCREDIBLY cheap & you do this to prevent syndication payouts, but…can you stop already???
In 2017, he found himself voicing Elias, the lead The Ancient Magus’ Bride (the new cult favorite for every goth desperate for something to latch onto once they finished Death Note & Black Butler). It is a fantastic gothic romance that we cannot wait for a new season to be greenlit for production. So, join us as we dive into the career of Brian Mathis on today’s edition of Dallas Geek.
Does social commentary really ruin nerdy entertainment? If you believe much of the internet, then the answer is apparently yes. However, when most every franchise from Captain America, Star Trek, & Lord of the Rings were created to discuss real world issues, it seems there is more to the conversation than what the internet thinks. So, let's find out on today's edition of Dallas Geek!
Is it still ok to enjoy entertainment that was made by someone who did something wrong after they have been exposed or do we have a responsibility to remove ourselves from them so the creator doesn’t financially benefit from us? Join us as we dive into what is bound to be one of our more controversial episodes on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
**We apologize for the momentary static that happens around 20 minutes into the interview. The technical difficulty passes quickly.
Jim Foronda, aka the one & only Claptrap, is exactly the zany character you would expect from his performance in Borderlands 3. So, join us as we jump back into the wacky world of voice acting with one of the most hyper happy people we’ve met on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
For those of you not as fanatically obsessed with the history of video games, you can be forgiven for not knowing the history of how Nintendo literally created the modern video game industry. However, that is exactly why we love to gush about it every chance we get. So, join us today as we give out history lesson on video games & Nintendo’s utter domination of their competition on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
With every major video game studio reaching for the easy cash grab that is the HD remake of a classic game or franchise, the question needs to be asked: are these remakes even worth it? So, on today’s edition of Dallas Geek, we will dive into the history of HD remakes & if they have a legitimate place in the modern gaming landscape!
We’re about to talk to Brianna Roberts: voice actor, singer, theatrical actress, & fellow survivor of the Mega Apocalypse of 2020. So, let’s dive deep into the world of anime & find out what it’s like to be a theater nerd on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
The anime fans out there may know the fabulous Brianna Roberts, like we do, as the voice of Grammi in Fairy Tail or Emma Spring from Astra Lost in Space or even Valerie Hawthorne from Ace Attorney. On the other hand, you may be more of a gamer & know Brianna as either Crystal Gaze Medusa or Ragnarok Hera from SMITE. Join us yet again as we dive head first into the world of voice acting in today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
Disney Plus’s weekly episode release schedule presents an opportunity for cinematic franchises, like Marvel, to develop much deeper stories with more profound character development on Disney Plus, than they could ever accomplish on the big screen. So, join us as we analyse how this could forever change our favorite cinematic franchises on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
The Silence of the Lambs was a groundbreaking moment in modern cinema that shaped the next three decades for the horror thriller genre primarily thanks to Anthony Hopkins’ performance as Hannibal Lecter. Today, we are going to dive into the deep end of this classic & see why it is still as influential as it is on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
Now that Disney+ is expanding the Marvel & Star Wars cinematic universes in ways that have never been explored before, we thought it was time to take a deep dive into the Star Wars EU & see how it is holding up under Disney’s guidance. What have they done right & does it deserve the heavy criticism that has been lobbed at Disney in recent years? Find out all this & more in the first “audio exclusive” edition of Dallas Geek!
With the chaos of recent events, we thought now would be the perfect time to discuss the most controversial comic book movie from the 2000’s all about anarchy & Alan Moore’s crazy ideas about how to avert the end of the world. So, let’s follow in Zack Snyder’s footsteps & try to avoid talking about “the squid” as we dive into the latest edition of Does It Still Hold Up!
We made it through 2020! And as a special way to get 2021 started right, we decided to show off one of the fantastic local comic & game stores here in North Texas that you NEED to know about: Madness Comics & Games!
Released in 1996, Jingle All The Way came out the same year as the Nintendo 64 & at the peak of the Beanie Baby & Tickle Me Elmo craze. Can this movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger & Sinbad still hold up with modern audiences or does it stumble on reality & fall flat? Find out all this & more on today’s edition of Does It Still Hold Up!
For all of the fans of 80’s B-Movie Sci-Fi, there is one that stands out above the rest as THE Must-See Cult Classic: Flash Gordon! Since this month is its 40th Anniversary, we thought it would be fun to look back on the wonderful camp that made this movie what it is & see why it is still held in such high regard. Find out all this & so much more on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
With the 30th Anniversary of what is arguably Tim Burton's best film, Edward Scissorhands, coming up next week, we thought this would be the perfect time to look back on it & see how it holds up today!
As promised, we’re back with our biggest Horror Movie Debate, yet! Rather than go for the cliché “scary” things like masked strangers with big knifes or haunted houses, It’s time to dig down to our deepest fears with Psychological Thrillers. Think you know what the scariest Thriller is, join us & see if your choice made the cut on Dallas Geek’s Halloween Special!
Today we look back at the chaotic mess from 1991 that was Ernest Scared Stupid, as we ask ourselves…was Jim Varney secretly a comedic genius? Or did our parents just want to punish us? Find out all this & more on today’s edition of Does It Still Hold Up?
As a bit of a change up today, we decided to take a step back from our usual nerdy topics & look back at a revolutionary piece of cinematic history: Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator. While it may be a tall order, we have decided to use its 80th Anniversary (technically, it was last Thursday) to give our thoughts on the movie itself & our views on its place in cinematic history.
Fifteen years ago, Universal Studios did the one thing that Fox proved too short-sighted to do three years earlier: let Joss Whedon be Joss Whedon. Now, we look back at the legacy of the cult classic, Serenity, & see what significance it still has in today’s cinema landscape. Was it good? Did it actually provide closure to the fans? Does it hold up against other sci-fi films now? Find out on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
With the announcement of the specs for the new Xbox Series X, we found ourselves talking about what the implications are of this next console generation for the future of entertainment. What does this mean? Why should you care? And of course, how can you take advantage of what’s coming? We will answer all this & more on today’s edition of Dallas Geek!
In honor of the start to the major league baseball season, we decided to talk about our top ranked baseball movies with friend of the show, David, from The Last Call Podcast!
If there is one thing that Hollywood loves to make movies about more than superheroes, it’s stories of the people rising up against a tyrannical government. We thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the quintessential anarchist movie in modern cinema, V for Vendetta, & see if it really holds up today.
Today, friend of the show, David, from The Last Call Podcast, has offered to help us solve this lifelong question by playing the part of our knock-off Alex Trebek for the first ever DG Trivia Game Show! Who will win, who will lose , & who’s the bigger nerd (…does it really matter)? Be sure to watch our first ever Ultimate Trivia Battle to find out!
With all the hype around the Disney Princesses, the one question that has become all but forgotten today is, “are their movies actually good?” That’s the question we will be looking into in today’s edition of Does It Still Hold Up? First up on the chopping block is the highly beloved The Little Mermaid!
After months of sitting through the pandemic wasteland that is the entertainment news cycle right now, we finally have some stuff to talk about: POKEMON!!!
In the ongoing debate around Star Wars ever since the Disney purchase, we find that most arguments come back to the same, simple debate, “which trilogy was better: the prequels or the sequels?” Find out all this & more today on Dallas Geek!
With everyone talking about James Cameron's Avatar lately, we wanted to ask the question that everyone’s been avoiding, “was Avatar actually any good?” That’s the question we hope to answer in today’s edition of Does It Still Hold Up!
With all of the chaos today, we wanted to know if there is still room in our movie viewing experience for violent escapism in cinema & what better way to do that than with the pinnacle of Zack Snyder’s career: 300!
We decided to do something a little different today & throw out another of our top 5 lists. Today, we’re going to recap our Top 5 Most Underrated Sci-Fi Movies of all time!
So…Mike may actually kill me for this title…but it’s NOT stopping me!!! Today we’re talking about the Robert Zemeckis classic & maybe Mike favorite film of all time: Back to the Future!
The Matrix may be the most heavily analyzed movie in the 21st Century aside from Star Wars. While it was praised for its provocative philosophical ideas & cyberpunk imagery, does it still have the same relevance today as it did when it first came out? That is the question we will dive into in today’s installment of Does It Still Hold Up!
Today, we take a look back at Fight Club & see if it really deserves the title of Cult Classic or if it has secretly been a well marketed dud this whole time.
We’re back today with yet another potentially controversial addition to our “Does It Still Hold Up” series. The Boondock Saints is one of those movies that is practically a right of passage for middle school & high school boys around America.
For anyone who grew up in the 90’s, one of the most beloved movies for most of us is easily the original Home Alone. However, would this smash hit from our childhoods be as big of a deal if it were released to audiences today, without the benefit of nostalgia to help it along?
While it is easy to think of Memorial Day as just another day off from work, it is important to remember that this is meant to be a day where we respectfully remember the men & women of the military who have given their lives to protect the people here at home & all around the world. With that, we decided to offer our Top 5 movie recommendations to watch today to help celebrate the occasion.
In our next look back at popular media from the past & see if it would still hold up in today’s entertainment landscape, we decided to take one out of left field & look at the original War of the Worlds radio broadcast!
Can modern audiences appreciate the 1960’s Batman the same way they did when it first came out? Is there anything that could make it hold it’s own against the likes of the MCU or Shazam? Let’s take a look & find out!
Today, we’ll be reviewing one of the newest additions to the Disney+ library of awesomeness: Star Wars Clones Wars Season 7. Was it good? Was it even necessary? Did we REALLY need another attempt at an ending to The Clone Wars? Today, we’ll discuss all this & more!
Since our last video about this almost a month ago, there have been articles almost daily with people speculating on what will happen to our favorite movie theaters & if they can survive all of this. We thought that that now would be the perfect time for us to give our thoughts on this part of the conversation, too.
Today, we will be giving out Top 6 YouTube Channel Recommendations! Why Top 3? Because we can…
With everyone stuck at home, we thought now was the perfect time to go over our favorite things to binge now that we finally "have the time."
In today's break from boredom, we'll be talking about the chaos that is happening right now in the comic book industry.
Welcome to our new monthly live show recapping all of the nerdy news you may have missed here in North Texas!
If you think you her face looks familiar, but you’re not sure why, there is good reason for that. She has had her Star Wars pin-up pictures go viral a few times, but none more so than her Rey (aka Side-Boob Rey)! And when we say viral, we’re talking the first & second results on google VIRAL!
Now that we finally did our look back at the best parts of nerd culture from last year, we thought we’d cram one more live stream to talk about everything nerdy from the last decade. If you thought trying to cram 2019 into an hour-ish conversation was hard, this will be nearly impossible!
In this week’s live stream, we’ll go into more details about our hiatus, our new show format coming into 2020, & look back at everything that happened last year on the show.
Join us as we bring back our friend David, from The Last Call, to debate over what slasher film will take the top spot of all time!
If you're looking for something fun to do with the entire family today, Dallas Fan Days is exactly what you want! From nerdy toys & art to costumes of all kinds, you & your kids can all find something to enjoy. So, come join us today at the Irving Convention Center!
Elisa Melendez, aka Tyreen Calypso in Borderlands 3, talks about the journey to get her biggest voice acting role, yet!
The Dallas Public Library finally debuted their brand new Creative Spaces: three rooms within the library that are fully stocked with the tools you will need to get started with any of those three hobbies.
Known for her musical talent & costume design, in addition to her massive talent as a cosplayer, Elizabeth Rage is an up & coming force to be reckoned with among cosplayers.
This Saturday, we finally get to sit down & give our thoughts on this year’s Animefest!
Best known for his work voicing Oolong from the Dragon Ball franchise, Ladd Russo from Baccano!, & Cocytus from Overlord (among so many others), Bryan Massey has spent his career portraying some wonderfully larger than life characters that have found a special place among the nerdy fandoms.
For those of you who grew up in the 80's & 90's, enjoying the golden age of console gaming, do we have a treat for you!
We had the fantastic opportunity to speak with Cherami Leigh, voice of Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail & Gaige from Borderlands 2 & 3, at the Let’s Play Gaming Expo!
Wanderland is a unique musical experience that we cannot emphasis enough how much it needs to be experienced live & in person! You can get a taste of their musical stylings on YouTube, but if you get the chance go to one of their concerts, you should absolutely do so!
For the next addition to our Conventions for Newbies, we are back with our tips for cosplay newbies at conventions!
We've covered the rest of the MCU, now join us this Sunday as we catch up to the present with our review of Marvel's Phase 3 movies!
Back at Doc's Comics & Games with more Magic: The Gathering! This time, we got to learn the basics about how to play the game!
Previously live from Doc's Comics & Games for the Magic: The Gathering Core 2020 pre-release!
With our first viewing of Spider-Man: Far From Home ending just minutes ago, we bring you our SPOILER FREE review! Is it the best standalone Marvel movie, yet? Is it the best ending to the MCU's Phase 3 that we could have gotten? All this & more right now!
With Spider-Man: Far From Home premiering next week, we decided that this was the perfect time to look back on all of the other actors who have donned the mask and see who the best web slinger really was. While we have immensely enjoyed Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, is he really the best Spider-Man? What about Tobey Maguire? Was Andrew Garfield any good? And who remembers Supaidâman? Does he deserve to be remembered alongside his American counterparts? Find out all this & more right now!
Let’s talk about the movies that should have ended with Joss Whedon’s nervous breakdown, but instead went one movie further & gave us Paul Rudd being Paul Rudd. This is our review for…Marvel: Phase 2!
Anytime we have friend of the show, Dee Rich, in one of our videos, there’s never a dull moment from start to finish. If you want a hint about what to look forward to in this video…we’ll leave it at this: things get weird REAL quick!
Sometimes things happen that you can’t easily explain. Things that leave you saying, “WTF did I just watch?”
Back at Fan Expo Dallas, we were invited out to meet the team from Ripley’s Believe It or Not & see all of the truly unique things that they had out on display. As this year is their 100th anniversary, they were pulling out all the stops!
Located in Frisco, TX a bit north of Stonebriar Mall, Doc’s Comics & Games is the place where you can let your nerd flag fly & have fun doing it!
Remember when we made our first videos talking about everything you need to know about comic conventions? Well, guess what…We did it again, but this time it was live!
Of the photographers working today, one of the best in Texas, in our opinion, is Shane with Roxas Studios. He does both special effects images & highly stylized portraits that are quickly gaining attention all over the internet.
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you the final interview from last year’s Texas Authors Marketing Event! Today, we have the guys behind Storyrocket.com, a website that connects authors with the Global Production Community with the goal of producing film, TV, theater or web.
In case you missed this year's Fan Expo Dallas, we're going to recap everything you missed at this year’s convention tomorrow at noon!
After two decades of work, author Dylan Struzan has finally released her debut true crime novel called A Bloody Business: The Rise of Organized Crime in America. The book details the rise of Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo & his contributions to the success of the American Mafia.
If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend, then look no further than Fan Expo Dallas! Located at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas, Fan Expo is the largest pop culture convention in the state of Texas!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you Jeanne Covert, former army wife turned author & screenwriter!
Back at the Dallas Comic Show’s Holiday Special, we had the chance to speak with Robert Butler, aka Darth Viticus of the 501st Legion, about the Vader fan film he made!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you a new piece of inspirational non-fiction from author Terry McMullin, aka T.A. McMullin!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we have a new mystery series from author Sandy Steen: the Parker Doyle Mysteries!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you Anne Redelfs, a retired medical doctor & psychiatrist who specializes in alternative approaches to common physical & psychological problems.
At last year’s Dallas Fan Days, we had a chance to talk to the guys over at TG Comics & things got a bit…weird.
For those of you that enjoyed our mini-TED Talk at the Dallas Museum of Art, we have a big treat for you today!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you the upcoming historical fiction novel by Karlyn Fedora!
We teased it for a while, but just in case you missed out, I had the great honor of speaking at the Dallas Museum of Art this past Thursday for their monthly Second Thursdays with a Twist event.
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you the memoir of the man responsible for bringing this collection of authors together in the first place!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you some non-fiction goodness that’s both a memoir & a book of advice for any young adult that is struggling to find their purpose & engage their full potential in life.
As we are getting caught up on our backlog left over from last year, we can finally show off all of the crazy awesome people that we got to talk with back at Dallas Fan Days!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you an author who is trying to make it easier for people to make a positive impact on the world!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you returning guests: Rox Burkey & Charles Breakfield, the authors of the Enigma Series!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you South African turned Texan author Helen Munday!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we want to bring you the more serious subject of caring for your aging parents.
With this week's release of Spider-Man: Far From Home's first teaser trailer, we thought now would be a good time to talk about today's spoiler culture.
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we are continuing the day with Aaron Zook, author of Thunder and Lightening series.
As a quick note: we do want to apologize for the technical difficulties that you’ll see during the video. We were at the end of the day full of interviews & we somehow ran through ALL of our camera batteries…and the camera died mid-interview and…we had to finish recording on my phone. So, when there is a change in the appearance & audio, that’s why.
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we are starting the day off with former police chief Tom Nichols & his thriller the Arrows of Allah!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we decided to start this year off healthy & talk about yoga with former US Congressman Alan Steelman!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you Kimberly Fish & her thrilling historical fiction!
Known for her humorous short stories & unique observations about the stranger things in life, Carol Cook has brought fun & laughter to the readers of her local newspaper for several years.
At Dallas Fan Days, we had the chance to talk to our friends Dee Rich & Erica Muse about their incredible Eevee evolution goddess cosplays, inspired by Little Paper Forest!
It has been such a great year for us here at Dallas Geek! We can't wait to talk about it & answer any questions you may have!
For our big Christmas surprise, we present to you the conclusion to an interview that we started all the way back in July!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you Thomas Grooms & his exploration of the history of Russia from the collapse of the Soviet Union into recent years!
With the help of OMGCosplay & Carnation Cosplay, we take a look at what it takes to be a professional cosplayer today.
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you LaRee Bryant & her gripping mystery novels!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you Kim Robinson & her unique take on historical fiction!
Good friend of the show, Lhars Ebersold, uses her skills in sculpting & prop making to tap into our sense of nostalgia & give it a wonderfully twisted appeal!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you Lydia Mann, aka L.M. Mann, & her book The Nightmare King (Shadow of Dragons #1)!
Chuck Huber, a man whos work is known to anime fans world wide, has been working on the English dubs for some of the most renowned anime series today.
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you The Popcorn Tree by Catherine Green!
When Dani Chambers found out that her second role with Funimation was going to be the lead of her very own show, it was like winning the lottery!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, author Patty Wiseman has a little something for both adults & children!
We had the chance to speak with Greg Beecher & Kenny Rogers (no, not THAT Kenny Rogers) about their Empire Strikes Back Millenium Falcon cockpit replica that they brought to Dallas for only their second convention appearance in Texas!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we’re bringing you historical fiction writer, Shanna Spence!
Geekstyr is a dating & friends app to help those of a nerdier persuasion cut out the awkwardness from trying to find like minded people with their same interests.
MCubed Cosplay is a local cosplayer here in North Texas who does some fantastic work creating screen accurate costumes for the characters that she embodies & has received an immense amount of attention for her pin-up & boudoir photoshoots.
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we’re bringing you the second part of our daily double with Chenda Tom!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we’re bringing you the first part of our daily double with Bessie David.
Oh My Sophii represents the newest trend in the cosplay community: the cosplay entrepreneur.
Jeff Balke Studios is working on finishing their first animated short, featuring two cute little squirrels names Stanley & Natasha!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you Penny Richards, author of the Lily Long mysteries series!
One of the unique attractions at this year’s Dallas Fan Days if the Harry Potter Escape Room, presented by Portable Escapes, LLC.
For those of you looking for something fun to do this weekend, Dallas Fan Days has just started over at the Irving Convention Center at Los Colinas!
Cosplaying since she was a teenager, Desert Rose Cosplay would regularly attend conventions dressed as her favorite DC & Star Trek characters.
The wonderful thing about the nerdy community is that there are so many ways that you can get involved & find success that there isn’t just one correct formula.
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we’re bringing you the second part of our daily double with another great travel writer by the name of Tweed Scott!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we’re bringing you the first part of our daily double with one of the most energetic people we’ve met in all of our interviews so far!
One of the newer additions to the North Texas cosplay community, Katrina Rose is a fun, energetic cosplayer who has developed a small, dedicated following over the past year or so.
For those of you who aren’t already following BritishPixie Cosplay, she’s a Houston based cosplayer who is also a crazy talented costume maker!
Thanks to the help of their many volunteers, Heroic Inner Kids is able to provide medical, educational, & community programs to create an environment of service & humanity.
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we are back with a fiction writer who built her career working for NASA!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we are back with a fantastic book about child psychology called Your Brain & Heart Want To Talk To You.
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you the Christian Fiction series, The Holy Flame Trilogy, the Grace Restored series, & the Divine Legacy series, from author CJ Peterson!
Tonight, we are trying out a new series that dives into what the con experience is really like after dark!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we bring you the latest book from award winning author Judith Briles: How to Create a $1,000,000 Speech!
For this week's Spotlight Sunday segment, we are bringing you a fun supernatural mystery novel called The Whizbang Machine!
One of the great things about conventions like AnimeFest is all of the amazing people you get to spend time with. Take Lori from Lost Things Cosplay & her boyfriend Michael for example…
Mary Ann Faremouth is the founder and CEO of Faremouth and Company, a respected & well known recruiting company based in Houston, TX.
Our first featured author is Joann Wagner, who has written the book series: Sir Pigglesworth Adventures!
This past weekend was AnimeFest 2018. When you arrive & look around, you can feel like you have literally been transported to another world of wonder.
Earlier this summer, we had the chance to sit down with Erica from Scarlet Muse Cosplay to talk all about her experience coming up in the cosplay community.
After the incredibly ADD free-for-all that was part 2 of this interview, we are finally able to bring things back in focus & get back to the questions you came here to see answered!
Earlier in the summer, we had the opportunity to sit down with one of our cosplayer friends, Heather Novocaine, to talk about how she got into cosplay & some of her experiences in the cosplay community overall.
I have a confession...as long as I have been going to conventions & as many conventions as I have attended over the years...I have NEVER been to A-Kon before this year!
So...we have finally run out of videos about this year's Fan Expo Dallas! No more interviews, con footage, or torturing Mike with another new tattoo. Now, all that's left is to talk about our opinions on how it went.
Just like last time, when Mike & Charlotte start to talk, the sarcasm flows freely, so buckle up!
Texas Authors, Inc, formally the Texas Association of Authors, is a nonprofit organization who's goal is to support independent authors through education & marketing assistance in order to help authors get their books in front of more people through more avenues of distribution.
Have you ever found yourself daydreaming about being your favorite superhero? Did that fantasy ever inspire you to make that dream a reality? For Michael Byrnes, that is exactly what has happened.
Walking up to her table at this year's Fan Expo Dallas, it was obvious that Dee Rich, aka Lady Dee Rich, is someone who belongs in cosplay. Throughout the weekend, she always seemed to have someone there talking & having blast! Between her energetic personality & the music playing at her table to encourage random mini-dance parties, there was never a lack of enthusiasm permeating the air around her.
If you think he's Aquaman, think again...this is Arthur Curry, Sustainable Fisheries Consultant for Executive Aquatic Management, Inc.
Sam, the shy, but very friendly owner of Pixel Moon Studios, kindly took time out of her day to tell us all about how she got into making things like nerdy plushies & unicorn headdresses for conventions. Having earned a bachelor's degree in fine art & being a nerd at heart, Sam decided to put her talents to work making the kind of unique & fun things that she always wanted to see at conventions.
One person in the latter group was Erica Muse of Scarlet Muse Cosplay. On this day of the convention, she was decked out in her Darth Rey costume & was quite gleefully taking every chance she had to talk to each of her fans, as well as potential fans, who came by her table.
As I was walking the floor at All-Con, I came across a table that intrigued me from the shear uniqueness of its appearance. Sitting at the table were two authors, Jeannie Ruth & Diane Lindmark, with a collection of very colorful books & a whole host of hand-crafted hats.
Many of you are familiar with friend of the show BCharlotteD from our previous article about her. Well, we decided that she needed a proper interview as soon as we could get one set up.
So far this year, we have had the chance to speak with several independent authors from across the various genres and get their perspectives on what it's like to be an author in today's digital world. Each has had their own tactics to get their work in front of new readers, both online & in person. However, Blaise Ramsay was the first that we have talked to who went all the way into the deep end of the pool & setup her own publishing company in order to release her books.
One of these exceptional photographers is Brian Holm, aka Photo Persuasion. Brian has been doing cosplay photography for the better part of a decade &, when you see his images, it shows.
This week, we Facebook live streamed our round table discussion about the Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies with our friend David, from The Last Call podcast.
Don't expect to see princesses & talking mice at her table. While her style may be influenced by Disney, the images that grab her attention are pulled from Stranger Things, Rick & Morty, Marvel, & the Walking Dead.
Overall, the wonderful craftsmanship & clear love of horror that each & every piece out on display exuded was phenomenal. Alee has provided a truly terrifying offering decorations & apparel that any horror movie fan would be proud to own & display at home.
If you are a fan of Star Trek or enjoy books that use pop culture to spread a message, then I highly recommend that you go check out Kevin's books right now!
In this week's addition of Know Your Directors, we take a look at the king of cursing & blood, Quentin Tarantino.
While at the North Texas Comic Book Show, I had the chance to interview Matt Long, with Cosmunity. Now, as they are still a pretty young company, even those people who attend conventions regularly may not know who or what Cosmunity is, so we asked Matt to help enlighten our readers as to why everyone should check out their app.
We had the privilege to interview local comic book artist, Jake Goodman, about the upcoming release of his first major comic book: Tartarus. Jake gave us the low down on this project, which he has been working on for a little over a year and a half and is in the final stretch of completing.
Among the many comic book creators, store owners, and enthusiasts that we met at this year's North Texas Comic Book Show, there was one duo that stood out form the crowd. They were Charles Breakfield & Rox Burkey, the authors of a techno thriller book series called "The Enigma Series".
At this year's North Texas Comic Book Show, I had the chance to sit down with Marla, from MCubed Cosplay & talk with her about her experiences in the world of comic book conventions, what it's like to be a well known cosplayer in the DFW area & beyond, & what her thoughts are on her cosplay work compared to her other modeling.
In this week's addition of Know Your Directors, we take a look at Hollywood's resident expert on the twist ending, M Night Shyamalan.
In this week's addition of Know Your Directors, we take a look at the Godfather of Hollywood himself, Steven Spielberg.
For those of you who saw our Facebook Livestream last week, we said that we would be doing a full review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (with spoilers). Well, here it is!
In our latest installment of Know Your Directors, we analyze the directing style of the incredible Ridley Scott.
In our first installment of Know Your Directors, we analyze the directing style of the JJ Abrams.
Today, we are starting a new series called Know Your Directors. Each week, we will discuss a different director, their cinematic style, defining movies, and what their involvement in a movie can tell us about the inevitable quality we have to look forward to.
With it being the last weekend before Halloween, we decided it was the best time to discuss our Top 10 list of Horror Movie Directors.