Sneaky Geek

This week in Sneaky Geek, we got comic store owners, board game designers, professional artists, cosplayers, and comic slingers all here to tell you the ups and downs of their passions! Bryce and Bryan attended Wonder Con in Anaheim, California and interviewed people from all over the industry! So enjoy this two hour episode with laughter, tears, controversy, and even a little time travel!   Speci...

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't seen Avengers: Infinity War then you might want to go watch that right now! Go! Watch that thing! If you have though, Cinematographer Logan Lirette joins us to weigh in on his thoughts both as a geek and a film buff. Also Bryce is sick so he sounds disgusting.   Find us on our socials! @sneakygeekpodcast, @brycerankins, @brom1137

So you remember that time when we had a full schedule and everything was coming together for a great second half of our first season? And then remember that time that Bryce dropped his hard drive and lost all of his archives? Pepperidge Farm Remembers, but Bryce's hard drive doesn't. It doesn't remember anything. So here's where we're at and here's what you should know going forward!

A long time ago when we first started making this podcast we sat down with Dave and discussed Doctor Who. It went well. But now it's back! So we are here to get you entirely up to date on what has happened with the Doctor Who series. We got industry insights, we got outdustry outsights, we got wibblies and wobblies and timies and wimies. We have real words and fake words. From "extended hiatus" to...

Bryce and Dave sit down to expand on the Thor Ragnarok conversation some more by going deeper into the original lore that inspired the original comic stories that inspired the film. We expand on many of the characters within the film and some of their best stories in their many runs over the years. So sit back and soak up the wealth of knowledge Dave continually spews any time he starts talking co...

My fellow geeks, Bryan and Bryce present to you the State of the Podcast address. It's a lot like The State of the Union address, and about as long once you take out the embellishments, the bragging, and the applause. Plus we call out one loyal listener and start our first giveaway!

SPOILER WARNING: THIS IS SO FULL OF SPOILERS. SO SO VERY FULL OF THEM. Sleepy and coming down off of their excitement from the film, Bryce and Bryan, joined by the lovely Florence Bullock (Known as Glitbiter in the synth world) sit down in Bryan's car and quickly give their thoughts as to The Last Jedi and how much they loved it.

In this spoiler free lead up, Bryan and Bryce discuss what books in the expanded Star Wars canon are most helpful in fully understanding The Last Jedi. Recorded before The Last Jedi's release date, there are a number of guesses you might find didn't quite turn out as they thought, but that's half the fun of predictions! Learn where to look to find more information about your favorite Star Wars cha...

In this quick little extension of our Justice League recap episode, our comic book historian, Dave Ziegler gives us some books to read up on so we can learn more about The Justice League and all of their members. SPOILER WARNING: There are plenty of spoilers here too! Don't be fooled by the short episode we pack in a lot more than you'd expect!   Find us on our socials! @sneakygeekpodcast, @brycer...

Dave joins us once again to talk about The Justice League! We go by character by character and discuss the excitement we feel about the film while still acknowledging some of the pitfalls it has as well. We also discuss the style differences between Zach Snyder and Joss Whedon and how it affected the final product. SPOILER WARNING: The whole episode is Justice League Spoilers. Did you read the tit...

Bryce and Dave discuss Bryce and Bryan's interviews with some more independent ends of the comic book industry that happened at Bakersfield Comic Con! Bakersfield Comic Con may be small and cozy, but it had some pretty awesome indie talent this year. We interview Scott "Fuzzy" Joseph, writer and artist for The Warren Hope; Nicole Goux, who has done work for Gem and the Holograms and has a series c...

This week we get geared up for Justice League! Are we interested? You bet! Are we excited? Kind of, yeah! Are we worried that Zach Snyder has once again misunderstood his source material and completely ignored the inherent goodness of his characters? You bet! We tried to do this with as little frustrated rants as possible... We were not good at it. But it's okay because it's all relevant informati...

Bryan and Bryce went to see Thor Ragnarok and now they're here to discuss what source material was clearly used, what this film means for the MCU and then they nitpick it till they love it... like all geeks seem to do. 00:00 - 19:30 - Spoiler free zone! 19:30 - 23:30 - Spoilers if you skipped the trailers somehow! Everything else - Spoilers everywhere!   Find us on our socials! @sneakygeekpodcast,...

This week we finish up our comic book ages discussion with our Comic Historian, Dave Ziegler! We also discuss how to divide the ages of comic books after the bronze age and where the industry has gone since then. Part 2 of 2! FACT CHECK: In the introduction, Bryce states that the Golden Age ends with Sensation Comics #4 and the introduction of the new Flash. The new Flash was introduced in Showcas...

Dave Ziegler joins us once again to fight one of the oldest gatekeeping methods in the book! The ol' "you don't know about this part that happened eighty years ago?" trick. A foolhardy attempt to block people from loving what they want! And here at Sneaky Geek we say love what you want to love, and those guys can suck it! But that doesn't mean we don't want to arm you with a few fun facts up your...

Sega does what Nintendon't, and by that we mean that Sega dies off as a console contender. Because Nintendo is back baby! Nintendo's countless missteps lead to some serious rethinking on their parts, and suddenly, back to their roots and what made them great in the first place. Our Console Video Game Historian, Nick Fratto joins us once again to discuss the return of Nintendo as a contender in the...

SPOILER ALERT! The new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi came out last night and we couldn't help ourselves! So we went frame by frame and grabbed all the best bits we could to talk about and geek out about. Do NOT listen to this episode if you are spoiler sensitive! (That's like force sensitive, but instead of cool powers you're actually just perpetually terrified of the internet)   Find us on...

This week on part one of another Sneaky Geek two parter, Nick Fratto, our in-house console gaming amateur historian proudly helps us earn our "Explicit" rating as we discuss Console Wars, the rise of Nintendo and the fall of Sega. From the Super Mario Brothers movie to obscure video games you might have missed, this episode has all manner of weird history you're craving.   Subscribe and review tod...

Join us for part 2 of our Star Wars: The Clone Wars discussion from last week as we continue to discuss the repercussions the series has on not only the prequels, but eventually to the original trilogy, and the canon as a whole. We also discuss a fan theory that eventually became canon in one of the best retcons from the series. Thanks for listening! Subscribe and give us a rating!

Missing a few details about what happened in the prequel trilogy? Come get the informational high ground! In this two-part episode, Bryan and Bryce bring Dave Ziegler in to discuss the importance of Star Wars: The Clone Wars in the current Star Wars canon, as well as how it helps improve upon the prequel trilogy's lore and characters. Learn about clones, Jedi, and the events that lead into the ori...

In today's episode, we have special guest Stephinie Touch and Dave Ziegler (From the future) to talk about our favorite and not-so-favorite parts of San Diego Comic-Con! We talk SDCC news, ups and downs of FOMO, and navigating the Smithsonian-Vegas hybrid that is the west coast's biggest celebration of the geek world.

It's our premiere episode! Bryce Rankins and Bryan Romero discuss the billions of rules that one must follow to become a "true" fan, and how most of those rules are totally bunk. Gatekeepers get in the way of everyone's good time, and it's time we found a way to get around them and enjoy what we love. Learn about your favorite franchises, how they came to be, their lore, and what their fans are li...