The Geek Gossip

If there's anything Jack and Artie do best, it's reviews of comic book movies! In this episode, we jump into the new DCU with Jaimie Reyes in the new film Blue Beetle, directed by Angel Manuel Soto and starring Xolo Maruduena!! Tune in for our thoughts on the brand new origin movie with emphasis on family, Easter Eggs to all eras of the Blue Beetle comics, spectacular visuals and more. Be sure to...

Jack and Artie's two part Free Comic Book Day mega episode concludes!! LIVE from JETPACK COMICS AND GAMES' FCBD CELEBRATION 2023, we've got three new awesome interviews for a new Geek Gossip epic!!! First, we are joined by the legendary artist PAUL PELLETIER! Best known for his historic runs on classic MARVEL and DC characters such as AQUAMAN, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, FLASH, HULK and more, Paul's...

For the third year in a row, Jack and Artie brought their mic setup to Jetpack Comics' Free Comic Book Day festival to interview guests and record some awesome content. In part one of a two part mega episode, we start things off with three epic TMNT interviews! Our first guest is one of the original Mirage writers and artists, Eric Talbot! All the way from the earliest days of the turtles to the r...

Huge news this week within the world of Star Wars!! At Star Wars Celebration 2023, not only was a trailer revealed for a new Ahsoka series but three new movies were announced, all set in different eras of the Star Wars timeline. From directors Dave Filoni, James Mangold, and Charmeen Obaid-Chinoy, these movies will all have opening crawls and will be released in 2025, 2027 and 2029. Jack and Artie...

Do you like it when Jack and Artie do movie reviews? Are you curious or excited about recent non-superhero blockbusters exploding box offices around the world? Do you like listening to podcasts? If so, this is the episode for you! This week's show features two awesome movie reviews and a great general discussion about the state of nerd cinema in 2023. First off, we open by reviewing the brand new...

New episode out now! Join us as we review the latest installment on the DCEU, Shazam!: Fury of the Gods. A long awaited sequel, Jack and Artie discuss their thoughts on this new movie's performances, characters and comparison to its predecessor. We also elaborate on how much of a step up it is from Black Adam, and how a crossover between the Rock's anti-hero and Billy Batson's alter ego will play...

For our biggest episodes in quite a while, Jack and Artie publish all the awesome interviews they recorded last week at the New England Toy and Record Show! Our first guest is actor/stuntman Kyle Pacek, best known for his work as a Bounty Hunter and various Jawas in The Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett. Kyle joins us to tell the stories of how he got involved in the entertainment industry, his ex...

The long awaited third and final installment to the Ant-Man trilogy has arrived, and Quantumania rules!! The MCU's fifth phase has begun with a microscopic epic using Kang the Conqueror as the main villain, and with great performances from Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lily, Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiifer, Jack and Artie both bring an exciting review. How does this set up for future Marvel movies?...

Back for a quick Superbowl weekend mini-episode, Jack and Artie kick off the episode by reviewing the new Wizarding World video game, Hogwarts Legacy! As an action RPG set 200 years before the events of Harry Potter, be sure to give this episode a listen for Jack and Artie's take on the game and hopes for the Boy Who Lived's future presence within the world of gaming. Also, the beginning of the Ma...

On another fantastic episode of the Geek Gossip, your good friends Jack and Artie are joined by the owner of DC Toys, Records and Collectibles himself, Dominik Cote! March 4th-5th at the Elks Lodge in Dover, Dominik is organizing the con New England Toy and Record Show. Featuring some of the best guests in entertainment such as Mandalorian actors Kyle Pacek and Christine & Bradley Galey, Retur...

In this action packed episode, we are joined by three guests unlike any other we’ve had before - the noise rock trio piece the Freqs! Consisting of singer/guitarist Seth Crowell, bassist/backup vocalist Ian Mandly, and drummer Zach Fierman, the Salem Massachusetts band has been making awesome psych punk music since 2019. Celebrating the debut of their new EP, “Poachers”, join Jack and Artie as the...

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everybody! In this episode of your favorite podcast, Jack and Artie are joined by the legendary "Epic Lloyd" Ahlquist, co-creator of the iconic YouTube series Epic Rap Battle of History! Known for dropping bars in costume for fictional characters and historic figures such as Elvis Presley, Wolverine, Stan Lee, Pennywise and Adolf Hitler, Lloyd won the 3rd Streamy...

This week, Jack and Artie kickstart the new year with a banger episode. Joined by their good friend Rich from Jetpack Comics & Games, the awesomeness starts up with the triumphant return of the Jetpack Launchpad. We had a great time catching up with Rich about Jetpack making the New York Times, his opinion on James Gunn's Superman movie and all the times he'll get phone calls from legendary wr...

Jack and Artie are back to talk about current updates in the worlds of Superman and Spider-Man!

Jack and Artie are back on the mic with an awesome episode that's gonna blow your minds!! First up, we review and break down the second trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, starring Chris Pratt, Jack Black, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor Joy and Seth Rogen. This new trailer gave us a first look at Luigi, Princess Peach and Donkey Kong while featuring references to games like Mario Odyssesy, Mariokar...

Jack and Artie are back with another exciting episode, and this week they are joined by special guest Jerry Buckner from the iconic '80s music duo Buckner & Garcia! Known as one of the geniuses behind the unlikely top ten hit Pac-Man Fever, Jerry comes onto the show to chat with us about the stories behind his iconic debut album comprised entirely of songs about retro arcade games, the theme song...

Boy oh boy do we have an astounding episode for you this week, because in this episode we are joined by comics legend Jim Shooter!!! Best known as the former Editor in Chief of Marvel Comics and the founder of Valiant, Jim is also responsible for writing the Secret Wars storyline, the first time Superman and Flash raced, the second Spider-Man/Superman crossover and countless other iconic events. L...

55 years ago this week, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin recorded the iconic footage of Bigfoot walking through the woods of Bluff Creek, California. Decades later, the film has become the iconic symbol of cryptozoology and in this awesome giant-sized anniversary episode, Jack and Artie are joined by some squatching legends to get to the bottom of the mystery behind the Patterson/Gimlin film. First...

On this week's episode, Jack and Artie are joined by iconic comic book artist and cartoon producer Ethan Nicole! Ethan is best known as the artist co-creator of the Axe Cop series that he created with his then-five-year old brother Malachai in 2009 and has worked as a story editor on Veggie Tales in the House, Bunicula and Teen Titans Go!. Ethan joins us to talk about the inspiration behind his la...

It's a very wide assortment of topics covered in this week's episode! We open with a breakdown of the newly released trailer for Illumination's Super Mario Bros. movie then later reviewed the new Disney Plus Marvel Studios Special Presentation, Werewolf by Night. Plus, we analyze the recent announcement of Hugh Jackman returning as Wolverine in 2024's Deadpool 3. Our Uncle Russ later joins us for...

On this episode, we have an exciting interview unlike any we've had before, because we are joined by the singer-songwriter genius behind the band Kirby Krackle, nerd rock pioneer Kyle Stevens!! Listen to us chat with Kyle about the inspiration behind his pop culture themed music, his songwriting process, the tour he went on with "Weird Al" Yankovic, his music being featured in the Guardians of the...

Geek Gossip live at GraniteCon!! Join Jack and Artie for the recordings of their panel discussion at New Hampshire's main comic convention Granite State comic con as they are joined by special guests Black Caravan's Rich Woodall, Perhapanauts co-creator and Young Hellboy artist Craig Rousseau and Eisner recipient Freddie E. Williams II known for his work on comic crossovers. Listen to us chat with...

This week on the Geek Gossip, Jack and Artie open with an exciting announcement of an upcoming Geek Gossip appearance and get into discussion on the new trailer for upcoming musician biopic on Roku for the accordion playing, Hawaiian shirt-rocking song parodist, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. In Tales from the Dollar Bin, our dad joins us to review Challengers of the Unknown #79 and Adventure Comic...

This episode of the Geek Gossip podcast is one of our best yet, because this week we are joined by Max Rebo himself Simon J. Williamson, known for his puppeteering work in films such as Return of the Jedi, Little Shop of Horrors, the Dark Crystal and various Muppet movies. We talk to Simon about his career in the film industry, the physical challenges he ran into while filming The Dark Crystal, so...

When it comes to news within the world of geekdom, you know that your bros Jack and Artie have got you covered, and in a week full of lots of awesome news you can totally count on us! We start out by reviewing the new epic series of animated shorts I Am Groot on Disney Plus starring the loveable tree-like baby alien from Guardians of the Galaxy in five new hilarious and intelligent shorts with ama...