Welcome to Geektown

Kurt Onstad
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We answer geeky questions that non-geeks have!

  1. Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Jay Faerber (Part 3; Finale)

    08/04/2025

    Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Jay Faerber (Part 3; Finale)

    Wrapping up our discussion comic book and television writer Jay Faerber, we discuss a number of his tv projects, especially the ones featuring superheroes, including animated Marvel work, the much-loved “Crisis on Infinite Earths” Arrowverse crossover, and Jay’s current gig adding to the DCU mythos.

    35 min
  2. Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Jay Faerber (Part 2)

    07/28/2025

    Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Jay Faerber (Part 2)

    We continue to talk with comic book and television writer Jay Faerber, moving on to his creator-owned work at Image (especially Noble Causes), and then move on to his television writing, learning how it began, and answering some basic behind the scenes questions.

    29 min
  3. Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Jay Faerber (Part 1)

    07/20/2025

    Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Jay Faerber (Part 1)

    Beginning my interview with comic book and television writer Jay Faerber, in this first section we discuss his pre-professional life, then his early works for Marvel and DC, including a stint on The New Warriors (featuring Speedball, so you know we’re focusing on that!)

    26 min
  4. Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Dana Simpson (Part 3; Finale)

    06/23/2025

    Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Dana Simpson (Part 3; Finale)

    In this final part of my conversation with Dana Simpson, we get the most personal, as we talk about a planned project of Dana to chronicle her gender transition, then we discuss different ways that has affected her life and other work, as well as get into some political discussion and gender theory.

    38 min
  5. Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Dana Simpson (Part 2)

    06/16/2025

    Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Dana Simpson (Part 2)

    Continuing our conversation with Dana Simpson, this second part (of three) focuses primarily on “Phoebe & Her Unicorn,” and how it’s changed over the years. Then we touch on a couple of other projects as well, one finished, and one left incomplete.

    47 min
  6. Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Dana Simpson (Part 1)

    06/09/2025

    Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Dana Simpson (Part 1)

    We start a new conversation this week, this time talking to Dana Simpson, creator of “Ozy and Millie” (now Ozy and Milo), and the NYT Bestselling “Phoebe & Her Unicorn.” This first part starts with her education, then her work on family-friendly “Ozy and Millie” and the political cartoon called “I Drew This.”

    33 min
  7. Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Judd Winick (Part 3; Finale)

    05/26/2025

    Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Judd Winick (Part 3; Finale)

    We wrap up my interview with Judd Winick by starting on his decision to bring back Jason Todd (the 2nd Robin) from the dead as The Red Hood, then move on to his work during the New 52 at DC, the animated shows he worked on, and finally get to his decade-plus work writing and drawing the Hilo series of books. But first, a remembrance for another comics book professional who left us too soon.

    58 min
  8. Welcome to Geektown Interviews (Judd Winick; Part 2)

    05/19/2025

    Welcome to Geektown Interviews (Judd Winick; Part 2)

    In this 2nd of three parts of my interview with Judd Winick, we talk about his time on The Real World, the doors that opened and how he grew as a storyteller from writing about his experiences, leading to his comic book work for DC (and a little Marvel).

    46 min
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We answer geeky questions that non-geeks have!

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  • Creator
    Kurt Onstad
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    223
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Kurt Onstad
  • Show Website
    Welcome to Geektown