Interview

In true Toronto ComiCon spirit, each actor was more than happy to answer questions about the most iconic roles on their pop culture resumes.

The Black Superheroes are actually based on heroes from African-American slave folklore, a fact that intrigued me. I set up an interview with Tangela and we met at a local café in the bustling art community of Riverside to talk about superheroes, diversity, and the positive power of fiction.

Kurt Busiek is probably one of the biggest name in American comics. He started off doing freelance work for both DC and Marvel on titles like Iron Man, Avengers, and The Untold Tales of Spider-Man. In 1993, Busiek joined with superstar artist Alex Ross co-created the classic Marvels mini-series that showed the major events of the Marvel Universe from the perspective of photojournalist Phil Sheldon. From there, he created the long-running, award-winning Astro City series. Kurt Busiek is most notable for his humane approach to superheroes, making characters feel relatable despite their fantastical powers.

Our own Matthew Petras had a recent chat with Jesus Fabre, the Social Media Manager and PR for Aquiris. Here’s what he had to say: 1. Why did you opt for a premium model without any micro-transactions?  “Our studio has a previous history of successful premium games, also that monetization model was the one we …

Juan Navarro is an artist and co-founder of the small press indie comic book company Creature Entertainment located in Miami, Florida. He writes the supernatural crime drama Rez and draws the psychological horror story Tommy. He also runs his own website FWACATA and has his own webcomic The Zombie Years about a futuristic zombie apocalypse.

Huck, an Image Comics series starting on Nov. 18, is very different in tone compared to much of their past work, but that just means more excitement for writer Mark Millar and artist Rafael Albuquerque. “I like doing different things,” said Millar via Skype interview today. “In the past two, three years I have tried …

The Irish filmmaker, film historian and occasional film critic Mark Cousins has made films about films (at times to some controversy), and films about cities. I am Belfast, which he presented at the 50th Karlovy Vary, is one of the latter: dedicated to his home city of Belfast, it is a loving and somewhat experimental journey through the city and its history.

The first character of the cinema was the mass: In La sortie des usines Lumière, credited as the first ever film, a crowd of factory workers leave a factory. While on repeated viewings you could begin to pick out the quirks and personalities of certain subjects, the real character was the group, the mass, the …

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau Directed by David Gregory USA, 2014 Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) is a documentary that tells the secret story behind Richard Stanley’s involvement, as the uncredited director and extra, in the cult movie The Island …

This past week I had the pleasure of interviewing Jacob Semahn, the writer on the upcoming supernatural mystery series Goners from Image Comics. Before working on Goners, Semahn was a producer on American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. He is currently working in animation for Man of Action and has written screenplays for Marvel’s Avengers Assemble and Ultimate Spider-Man shows. The basic premise …

Linnea Quigley is a prolific actress with over a hundred credited film and television appearances including the likes of Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Demons, Graduation Day, Savage Streets, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, and Silent Night, Deadly Night. Ms. Quigley, who was kind enough to sit down for an …

The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy is a webseries created by Kyle Walters (most recently known for his role in Welcome to Sanditon) and Shawn DeLoache. Loosely based on J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, it’s set in a fictional Neverland, Ohio in which Peter is a comics writer, Wendy an advice columnist, and Wendy’s brothers John and Michael a …

BOOM! Entertaiment’s Lumberjanes is currently one of the most fun and creative comics out now. Boasting an all-female creative team and cast, it follows a group of five best friends, who get into all kinds of trouble at a summer camp that is more than meets the eye. Writers Noelle Stevenson (Nimona) and Grace Ellis, artist Brooke …

Now for something a little different…having my own goals in the comic book industry and being an avid con goer. It didn’t take long for me to track down the writer for this series and get some interview questions going for him via Facebook. I doubt I touched on every subject that’s eating you guys …

Best known for his portrayal of Tommy Oliver from the Power Rangers, and as an undefeated MMA fighter, Sound On Sight got a chance to speak with Jason David Frank at the 2013 Montreal Comiccon.  **** Sound On Sight: How was it like playing the Green Power Ranger with everybody growing up with you and …

This past Sunday at the 2013 Montreal Comiccon, Sound On Sight got a chance to talk with Edward James Olmos. Known for his role as Admiral William Adama on the hit series Battlestar Galactica, Lieutenant Martin Castillo from Miami Vice, his role in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, a guest role on Dexter, not to mention …

This past Sunday at the 2013 Montreal Comiccon, Sound On Sight got a chance to chat with James Callis. Known for his role as Dr. Gaius Baltar on the ever popular show Battlestar Galactica, Callis has over thirty credits to his name in radio, television and film work. He kindly took the time to answer …

In preparation for the 2013 Montreal Comiccon, taking place this weekend at the Palais Des Congres in the downtown area, Sound on Sight got a chance to sit down and talk with Frazer Hines. Perhaps best known for his role as Jaime McCrimmon, one of the most loved companions ever to travel through space and …

In preparation for the 2013 Montreal Comiccon, at Places Des Arts in the downtown area, Sound on Sight got a chance to speak with the iconic Lou Ferrigno, best known for his role on The Incredible Hulk. Taking a break out of his busy schedule Ferrigno answers a few of our questions. **** Sound On …

In preparation for the 2013 Montreal Comiccon, taking place this weekend at the Palais Des Congres in the downtown area, Sound on Sight got a chance to sit down and talk with Pat Mastroianni. Beloved by fans for his portrayal of the always charming Joey Jeremiah on Degrassi Junior High, Mastroianni took the time to …

Antisocial is the feature length debut for directing and writing team Cody Calahan and Chad Archibald. In spite of their youthful appearances, they are not new to the Canadian film industry or Fantasia, having produced over ten short and feature length films – including Fantasia fan favourite Monster Brawl which screened at the fest in …

A week before he died in 2006, author Mickey Spillane turned to his wife and said, “When I’m gone, there’s going to be a treasure hunt around here. Take everything you find and give it to Max – he’ll know what to do.” “Max” is Max Allan Collins. He was, for a number of reasons, …

Follow the internet trail to socialistworld.net and you’ll find an article from 2003 entitled “Free the Bin Tax Twelve.” The article is about the arrest of 10 new protesters during a movement to resist a double tax on waste collection in Irish cities that placed its largest burden on poor residential areas. One of those …