We had such a great time last year, we decided to do it again. This year, Judy and John are joined by Billy Flynn, Kitsie Duncan, and Glenn Hauman as they played Match Game with contestants William Frank Merlock and Karen Carothers. Take a moment to let us know what you thought of the episode by visiting the forums or by calling our toll-free number 888-866-9010.
We also had some time for a Post Mortem After Party. Take a listen as some of us reveal our nicknames for our ex-significant others.
3: Post-Mortem After Party
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Our Stars
Bill Vernon, AKA “the Wonderful Billy Flynn,” brings the funny each week on Geek Radio Daily! His daytime alter ego is mild-mannered (well, that part is a stretch) on-air talent at WRAR Radio Station in Virginia. He actually gets paid to sit on his butt and run his mouth! His “edumacation” is from UNC-Wilmington and the Columbia School of Broadcasting. When he is not gracing the podcasting airways with his comedic stylings, you can find Billy Flynn on Xbox Live (flynn71), rockin’ out on Guitar Hero or Rock Band, watching movies, reading comics, working out, or posting on the forums at geekradiodaily.com (ding!)
Kitsie Duncan is living her dream as an actress and producer. Her first major film, a straight to DVD release, Lethal Obsession, is now available through Darkrider Productions. In addition, Kitsie has been in numerous commercials and will be appearing in a number of other film projects in the year to come. She recently had the honor of being named a finalist in the Famous Monsters Scream Queen competition and will be featured in the magazine's October issue. Learn even more about Kitsie by following her on Twitter and Facebook and by scanning her resume here.
Glenn Hauman fulfills one of the unspoken staffing requirements at a comics company. "Dwayne McDuffie at Milestone, Mike Richardson at Dark Horse, Denis Kitchen at Kitchen Sink, Jim Shooter at Marvel and Valiant-- every comics company needs to have at least one ridiculously tall guy on it. With me on board, we'll have somebody who can change light bulbs and play center for the inter-company baseball league."
When he was in junior high school, Glenn took art lessons from John Buscema, the legendary (and quite tall) Marvel Comics artist. "I knew I could never draw like that that," he says. Instead, he found other ways to make comics his career, starting with working in a local comic shop in high school, and then the production department at DC Comics.
He has fifteen years of experience in publishing, including work for Random House, Simon & Schuster, DC Comics and Apple Comics. Mr. Hauman has worked as a graphic designer, editor, photo retoucher, CD-ROM producer, story consultant for films, and radio show co-host of "Destinies - The Voice of Science Fiction" on WUSB 90.1 FM at SUNY/Stony Brook.
His latest Star Trek e-book, Creative Couplings, has been getting press coverage for its portrayal of the first Klingon-Jewish wedding. In addition to Star Trek, he's written other licensed tie-in works for X-Men and Farscape, and urban fantasy for Baen Books.
He has been a featured speaker on the future of publishing at numerous industry trade shows. He was a founder of internet pioneer companies BiblioBytes, Hell's Kitchen Systems (bought by Red Hat in 2000), and Lot Auctions.
Most recently, Glenn has been working as a webmaster, assistant editor, and production manager for arrogantMGMS, a comics packing company now involved with ComicMix. Glenn manages their GrimJack.com, JonSable.com, MundensBar.com websites; he also runs the websites for comic book pros PeterDavid.net and BobGreenberger.com.
"My career is the definition of varied, and the one constant is that I find myself doing something new that still draws on past experiences," Hauman said. "I can't imagine something that draws on all the things I've done and all the things I want to do more than ComicMix."
Our Contestants
Karen Mitchell Carothers has been a Trek fan for as long as she can remember. In fact, it led to her degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland. By day, she's a mild-mannered worker-bee in the aerospace industry. By night, she leads a Star Trek fan club in Frederick, MD (http://www.ussredbaron.org) and is a long-time flutist in the Columbia Concert Band (http://www.columbiaband.org). She lives in Baltimore in a tiny brick rowhouse with her scifi geek husband Chris and their psychocat, Jezabelle.
Bill Merlock is a computer progammer living in the Baltimore Maryland area. He is a life-long Cubs fan; his favorite play is Hamlet; and his favorite movie is Casablanca. Anything else you want to know about him can pretty much be extrapolated from those three data points. He is known as Captain Patch on the Chronic Rift forums.
