Gone are the days when geeks had to hide away in basements with their Star Wars figures and their D&D dice. Geek’s have become the cool kids. Recently we sat down with Comic Book Men’s Mike Zapcic at Xcon in Mrytle Beach to talk about the age of the nerd. We asked the expert about all things comic-culture including Marvels: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ben Affleck's Batman Batsuit and The Walking Dead. We also spoke to him about the upcoming season of Kevin Smith's Comic Book Men.
Classicialite: Geeks have taken over the earth. How does it feel?
Mike Zapcic: I feel great! We won! Basically we won! Essentially when I was growing up geek culture was the counterculture, we were the sub culture, now it’s mainstream. It makes me wonder what is going to become the counterculture. I don’t think that we are ever going to go back. I think that we are just going to get more and more superhero movies, comic book movies..But there always were those things out there that nobody realized were geek culture things. Like the Shawshank Redemption. Great movie right! It was written by Stephen King. It was one of my fathers favorite movies, he used to make fun of Stephen King, so…..
CL: Speaking of geek movies and geek tv shows. What are you watching right now?
MZ: These days I am going back on to Netflix and just watching Burn Notice. God I love Bruce Campbell. What else are we watching? Just got caught up on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. which had their season finale, ended strong. The Blacklist with James Spader, who is going to be Ultorn in the next Avengers movie. I don’t get a chance to watch a lot of TV but that is what I do watch.
CL: Do you watch Arrow?
MZ: I don’t unfortunately. I have been told that I have to go back and watch Arrow so. It is on Netflix, I will go back and watch the entire Season 1 and I will get caught up.
CL: Comic book movies. What is the best of the best right now?
MZ: The best comic book movie in my opinion has to be Cap: Winter Soldier. Out of everything. I think it was just about as perfect a movie as Marvel has put out.
CL: Zack Snyder recently released the picture of of Ben Affleck in his Batsuit and the Batmobile. What do you think?
MZ: I think it looks cool. I think Affleck is going to knock it out of the park.
CL: What are you reading comic book wise?
MZ: Comic book wise I am reading Guardians of the Galaxy, its been really kick a** and I can not wait for the movie. Walking Dead has been non-stop action. What else am I reading? Holly crap! Forever Evil, hopefully by the time that this see’s print, it will be done.
CL: Comic book men? You coming back this year?
MZ: We got one more seasons….Well, we have been picked up for a fourth season. We are very excited, we got really kicka** ideas and hopefully some guest stars that will really be amazing.
CL: When can expect to see that?
MZ: October with The Walking Dead on AMC.
CL: What else have you been working on?
MX: Ming [Chen] and I have a website called I Sell Comics. Its on Kevin Smith's Smodcast Internet Radio. We have some other projects in the works right now. Ming and I are going to do something with Comichead, and actually Smodcast Internet TV.
CL: With you guys here, who is manning the shop?
MZ: Walt Flanagan, because Walt doesn’t fly.
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