Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Contributor Profile: Christopher J. Garcia

Today we're welcoming the first of our new contributors to the flock: Chris Garcia

Chris Garcia? You mean the archivist, curator, film festival programmer, fanzine editor, professional wrestling enthusiast, painter, true crime writer, podcaster, and father of 2? The one from Boulder Creek, CA? The one that won the Hugo for Best Fanzine a couple of times? The guy with the hair? Oh, he's @johnnyeponymous on all the social media!



NAME: Christopher J Garcia

SECRET UNDISCLOSED LOCATION: Boulder Creek, California, about half-a-mile from downtown, on the right.

NERD SPECIALIZATION(S): Short films, fanzines, history of fandom, professional wrestling and the relationship to fandom, short stories, podcasting

MY PET PEEVES IN NERD-DOM ARE: Pretty mild, really.

VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, ZOMBIES, ALIENS OR ROBOTS: UFOs, which are basically alien robots, if you think about it...

RIGHT NOW I'M READING: Blackbeard by Kurt Vonnegut

...AND A COUPLE BOOKS I RECENTLY FINISHED ARE: Much Depends on Dinner by Margaret Visser, Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers

NEXT TWO ON QUEUE ARE: The Employees by Olga Ravn. Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce

WHEN THE WEATHER SUCKS OUTSIDE I'M MOST LIKELY TO BE... trying to keep my kids from breaking every object in the house.

MY FAVORITE SUPERHERO AND SUPER-VILLAIN ARE: Hero: Plastic-Man. VIllain: Plastic-Man, but with a goatee.

IF I WERE A SUPERHERO/VILLAIN, MY POWER WOULD BE: None. I'd be a nerd-type Batman.

THE BEST COMIC FILM OF THE PAST 5 YEARS IS: Captain Marvel

THE WORST COMIC FILM OF THE PAST 5 YEARS IS: .Logan

I JUST WATCHED XXXX AND IT WAS AWESOME: SHARE?

I JUST WATCHED XXXX AND IT WAS TERRIBLE. White Zombie

EVERYONE SHOULD SEE XXXX BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, Hundreds of Beavers

BEST SCIENCE/SPECULATIVE FICTION SHOW OF THE PAST 10 YEARS: Twin Peaks: The Return

NAME A BOOK YOU *NEED* A MOVIE OF (OR VICE VERSA): A Scattering of Jades by Andrew Irvine.


Welcome Chris!