In this episode, the Tomboy Tarts, Persis and Raven are taking their new stint as Gotham City Police Department detectives pretty seriously as a spate of iconic DC Comics villains go missing. With the help of GeekGirlCon's Kristine "Kitty Woman" Hassell and her sidekick, sub-editor and master geek expert of geek site, justsaying.asia, Ryan, the crew delve into the dark archives of Gotham City to find out where our favourite villains have disappeared to. All our favourite DC Comics villains, Papa Midnite, Dr Harrison Wells and even Dr Crane (Scarecrow) have all gone missing in this week’s DC Comics-themed episode! What gives? In Gotham City, all our favourite DC universes merge at the home of The Dark Knight. We catch up with Detectives Persis and Raven of Gotham City Police Department (GCPD) as they try to solve an excruciatingly mind-bending missing persons case involving iconic villains of DC. They receive valuable intel from their guests, social media manager of GeekGirlCon, Kristine Hassell aka Kitty Woman, long lost cousin of Catwoman had sidekick, Ryan, a major DC Comics geek and sub-editor of justsaying.asia to find clues and information on these missing villains at the archives section of Wayne Tower. Kristine and Ryan share their passions, theories and more about DC Comics, as well as television shows, The Flash and Gotham. If you’re a DC Comics geek and want to know more about this year’s GeekGirlCon and why you should be there as well as first hand perspectives of your favourite DC Comics heroes and villains, you’ve got to listen to our 50th episode of blockbuster proportions. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: 1. GUEST BIO We find out more about our guests Kristine "Kitty Woman" Hassell, who is the social media manager for GeekGirlCon - an annual convention held in Seattle that celebrates and honors the legacy of women contributing to geek culture and Ryan, the sub-editor for justsaying.asia, passionate DC Comics fan and comic book writer. 2. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS - The fate of Constantine, Season 2. - DC Comics move from New York to California, Warner Brothers Studios. 3. DISCUSSION TOPICS - The Flash Chronicles - Villains of Gotham ABOUT OUR GUESTS KRISTINE HASSELL
Kristine "Kitty Woman" Hassell, is the social media manager for GeekGirlCon - an annual convention held in Seattle that celebrates and honors the legacy of women contributing to science and technology; comics, arts, and literature; and game play and game design by connecting geeky women world-wide and creating community to foster continued growth of women in geek culture through events. Connect with Kristine Hasselle on the GeekGirlCon Facebook page or as @GermanCityGirl on Twitter and find out more about this years GeekGirlCon. RYAN Ryan is the sub-editor for justsaying.asia who grew up on Marvel and then moving over to Superman and then thinking flying was a pre-requisite to being an actual superhero. Unfortunately, Ryan found out that that wasn't one of his specialties as he grew up and quickly realised that there were other superheroes in the DC Comics universe that required no special aviation or flying skills. Connect with Ryan at justsaying.asia. GEEK GIRL CON ORIGIN STORY GeekGirlCon celebrates and honors the legacy of women contributing to science and technology; comics, arts, and literature; and game play and game design by connecting geeky women world-wide and creating community to foster continued growth of women in geek culture through events. The first inkling of GeekGirlCon took form at San Diego Comic-Con in 2010. Mixed into days of programming focused on superheroes, blockbuster films, and popular television celebrities was a panel called “Geek Girls Exist.” Despite this panel being scheduled at the same time as the popular Scott Pilgrim panel, the room was packed. This panel dedicated to female geeks and nerds motivated a huge audience to come together and celebrate geek girls. Harnessing the momentum, these women and their supporters connected via social media and started tossing ideas around. They began to coalesce into an organization and a purpose. After many, many hours of hard work and planning, on October 8, 2011, the first-ever GeekGirlCon opened its doors at the Seattle Center’s Northwest Rooms and the EMP Museum. The two-day convention was a huge success. Nearly 4,000 people celebrated the female geek, including 400 attendees under 10 years old. The convention showcased 70+ hours of programming supported by 50 volunteers and 30 staff members (also 100% volunteers). Leading up to the convention, GeekGirlCon put on more than 50 events to connect with other geeks, raise needed funds, and build a strong community. Today this grassroots-led, all-volunteer organization is growing. Now close to 40 strong, the staff works tirelessly to elevate the profile of geeky women across all types of geeky activities through social media and a multitude of events, including the annual GeekGirlCon convention. An extension of Tomboy Tarts, Tomboy Tirade (pronounced Tomboy Tee-rahd, the way we like to say it), is a no-holds comedy chat podcast with a whole lot of geek and humour thrown into every episode. Hosted by the co-founders of Tomboy Tarts, Persis Shanker and Raven Lim, the first episode was produced in June 2013 to a small audience of supportive friends and family. Over the next year, the creatively quirky funny podcast has become Asia’s biggest, all-female English comedy chat podcast. Tomboy Tirade is not your typical petite Asian girl next door podcast show. It can get pretty curvy, loud and opinionated as Persis and Raven break down the world’s trendiest topics of the moment in a fun and dramatic way. Unlike most podcast shows that will send you to the ‘Sleep Zone’, Tomboy Tirade is produced like a half hour situational comedy TV show with thematic storylines, breaks and jingles between chat segments. It’s banter overdosed on caffeine.
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