Slice of SciFi
Sci-Fi
Interviews and discussion about science fiction, fantasy and horror in television and film, plus coverage of comics, indie features, and more
Location:
Mesa, AZ
Description:
Interviews and discussion about science fiction, fantasy and horror in television and film, plus coverage of comics, indie features, and more
Twitter:
@sliceofscifi
Language:
English
Contact:
Slice of SciFi 550 W. Baseline Rd Ste 102-403 Mesa AZ 85210 602-635-6976
Website:
http://www.sliceofscifi.com
Episodes
“A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic”: Richard Scheib chases contagions on film
8/30/2025
For folks who enjoy reading lists and examinations about various TV and film genres, the new A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic: Depictions of Plague and Pandemic on Film and TV by author and journalist Richard Scheib is a fun one to add to your library.
Duration:00:48:40
“The Adventures of Lion Man”: Bill Campbell on recovering history
8/23/2025
Publisher Bill Campbell talks about Rosarium Publishing's new graphic novel compilation The Adventures of Lion Man, reprinting the lone 1947 comic featuring Lion Man, plus 3 new stories by John Jennings, David Brame, Yvette Ndlovu and Bill Campbell.
Duration:00:44:18
“Conan the Barbarian”: Comics writer Jim Zub on the new Titan series
8/16/2025
Acclaimed comics writer Jim Zub is writing the new main Conan the Barbarian series from Titan Comics, and he talks about creating new stories in that world, the reprints of the Savage Sword of Conan, and several other Conan series.
Duration:00:45:17
“Witchboard” writer-director Chuck Russell on throwbacks and remakes
8/9/2025
Director Chuck Russell, then actors Renee and Elisha Hebert talk about their work on the new reimagined Witchboard, and looking forward to the possible expansion of and continuation on in this story world.
Duration:00:36:31
“How Far Does the Dark Go?”: Bears Rebecca Fonte on trauma, healing and vampires
8/2/2025
Writer-director Bears Rebecca Fonte talks about their new queer vampire thriller romance How Far Does the Dark Go?, and walks through where the story came from and more.
Duration:00:27:24
“Star People”: Director Adam Finberg on different searches for truths
7/26/2025
Writer-director Adam Finberg talks about his fascination with the Phoenix Lights, and how that led to making his new indie thriller Star People.
Duration:00:27:15
“House on Eden”: adding to found footage paranormal investigations
7/19/2025
Content creators Kris Collins, Celina Myers and Jason-Christopher Mayer have made a paranormal investigation feature, House on Eden.
Duration:00:25:09
“FATE: The Winx Saga” writer Olivia Cuartero-Briggs talks adapting properties
7/12/2025
Comics writer Olivia Cuartero-Briggs talks about adapting a well-established property from another medium (animation) and what it's like to create in someone else's playground.
Duration:00:57:56
“Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics”
7/5/2025
"Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics" co-authors Margaret Stohl and Judith Stephens talk about the story behind making the book and talking to many of the women behind the creation of Marvel Comics.
Duration:01:03:36
“Off the Grid” director Johnny Martin, actor Maria Elisa Camargo
6/28/2025
Director Johnny Martin, then actor Maria Elisa Camargo talk about making Off the Grid, a new action-thriller also starring Josh Duhamel, Greg Kinnear and Peter Stormare.
Duration:00:35:55
“Found Footage Finds” filmmaker Chris Vander Kaay
6/21/2025
"Found Footage Finds" is a docuseries created by Chris Vander Kaay about "found footage" films. The examination of those films along with interviews with some of the filmmakers is a lovely deep dive into a fun, niche movie genre.
Duration:01:01:38
“Diablo” director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza on filming action
6/14/2025
Director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza talks about DIABLO, his latest action-thriller, starring Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror.
Duration:00:23:14
Ben H. Winters on writing his comics debut “Benjamin”
6/7/2025
Writer Ben H. Winters has a new comics limited series coming out, BENJAMIN, which is a prestige format 3-issue series that melds Philip K. Dick with Thomas Pynchon in a story that bends and breaks perception, time and reality itself.
Duration:00:35:00
“Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse” Director Isaac Ezban
5/31/2025
Director Isaac Ezban talks about his new post-apocalyptic film, Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse, the story of three young brothers fighting to survive in a world ravaged by an incurable plague.
Duration:00:33:06
“Parable of the Talents”: On adapting science fiction classics
5/17/2025
Eisner and Hugo Award winning comics writer Damian Duffy talks about the challenges of adapting the works of Octavia Butler to graphic novels. Parable of the Talents is the newest adaptation, following Kindred (2017) and and the Hugo Award-winning Parable of the Sower (2020).
Duration:00:50:37
“Watch the Skies”: a Swedish UFO conspiracy story, dubbed in English with AI
5/10/2025
Watch the Skies is a Swedish UFO conspiracy thriller, now coming to international audiences with the help of advanced AI tools.
Duration:00:36:28
“Rosario”: Emeraude Toubia and Felipe Vargas mix blood and magic
5/3/2025
Actor Emeraude Toubia and Director Felipe Vargas talk about the new horror-thriller Rosario. Be wary of what inheritances family can pass on.
Duration:00:22:22
“Art! Trash! Terror!”: Chris Alexander on Cult Cinema
4/19/2025
Film historian Chris Alexander returns to share details on his newest book, Art! Trash! Terror!: Adventures in Strange Cinema, a tome full of in-depth essays and enlightening interviews that celebrate some of the most eccentric and unforgettable movies in cult cinema history.
Duration:00:52:44
“Gunslingers”: Jeremy Kent Jackson, Brian Skiba on Westerns in 1907
4/12/2025
Actor Jeremy Kent Jackson and writer-director Brian Skiba stop by to talk about Gunslingers, making a Western that takes place with 1907 Kentucky as a backdrop for a pair of brothers at odds with each others choices.
Duration:00:54:11
“The Cloaked Realm”: Animating 19th- and 20th-century science fiction classics
4/9/2025
Marisa Cohen and Peter Alexander of Interstellar Alchemists talk about their animated series The Cloaked Realm, dedicated to bringing new life to forgotten science fiction classics of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Duration:00:49:57