Episode #128 – Mike Zapcic – AMC’s Comic Book Men, Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash (Recorded at Astronomicon 2)

On Fresh is the Word, we like to deliver wisdom through great stories from the minds of bright creatives of pop culture. Through those stories, we like to dissect the journey of our guests and present actionable lessons and advice for our listeners no matter what career or avenue of artistry they pursue. This episode’s guest is another interview done from the Astronomicon pop culture convention with Mike Zapcic, podcaster and cast member of the AMC reality TV show Comic Book Men with Kevin Smith, Ming Chen, Walt Flanagan, and Bryan Johnson. During our chat we talked about the comic book shop he works at that was featured on Comic Book Men, Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, in Red Bank, New Jersey, along with the importance comic books and comic book stores has on culture and society, plus the art of podcasting and the podcast studio A Shared Universe PodcaStudio he opened with Ming Chen. Follow Mike Zapcic: Web: ashareduniverse.com Facebook: facebook.com/mike.zapcic Twitter: twitter.com/michaelzapcic Instagram: instagram.com/michaelzapcic THEME MUSIC Courtesy of Knox Money, Bang Belushi, and Foul Mouth. SPONSOR Founded in 2015, 20×20 Apparel brings original tributes to Pro Wrestling’s classic arenas, moments and events. They look to spotlight the Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams along with the Biggest, Smallest, Strangest & Strongest. In the world of wrestling there are 100’s of shirts, promotions, flyers, social media accounts and ads. Don’t get lost in the sea of parody shirts and display fonts. We can provide professional graphic design services at a reasonable price. 20X20 also hand screen prints all tees in house. If you would like to discuss a possible run of tees, posters, koozies, foam fingers…Zubas, then drop them a line at 20x20apparel.com Web: www.20x20apparel.com Facebook: facebook.com/20x20Apparel Twitter: twitter.com/20x20Apparel