S4 E3: The Amazing Doctor of Comics!!! Alona Assouline

August 04, 2026 by Michael Boyce

On this episode of Geek4, I'm joined by The AMAZING Dr of Comics: Alona Assouline. Alona is a passionate comic book fan whom I've been following on social media for a while now. She's a great follow, quick with recommendations, happy to receive recommendations and also hosts a weekly comic book club. Somehow she’s managed to turn a lifelong love of comics into an academic career. We get into her early childhood favourites (like Asterix and TinTin) and the titles she’s been reading more recently (Powers, Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman) as well as comic book movies from Marvel and DC; we discuss turning her fandom into a “fun” academic pursuit; and — completely unprompted — she reveals the very cool geeky item she owns.

You can follow Alona on Threads (that’s where she spends the most time) @drofcomics or on Instagram @drofcomics. Check out her website, https://drofcomics.com/, which has information about the weekly book club AND is a Free collection manager for YOUR comics!

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I respectfully acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Season 4, Ep. 2: Toying with my feelingS with Adrian Butler

July 28, 2026 by Michael Boyce

On this episode of Geek4, I’m joined by my old high school friend, Adrian Butler. Adrian has collected toys since childhood and has a truly impressive collection. Not only does he collect toys, he’s turned his artistic talents to designing and making toys - whether from obscure media or his own original creations!

We get into what started Adrian’s obsession with toys, his favourite toys from the 1980s, like G.I. Joe and Micronaughts (which I had completely forgotten about), and his own philosophy for life. We get sidetracked to comics, movies, and TV - but how could you not when talking about 80s toys when literally every piece of media had a toyline! We talk about the shows we watched growing up - TVO’s Saturday Nights at the Movies, Prisoners of Gravity.

Adrian talks with passion and expertise and this conversation was a wonderful trip down memory lane.

I mentioned this video in the episode. Prepare yourselves.

Here’s the commercial Adrian mentioned for S#!thawks: Fighters for Freedom!

Season 4, Ep. 1: It’s so puzzling with Carrie and Glenda

July 16, 2026 by Michael Boyce

Did you miss me?

The break was a bit longer than I planned, but I’m back with all new episodes of Geek4.

On this episode, I’m joined by my long-time friends, Carrie Leblanc (from Episode 221) and Glenda Casimir. We’ve known each other since grade 7 and we still hang out on. When they told me about their new hobby - competitive puzzling (?) - I knew I had to have them on the show to explain.

I also learned that the city I currently live in (Georgetown ON) has a pretty excellent puzzle store that I have not been to.

You can follow Glenda’s amazing yarn creations on Instagram @charmed.by.yarn

Follow me on Instagram @mwboyce , Threads @mwboyce and Bluesky @mwboyce. And you can always check out the show on Instagram @geek4pod

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