October 18, 2025 • 31 mins
The droids are rolling by, the armor is gleaming in 85-degree heat, and the smiles are real—welcome to a con-floor anthology of craft, fandom, and the small moments that make a creative life feel big. We bounce from table to table at Ocala Comic Con with a stacked roster: Katiee Sackhoff (0:15) on carrying Bo-Katan from animation to live action, Griffin Burns (5:30) on Demon Slayer’s blockbuster wave, Nika Futterman (9:42) on why “silly” art saves hard days, Emily Swallow (15:35) on communities that lift each other up, Disney veteran Peter Raymundo (18:41) on the memory that sealed his career, Star Jackson (25:13) on conquering her first fan panel, and Alyss of Niceu Arts (28:27) on building a loyal artist-alley family.
A huge thank you to the event organizers of Ocala Comic Con and the extraordinarily talented Jack Drain, who allowed us the opportunity to take part in these live interviews. We hope you enjoy this episode and we will see you at next year's event!
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SPEAKER_01 (00:12):
This is the Wait For It Podcast.
SPEAKER_09 (00:15):
Hey everybody, Eric from the Wait For It Podcast
here with Katie Sakhoff here atOcala Comic-Con.
How's the day one been treatingyou so far?
SPEAKER_00 (00:22):
It's busy.
It's busy, which is a good thingbecause I got in last night at 2
30 in the morning.
So my brain is like not awakeyet.
Yeah.
And maybe tomorrow I'll be morewell rested.
SPEAKER_09 (00:34):
Absolutely.
Well, you know, coming in, we Iknow a lot of people here really
appreciate it.
A lot of great cosplays for alot of the characters that
you've played.
And there are a lot ofcharacters that you've played
over long lengths of time.
Yeah.
What has that been like?
I know you've been talking a lotabout your journey, uh, you
know, just as a creative, justas a performer.
Like, what is it like to havemultiple characters where you're
(00:55):
investing that much time intoyourself over the years?
SPEAKER_00 (00:58):
Yeah, for sure.
I mean, number one, it's a giftto be able to play a character
for such an extended amount oftime.
Um, you know, a character likeBo Katan, I've said for so long
now that I know more about her,myself and Dave Faloni know more
about her than anybody else.
SPEAKER_11 (01:14):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (01:14):
And um, she's incredibly special to me.
And I take playing her veryseriously.
And sometimes I put too muchpressure on myself, you know.
That transition from animationto live action was important to
me.
I wanted her to resonate notonly for the people who came
from Clone Wars and Rebels, butfor I didn't want her to be
(01:35):
jarring for people that didn'tknow her.
Um, and so it's just it's alwaysit's always fun, and I hope to
continue for many years to come.
SPEAKER_09 (01:44):
Yeah, we're excited to see more, obviously.
And there's only so much you cantalk about that.
So, what I'll ask instead is youknow, you talked about the
transition from animated to liveaction.
Is there a preference on one ofthose performances?
Something that you really leantowards?
And if there's not, what'ssomething in both aspects of
that media that you enjoy themost when you're performing as a
character?
SPEAKER_00 (02:04):
For sure.
I mean, they're completelydifferent mediums, and and you
know, uh animation is differentbecause my job as as the voice
of her was to bring Dave Faloneand the crews uh, you know,
their their product to life,bring that character to life and
and do what they wanted her todo, be who sh they wanted her to
(02:25):
be.
In live action, i I got to leavea little bit more of my stamp on
her.
But it's really um, you know, itis a fun, daunting thing when
you are bringing to lifeanimation that has a specific
way of moving, a specific way ofusing their face, and and um
(02:45):
that wouldn't necessarily havebeen the way that I would have
played her to begin with if we'destablished her in live action
to begin with, because I have avery different way of moving.
Yeah.
But what I love about it wasthat it there's a stillness to
Bo Katan that um that I don'tknow if I would have leaned into
had had I established her first.
(03:06):
And I love her stillness.
I love the fact that that shedoesn't move, she doesn't speak
unless she intends to or meansto, and and that's really
special.
I love that.
SPEAKER_09 (03:15):
That's very interesting.
A really interesting take, andsomething I wanted to also kind
of transition to as well is Iwas listening to a little bit of
the SACOff show as well.
There's a lot of conversations,you're looking for like
authentic conversations thatyou're having.
So I wanted to give you anopportunity to talk a little bit
about what that's been like.
I've been podcasting for a longtime now, and it's so exciting
(03:36):
every single day.
You're meeting new people.
I'm assuming it's the same foryou, and I just think it'd be an
interesting conversation.
Also, if anybody wants to checkthat out, it's a great
opportunity.
SPEAKER_00 (03:44):
Yeah, for sure.
I mean, you know, the SACOF showreally came out of COVID.
It I had these wonderfulconversations with friends that
I didn't get the opportunity totalk to that much anymore
because lives, you know, ourbusy lives take control and we
don't have an hour on a Tuesdaynight to talk anymore.
And and so I was really cravingthat again.
And then at the same time, I washaving these wonderful
(04:05):
conversations with my friends atconventions in the green room,
and I was like, God, if thepeople out there could hear
these conversations, they wouldbe like, Oh my god, I never knew
that about that person.
Um, I didn't know that thatperson does that.
It's it's so I really wanted tosort of bring that to people.
SPEAKER_09 (04:21):
Yeah, absolutely.
And I'll throw a personal touchat the end because when you are
interviewing somebody, you tryto find something that people
may not know.
But it's asking a questioncalled what's in your queue.
Is there something that, whetherit's a book, a TV show,
something, some form of mediathat you're trying to consume?
You've been putting it away, youwant to check it out.
Is there anything like thatthat's been on the radar for
you?
SPEAKER_00 (04:41):
Um, I am really I mean, I'm making my way through
Wednesday.
Great.
Um, I just finished shrinking,which was Chef's kiss.
Yes.
That last episode.
SPEAKER_09 (04:53):
So good.
SPEAKER_00 (04:55):
Everything I wanted it to be.
SPEAKER_09 (04:58):
But they have a lot of great stuff.
SPEAKER_00 (04:59):
No, no, it was beautiful.
I I it was I cannot say enoughabout the performances of every
single person in that show.
It was beautiful.
It was so well done.
Um I am a really big fan ofHarlan Coben, so I'm I'm looking
forward to um um I Will FindYou, which is the new book
adaptation of his.
Um and I'm reading one of hisbooks right now, so I I love
(05:22):
seeing any of his his books cometo life.
Very exciting.
SPEAKER_09 (05:25):
Yeah, I really appreciate you for the time,
everybody.
Katie Sackoff.
Thanks, guys.
SPEAKER_10 (05:29):
Hey everyone, Phil Barrera, aka Phil the Filipino
with the Way 4 podcast at OpalicComic-Con with my guest, Griffin
Burns.
Griffin, how are you doingtoday?
SPEAKER_08 (05:37):
I'm doing great, thanks.
It's a nice, chill Sunday.
SPEAKER_10 (05:39):
Yeah, I was gonna ask how did day one go here?
SPEAKER_08 (05:42):
Day one was slammed.
We were really busy and uh met alot of awesome fans, a lot of
Demon Slayer fans.
SPEAKER_10 (05:47):
Yeah, for sure.
Yeah, let's start there becauseobviously, you know, you're
smaller portions in the firstfilm, yeah.
Uh, but this the second andthird ones are coming up.
Like, what has been yourresponse?
Just kind of watching how thefirst one is going and how does
that lead into your excitementfor the you know the last few?
SPEAKER_08 (06:02):
Well, honestly, I had no idea how big this movie
was gonna be.
I mean, who did uh Moisha hadsomething to say about it too?
He's excited too.
Uh yeah, no, I didn't, I mean,the box office sales were crazy.
Yeah, I got to go to a redcarpet premiere for this.
Like, Channing Tatum's in it.
It's kind of on a differentlevel than I ever thought.
Uh, so it's it's very exciting,and I look forward to what's
(06:25):
coming next.
SPEAKER_10 (06:26):
Yeah, I mean, seeing like anime, I mean you got like
Demon Slayer, like unseatedPokemon.
SPEAKER_08 (06:30):
Like, it did.
SPEAKER_10 (06:32):
Like, yeah, it's crazy, like a franchise with 30
years of you know, all thathistory of Pokemon and and
people that don't necessarilykeep up with other anime and
like Demon Slayer is like doingthis, it's nuts.
SPEAKER_08 (06:42):
It seems like it's captured an audience even
outside of the traditional animefan.
I feel like it's become moremainstream and brought more
people into the genre.
So I think I think that's prettyawesome.
And I I'm excited to see howthat's gonna affect other things
in the future.
Like, will we see more liveaction anime?
Right, right.
Will we see more, I don't know,movies, anime movies?
SPEAKER_10 (07:04):
Yeah, we're seeing that with gaming.
Yeah, I like that like you know,with the Fallout show, they're
doing stuff that's like not,it's not a like shot for shot
remake.
You know, we're seeing otherstories within these universes.
I think that's that's reallycool.
Yeah, I know uh a lot of timespeople will ask, like, what you
what you've learned about acharacter as you uh voice them
and learn more about them, butis there anything that a
character has taught aboutyourself as you voiced them?
(07:25):
About myself?
SPEAKER_08 (07:26):
Oh, that's a that's a deep question.
Um I don't know.
I see little bits and pieces ofme in in my characters.
Obviously, I'm giving them avoice, so it is part of me.
Um with Muicho from DemonSlayer, I see my younger self.
Yeah, because he is the youngestHashira, and I used to be kind
(07:46):
of an emo kid.
I used to skateboard, play ingarage bands, so there's like a
moodiness to him that I'm like,I remember when I was when I was
like that.
Yeah.
So but he's got a big heartactually, and you start to
realize that as you see his arc.
So yeah, I think I do too.
I'm I'm a sensitive soul.
SPEAKER_10 (08:04):
It's it's funny watching stuff when you're older
and learning the complexities ofthe characters.
You're like, oh man, that he'sgoing through it, and like I did
that too.
Like exactly.
I think it's great being able torewatch it.
SPEAKER_08 (08:15):
So makes you more like him more too, or any
character, really.
Is when you see their theirheart, their their emotional
side, you uh you connect withthem as a human being.
So for sure.
It's cool.
SPEAKER_10 (08:26):
Well, on a uh, you know, when you you always have
to try to make time foryourself, like what are you
doing?
You mentioned music, like, isthere a music you wind down
with, a podcast, video game, TVshow?
What are you doing right now?
SPEAKER_08 (08:36):
Well, believe it or not, I am just watching Game of
Thrones for the first time.
SPEAKER_10 (08:40):
Okay, I've never I've never seen it, so you're
not gonna be able to do that.
Okay, okay.
You're not alone.
SPEAKER_08 (08:43):
So yeah, I've been watching that in my downtime.
I play in a band, I write music.
Yeah.
Uh that's that's an outlet.
And I work out.
Although last night at the gymhere, I freaking did something
to my knee.
So, you know, getting older.
I'm getting older.
Hopefully, not too old to playto voice teenagers.
unknown (08:59):
Right, yeah.
SPEAKER_10 (09:00):
But yeah, we're like you get on that that Sunday,
that second day of the con,you're like, oh man.
SPEAKER_08 (09:05):
Yeah, no, seriously.
I literally they brought me aknee brace, so yeah, I'm falling
apart over here, but no, it'sall good.
SPEAKER_10 (09:10):
Yeah, well, thank you for taking the time.
I would like to let the audienceknow where they can find you and
anything you can tell us aboutas far as what you want.
SPEAKER_08 (09:15):
Oh, yeah, let me think.
Uh things I can talk about.
Shoot.
Believe it or not, I'm Ken andBarbie.
There's a new Barbie series onNetflix called Barbie Mysteries.
Um, lots of new video games thatare coming out at the end of
this month in October.
I'll announce those on mysocials.
And you can follow me on TikTok,myGriffinBurns, or same on
(09:37):
Instagram, myGriffinBurns.
Awesome.
Yeah.
Thanks so much for taking thetime.
We appreciate you.
SPEAKER_10 (09:41):
Thanks, guys.
Hey everyone, Phil Barrera, akaPhil the Filipino with the Wave
4 Podcast here at Ocalicama-Con,day two, with our guest, Nika
Fodderman.
Nika, how are you doing today?
How was day one of the con?
SPEAKER_07 (09:52):
Day one was awesome.
Yeah, it was like the kind ofbusy that's like perfectly busy
because you know it was superconsistent, but I got a chance
to talk with everybody, which iswhy I started doing these
things, because I love it.
There's, you know, I mean, howbad can it be when you know
people are lining up to loveyou?
SPEAKER_10 (10:12):
Right.
SPEAKER_07 (10:12):
You know what I mean?
SPEAKER_10 (10:13):
Yeah, like it's not an overwhelming busy, but it's
like a steady, consistent busy.
SPEAKER_07 (10:17):
Awesome busy, and I'm so like just in gratitude of
this whole thing.
I'm I feel like the luckiestperson on the planet, besides
all the other lucky people.
SPEAKER_10 (10:27):
Right.
Also, to point out the fit,killing it today.
Can we you wanna can we show up?
Can we show it off?
Oh yeah.
Had to shout it out, had to giveyou an opportunity.
Yeah, of course.
Yeah, yeah.
So Sonic, Star Wars, yeah,Marvel.
Yeah.
Like, what's it like being partof these franchises that means
(10:47):
so much to people?
SPEAKER_07 (10:48):
Well, you know, it's funny because being someone who
usually hides under a rock, Ididn't really even know how big
I mean, obviously Star Wars.
Like I knew how huge was, butbut but um now that I'm starting
to do these things, and whatmakes it so amazing is that um
I'm I'm starting to likeunderstand how much each of
(11:10):
these franchises means topeople, just in terms of like in
a world that is so wacky rightnow, this is the stuff that
keeps people happy.
Yeah, you know what I mean, andto be a part of that, because I
always felt kind of weird.
I was like, eh, I'm living onthis planet, and it's not like
I'm like solving world problemsor curing cancer or doing things
(11:30):
like that.
I'm just doing silly stuff.
But then I realized the sillystuff is what everybody needs.
And uh especially right now,very important, especially right
now, and so to be part of likethese huge franchises that are
like I mean, I don't know, it'skind of crazy.
The Star Wars thing I've beeninvolved with for now, you know,
(11:52):
a long time, and I've neverexperienced anything like that.
Um, that it actually is justlike literally part of people's
lives.
Um and uh to be a part of that,like I mean, it's like it's it's
awesome.
SPEAKER_11 (12:08):
Yeah, absolutely.
SPEAKER_07 (12:10):
It's it's like I whatever, like it's awesome.
So I feel truly like justblessed and you know honored.
SPEAKER_10 (12:21):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_07 (12:21):
That they chose me.
Right.
Pick me, pick me, keep coming.
SPEAKER_10 (12:25):
Yeah, I have a very selfish question to ask because
one of my favorite shows of alltime, it's called Hey Arnold,
and you played Olga Pataki.
Yes, it was a very annoyingperson.
SPEAKER_06 (12:36):
Yeah, I guess complex thank you.
SPEAKER_10 (12:38):
Character I think as a kid very much frustrated me.
Yes.
And then as you get older,you're like, boy, what a weight
and a burden that Olga had tocarry.
Did you have a, I want to know,did you have an Olga Pataki in
your life?
Do you have an Olga Patakisibling?
Are you the Olga Pataki siblingor just a family member in
general?
SPEAKER_07 (12:55):
Well, okay, so I all of my siblings uh until I was
older were boys.
So I was it was just me andthree brothers.
Then I had a sister later on inlife, so I was like, you know,
which I'd always hoped for.
So I didn't get an older sister,and I certainly didn't have
older brothers.
(13:15):
I'm trying to think if I hadfriends that were like, well,
because like what are we talkingabout?
SPEAKER_06 (13:20):
Like a sister that like cries all the time, and
like I don't know, like Helgajust really didn't like her at
all.
But the thing is, is that if yourealized if you actually went
deep into her life, her parentswere, I think, probably both
alcoholics.
SPEAKER_10 (13:40):
That was uh, yeah, that was Mrs.
Pataki were going through it.
SPEAKER_07 (13:46):
Like they were like, you know, pretty much.
SPEAKER_06 (13:48):
They were like, they were well off, but they were um
and so she was just Izzy Chinameat prolific, but it was like
really hard for her.
SPEAKER_07 (13:58):
Um you know, she I I I think she's a very
misunderstood.
SPEAKER_10 (14:02):
I agree 100%.
SPEAKER_07 (14:03):
Yeah, she's very misunderstood.
So I I like Yes, I've had somefriends that were heavy duty.
Okay, let's just say.
SPEAKER_11 (14:12):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_07 (14:12):
Okay.
SPEAKER_11 (14:13):
Absolutely.
SPEAKER_07 (14:13):
But as you get older, you realize you just want
to surround yourself with peoplethat you know, but the thing is
that she was all long.
SPEAKER_10 (14:21):
She was uplifting, she supported Helga.
SPEAKER_07 (14:24):
She was she see, she loved Helga so.
SPEAKER_10 (14:25):
I think what she just needed to was adjust the
approach with Helga, and thenyou know, it would have been
fine.
But totally again, super loving,but yeah, I love it.
Right, right, right.
SPEAKER_07 (14:32):
Yeah, maybe just yeah, an adjustment of approach.
SPEAKER_10 (14:34):
Yeah, exactly.
Right.
Well, thank you so much fortaking the time.
Is there uh would you like tolet everybody know where they
can find you and and all yourwork?
They can follow you anywhere.
SPEAKER_07 (14:41):
Well, I I as I said, I kind of hide under a box.
So forgive me if you try toreach out to me and it takes a
long time for me to respond backbecause I'm one of those people
that doesn't spend a lot of timeon social media, but I should,
and I promise 2020, what year isit?
2026 is coming up?
Yeah, 2026.
I'm gonna be better.
But I think my Instagram isprobably the best way.
(15:03):
Nika I got hacked.
SPEAKER_11 (15:05):
Oh no.
SPEAKER_07 (15:06):
So I had to put underscores and things and
dashes.
Uh Nika underscore Futterman.
That's at Instagram.
That's probably the best way.
I'm hardly ever on Facebook, butI'm there.
But you can find me there too.
And I'm on, I guess I'm notsupposed to be on X anymore,
right?
Is that what people say?
But I don't know.
I have no idea.
So but you can find me theretoo, which I think is also
underscore.
SPEAKER_10 (15:26):
Mika underscore X.
It'll all be in the descriptionof the video below.
So Mika, thank you so much fortaking the time.
It was so nice meeting you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
SPEAKER_09 (15:33):
It's so nice meeting you.
Bye, everybody.
Hey everybody, Eric from the WayForward Podcast here with Emily
Swallow.
Emily, you've already been offto a great start on day one
here.
How has everything been overallfor you?
SPEAKER_04 (15:43):
It's I mean, I'm looking over here and there's
droids just rolling around.
SPEAKER_11 (15:47):
They're trying to crash the interview, yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (15:49):
All of the cosplay game here is on point, and
everyone is just so enthusiasticto be here, especially keep in
mind that it's what, like 85degrees out, and everyone's
still like showing up in theirfull armor.
They look incredible, there's somuch joy.
I'm having a great time.
SPEAKER_09 (16:05):
And that's a great transition to my first question
for you because it's obviouslyreally interesting to see you be
in such big, like larger thanlife franchises, Star Wars,
supernatural, you name it.
Like, what is it like beinginvolved with that much
intensity of a fan base?
There's been a lot of positivestuff you've experienced.
Like, how's that been?
SPEAKER_04 (16:22):
It's so joyful.
I mean, it's I I have found bothcommunities just to be so um the
the way that everyone looks outfor each other, the support, the
acceptance is incredible.
And I love that, like, no matterwhat other differences people
might have, because of theirlove for these different
stories, they just find eachother, and and then the charity
(16:44):
work that gets done isunbelievable too.
So it's overwhelmingly positive.
SPEAKER_09 (16:48):
Yeah, and looking at uh some of the stuff that you've
done in the past, I came acrossuh apparently like a hidden
talent of yours.
You said that you're able tocluck like a chicken to any
tune.
SPEAKER_05 (16:59):
I mean talent.
SPEAKER_09 (17:00):
That that's what you said.
You did you did pause on theword talent.
I did catch that.
Uh, I wanted to ask you is therea talent if you could put
something into your toolbox, uhtoolbox over your career,
something you could add that youdon't have or you're still
working on?
Like, what is what does thatlook like for you?
SPEAKER_04 (17:15):
I want to be able to fly.
SPEAKER_09 (17:16):
That's can I learn that?
You could.
I mean, I'm not gonna tell youthat it's not achievable.
I would never say that.
SPEAKER_04 (17:23):
Yeah, don't discourage me.
SPEAKER_09 (17:25):
I would never discourage you.
Uh, but what I'll say is when itcomes to things that you are
known for, I do want to knowfrom a character perspective,
what do you put into thecharacter that is Emily?
Like, what is exclusively Emilythat you can say across all
characters, you kind of throw inthere.
Do you do that?
SPEAKER_04 (17:42):
Not consciously, I'm sure that I do.
SPEAKER_09 (17:45):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (17:45):
Because I feel like every character that I play, I
learn something about me.
Um, which is one of the realgifts, I think, of being an
actor is you're, you know, I Ihave a character I'm gonna play,
and I kind of feel differentthings the character needs.
I analyze the script and look attraits the character might have.
Yeah, and then inevitably I go,oh, either like I would like to
(18:07):
have more of that, or that'ssomething I didn't realize I
had.
And then being able to embodythat for the character, I sort
of take it into me a little bitmore.
So I feel like at this point I Iprobably have a little bit of
every character in me.
And I don't know what camefirst, the chicken or the egg.
SPEAKER_09 (18:21):
That's a really interesting perspective that I
didn't think about.
I'm gonna take that movingforward.
I do have to take one more thingfrom you, though.
I heard during your panel uh alittle chant uh from
Jacksonville.
Uh am I able to get a move?
SPEAKER_04 (18:35):
Yeah, I grew up in Jacksonville, Florida.
SPEAKER_09 (18:38):
We have stuff to talk about.
SPEAKER_04 (18:39):
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_09 (18:40):
Emily swallow everybody.
SPEAKER_10 (18:41):
Hey everyone, Phil Herrera, aka Phil the Filipino
with the Way4 Podcast here withour wonderful guest on day two
of Ocalicomic Con PeterRaymundo.
Peter, how are you doing today?
We finally got this done.
We finally finally getting tostand here and speak about your
work.
How has the show gone for you sofar today?
SPEAKER_02 (18:58):
Incredible.
Yesterday was it was slammed.
It was great.
It was very busy Saturday.
This is my fourth or fifth yearin Ocalicom, and like it just
keeps, for me at least, it justliterally gets bigger and
bigger.
Right.
Um, in the area I have verythankful to have like kind of a
following of fans.
So it's great.
SPEAKER_10 (19:16):
Yeah, what's it like as far as because these
franchises sit with so manyparents, and then they bring
their kids up and they're like,oh no, and then you know, I
showed it to my kids, and nowit's also special.
Like, so like what's that likethat conversation like?
SPEAKER_02 (19:27):
It is, but you know, um, like I can I have to premise
that with saying that themajority of the fans are people
that they love the movies.
They were like 7, 8, 9, 10 umwhen they came out, yeah.
And now they're kind of closerto 30.
Um and they have definitely havekids, but younger kids, but it's
they the parents themselves arethe fans.
SPEAKER_11 (19:45):
Yes.
SPEAKER_02 (19:45):
It's not the kids are the fans.
And so that's kind of I that wasunexpected in a way to have that
occur.
But I guess that that happensall the time, right?
With music and all that.
So then they are um there's awhole era of these movies, and
sometimes the kids had not evenseen they didn't even know that
it was like a big movie, youknow, to them.
That's just like an older movie.
(20:06):
Yeah.
Um, but yeah, no, it's it'syeah, the by far the fans, the
parents, they're the ones thatare famous.
SPEAKER_10 (20:10):
Yes, yeah.
And you know, we always see youhere, and you have such like
just intimate interactions witheverybody, which is so awesome
to see, and that's why you builtup that fan base, honestly.
People love uh coming to you,coming to you and talking to you
about all that stuff.
So, I mean, obviously, some ofthese franchises, they they all
mean something special is there.
Uh, you know, not don't have tonecessarily say something about
one, but can you share a storyabout any of the projects that
(20:31):
you still reminisce about tothis day from from anything you
worked on?
SPEAKER_02 (20:35):
Well, I can say this that I um well Mulan was my
first movie, and there's a lotof uh for a lot of reasons
that's really special.
I actually met um I actually metuh my wife on Mulan, and we uh
got married during Lilo andStitch.
Oh wow, okay.
So there's so there's that.
(20:56):
Yeah, that's pretty special.
But um, you know, there's uhduring the movies, uh I would
say the the highlight, and I'vesaid this this story numerous
times in interviews, but it'sit's true.
Yeah, um, of my in a way aheight of my career, like it was
my goal to go to Disney.
Yeah, and for many years, it'svery difficult to even get to
the college and then just gethired at Disney in the 90s, and
(21:19):
that is is really was tough.
Sure.
Um, but uh so that said, I um onthe the rap party, the rat the
screening of the of Lilo andStitch.
Yeah, and this is where it's allcast and crew, and it's like at
Downtown Disney.
Um and so, and I'd seen alreadylike it's probably like my
fourth movie at that point.
But so there's we're about aboutfive minutes to go, and there's
(21:42):
like the whole row in front ofme is uh reserved.
Okay, like there's there's noone sitting there, and I'm
thinking like who could possiblybe sitting here because it's you
know um it's all we're alreadyhere, yeah.
But like it's about about two orthree minutes to go, then up
comes Michael Eisner, RoyDisney, yeah, like Tia Carrera,
Winona Judd, and it's like Imean, I was like, no way.
(22:05):
And like, and right now, theselike at the time, you remember I
really loved, I mean, andexpected this.
I I don't like Michael Eisner,yeah, to me was like my hero,
all going on through the 80s,yeah, and what him and like Roy
Disney did for Disney animationand for Disney as a whole was
like changed my whole life.
Yeah, you know, I mean, we areon just like a total upwards
(22:27):
trajectory for many years,thanks I mean, to the artists
and everything, but those guysreally implemented it.
But so here we are, and I I'dseen them before in the studio
stuff, but here we are in thescreening, right?
Michael Eisler and Roy is thereright there, talking with Roy
Disney.
Yeah, and like that's just likemy whole life flashing before my
(22:48):
eyes.
Like, you know, I'm from Ohio.
But now, and then you see thatcastle come down.
Yeah, man, you know, I I canreally talk about it.
It's it was it's you see yourname going by, yes, and those
credits, and there's Roy Disney.
Man, that's that's the hype.
SPEAKER_10 (23:05):
Yeah, that's the hype.
Awesome.
SPEAKER_02 (23:07):
I mean, uh so I mean it just made everything worth
it.
SPEAKER_10 (23:09):
Yeah, I love that story.
I love that.
Well, again, like I said, youget to reminisce with a lot of
people when you're here, butyou're still putting out new
stuff, you're still working.
Yes, what's Moby Duck?
Can you tell us about Moby?
SPEAKER_02 (23:18):
Moby Duck is my ninth book.
All right.
So I have a multi-book deal withuh Penguin Random House with my
same editor that I've had for awhile.
We've done five books togethernow.
Yeah.
So Moby Duck's a picture book.
Um, it's based off obviouslyit's a play on words on Moby
Dick.
Right.
Uh so this is like a maritime uhocean adventure, but it actually
takes place all in this bathtub.
(23:39):
Okay.
And it goes back and forthbetween this boy's um reality
and his imagination.
Yeah.
And so he has these two kind oftoys, uh, like Captain Herman
and this parrot named Mr.
Plume.
Yeah.
And they're in search of MobyDuck.
And so um they go off and theybasically go through these
different areas, like this, theforest of stinging bubbles, and
(24:01):
these different sections of thebathtub, and eventually, uh,
well, I don't want to give away,but like, you know, they have
this adventure, and it's butit's a great like bathtime book.
It really has to do with it,ends with you can tell that his
imagination, no matter whathappens, he's gonna bring that
story into everything.
SPEAKER_10 (24:17):
I love that.
SPEAKER_02 (24:17):
Yeah, this comes out in October.
October 19th.
SPEAKER_10 (24:19):
I was gonna say, we're not gonna spoil it, so
yeah, October, uh, you saidOctober 19th, right?
SPEAKER_02 (24:23):
October 14th.
14th.
So a lot of books are releasedon Tuesday.
Yeah.
I'm not sure why that is, but itis.
SPEAKER_10 (24:29):
Tuesdays was the media day for a while, and then
it switched to Fridays for a lotof stuff.
Okay.
But books is still Tuesday's.
It's Tuesday, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (24:35):
And uh, so it's coming out.
We have a big book release, andif some of my fans are uh in
this area, but in celebration,Florida at the library.
Yeah.
Um my book releases have beenpretty huge in the past.
The last one was really huge.
Uh, but yeah, so that'll be afive o'clock on Tuesday, October
14th.
Awesome.
Um, and it's gonna be a lot ofrubber duck fun.
SPEAKER_10 (24:53):
Yeah, we're gonna make sure to put all of that
information in the descriptionof this video.
So, yeah, but uh Peter, I'm soglad we finally got to make this
happen.
Thanks so much.
It's so great seeing you guysall the time.
I really appreciate you so much.
Yeah, of course.
Thanks so much for checking usout, guys.
Okala Comic-Con.
Moby Duck, October 14th.
Hey everyone, Phil Barrera witha Way4 Podcast here at
(25:15):
O'Calicomic Con with my guest,voice actor, Star Jackson Starr.
You had your first fan paneltoday.
How did it go?
And how do you feel?
SPEAKER_05 (25:23):
It went really good.
I feel I have anxiety, and I wasreally nervous, but really
excited, and I'm so happy aboutthe turnout.
It was so much fun, and um, itwas it was amazing.
I loved it, it's been awesomehere.
SPEAKER_10 (25:37):
Yeah, you did a great job.
Everybody had a really, reallygood time.
So I believe that video is gonnago up maybe on your vlog
eventually.
Okay.
SPEAKER_05 (25:44):
Yes, it'll be on YouTube most likely.
SPEAKER_10 (25:46):
Perfect, yeah.
So make sure you check it outthere.
Um but yeah, tell us a littlebit about your journey and what
you do as far as voice actinggoes and what you've been up to.
SPEAKER_05 (25:54):
Yeah, so I've been a voice actor for six years now.
I can't believe it.
Time is flying like crazy.
Um, and I've been blogging anddocumenting it through YouTube
and Instagram and um pretty muchall social medias.
Um, and uh what was the the lastpart that you said?
SPEAKER_10 (26:11):
Uh just kind of like how you yeah, like um just your
journey so far and also whatyou've been working on, maybe
what people know you from.
SPEAKER_05 (26:17):
What I'm allowed to say so far.
Uh I'm in um Bratz.
Uh I do a lot of uh theirTikToks that are out um with
them.
Um I'm also in uh indie projectsand indie animations, such as
paperclay.
It's been insane, but I'm havingso much fun.
SPEAKER_10 (26:33):
Yeah, really, really cool.
And you're like you're you'regetting to know you over the
last few months.
Like you're just really a goodexample of like putting the work
in and it just like paying offbecause you uh you know how to
market yourself and you know howto network.
So, like, how important is thatwhen it comes to wanting to be a
voice actor?
Like, how important is thenetworking aspect of it?
We were talking about that alittle earlier.
SPEAKER_05 (26:51):
Oh, yeah, I feel like it's super important
because um it just shows who youare as a person and um not uh
exactly everything like what youbring to the table, but um I
feel like authenticity and umhonesty go a long way.
And to have fun and showing yourjourney while doing it is such
like it gives like hope andinspiration for others, and I
(27:16):
love seeing it, and it's likeyou tell your own story.
So I love it.
I love it absolutely.
SPEAKER_10 (27:22):
The last question here if you can go back, talk to
stars six years ago, the onethat was just about to start
voice acting, would you go backin time and tell her about voice
acting?
SPEAKER_05 (27:30):
Oh my gosh.
I remember I I I did I remembermy first video on YouTube and I
I saw it recently in acompletely different person just
trying to figure out what'sgoing on in the world, what to
do, and I would tell her, like,it's going you're doing it.
You're you're doing it, you'reyou keep going.
Um what you wanted to do wasperfect.
(27:52):
So yeah, I would tell her that.
Just keep grinding, don't giveup, and it it's it's working,
it's working.
SPEAKER_10 (27:59):
Yeah, you're gonna get there.
It's paying off.
Well, Star, where can everybodyfind you on social media and
where can they keep up with yourwork?
SPEAKER_05 (28:05):
So you guys can uh find me at Star Jackson369.
Um, and it's literally on allsocial media.
Um as far as uh I can I thinkI'll social media, yeah.
And uh yeah, awesome.
SPEAKER_10 (28:19):
Well thank you, Star.
Everything will for to followStar will be in the show notes,
but thanks for enjoying uh forjoining us.
SPEAKER_05 (28:24):
Thank you so much for having me.
SPEAKER_10 (28:27):
Hey everyone, Phil Barrera here, aka Phil the
Philippine Over the Way for apodcast at Ocala Comic-Con with
our artist guest here.
Why don't you go ahead andintroduce yourself?
SPEAKER_03 (28:36):
Hi, I'm Elise.
I'm the artist behind NISU Arts.
SPEAKER_10 (28:39):
Yeah, Elise, it's great seeing you.
We see you see you here all thetime.
What's one of your favoritethings about returning to Ocala
Comic-Con, but also just youknow being an artist at these
shows in general?
SPEAKER_03 (28:49):
Uh, I think it's the familiarity.
I'm finally getting to the pointwhere a lot of people have fun
for me in the past at here andother shows, and I love when
they come back and show me likemy PC holders or any of my
keychains on their bags.
But yeah, I think it's justfamiliarity and comfortability
here for sure.
SPEAKER_10 (29:04):
Yeah, it's pretty cool, like building up a
community, like getting to knowyou guys.
You know, we always make it apoint to hang out over the
weekend and you know.
It's really like the way that Ialways explain it, uh convention
scene, is it's a high schoolreunion that you want to attend
because it's people yet youactually like to do it.
SPEAKER_03 (29:18):
It's actually people you like.
Yeah, it's actually people welike.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_10 (29:21):
So what's your overall?
Oh, sorry, go ahead.
SPEAKER_03 (29:22):
No, sorry.
I was like, we can't forgetTony's.
Right.
SPEAKER_10 (29:24):
And Tony, shout out to this is not sponsored by
Tony's Tony's.
This is not sponsored by Tony's.
And Tani, who's the overalltheme of your art and your work?
SPEAKER_03 (29:34):
I would say it's a mix of K-pop, Pokemon, and
florals.
I would say that's a goodrepresentation of uh of my stuff
for sure.
SPEAKER_10 (29:43):
Yeah, you're a big uh advocate for K pop, so
obviously, right now a lot ofnew people are being introduced
to it because of K pop demonhunters.
So if people are looking toexpand like their horizons when
it comes to K pop, like wherewould you suggest they even
start?
Because they're just I thinkpeople would be overwhelmed by
because.
K-pop is not, there's subgenresof K-pop, just like there is
regular music.
(30:04):
So like where do you think theyshould start?
SPEAKER_03 (30:05):
Uh probably like some of the bigger name groups.
Like for boy groups, I would saylike BTS, Straight Kids or 80s,
and then for girl girl groups,like Twice, Aspa.
I can't even think of anotherone.
Like La Seraphrim is anotherreally popular one for sure.
Yeah.
But like I would say like themore mainstream ones for sure.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_10 (30:24):
Yeah.
And then that will, and thenyour algorithm will know what
you're looking for.
Exactly.
And then it will, and then itwill help you.
SPEAKER_03 (30:29):
Or just come to me and ask me for songs.
SPEAKER_10 (30:30):
Yeah, there you go.
Catch yours.
So yeah, well, uh how where caneverybody find your work and
where can they follow you?
SPEAKER_03 (30:36):
I am on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube.
And it's just nice to wire it'sthe same name across the board.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_10 (30:44):
There you go.
You'll find that in thedescription down below.
Thanks, Elise.
Appreciate you spending sometime with us.
Thanks guys.
SPEAKER_11 (30:49):
Bye.
SPEAKER_01 (31:04):
This is the Wait For It Podcast.
This is the Wait For It Podcast.
SPEAKER_09 (00:15):
Hey everybody, Eric from the Wait For It Podcast
here with Katie Sakhoff here atOcala Comic-Con.
How's the day one been treatingyou so far?
SPEAKER_00 (00:22):
It's busy.
It's busy, which is a good thingbecause I got in last night at 2
30 in the morning.
So my brain is like not awakeyet.
Yeah.
And maybe tomorrow I'll be morewell rested.
SPEAKER_09 (00:34):
Absolutely.
Well, you know, coming in, we Iknow a lot of people here really
appreciate it.
A lot of great cosplays for alot of the characters that
you've played.
And there are a lot ofcharacters that you've played
over long lengths of time.
Yeah.
What has that been like?
I know you've been talking a lotabout your journey, uh, you
know, just as a creative, justas a performer.
Like, what is it like to havemultiple characters where you're
(00:55):
investing that much time intoyourself over the years?
SPEAKER_00 (00:58):
Yeah, for sure.
I mean, number one, it's a giftto be able to play a character
for such an extended amount oftime.
Um, you know, a character likeBo Katan, I've said for so long
now that I know more about her,myself and Dave Faloni know more
about her than anybody else.
SPEAKER_11 (01:14):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (01:14):
And um, she's incredibly special to me.
And I take playing her veryseriously.
And sometimes I put too muchpressure on myself, you know.
That transition from animationto live action was important to
me.
I wanted her to resonate notonly for the people who came
from Clone Wars and Rebels, butfor I didn't want her to be
(01:35):
jarring for people that didn'tknow her.
Um, and so it's just it's alwaysit's always fun, and I hope to
continue for many years to come.
SPEAKER_09 (01:44):
Yeah, we're excited to see more, obviously.
And there's only so much you cantalk about that.
So, what I'll ask instead is youknow, you talked about the
transition from animated to liveaction.
Is there a preference on one ofthose performances?
Something that you really leantowards?
And if there's not, what'ssomething in both aspects of
that media that you enjoy themost when you're performing as a
character?
SPEAKER_00 (02:04):
For sure.
I mean, they're completelydifferent mediums, and and you
know, uh animation is differentbecause my job as as the voice
of her was to bring Dave Faloneand the crews uh, you know,
their their product to life,bring that character to life and
and do what they wanted her todo, be who sh they wanted her to
(02:25):
be.
In live action, i I got to leavea little bit more of my stamp on
her.
But it's really um, you know, itis a fun, daunting thing when
you are bringing to lifeanimation that has a specific
way of moving, a specific way ofusing their face, and and um
(02:45):
that wouldn't necessarily havebeen the way that I would have
played her to begin with if we'destablished her in live action
to begin with, because I have avery different way of moving.
Yeah.
But what I love about it wasthat it there's a stillness to
Bo Katan that um that I don'tknow if I would have leaned into
had had I established her first.
(03:06):
And I love her stillness.
I love the fact that that shedoesn't move, she doesn't speak
unless she intends to or meansto, and and that's really
special.
I love that.
SPEAKER_09 (03:15):
That's very interesting.
A really interesting take, andsomething I wanted to also kind
of transition to as well is Iwas listening to a little bit of
the SACOff show as well.
There's a lot of conversations,you're looking for like
authentic conversations thatyou're having.
So I wanted to give you anopportunity to talk a little bit
about what that's been like.
I've been podcasting for a longtime now, and it's so exciting
(03:36):
every single day.
You're meeting new people.
I'm assuming it's the same foryou, and I just think it'd be an
interesting conversation.
Also, if anybody wants to checkthat out, it's a great
opportunity.
SPEAKER_00 (03:44):
Yeah, for sure.
I mean, you know, the SACOF showreally came out of COVID.
It I had these wonderfulconversations with friends that
I didn't get the opportunity totalk to that much anymore
because lives, you know, ourbusy lives take control and we
don't have an hour on a Tuesdaynight to talk anymore.
And and so I was really cravingthat again.
And then at the same time, I washaving these wonderful
(04:05):
conversations with my friends atconventions in the green room,
and I was like, God, if thepeople out there could hear
these conversations, they wouldbe like, Oh my god, I never knew
that about that person.
Um, I didn't know that thatperson does that.
It's it's so I really wanted tosort of bring that to people.
SPEAKER_09 (04:21):
Yeah, absolutely.
And I'll throw a personal touchat the end because when you are
interviewing somebody, you tryto find something that people
may not know.
But it's asking a questioncalled what's in your queue.
Is there something that, whetherit's a book, a TV show,
something, some form of mediathat you're trying to consume?
You've been putting it away, youwant to check it out.
Is there anything like thatthat's been on the radar for
you?
SPEAKER_00 (04:41):
Um, I am really I mean, I'm making my way through
Wednesday.
Great.
Um, I just finished shrinking,which was Chef's kiss.
Yes.
That last episode.
SPEAKER_09 (04:53):
So good.
SPEAKER_00 (04:55):
Everything I wanted it to be.
SPEAKER_09 (04:58):
But they have a lot of great stuff.
SPEAKER_00 (04:59):
No, no, it was beautiful.
I I it was I cannot say enoughabout the performances of every
single person in that show.
It was beautiful.
It was so well done.
Um I am a really big fan ofHarlan Coben, so I'm I'm looking
forward to um um I Will FindYou, which is the new book
adaptation of his.
Um and I'm reading one of hisbooks right now, so I I love
(05:22):
seeing any of his his books cometo life.
Very exciting.
SPEAKER_09 (05:25):
Yeah, I really appreciate you for the time,
everybody.
Katie Sackoff.
Thanks, guys.
SPEAKER_10 (05:29):
Hey everyone, Phil Barrera, aka Phil the Filipino
with the Way 4 podcast at OpalicComic-Con with my guest, Griffin
Burns.
Griffin, how are you doingtoday?
SPEAKER_08 (05:37):
I'm doing great, thanks.
It's a nice, chill Sunday.
SPEAKER_10 (05:39):
Yeah, I was gonna ask how did day one go here?
SPEAKER_08 (05:42):
Day one was slammed.
We were really busy and uh met alot of awesome fans, a lot of
Demon Slayer fans.
SPEAKER_10 (05:47):
Yeah, for sure.
Yeah, let's start there becauseobviously, you know, you're
smaller portions in the firstfilm, yeah.
Uh, but this the second andthird ones are coming up.
Like, what has been yourresponse?
Just kind of watching how thefirst one is going and how does
that lead into your excitementfor the you know the last few?
SPEAKER_08 (06:02):
Well, honestly, I had no idea how big this movie
was gonna be.
I mean, who did uh Moisha hadsomething to say about it too?
He's excited too.
Uh yeah, no, I didn't, I mean,the box office sales were crazy.
Yeah, I got to go to a redcarpet premiere for this.
Like, Channing Tatum's in it.
It's kind of on a differentlevel than I ever thought.
Uh, so it's it's very exciting,and I look forward to what's
(06:25):
coming next.
SPEAKER_10 (06:26):
Yeah, I mean, seeing like anime, I mean you got like
Demon Slayer, like unseatedPokemon.
SPEAKER_08 (06:30):
Like, it did.
SPEAKER_10 (06:32):
Like, yeah, it's crazy, like a franchise with 30
years of you know, all thathistory of Pokemon and and
people that don't necessarilykeep up with other anime and
like Demon Slayer is like doingthis, it's nuts.
SPEAKER_08 (06:42):
It seems like it's captured an audience even
outside of the traditional animefan.
I feel like it's become moremainstream and brought more
people into the genre.
So I think I think that's prettyawesome.
And I I'm excited to see howthat's gonna affect other things
in the future.
Like, will we see more liveaction anime?
Right, right.
Will we see more, I don't know,movies, anime movies?
SPEAKER_10 (07:04):
Yeah, we're seeing that with gaming.
Yeah, I like that like you know,with the Fallout show, they're
doing stuff that's like not,it's not a like shot for shot
remake.
You know, we're seeing otherstories within these universes.
I think that's that's reallycool.
Yeah, I know uh a lot of timespeople will ask, like, what you
what you've learned about acharacter as you uh voice them
and learn more about them, butis there anything that a
character has taught aboutyourself as you voiced them?
(07:25):
About myself?
SPEAKER_08 (07:26):
Oh, that's a that's a deep question.
Um I don't know.
I see little bits and pieces ofme in in my characters.
Obviously, I'm giving them avoice, so it is part of me.
Um with Muicho from DemonSlayer, I see my younger self.
Yeah, because he is the youngestHashira, and I used to be kind
(07:46):
of an emo kid.
I used to skateboard, play ingarage bands, so there's like a
moodiness to him that I'm like,I remember when I was when I was
like that.
Yeah.
So but he's got a big heartactually, and you start to
realize that as you see his arc.
So yeah, I think I do too.
I'm I'm a sensitive soul.
SPEAKER_10 (08:04):
It's it's funny watching stuff when you're older
and learning the complexities ofthe characters.
You're like, oh man, that he'sgoing through it, and like I did
that too.
Like exactly.
I think it's great being able torewatch it.
SPEAKER_08 (08:15):
So makes you more like him more too, or any
character, really.
Is when you see their theirheart, their their emotional
side, you uh you connect withthem as a human being.
So for sure.
It's cool.
SPEAKER_10 (08:26):
Well, on a uh, you know, when you you always have
to try to make time foryourself, like what are you
doing?
You mentioned music, like, isthere a music you wind down
with, a podcast, video game, TVshow?
What are you doing right now?
SPEAKER_08 (08:36):
Well, believe it or not, I am just watching Game of
Thrones for the first time.
SPEAKER_10 (08:40):
Okay, I've never I've never seen it, so you're
not gonna be able to do that.
Okay, okay.
You're not alone.
SPEAKER_08 (08:43):
So yeah, I've been watching that in my downtime.
I play in a band, I write music.
Yeah.
Uh that's that's an outlet.
And I work out.
Although last night at the gymhere, I freaking did something
to my knee.
So, you know, getting older.
I'm getting older.
Hopefully, not too old to playto voice teenagers.
unknown (08:59):
Right, yeah.
SPEAKER_10 (09:00):
But yeah, we're like you get on that that Sunday,
that second day of the con,you're like, oh man.
SPEAKER_08 (09:05):
Yeah, no, seriously.
I literally they brought me aknee brace, so yeah, I'm falling
apart over here, but no, it'sall good.
SPEAKER_10 (09:10):
Yeah, well, thank you for taking the time.
I would like to let the audienceknow where they can find you and
anything you can tell us aboutas far as what you want.
SPEAKER_08 (09:15):
Oh, yeah, let me think.
Uh things I can talk about.
Shoot.
Believe it or not, I'm Ken andBarbie.
There's a new Barbie series onNetflix called Barbie Mysteries.
Um, lots of new video games thatare coming out at the end of
this month in October.
I'll announce those on mysocials.
And you can follow me on TikTok,myGriffinBurns, or same on
(09:37):
Instagram, myGriffinBurns.
Awesome.
Yeah.
Thanks so much for taking thetime.
We appreciate you.
SPEAKER_10 (09:41):
Thanks, guys.
Hey everyone, Phil Barrera, akaPhil the Filipino with the Wave
4 Podcast here at Ocalicama-Con,day two, with our guest, Nika
Fodderman.
Nika, how are you doing today?
How was day one of the con?
SPEAKER_07 (09:52):
Day one was awesome.
Yeah, it was like the kind ofbusy that's like perfectly busy
because you know it was superconsistent, but I got a chance
to talk with everybody, which iswhy I started doing these
things, because I love it.
There's, you know, I mean, howbad can it be when you know
people are lining up to loveyou?
SPEAKER_10 (10:12):
Right.
SPEAKER_07 (10:12):
You know what I mean?
SPEAKER_10 (10:13):
Yeah, like it's not an overwhelming busy, but it's
like a steady, consistent busy.
SPEAKER_07 (10:17):
Awesome busy, and I'm so like just in gratitude of
this whole thing.
I'm I feel like the luckiestperson on the planet, besides
all the other lucky people.
SPEAKER_10 (10:27):
Right.
Also, to point out the fit,killing it today.
Can we you wanna can we show up?
Can we show it off?
Oh yeah.
Had to shout it out, had to giveyou an opportunity.
Yeah, of course.
Yeah, yeah.
So Sonic, Star Wars, yeah,Marvel.
Yeah.
Like, what's it like being partof these franchises that means
(10:47):
so much to people?
SPEAKER_07 (10:48):
Well, you know, it's funny because being someone who
usually hides under a rock, Ididn't really even know how big
I mean, obviously Star Wars.
Like I knew how huge was, butbut but um now that I'm starting
to do these things, and whatmakes it so amazing is that um
I'm I'm starting to likeunderstand how much each of
(11:10):
these franchises means topeople, just in terms of like in
a world that is so wacky rightnow, this is the stuff that
keeps people happy.
Yeah, you know what I mean, andto be a part of that, because I
always felt kind of weird.
I was like, eh, I'm living onthis planet, and it's not like
I'm like solving world problemsor curing cancer or doing things
(11:30):
like that.
I'm just doing silly stuff.
But then I realized the sillystuff is what everybody needs.
And uh especially right now,very important, especially right
now, and so to be part of likethese huge franchises that are
like I mean, I don't know, it'skind of crazy.
The Star Wars thing I've beeninvolved with for now, you know,
(11:52):
a long time, and I've neverexperienced anything like that.
Um, that it actually is justlike literally part of people's
lives.
Um and uh to be a part of that,like I mean, it's like it's it's
awesome.
SPEAKER_11 (12:08):
Yeah, absolutely.
SPEAKER_07 (12:10):
It's it's like I whatever, like it's awesome.
So I feel truly like justblessed and you know honored.
SPEAKER_10 (12:21):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_07 (12:21):
That they chose me.
Right.
Pick me, pick me, keep coming.
SPEAKER_10 (12:25):
Yeah, I have a very selfish question to ask because
one of my favorite shows of alltime, it's called Hey Arnold,
and you played Olga Pataki.
Yes, it was a very annoyingperson.
SPEAKER_06 (12:36):
Yeah, I guess complex thank you.
SPEAKER_10 (12:38):
Character I think as a kid very much frustrated me.
Yes.
And then as you get older,you're like, boy, what a weight
and a burden that Olga had tocarry.
Did you have a, I want to know,did you have an Olga Pataki in
your life?
Do you have an Olga Patakisibling?
Are you the Olga Pataki siblingor just a family member in
general?
SPEAKER_07 (12:55):
Well, okay, so I all of my siblings uh until I was
older were boys.
So I was it was just me andthree brothers.
Then I had a sister later on inlife, so I was like, you know,
which I'd always hoped for.
So I didn't get an older sister,and I certainly didn't have
older brothers.
(13:15):
I'm trying to think if I hadfriends that were like, well,
because like what are we talkingabout?
SPEAKER_06 (13:20):
Like a sister that like cries all the time, and
like I don't know, like Helgajust really didn't like her at
all.
But the thing is, is that if yourealized if you actually went
deep into her life, her parentswere, I think, probably both
alcoholics.
SPEAKER_10 (13:40):
That was uh, yeah, that was Mrs.
Pataki were going through it.
SPEAKER_07 (13:46):
Like they were like, you know, pretty much.
SPEAKER_06 (13:48):
They were like, they were well off, but they were um
and so she was just Izzy Chinameat prolific, but it was like
really hard for her.
SPEAKER_07 (13:58):
Um you know, she I I I think she's a very
misunderstood.
SPEAKER_10 (14:02):
I agree 100%.
SPEAKER_07 (14:03):
Yeah, she's very misunderstood.
So I I like Yes, I've had somefriends that were heavy duty.
Okay, let's just say.
SPEAKER_11 (14:12):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_07 (14:12):
Okay.
SPEAKER_11 (14:13):
Absolutely.
SPEAKER_07 (14:13):
But as you get older, you realize you just want
to surround yourself with peoplethat you know, but the thing is
that she was all long.
SPEAKER_10 (14:21):
She was uplifting, she supported Helga.
SPEAKER_07 (14:24):
She was she see, she loved Helga so.
SPEAKER_10 (14:25):
I think what she just needed to was adjust the
approach with Helga, and thenyou know, it would have been
fine.
But totally again, super loving,but yeah, I love it.
Right, right, right.
SPEAKER_07 (14:32):
Yeah, maybe just yeah, an adjustment of approach.
SPEAKER_10 (14:34):
Yeah, exactly.
Right.
Well, thank you so much fortaking the time.
Is there uh would you like tolet everybody know where they
can find you and and all yourwork?
They can follow you anywhere.
SPEAKER_07 (14:41):
Well, I I as I said, I kind of hide under a box.
So forgive me if you try toreach out to me and it takes a
long time for me to respond backbecause I'm one of those people
that doesn't spend a lot of timeon social media, but I should,
and I promise 2020, what year isit?
2026 is coming up?
Yeah, 2026.
I'm gonna be better.
But I think my Instagram isprobably the best way.
(15:03):
Nika I got hacked.
SPEAKER_11 (15:05):
Oh no.
SPEAKER_07 (15:06):
So I had to put underscores and things and
dashes.
Uh Nika underscore Futterman.
That's at Instagram.
That's probably the best way.
I'm hardly ever on Facebook, butI'm there.
But you can find me there too.
And I'm on, I guess I'm notsupposed to be on X anymore,
right?
Is that what people say?
But I don't know.
I have no idea.
So but you can find me theretoo, which I think is also
underscore.
SPEAKER_10 (15:26):
Mika underscore X.
It'll all be in the descriptionof the video below.
So Mika, thank you so much fortaking the time.
It was so nice meeting you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
SPEAKER_09 (15:33):
It's so nice meeting you.
Bye, everybody.
Hey everybody, Eric from the WayForward Podcast here with Emily
Swallow.
Emily, you've already been offto a great start on day one
here.
How has everything been overallfor you?
SPEAKER_04 (15:43):
It's I mean, I'm looking over here and there's
droids just rolling around.
SPEAKER_11 (15:47):
They're trying to crash the interview, yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (15:49):
All of the cosplay game here is on point, and
everyone is just so enthusiasticto be here, especially keep in
mind that it's what, like 85degrees out, and everyone's
still like showing up in theirfull armor.
They look incredible, there's somuch joy.
I'm having a great time.
SPEAKER_09 (16:05):
And that's a great transition to my first question
for you because it's obviouslyreally interesting to see you be
in such big, like larger thanlife franchises, Star Wars,
supernatural, you name it.
Like, what is it like beinginvolved with that much
intensity of a fan base?
There's been a lot of positivestuff you've experienced.
Like, how's that been?
SPEAKER_04 (16:22):
It's so joyful.
I mean, it's I I have found bothcommunities just to be so um the
the way that everyone looks outfor each other, the support, the
acceptance is incredible.
And I love that, like, no matterwhat other differences people
might have, because of theirlove for these different
stories, they just find eachother, and and then the charity
(16:44):
work that gets done isunbelievable too.
So it's overwhelmingly positive.
SPEAKER_09 (16:48):
Yeah, and looking at uh some of the stuff that you've
done in the past, I came acrossuh apparently like a hidden
talent of yours.
You said that you're able tocluck like a chicken to any
tune.
SPEAKER_05 (16:59):
I mean talent.
SPEAKER_09 (17:00):
That that's what you said.
You did you did pause on theword talent.
I did catch that.
Uh, I wanted to ask you is therea talent if you could put
something into your toolbox, uhtoolbox over your career,
something you could add that youdon't have or you're still
working on?
Like, what is what does thatlook like for you?
SPEAKER_04 (17:15):
I want to be able to fly.
SPEAKER_09 (17:16):
That's can I learn that?
You could.
I mean, I'm not gonna tell youthat it's not achievable.
I would never say that.
SPEAKER_04 (17:23):
Yeah, don't discourage me.
SPEAKER_09 (17:25):
I would never discourage you.
Uh, but what I'll say is when itcomes to things that you are
known for, I do want to knowfrom a character perspective,
what do you put into thecharacter that is Emily?
Like, what is exclusively Emilythat you can say across all
characters, you kind of throw inthere.
Do you do that?
SPEAKER_04 (17:42):
Not consciously, I'm sure that I do.
SPEAKER_09 (17:45):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (17:45):
Because I feel like every character that I play, I
learn something about me.
Um, which is one of the realgifts, I think, of being an
actor is you're, you know, I Ihave a character I'm gonna play,
and I kind of feel differentthings the character needs.
I analyze the script and look attraits the character might have.
Yeah, and then inevitably I go,oh, either like I would like to
(18:07):
have more of that, or that'ssomething I didn't realize I
had.
And then being able to embodythat for the character, I sort
of take it into me a little bitmore.
So I feel like at this point I Iprobably have a little bit of
every character in me.
And I don't know what camefirst, the chicken or the egg.
SPEAKER_09 (18:21):
That's a really interesting perspective that I
didn't think about.
I'm gonna take that movingforward.
I do have to take one more thingfrom you, though.
I heard during your panel uh alittle chant uh from
Jacksonville.
Uh am I able to get a move?
SPEAKER_04 (18:35):
Yeah, I grew up in Jacksonville, Florida.
SPEAKER_09 (18:38):
We have stuff to talk about.
SPEAKER_04 (18:39):
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_09 (18:40):
Emily swallow everybody.
SPEAKER_10 (18:41):
Hey everyone, Phil Herrera, aka Phil the Filipino
with the Way4 Podcast here withour wonderful guest on day two
of Ocalicomic Con PeterRaymundo.
Peter, how are you doing today?
We finally got this done.
We finally finally getting tostand here and speak about your
work.
How has the show gone for you sofar today?
SPEAKER_02 (18:58):
Incredible.
Yesterday was it was slammed.
It was great.
It was very busy Saturday.
This is my fourth or fifth yearin Ocalicom, and like it just
keeps, for me at least, it justliterally gets bigger and
bigger.
Right.
Um, in the area I have verythankful to have like kind of a
following of fans.
So it's great.
SPEAKER_10 (19:16):
Yeah, what's it like as far as because these
franchises sit with so manyparents, and then they bring
their kids up and they're like,oh no, and then you know, I
showed it to my kids, and nowit's also special.
Like, so like what's that likethat conversation like?
SPEAKER_02 (19:27):
It is, but you know, um, like I can I have to premise
that with saying that themajority of the fans are people
that they love the movies.
They were like 7, 8, 9, 10 umwhen they came out, yeah.
And now they're kind of closerto 30.
Um and they have definitely havekids, but younger kids, but it's
they the parents themselves arethe fans.
SPEAKER_11 (19:45):
Yes.
SPEAKER_02 (19:45):
It's not the kids are the fans.
And so that's kind of I that wasunexpected in a way to have that
occur.
But I guess that that happensall the time, right?
With music and all that.
So then they are um there's awhole era of these movies, and
sometimes the kids had not evenseen they didn't even know that
it was like a big movie, youknow, to them.
That's just like an older movie.
(20:06):
Yeah.
Um, but yeah, no, it's it'syeah, the by far the fans, the
parents, they're the ones thatare famous.
SPEAKER_10 (20:10):
Yes, yeah.
And you know, we always see youhere, and you have such like
just intimate interactions witheverybody, which is so awesome
to see, and that's why you builtup that fan base, honestly.
People love uh coming to you,coming to you and talking to you
about all that stuff.
So, I mean, obviously, some ofthese franchises, they they all
mean something special is there.
Uh, you know, not don't have tonecessarily say something about
one, but can you share a storyabout any of the projects that
(20:31):
you still reminisce about tothis day from from anything you
worked on?
SPEAKER_02 (20:35):
Well, I can say this that I um well Mulan was my
first movie, and there's a lotof uh for a lot of reasons
that's really special.
I actually met um I actually metuh my wife on Mulan, and we uh
got married during Lilo andStitch.
Oh wow, okay.
So there's so there's that.
(20:56):
Yeah, that's pretty special.
But um, you know, there's uhduring the movies, uh I would
say the the highlight, and I'vesaid this this story numerous
times in interviews, but it'sit's true.
Yeah, um, of my in a way aheight of my career, like it was
my goal to go to Disney.
Yeah, and for many years, it'svery difficult to even get to
the college and then just gethired at Disney in the 90s, and
(21:19):
that is is really was tough.
Sure.
Um, but uh so that said, I um onthe the rap party, the rat the
screening of the of Lilo andStitch.
Yeah, and this is where it's allcast and crew, and it's like at
Downtown Disney.
Um and so, and I'd seen alreadylike it's probably like my
fourth movie at that point.
But so there's we're about aboutfive minutes to go, and there's
(21:42):
like the whole row in front ofme is uh reserved.
Okay, like there's there's noone sitting there, and I'm
thinking like who could possiblybe sitting here because it's you
know um it's all we're alreadyhere, yeah.
But like it's about about two orthree minutes to go, then up
comes Michael Eisner, RoyDisney, yeah, like Tia Carrera,
Winona Judd, and it's like Imean, I was like, no way.
(22:05):
And like, and right now, theselike at the time, you remember I
really loved, I mean, andexpected this.
I I don't like Michael Eisner,yeah, to me was like my hero,
all going on through the 80s,yeah, and what him and like Roy
Disney did for Disney animationand for Disney as a whole was
like changed my whole life.
Yeah, you know, I mean, we areon just like a total upwards
(22:27):
trajectory for many years,thanks I mean, to the artists
and everything, but those guysreally implemented it.
But so here we are, and I I'dseen them before in the studio
stuff, but here we are in thescreening, right?
Michael Eisler and Roy is thereright there, talking with Roy
Disney.
Yeah, and like that's just likemy whole life flashing before my
(22:48):
eyes.
Like, you know, I'm from Ohio.
But now, and then you see thatcastle come down.
Yeah, man, you know, I I canreally talk about it.
It's it was it's you see yourname going by, yes, and those
credits, and there's Roy Disney.
Man, that's that's the hype.
SPEAKER_10 (23:05):
Yeah, that's the hype.
Awesome.
SPEAKER_02 (23:07):
I mean, uh so I mean it just made everything worth
it.
SPEAKER_10 (23:09):
Yeah, I love that story.
I love that.
Well, again, like I said, youget to reminisce with a lot of
people when you're here, butyou're still putting out new
stuff, you're still working.
Yes, what's Moby Duck?
Can you tell us about Moby?
SPEAKER_02 (23:18):
Moby Duck is my ninth book.
All right.
So I have a multi-book deal withuh Penguin Random House with my
same editor that I've had for awhile.
We've done five books togethernow.
Yeah.
So Moby Duck's a picture book.
Um, it's based off obviouslyit's a play on words on Moby
Dick.
Right.
Uh so this is like a maritime uhocean adventure, but it actually
takes place all in this bathtub.
(23:39):
Okay.
And it goes back and forthbetween this boy's um reality
and his imagination.
Yeah.
And so he has these two kind oftoys, uh, like Captain Herman
and this parrot named Mr.
Plume.
Yeah.
And they're in search of MobyDuck.
And so um they go off and theybasically go through these
different areas, like this, theforest of stinging bubbles, and
(24:01):
these different sections of thebathtub, and eventually, uh,
well, I don't want to give away,but like, you know, they have
this adventure, and it's butit's a great like bathtime book.
It really has to do with it,ends with you can tell that his
imagination, no matter whathappens, he's gonna bring that
story into everything.
SPEAKER_10 (24:17):
I love that.
SPEAKER_02 (24:17):
Yeah, this comes out in October.
October 19th.
SPEAKER_10 (24:19):
I was gonna say, we're not gonna spoil it, so
yeah, October, uh, you saidOctober 19th, right?
SPEAKER_02 (24:23):
October 14th.
14th.
So a lot of books are releasedon Tuesday.
Yeah.
I'm not sure why that is, but itis.
SPEAKER_10 (24:29):
Tuesdays was the media day for a while, and then
it switched to Fridays for a lotof stuff.
Okay.
But books is still Tuesday's.
It's Tuesday, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (24:35):
And uh, so it's coming out.
We have a big book release, andif some of my fans are uh in
this area, but in celebration,Florida at the library.
Yeah.
Um my book releases have beenpretty huge in the past.
The last one was really huge.
Uh, but yeah, so that'll be afive o'clock on Tuesday, October
14th.
Awesome.
Um, and it's gonna be a lot ofrubber duck fun.
SPEAKER_10 (24:53):
Yeah, we're gonna make sure to put all of that
information in the descriptionof this video.
So, yeah, but uh Peter, I'm soglad we finally got to make this
happen.
Thanks so much.
It's so great seeing you guysall the time.
I really appreciate you so much.
Yeah, of course.
Thanks so much for checking usout, guys.
Okala Comic-Con.
Moby Duck, October 14th.
Hey everyone, Phil Barrera witha Way4 Podcast here at
(25:15):
O'Calicomic Con with my guest,voice actor, Star Jackson Starr.
You had your first fan paneltoday.
How did it go?
And how do you feel?
SPEAKER_05 (25:23):
It went really good.
I feel I have anxiety, and I wasreally nervous, but really
excited, and I'm so happy aboutthe turnout.
It was so much fun, and um, itwas it was amazing.
I loved it, it's been awesomehere.
SPEAKER_10 (25:37):
Yeah, you did a great job.
Everybody had a really, reallygood time.
So I believe that video is gonnago up maybe on your vlog
eventually.
Okay.
SPEAKER_05 (25:44):
Yes, it'll be on YouTube most likely.
SPEAKER_10 (25:46):
Perfect, yeah.
So make sure you check it outthere.
Um but yeah, tell us a littlebit about your journey and what
you do as far as voice actinggoes and what you've been up to.
SPEAKER_05 (25:54):
Yeah, so I've been a voice actor for six years now.
I can't believe it.
Time is flying like crazy.
Um, and I've been blogging anddocumenting it through YouTube
and Instagram and um pretty muchall social medias.
Um, and uh what was the the lastpart that you said?
SPEAKER_10 (26:11):
Uh just kind of like how you yeah, like um just your
journey so far and also whatyou've been working on, maybe
what people know you from.
SPEAKER_05 (26:17):
What I'm allowed to say so far.
Uh I'm in um Bratz.
Uh I do a lot of uh theirTikToks that are out um with
them.
Um I'm also in uh indie projectsand indie animations, such as
paperclay.
It's been insane, but I'm havingso much fun.
SPEAKER_10 (26:33):
Yeah, really, really cool.
And you're like you're you'regetting to know you over the
last few months.
Like you're just really a goodexample of like putting the work
in and it just like paying offbecause you uh you know how to
market yourself and you know howto network.
So, like, how important is thatwhen it comes to wanting to be a
voice actor?
Like, how important is thenetworking aspect of it?
We were talking about that alittle earlier.
SPEAKER_05 (26:51):
Oh, yeah, I feel like it's super important
because um it just shows who youare as a person and um not uh
exactly everything like what youbring to the table, but um I
feel like authenticity and umhonesty go a long way.
And to have fun and showing yourjourney while doing it is such
like it gives like hope andinspiration for others, and I
(27:16):
love seeing it, and it's likeyou tell your own story.
So I love it.
I love it absolutely.
SPEAKER_10 (27:22):
The last question here if you can go back, talk to
stars six years ago, the onethat was just about to start
voice acting, would you go backin time and tell her about voice
acting?
SPEAKER_05 (27:30):
Oh my gosh.
I remember I I I did I remembermy first video on YouTube and I
I saw it recently in acompletely different person just
trying to figure out what'sgoing on in the world, what to
do, and I would tell her, like,it's going you're doing it.
You're you're doing it, you'reyou keep going.
Um what you wanted to do wasperfect.
(27:52):
So yeah, I would tell her that.
Just keep grinding, don't giveup, and it it's it's working,
it's working.
SPEAKER_10 (27:59):
Yeah, you're gonna get there.
It's paying off.
Well, Star, where can everybodyfind you on social media and
where can they keep up with yourwork?
SPEAKER_05 (28:05):
So you guys can uh find me at Star Jackson369.
Um, and it's literally on allsocial media.
Um as far as uh I can I thinkI'll social media, yeah.
And uh yeah, awesome.
SPEAKER_10 (28:19):
Well thank you, Star.
Everything will for to followStar will be in the show notes,
but thanks for enjoying uh forjoining us.
SPEAKER_05 (28:24):
Thank you so much for having me.
SPEAKER_10 (28:27):
Hey everyone, Phil Barrera here, aka Phil the
Philippine Over the Way for apodcast at Ocala Comic-Con with
our artist guest here.
Why don't you go ahead andintroduce yourself?
SPEAKER_03 (28:36):
Hi, I'm Elise.
I'm the artist behind NISU Arts.
SPEAKER_10 (28:39):
Yeah, Elise, it's great seeing you.
We see you see you here all thetime.
What's one of your favoritethings about returning to Ocala
Comic-Con, but also just youknow being an artist at these
shows in general?
SPEAKER_03 (28:49):
Uh, I think it's the familiarity.
I'm finally getting to the pointwhere a lot of people have fun
for me in the past at here andother shows, and I love when
they come back and show me likemy PC holders or any of my
keychains on their bags.
But yeah, I think it's justfamiliarity and comfortability
here for sure.
SPEAKER_10 (29:04):
Yeah, it's pretty cool, like building up a
community, like getting to knowyou guys.
You know, we always make it apoint to hang out over the
weekend and you know.
It's really like the way that Ialways explain it, uh convention
scene, is it's a high schoolreunion that you want to attend
because it's people yet youactually like to do it.
SPEAKER_03 (29:18):
It's actually people you like.
Yeah, it's actually people welike.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_10 (29:21):
So what's your overall?
Oh, sorry, go ahead.
SPEAKER_03 (29:22):
No, sorry.
I was like, we can't forgetTony's.
Right.
SPEAKER_10 (29:24):
And Tony, shout out to this is not sponsored by
Tony's Tony's.
This is not sponsored by Tony's.
And Tani, who's the overalltheme of your art and your work?
SPEAKER_03 (29:34):
I would say it's a mix of K-pop, Pokemon, and
florals.
I would say that's a goodrepresentation of uh of my stuff
for sure.
SPEAKER_10 (29:43):
Yeah, you're a big uh advocate for K pop, so
obviously, right now a lot ofnew people are being introduced
to it because of K pop demonhunters.
So if people are looking toexpand like their horizons when
it comes to K pop, like wherewould you suggest they even
start?
Because they're just I thinkpeople would be overwhelmed by
because.
K-pop is not, there's subgenresof K-pop, just like there is
regular music.
(30:04):
So like where do you think theyshould start?
SPEAKER_03 (30:05):
Uh probably like some of the bigger name groups.
Like for boy groups, I would saylike BTS, Straight Kids or 80s,
and then for girl girl groups,like Twice, Aspa.
I can't even think of anotherone.
Like La Seraphrim is anotherreally popular one for sure.
Yeah.
But like I would say like themore mainstream ones for sure.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_10 (30:24):
Yeah.
And then that will, and thenyour algorithm will know what
you're looking for.
Exactly.
And then it will, and then itwill help you.
SPEAKER_03 (30:29):
Or just come to me and ask me for songs.
SPEAKER_10 (30:30):
Yeah, there you go.
Catch yours.
So yeah, well, uh how where caneverybody find your work and
where can they follow you?
SPEAKER_03 (30:36):
I am on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube.
And it's just nice to wire it'sthe same name across the board.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_10 (30:44):
There you go.
You'll find that in thedescription down below.
Thanks, Elise.
Appreciate you spending sometime with us.
Thanks guys.
SPEAKER_11 (30:49):
Bye.
SPEAKER_01 (31:04):
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