Sam Alcarez (pronounced Al-ca-rez) grew up in New England’s forgotten state of Connecticut before striking out for the Midwest. Despite having lived half his life in Chicago, he stills calls “pop” soda and occasionally loses his “r’s” when talking. He is alleged to pronounce “calm” weirdly. 

As a coworker, Sam is known for his enthusiasm, creativity and passion, particularly for talking about (allegedly) terrible films. 

He finds inspiration in hand-drawn type, old comic books, lost media and the life & times of Orson Welles. He has two children, two cats and too many books.