By & photos copyright Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues
As Negan’s right hand man, Simon was a psycopath that the zombie apocalypse gave free rein to his madness. You can just imagine he was either bullied in life or saw the world through hate filled eyes because it owed him favour that never existed. Things like the law prevented him from acting oit his power trip on those weaker than him. Or he was always like that; a nasty boss who would love to put a bullet through an employee’s head that made a mistake or degrade someone oublicly just for the sake of it. Such was his ego that he tried to overthrow Negan but ended up a zombie pet.
As Trevoe in GTA he is every bit the villain there too. But is actor Steven Ogg as arrogant in real life?
We had seen him at a couple of Walker Stalker cons in London but we had to get the bigger cast names first which weren’t cheap. A couple of years ago he was in the RDS but the photo and autograpg was for someone else. Simon was not a character in the comics just like Daryl but he like Norman Reedus has symbolised the Saviours as much as Negan has. So when he was announced for Dublin comic Con Spring Edition 2024 then I had to be there. Yes he was there as part of the GTA team but had Walkng Dead photos.
So what was he like?
He is Awesome! It is rare celebrities fo the extra mile for fns but Steven did this al weekend. No one came away disappointed at all. If ever there was an actor the polar opposite of the characters he plays then Steven Ogg is that person. He takes his time with fans, talks to them all, is respetful and values those that volunteer and cannot be faulted at all. Lesser celebrities can be divas so should take a note from Steven’s blueprint.
Wwhat a great weekend with such a great guest that cares about those willing to part with their money in these times just to meet him for a photo and an autogrpah.
Legend, legend, legend.
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