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Heroes Never Rust #31: Red Son 1
Heroes Never Rust #31 by Sean Ironman Red Son 1 I’m going to try something different over the next few weeks. I’m going to study one issue per week for a storyline. Perhaps some people may read along. Over the next three weeks, I will take a look at the three-issue miniseries Superman: Red Son.… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #31: Just a Dab Will Do Ya
In Boozo Veritas #31 by Teege Braune Just a Dab Will Do Ya What would On the Road be if Jack Kerouac had never met the philandering, bisexual, petty thug madman Neal Cassady? The story of Sal Paradise, a drifting, directionless writer who wanders back and forth across the United States not getting into adventures. Let’s… Continue reading
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Episode 87: Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 87 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer Vanessa Blakeslee, And Anthony Seidman writes about James Thompson’s The City of Dreadful Night. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you live in NYC, check out this wonderful… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon # 19: The Appeal of De Stijl
Loading the Canon #19 by Helena-Anne Hittel The Appeal of De Stijl 20th Century Art History was probably one of my most favorite courses my last semester at UCF. I have quite the soft spot for modern art–modern, in the art world, described as anything from roughly the late 19th century to the late 20th… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #30: Amalgam
Heroes Never Rust #30 by Sean Ironman Amalgam I hate writing intended for an audience of writers. Writing becomes insular and blocks new readers from experiencing work. The comics industry has been guilty of becoming too insular as well, especially in the ‘90s. Yet, sometimes, creating art for people who already enjoy that art can… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #30: In Tobacco Veritas
In Boozo Veritas #30 by Teege Braune In Tobacco Veritas Like many children, my elementary school public education was peppered with fear-based demonizations of multifarious social evils. The DARE program taught us that there are only slight differences between marijuana, cocaine, and heroin, and while the legal status of alcohol and tobacco made these vices more… Continue reading
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Episode 86: Kevin Sampsell!
Episode 86 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and memoirist Kevin Sampsell, Plus Kevin Bray writes about finding Men on Divorce. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Find Burrow Press’s releases here, & check out the… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #29: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
The Curator of Schlock #29 by Jeffrey Shuster Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Back when motion pictures had motion pictures in the title!) This is a bad film. I know Star Trek: The Motion Picture has its defenders and to them I would ask, “What is wrong with you?” Yes, the model work is impressive… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #18: Iconoclasm
Loading the Canon #18 by Helena-Anne Hittel Iconoclasm On February 17, Maximo Caminero walked into the Perez Art Museum in Miami, which was currently housing an exhibit of the work of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, according to The Times. Caminero picked up one of sixteen colored vases (from the work “Colored Vases,” dated 2006-2012) and… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #29: Filling in the Gaps
Heroes Never Rust #29 by Sean Ironman Filling in the Gaps One of the more frustrating aspects of comics in the 1960s is how fast-paced they seem. Each issue has a villain rise, fight the hero, and then get defeated. At times, at least by today’s standards, there’s no room for the story to breathe.… Continue reading
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