Comic Books
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Episode 333: Peter Kuper!
Episode 333 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to Peter Kuper about Kafka, the remarkable art form of comic books, the indie comic book scene in the late 1980s, Spy Vs. Spy, finding your Muse when it… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #240: Batman: Under the Red Hood
The Curator of Schlock #240 by Jeff Shuster Batman: Under the Red Hood They killed Robin! How could they do that? Batman Day may be September 15th, but it’s Batman Month here at The Museum of Schlock. I will be dressed as my favorite Batman villain, the Sewer King, a kind of evil version of… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #66: The Ghost Script
Buzzed Books #66 by Joshua Begley Jules Feiffer’s The Ghost Script Reading Jules Feiffer’s The Ghost Script (Liveright, 2018) will make you angry, and that’s a good thing. Set in the 1950s in Hollywood during the House UnAmerican Activities Committee—also known as the Red Scare—also known as a farce that ruined many people’s lives—the story… Continue reading
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Episode 319: Julian Chambliss!
Episode 319 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 program, Julian Chambliss returns to the secret headquarters of TDO so we could share notes about the first season of the new television show of Black Lightning, and consider the context… Continue reading
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A Word from the King #4: Comic Book Panels from Orlando Megacon 2018
A Word from the King #4 by John King Comic Book Panels from Orlando Megacon 2018 On Friday, I went to the Orange County Convention Center to attend Orlando Megacon, to try to cover it, sort of the way I do Miami Book Fair, in terms of watching and sharing panels. Maybe someday I’ll interview… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #167: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
The Curator of Schlock #167 by Jeff Shuster Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Best movie Ninja Turtle movie of 2016. Hands down! As you know, I don’t like it when movie studios try to tap into my nostalgia for the 1980s. Last year, we had Pixels, a stupid movie about 80s arcade games… Continue reading
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Episode 221: There Will Be Fan Fiction 2 (The Revenge)
Episode 221 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I share There Will Be Fan Fiction 2, a special edition of Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words. This installment features the fan fiction of Shauna Basques… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #126: Captain America II: Death Too Soon
The Curator of Schlock #126 by Jeff Shuster Captain America II: Death Too Soon How did they get Christopher Lee to star in a TV movie? So it’s just one more week until Captain America: Civil War, one more week until the Capsicle gets the taste slapped out of his mouth by the Invincible Iron… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #17: Unwind, Part 2
21st Century Brontë #17 by Brontë Bettencourt Unwind, Part 2 So Alex asked me for clarification on why last week, I stated that I’d prefer to see the Unwind series as a TV show rather than a set of movies. Also, I learned that a movie is indeed in the works for Unwind. The script… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #125: Captain America (1979)
The Curator of Schlock #125 by Jeff Shuster Captain America The Weener Soldier Oh my. Everyone is obsessing over the new Captain America Civil War movie. It’s Captain America vs. Iron Man. Which side will you choose? Well, you can either choose to side with America or you can side with Captain America because let… Continue reading
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