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Heroes Never Rust #15: The Fifth Grade
Heroes Never Rust #15 by Sean Ironman The Fifth Grade My father, who was a passionate reader, was afraid his children weren’t reading enough, so he made it a priority to get us reading at a early age. If we started reading when we were young, he thought, then we’d be readers for life. Judging from… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #15: The Drunken Odyssey with John King, Episode 72: The Liner Notes
In Boozo Veritas #15 by Teege Braune The Drunken Odyssey with John King, Episode 72: The Liner Notes The Drunken Odyssey with John King is your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature. Last Tuesday I was honored to be invited by John to take part in episode 72 with fellow local writers Dianne Turgeon Richardson and Matt… Continue reading
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Episode 72: We Drink!
Episode 72 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, My friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Matt Peters of Windward Press, and MFA candidate Dianne Turgeon Richardson join me to discuss matters literary and drinkerly. Plus Dave Patterson writes… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #14: Earth X
Heroes Never Rust #14 by Sean Ironman Earth X Comics follow no rules. I spoke to a class of undergraduate students at the University of Central Florida this week about this very topic. Because there are no rules in terms of form, there are no rules in story. Comic creators are not confined by stunts… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #14: Portrayal of Perception: Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzucchelli
Gutter Space #14 by Leslie Salas Portrayal of Perception: Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzucchelli It’s hard for me to play favorites when it comes to graphic novels, but the one book I just cannot stop raving about is David Mazzuchelli’s Asterios Polyp. It’s the first book in several years that made me genuinely upset me… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #14: Halloween Man
In Boozo Veritas #14 by Teege Braune Halloween Man When I was six years old my friend Eddie and I got into an argument about which one of us was actually a werewolf. Though we were good pals, the prospect of howling at the moon and chasing cars with a buddy didn’t occur to either… Continue reading
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Like a Geek God #11: Finding Our Footage
Like a Geek God #11 by Mark Pursell Finding Our Footage Part of what makes movies so delightful, so transporting, is the fantasy of it all. Even darkly-realistic, psychologically-complex movies are constructed, and no matter how engaged we are by them, there is always, at some level, the slight, smiling recognition that everything playing out before… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #13: Running Man
The Curator of Schlock #13 by Jeffrey Shuster Running Man (20 Seconds: Your Head Explodes) No, this is not a review of the 1987 action movie The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, and Richard Dawson. This is not a review of that dystopian science fiction movie set in a future… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #12: Ars Moriendi
Loading the Canon #12 by Helena-Anne Hittel Ars Moriendi: The Art of Dying Happy Halloween, Drunken Odysseans! Loading the Canon is taking a deathly turn today, as I examine all things… well, slightly morbid, actually. People have been making offerings to the dead since time began. They can be things as small as a few… Continue reading
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