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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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Heroes Never Rust #13: What if the Villains Won?
Heroes Never Rust #13 by Sean Ironman What if the Villains Won? Since last week’s post was about a Mark Millar comic (Kick Ass) that I found frustrating, this week I’ll look at one I like—Wanted. The miniseries’ first issue came out in 2003, and, while Mark Millar had been writing comics since the ‘80s,… Continue reading
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