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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #257: Far in the Starrs
Jack Kirby’s legacy can never be overstated. Providing the bedrock on which Marvel was built and expanding DC’s universe into the realm of gods and mythology enshrines his impact for generations. But there may have been a different path for him as a young artist as one of his first creations in Adam Starr was… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #446: The Return of Count Yorga
I made it up to the fourth floor of the once regal Museum of Schlock. I whispered for Edwige, my steadfast kangaroo companion, but she was nowhere to be seen. I made my way over to the exhibit for Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond. Acquiring the desiccated corpse of the Zombie Schweick cost the museum a pretty… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #60: A Hard Card to Find
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #256: Walking Canals
Often when vintage shopping, I find boxes of old photos and postcards that remind me of old photos my parents squirreled away in their armoire. I can recognize their faces in the yellowing pictures, but others I can’t quite place. My parents tell me names of great aunts and uncles, family friends, and the vacations… Continue reading
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Video: Tom Lucas’s Book Launch Event!
Here is the video of Tom Lucas’s book launch for Research Randy and the Mystery of Grandma’s Half-Eaten Pie of Despair. In this talk, Tom discusses the conundrums of writing and publishing his three books. Continue reading
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Episode 611: Matt Mason!
On today’s show, John King chats with poet Matt Mason about the poetic necessity of engaging with the popular culture that is part of the fabric of our American life, including rock music and obviously, obviously, the Disney phenomenon. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #445: The Beyond
Edwige, my steadfast kangaroo companion, and I were working our way up the stairs of the Museum of Schlock, trying to get up to the 4h floor. The Beyond exhibit was on the 4th floor. That’s where the Goose Lord gang had taken the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando. Edwige was just hopping away… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #59: And the souls divided from themselves…
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #255: Providing Some Guidance
When we consider Scott McCloud’s definition of what graphic literature is, the definition gets held up by texts that may tell their stories in a single panel or not be presenting a narrative in a chronological order. Rose Metal Press’s Field Guide to Graphic Literature fills in those gaps wonderfully. Edited by Kelcey Ervick and Tom… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #65: Stepping in Sin
Dear Dr. Perfect, I am troubled by the current top trend in porn. What consenting adults do behind closed doors or in front of cameras streaming across the world wide web of iniquity should be for no one to judge. But judge I must. Incest porn shows the moral collapse of our country and globe.… Continue reading
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