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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #241: Ego Trippin’ at the Gates of Gotham
The best autobiographies give us the history and context behind someone to help create a more complete picture of their world and what went into making them the person who’s writing the book in the first place. Grant Morrison, famed writer and purveyor of the strange and magical, was born long after the initial comics… Continue reading
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#596: Schloctoberfest 2023 #1 (The Hand)
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Michael Caine’s brilliant acting and deranged hair as they appeared in Oliver Stone’s directorial debut, The Hand (1981). TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #433: The Evil Dead DVDs
Edwige, my longstanding kangaroo companion, and I were searching for the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando. He had been dragged away by a punk dressed as the robot sheriff Elle from the movie Starcrash. My right foot crunched on something. It was a Smartie, a Nestle knockoff of M&Ms sold up in Canada.… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #240: No Reservations (About Eating People)
One of the most relaxing things I would do when in the grips of the initial plague months was watch food documentaries. As I didn’t have the ingredients or skills, watching these shows helped me feel like I was connected in some way to what was on the screen—I could sit and savor with the… Continue reading
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#595: Rebecca Makkai (interviewed by Chelsea Alice)!
On today’s show, Chelsea Alice and Rebecca Makkai talk about diversity in novels, breaking genre conventions, student-teacher relationships, and how motherhood is represented in literature. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #239: The Hardest Cut
Whenever a new publisher announces a slate of comics, a tinge of excitement that comes with seeing what creators come up with to best showcase who they are and what they do. The past few years have seen an uptick in these new publishers, both physical and online, but few have had the sheet breadth… Continue reading
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#594: Jack Houghteling!
On this week’s show, I talk to novelist Jack Houghteling about Modernism, football, and the literary value of gangster movies, among other important topics. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #432: Kids vs. Aliens
Edwige, my steadfast kangaroo companion, and I walked slowly through the second floor of the Museum of Schlock. I looked over at the Rocky IV display and saw the wax statue of Apollo Creed in pieces on the floor. The symbol of American exceptionalism was laid waste while Ivan Drago was left untouched. I picked up the… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #238: Big Meaty Men Slapping Meat
Wrestling is a weird storytelling medium. Most people who watch go from ardent believers of the violence happening in the ring—to the point where many a sibling’s broken bone can be attributed to a swanton bomb off the top bunk—to realizing the artifice when seeing a man having to wrestle his boss in tag team match… Continue reading
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#593: Ryler Dustin!
On today’s show, I speak with the poet Ryler Dustin about creating new forms of sanctification and representing rural landscapes with familiarity without fetishizing or satirizing the setting. We probably digressed into a discussion of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. TEXT DISCUSSED Episode 593 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature… Continue reading
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