Hosted by Charlie Bennett and Christian Sager.
Comics creator Benjamin Marra is continually described as "notorious" or an "outsider artist" but we talk to him about his genuine sentimentality for these stories. In relation to the release of his work on Fantagraphics' All Time Comics, we review his body of work and why it might make us so uncomfortable.
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- Benjamin Marra
- Traditional Comics
- Pain Is The Best Teacher: An Interview with Night Business Creator Benjamin Marra
- Shiny as Hell: An Interview With Benjamin Marra
- Salavetz J, Drate S. Creating Comics! : 47 Master Artists Reveal The Techniques And Inspiration Behind Their Comic Genius [e-book]. Beverly, Mass: Rockport Publishers; 2010. Available from: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), Ipswich, MA. Accessed March 19, 2017.
What does Gillian Flynn and David Fincher's adaptation of her novel Gone Girl say about the state of marriage, feminism and modernity? Are you a cool girl?
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Together with guest Jack Bennett we compare and contrast all 3 versions of The Shining: Stephen King's novel, Stanley Kubrick's film and ABC's television mini-series. What does this horror tale of alcoholism and domestic violence say about redemption and narcissism?
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- Meyers, K. (1997). Frightening strikes twice. Entertainment Weekly, (374), 44.
- Thomson, D. (2013). Days and Nights at the Overlook. New Republic, 244(4), 56-58.
- Parker, J. (2010). A Killer Vacation. Atlantic, 306(1), 34-36.
- What Stanley Kubrick got wrong about “The Shining”
- Book vs. Film vs. Mini Series: The Shining
- What The Shining miniseries reveals about the King/Kubrick divide
- 'The Shining' by the numbers
- Is Stephen King justified in hating Kubrick’s vision for The Shining?
What went wrong with Yahoo Screen and its investment in a sixth season of Community? We look behind the business to try to figure out how a search engine whittled away the brand loyalty of a beloved TV show.
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- Community Didn't Kill Yahoo Screen - Yahoo Did
- Yahoo Screen Won’t Say if Its Season of Community Was a Success
- Yahoo Loses $42 Million on ‘Community,’ 2 Other Original Series
- Why Yahoo’s Foray Into Original TV Series Failed
- Kathy Savitt, Yahoo’s Head of Media, Leaves for Movie Studio
- Bills, Jaguars to make history as part of free live webcast
- Yahoo yanks Yahoo Screen hub, scatters “original” content across sites
- Not Even Community Could Save Yahoo’s TV Dreams
Why is Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo's ENIGMA the "lost classic" of Vertigo Comics? We talk about how this unique story asks readers to confront from their own identities.
Additional Resources
- Unsung Masterpieces – Enigma With Peter Milligan, Duncan Fegredo, And Art Young
- COMICS YOU SHOULD OWN – ENIGMA
- WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ? ENIGMA: PART I BY EMILY SCOTT
- LIZARDS AND MOTHERS AND WELLS, OH MY: ENIGMA PART II BY EMILY SCOTT
- Milligan & Fegredo's Enigma
- Enigma by Peter Milligan & Duncan Fegredo
- Skreemer to X-Statix Peter Milligan
- The Man is No Enigma Duncan Fegredo
- Not Your Average Comics - Enigma
- Enigma - Peter Milligan & Duncan Fegredo
- F is for...Fegredo, Duncan Fegredo