Podcast appearances and mentions of Alan Moore

On this episode, Dark August Knights, our two-part miniseries on Batman and Batman-adjacent stories, concludes with a look at Gotham Central Vol. 1, In the Line of Duty, collecting Gotham Central issues #1-5 by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, published by DC Comics! In the criminal justice system, offenses committed by members of Batman's Rogues Gallery are considered especially heinous. In Gotham City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Major Crimes Unit, for whom a search for a missing young girl might lead to a deadly encounter with Mister Freeze and a scorching-hot encounter with that pyromaniacal perp known as Firebug! Can Detective Driver solve the murder of Bonnie Lewis and move past the death of his partner? Why don't Renee Montoya and Crispus Allen get more to do? And can these casefiles make it onto the desk of those loose cannons known as … The Comics Canon? Also in This Episode: Homicide: Life on the Street Hey, is that Alan Moore? Kaya and the Lizard Riders Matt Goldberg on Sadie Sink's character in Spider-Man: Brand New Day Mischief: A Novel of the 87th Precinct, by Ed McBain Join us in two weeks as we discuss Spy x Family Vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo! Until then:Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook or Bluesky! And as always, thanks for listening!

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Jokern har inte ett förflutet eller ens en identitet, han har flera som han konstant pendlar mellan. Jimmy Håkansson reflekterar över den leende mannens betydelse i Batmans universum. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Först sänd 2019-09-19.Våren 1940 är det premiär för en ny serietidning. Huvudpersonen Bruce Wayne debuterade egentligen året före, då som en excentrisk miljonär som bearbetar sina föräldrars mord genom att klä ut sig till en fladdermus och bekämpa brott.Men det är i det första numret av “Batman” som vi får träffa en flinande gangster som stjäl juveler och mördar sina offer på exakta klockslag. I slutet av berättelsen drar skurken kniv och gör ett utfall mot den rättrådige hämnaren. Men i stället för att sticka ner hjälten snubblar han och hugger sig själv i bröstet.Det var inte tänkt att Jokern skulle överleva sitt möte med Batman. Han var bara en dussinskurk som läsaren skulle glömma bort i tid till nästa nummer. Men redaktören Whitney Ellsworth såg potentialen i gangsterclownen, och innan tidningen skickades till tryckeriet lät han rita dit en sista bildruta. Det nya avslutet var en hastig efterhandskonstruktion som ställde handlingen på sin ända.Jokern åker iväg med en ambulans där läkaren gör en häpnadsväckande upptäckt: Jokern lever – och kommer att överleva.Och överleva gjorde han. I snart 80 år har figuren som skapades av Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger och Bob Kane varit en grundsten i populärkulturen. Först 2019 fick han sin första egna långfilm, men Jokerns historia har varit föremål för otaliga tolkningar ända sedan 1940. I de flesta av dessa tolkningar återkommer en nyckelscen: Ett misslyckat inbrott i fabriken Ace Chemicals där en man faller ner i en tank med farliga kemikalier som färgar hans hår grönt, bleker hyn vit och förvrider ansiktet till ett permanent grin.I seriealbumet “The killing joke” från 1988 gör Alan Moore en ansats att mänskliggöra superskurken. Här är Jokern ingenjören som säger upp sig från sitt jobb för att satsa på stand up-karriären. Men det går inget vidare och för att försörja sin gravida fru blir han övertalad av två gangsters att genomföra en stöt mot sin före detta arbetsgivare, Ace Chemicals.Men samma dag omkommer frun i en tragisk hushållsolycka. Motvilligt blir han meddragen till fabriken där kuppen går åt skogen och han själv trillar ner i ett syrabad och spolas ut genom ett avloppsrör.En dålig dag kan få vem som helst att tappa sitt moraliska fotfäste menar Jokern i “The killing joke”. För att pröva sin tes utsätter han poliskommissarien James Gordon – Batmans bundsförvant – för en serie grymheter där han bland annat förgriper sig på Gordons dotter och skjuter henne i magen.Alan Moore skildrade Jokern som en moraliskt komplex karaktär på ett aldrig tidigare skådat vis. Men förändring i sig var inget nytt för clownen – det har alltid varit en del av hans repertoar.När Jokern debuterade på 40-talet var han en psykotisk gangster med fedorahatt och kulsprutepistol. Under 50-talet blev serietidningarna anklagade för att vara för våldsamma. Branschen svarade med att starta det självreglerande organet The comics code, och till följd av detta blev Jokern degraderad från livsfarlig polismördare till en barnvänlig pajas som rånade sina offer med skrattgas.Det var inte förrän på 70- och framförallt 80-talet som han hittade tillbaka till sitt ursprungliga mörker. I Jim Starlins “A death in the family” slår Jokern ihjäl Robin med en kofot, och i Frank Millers “Dark knight returns” går han så långt att han tar sitt eget liv bara för att sätta dit Batman för mordet.“The killing joke” må ha mejslat ut en bakgrundshistoria för skurken, men det ska inte misstas för ett facit. Jokern är en opålitlig berättare, och i en betydande scen säger han att han inte ens själv litar på sina minnen."Ibland minns jag det på ett sätt. Ibland på ett annat. Om jag ska ha ett förflutet vill jag ha flera val."Kanske är repliken en subtil pik till serieförlaget DC Comics notoriska skarvande med tidslinjer och kontinuiteter. Sedan 60-talet har DC snärjt in Batmanmytologin i så många alternativa världar, tidsresor och -paradoxer att det är omöjligt att reda ut härvan.I ett parallellt universum är det till exempel Bruce Wayne som skjuts ihjäl i gränden utanför biografen och inte föräldrarna Thomas och Martha. Händelsen utlöser en märklig kedjereaktion som slutar med att Thomas blir Batman och Martha Jokern.“Vill du veta hur jag fick mina ärr?” frågar Heath Ledgers Joker vid flera tillfällen i Christopher Nolans film “The dark knight” och pekar på ärren som vanställer hans mun till ett groteskt flin. Och varje gång får vi en ny förklaring.Vad säger det? Att Jokern inte har ett ursprung – han har flera.Den insikten blir särskilt tydlig när man läser essäsamlingen ”The Joker: A serious study of the clown prince of crime” där ett tjugotal forskare och skribenter försöker komma underfund med vem Jokern verkligen är.En av de medverkande drar paralleller till Lady Gagas postmoderna identitetspussel – även en konstruerad identitet är en identitet. En annan kallar den narrande förbrytaren för en Nietzscheansk övermänniska. Däremellan finns en anekdot om hur Tea party-rörelsen spred bilder på den dåvarande amerikanske presidenten Barack Obama med Jokerns ansiktsmålning. Obamas liberala politik var jämförbar med Jokerns anarki, menade den högerpopulistiska rörelsen.Enligt den slovenske filosofen Slavoj Žižeks analys av ”The dark knight” är Jokern den ende sanningssägaren i en värld där eliten upprätthåller ordningen med ädla lögner.Men den ena teorin tycks tala emot den andra.Så när författaren Mark Waid tolkade Jokerns ursprung i ett seriealbum från 2007 lät han skurken själv spela ut en kortlek där varje spelkort erbjöd en möjlig förklaring. En misslyckad komiker, en obetydlig gangster, ett kriminellt geni.Så? Vem var han? Vilket alternativ var det rätta? “Det beror på hur man blandar korten”, skrattar Jokern och kuperar leken.Att Jokern inte har någon sann identitet understryks av att han till skillnad från sin ärkefiende inte bär en mask. Han behöver ingen mask eftersom han jämfört med Batman är mer naturkraft än människa. Som Brian Azzallero skriver är Jokern en sjukdom. En sjukdom som saknar botemedel. En sjukdom som härjade långt innan Gotham restes och som kommer att fortsätta härja långt efter staden brunnit ner.Men förmodligen lyckades Grant Morrison knäcka nöten redan 1989 i serietidningen “Arkham asylum”. Här berättar en psykolog på Arkhams kombinerade fängelse och mentalsjukhus att hon ägnat år åt att analysera Jokern för att hitta roten till hans identitet och därigenom hans drivkraft. Men arbetet var fruktlöst. Det enda hon kom fram till är att Jokern saknar personlighet och därför måste skapa sig själv från grunden varje dag.Närmare än så lär vi inte komma Jokern som person. Men i och med att hans flyktighet är evig så får han också en betydelse som sträcker sig bortom den enskilda individen. Han blir ondskan som alltid finns där, eller snarare ondskan som vi människor tenderar att återskapa gång på gång, trots alla våra goda avsikter.Att Jokern är livskraftig än i dag beror på att han förvandlas och återföds varje gång han hamnar i händerna på en ny generation berättare. Kanske var det just det Whitney Ellsworth förutspådde när han för 79 år sedan lade till den där sista rutan och för evigt förändrade den populärkulturella historieskrivningen. För en sak är säker. Så länge leken blandas kommer Jokern att leva.Jimmy Håkansson, kulturskribentLitteraturAlan Moore: The killing joke. (DC Comics 1988)Jim Starlin: A death in the family. (DC Comics 1988)Frank Miller: The dark knight returns. (DC Comics)Brian Azzalero: Joker. (DC Comics 2008)Grant Morrison: Arkham asylum: A serious house on serious earth. (DC Comics 1989)Robert Moses Peaslee, Robert G. Weiner med flera: The Joker: A serious study of the clown prince of crime. (University Press of Mississippi 2015)

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, murder, death, sexual abuse, trauma, and body gore. Please be advised.   Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my two stellar guest, Dan Rector and Julie McCulloch-Francis, as we go down the biggest rabbit hole yet to discover DC comic tropes, discover more and more about the works of Alan Moore, and see in real time how little I know about Batman or Superman (they fixed me) in Batman: The Killing Joke written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland & John Higgins.   Follow my Guest! The Exile by D.G.P. Rector The Last Scion written by D.G.P. Rector Battle Tech: Shrapnel, Issue #20, featuring short story by D.G.P. Rector Battle Tech: Shrapnel, Issue #23, featuring short story by D.G.P. Rector   Our Recommendations Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming Batman: Death in the Family by Jim Starlin & Jim Aparo Batman: Mitefall by Alan Grant & Dennis O'Neil Batman: Wayne Family Adventures by CRC Payne & StarBite Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Gerald Brom   Find Me Online If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Bluesky, Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!   About The Show Music composed and produced by Abek Cover art created by Jared Stokes Banner art and background design by IndigoLink Podcast production by Erin Palmer

Forty years after Watchmen forever changed the comics landscape, legendary artist and colorist John Higgins joins the Bandits to reflect on his pivotal role in one of the medium's most influential works. On this episode, John discusses the groundbreaking color palette that helped define Watchmen's unmistakable atmosphere, his multiple collaborations with Alan Moore, and how the series continues to inspire creators four decades later. The conversation also explores John's distinguished career beyond Watchmen, his work as both an artist and colorist, the evolution of comic coloring over the years, and the enduring impact that thoughtful visual storytelling can have on generations of readers. You can follow John on his site, artofjohnhiggins.com, on Instagram @johnhigginsrazorjack, or on Facebook @turmoilcolourstudios. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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If you're wondering what happened to Evey, this is the episode for you!! V reveals something I never saw coming and it just reiterates how awesome Alan Moore is! Plus, two vignettes that don't quite make it in the original printing. So join Dr Anj and I for a high kicking, fascism fighting time! As usual, if you'd like to leave any feedback for the show, you can do so through email at Magazinesandmonsters@gmail.com or to me on Twitter @Billyd_licious on Instagram @magazinesandmonsters, on BlueSky @docstrange or on the show's FB page (just search Magazines and Monsters). You can find Dr Anj on social media @dranj70 and definitely check out his fantastic blog comicboxcommentary! Thanks for listening!

Retour vers le passé avec le nouvel épisode de 110% NostalGeek, présenté par G Pour Geek!Dans l'épisode 6, on replonge dans nos souvenirs geek avec le segment REWIND : jouets et univers de Masters of the Universe, les anciens jeux NHL sur PS3 et l'univers de Jurassic Park.On ouvre ensuite le LOST IN TIME avec Community, les clubs Vidéotron, ainsi que les spectacles de notre jeunesse qu'on aimerait revoir débarquer à Montréal!Finalement, direction le FLUX CAPACITOR avec Alan Moore et Swamp Thing, sans oublier une console qui mérite encore beaucoup d'amour!Branchez-vous et venez revivre la nostalgie avec nous!#110PourcentNostalGeek #GPourGeek #PodcastGeek #Nostalgie #CultureGeek #Années90 #Années2000 #JeuxVidéo #Gaming #Cinéma #SériesTV #JouetsRetro #RetroGaming #SouvenirsGeek #QuébecGeek‐-------‐‐-----------------------------------------Site Web ⬇️www.gpourgeek.caBalado Quebec ⬇️https://baladoquebec.ca/g-pour-geek/110percent-nostalgeek-episode-6-masters-of-the-universe-nhl-jurassic-park-et-souvenirs-retroSpotify ⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/1u1BuLjlLfSSOLq8YuAEa0Linktree ⬇️https://linktr.ee/gpourgeekYoutube ⬇️https://youtu.be/hRinRQ-Wix0

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 steampunk superhero flick that pulls characters from the first volume of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's comic series - though honestly, the plot goes off in its own direction and barely resembles the source material. Stephen Norrington (of Blade fame) directed it from a screenplay by comic book and sometime-screenplay writer James Dale Robinson, and the cast includes Sean Connery, Peta Wilson, Naseeruddin Shah, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, and Richard Roxburgh. It's notable for being Connery's last role in a theatrically released live-action movie before he retired in 2006 (he passed away in 2020). Trevor Jones handled the score. If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666-7733!    Out this Month: Shooting the Flames Q3 2026 V for Vendetta League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Patreon: Hot Take: Evil Dead Burn      Get in Touch:  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheFilmFlamers  Visit our Store: https://the-film-flamers.printify.me/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefilmflamers  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFilmFlamers/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/thefilmflamers/  (NEW!) SCANS Movie Rating Calculator: https://scans.glide.page/  Our Website: https://www.filmflamers.com  Call our Hotline: 972-666-7733     Our Patrons:    Alex M Andrew Bower Ashlie Thornbury BattleBurrito Benjamin Gonzalez Bennett Hunter Call me Lestat. CanadianMatt Christopher Nelson Crash Blakmor Dan Alvarez Dirty Birdy eliza mc FleeBJuice85 Gia Gillian Murtagh GlazedDonut GWilliamNYC Jessica E Joanne Ellison Josh Young Karl Haikara Kimberly McGuirk LangsuyarMeLater Laura O'Malley Lisa Libby Lisa Söderberg Livi Loch Hightower M Hussman Matthew McHenry MissBooMissQuick Nicole McDaniel Nikki Nimble Wembley Orion Yannotti Pablo the Rhino Penelope Nelson Priscilla Eston-Jones random dude Richard Best Robert Eppers Rosieredleader Ryan King SHADOW OF THE DEAD SWANN Sharon Sinesthero Snake Plissken William Skinner   Sweet dreams...      "Welcome to Horrorland" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Includes music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

V For Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian thriller film directed by James McTeigue from a screenplay by the Wachowskis. It was McTeigue's directorial debut and is based on the 1988–89 DC Vertigo Comics limited series graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, David Lloyd, and Tony Weare. The cast includes Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea and John Hurt. The film, which is set in a future where a fascist totalitarian regime has subjugated the United Kingdom, centres on V, a masked vigilante who attempts to ignite a revolution, and Evey Hammond, a young woman caught up in V's plot. The film's score was composed by Dario Marianelli. If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666-7733!    Out this Month: Shooting the Flames Q3 2026 V for Vendetta League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Patreon: Hot Take: Evil Dead Burn      Get in Touch:  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheFilmFlamers  Visit our Store: https://the-film-flamers.printify.me/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefilmflamers  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFilmFlamers/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/thefilmflamers/  (NEW!) SCANS Movie Rating Calculator: https://scans.glide.page/  Our Website: https://www.filmflamers.com  Call our Hotline: 972-666-7733     Our Patrons:    Alex M Andrew Bower Ashlie Thornbury BattleBurrito Benjamin Gonzalez Bennett Hunter Call me Lestat. CanadianMatt Christopher Nelson Crash Blakmor Dan Alvarez Dirty Birdy eliza mc FleeBJuice85 Gia Gillian Murtagh GlazedDonut GWilliamNYC Jessica E Joanne Ellison Josh Young Karl Haikara Kimberly McGuirk LangsuyarMeLater Laura O'Malley Lisa Libby Lisa Söderberg Livi Loch Hightower M Hussman Matthew McHenry MissBooMissQuick Nicole McDaniel Nikki Nimble Wembley Orion Yannotti Pablo the Rhino Penelope Nelson Priscilla Eston-Jones random dude Richard Best Robert Eppers Rosieredleader Ryan King SHADOW OF THE DEAD SWANN Sharon Sinesthero Snake Plissken William Skinner   Sweet dreams...      "Welcome to Horrorland" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Includes music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

EPISODE 362 - The Milksops go over Mind MGMT #5! We learn more about Henry Lyme!  In Loose Screws we discuss how Will gave up on Alan Moore's novel The Great When and Kevin discusses his love for the new seasons of the TV Show The Adventures of Superman. ------- Sop-scribe to support the show and for bonus episodes at https://www.screwitpodcasts.com/ There's link to our free Discord there too! Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com

After all this time, is there anything else that can be said about the Watchmen comic series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons? On this week's pod, we sure give it our best shot! We compare the endless stream of Watchmen adaptations to the ever-expanding sprawl of the Star Wars universe. We debate whether Watchmen singlehandedly created the modern lens through which everyone now views superheroes. And we try to determine if Watchmen only functions as the ultimate deconstruction of superhero mythology, or if it can be read simply as a superhero mystery story. Closing out the conversation, we ask a big question: has Watchmen become the very cultural phenomenon it warned us about—something endlessly commodified, repackaged, and mythologized?

World's Toughest Mudder 2026 came and went and there was a lot of excitement captured both on the live stream as well as in our interviews! This is our part 3 of 4 of our WTM coverage and it focuses on everything during the brunch! See time stamps below for more information but we did interviews before  and after the presentation and have audio from the WTM ceremony! Part 1 was focused on Friday interviews and the TMHQ course announcements! Part 2 was race weekend interviews and audio, and part 4 will be the bar crawl! Start – 3:01 – Intro 3:01 – 9:12 – Quick News 9:12 – 10:32 – Content Preface 10:32 – 1:09:28 - Interviews Before Presentation (Joe Rucco Sr., Robert Hamilton, AJ Golik, Rock Weigan, Wil Chung, Wiktoria Fronc, Alan Moore, Keith, Sam Rao, Austin Azar, Haylee Milot, Rock Weigan again, and Nikki Caromba 1:09:28 – 1:37:52 - Brunch Presentation Audio 1:37:52 – 2:11:52 - Interviews After Presentation (Team Rehasport, Dasos Gonella, Robyn Koszta, Jillian Heller, Abby, Petr Cisarik, John Castle, and Karen Tricky) 2:11:52 – End – Outro Next weekend we will be airing part 4 of our World's Toughest Mudder coverage which focuses on the bar crawl! ____ News Stories: Matt Murphy Engaged Billy Richards Rucking 50K Challenge Luca Pescollderungg Ultra WC Issue Post Klara ʟᴏᴋᴀᴊíčᴋᴏᴠá Pregnant Hyrox Rule Changes Jamie Rahn Mom Death Matt Novakovich Son Death USA OCR National Championship Podiums Spartan Palmerton Results Millenial Sirens Secret Link Gymnastic Simon Secret Link Skate Dancing Secret Link Trauma Salad Secret Link Loudest Man Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 360. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews and a Musical Performance) 412. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 3: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 438. World's Toughest Mudder First Timer Questions with Josh Fiore! 441. World's Toughest Mudder in UK Prep with Wil Chung and Fran Chiorando! 442. Katelyn's Pre-World's Toughest Mudder Thoughts! 443. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 1: Course Walkthrough with The OCR Report) 444. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 2: Event Day Audio, Interviews, and Katelyn's Pit Audio) 445. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 3: British Brunch Interviews and Audio) 446. World's Toughest Mudder 2025 (Part 4: Bar Crawl Interviews) 449. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 5: Giles Chater Interview) 493. Mike's First Hyrox Experience and Katelyn's Pre-World's Toughest Mudder Thoughts! 494. Grant Thompson on Scotland, UKOCR Endurance Series, World's Toughest Mudder, and More! 495. World's Toughest Mudder 2026! (Part 1: Pit Set Up Interviews, and Course Briefing Audio) 496. World's Toughest Mudder 2026! (Part 2: Event Weekend Interviews and Audio with Athletes, Pit Crew, and Volunteers) ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Cheryl Miller, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Nick Ryker, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Evan Eirich, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Wendell Lagosh, Logan Nagle, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, Seth Rinderknecht, Bonnie Wilson, Steve Bacon from The New England OCR Expo, Robert Landman, Shell Luccketta Jules Estes, and Alan "Muddy Duck" Moore. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, Joshua Reid, and Kevin Gregory! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Eisner Award nominated comic book creator, Dave Baker joins us to explore an interview with Alan Moore, the announcement of Wildstorm publishing ThunderCats, 3 comic book previews, Marvel movie news of the early 2000s and more from issue 130 of Wizard!Get access to an UNCUT version of the episode with 20 minutes of excellent bonus conversation, plus a PDF scan of the issue, our exclusive ToyFares: The Podcast and so much more when you subscribe today at Patreon.com/WIZARDSCOMICS today! Thanks to our monthly supporters MegaRuss Steven W Steve Bada Matthew Strange Hombre Richard Cocchi Andrew Burt Brandon Whitmore Bill Gudde Michael Johnson Brock626 Tom Goodwin Matt and Lissy Poisso Lennon Patton Patrick McFadden Marvin Dupree Lunchlady Doris Mark Syp Seth Johnson Dapper Dan Paladin Phillip Sevy Robb Matt Frank Anderson Russell Sheath Hellions Team Damon David Ellis acovio Alex Giannini Jeremy Cathey Nate Clark Mark Florio David Fink Brent Cranfill MarWe Bruno Cavalcante David M Dalibor Žujović Evin Bryant Gary Hutcherson Fernando Pinto Jeremy Dawe MeltFaceKillah Brian Acosta Joe Marcello DenimJedi Miitchell Hall Lee Markowitz Mark McDonald ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen failed so spectacularly it ended two careers — that of the legendary actor Sean Connery and its director, Stephen Norrington. Based on a comic co-written by Alan Moore, the property had the bonafides to be more than just dispensable popcorn theater. Sadly, a disastrous production—plagued by delays and abusive behaviors from its star— ultimately relegated it to the dustbin of comic book movie history. Despite its troubled path to screens, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is not entirely unwatchable. The seams of a decent film are scattered throughout. They just can't escape the pedestrian script and abominable CGI. Now, sit back, Hyde-up with a M-43 from Old Nation Brewing, and burn that grotesque painting! The Thunderous Wizard, Chumpzilla, and Bling Blake are hellbent on committing evil shenanigans across the globe! This Week's Segments: Introduction/Plot Breakdown – The power of seven become a league of one! Lingering Questions – For a film with extraordinary in its title, why is this film so uninspired? (37:14) The "Sword of the Ocean" Trivia Challenge – Bling Blake challenges the field to trivia about the movie. (57:49) Recommendations – We offer our picks for the week and next up: We kickoff our latest round of video game-related flops! (1:06:24) And, as always, hit us up on Threads, X, Facebook, Bluesky, or Instagram to check out all the interesting factoids from this week's episode!

In this episode, Troy the Devil-Man sits down with longtime friend and returning guest Lon Milo DuQuette to discuss his long-awaited new book "Young Aleister Crowley and The Magician's Revolt" published by Weiser Books.Lon reveals that this project has been nineteen years in the making, born from a 2007 conversation with O.T.O. brother and film writer Jim Bukowski, who believed a fantasy treatment of Crowley's early life had real potential as a feature film. What followed was a remarkable series of transformations: screenplay to book, back to screenplay, then into a twelve-episode television format, and finally into the expanded novel Weiser has now published, the first work of fiction the press has ever taken on.The conversation explores the specific period Lon chose to focus on, Crowley's entry into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn as a young, wide-eyed initiate. Far from the legendary Beast of later years, this Crowley is naive, brilliant, and outrageous in equal measure. Lon explains that Crowley's arrival was the catalyst that fractured the Golden Dawn entirely, giving the story genuine dramatic stakes with real historical roots and room for invention.Lon walks Troy through the book's narrative structure, a device inspired by The Princess Bride in which the framing story opens at Crowley's 1947 funeral. A young Hollywood screenwriter and O.T.O. initiate interviews the fictional film director Sir Francis Bendick (drawn from one of Crowley's own pen names) in the days before his death. The old man insists the only way to tell this story truthfully is as a fairy tale, because fairy tales and myths outlast objective history. From there, the narrative travels across multiple lifetimes and dimensions, weaving in actual magical rituals from Crowley's own published works.A pivotal sequence involves the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage and the story of Abraham the Jew seeking out Abramelin in the Egyptian desert. Lon describes a confrontation with four Djinn that humbles Abraham before they transform into guides, leading him to the mage who tells him the only teacher he hasn't met yet is himself. The conversation explores how this concept of the Holy Guardian Angel, of self-realization as the prerequisite for any genuine magical work, runs as the central thread through the entire book.Lon connects this theme to the briefcase in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, the MacGuffin whose contents are never shown but whose light illuminates every face that looks inside. The Holy Grail, he says, is always the Holy Grail, regardless of who is searching for it or what they've done to earn the quest.The episode also touches on the book's multimedia journey. Lon describes the audiobook as closer to an old-fashioned radio play than a standard reading, and mentions early positive reviews from figures including Alan Moore, whose own The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic name-checks Lon's work. He also recalls that during an earlier stage of the project, playwright Snoo Wilson connected him with Alan Rickman, who had always wanted to play Crowley and signed a letter of intent before the project stalled.Troy and Lon discuss Strange Angel, the television series about Jack Parsons, and the theory that writing L. Ron Hubbard into the show so early made the production legally untouchable for completion. They reflect on what the public appetite for this kind of transgressive, esoteric content in popular formats really signals, and what it means for a project like this one.Coming up for Lon: a three-day Chicken Kabbalah workshop in Joshua Tree, California, next spring, hosted by Magical Retreats. Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford is expected to make a rare appearance.Previous Scholomance appearances by Lon Milo DuQuette:Constructing Yourself with The Tarot ArchitectIs Freemasonry Esoteric with Bro. Lon Milo DuQuette, EFC 2022 KeynoteAsk Baba Lon with Lon Milo DuQuetteFind Lon online: londuquette.comSupport the show

What if one of the best ways to grow your business is simply to let people hear your voice? Alan Moore sits down with PodBox CEO and Modern Financial Advisor host Mike Langford to explore how podcasting helps advisors build trust, clarify their message, and create content that continues working long after it's published.

You know how sometimes people do that thing where they come at The Odyssey or whatever from an oblique angle? Like that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern shit? What I want to know is: what if we did that with Archie in Watchmen? That rugged and loyal companion abandoned like truth in the snow. What was his story, I wonder?

Coarse Language: Listener Discretion is AdvisedMeanwhile… the Rolled Spine bros continue their look at 1986's all time great DC Comics (but with way worse audio) with the Eagle Award Winning run of Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, and John Totleben (with many others) on The Saga of Swamp Thing #20-53. We Think You're Special!Hashtag us as #RSPDCSFriend us on FacebookEmail us at rolledspinepodcasts@gmail.comTweet us at @rolledspineIf the main DC Bloodlines blog isn't your thing, try the umbrella Rolled Spine Podcasts.

In this special episode of The Marvelists, hosts Peter Melnick and Eddie Wilson sit down with acclaimed comic book artist, writer, publisher, and educator Stephen R. Bissette for a wide-ranging conversation that bridges the worlds of mainstream comics, independent publishing, and creative rebellion. Best known for his groundbreaking work on DC's Saga of the Swamp Thing alongside Alan Moore and John Totleben, Bissette brought a revolutionary level of detail, horror, and ecological depth to the title in the 1980s. But his career extends far beyond the Bayou: from co-founding the influential horror anthology Taboo to self-publishing the ambitious Tyrant series—a meticulously researched, life-cycle epic starring a Tyrannosaurus rex that remains a high-water mark in creator-owned comics. Whether you're a Marvel fan curious about the wider industry, a Swamp Thing aficionado, or simply love stories about dinosaur comics and artistic integrity, this episode delivers insights from one of the medium's most thoughtful and uncompromising voices. Expect plenty of behind-the-pages stories, reflections on the evolution of the industry, and why dinosaurs (and swamp monsters) still rule.

This week on Myopia Movies, we put on the mask, stare into the abyss, and then complain about the lighting. We dust off a paywall episode this week as we watch Watchmen—the most philosophical superhero movie ever made, or at least the one most likely to assign you homework afterward. Join us as we unpack a world where superheroes are less “save the day” and more “deeply complicate geopolitics.” We wrestle with questions like: Is Rorschach a moral absolutist… or just the world's angriest inkblot? How does Dr. Manhattan make omnipotence feel like a midlife crisis? And is Ozymandias the smartest man alive—or just really good at PowerPoint presentations with catastrophic consequences? We dive into Zack Snyder's ultra-stylized adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' legendary graphic novel, debating whether it captures the spirit of the original—or just lovingly recreates it in slow motion. Also: we try to determine if any superhero team has ever had worse workplace chemistry, and whether the giant blue nudist is actually the least weird part of this movie. Want to pick a movie we do an episode on and record a special commentary just for you? Purchase something from our wish list!  We are riffers on Cineprov! Check us out!! How will Watchmen hold up? Directed by: Zack Snyder Starring: Malin Åkerman as Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake / The Comedian Carla Gugino as Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre

Someday we will catch up to time and not be doing these super-sized WWBUTs, but that day is not today! So: here’s what we’ve been up to. What Missy’s Been Up To: Watching The Drama Reading Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami Scotch on the Rocks by Elliot Fletcher Kiss Me, Judas by Will Christopher Baer The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Godzilla Rivals: Jet Jaguar versus Megalon by Nola Pfau and Megan Huang Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, and John Totleben This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladdstone Hellblazer: Dead in America by Simon Spurrier, Aditya Bidikar, Aaron Campbell, and Jordie Bellaire  Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab  What Merri’s Been Up To: Watching Off Campus Scream 7 Reading Alchemised by Senlinyu The Predator and the Reaper by Runyx  Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries and Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett Filthy Rich Fae and Filthy Rich Fae Fallen Court by Geneva Lee Hot for Hostage by Maggie Evans Love Me Stalk Me by Laura Bishop  Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post WWBUT 116 – Have These People Not Read Animorphs? appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching The Assessment (2024, dir. Fleur Fortuné); drinking Evil Twin Brewing Pils: Dandies.Damien is watching DTF St. Louis (2026; TV series); drinking Larceny Bourbon old fashioned with chipotle bitters.Ryan is watching Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026; dir. Lee Cronin); drinking Campbeltown Journey whisky. If you liked this week's story, read  Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore. Up next: "The Badlands" by John Metcalfe Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Alan Moore has just finished writing Book 3 of his Long London Quintet — and he sat down with Rosie to talk about it. In a wide-ranging conversation, the legendary writer of Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell takes us into "the other London": the hidden city of lost magicians, gangsters, and forgotten showmen that runs beneath the one everyone else sees. They get into why he declared himself a magician in 1993 and then had to live up to it, why prose is the most elegant art form ever invented, why he's done with comics (again), and what the riots of 1968 have to teach us right now. He closes with a message for these times: love and fight. Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author Garth Jones returns with more book recommendations including Kris Kneen's Rite of Spring, Fiona Wright's Kill Your Boomers, Lee Lai's Cannon, Olga Tokarczuk's House of Day, House of Night, Alan Moore's seminal Swamp Thing run and more. If you're looking for something to read, we've got a bunch of suggestions for you here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are all marionettes, our lives upset, dancing over desert red, a fog of memory lost, the dead giving clues through what was said to where we began and where we are led, so alchemy wed, we find ourselves, shattered golden maidenhead, returned by strings to innocence shed.

Séamas O'Reilly discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Séamas O'Reilly is a writer and author who has worked as a columnist for the Observer, the Irish Times and the Irish Examiner. He is Features Editor of London satirical magazine, The Fence and his writing has appeared in The Guardian, the New Statesman and the New York Times. His memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died topped the Irish Times Bestseller List for seven weeks, and won Best Biography at the 2021 Irish Book Awards. Séamas currently lives in Walthamstow, London with his family. His new novel is Prestige Drama, which is available at https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/seamas-oreilly/prestige-drama/9780349727899/. The book "On Bloody Sunday" by Julieann Campbell https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/30/on-bloody-sunday-by-julieann-campbell-review-the-most-powerful-account-of-a-brutal-day The writer Flann O'Brien/Myles na Gopaleen https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n07/clair-wills/anti-writer The Dyatlov Pass Incident https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved AI Is A Scam https://www.gardenofmemory.net/historian-vs-ai-the-technology-sucks-and-is-basically-a-scam/ Alan Moore's Top Ten comics series https://pagechewing.com/comic-commentary-top-10-by-alan-moore/ John Carpenter's The Thing Is Probably The Best Film Of All Time https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/thing-2-review/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

For the 40th anniversary of the legendary comic by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the guys discuss the original 12-issue comic book, the fandom, Alan Moore and - of course - the Zack Snyder movie! To write in, e-mail at qnoanswers@gmail.com!

Whilst John holidays and Steve produces the next Bloodhound, we have a very special Guest Podcast! In 1982, Kev F Sutherland and Shameful Steve interviewed the one and only Alan Moore. Alan talks about the work in progress that was V for Vendetta, his ET "rip-off" Skizz and other 2000AD work, whilst we interrogate Steve Moore about his Hammer Captain Kronos swashbuckling clergyman Father Shandor. Is this the earliest extant recording of the Maestro? Listen and find out!Subscribe to Comic Cuts at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1788415 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let us know what you think of the showAhead of fresh episodes of Comic Cuts The Panel Show, here's a never-before-heard classic from the archive - Alan Moore and Steve Moore, interviewed at the Comic Con in London in 1982, by Kev F Sutherland and Steve Noble. Parts of this, as you can see in the episode image, were transcribed to become an article in the fanzine Fantasy Advertiser, and most of it remains lost because the recording quality is so irredeemably awful.What redemption has been done is thanks to Helen Quigley, Friend of the Podcast and superstar audio producer, who was able to rescue some listenable content from a cassette tape which has been in a drawer for over forty years, slowly decaying.Here Alan and Steve discuss their work on Warrior, which was newly launched at the time, and their planned forthcoming work which included Skizz, that appeared the following year, and a movie called Mirrorman, which we can only assume is still in development.Hear Steve Noble, my fellow interviewer, on the Bristol Cult Film Society Cult Film Podcast Podcast, and listen out for me, Kev F, returning with fresh episodes of Comic Cuts, right here very soon.kevfcomicartist.comJoin the Official Comic Cuts Facebook Page, aka Youtoobling, and comment on the show there too, why not?

We Watched the Watchmen (2009). The 200s most underdiscussed super hero movie, we are going to Deconstruct the Deconstructors in this weeks episode, looking at how the 1980s alternate history comic by Alan Moore was adapted for a late-2000s audience by Zach Snyder. Watchmen as a movie fits perfectly in the 2000s as a reaction to the suite of movies that had come out in the decade–as it itself is a criticism of myth, exceptionalism, and marketing. We are joined by Discourse Stu of Marvelous! Or, The Death Of Cinema, you can find them:On their website: https://www.marvelousdeath.com/On their Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/marvelousdeathOn Discord/BlueSky/YouTube: https://linktr.ee/marvelousdeathCheck out our website to search for episodes at: remembershuffle.comGive Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. 

At last we complete our look at Alan Moore‘s Swamp Thing run, looking at Swampy’s battle with Gotham City, his seeming death, and his travels through space. Along the way, Tim and Kumar have totally different takes on a certain issue, and Tim finds a fact about it that scandalizes Kumar. Join us as we traverse The Saga of the Swamp Thing issues 51-64! What are those folks on Rann saying? Brought to you by: Checkered Past podcast Our supporters on Patreon

This week on Bronze and Modern Gods, Free Comic Book Day turns into a real collector debate.Hot Book of the Week: Dungeon Crawler Carl #0 - a FCBD giveaway that's already flipping online, with some fans upset that certain retailers were charging for a “free” book. We also talk about the animated adaptation in the works from Seth MacFarlane for Peacock, and the surprising crossover collectible angle with the Absolute Batman exclusive variant tied to the one-shot.Old Fart Rule: American Flagg! #1 (First Comics, 1986) - Howard Chaykin's indie dystopia that nailed media saturation, corporate control, and celebrity culture before those themes became mainstream comics staples.Underrated Books of the Week:D.R. & Quinch (2000 AD) - early Alan Moore chaos with art by Alan Davis, a cult classic that's still affordable.Marvel Spotlight #1 (1971) - Marvel's tryout series debut and a fascinating early-'70s experiment that remains approachable in raw, with wild high-grade upside.Plus: Show & Tell, new member shoutouts, and viewer mail.Become a Member for $2.99/month and get:• Members-only live streams• Bonus Show & Tell episodes• On-screen shoutoutsJOIN → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkHTY1eNYHr9JoTndx_m6kA/join

“HE WAS ALL OF US.“Hello everyone! We are back to talk about another film that may have aged a little better than we hoped, and we might all be worse off for that. We are talking about 2005's V For Vendetta, directed by James McTeague, starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving, written by one of the podcast's favorite sibling duos, the Wachowski sisters! On this episode we talk about just how relevant the film feels, especially while living in America. In the world of V, we are living in a fascist, police state, ravaged by a viral outbreak, with state sponsored media spreading fear and propaganda, an authoritarian government seizing personal freedoms while the oligarch class is protected and reaping all the benefits of their crimes against humanity. An all too familiar world for anyone not living under a rock. Even though the original Alan Moore graphic novel was written in response to Margaret Thatcher's Britain in the 1980's, and the Wachowski's screenplay was written perhaps in response to the 2nd (or rather, 3rd) Bush Administration, perhaps the heart of the story is what it takes to survive these oppressive regimes.Speaking of Alan Moore, we talk about why the acclaimed graphic novel writer distanced himself from the film. When the frequent Wachowski collaborator and producer Alan Silver claimed Moore gave the film his blessing, which he did not, Moore asked for his name to be removed from the credits. Even still, Moore rejected the script itself and when we examine the differences between the film and source material we can see why. Both the graphic novel and film can be seen as separate, complimentary stories, but are so vastly difference that we can't really say it's a “good adaptation,” despite being fond of both. Listen to the full episode for more on this!We also talk about what the Wachowskis bring to the film. It wasn't directed by them, but by their assistant director from the Matrix Trilogy, James McTeague. Still, we can still feel their influence in what segments get special attention, the montages, and how we experience time and how everything is connected.Putting this film together, with who was involved, who was cast, when it was filmed, where it was filmed.. there are so many connections and references that we don't even get into all of it. Despite being a little sillier in some places, more digestible than something as heavy and poignant as Andor (which Austin HIGHLY recommends,) the film delivers some moments that may never be forgot.You can listen to this episode ANYWHERE you get your podcasts! You don't have to go to Spotify or Apple! If you don't see our show on your podcast preference of choice, just DM us on our socials and we will get right on it!

This week is full of muck and murk and mushrooms. We flit amongst the trees, we bed on moss, we howl at the moon. Daisy Pearce is entering her bog witch era! The author takes us to her native Cornwall, for a story of haunting and imprisonment, small town baggage and creepy houses in the woods. We talk about the oppressive landscape and the mythical texture of the place. We ask whether anyone in a small town can ever really leave high school behind… and we really look at the fine art of trepanation AKA – having a hole drilled in your head (and what it would feel like!)   Enjoy!   Other books mentioned: Something in the Walls (2025), by Daisy Pearce Water Shall Refuse Them (2019), by Lucy McKnight Hardy A Head Full of Ghosts (2015), by Paul Tremblay Itch (2025), by Gemma Amor The Man From the Train : The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery (2017), by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James A Simple Plan (1993), by Scott Smith From Hell (1999), by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell Support Talking Scared on Patreon   Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch   Come talk books on Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Hush, Executive Producer at WLS-AM 890, joins Nick for another round of Tom's Theater of Trash. This time he celebrates The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the infamous 2003 box office flop based on the Alan Moore graphic novel and starring Sean Connery. Tom breaks down why he loves it, why it failed, why it maybe didn't deserve to, and how so many of Moore's other works have ended up as rough movie adaptations. Then, with May just getting started, Nick puts Esmeralda Leon through a themed quiz all about the month. They cover everything from May Day traditions and the official flowers of May to Amelia Earhart and more. It's gonna be May. [Ep 451]

The Drunk Guys go through hell for and from beer this week when they read From Hell by Alan Moore. The hell with: Chipotle Smoked Porter by Pipeworks and Rotting Earth by Abomination Brewing. Join the Drunk Guys next Tuesday when they read The Cave of Time by Edward Packard The Drunk Guys now have a Patreon! The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Overcast, and where ever fine podcasts can be found. We are also part of the Hopped Up Network of independent beer podcasters. If you're drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. There's no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Shauna and Olivia want to share their favorite movies with each other, and you! Up first is Shauna's favorite movie, V for Vendetta. Released in 2006, V for Vendetta was based on the DC/Vertigo comic series by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Directed by James McTeigue and written by the Wachowskis, V for Vendetta stars Hugo Weaving as the masked V, Natalie Portman as Evey, and a veritable who's who of British actors (mostly male) including John Hurt, Rupert Graves, Stephen Fry and Stephen Rea. The Junkies discuss the plot (spoilers abound, so be sure you've seen it before listening), the characters, the romance, the themes, and the stunning parallels between a movie released 20 years ago and today's political landscape. We have affordable and rewarding Patreon tiers! Be the first to hear new and uncensored content, if you dare! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/popculturejunkiepodcast/posts Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W Website: www.popculturejunkie.com  Facebook: PopCultureJunkiePodcast  Instagram: @pop.culturejunkie  Threads:@pop.culturejunkie Bluesky: @pop-culture-junkie.bsky.social Email: junkies@popculturejunkie.com Shauna on Instagram: @shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: @shaunatrinidad  Olivia on Instagram: @livimariez

V de Venganza. Veinte años de revolución Un revolucionario anarquista se enfrenta a un estado fascista. Él, simplemente conocido como V, quiere liberar a Inglaterra del totalitarismo y la intolerancia, y con ella, levantar al mundo entero. Pero su camino estará lleno de dificultades muy difíciles de prever. El rodaje de V de Venganza, la película que cuenta esa historia, también estuvo lleno de penurias, desde un guion rechazado por Alan Moore –porque según él se separaba demasiado del cómic escrito por él y que fue la inspiración para la película–, hasta un rudo proceso de doblaje de los diálogos de nuestro anti héroe, encarnado por Hugo Weaving. Ligada a Matrix en más de un sentido, muy aplaudida en su estreno, revisada con devoción por hordas de fans, V de Venganza cumple 20 años y para celebrarlo es que hacemos este episodio del podcast Cinegarage. El invitado no podía ser otro que Cha, que además de integrante de Fobia y Gran Sur, es especialista y conocedor del mundo del cómic y fan de V de Venganza, una historia explosiva, como un Judas gordo de semana santa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FLASHBACK! We continue our look at Alan Moore's 1980s run on Swamp Thing— a run in which the title character met werewolves and vampires (as Moore and co. found a new way to use these old tropes), as well as new character John Constantine. Moore was aided by artists Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, and Alfredo … Continue reading #617 Swamp Thing meets the monsters

Plans changed. Our guest couldn't make it, so we did what any reasonable podcasters would do: We threw open the doors to The Lobby for a full-length Hot Takes edition. Listeners brought the heat with questions about books that should've stayed books, movies that deserve a reboot, sequels that ruined the original, and whether Taylor Swift is overrated (Cody had thoughts). We talk Clive Cussler's missed movie franchise, why Dave won't watch animated shows, the Indiana Jones-sized hole in pop culture, and whether fans or studios do more damage to the things we love. Plus a rapid-fire agree-or-disagree bonus round that includes Baby Yoda slander, Ted Lasso discourse, and the question of whether Harrison Ford has been phoning it in since 1997. We close it out with a conversation about Batman, the legacy of Frank Miller and Alan Moore, and why dark and gritty isn't always the answer. Holy Hot Takes, Batman!https://linktr.ee/PopCulturePastorPod

It's conspiracies week at Bad Dads. All four dads — Sidey, Dan, Reegs and Cris — count down the Top Five Conspiracies before getting to Sovereign (2025), a devastating drama about a father and son in the Sovereign Citizen movement that made $63,000 at the box office and absolutely deserved better.In the Top Five:JFK — Oliver Stone's four-hour masterpiece of the grassy knoll, covered in fullAll the President's Men — Woodward, Bernstein, the paper that's now owned by BezosMichael Clayton — Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson going off his medsV for Vendetta — the graphic novel Alan Moore hated adapted by people he also hatedThe Matrix/Moon Landing — Kubrick and the simulation, one or two topicsZoolander — the fashion industry behind every political assassination for 200 yearsBubba Ho-Tep — Elvis, Black JFK, Egyptian mummy. Cris's nom. Correct.Elvis vs Nixon — the real meeting, the badges, the conspiracy of what they said to each otherCOINTELPRO — the real FBI programme that makes the conspiracy theories look tameSidey's friend's COVID/QAnon texts — read in full, genuinely extraordinaryReegs' Conspiracy Quiz:Real or made up? Finland, Denver Airport, Victorian tax avoidance, Tuskegee, government surveillance birds, and Wetherspoons underground tunnels.On Sovereign:Nick Offerman in an unexpected dramatic turn — really big and violentJacob Tremblay as Joe, the son, in what both Reegs and Dan consider career-best workThe Sovereign Citizen movement explained, and the real incident it's based onDennis Quaid as the sheriff whose son is killedMartha Plimpton's brief appearance as a seminar devoteeWhy Joe shoots the police: not madness, but inevitabilityThe baby at the end. You'll understand when you get there.Verdict: Strong recommend all round. Heavy. Almost nobody saw it. One of those films.You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads

Daniel Villalobos repasa la historia de “V de Vendetta” a dos décadas de su estreno. Desde el cómic original basado en la Inglaterra de Margaret Thatcher hasta el rechazo de su creador a las adaptaciones cinematográficas. El propio Alan Moore no quiso nada con la película de las hermanas Wachowski, que popularizó la máscara de Guy Fawkes convirtiéndola en un símbolo de protesta.

This week, Tom and Laura are getting into tulpas — the ancient Tibetan practice of conjuring a living being purely through the power of concentrated thought. They explore how the concept traveled from Buddhist monasteries to 4chan forums (via a very unexpected My Little Pony detour), and discuss the modern "tulpamancer" community that's been trying to will fictional characters into existence ever since. They also dig into the Philip Experiment, a 1972 Toronto study in which a group of regular people invented a fictional 17th-century ghost and then tried to hold a séance with him — with some genuinely strange results. Plus, the Global Consciousness Project's claim that random number generators went haywire before the first plane hit on 9/11, Philip K. Dick's season pass to Disneyland and his very unexpected lunch companion, Alan Moore spotting John Constantine in a sandwich shop, and a comics writer who may have accidentally manifested an armed robbery straight out of a scene he'd just finished writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Alan Moore's favorite comic, Little Lulu! She's that wacky moppet who likes to cause trouble. What an adorable little bitch! We all love Little Lulu.

FLASHBACK! Due perhaps to the passage of time, poorly handled reprinting by DC, or some other reason, Alan Moore's writing stint on Swamp Thing in the 1980s does not seem to get mentioned much today. Which is a shame, because it ranks with Moore's best work. And the art by Stephen Bissette and John Totleben … Continue reading #325 Alan Moore's “Swamp Thing”

We're dropping into your feed a day early for this St. Patrick's Day episode, as we look ahead to the August debut of HBO Max's Lanterns and discuss the first appearances of Green Lanterns Alan Scott and Hal Jordan -- followed for no particular reason by a couple of Tales of the Green Lantern Corps written by Alan Moore! First, in "The Green Lantern!" from 1940's All-American Comics #16, construction engineer Alan Scott meets a talking lantern that used to be … a meteor in ancient China? It's a whole thing. Then, in "S.O.S. Green Lantern!" and "Secret of the Flaming Spear!" from 1959's Showcase #22, test pilot Hal Jordan is selected to succeed dying space cop Abin Sur and become an intergalactic lawman! Last but not least, Green Lantern Tomar Re explains to his colleague Arisia just why "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" in 1985's Green Lantern #188! And we get a glimpse into Abin Sur's final moments in "Tygers" from 1986's Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2! Will Alan Scott and Hal Jordan prevail in their strikingly similar first adventures? Will Bolphunga the Unrelenting ever find the mysterious Mogo? Why does Abin Sur need a spaceship when his ring has the power of flight? And can these stirring tales of heroic space patrolmen survive the Blackest Night and break on through to that Brightest Day known as … The Comics Canon? In This Episode: ·       What can we call this radiation-sending device? ·       Green Lantern's archnemesis – The Yellow Lamp! ·       Plop! ·       Curt punches up the Green Lantern oath ·       Revenge of the Green Lanterns ·       Roy Thomas's interview with Golden Age Green Lantern creator Mart Nodell in Alter Ego Join us in two weeks as we discuss the 1982 inter-company crossover The Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans! Until then:Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook or Bluesky! And as always, thanks for listening!

Another month, another Previews chat! Listen in for updates on the newly released CGS App! And then we give our recommendations for May comic coming attractions including the Transformers Animated Movie collection, Record Journey by Kezuka, Bad Idea's Megalith, Our Soot Stained Heart from Mad Cave, new titles featuring the works of Dave Wachter, Charlie Adlard, J.K. Woodward and others, as well as comic talk on comicbook novelizations, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, and more! (1:03:20)

Todays guests are 2 of the most prominent Comic Book podcasters in the industry as I speak to Brad and Lisa Guillickson of the Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast as they now enter Season 2 of their spinoff series on Youtube known namely as The Stacks. Filmed at Third Eye Comics in Annapolis it has pulled from the example of being a Criterion Closet for Comics as some of our favorite Comic Book Creators such as Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia), Sanford Greene (Bitter Root), Benjamin Percy (X Lives of Wolverine), and David Brothers with Chip Zdarsky (Time Waits) have all paid a visit and pulled from the shelves to give viewers a taste profile into their world. They can begin with absolute classics like Alan Moore's Swamp Thing to Eightball/ The Death Ray by Daniel Clowes. We fans get taken on a journey into the mind of what inspires your favorite creators.Season 1 and 2 of The Stacks is now live on the Comic Book Couples Counseling Youtube Channel. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-faqs-project-hosted-by-james-grandmaster-faqs-boyce/donations

Frank Miller is regarded as one of the most influential and awarded creators. He began his career in comics in the late 1970s, first gaining notoriety as the artist, and later writer, of Daredevil for Marvel Comics. Next, came the science-fiction samurai drama Ronin, followed by the groundbreaking Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One with artist David Mazzuchelli. Following these seminal works, Miller fulfilled a lifelong dream by doing an all-out crime series, Sin City, which spawned two blockbuster films that he co-directed with Robert Rodriguez. Miller's multi-award-winning graphic novel 300 was also adapted into a highly successful film by Zack Snyder. His upcoming memoir, Push the Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing, and the Art of Storytelling, is now available for pre-order.This episode is brought to you by: Eight Sleep Pod Cover 5 sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating: EightSleep.com/Tim (use code TIM to get $350 off your very own Pod 5 Ultra.)Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: https://shopify.com/tim (one-dollar-per-month trial period)AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: DrinkAG1.com/Tim (1-year supply of Vitamin D (and 5 free AG1 travel packs) with your first subscription purchase.)Timestamps:[00:00:00] Start.[00:02:14] Aristotle's definition of happiness: Devotion to excellence.[00:03:02] Tools of the trade: Blackwing pencils, India ink, liquid frisket.[00:04:45] Sin City‘s physical creation at “twice up” size.[00:08:06] The toothbrush spatter technique.[00:09:24] Channeling impatience, anger, and violence into dramatic creative work.[00:10:33] What Jack Kirby knew about making comics competitive with cinema's spectacle.[00:11:56] Will Eisner and The Spirit‘s influence on the US market where writer-artist duality is rare.[00:13:33] How Jack Kirby blasted apart the panel grid (and a young Frank's mind).[00:15:49] Push the wall and defy the code.[00:19:54] The ruthless mentorship of Neal Adams.[00:24:57] The genesis of the Elektra amd Daredevil “soap opera.”[00:27:56] Story structure: Start late, end early.[00:29:10] Trusting the muse over rigid methodology.[00:31:15] European invasion: Moebius and Forbidden Planet.[00:32:52] Japanese influence: Lone Wolf and Cub‘s impact.[00:34:30] Cultural differences in depicting violence and motion.[00:36:38] Ronin: Shameless imitation and rebirth.[00:37:28] How does Frank know if something is working (or not working)?[00:39:27] The critical reception of Ronin as a “broken nose.”[00:42:37] The ruthless structure of The Dark Knight Returns.[00:43:40] Mutual elevation with “smartest fan” Alan Moore.[00:48:26] Robert Rodriguez: Angel of goodwill and generosity.[00:49:28] Sin City film: Co-directing and the Director's Guild sacrifice.[00:50:31] Working as a “two-headed beast” with Rodriguez.[00:55:27] Favorite films.[00:58:19] Books and ancient history inspiring 300.[00:59:00] Hollywood lessons: The importance of working with the right people.[01:01:13] The partnership and guidance of Silenn Thomas.[01:02:01] The clarity and creative rejuvenation of getting sober from alcohol.[01:04:48] Advice for aspiring comic artists: Story, story, story.[01:06:20] Learning to draw: Bridgman and Loomis books.[01:08:07] Perspective as a mathematical trick and lie.[01:11:00] Dick Giordano's advice: Lay in blacks first.[01:13:52] Sin City workflow innovation: Batch processing stages.[01:15:48] Dark Horse Comics and creative freedom.[01:17:29] Economy of line work and elegant minimalism.[01:20:46] On collaborating with Bill Sienkiewicz on Elektra.[01:25:20] Billboard wisdom: “Ask every question,” and “Why?”[01:27:08] Challenging pathological conformity.[01:27:39] Parting thoughts and where to find Frank's work.*For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsorsSign up for Tim's email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim's books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissYouTube: youtube.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferrissSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.