Podcasts about Box Brown

Producer Julian Burrell has collected three of the best segments from the show's archives for your enjoyment.Misandry CornerDanielle Radford leads the team to discuss some of the sexist history of wrestling's past. In this inaugural edition of the segment, the spotlight is on WWE's most sordid Diva's moments: a water balloon wet T-Shirt contest. How terrible was this? And which men would we like to see recast in it?My Special WrestlerComic Creator Box Brown joins the program to discuss one of the greatest heels of all time: Ravishing Rick Rude.Ring TonesComedian Hannibal Buress joins the program to discuss the music of Triple H. This will include every phase of his career from his time as Hunter Hearst Healmsley to his joining DX to becoming the cerebral assassin to his modern day role as the WWE's chief executive of talent relations.Hosted by Julian Burrell, Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Mike Eagle.Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook.If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.

Episode 151 of The Simpa Life Podcast features Brian Box Brown an American award-winning cartoonist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Playboy, and New York Magazine. His current syndicated non-fiction comic strip 'Legalization Nation' on SF Gate explores the complexities of the emerging US lawful cannabis industry from a ground-level perspective Links: - https://www.boxbrown.com/- https://twitter.com/boxbrown- https://www.instagram.com/boxbrown/- https://okcomics.co.uk/products/cannabis-an-american-history-by-box-brown If you enjoyed this video, please consider liking, sharing, and subscribing, and if you loved it, please consider becoming a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ today! "The Simpa Life, raw and authentic conversations about cannabis, drug law reform, and human rights with weekly guests from around the world” #BrianBoxBrown #LegalizationNation #TheSimpaLifePodcast

Today we jump back ten years (5-23-2014) to a PWTorch Livecast featuring host PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell. Bruce interviewed comic writer/artist Box Brown about the intersection of pro wrestling and comics, his graphic novel on Andre the Giant, insight on Andre, and much more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pwtorch-dailycast--3276210/support.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to cartoonist Brian "Box" Brown about his non-fiction graphic novel: The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood. My Summer Lair Chapter #270: Just How Powerful Is He-Man, Anyways? Recorded: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for Fun. Stress free pop culture (TV shows! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

This week Jess and I continued our discussion of PITCHING, and about feeling weird and lousy and under pressure and low boundary and high maintenance and under the gun and everything else!Tune in next week to for Episode 8 of The Terrible Anvil: Monetizing Every Moment of Waking Existence on Instagram (What Could Go Wrong?) I believe a transcript will be posted with this!?Cheers' y'allHere's some random thoughts we hitWe talked about both creators and publishers creating realistic expectations and boundaries--if a publisher doesn't give you a deadline, don't wait for them to hand you one! You might need to build you own. I thought having a looming book deal would give me the accountability to stay on track, and while it sort of did, it mostly stressed me out. I'm so grateful I was able to publish a beautiful book, but it was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be (see those pesky "feelings" Cara Gormally mentioned above.)Tom Hart talked about his second-book slump where he tasked himself with outlining a sequel to his beautiful graphic memoir, Rosalie Lightning. At the end of his twenty-some page outline, Tom didn't want to make that book! It ended up becoming the seed for his book The Art of the Graphic Memoir.Tom said a paraphrase of a great quote, whose origins are unknown to me:"How to get a book deal? First get famous!"I chimed in: "“If I'm not going to make any money I might as well make comics!""Later on the call Tom Hart and I tried to speak to this great idea from Adrean Clark :"I wonder if it's possible to talk about transforming our work -- not everything has to be something to "go big or go home" on. An idea can be a self-published zine, can be a comic feature in a newspaper, and so on. Thinking about the full range of pitches, whether to pitch to ourselves or to others. Does that make sense?"Tom Hart read this quote I sent him from an article, via J.F. Martel:I also added: "spend time with your own work for a long time before launching it from the (marketing) cannon!"We remembered the awesome Pro Call with Laura Gao, you can see the recording over here! Their process and the timeline for their book deal (Messy Roots) was super-duper fast and a ton of work all at once after their comic went viral. (thanks Jim for the Pro Call link!!!)Tom Hart mentioned the art critic Heidi MacDonald's podcast interview with comics creator Box Brown. Box said: "I feel stupid for following my dreams!" Re: capitalism can kinda make things feel cruddy. Tom noted that  "There are a lot of reasons to feel bad while making art. Most of those are expectations of results, expectations, rewards"He noted the value of self publishing and Jim added: "I agree with Tom! I just ordered 100 of my books from Lulu. And that was after a couple of proofing cycles."I asked Tom is art-making might be a form of mental illness and he said, "Art is not a mental illness but a sane response to an insane world."Leonie Sharrock asked:Question re 'form' … what happens when you want to go hybrid? how do we pitch hybrid works?Tom Hart said:Leonie, those are more difficult but slowly people catch on… 

Cannabis activist Ellen Komp has been on the frontlines of the fight to end weed arrests and provide safe access to this incredible medicinal plant for decades. Including as an editor of Jack Herer's groundbreaking book about hemp—The Emperor Wears No Clothes, as the deputy director of California NORML and as author of Tokin' Women: A 4,000 Year Herstory. In a special live episode taped at this year's Meadowlands conference, Ellen shares the modern history of weed as seen through her own eyes. LEGALIZATION NATION Check out the Kickstarter for Box Brown's comic journalism book about the dirty deeds of corporate weed. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 90+ episodes of our classic Great Moments in Weed History format, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible 

In this episode, I speak to Brian Box Brown. During the episode, we discuss his popular comic strip, Legalization Nation. Brian is currently accepting contributions for a Kickstarter campaign to create a hardcover version of Legalization Nation. Use this link to support the campaign and watch the video version of this episode: http://chillinois.net/2023/10/02/348-brian-box-brown/

For today's episode as part of the Creative Control Network, on The Business of the Business podcast with John Poz and Lavie Margolin, as we bring in BOX BROWN, artist, best selling author- NEW: The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood, best selling Andre the Giant: Life and Legend & Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman. We will also run through a lot of the top news stories including lots of news on WWE, UFC, Endeavor, AEW, NJPW, CZW, WOW, IMPACT, FITE, WWE, MLW, PSN,GCW, ROH, CWF, WWA, NWA, ROW, and so much more!Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code BIZ at Manscaped.com. That's 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com and use code BIZ. Time to feel sexy and free this 2023 with MANSCAPED™This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4870725/advertisement

0:00 SEG 1 Brian Box Brown on his book ‘The He-Man Effect How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood' https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250261403/thehemaneffect  18:14 SEG 2 Brian Box Brown pt 2 26:51 SEG 3 Brian Box Brown pt 3 35:45 SEG 4 Louise Simonson is a comic writer and editor best known for co-creating Cable, Doomsday, and Apocalypse. Thanks to our sponsors Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), Bug's Comics and Games (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070575531223), Citizen's Debt Relief (https://www.citizensdebtrelief.com/), and Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/) Amazon Affiliate Link -   http://bit.ly/geektome   Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3Y0D2iaZl  Patreon -   https://www.patreon.com/GeekToMeRadio  Website -   http://geektomeradio.com/    Podcast -   https://anchor.fm/jamesenstall  Facebook -   https://www.facebook.com/GeekToMeRadio/   Twitter -   https://twitter.com/geektomeradio   Instagram -   https://www.instagram.com/geektomeradio/  Producer - Joseph Vosevich https://twitter.com/Joey_Vee  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesenstall/support

Billy Wayne & Mike get to talk cannabis, Philly, policy nonsense, greed, and dope dope art with one of the podcast's absolute favorite artist, Brian Box Brown.

Cartoonist Box Brown joins the show to talk about his new First Second graphic novel The He-Man Effect. PLUS: An important announcement about changes to our Patreon.

This week we're joined by cartoonist Brian Box Brown to talk about his new book The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood. Plus, do any of us respect the Fantastic Four?Which member of the Fantastic Four would we be? Is Gravlabs sponsoring this episode? Is Trulieve taking over the weed scene in West Virginia? Would we rather by weed from “our guy?” Did Jake dab too much before this episode? Can flower be stronger than concentrates? Is it hard to grow your own cannabis? Are grow collectives possible for legalized weed? Has any state been successful with their legalized weed roll-out? Have states set up cannabis to fail on purpose? Is anybody taking weed legalization seriously?  Is Daniel Laughlin good for cannabis advocacy in Pennsylvania? Does Maine have an amazing medical marijuana system? How did Brian become so knowledgable about cannabis? Why did Brian start Legalization Nation? Are weed journalists a thing? Why isn't there a lot of weed investigative news? Do we easily fall for cool weed packaging for strains? What inspired Brian to write The He-Man Effect? What does nostalgia feel like? How is the BBC Adam Curtis documentary The Century of the Self related to this comic? What is Bluey? Does it normalize pooping? Is there truth in nostalgia? Could Babe Ruth go up against the baseball players of today? Was the Attitude Era the best era in WWE? Was Anthony obsessed with collecting wrestling figures? What is imaginative play and why is it so important for kids? What was Brian's wrestling gimmick growing up? Is it impossible to stop feeling nostalgia? Why is the Crossfire theme stuck in Cody's head? Is nostalgia both a good feeling and a sad feeling? Does nostalgia make your life feel richer? How is nostalgia like a ghost? What do Swedish soldiers missing home have to do with the origin of the term nostalgia? Did Anthony get all of his childhood toys back that he gave away to his cousin? Did Jake find re-releases of his childhood Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys in Target? What will adults in the future be nostalgic for? Was the material they used to make action figures in the 90s better than the material they use now? What's ironic about old Captain Planet toys? Do we like the smell of toys? Did your parents not love you if didn't get you a Voltron toy growing up? Is everyone obsessed with something from their childhood? Why was Sesame Street allowed to market to children while other shows weren't? How did Indian in the Cupboard break Jake's heart? Are toy collectors like Egyptian pharaohs?  How is a completed toy collection like an old photograph or a wine cellar? Were we obsessed with Pokemon? What toys did Brian collect growing up? Who are the Inhumanoids? Did we all love Nintendo Power magazine? Was the release of this book planned to coincide with the release of the Barbie movie? Is Mattel creating a movie universe with prestige directors? Is the He-Man effect everywhere? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComicsandChronic Check out our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.comicsandchronic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ New episodes every THURSDAY Follow us on social media! Instagram // Twitter // TikTok : @comicsnchronic YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC45vP6pBHZk9rZi_2X3VkzQ E-mail: comicsnchronicpodcast@gmail.com Cody Twitter: @Cody_Cannon Instagram: @walaka_cannon TikTok: @codywalakacannon Jake Instagram: @jakefhaha Anthony Instagram // Twitter // TikTok : @mrtonynacho YouTube: youtube.com/nachocomedy

Hellboy in Love by Christopher Golden, Matt Smith, and Chris O'Halloran from Dark Horse, XINO #2 from Oni Press featuring David and Maria Lapham, Zander Cannon, Artyrom Trakhanov, and company, TMNT Vs. Street Fighter #2 by Paul Allor, Axel Medel, and Sarah Myer from IDW, The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold Your Childhood by Box Brown from :01 First Second, World's Finest: Teen Titans #1 by Mark Waid, Emanuela Lupacchino, and Jordie Bellaire, Milk Maid by Jasper Jubenvill, The Big Game #1 by Mark Millar, Pepe Larraz, and Giovanna Niro from Image, Crazy Food Truck Volume 3 by Rokurou Ogaki from Viz, Dandadan, Scrapper #1 by Cliff Bleszinski, Alex de Campi, and Sandy Jarrell from Image, True Crime Funnies by Jim Rugg, Weapon Brown: Aftershock by Jason Yungbluth, plus a whole mess more!

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This week we're talking to author and Graphic Novelist Brian "Box" Brown of Legalization Nation, Cannabis: The Illegalization of America, Andre, and more! We get to talking about how cannabis MSOs can be corrupt, the history of He-Man and Advertising, and more! He's got a new book about advertising and how corporations sold you your childhood, pick it up when it drops! You can find him here: Brian Brown Website: https://www.boxbrown.com/  If you'd like to find Zach Bryson!  Zach Bryson: https://zachbryson.bandcamp.com/music . Bluegrass Cannabis: https://www.bluegrasscannabis.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bluegrasspodcast  Podcast Store : https://www.bluegrasscannabis.com/dispensary  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluegrasspo... Twitter: https://twitter.com/bluegrasscanna  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bluegrasscannabis?lang=en  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluegrasshemp Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bluegrass-podcast/id1469253815  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FjSl1xzU5DU1EpSh1KyYU?si=63e4a566669a4d0a  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BluegrassCannabis 

Um bate-papo sobre os bastidores da tradução de “Czar Acidental – A Vida e as Mentiras de Vladmir Putin”, de Andrew S. Weiss e Brian Box Brown, com tradução do nosso camarada Mario Barrosovsky pra @conradeditora! - A bio de Putin em HQ!- Lançado em novembro/2022 nos EUA, já chegou ao Brasil- Afinal, quem é Andrew S. Weiss, esse roteirista principiante em HQ? - O nível de pesquisa digno de um doutorado- O quanto não sabemos quase nada sobre a história e a cultura russas - O contexto da Rússia: como funciona aquele país?- As notas de tradução que desobrigam inúmeras consultas ao Google- Um gibi que abre várias possibilidades de leitura- A quantidade de pesquisas necessárias ANTES de traduzir- A dificuldade de batizar tendências políticas- Alt-right, direita alternativa, extrema-direita ou ultradireita? - Atravessando o sinal vermelho: colocando palavras na boca do autor- Spaceeba ou spaciba? Reproduzindo foneticamente expressões estrangeiras - Entendendo a Rússia, entendemos melhor Putin- Rússia: um país sem igual - Box Brown livre pra brincar no parquinho - Recomendação de série: The Americans, com russos que falam russo NOTAS DOS TRADUTORES é uma produção de Carlos Henrique Rutz, Mario Luiz C. Barroso e Érico Assis. Locução de abertura e de encerramento: Bruna Bernardes. Identidade visual: Marcela Fehrenbach. Apoio: LabPub (www.labpub.com.br) Campanha no apoia-se: apoia.se/notas#notasdostradutores #podcastbrasil #spotifybrasil #deezerbrasil #tradução #traduções  #podcast #episodionovo #episódionovo #tradutor #tradutora #tradutores #traducao #historiaemquadrinhos #literatura #historiasemquadrinhos #putin #vladmirputin #kgb #russia #rússia #urss #politica #política #eua #historia #história #boxbrown

Tá nos ares mais um episódio do podcast Maconhômetro Aperta o REC, nosso programa de entrevistas com produtores de conteúdo sobre maconha na internet, em que o ativista e produtor de conteúdo digital, Marcio Makana, troca altas ideias com quem movimenta a cena canábica brasileira nas redes com informação, educação, ativismo, humor, arte e cultura. Neste episódio, Makana recebe pra trocar uma ideia o cartunista Daniel Paiva, criador de diversos personagens canábicos como "Beto e Dé" e o finado "Boldinho". O Daniel é músico, editor de vídeo, documentarista e desenhista. Co-dirigiu o documentário "Malditos Cartunistas", que virou série no Canal Brasil, ganhador do Troféu HQ Mix na categoria "melhor produção para outras linguagens". Também é autor do livro "Beto e Dé e outros quadrinhos canábicos". Ativista e entusiasta da cultura canábica, Paiva é participante assíduo da Marcha da Maconha, criador de vários personagens ligados à temática e está lançando um novo livro, o documentário em quadrinhos "DIAMBA: Histórias do Proibicionismo no Brasil", que já está em pré-venda. Inspirado pelo livro do norte-americano Box Brown, "Cannabis: A Ilegalização da maconha nos EUA", Daniel Paiva propõe no seu livro uma adaptação da proposta de Brown para o contexto brasileiro, explorando a história da proibição da maconha no nosso país através dos quadrinhos. Neste papo, ele compartilha sobre suas experiências no mundo da arte e do ativismo, do desenho e da maconha, seus personagens, tretas, objetivos, projetos, desafios, entre outras brisas... Chega mais pra conferir, Aperta o REC e conheça o corre do cartunista brabíssimo, Daniel Paiva! Todos os episódios: https://cannabismonitor.com.br/maconhometro-aperta-o-rec/ Fortaleça o Cannabis Monitor: https://apoia.se/cannabismonitor * O desenho do Daniel Paiva no card é de autoria do cartunista Kado.

Join Zach and Mike Rapin from the I Read Comic Books podcast as they discuss the story of the game that changed video gaming forever: Tetris! As told by award winning cartoonist, Box Brown, Tetris: The Games People Play tells the story of humanity's love for play, the founding and rise of Nintendo, and just how a game made for fun in Soviet Russia wound up taking the world by storm!Written and drawn by: Box Brown---------------------------------------------------Want to hear more from Mike and his awesome show: I Read Comic Books?Follow this link, for it has everything you need!---------------------------------------------------Join the Patreon to help us keep the lights on, and internet connected! https://www.patreon.com/tctwl---------------------------------------------------Listen to my other podcasts!Comics and Beer andTFD: Nerdcast ---------------------------------------------------Want to try out all the sweet gigs over on Fiverr.com? Click on the link below and sign up!https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=323533&brand=fiverrcpa---------------------------------------------------Follow on Instagram!The Comics That We LoveFollow on Tiktok!The Comics that We LoveFollow on Twitter!@Z_Irish_Red

MAMMON: NEMESIS by Rob Kroese, RED PLANET by Robert Heinlein, TETRIS by Box Brown, and a little bit of y'all needin Jesus.  My books are on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Graham-Bradley/e/B00M5HM3FG/ Become a supporter for as little as $1 per month! https://anchor.fm/radcracker/support Main website: www.dreadpennies.com 100 Written Book Reviews This Year: cracksterstack.substack.com Subscribe for $5 a month or $40 a year! Subscriptions help me get better tech and improve my projects. Fiction reviews for new and awesome books: upstreamreviews.com Leave a message for the podcast! anchor.fm/radcracker/message I'm on Twitter @TempusMalleo | Follow my art on Instagram: @dreadpennies --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

October 31 - November 6, 1987 This week Ken welcomes new old friend, award-winning and critically acclaimed author of the young adult novels Here to Stay, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel, and the Lambda Literary award winning If You Could Be Mine, which was named one of TIME magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time, Dead Flip and My Buddy Killer Croc Sara Farizan. Ken and Sara discuss matchmaker Meredith Goldstein, how Ken and Sara are essentially the same person, growing up in the Boston suburbs, Christine Else, Karen Duffy, Janeane Garofalo, Christine Lakin, Ken's weird skillset, breaking down barriers, mentioning something that taps into a deep emotional memory bank, 1987, 1992, the love of sci-fi/horror comedy, Gremlins, Monster Squad, Eerie Indiana, the fun of doing research to make historical fiction, writing and making art for your younger self, all the fears and issues young people today have that we didn't, how easy it is to watch listen to or read anything ever made, non heroic characters doing heroic things, a dislike of dark anti-heroes, representation, navigating adults as a kid, child stars sacrificing their childhood so we can have happy ones, Box Brown's book, Halloween, television and the 1992 elections, appreciating Courtney Cox, Misfits of Science, Cagney and Lacey, not being a cop show person, being bad at being a lesbian (media wise), liking character over procedure, Loving Care for Kittens and Cats, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, Saturday Morning cartoons, advertising to kids, the wonders of Winterbeast, The Outer Limits in Waltham, The Midnight Hour, Dance Til Dawn, My Sister Sam, Women in Prison, Echoes in Darkness, Family Ties, having a crush on Stacey Keenan, Our House, Patrick Duffy's week, Mercedes McCambridge, family epics, Giant from 1956, Growing Pains, when Sandy died, very special episodes, generating dialog among families, After School Specials, ABC Tuesdays, Crime Story, The Iron Sheik, Perfect Strangers, Iranian immigrants loving WWF Wrestling, the early days of TGIF, Head of the Class, Donna Reed, working at Newbury Comics, Ken being fired from Newbury Comics because nobody liked him, being terrified of a Chucky Doll, Twilight, the wonder of being able to thank people face to face, Killer Croc, complicated fond memories of The Cosby Show, nice comedy and how difficult it is to do, Sledge Hammer, Hulk Hogan's Rock n Wrestling, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Lipstick and Dynamite, Carrie, Rags to Riches, I Married Dora, Jackie Gleason's lack of Emmys, and being fine with butts, even if you're not specifically looking for them. 

Welcome to E59 Henry Box Brown- The man who shipped himself to freedom. Thank you for joining us for our Black History Month episode. Hope you all enjoy it. If you do please leave us a five star review and a few kind words where you can. If you really like our show consider becoming a Patreon supporter for as little as $3 per month https://patreon.com/theloreofthesouth?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link. Also thank you Rebecca for reaching out and sending in that article about the Bigfoot sightings.  If you have something you'd like to share you can email the show at loreofthethesouth@gmail.com Follow us on social media for pics to go along with each episode and for show updates.Citations Spencer, C. S. (2021, December 22). Henry Box Brown (1815 or 1816–1897). Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/brown-henry-box-1815-or-1816-1897/ Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, January 18). Henry Box Brown. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Box_Brown YouTube. (2022, September 30). The unbelievable story of the slave who mailed himself to freedom. YouTube. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H63GrkmeNvs Hauntings Murders and Mimosas Paranormal enthusiast and investigator. Mother of two daughters, and Mimi to four...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Longtime Russia watcher Andrew Weiss took an unconventional approach to his new biography, Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin. Teaming up with illustrator Box Brown, Weiss wrote a graphic novel that tells the story of Putin's rise from an impoverished childhood in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) to the undisputed authoritarian ruler of Russia. A big theme of the book is how Putin imagined an idea of himself as a strongman through spy movies and pulp novels that he devoured as a young person. The graphic novel seems a particularly fitting format for exploring Putin, who has successfully cultivated a caricature of himself in the West as a cunning, sophisticated, hyper-masculine leader. But, as Weiss writes, “seeing Putin as he wants us to see him, rather than as he is,” makes it harder to confront the challenge Russia poses to Western interests and security in Europe. Shane Harris talked to Weiss about his own childhood in California and why he was drawn at an early age to studying Russia. Weiss previously served as director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs on the National Security Council staff, as a member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, and as a policy assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy during the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush. He's now the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment, where he oversees research on Russia and Eurasia. Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Cara Shillenn of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad.Among the works mentioned in this episode:Andrew Weiss' graphic novel on Putin: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250760753/accidentalczar Weiss' bio: https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/824 Weiss on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewsweiss?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Illustrator Brian “Box” Brown: https://www.boxbrown.com/ Other graphic novels that inspired Weiss:Maus by Art Spiegelman: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/171065/the-complete-maus-by-art-spiegelman/ On Tyranny Graphic Edition by Timothy Snyder, Illustrated by Nora Krug https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653012/on-tyranny-graphic-edition-by-timothy-snyder-illustrated-by-nora-krug/Movies and TV shows discussed in this episode: The Shield and the Sword: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166790/ Seventeen Moments of Spring: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069628/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The price for freedom is not free.

I interview Ruth Ware about her new book “The IT Girl” and get Patrice Lawrence to answer 5 questions in 5 minutes about her Mid-Grade book “The Elemental Detectives” plus I also review “Her Majesty's Royal Coven” by Juno Dawson, Graphic Novel “Tetris” by Box Brown and “The Enigma Of Room 62” by Joël Dicker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

L'équipe Quoi de Meuf espère de tout coeur que vous passez un bel été ! L'occasion de ré(écouter) des épisodes marquants du podcast. Et cette semaine, on vous propose un épisode marquant, avec Clémentine et Anne-Laure. Bonne écoute ! La consommation de cannabis est illégale et dangereuse pour la santé. Information et prévention sur drogues-info-service.frReconnu pour ses vertus antalgiques mais aussi pour aider à la relaxation, au sommeil, à la concentration, la créativité, voire à la spiritualité, le cannabis reste au centre d'un débat qui fait encore rage aujourd'hui. Le gouvernement français vient de reporter le projet de loi sur l'utilisation médicinale du cannabis et durcit sa politique en matière de stupéfiant. Pourtant, l'image négative de la fameuse plante verte provient aussi de représentations et de toute une histoire, entremêlée de colonialisme et de racisme. Sans en faire l'apologie, Anne-Laure et Clémentine reviennent sur le cannabis, ses réprésentations dans la pop culture et sa réappropriation féministe.Références entendues dans l'épisode : Le compte @Balancetonbahut à l'origine du hashtag #balancetonbahutMargaret Mennegoz a été nommée présidente de l'Académie des Césars en 2020 et a rappelé que l'académie tient à “séparer l'homme de l'oeuvre” au sujet de Roman Polanski. Caster Semyena est une athlète sud-africaine double championne olympique et triple championne du monde sur le 800m mais depuis quelques années les instances sportives internationales ont estimé qu'elle est « biologiquement un homme” à cause de son hyperandrogénie. Naomi Osaka est une joueuse de tennis qui a joué dernièrement en portant des masques en soutien au mouvement Black Lives Matter. Le documentaire RBG sur la juge à la Cour Suprême Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Théophile Gautier est un poète et romancier français qui a co-fondé en 1844 le club des Hashischins, un groupe parisien voué particulièrement à l'étude et à l'expérience de drogues (principalement le haschisch). Harry Anslinger était un politicien et journaliste des États-Unis, surnommé le « McCarthy de la drogue. Box Brown, Cannabis : la criminalisation de la marijuana aux Etats-Unis, La Pastèque, 2019. “La légalisation du cannabis doit aussi prendre en compte son histoire coloniale”,David A. Guba, The Conversation, 25 août 2019. Le film Reefer Madness ou Tell Your Children est un film américain réalisé par Louis J. Gasnier, sorti en 1936.The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook d'Alice B. Toklas publié en 1954 où se trouve la recette du “haschich fudge”.Lisa Mandel, Année exemplaire, 2020. “Cannabidiol, la détente sans la bédave”, Clémentine Gallot, Causette, 29 avril 2020. Le documentaire Mary Janes : the women of weed de Windy Borman, 2017CBD usage recettes et pharmacopée, Caroline Hwang, Marabout, 2020. “The Grass Ceiling: Women's Changing Role in Weed Culture”, Eliana Dockterman, Time, 2015. “Be cognizant of cannabis cultural appropriation”, Humza Ismail, The Temple News, 2018. “Marijuana: is it time to stop using a word with racist roots ?”, Alex Halperin, The Guardian, 2018 “The Truth About Black Women In The Weed Industry”, Truth Told, Refinery29, 2019. Andrea Drummer est une cheffe américaine qui cuisine des plats à base de cannabis. La standupeuse @Mahautdrama.“From Annie Hall To Miley: A Visual History Of The Stoner Babe”, Isabella Biedenharn, Elle, 2014. La série High MaintenanceSmiley Face est un film de Greg Araki réalisé en 2007. La série produite par Snoop Dog Queens of the Stoned Edge. Paulette, dernier film avec Bernadette Lafont réalisé par Jérôme Enrico en 2012. Un jour ce sera vide, Hugo lindenberg, Éditions Christian Bourgois, 2020. Ma Maman est Bizarre de Camille Victorine et illustré par Anna Wanda Gogusay, Éditions La Ville Brûle, 2020. Adolescentes, documentaire de Sébastien Lifshitz réalisé en 2020. Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Écoutes. Cet épisode est conçu par Clémentine Gallot et présenté avec Anne-Laure Pineau. Mixage Laurie Galligani. Générique réalisé par Aurore Meyer Mahieu. Prise de son, Montage et coordination Ashley Tola.Vous pouvez consulter notre politique de confidentialité sur https://art19.com/privacy ainsi que la notice de confidentialité de la Californie sur https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The show is still on a brief hiatus but I didn't want to leave you without any Marijuana Tomorrow content to step to, so here's a dip into our archives for the B-side of the un-aired portions of the interview I did with New York Times bestselling author, Brian "Box" Brown way back in February 2021 -- before we were vaccinated -- mostly about his Andre the Giant book, but also about hero worship, Roman Reigns and Michael Jackson superfans, and a little bonus behind the scenes story about the Alex Berenson inspired pushback he received from the paper of record about a comic they commissioned him to create. Enjoy the show and we'll be back with our regularly scheduled news analysis in no time... As we like to say around here, “Everyone knows what happened in marijuana today, but you need to know what's happening in Marijuana Tomorrow!”  ----more---- Follow Brian "Box" Brown's on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boxbrown/   And donate to his Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/LegalizationNation   And read the famous NY Times strip he wrote: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/books/review/nixon-report-marijuana-legalization.html  

173 years ago today, Henry "Box" Brown gave literal meaning to the term "precious cargo" when he ingeniously shipped himself from slavery to freedom inside a crate. To learn more about Brown and his life, read Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself, originally published in 1851 or read 2020's BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Michele Wood.More sources:https://www.nps.gov/nebe/learn/historyculture/henryboxbrown.htmhttps://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/underground-railroad/stories-freedom/henry-box-brown/https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/brown-henry-box-1815-or-1816-1897/https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004665363/https://youtu.be/ClN88kn-fTw (video)If you like GBN's Daily Drops, follow us on Apple, Google Podcasts, RSS.com,Amazon, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Leave a rating or review, share links to your favorite episodes, or go old school and tell a friend.For more Good Black News, check out goodblacknews.org or search and follow @goodblacknews anywhere on social.

Legalization Nation Cartoonist/activist Brian Box Brown - We discuss satire and cartoons in the age of cannabis censorship & the crazy, regulated and sometimes rigged industry of the plant we all love....cannabis. Tune In.  #Cannabis #cartoons #BoxBrownPlease be 21+ because this is about the legal & legitimately lawful (at the state level) cannabis industry.

In this episode, we discuss: The Skydiving Beavers by Susan Wood https://bit.ly/3gJvVCU Mudlark by Lara Maiklam https://bit.ly/3mLuYhf The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga, Volume 1 https://bit.ly/3kBqlUy Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light by Helen Ellis https://bit.ly/3mNadSE We didn't quite get to: Child Star by Box Brown https://bit.ly/2WCXFCw Draplin Design Co: Pretty Much Everything by Aaron James Draplin https://bit.ly/3mLIQbn The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman https://bit.ly/2YfuDcN Snapdragon by Kat Leyh https://bit.ly/2WG6bRh

In 1992 the family sitcom Dinosaurs aired a "very special episode" that was a very thinly veiled allegory for marijuana. The show ultimately tries to play it off like a parody of "very special episodes," but before it gets to that point it repeats some of the same decades-old stereotypes that had long been used to stigmatize cannabis. Brian "Box" Brown, the Eisner Award-winning cartoonist who has documented the lives of Andre the Giant and Andy Kaufman, and who detailed the roots of the War on Drugs in Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America, joins Garrett Martin to discuss "A New Leaf" and how it embraces the racist history of anti-cannabis propaganda.

It's Part 2 of our interview with Brian BOX Brown! Author, artist and cannabis supporter, Brian has found a new way to communicate cannabis knowledge to the world... in a comic strip! And, we review some of the most talked about flower on the West Coast, the COOKIES brand. Specifically, it's after a half an ounce of Georgia Pie. Let's see how that pie turned out! Please become a MASS! Supporter today! Help Support the show you enjoy and help up pay the costs associated with production, editing, and paying our team a small amount for their time. It helps us say no to corporate investment, and keeps our reviews and opinions 100% trustworthy because you know we will not be swayed by the corporate dollar. PLEASE SUPPORT US TODAY, and WE WILL SEND YOU COOL PINS! Special Note: Weed reviewed on Cannabis Critical has always and will always be legally purchased. We do not review promotional products. We DO however appreciate information on your processes and the technology surrounding producing safe and healthy cannabis. If you are a producer, please email any information about your production, science, or methods for creating great cannabis that you want to share to cannabiscritical@gmail.com and we will be happy to talk about it on a future show, even reach out for an interview! Thank you! Support this podcast

Join CC for an interview with Brian BOX Brown! Author, artist and cannabis supporter, Brian has found a new way to communicate cannabis knowledge to the world... in a comic strip! Plus, we talk about his NYT best seller on Andre the Giant! And, we review some of the best flower CC has smoked in the last year... and that's a lot of flower. Get ready for an awesome episode! And Become a MASS! Supporter today! Help Support the show you enjoy and help up pay the costs associated with production, editing, and paying our team a small amount for their time. It helps us say no to corporate investment, and keeps our reviews and opinions 100% trustworthy because you know we will not be swayed by the corporate dollar. PLEASE SUPPORT US TODAY, and WE WILL SEND YOU COOL PINS! Special Note: Weed reviewed on Cannabis Critical has always and will always be legally purchased. We do not review promotional products. We DO however appreciate information on your processes and the technology surrounding producing safe and healthy cannabis. If you are a producer, please email any information about your production, science, or methods for creating great cannabis that you want to share to cannabiscritical@gmail.com and we will be happy to talk about it on a future show, even reach out for an interview! Thank you! Support this podcast

The fascinating story of a man who couldn't take the underground railroad, so he took the regular one instead. And it led him to some amazing places in his life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tsynh/support

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Henry “Box” Brown is our first honoree. What a great story and I'm excited to bring it to you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steve-childers5/support

Inspired by Pandemic WFH and home schooling during these times, Mark invites Darrell and Mike to a special episode of Circle Time, kicking off with cartoonist Box Brown and his book, Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America. Artist: OMFG Song: Wonderful Download/Stream: https://audiograb.com/qfY1S3Fx9s Outro Music Artist: TULE & Kooky Song: Mystery Download/Stream: https://audiograb.com/3FFIrNhw7

This week in 1849... Charles Stearns and Henry Box Brown published a book with the rather long-winded title: "Narrative of Henry Box Brown, who escaped from slavery, enclosed in a box three feet long, two wide and two and a half high."

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Box Brown has been a pro wrestling fan since his first PPV experience: Hulk Hogan lost at Wrestlemania VI, and the friend he was watching with cried. He was hooked by the characters and the facade of it all, so it's no wonder that he became attracted to two huge cults of personality in André and Andy. André left a bevy of stories in his wake, one of which inspired Box to draw the first comic of what eventually became his book, André the Giant: Life and Legend. Later, Box was hooked by the way Andy borrowed the idea of wrestlers being enveloped by their characters into comedy, and his antics with Jerry Lawler on Letterman secured him a place in the history of wrestling's secrets and Box's interest. Notes: Box's most recent book, Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman is a fascinating read for fans of comedy and wrestling alike. Thanks to Cards Against Humanity, the Chicago Podcast Cooperative, and C2E2 for making this happen, and thanks to Overcast for sponsoring the episode.

Hey Handsomites! Eric and Robbie are talking about Box Brown's newest this episode! They talk about his skill in storytelling, how he constructs these biographies, and Andy Kaufman's weird life! They also review Lockjaw #1 and The Terrifics #1! Black Panther Spoiler Alert from 33:30-39:45 Floppies Fortnightly Lockjaw #1 The Terrifics #1 The Beef #1 […] The post 209 – The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman by Box Brown appeared first on Handsome Boys Comics Hour.

Time Codes: 00:00:43 - Introduction 00:03:01 - Setup of interview 00:05:06 - Interview with Box Brown 01:05:35 - Wrap up 01:06:48 - Contact us Box Brown returns to The Comics Alternative, this time discussing his new book Is This Guy for Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, just out this week from First Second. Similar to his previous Andre the Giant, this is a graphic biography of a colorful celebrity with a complicated life story...and involving wrestling. Box talks with Derek about his ideas for beginning this project, his appreciation of stand-up comedy, the challenges he faced in constructing Kaufman's story, and how his emphases are notably different from those of Miloš Forman's 1999 biopic Man on the Moon. And since both Box and Derek are big Andy Kaufman fans, there's a lot of nerding out and reminiscing over the comedian's many TV appearances, many of which can be found on YouTube. So put on your wrestling tights, slip into that sequin high-collar Elvis jacket, and get ready to engage with this friendly, friendly world.  

Time Codes: 00:00:27 - Introduction 00:02:28 - Setting up Kilgore Books and Comics 00:05:28 - Conversation with Dan Stafford 00:22:04 - Cosmic Be-ing #2 00:28:45 - The Fifth Window 00:35:24 - A Horse, a Crow, and a Hippo Walk into a Bar 00:45:53 - Powermac 00:55:16 - Paid for It 01:01:56 - The Plunge: A True Story 01:12:21 - What Happened 01:18:23 - Scorched Earth 01:25:44 - Blammo #9 01:54:57 - Wrap up 01:56:02 - Contact us On this episode, their final publisher spotlight of the year, Andy and Derek discuss the 2016 releases from Kilgore Books and Comics. They discuss nine titles, in all: four from the publisher's spring catalog, four from the fall releases, and an in-between book that conceptually lives up to its interstitial positioning. The guys begin their spotlight with a brief interview Derek conducted with Dan Stafford at this year's Small Press Expo. He introduces Kilgore to listeners, reveals its history and mission, and sets the contexts for the various 2016 releases. After that, the Two Guys with PhDs begin looking at the four titles from the spring, Alex Graham's Cosmic Be-ing #2, Amara Leipzig's The Fifth Window, Lauren Barnett's A Horse, a Crow, and a Hippo Walk into a Bar, and Box Brown's Powerman. They're intrigued by the more abstract constructions of the former, and they contrast this with the humor and sheer fun found Barnett's and Brown's comics. And given recent political events, the satiric Powerman becomes disturbingly prescient. And on the topic of satire...Andy and Derek next check out the latest work from one of their favorites, Joe Matt. Paid for It is a send-up of Chester Brown's Paying for It. In it, Matt (writing under the name "Chesty Matt") basically takes panels from Brown's original texts, inverts their sequence, and tweaks the story so that it's the protagonist who becomes the prostitute and the women who are the johns...or janes. It's not often that we see anything new from Matt, so Paid for It is definitely an event worth noting. The last part of the episode is devoted to Kilgore's fall releases: Emi Gennis's The Plunge: A True Story, Simon Moreton's What Happened, Tom Van Deusen's Scorched Earth, and Noah Van Sciver's Blammo #9. The first is an historical account of the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, and a reminder of the gender biases we continue to live under. Moreton's is an introspective examination of childhood experiences, while Van Deusen's is an no-holds-barred exposé of a dysfunctional individual, reminiscent of Sacha Baron Cohen and Curb Your Enthusiasm. But the guys save their most vocal praise for the latest issue of Blammo. They've discussed Van Sciver's series on the podcast before, but this latest installment is a truly outstanding issue that stands above in its predecessors.  

Kurtis and Michael think that Box Brown's Tetris could be the best comics of the year! Do you share this opinion? Send us an email and let us know! thepullboxpodcast@gmail.com

Hey Handsomites! Eric and Robbie are talking about the newest book from Box Brown this week! They discuss his appeal as an artist, his storytelling techniques, and his choice of subjects! They also review Dark Knight III #6 and Death of X #2! Weekly Floppies Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #1 Trinity #2 Batman […] The post 164 – Tetris: The Games People Play by Box Brown appeared first on Handsome Boys Comics Hour.

Time Codes: 00:24 - Introduction 02:14 - Setup of interview 02:57 - Interview with Box Brown 53:28 - Wrap up 54:53 - Contact us On this episode of the interview series Derek talks with Box Brown, whose new book Tetris: The Games People Play has just been released from First Second. As the two discuss, this is a detailed history of the famous video game and the cultural, business, and political contexts swirling around the program's creation. Box shares his experiences and fascination with the game, explaining the genesis of the project and the research that went into it. Whereas his previous First Second book, Andrea the Giant, focused on one figure, the new work synthesizes the lives of everyone involved in the creation of Tetris including its designer Alexy Pajitnov as well as the many key players at Nintendo, Mirrorsoft, Andromeda Software, Atari, Bulletproof Software, and Elorg, the government bureau tasked with overseeing the profits and negotiations surrounding any computer products coming out of the Soviet Union. But Box also focuses on the psychology of gaming and role it plays in our lives, using Tetris as his illustrative example.

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview New York Times Best Selling Author Box Brown. Miami Book Nov 13-20th. Box Brown is an Ignatz Award-winning American cartoonist whose first work was the online comic Bellen!. He was the winner of a 2011 Xeric Grant for the comic Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing. It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you'll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You'll see them in your dreams. Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for the Soviet government. Once Tetris emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, it was an instant hit. Nintendo, Atari, Sega—game developers big and small all wanted Tetris. A bidding war was sparked, followed by clandestine trips to Moscow, backroom deals, innumerable miscommunications, and outright theft.  New York Times–bestselling author Box Brown untangles this complex history and delves deep into the role games play in art, culture, and commerce. For the first time and in unparalleled detail, Tetris: The Games People Play tells the true story of the world's most popular video game.

One of the things that has defined 2015 for The Comics Alternative has been the number of Publisher Spotlights it's presented -- seven, up until today. This week, the Two Guys are back with their eighth and final spotlight of the year, one on the fall releases out of Locust Moon Press. They begin their critical focus with a brief interview Derek conducted with Josh O'Neill, the publisher of Locust Moon Press. In that conversation, Josh shares the background and history of Locust Moon, first as a bookstore (which will be closing its doors early next year) and then as a publisher with an impressive catalog. They also discuss the press' success with Kickstarter, including last year's campaign with Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream and the current efforts with The Lost Work of Will Eisner. After that, Andy and Derek get into the nitty gritty of the show, a discussion of Locust Moon's fall releases. They begin with Prometheus Eternal, a short collection of stories inspired by Rubens's famous painting, Prometheus Bound. This work was created in collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and including work by such creators as Grant Morrison, Paul Pope, Dave McKean, Bill Sienkiewicz, Farel Dalrymple, Yuko Shimizu, and David Mack. Next, the guys turn to another collection, this one the sixth issue of Quarter Moon. The theme to this issue is "Impractical Cats," and with cat-related contributions from a variety of creators including Farel Dalrymple, Tia McClelland, Mike Sgier, Lisk Feng, Jim Comey, Gregory Benton, J.G. Jones, Dean Haspiel, Jeremy Baum, and a host of others. After that, they look at Ben Kahn and Bruno Hidalgo's Shaman, a satiric and inventive mashup of superheroes, the supernatural, and humor. Neither Andy nor Derek were aware of Shaman before this spotlight episode -- they completely missed Kahn's Kickstarter from earlier this year -- but now they're totally on board and look forward to more of this series, because it's funny as hell. Finally, the guys wrap up with a long discussion of Little Nemo's Big New Dreams, a joint effort with Françoise Mouly's TOON Graphics. This is a smaller, more affordable, and more holdable, version of the broadsheet-sized Dream Another Dream, including more than thirty strips from the Eisner Award-winning collection. And like the aforementioned Prometheus Eternal and Quarter Moon collections, this TOON book is chock-full of impressive contributors, including Art Spiegelman, Craig Thompson, Carla Speed McNeil, Mark Buckingham, Roger Langridge, Box Brown, R. Sikoryak, Jim Rugg, Yuko Shimizu, Gerhard...and the list goes on. In fact, you could even see today's show as the most creator-packed episode that the Two Guys have ever recorded.

The Two Guys are back for yet another publisher spotlight, and this time they are looking at the 2015 releases from Retrofit Comics / Big Planet Comics. The episode begins with a brief interview with Box  Brown, the founder and editor of Retrofit Comics. He discusses the origins of Retrofit as a Kickstarter campaign, his education as a publisher, the ensuing partnership with Big Planet Comics, and the philosophy behind and publishing trajectory of their efforts. After that, the guys discuss the 2015 releases (so far) from Retrofit / Big Planet, beginning with Kate Leth's Ink for Beginners: A Comic Guide to Getting Tattooed. Andy points out that Leth's work is one of a growing number of informational or expository comics to be found out there, and that tattoo parlors around the country would do well to stock this small book. Next, the guys turn to Box Brown's An Entity Observes All Things, a collection of nine short stories, all with a sci-fi or futuristic themes of some sort. Some of their favorites include "Mundo Jelly," "Voyage of the Golden Retriever," "Memorexia," and the title story. Then they look at perhaps the most experimental, and the smallest, book of the lot, Niv Bavarsky's Piggy, a disparate series of stories and drawings in mini-comic form. The unconventional nature of Piggy is then contrasted to the more genre-based comics of the week, Laura Knetzger's Sea Urchin and Jack Teagle's The Unmentionables. The former is an autobiographical account of the author's inabilities concentrate and relate to others -- represented effectively by a sea urchin inside her brain -- as well as a speculation on her place in the world. The Unmentionables is a fun, action-packed story of a group of pro wrestlers who become crimefighters, and its origin-story feel promises more installments to come. Finally, the Two Guys turn to what may be the two most ambitious narratives of the week...or so Derek feels. Olivier Schrauwen's Mowgli's Mirror is a wordless, almost treasury-sized comic about a young man in a jungle -- no overt links to Kipling's stories -- searching for companionship and finding unexpected encounters. As the title suggests, there are parts of the narrative that are symmetrical in nature, but in this aspect the book doesn't hold a candle to the final book discussed in this publisher spotlight, Matt Madden's Drawn Onward. As we have come to expect from Madden -- see, for example, 99 Ways to Tell a Story and A Fine Mess -- this book is an experiment in form, where the second half of the narrative mirrors the first half...or vice versa. Depending on how you read it, it's a story of either connectedness or alienation. Either way, it's a self-reflexive tale where the narrator uses her art to make sense, and perhaps even transform the meaning, of experiences that unsettle her. In wrapping up the episode, Andy and Derek also talk briefly about some of the other books that Retrofit / Big Planet have been putting out over the last couple of years. (Box Brown and Jared Smith, the head honchos of the two respective presses, sent the guys a large package containing their back catalog.) Among the earlier titles they mention are James Kochalka's Fungus: The Unbearable Rot of Being, Sam Alden's Wicket Chicken Queen, Anne Emond's Debbie's Inferno, Josh Bayer's Theth, and issues #1 and #2 of Box Brown's Numbers. If you didn't know anything about Retrofit Comics / Big Planet Comics before, then there is no excuse not to be turned on to their stuff after this episode. Go get it!

Bookrageous Episode 67; Survival Stories Intro Music; I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor What We're Reading Josh [1:50] Operation Paperclip, Annie Jacobsen Paul [6:00] Fuzzy Typewriter: True Detective [6:08] Between Here and the Yellow Sea, Nic Pizzolatto [7:00] Galveston, Nic Pizzolatto [8:15] Andre the Giant: Life and Legend, Box Brown, May 6 2014 Rebecca [10:50] Redeployment, Phil Klay [13:10] Sleep Donation, Karen Russell (available from Atavist, Kobo, iTunes) Josh [18:30] Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks Rebecca [18:50] The Vacationers, Emma Straub, May 29 2014 [21:15] Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay, August 1 2014 (An Untamed State) --- Intermission; Survivor by Destiny's Child (covered by Knockout) --- Survival Stories [26:15] Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell [26:20] The Cay, Theodore Taylor [26:35] Hatchet, Gary Paulsen [27:18] The Martian, Andy Weir [27:28] The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank [27:40] Number the Stars, Lois Lowry [27:50] Night, Elie Wiesel [28:00] Maus, Art Spiegelman [29:05] The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien [29:45] The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman [31:15] Life of Pi, Yann Martel [32:25] Touch and Go, Thad Nodine [34:10] The Lost City of Z, David Grann [35:45] The Terror, Dan Simmons [37:45] Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer [39:45] The Room, Emma Donoghue [40:05] An Untamed State, Roxane Gay [41:15] The Tiger, John Vaillant [42:25] The Pride of Baghdad, Brian K. Vaughan [43:00] Watership Down, Richard Adams [44:40] The Ascent of Rum Doodle, W.E. Bowman [45:45] The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [48:00] Let Books Be Books [50:25] MaddAddam, Margaret Atwood (Oryx & Crake, Year of the Flood) --- Outro Music; I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor --- Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323. Find Us Online: Josh, Paul, Rebecca Order Josh's book! Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland Bookrageous book club: Silence Once Begun, Jesse Ball Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.