Podcast appearances and mentions of Delilah Dirk

Jordan Morris and Tony Cliff are two of the people behind Bubble, a sci-fi graphic novel based on the podcast of the same name. We talk all about the book, including how many Simpsons references it has, and we dig into what the show means to them. We also talk a little bit about Green Day.You might also know Jordan from Jordan, Jesse, Go! or Good Mythical Morning - and you might recognize Tony's name from Delilah Dirk or Let's Get Sleepy, among other awesome things. 

Jordan Morris is one-half of Jordan, Jesse, Go!, one of the longest-running and funniest podcasts on the interwaves. He's also a brilliant comedy writer whose work can be most recently seen in Disney+'s Earth to Ned, which you should treat yourself to if you haven't already.Tony Cliff is the creator of the Delilah Dirk series of graphic novels and the Eisner-nominated short story, Old Oak Trees.Tony and Jordan have combined their considerable talents, along with those of co-writer Sarah Morgan and color artist Natalie Riess to adapt Jordan's scripted comedy podcast Bubble to a graphic novel. It's being solicited in the May issue of Previews, so get your orders into your local comics shop TODAY!Use Previews order code MAY211460 for the softcover edition and MAY211461 for the hardcover.Contribute to our Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our bonus feed, which contains an extended version of this episode that contains more than 10 minutes of extra content, including our detailed discussion of Iron Man #12, the first appearance of the Controller.That same pledge level gets you access to our Omnibus companion episode, which covers all of the January 1969 issues that we didn't get to in this episode (that were available on Marvel Unlimited, anyway).Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:"The Monarch and the Man-Ape!" - Avengers #62, written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema and George Klein, ©1969 Marvel Comics"Within This Tortured Land" - Fantastic Four #85, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics"Galactus Is Born!" - Thor #162, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Vince Colletta, ©1969 Marvel Comics"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.Much of our historical context information comes from Wikipedia. Please join us in supporting them at wikimediafoundation.org.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we in this episode we conclude our discussion of 1998's Thief: The Dark Project. We talk a bit about equipment and gadgets, the story and enemy shifts that happen late in the game, the commitment maybe to story over what was working, and as always, our takeaways from the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through the end! Podcast breakdown: 0:45 Segment 1: Thief discussion 54:53 Break 55:20 Segment 2: Thief takeaways, Brett's Book Minute, and Feedback Issues covered: good ending dialog, using the whole toolkit, kiting enemies to a trap, firing off gadgets immediately on acquisition, gas and fire arrows, having trouble on Escape, leaning away from the core fantasy, being a little too story-forward, other directions that might have worked, an easier last level, having to experiment to take down enemies, making good extensions to the enemy mix vs bad, finding an in-game way to give you information about your tools, the Hammerite mythology and technological disruption, conflicts between technology and nature, Hammerites and the Brotherhood of Steel, the texts before the cutscenes, setting tone, using first-person tools for storytelling, not being able to rely on lore, usability and testing, being a developer and being too good at your game, enjoying little loops of locations and story, missing subobjectives and having to go back, kicking the hornet's nest and having to go back, moving the goalposts too many times, the frustrating Escape level, returning to the Hammerite cathedral and having it changed, one-way gating your way through the final level (vs stealth), changing the tone of the game, how do you end a game?, going to an otherworldly place, Garrett talking to himself, listening to the Trickster do his summoning, heist/switching the idol, committing to the thief fantasy, technology as a feature, writing their own engine, focusing on simulation and systems in first-person, rope arrows and surface types, designing ancillary systems to support your core experience, consequential map, lockpicking vs a minigame, inventory and the store, horror beats, Garrett as a character, Brett's Book Minute, a correction, quiet and loneliness in Tomb Raider, loner vs loneliness, the golden age of the immersive sim, the genre as a success or not, expense of making AAA, level designers' ability to make whole levels, immersive sims at the indie level and procedural elements, flesh levels. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Looking Glass Studios, Everquest, Edge of Tomorrow, Fallout, Monty Python, The Princess Bride, Gone Home, Dear Esther, D&D, JRR Tolkien, System Shock 2, Indiana Jones/Raiders of the Lost Ark, Baldur's Gate, ION Storm, Ultima Underworld, Deus Ex, Thief (2014), Tomb Raider, Tony Cliff, Delilah Dirk (series character), Timothy Hallinan, Junior Bender (series character), Ethan Johnson, Greg LoPiccolo, Vijay Lakshman, Elder Scrolls, Alex Rigopulos, Eran Egozy, Tim Dore, Half-Life, Dan Hunter, Dishonored, Prey, TIE Fighter, Daron Stinnett, Bethesda Game Studios, Zenimax, Arkane Studios, Kotaku, Neon Struct, We Happy Few, The2ndQuest, Contra, Aliens, Predator, Abadox, Alien Syndrome, Halo, Eric Bartoszak, Jill Murray. Next time: Next time we expect an interview! Keep your eyes peeled. Links: Fansy the Famous Bard (CW: homophobia, probably other chat grotesqueries, MMO chat can be ugly) Brett's Twitch Channel Stealth Docs YT Channel (recommended by a listener) Podcast with Looking Glass folks @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

From Iranian vampire Western to 19th century action adventure, Carrie and Diana are talking about blood and tea, and Middle Eastern fare. 

Two of our intrepid hosts sit down with the great Tony Cliff to discuss Eisner nominations, the big two, and his fantastic "Delilah Dirk" series. 

Visuals for this episode are at http://studycomics.club/post/157683673085/113-delilah-dirk-series-by-tony-cliff-from-first Our Family Friday podcast looks at ‘Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant’ and ‘Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling’ by Tony Cliff (all art above by Tony Cliff) from First Second. Paul drools over the lively and exhilarating art, but also heaps praise on the ranginess of the adventure stories that Cliff meticulously crafts and tells in these compelling tales of the butt-kicking Dirk and her companion and friend Selim. Let’s dig deep! Upcoming Episodes of ‘Study Comics with Paul’ (Read along! Send me your thoughts and questions!) SP4RX by Wren McDonald (NoBrow) Kamandi Challenge 1-2 by Various (DC) Bakuman by Ohba and Obata and Weekly Shonen Jump (Viz) Lazarus 22-25 by Rucka and Lark (Image) Study Comics with Paul is a comics analysis podcast. It’s like a comics seminar, but the only prerequisite is love. I’m Paul, a literacy researcher, English teacher, and comics reader, and every week I take a work from a wide range of comics and apply various approaches to analysis. You can also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-list-comics-analysis/id1130632546?mt=2 or through the RSS feed: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss Past episodes of the podcast are at https://soundcloud.com/twoplai Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai

Throwback Thursday has Paul mealy-mouthed about the moral framework of Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (colored by Hollingsworth and Rambo, lettered by Clem Robins, cover above by Glen Fabry) from DC/Vertigo. Let's dig deep! Upcoming Episodes of ‘Study Comics with Paul’ (Read along! Send me your thoughts and questions!) Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant/King’s Shilling by Tony Cliff (First Second) SP4RX by Wren McDonald (NoBrow) Kamandi Challenge 1-2 by Various (DC) Bakuman by Ohba and Obata and Weekly Shonen Jump (Viz) Lazarus 22-25 by Rucka and Lark (Image) Study Comics with Paul is a comics analysis podcast. It's like a comics seminar, but the only prerequisite is love. I'm Paul, a literacy researcher, English teacher, and comics reader, and every week I take a work from a wide range of comics and apply various approaches to analysis. You can also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-list-comics-analysis/id1130632546?mt=2 or through the RSS feed: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss Past episodes of the podcast are at https://soundcloud.com/twoplai Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai

Gwen and Andy both are astounded that the end of the year is almost upon them, and with that in mind, they've picked their favorite books of 2016 for young readers. The Two People with PhDs each picked five books in the children's category and five books in the intermediate/young adult (YA) category, but something odd happened: their lists were almost identical! In the children's category, Gwen and Andy both chose the following four books, many of which they have already discussed on previous episodes. Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Alamo All-Stars, by Nathan Hale (Harry N. Abrams) Hippopotamister, by John Patrick Green (First Second) The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo, by Drew Weing (First Second) Bera the One-Headed Troll, by Eric Orchard (First Second) Andy diverged by picking Bert's Way Home, by John Martz (Koyama Press), the story of an orphan named Bert who's no regular orphan, but an orphan of time and space, stranded on Earth after a cosmic accident. Gwen's final pick in this category was Blip! a TOON Level 1 book by Barnaby Richards about a robot whose vocabulary consists of only one word (“Blip”) as he tries to find his way through an unfamiliar planet. In the Intermediate/YA category, Gwen and Andy also agree on their first four titles: March: Book Three, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf), the third and final book in the March trilogy. March: Book Three is also a noteworthy book in that it recently won the prestigious National Book Award for Young People's Literature, becoming the first graphic novel to win the award. Camp Midnight, by Steven T. Seagle and Jason Adam Katzenstein (Image) Paper Girls, Vol. 1, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image) Snow White, by Matt Phelan (Candlewick Press) The two people with PhDs also had the great pleasure of interviewing Matt Phelan on the show last month. You can listen to that interview here. Andy's final choice was Mighty Jack, by Ben Hatke, a title previously discussed on the show back in August. For Gwen's final choice, she picked Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling, by Tony Cliff (First Second), a book previously discussed by Derek and Sean in its original webcomics format. This volume picks up where the first volume, 2013's Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, left off. At the end of the show, Gwen mentioned a new all ages wordless comic that she learned about on Dr. Debbie Reese's excellent American Indians in Children's Literature blog, Jonathan Nelson's The Wool of Jonesy: Part I, published by Native Realities Press. Here is the blurb from the publisher's website: Written and illustrated by Diné artist Jonathan Nelson, The Wool of Jonesy #1 tells the first story of Jonesy the Sheep and his adventures out on the rez. As Jonesy heads out to explore life after high school he finds himself discovering and dreaming. The wonderfully illustrated story gives young and old alike a simple and enchanting view of reservation life through the eyes of an amazing character! Readers can check out Debbie Reese's review. Gwen and Andy hope that these titles might be considered for gift for the holiday season. You really can't go wrong with any of these titles. We can't wait to see what great comics are in store for us in 2017. You can be sure we'll pass all the information along to you. Happy reading!

Tony Cliff is an Illustrator, animator, cartoonist, and the creator of the Delilah Dirk graphic novel series.

Reviews: Captain America: Steve Rogers #1, DC Universe Rebirth Special  #1, Scooby Apocalypse #1, X-Men: Apocalypse Kevin Colden comes all the way up to the CNI studios to co-host and talk about The Sweetness, the new comic by his wife Miss Lasko Gross and himself. He chats with Jimmy about the collaboration on the comic with Miss, what comics he's reading and raising a genius kid. News includes: Disney acquires the feature film rights to Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, Pikachu's name changes in Hong Kong, Dwayne The Rock Johnson will be Doc Savage in an upcoming Shane Black directed film, Disney is reportedly not happy with Rogue One and has scheduled reshoots, and Miles Morales may be the star in the next animated Spider-Man film coming out in 2018. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

On this interview episode, Gwen and Derek are pleased to have as their guest Tony Cliff, the creative mind behind the Delilah Dirk series. His latest book, Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling, was released last month from First Second. In the interview, our adventurous podcast explorers ask Tony about the genesis behind the series, the influence of Jane Austen novels and films like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Delilah Dirk's original appearance in Kazu Kibuish's Flight series, the challenges of writing historical fiction, and how Tony's background in animation has translated itself into his comics. They not only discuss his most recent book, but also his earlier works, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (which Andy Wolverton reviewed for the blog back in 2013) and the short ebook, Delilah Dirk and the Seeds of Good Fortune. But the conversation goes into other directions, as well, such as when Tony brings up the topic of serialization and reading preferences. What doesn't make the recording, unfortunately, is an interesting discussion on a label that is most apt for the Delilah Dirk titles, "all-age comics." That was a conversation that Tony had with Gwen and Derek after they concluded the interview and turned off the recorder. Still, there's more than enough packed into what was actually captured, enough Delilah Dirk talk to last you until the publication of Tony's next exciting installment.

Finishing up our month of First Second Books, Kurtis and Michael take a look at Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling. If you recall, they reviewed the first book in an earlier episode. How does this one compare? Listen and find out! If you have a comic that you would like us to pull, please […]

Sean and Derek start off the new year of the webcomics series with three exciting titles. They begin with Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling, Tony Cliff's follow up to Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant. The latter began life as a webcomic, but then was published by First Second in 2013. Cliff is doing something similar with his second Delilah Dirk book, although this time he is serializing the narrative in webcomic form only until early March, the release date of the hardcopy (again, by First Second). And although King's Shilling may not ultimately be a complete webcomic, what is there is well worth reading and has you anticipating the release of the new book. After that, the guys turn to Reckstar, Joey Cruz and Michelle Nguyen's mashup of sci-fi and comedy with all of the trappings of a classic buddy story. In fact, Sean likens the tale to a space-based Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis team-up, with the immature Finn Wyoming playing the Lewis role in this volatile relationship. The webcomic is just into its third chapter, but there's much to appreciate in its upcoming developments. Finally, Sean and Derek take a long look at Jason Yungbluth's Weapon Brown, possibly one of the most engaging and sophisticated webcomics they've ever discussed on the podcast. This is a parodic sendup not only of Schulz's Peanuts, but of the entire history of American comic strips. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, where a nefarious organization known as the Syndicate (read United Feature Syndicate) is attempting to subdue a rebel force and their grasp on a unique food supply known as shmoo. Weapon Brown, occasionally called "Chuck," enters the fray as a cybernetic right-armed mercenary who ends up helping the rebel leaders Annie (see Little Orphan Annie), Hughie X (The Boondocks), Pops (Popeye), and Hildy (Broom-Hilda), among others. The action builds to a final showdown between Weapon Brown and an unstoppable, merciless, stuffed tiger-toting creation known as a Cyber Augmented Legionnaire version 1.N (or C.A.L. V1N for short). In fact, the entire history of newspaper strips seems to be represented in Weapon Brown, and part of the joy of reading this webcomic is discovering the many references, often subtle, embedded throughout. Derek and Sean also point out the risqué nature of the story, with its (at times) explicit sex, violence, and language. But if you're OK with a little spice in your webcomics, then Weapon Brown should become one of your reading highlights of the year.

In this very special episode of The Pullbox Podcast, Michael and Kurtis are joined by Delilah Dirk creator/author/artist Tony Cliff! The episode starts off with a short interview and then Tony sticks around to discuss this month's Pulls: Star Wars: The Dark Empire Trilogy, by Tom Veitch, Cam Kennedy and Jim Baikie; It's a Good […]

Character Design! Delilah Dirk! Tony Cliff, and more! //www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFqQv8saTKA Comics may be a static medium, but the best cartoonist create an illusion of movement so convincing we’ll often forget that we, the readers, are creating the movement in our minds. How do they do they pull off this trick? And what’s the “secret” to writing […]

Vancouver cartoonist Tony Cliff joined me to talk about his new book from First Second Books, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant. My apologies for horribly misspronouncing the title. Tony is too polite, and I am too much of a jerk.

Our summer comic book preview is here! We talk Superman/Batman, Infinity, and much more. We also gab about Avengers 2, X-Men Days of Future Past and Captain Marvel. Of course, we get to our Summer Comic Preview after some witty banter (ha ha ha!) and our Books of the Week. Some of the included titles are: Fantastic Four, Fearless Defenders A.U., Steed and Mrs. Peel, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, Half Past Danger, Daredevil and TONS of Green Lantern books. Annnnnnnnnnd... we say it on the show, but just in case you missed it, the Talking Comics crew on Twitter are: Bobby: @ bobbyshortle Steve: @ dead_anchoress Stephanie: @ hellocookie And Bob's email is  bobreyer@talkingcomicbooks.com FYI: the crew have gone all superhero on the world, thanks to the wonderful  Hanie Mohd. Like them? Make sure to follow her and let us know what you think of our new superhero pictures.

This week we’re joined by Paul Storrie and Tony Cliff for a talk on doing your research when making a comic placed in a specific place or time–that is, when Paul and I aren’t too busy gushing over Tony’s Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant. We start off with some talk on creating a premise […]