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Marvel March Madness wraps up with Ryan North! Jimmy gets instantly hooked as he reads his first Fantastic Four comics with volume 1 of Ryan's current run. If you haven't been reading Fantastic Four, you are missing out. Ryan talks a lot about the series, how he approaches writing it, and some of the different artists he's been able to work with. Issue #30 comes out March 26th. Ryan is also writing the new One World Under Doom. Ryan chats about the fun of writing Dr. Doom as the Sorcerer Supreme, and if there were any characters he was excited about using in this series. Hint: there were! It wouldn't be the Cryptid Creator Corner though without Jimmy going rogue and asking Ryan about some of his other works that Jimmy is now obsessed with, including To Be or Not To Be, a book that turns Hamlet into a choose-your-own adventure book. There's also How to Invent Everything, a book whose premise is that your time machine strands you in the distant past and you can't repair it so you might as well get work inventing, well, everything. At Comic Book Yeti we don't know anyone that thinks about time travel as much as Jimmy, except now, maybe Ryan? This conversation is such an excellent end to Marvel March Madness! Follow Ryan on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ryannorth.ca Ryan's website: https://www.ryannorth.ca/ Dinosaur comics: https://www.qwantz.com/about.html Fantastic Four #30 From the publisher FANTASTIC THREE! After Ben Grimm has suffered a terrible (and very public) defeat at the hands of Doom, he's left lost, adrift — and more vulnerable than he has been in years. And when a trip to New York goes wrong and his fate suddenly turns from bad to worse, Ben has never been more vulnerable — and soon takes a shocking shortcut he won't be able to undo! This is one Thing and Alicia story you won't soon forget! One World Under Doom From the publisher ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM! Six months ago, Doctor Victor Von Doom became Sorcerer Supreme - then disappeared behind Latveria's closed borders. For most, there's enough going on in the world that Doom's absence is not a priority, and some time without him feels like a blessing. Only a few recognize it for what it truly was...the calm before the storm. It is a storm that has now arrived. The world has woken up to a new reality: Doctor Doom, Earth's Sorcerer Supreme, has magically taken over every broadcast medium on the planet and declared himself Emperor of the World - the ruler of a new United Latveria! And shockingly, impossibly, all of Earth's leaders seem to be going along with this. Luckily, whether it's mind control or Doombots, whatever's affecting them hasn't affected Earth's heroes - and so they quickly form a strike team to stop Doom's machinations. But will they succeed? And what happens when some begin to welcome their new Emperor with open arms, clamoring for One World Under Doom? Marvel's biggest and most shocking event ever begins right here. To Be or Not To Be: https://bookshop.org/p/books/to-be-or-not-to-be-a-chooseable-path-adventure-ryan-north/12470776 How to Invent Everything: https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-invent-everything-a-survival-guide-for-the-stranded-time-traveler-ryan-north/12476891 PATREON We have a new Patreon, CryptidCreatorCornerpod. If you like what we do, please consider supporting us. We got two simple tiers, $1 and $3. Want to know more, you know what to do. ARKENFORGE Play TTRPG games? Make sure to check out our partner Arkenforge. Use the discount code YETI5 to get $5 off your order. THE LANTERN CATALOG Created on the premise of creating light in the dark, this is the the go to resource to keep you up to date on the indy projects and the creators you love. You can find them at https://www.thelanterncatalog.com/. Make sure to check out our sponsor 2000AD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jonathan welcomes Canadian comics writer Ryan North, a contributor to major Marvel titles such as Fantastic Four, Secret Invasion, and Squirrel Girl. North talks about writing Dinosaur Comics, and other YA graphic novels like Danger and Other Unknown Risks, How to Invent Everything, and more. Check out North's work at: https://ryannorth.ca/ For more of Jonathan's work: https://twitter.com/jonathanballcom https://www.instagram.com/jonathanballcom/ https://www.strangerfiction.ca/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/strangerfiction/message
How would someone fare if they were dropped into a randomly chosen period in history? Would they have any relevant knowledge to share, or ability to invent crucial technologies given the period's constraints? Ryan North uses these hypothetical questions to explore the technological and implicit knowledge underpinning modern civilization, offering a practical guide of how one could rebuild civilization from the ground up.
How would someone fare if they were dropped into a randomly chosen period in history? Would they have any relevant knowledge to share, or ability to invent crucial technologies given the period's constraints? Ryan North uses these hypothetical questions to explore the technological and implicit knowledge underpinning modern civilization, offering a practical guide of how one could rebuild civilization from the ground up.
Taking over the world is a lot of work. Any supervillain is bound to have questions: What's the perfect location for a floating secret base? What zany heist will fund my wildly ambitious plans? How do I control the weather, destroy the internet, and never, ever die? Bestselling author and award-winning comics writer Ryan North has the answers. In How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain (Riverhead Books, 2022), he details a number of outlandish villainous schemes that harness the potential of today's most advanced technologies. Picking up where How to Invent Everything left off, his explanations are as fun and elucidating as they are completely absurd. You don't have to be a criminal mastermind to share a supervillain's interest in cutting-edge science and technology. This book doesn't just reveal how to take over the world--it also shows how you could save it. This sly guide to some of the greatest threats facing humanity accessibly explores emerging techniques to extend human life spans, combat cyberterrorism, communicate across millennia, and finally make Jurassic Park a reality. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Taking over the world is a lot of work. Any supervillain is bound to have questions: What's the perfect location for a floating secret base? What zany heist will fund my wildly ambitious plans? How do I control the weather, destroy the internet, and never, ever die? Bestselling author and award-winning comics writer Ryan North has the answers. In How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain (Riverhead Books, 2022), he details a number of outlandish villainous schemes that harness the potential of today's most advanced technologies. Picking up where How to Invent Everything left off, his explanations are as fun and elucidating as they are completely absurd. You don't have to be a criminal mastermind to share a supervillain's interest in cutting-edge science and technology. This book doesn't just reveal how to take over the world--it also shows how you could save it. This sly guide to some of the greatest threats facing humanity accessibly explores emerging techniques to extend human life spans, combat cyberterrorism, communicate across millennia, and finally make Jurassic Park a reality. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science
Taking over the world is a lot of work. Any supervillain is bound to have questions: What's the perfect location for a floating secret base? What zany heist will fund my wildly ambitious plans? How do I control the weather, destroy the internet, and never, ever die? Bestselling author and award-winning comics writer Ryan North has the answers. In How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain (Riverhead Books, 2022), he details a number of outlandish villainous schemes that harness the potential of today's most advanced technologies. Picking up where How to Invent Everything left off, his explanations are as fun and elucidating as they are completely absurd. You don't have to be a criminal mastermind to share a supervillain's interest in cutting-edge science and technology. This book doesn't just reveal how to take over the world--it also shows how you could save it. This sly guide to some of the greatest threats facing humanity accessibly explores emerging techniques to extend human life spans, combat cyberterrorism, communicate across millennia, and finally make Jurassic Park a reality. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society
On today's show, we highlight the complicated legacy of Bob Dole. For Americans of a certain age, basically age 35 and over, Bob Dole was an avatar of the Republican Party. After his losing presidential campaign, he went through a transition from a taciturn, gruff politician known as Dr. Gridlock to a much more genial and vulnerable public image cultivated on late night TV, as a spokesperson for World War II veterans, and on behalf of sufferers of erectile dysfunction as a pitchman for Viagra. In the wake of his death, analysts focused on that later image, and mourned the passing not only of the man, but of a seemingly different and better kind of American politics. But our guest today was one of the few to point out that Bob Dole's record was far more complex, and maybe the nostalgia about the way things used to be in politics isn't quite right. In fact, as much as we praise his military service and personal toughness, it can be argued that Bob Dole was ahead of his time on many of the things that we hate most about today's politics. He may even have invented them. Erik Loomis is Associate Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island. His most recent book is A History of America in Ten Strikes, published by The New Press in 2018. He also writes for the Editorial Board, and his most recent article is titled The Mean Old Man of the GOP is Dead.
In this episode, Ryan North, author of How to Invent Everything, and the creator and author of Dinosaur Comics, along with haven written for the comic series of Adventure Time and Marvel Comics' The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, while his works have won multiple Eisner Awards and Harvey Awards, manages to drop in to chat about the wonders of having the ability to invent everything.
On this episode I talk about the book "How to Invent Everything" by Ryan North. This is a fact-filled invention-focused non-fiction book with a super cool fictitious premise. In some ways this book is everything I could ever dream of in a book. It was full of useful and practical knowledge delivered in a fun and engaging way. If this sounds interesting to you, I think you'll get a kick out of this episode.If you want to pick up the book for yourself, this is one that I'd highly recommend owning. If you use the link below, you can pick up the book and simultaneously support this podcast at no additional cost to you: https://amzn.to/3nDregCThanks so much for listening!
Graphic Novels, Coffee Table Books, Uniquely Formatted Novels...Ryan, Hillary, and Jo are talking about cool physical books this month! Also, Hillary regales us with tales from her time living in NYC. This episode is extra long and extra fun. Enjoy! Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Thank you for shopping local! Books Mentioned During This Episode RECENT READS Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (audiobook) The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig (audiobook) The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (Book Club) (audiobook) Bubble by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, Tony Cliff, Natalie Riess (Podcast) Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary Billy Summers by Stephen King (audiobook) Putting it Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created “Sunday in the Park with George” by James Lapine (audiobook) Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead (audiobook) Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford (audiobook) Golden Hill (audiobook) Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (audiobook) UNIQUE & COOL PHYSICAL BOOKS How to Be Both by Ali Smith Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders To Be or Not To Be by Ryan North Romeo and/or Juliet Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M Danforth Bubble by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, Tony Cliff, Natalie Riess (Podcast) The Adventure Zone by The McElroys (Podcast) Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel Maus by Art Spiegelman S. by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix Hamilton: The Revolution by Jeremy McCarter What If? by Randall Munroe (XKCD) How to Invent Everything by Ryan North The Curious Reader by Mental Floss The Madman's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting Buchanan-Smith's Axe Handbook by Peter Buchanan-Smith American Axe by Brett McCleod Woodland Craft by Ben Law The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo In the Mood for Colour by Hans Blomquist The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving by Lee Buttala OTHER LINKS Shop The Laydown Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1! Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com
In this episode we remember Mary Wilson of the Supremes, discuss the Super Bowl, Trump Trial and as always Blickitty-black History. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Brea and Mallory discuss celebrity book club picks and test out a reading challenge app! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Jill Hamilton’s Book Blog Beanstack Mallory’s Book Pre Order The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara Brea’s Movie Pre Order Mallory's Los Angeles Book Launch Book Censorship in Missouri Books Mentioned - How to Invent Everything by Ryan North Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk
Author of multiple successful books Ryan North joins us to discuss his new book on inventing. Joel Cohen of jointly Rockefeller University and Colombia University returns to our ongoing discussion of Demography. We are joined by author Daniella Martin to talk about eating bugs. Lastly Dr. Tom Smith of Brigham Young University drops by to teach us about finding wild edibles.
Katie reviews a pseudo-choose your own adventure history of inventions that includes instructions on how to become a new civilization's false god... or something. Either way, check out the episode for a funny review of a hilarious new book.
We’re nearing the end of the year, holiday seasons have begun. Now that Inktober and Art Soundoff creative challenges are past, Jerzy and Rob have a discussion on what they’re reading, watching, and playing. Links to sites mentioned Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman The Weight of Glory, by C.S. Lewis The Four Loves, by C.S. Lewis How to Invent Everything, by Ryan North Crackdown Svengoolie Sponsors for this episode Science Comics: Rockets This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top Patreon supporters Chris Watkins Jodels Pox Spencer Hallam Cameron Callahan Dave Seah Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Instagram Rob on Instagram Lean Into Art on Twitter
Imagine you're a time traveler whose time machine has functioned somewhere in Earth's past — after humans have evolved but before they've, say, invented language or agriculture or any of the other pillars civilization was built upon. How might you try to kickstart that process with all these hominids you keep meeting? And how would you avoid rebuilding civilization with all of the flaws of our current world? That question is the basis of Ryan North's new book How to Invent Everything, a hugely enjoyable book that really does come close to achieving what's promised in the title. (You'll even learn how to invent a computer using a river!) North is probably best known to this point as the writer of comics like Adventure Time and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, as well as the creator and writer of Dinosaur Comics, a webcomic that has run since 2003 using the exact same clip art (of dinosaurs, of course) in all six panels for 15 years. Todd and North talk about the foundations of society, what you learn writing a comic whose art doesn't change from day to day, and why the best meals are sometimes those you can never have again. Then: Todd is joined by astronauts Mae Jemison and Leland Melvin to talk about leaving behind Earth's orbit — and how we just might find humanity's future on our next-door neighbor Mars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“Heavy is the head that wears the Whatevercrown…” References What hill will you die on no matter how petty it is? The Memory Palace’s story on Charles Hatfield Recommendations Jon: Heaven & Earth by Kamasi Washington Tim: Cory Wong at Paste Studio Ryan: New Others Part One by This Will Destroy You Nathan: The Good Place Season 2, How to Invent Everything by Ryan North Bonus: These 3D Whatevertown logos by an anonymous listener Take our listener survey at https://whatevertown.typeform.com/to/BuFVcs. This episode brought to you by Jordan and Ashler on Patreon.
Tommy helps a listener find the secrets in plain sight while Pete struggles at the blackboard. • This week's tune: Your Favorite Song by Katrina Stone Sponsor: This week's show is brought to you by Audible. Get a free audiobook to spice up your morning shower at AudibleTrial.com/ScentofaPodcast. From there, search for Pete’s recommended book for the week: How to Invent Everything by Ryan North!
Ryan North's new book, How to Invent Everything, addresses that question that's probably been sitting in the back of your brain since you were a kid: If you got stuck in a previous time period, could you survive on your wits alone? Ryan says yes, so long as you bring a little advice. Also on this episode, field editor James Lynch talks about riding a Boosted Board between New York City and Philadelphia; Roy talks about chopping and seasoning firewood; tech editor Alex George uses a video game to test drive a Maclaren you can't even buy; and the testing table tries out gravity blankets.
In addition to being Professional Book People™️, Annie and Chris are also avid TV watchers. Take that as you will. This week, book recommendations based on new and upcoming television. Binge with us a little bit, won't you? Also, The VVitch is a very scary movie. For fans of Murphy Brown: + Amanda Wakes Up by Alisyn Camerota + Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave For fans of The Good Place: + How to Invent Everything by Ryan North + How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe by Charles Yu For fans of I Feel Bad: + I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron + The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emily Culliton For fans of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: + The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa + Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero For fans of The Romanoffs: + I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon + Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal + A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Chris and Annie's Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon here.
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Ryan North author of the time travel guide How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler. My Summer Lair Chapter #88: How Much Do You Really Know About Our Civilization? Recorded: September 20, 2018 6:30pm
How helpful would you be if you were stranded in the past? Ryan North imagined telling people how cool computers are, but if they asked him how to make one, he’d be stumped. So he did some research, and in his hilarious new book he’s teaching us how to invent everything. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In addition to being a programmer and computational linguist, Ryan North (@ryanqnorth) is the writer behind Dinosaur Comics, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, the Adventure Time comic book series, and Romeo and/or Juliet, and he joins Andy and Matt to discuss his new book How To Invent Everything, a survival guide for stranded time travelers who need to figure out where they've landed in time, and how to get civilization back to the present by inventing everything from writing and farming to buttons and birth control.
If your time machine got jammed in the past, what would you need to rebuild all of modern civilization? Mango sits down with Ryan North, author of the new book How to Invent Everything, to talk about how to make soap, why leeches were pretty useful for a very short period, how to invent a better horse harness, and why windmills just might be superior to waterwheels. Oh, and how to understand all of Western religion and philosophy through high-fives. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
In this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author Ryan North, and venture capitalist Bradley Tusk. Go from space exploration to start-ups, as each of these authors explores the surprising intersection of seemingly-unrelated things: science and military power, history and science, and politics with tech, and business. Plus, hear one author’s plan to gain an invite to Patrick Stewart’s birthday party. Enjoy Accessory to War by Neil deGrasse Tyson: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/598826/accessory-to-war/ How to Invent Everything by Ryan North: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/561339/how-to-invent-everything/ The Fixer by Bradley Tusk: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/575666/the-fixer/
Dave and Brad welcome Ryan North, two-time Eisner Award winner, creator of Dinosaur Comics and writer for Marvel Comics' Squirrel Girl. We discuss his upcoming book, How to Invent Everything and his successful Shakespearean choose-your-own-adventure To Be or Not To Be. Along the way, we go deep on several topics involving writing — getting ideas, subconscious plagiarism, self-plagiarism, rejecting unoriginal ideas, creativity as a compulsion, juggling multiple projects, exorcising ideas, and much much more. BUT FIRST — Brad explains how zinc is more precious than gold for your good health. Show notes 9:13 — How did Ryan first get into writing for comics? 12:37 — Rejecting an idea if it's not completely original 16:30 — Creativity as a compulsion 18:08 — Getting the idea for "To Be or Not To Be" 19:10— Capturing ideas 24:14 — Writing Squirrel Girl fro Marvel Comics 30:06 — The "minced oath" 31:51 — Avoiding subconscious plagiarism 38:34 — Juggling multiple projects and how to decide which ideas get used in which projects 41:57 — "Exorcising" ideas 43:13 — Self-plagiarization on social media 45:47 — Ideas are easy. Execution is hard. Great rewards when you support ComicLab $2 — support the show $5 — submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast $10 — record an audio question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast $50 — Sponsor the show! We’ll read a brief promo for your comic/product and read it twice during the show AND you get the exclusive ProTips podcast Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.
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