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It's the start of a summer of comics here at the ACP, and one of the crew has already jetted off on their holiday! Friend of the show Tom Curry rejoins the surviving hosts to talk about subjects such as which is more successful, solo creators or creative teams? Theres also tons of comics banter, indie comic recommendations and, as always, awesome comics talk! Great stuff to check out: Jack Kirby, Mark Millar, Eamonn Clarke, Mega City Book Club, Sam Hardcore, Sketches #1, Macc Pow Comics Festival, Blags Big Boys Big Book of Bollocks, Hal Weaver, TBH Comics, The Drycleaner, Kieron Squires, Whatever Happened to the Crimson Justice?, Mad Cave Comics, Phalactus: Love of Worlds, Black Ink Comics, Electric Chair 3, Goodbye, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Robo Wolf, Jake Smith, Dark Horse Comics,
This week on The Sports Agents...Gabby and Mark get a rare access all areas pass to go behind the scenes at Sale Sharks rugby club, from training to the team meeting to interviews with Lions and England players Tom Curry, Ben Curry and George Ford. (02:45)Four-time Olympic champion sprinter Michael Johnson has launched a new league to make athletics popular outside the Olympics, he tells us how it's going so far. (08:15)Britain's most decorated Paralympian, Sarah Storey, joins Professor Kirsty Elliot-Sale from Manchester Metropolitan University, to explain their mission to extend the careers of female athletes through menopause support. (13:15)Ahead of the Champions League final, Italian football writer James Horncastle, explains why this match isn't the end of the road for Inter Milan. (19:30)Got a question for The Sports Agents - email us at thesportsagents@global.com New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.
Everyone's chasing bigger AI. The real opportunity? Smarter scaling.Distributed computing is quietly rewriting the rules of what's possible—not just for tech giants, but for everyone building with AI.We're talking cost. We're talking scale. And we're definitely talking disruption.Tom Curry, CEO and Co-Founder of DistributeAI, joins us as we dig into the future of distributed power and practical AI performance.Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageJoin the discussion: Thoughts on this? Join the convo.Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTopics Covered in This Episode:Distributed Computing for Affordable AIOpen Source vs. Proprietary AI ModelsGPU Demand and Compute LimitationsEdge Computing and Privacy ConcernsSmall Business AI Compute SolutionsFuture Trends in AI Model SizesImpact of Open Source AI DominanceTimestamps:00:00 Rising Importance of AI Compute06:21 AI Model Resource Constraints09:24 AI Models' Efficiency vs. Complexity12:24 Edge Compute for Daily Tasks16:00 Compute Cost Drives AI Market16:58 AI Models: Balancing Cost and Innovation20:43 Adaptability in Rapidly Changing BusinessKeywords:Distributed computing, compute, GPUs, generative AI, ChatGPT, large language models, open source models, proprietary models, affordable AI, scale, Distribute AI, spare compute, Tom Curry, mid-level businesses, accessible AI ecosystem, API access, power grid, NVIDIA, OpenAI, tokens, chain of thought, models size, reasoning models, edge computing, cell phones analogy, data privacy, DeepSeek, Google Gemini 3, Eloscores, open models, hybrid models, centralized model, OpenAI strategy, Anthropic, Claw tokens, commoditization, applications, government contracts, integration, UX and UI, technology advancements, private source AI, business leaders, AI deployment strategy, flexibility in AI.Send Everyday AI and Jordan a text message. (We can't reply back unless you leave contact info)
The second episode you lucky bastards get to sink your teeth into this week will go down in KOKO show history as a ‘Hall Of Fame' show on every possible level.We are joined by Rugby Australia's little engine that can and will, a back rower that tackles like he has rabies and banters beyond his years. Please enjoy the ‘Pest from the West', the headcase from Hale and the undisputed ‘Peoples Champ', it is the one and only Carlo Tizzano. This young thoroughbred spends 45 of the best minutes with us talking about the Force in 2025, the upcoming Lions Series, his beef with England's Tom Curry and the benefits of sleeping with mouth tape on.Plus, Carlo sticks around to preview all the footy coming up this weekend in both the Super Rugby and the penultimate round of the Six Nations. So drop everything you are doing, get out your dream journal and start taking notes, because Carlo ‘Triple Threat' Tizzano is a case study you don't want to miss. It is time for episode 10 of Kick Offs and Kick Ons. TIMECODES:00:00 - Start of the show - talking about sleeping with mouth tape 01:32 - Carlo talks about his love of MMA01:55 - Carlo's intro 03:08 - Carlo talks about his quirks 03:52 - Carlo and Swoop spent some time together at the Mauritius 10's07:06 - Carlo's rugby heroes08:46 - Carlo talks about how MMA helped his rugby and who he would fight in footy11:37 - What is Carlo's full Italian name? 13:36 - Carlo talks about his vlogging and why athletes should do it more 15:03 - How annoying is Nic White at the Force?16:34 - Carlo Tizzano v Fraser McReight 19:30 - Carlo talks about the Lions Tour 20:44 - How is traveling from Perth?23:27 - Carlo Tizzano's favourite cartoon character24:15 - Bench, start and drop / Deserted Island Questions 27:42 - Carlo talks about his personal form and the form of the Force30:15 - SUPER RUGBY ROUND 4 PREVIEW - TAHS V FORCE 31:57 - Carlo talks about being Neurodivergent 35:45 - SUPER RUGBY ROUND 4 PREVIEW CONTINUED43:07 - SIX NATIONS ROUND 4 PREVIEW - IRELAND V FRANCE44:37 - SCOTLAND V WALES 45:12 - ENGLAND V ITALY47:32 - Goodbye to Carlo49:34 - Close of the showBUY YOUR KOKO MERCHANDISE AND STAY TUNED FOR EVENTS - www.kickoffsandkickons.comMake sure you follow us on all socials:INSTA: @kickoffskickons TWITTER/X: @kickoffskickons YOUTUBE: @kickoffsandkickons TIKTOK: @kickoffskickons If you do want to talk about sponsorship or anything business related then please do get in touch with us info@shtn.com.au. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's the victory they craved, the victory they needed, the victory they deserved and the victory they delivered...England have finally beaten a tier 1 nation and delivered a win that finally puts the Borthwick doubters back in their seats... Or has it? What do the boys think?Test rugby is a game of fine margins and how much luck was involved with France seemingly playing all the rugby but with a sadomasochistic contempt for the try line.... Dupont is human after all....Who were the stand out performers? Who has helped their Lions cause no end?The boys single out Tom Curry for praise but the highest accolades are sent the way of Fin Smith. Has the fly half debate been settled?What actually happened to France?Over at Murrayfield Ireland were serving up the blueprint for away wins in the Six Nations according to Ronan O'Gara. Absolutely dominating a strangely subdued Scotland team.On this form does anyone bet against them to march to a grand slam in style?And what a win for Italy....Wales didn't feel like a scalp..... More the new order….. But what of Wales? Is there any light at the end of the tunnel... can they take any benefits from their first loss at the Stadio Olimpico in their history?The boys give you a full round up of a dramatic round of Six Nations Rugby.. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're back! Thanks for bearing with us as we went away fro a January break. Join Alex and James as they look back at a turbulent first month of 2025 for the Sale Sharks and discuss Gloucester and Bath disappointments in the Premiership, value for money on Premier Sports subscriptions, Premiership Rugby Cup, Six Nations and of course - Ben and Tom Curry. Support the showFor all our other latest thoughts, follow @SharkTankRugby on X/Twitter. If you'd like to get in touch please drop us an email at sharktankpodcast@outlook.com
Preview also available on our YouTube channel Our guest : NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN https://twitter.com/keegolaughs_irl www.keegolaughs.com Apologies Up Front on Apple Podcasts IRELAND : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Mack Hansen 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Bundee Aki 11. James Lowe 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Jamison Gibson-Park 1. Andrew Porter 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Finlay Bealham 4. James Ryan 5. Tadhg Beirne 6. Ryan Baird 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris (c) 16. Dan Sheehan 17. Cian Healy 18. Thomas Clarkson 19. Iain Henderson 20. Jack Conan 21. Conor Murray 22. Jack Crowley 23. Robbie Henshaw ENGLAND : 15. Freddie Steward 14. Tommy Freeman 13. Ollie Lawrence 12. Henry Slade 11. Cadan Murley 10. Marcus Smith 9. Alex Mitchell 1. Ellis Genge 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie 3. Will Stuart 4. Maro Itoje (c) 5. George Martin 6. Tom Curry 7. Ben Curry 8. Ben Earl 16. Theo Dan 17. Fin Baxter 18. Joe Heyes 19. Ollie Chessum 20. Chandler Cunningham-South 21. Tom Willis 22. Harry Randall 23. Fin Smith Guinness Six Nations 2025 Rd 1 Saturday February 1, 2025 KO 4:45pm Aviva Stadium Live on : Virgin Media One Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (NZ) AR1: James Doleman (NZ) AR2: Hollie Davidson (Sco) TMO: Glenn Newman (NZ) FPRO: Richard Kelly (NZ) Where to find Harpin' On Rugby https://linktr.ee/harpinonrugby COMMENT/SHARE/FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE
The boys welcome England and Sale all action back row hero Ben Curry to get his thoughts on the Champions Cup weekends most outrageous piece of skill from a forward.... Visibly awkward at winning player of the match every week and even player of the month we hear about what was going through his head in that fabulous victory over Toulon.He also takes us through nilling Max's Bristol, playing for England with his twin brother Tom Curry (they were on the field for 1 second together....)Being identical does Ben ever step in for Tom? (answer yes...)Who is faster out of the twins? and do the players get confused with them around.Its also time to celebrate Max Lahiff after reaching 100 caps for Bristol. What a man, what a landmark. He deserves all the plaudits and also tributes from players and the MoN team.There's also time to talk through all the Champions Cup matches as the Round of 16 is decided plus the six nations squad announcements are here....Maro Itoje New England CaptainPrendergast vs Crowley - Ireland's old guardWales and Fly halvesThere's also time for Max to give a touching tribute to his friend Anthony Watson who has decided to retire from rugbyEnjoy and as always... we love you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The ACP set themselves a reading challenge earlier this year. Trying books, series and moments in comic book time that they had not experienced before. For this fun exercise they roped in Tom Curry and Eamonn Clarke (Mega City Book Club) to do the same, and the result is a whole ton of amazing comic talk. From manga classics and epic comic movements to series since adapted for tv and classic graphic novels from critically acclaimed creators, this one has it all. With lots of recommendations as well this is nothing but talk about comics you should be checking out, so don't blame us for being broke after buying so many comics! Great stuff to check out this week - Mega City Book Club, Eamonn Clarke, Tom Curry, The Boys, Darrick Robertson, Garth Ennis, Golgo 13, Viz Media, Berserk, Kentaro Miura, DC Comics, The New 52, Black Hole, Charles Burns, Kitchen Sink Press, Fantagraphix Books, Mark Abnett, You Get What You Get, David Roberton, Cullen Bunn, Omega Black, Zack Cahill, Printopia, Bob Fingerman, Junkyard Joe, Early Gigs:Underground Comics 1970-1973, Dave Gibbons
Just in time for your Halloween listening pleasure we have three former shadow cast members both reviewing the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show as well as reliving some of our memories of our time on cast. The Rocky Horror Picture Show starred Tom Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, and Nell Campbell.
If you want to take ownership of your health, try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 Free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase. Go to www.drinkAG1.com/creepen Today's podcast is a compilation of classic works by old-school sci-fi authors of the 1930s, all stories in the public domain read here for you all under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license. ‘The Raiders of the Universe' by Donald Wandrei. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29389/29389-h/29389-h.htm ‘The Man from 2071' by Sewell Peaslee Wright. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/31893/pg31893-images.html#The_Man_From_2071 ‘The Soul Snatcher' by Tom Curry. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29390/29390-h/29390-h.htm#The_Soul-Snatcher ‘The Murder Machine' by Hugh B. Cave. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29255/29255-h/29255-h.htm#p377 ‘When the Moon Turned Green' by Hal K. Wells. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/30532/pg30532-images.html#When_the_Moon_Turned_Green ‘The Moon Weed' by Harl Vincent. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33016/pg33016-images.html#The_Moon_Weed
The pod is back at Twickenham two days after the Premiership final, but this time we're talking England as Steve Borthwick names his 36-man squad for the tour to Japan and New Zealand. Danny, Ugo, Ashy and Chris quiz the England head coach on his decision to take Tom Curry, the inexperience in the back line and style of play. With George Ford missing the summer through injury, which Smith will be wearing the 10 jersey this summer? We also take ski goggles, trophy parades and look ahead to the business end of the URC season.
This week the ACP head to Arrakis to talk about the world (or worlds) of Dune in comics! Joined by Tom Curry the conversation is a pure unfiltered fan discussion of the Herbert books, comic book adaptions and more. Plus there's great comics recommendations and indie stuff to check out and Tom brings some letters that confuse the ACP trio! Great stuff to check out this week - Dune, Tom Curry, Nick Prolix, Infinite Wheatpaste, Avery Hill Publishing, Paul Ashley Brown, Boston Metaphysical Society, Steamroller Man, Cliff Cumber, Starblazer Magazine, No Second Chance, Zak Cahill, Evolution of Horror, Mike Lee Graham, The Ambassadors, Mark Millar, Frank Quitely, Fractures 2, Collossive Press, Wolfgang Crowe, Prawn: The Jumbo Shrimp, Matt Strott, The Six Fingers, Sector 13
Tom Curry is an England and Sale Shark Rugby player. Expect to learn what Tom is currently obsessing over with his time off post-hip surgery, his role models in his career, how to deal with negativity in social media and staying positive, the power of close connections, forging your own unique path, why you should be embracing change, and much more. Follow Tom on Instagram Get 20% of MindStrong Sport subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame) Get your Free 4-Minute Self-Confidence Course by clicking here Connect: Instagram: @lewishatchett TikTok: @lewis_hatchett To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com
Today's video is a compilation of classic works by old-school sci-fi authors of the 1920s and 1930s; all stories in the public domain read here for you, all under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license. Today's opening terrifying tale of terror is the classic ‘In the Orbit of Saturn', an old-school work by the wonderful R. F. Starzl, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/29038/pg29038-images.html Today's second terrifying tale of horror is the classic ‘The Dark Side of Antri', an old-school work by the wonderful Sewell Peaslee Wright, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/30177/pg30177 Today's third terrifying tale is the classic ‘Mad Music', an old-school work by the wonderful Anthony Pelcher, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28617/28617-h/28617-h.htm#Mad_Music Today's fourth terrifying tale of the macabre is the classic ‘An Extra Man', an old-school work by the wonderful Jackson Gee, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29882/29882-h/29882-h.htm#An_Extra_Man Today's penultimate terrifying tale of terror is the classic ‘Hell's Dimension', an old-school work by the wonderful Tom Curry, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30452/30452-h/30452-h.htm#Hells_Dimension Tonight's final old-school tale of terror is ‘The Man Who Was Dead' by Thomas H. Knight, a work in the public domain, read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29390/29390-h/29390-h.htm#The_Man_Who_Was_Dead
To tie in with the recent release of Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom, we take a look at the man himself, Arthur Curry! We have a whale of a time with this one, and we'll cod to making more than a few fish jokes just for the halibut... Issue 186 - Aquaman Intro Shoutout to Into the Knight, who got a thank you from Jed McKay in the last page of Moon Knight #30 Background (4:29) Aquaman (Arthur Curry) created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger in More Fun Comics #73 (Nov. 1941) Golden Age origin is he is the son of a scientist who lived in the ocean and taught him how to breathe underwater and communicate with & control undersea life Silver Age origin: Arthur Curry, son of Tom Curry & Atlanna, and because of his mixed heritage he has access to several Atlantean abilities, including how to breathe underwater and communicate with & control undersea life This version introduces most of his supporting cast: wife Mera, son Arthur Jr., aka AJ or Aquababy, half-brother & nemesis Ocean Master, Black Manta, and others Post-Crisis origin: Orin, son of Queen Atlanna & the wizard Atlan, he was abandoned by Atlantis and discovered by Tom Curry who eventually dies when he's a teen, and he returns to Atlantis where he is imprisoned before breaking out and joining the Justice League, where he uses his abilities like how to breathe underwater and communicate with & control undersea life This is the version that loses his hand after it's eaten by piranhas He is the leader of Sub Diego, an undersea version of San Diego He becomes the Dweller of the Depths to assist the new Aquaman, Arthur Joseph Curry, before dying and later resurrected during Blackest Night/Brightest Day New 52 - Once again the son of Tom Curry & Atlanna, he was raised on land but aware of Atlantis, and when he returns to the sea he is crowned King, but he abdicates to be with Mera and join the Justice League until he's forced to return to rule over Atlantis despite half the population hating him He finally proposes to Mera at the start of DC Rebirth Issues - Theme is fish out of water, then in, then out, then in… (10:34) Reluctant ruler of Atlantis - numerous time he returns to the throne in times of trouble, only to either vacate willingly to help Justice League/other heroes, or be forced to abdicate due to various factors Walks two worlds, but not fully accepted in either (15:36) Loss of a son - created strain on him and Mera (31:47) Break (42:02) Plugs for Last Sons of Krypton & SNEScapades Treatment (43:50) In-universe - Build a safe space for Aquaman Out of universe - (46:56) Skit (53:35) Hello Aquaman, I'm Dr. Issues. Would you prefer…um Arthur? Orin? Your chart has some conflicting information, and my electronic health record merges files quite haphazardly. - Doctor, you can just stick to Aquaman for now then. Most land acquaintances do. Do they now? Ok. So, what can I do for you? -I'm in a state of flux. I'm trying to keep on course. The problem is, I don't have a map. Are you speaking metaphorically, or is this some sort of buried treasure -*snapping* I don't make puns and I need you to take this seriously. *gulp* My apologies. So, how did you get so lost? -I'm not sure. I have a lot of people counting on me, but when they all ask for help at once they're like crabs in a barrel. They're too quick to lionize me as their savior, and too quick to denigrate me as a fake. I'll admit, that sounds like injustice, and I don't mean that from a dramatic perspective. The world hasn't always been fair to you, has it? -Maybe not, but I can't complain too much. There's no breathing room. *clears throat* pardon, but I need to drink some water. Sure, go right *sound of a tidal wave or something* …ahead. Um, did you have to soak the whole couch? -My kingdom is good for it. You don't mind barnacles, right? Barnacles, no, but the jellyfish - *ignores* Anyway, my kingdom…*sigh* it's not always my kingdom. Sometimes I want to swim away and never see any of them again. But I won't abandon my family. Priorities. Got it. You sound like you have a lot of triggers that could exacerbate anxiety and/or depression. Have you experienced any of those symptoms? -Well I'm not the one with the degree, but if you're referencing eternal sadness, sleepless nights, the sense of dread that your society will be wiped out, and those who know of you before you know them are willing to kill everyone you love for the sake of power so you let your own sense of pride burst forth into a fit of rage that only the mightiest of beings can come CLOSE to matching *clearly exasperated but trying to calm down* perhaps…I have. I won't snap to judgment on diagnosis, but you don't need any labels. Sounds like you've had stuff going on for a looooong time. What led you to come to me now? -I'm not sure. You've said that more than once. -And I've meant it every time. This is the only place I can use a phrase like that and not die. Mostly right, sometimes wrong, but never in doubt. A real Type A mindset. -If that makes the most sense to you, then yes. I'm a buffer zone. That can work, but ultimately you're going to have to find a way to recreate that in other environments. -Tricky to do when the natural state of those environments are hostile. Are they really, though? I'm not saying you're wrong, just challenging the assumption. - There's a not-insignificant portion of my kingdom who believes I was cursed the moment I was born. There's also a large segment who wishes I would vacate the throne and never return. Not surprisingly, those two segments share a healthy overlap. So when the very people I aim to lead don't want me in the leadership role, I think it's fair to say it's a hostile environment. And that's ignoring the numerous attempts on my life, the never-ending struggle with my half-brother, the various threats from the surface world… Then you need a huge amount of resiliency, and that doesn't get built in a vacuum. You mentioned family as your number one priority. Are they integrated into how you process your life, or are they delicate figures you keep sheltered in your mind so you don't lose them? -I would never refer to them as delicate or sheltered. But I don't make my personal life a spectacle either. Mera is everything to me…sometimes the only thing. It's okay to want more than that. -I don't need more. I specifically didn't say need. I said want. Aspirations that are your own, even in the midst of external values. -That is such a land dweller thing to say. I confess my biases, yes. But I'm acknowledging your culture as well. I'll have to learn on the fly how to blend your understanding of how the world works with my own. I embrace that challenge. -*pause* How far are you willing to go? I don't know…that's really vague, and I know that type of question is leading to some discomfort -*boldly* NO whining! You may be granted a privilege that will change your life, If you are a brave soul. See, I'm a coward, so -*dismissive* Nonsense! You just need some basic skills. Can you swim? Yes. -Can you hold your breath for at least 2 minutes? What? I don't know…probably? But if you're alluding to what I think you are, I don't think my freediving skills are up to par. -We're not simpletons. We have equipment; you need to be fit enough for the transition. And this benefits YOU in what way. -If I can show you just how unique our ways are, then you would be able to not only assist me, but also those who question my position. Expand your practice. Can you give me some time to mull this over? I'm not used to someone actually getting so gung ho about my sessions. -I won't wait forever. If you need to seek council from those who would put your mind at ease, then I understand. You will hear from me shortly. Ending (59:57) Recommended reading: Peter David run, with focus on Time & Tide and the Atlantis Chronicles Next episodes: Echo, Speedball, Deathstroke Plugs for social & GonnaGeek Network Anthony: That will do it for this episode. Doc? Doc: *text message sound* Hold on…it's Aquaman? Huh…'thanks for the introductory session. I know I told you I would contact you shortly, but I am so excited that I did a search on therapy techniques. I think you'll understand my world better if you engage in flooding. This is NOT a request.” What the hell does that mean? I just go to the beach or the aquarium and *water rushing/waves crashing* *gurgling* I guess I should try to keep my head above water for now Anthony: He didn't have to be so dramatic. For a drowning Dr. Issues, I'm Anthony Sytko, and we'll see you next time! References: Black Manta episode - Anthony (6:38) Chuck Cunningham Syndrome - Anthony (8:54) “We Don't Talk about Bruno” - Anthony (9:20) Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Twitter Facebook TikTok Patreon TeePublic Discord
The comics community are given the spotlight this week, as the ACP Slack community (the best one in the game) shout out their highlights of the year in 2023! From great conventions, to collaborations and more it's a really positive look at the year that was in indie comics! We also talk about indie comics shop and the larger industry and there are a LOT of comic recommendations to check out, so get your wishlists ready! Great stuff to check out this week - Tom Curry, The ACP Slack, Mark Millar, Creepy Vol 1, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Progression, Globalcomix, Bloodrik, Andrew Krahnke, The Hunger and the Dusk 4, G Willow Wilson, Christian Wildgoose, Petrol Head 2, Rob Williams, Bye Parr, Transformers 3, Daniel Warren Johnson, Splat, Matthew Dooley,
Chris heads to England's base in the outskirts of Paris to see Ben Youngs, who will call time on his international career after his 127th appearance on Friday. England's most capped men's player looks back on his illustrious career which spans four World Cups, reveals his favourite moment in an England shirt and why it's the right time to step away. Steve Borthwick is full of praise for Youngs and another England centurion, Courtney Lawes, who has also called time on his career. Borthwick also condemns the online abuse Tom Curry has received this week and how the team have rallied around the flanker ahead of his 50th cap.
On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the latest on the Bongi Mbonambi case. We hear from Willie Le Roux on his England celebrations and a tribute to the departing Felix Jones. England head coach Steve Borthwick and captain Owen Farrell rally around Tom Curry as the flanker is picked for tomorrow's World Cup bronze medal match. Leigh Halfpenny announces his international retirement. And Munster add some road-tested quality to their academy.
Ben, Charlie and Charles reflect on an agonising weekend for England, who were knocked out of the Rugby World Cup after losing their semi-final by a single point to defending champions South Africa.The guys look at where the game was lost, and if England could have done more to build a lead when they were on top.The fallout from the match has been dominated by an allegation made by Tom Curry against Bongi Mbonambi after the England flanker accused the South African hooker of a racial slur. World Rugby are investigating the situation.We also take a look at New Zealand's comfortable win on Friday night over Argentina and ask if the All Blacks are now favourites to win a fourth World Cup on Saturday.And ahead of the third-place play-off on Friday night, we ask if the fixture is pointless.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
World Rugby has launched a formal review into allegations made by England's Tom Curry over a racial slur in their World Cup semi-final loss to South Africa. Curry approached referee Ben O'Keeffe during the first half, alleging South African hooker Bongi Mbonambi made the derogatory remark. The move is poised to disrupt the Springboks build-up to the final against the All Blacks on Sunday morning. Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
World Rugby has launched a formal review into allegations made by England's Tom Curry over a racial slur in their World Cup semi-final loss to South Africa. Curry approached referee Ben O'Keeffe during the first half, alleging South African hooker Bongi Mbonambi made the derogatory remark. The move is poised to disrupt the Springboks build-up to the final against the All Blacks on Sunday morning. Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
South African hooker Bongi Mbonambi has been accused of using a racial slur towards England flanker Tom Curry during the team's Rugby World Cup semi-final in Paris. Curry reported the alleged slur to referee Ben O'Keefe during the match - which the Springboks won to send them into this week's final against the All Blacks. Rugby reporter Joe Porter spoke to Corin Dann.
World Rugby has confirmed it will formally review the alleged use of a racial slur by South Africa hooker Bongi Mbonambi towards England's Tom Curry in their World Cup semi-final over the weekend.
Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi has been accused of using a racial slur towards England flanker Tom Curry during their Rugby World Cup semi-final in Paris. The South African rugby union says they are aware of the allegation and have started their own investigation. The Springboks play New Zealand in next Saturday's Rugby World Cup final with both sides chasing a record fourth title. Jan de Koning, editor of the sports news site Rugby365, was at a Springbok media stand-up earlier this morning. De Koning spoke to Corin Dann.
World Rugby has confirmed it will formally review the alleged use of a racial slur by South Africa hooker Bongi Mbonambi towards England's Tom Curry in their World Cup semi-final over the weekend.
It was always about ‘we' growing up with an identical twin for Tom Curry. The England and Sale Sharks flanker discusses their unique childhood together and what is now means playing in the same position, how the loss of his grandma affected him and his career to date. In this pod you will also hear from his brother Ben, his sister Charlotte and his uncle former England hooker John Olver, as well as England players Danny Care, Freddie Steward and Ollie Lawrence. FOLLOW:▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialEnglandRugby/▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englandrugby/▪️ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@englandrugby▪️ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@englandrugby▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/englandru...▪️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnglandRugby/ MORE:
Showing emotions was not something that sat easily with Ollie Lawrence. The Bath and England centre opens up on his emotional maturity journey, his growth in mindset as an only child and what it means to him to be a rugby international from a mixed background.In this pod you will also hear from his old teacher Simon Dawes, current Bath team mate Niall Annett as well as England players Tom Curry and Danny Care. FOLLOW:▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialEnglandRugby/▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englandrugby/▪️ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@englandrugby▪️ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@englandrugby▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/englandru...▪️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnglandRugby/MORE:
Making mistakes were part of growing up for Danny Care. The Harlequins scrum reflects on his lapses when establishing his rugby career and how they took away the thing he loved - playing for his country. Care also opens up about the importance of family, growing up in Yorkshire and playing football with Jamie Vardy.In this pod you will also hear from ex-international and club team mate David Strettle, former secondary school coach Peter Latham as well as current England players Ollie Lawrence and Tom Curry. FOLLOW:▪️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialEnglandRugby/▪️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englandrugby/▪️ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@englandrugby▪️ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@englandrugby▪️ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/englandru...▪️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnglandRugby/MORE:
On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the latest injury news from the Ireland camp ahead of Saturday's World Cup clash with Tonga. Tom Curry learns of his ban following his red card in England's win over Argentina. A Springboks legend has backed Rassie Erasmus for a return to Ireland, while Felix Jones explains the traffic light system. And France rest their big guns for Thursday's Pool A game with Uruguay.
This week the show loses a Butcher but gains a Curry, as Tom Curry joins Vince and Tony to talk about comic characters in the public domain, the punisher, social media in marketing and gives the show a reading challenge! Theres also great books to discover new and old, a quiz to play along with and find out where a mysterious VHS tape was discovered recently! Great stuff to check out this week - Osamu Tezuka, Metropolis, Frankenstein Agent of Shade, DCs new 52, The United: Going Underground, Jonny Cannon, Global Comix, We Belong Anthology, Baltimore Comic Con, SPX, Not Forgotten Anthology, Electric Chair, Adam Falp, Naff
The ACP team up with Tom Curry and look back on the last 8 years of the podcast. Books and moments are revisited, recommendations are laid down and tons of fun is had as the pod prepares for the next chunk of comic making years! Great stuff to check out this week - Tom Curry, Viz, Helen McCarthy, Leamington Comic Con, OK Comics, Mark Millar, Pat Mills, Awesome Comics, Infinite Kung Fu, Avery Hill, Follow Me In, Katriona Chapman, Breakwater, Porcelain, Snake Claws, Eternal, Outer Darkness, WIP Comics Anthology, Bette Noir, Andrew Clemson, Knave of Hearts, Sarah Webb, ACP recommends, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Jeff, Rising Sand, Dragons Claws, EJunkie Guardians of Pain, Jamie Me, B:Mecha
This week Tony is joined by his comics buddy and collaborator Mr Tom Curry. The pair discuss Osamu Tezuka's complicated and provocative Manga 'The Book of Human Insects'. A story of love, betrayal, and some troubling sexual violence. Tony makes the case that Tezuka is the greatest writer of comics so far! Do you agree? Let us know your thoughts over at the Never Iron Anything site. Many thanks for listening.
ASTOUNDING STORIES 20¢ On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month W. M. CLAYTON, Publisher HARRY BATES, Editor DR. DOUGLAS M. DOLD, Consulting Editor The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees That the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America; That such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen; That each newsdealer and agent is insured a fair profit; That an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages. The other Clayton magazines are: ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, WESTERN ADVENTURES, and WESTERN LOVE STORIES. More than Two Million Copies Required to Supply the Monthly Demand for Clayton Magazines. VOL. VI, No. 1 CONTENTS April, 1931 COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSO Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in "Monsters of Mars." MONSTERS OF MARS EDMOND HAMILTON 4 Three Martian-Duped Earth-Men Swing Open the Gates of Space That for So Long Had Barred the Greedy Hordes of the Red Planet. (A Complete Novelette.) THE EXILE OF TIME RAY CUMMINGS 26 From Somewhere Out of Time Come a Swarm of Robots Who Inflict on New York the Awful Vengeance of the Diabolical Cripple Tugh. (Beginning a Four-Part Novel.) HELL'S DIMENSION TOM CURRY 51 Professor Lambert Deliberately Ventures into a Vibrational Dimension to Join His Fiancée in Its Magnetic Torture-Fields. THE WORLD BEHIND THE MOON PAUL ERNST 64 Two Intrepid Earth-Men Fight It Out with the Horrific Monsters of Zeud's Frightful Jungles. FOUR MILES WITHIN ANTHONY GILMORE 76 Far Down into the Earth Goes a Gleaming Metal Sphere Whose Passengers Are Deadly Enemies. (A Complete Novelette.) THE LAKE OF LIGHT JACK WILLIAMSON 100 In the Frozen Wastes at the Bottom of the World Two Explorers Find a Strange Pool of White Fire—and Have a Strange Adventure. THE GHOST WORLD SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT 118 Commander John Hanson Records Another of His Thrilling Interplanetary Adventures with the Special Patrol Service. THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US 134 A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.
ASTOUNDING STORIES 20¢ On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month W. M. CLAYTON, Publisher HARRY BATES, Editor DR. DOUGLAS M. DOLD, Consulting Editor The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees That the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America; That such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen; That each newsdealer and agent is insured a fair profit; That an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages. The other Clayton magazines are: ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, WESTERN ADVENTURES, and WESTERN LOVE STORIES. More than Two Million Copies Required to Supply the Monthly Demand for Clayton Magazines. VOL. VI, No. 1 CONTENTS April, 1931 COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSO Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in "Monsters of Mars." MONSTERS OF MARS EDMOND HAMILTON 4 Three Martian-Duped Earth-Men Swing Open the Gates of Space That for So Long Had Barred the Greedy Hordes of the Red Planet. (A Complete Novelette.) THE EXILE OF TIME RAY CUMMINGS 26 From Somewhere Out of Time Come a Swarm of Robots Who Inflict on New York the Awful Vengeance of the Diabolical Cripple Tugh. (Beginning a Four-Part Novel.) HELL'S DIMENSION TOM CURRY 51 Professor Lambert Deliberately Ventures into a Vibrational Dimension to Join His Fiancée in Its Magnetic Torture-Fields. THE WORLD BEHIND THE MOON PAUL ERNST 64 Two Intrepid Earth-Men Fight It Out with the Horrific Monsters of Zeud's Frightful Jungles. FOUR MILES WITHIN ANTHONY GILMORE 76 Far Down into the Earth Goes a Gleaming Metal Sphere Whose Passengers Are Deadly Enemies. (A Complete Novelette.) THE LAKE OF LIGHT JACK WILLIAMSON 100 In the Frozen Wastes at the Bottom of the World Two Explorers Find a Strange Pool of White Fire—and Have a Strange Adventure. THE GHOST WORLD SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT 118 Commander John Hanson Records Another of His Thrilling Interplanetary Adventures with the Special Patrol Service. THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US 134 A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.
The world of original comic artwork gets the spotlight this week, and to join the ACP crew to talk about it is Alan Henderson (The Penned Guin). From big budget to bargains, from grail pages and covers to unique and personal sketches the chat is fun, entertaining and informative for those who don't know much about the scene! Plus of course recommendations, shout outs and plenty of comics fun! Great stuff to check out this week - Alan Henderson, The Penned Guin, Tom Curry, Drew Hird, Hull Comic Con 2023, Skaro Media, Lawless Comic Con 2023, Mahoneys #6, Tom Curry, John Price, Davit Dunlop, Poor Little Ghosts, The Snail, The Ginormous Kokju, Scott Koblish, Local Man #2, Burger: Nothing but Cheap Meat, The Great British Bump Off, Ghost Rider, Predator
This week Tony is joined by Tom Curry and Richard Sheaf to discuss the classic series Blake & Mortimer. The guys focus in on what is considered to be one of the best works of Edgar P. Jacob's early run 'The Yellow "M"' and how it stands up to a modern audience. Not to be missed. You can find Tom on Twitter here. You can find Richard at his blog here that details the history of British comics. It's well worth a read! Many thanks for reading.
Ben, Charlie and Charles look ahead to the return of the Six Nations this weekend but, with Wales' game against England in jeopardy due to the threat of a player strike, we dissect the problems within the Welsh game and speak with Cardiff Blues captain Josh Turnbull.Josh tells us why the players are looking to strike and what the likelihood of Saturday's game going ahead is.As for England, they look in good shape heading into the weekend with Courtney Lawes and Tom Curry both picked by Steve Borthwick. There is also a recall for George Ford, who made a return to Premiership action at the weekend. We discuss where the Sale Sharks fly-half could fit in the new England era.We also speak to Springboks star Cheslin Kolbe to get his thoughts on the Six Nations so far and his hopes for the year ahead as he prepares to defend the World Cup.Plus, we look ahead to the weekend's other two games where Italy host Ireland before what could be the match of the weekend on Sunday with Gregor Townsend's Scotland side taking plenty of momentum to Paris.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Will Kelleher is joined by Alan Dymock of Rugby World and the Chief Exec of Fijian Drua, Mark Evans!We look back on the recent round of Premiership action including a huge win for Newcastle over Leicester, another defeat for Bristol and a last gasp Owen Farrell drop goal which saw Saracens edge out GloucesterIt was a costly weekend for new England head coach Steve Borthwick, Owen Farrell could be banned for England's Six Nations opener after being cited for a dangerous tackle, meanwhile Luke Cowan Dickie and Tom Curry look set for a spell on the side lines after picking up knocks.There is some positive news coming from the England camp, Nick Evans has been added to their backroom staff, Mark Evans talks about his role in bringing him from New Zealand to the UK and what impact he could have as part of Steve Borthwick's teamAnd as always we have our God and Goddess of the week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Johnnie and Jerome are joined by Manny Meafou to discuss Christmas in Toulouse, from secret santa to the rigours of the festive period for players and coaches. We also discuss Manny's recent French citizenship test, Antoine Dupont's moustache, scrapping with Sale, Tom Curry's on-field chat and much more. Plus, we look at the best of the action from Round 2 of the Heineken Champions Cup and pick our MEATER Moment of the Week...Use the code FRENCHPOD10 at checkout for 10% off any full price item at Meater.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Two amigos are joined by the ACPs 'fourth Beatle', as this Tom Curry joins the gang to talk about the collections of the ACP gang. From comic books old, to new purchases the chat goes far and wide. And not only that there's a play-along comics quiz about vintage Girls Comics! Don't miss out! Great stuff to check out this week - Tom Curry, Spider Man vs Superman, Avengers, Marmaduke, Lost Dogs, London Comic Mart, G.I. Joe Annual #2, Power Man and Iron Fist, Rio, Oxfam Book Shop - Bristol, John Sable: Freelance, Barbaric, The Hands of Shang Chi, Ducks, Kate Beaton, Cult Comics, Jason Aarons, Ghost Rider, Akira, Jack Kirbys Challengers of the Unknown, B:Mecha, Ass Teroid Belters, Spatchcock, Gavin Mitchell Click here to buy comics from the creators of the Awesome Comics Podcast! Let us know what you think! Email: awesomecomicspod@gmail.com Join the discussion today at our facebook group Awesome Comics Talk Check out the folks who sponsor this lil show - the mighty folks at Comichaus! If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badassery at www.chadfifer.bandcamp.com
When you're a professional pirate, You are always in the best of company! It's time to play the music this week as we're Sailing For Adventure, specifically in pursuit of buried treasure! We have excellent company on this voyage; frogs, rats and bears (oh my!) as we discuss Muppet Treasure Island! We're going to find out how to be A Professional Pirate, as our sensational, inspirational, celebrational and muppetational partners square off against The Pirate King himself, Tom Curry! Will this one Shiver Danny's Timbers, or will it give him Cabin Fever and drive him overboard? Why don't you get things started by Downloading Now! Music: Purple-Planet.com
On we have a tale that is a bit on the wild side of another dimension. It is titled Hell's Dimension and for the record is not a place that you want to stay. Also, on the show, we review the audiobook collection The Chronicles Of Narnia, and I answer a question from Packer5214 that I have been waiting for someone to ask! So press that play button and let's get started. Featured Story - Hell's Dimension Our featured story comes from the April, 1931 edition of Astounding Magazine. I am constantly amazed at the stories they presented in the early years of this pulp mag and science fiction in general. This story truly is astounding in every way. Professor Lambert, deliberately ventures into a vibrational dimension to join his trapped fiancée. Do they escape? You'll find out in the story titled Hell's Dimension. It was written by Tom Curry and is read for us by Michael Harris. Other Stories Include - The Shepard Murder, Review - Chronicles Of Narnia, and Hell's Dimension Ron's Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, tell your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Social Links:Contact Links:
New and Notable: August 2022 Edition. We're sharing high profile crime stories told from the perspective of the journalists who covered them, an investigation into the secrets behind the multi-billion dollar porn industry, and an ode to scent. Featuring: True Crime Byline: "True Crime is one of the most popular genres in podcasting. Every year big studios release dozens of high production series about gruesome crimes and real-life scams. But before those stories become podcasts, most of the time, there's a dogged reporter doing the hard work of bringing them to light. True Crime Byline interviews the reporters who cover these crimes, and ask them what it was actually like to sit in courtrooms, chase down leads, get to know family members and talk to witnesses." Hot Money: "This series seeks to uncover the inner workings of the business side of the modern porn industry. The internet undeniably had a massive impact on shifting the way porn was distributed. In this first episode, Patricia Nilsson and Alex Barker of the Financial Times speak with sex performer Stoya about how this shift into tube sites, like Pornhub, changed things for her — and how the owners of tube sites are not subjected to the same stigmas." Welcome to Provincetown: "Welcome to Provincetown follows the stories of seven people over the course of a summer in the iconic LGBTQ community of Provincetown, Massachusetts. In this clip, host Mitra Kaboli introduces us to Qya Cristal, a local drag queen." Off Leash: "Dogs are, above all, creatures of the nose. What can they sniff out, and what can we learn about smelling by following them? Alexandra Horowitz talks to a detection-dog handler and a food critic about olfaction, then puts some Freakonomics hosts' noses to the test." Dear Old Dads: "Hey kids, get ON our lawn! Dear old Dads is a podcast examining and deconstructing all things Dad. From parenting to patriarchy; manning the grill to manning up; Dear Old Dads asks – what even is a dad anyway? What does it mean to be a good man in today's world? What should it mean? Listen along as we definitely find the correct, concise answers to all these questions and more, with hosts and dads Eli Bosnick, Thomas Smith, and Tom Curry." For more visit cbc.ca/podcastplaylist or follow us on Twitter: @podcastplaylist
In this week's episode, we find watchmen that give Alan Moore the creeps, GOP lawmakers mansplain the myth of the clitoris during a congressional hearing, and Thomas Smith and Tom Curry will teach me how to properly roll an extension cord. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show's hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show's sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out Dear Old Dads here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/dear-old-dads/id1627427933 Check out Lisa M. Lilly's stuff here: http://www.lisalilly.com/ --- Headlines: New bill would crack down on Christian “health care sharing” ministries: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/new-bill-cracks-down-on-scammy-christian-health-care-sharing-ministries/ Here's a list of all the nonreligious candidates running for office in 2022: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/nonreligious-candidates-2022/ The ‘Watchman Decree' is a scary vision of Christian nationalism in action: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/the-watchman-decree-is-a-scary-vision-of-christian-nationalism-in-action/ Penalize a shamelessly politicking Ariz. church, FFRF insists to the IRS: https://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/41288-penalize-a-shamelessly-politicking-ariz-church-ffrf-insists-to-the-irs Canadian Court clears the sale of 43 Catholic properties to pay sex abuse compensation: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/court-oks-sale-of-43-catholic-church-properties-to-settle-sex-abuse-claims/ GOP Congressman Jody Hice asks if women can give birth to turtles or a breakfast taco: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/07/gop-congressman-asks-women-can-give-birth-turtles-breakfast-taco/ In the same hearing, GOP Congressman Andrew Clyde mansplains what a woman is: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/07/gop-congressman-blasted-mansplaining-woman-woman/ And GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz doesn't understand what 'bisexual' means: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/07/republican-matt-gaetz-accuses-bisexual-woman-redefining-bisexuality/ --- This Week in Misogyny: WaPo whiffs on pregnant 10 year old fact check: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/20/wapo-joined-right-wing-propaganda-casting-doubt-10-year-olds-post-roe-nightmare Christian group moves to outlaw online ads for reproductive services: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/16/abortion-foes-move-to-block-online-ads-for-reproductive-services-00046195
This week the ACP step into fantasy worlds to talk about brave warriors, magical monsters and sentient weapons, and who better to talk to than the creator of the hit webcomic 'The Middle Age' Steve Conley! From tabling webcomics at huge comics shows, to creating tabletop gaming accessories and influences of all kinds its a fun chat not to be missed. Plus all that, great indie comic recommendations AND the mighty Awesome Drink and Draw maestro Tom Curry returns! Great stuff to check out this week - Steve Conley, The Middle Age, Astounding Space Thrills, Tom Curry, Simons Magic Shop, Nomad Sculpt, Rick Veitch, The Brat Pack, Zack Cobb, Limits KS, Coco Comic Con, Jungleland, Adam Falp, White Ash, Scout Comics, Dirty Basement #1, Europe Comics, Spellbound #1, Krania #2, Revenger, Warwick Fraser Combe Click here to buy comics from the creators of the Awesome Comics Podcast! Let us know what you think! Email: awesomecomicspod@gmail.com Join the discussion today at our facebook group Awesome Comics Talk Check out the folks who sponsor this lil show - the mighty folks at Comichaus! If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badassery at www.chadfifer.bandcamp.com
The way you know the Supreme Court is ruining the law in this country is if their lips are moving. Well, this time they've decided that a 10 year old precedent is already too old for them, and that if you were given a terrible lawyer by the state, you should have thought of that before you decided to be poor. Shinn v. Ramirez Also, check out Thomas's new podcast Dear Old Dads, with Eli Bosnick and Tom Curry!
Today we're joined by Scotland & British & Irish Lions scrum-half Ali Price to discuss his incredible stories over the last ten years of playing professional rugby. From fall outs and parties with Finn Russell, to the most expensive night out he's ever been on in Dubai (a marvel themed party), to how the lads stayed entertained on the lions tour, crazy scottish initiations involving clingfilm, getting into trouble as part of the infamous 'Edinburgh Six', being a professional baker when he was younger and why he keeps getting ripped by his teammates for taking his pet rabbit for a walk.....plus much more. ------ Look 'So Money' this summer with Beaufort and Blake and their incredible new summer range - get 15% off everything with the code 'More Lash'. https://www.beaufortandblake.com/
Tom Curry and Cecil Cicirello talk about their irreverent new book, "The Grand Unified Theory of Bullshit." VIDEO of this conversation: https://youtu.be/20_ajQYaZMQBOOK LINK: https://amzn.to/3vdqcM9COGDIS PODCAST: https://www.dissonancepod.com
Adapted by Julie Hoverson, from a story by Tom Curry, as published in Astounding Stories in 1930 A new acquisition by the museum contains a dark dark secret! Cast List Betty Young - Julia Carson Professor Walter Marble - Don Parris Professor Young - Charles Austin Miller Andrew Leffler - Mark Olson Rooney - Reynaud LeBeouf Smythe - Chuck Burke Doctor - Mitchell Carson Fred - Marshal Latham Guard - Reynaud LeBeouf Music by Wynn Erickson Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson Cover Design: Charles Austin Miller Many thanks to Project Gutenberg and Librivox for curating these classic stories. "What kind of a place is it? Why it's a special annex at the museum of natural history in 1930, can't you tell?" ************************************************ From an Amber Block [From the story by Tom Curry, published in Astounding Stories, July, 1930] Cast: Professor Walter Marble, young scientist, 30 Professor Young, old museum curator, 55 Betty Young, daughter with a clipboard, 20 Andrew Leffler, millionaire dilettante, 48 Rooney, guard, 57 Smythe, janitor, 40 Doctor, 45 Fred, workman, 25 OLIVIA Did you have any trouble finding it? What do you mean, what kind of a place is it? Why, it's a special annex at the museum of natural history in 1930, can't you tell? MUSIC Scene 1. SOUND ECHOING FOOTSTEPS SOUND WOOD CRATES BEING DISMANTLED AND REMOVED PROF These should prove especially valuable and interesting without a doubt, Marble, old man. MARBLE Have they all been brought in and set up, professor? PROF Check the manifest. Betty dear, do you have that? Should be on the clipboard. BETTY Let's see. Ah, yes - check, check - all checked off, present and accounted for. seventeen huge lumps of prehistoric amber. PROF I've told you time and time again not to bandy such unspecific terms. Until we have them precisely dated, they are assumed to be common cretaceous amber. BETTY Yes, father [correcting self] Professor. But there's nothing common about the size of these pieces! These are quite outside ...the standard deviation. SOUND SHE WALKS ON A BIT BETTY When you see bits of amber worked into jewelry, especially the ones with insects preserved in them, you just can't even picture something on this scale! MARBLE It was tricky getting them out of the ground, too. The workmen seemed afraid - didn't want to handle them for some silly reason. BETTY Is that ...coal in the biggest one? That dark center? MARBLE I am inclined to believe it will prove to be some sort of black liquid, possibly a pocket of colophony. BETTY Which is? MARBLE [somewhat dismissive] An oil derived from amber. [change of tone] Professor Young? PROF Yes? MARBLE Even with the dark central void, I think that big one will turn out to be the largest single piece of amber ever mined. PROF It appears to be several tons. It will take some maneuvering to get a proper weight on it. Betty? BETTY Yes, Professor? PROF Take this down. Stone 1 - we'll call this large one "stone one"-- BETTY Noted. PROF Make up a card when you get a chance. [back to describing] The amber is clear and pure in appearance, probably mixed with lignite. Yellow brown in color, irregular in shape. I think it is merely the thickness of the amber, and not any imperfections in its refractive structure, that make the central dark spot nothing more than a shadow. BETTY It's like a small mountain! PROF Nonsense. Get some specific measurements. Height; width through, say, four axes, at three equidistant levels. BETTY [resigned] Yes, professor. PROF If you need help, Walter here is a dab hand with triangulation. You'll help, won't you, Marble? MARBLE Certainly. Whatever you need. Miss Betty, I think we had better begin by drawing a rough sketch of the block. Scene 2. SOUND DOOR OPENS, ACROSS THE ROOM, CONFIDENT STRIDES ENTER LEFFLER [full of confidence] Well, well, well...what do you think of them? PROFESSOR Ignore him. BETTY Father! You have to play nice. He funds the research and gets to play philanthropic scientist. PROFESSOR You mean pseudo-scientific philanthropist. Yes, yes of course. [up] Mr. Leffler! All present and accounted for! LEFFLER [coming on] Everybody is talking about the big one! Orling is coming to see, along with plenty of others. Marble! Did you happen to catch any stories the workmen down there were telling? I'm thinking I'll publish something on the expedition, and that would be a great little chapter. MARBLE I don't think it was actual stories. Just general uneasiness and rumors of bad luck. Something about a creature swimming in a lake of ink, but the translator says the local dialect was pretty difficult. LEFFLER Well, monster or not, let's hope there's something good in there, something that will make all our effort worthwhile. [walking away] Maybe I can come up with a few tales, just spice, you know... MARBLE Superstition is curious, isn't it? [chuckles] How can anyone think that a fossil of a creature, penned in such a cell for thousands and thousands of years, could do any harm? PROF Superstition, by definition, is unreasonable. These amber blocks were mined in the Manchurian lignite deposits by Chinese coolies under Japanese masters. They believe anything over there. I remember working once with a crew of them that thought— BETTY [off] [scream!] PROF What is it, Betty dear? BETTY It - it - it--! MARBLE Her face is completely white! PROF You'd better sit down. SOUND SCUFFLE PROF What is it that has put you into such a state? BETTY I—I thought I saw something looking out, eyes that stared at me—-! [laughs, but forced] I suppose it was just Mr. Leffler's talk of monsters. There's certainly nothing there now. PROF Perhaps the Manchurian devil just likes beautiful young ladies, eh, Marble? [chuckles] [walking off] Well, be careful, dear. If it takes a notion to jump out at you, call for me and I'll return presently and exorcise it. BETTY [chuckles, but half hearted] I suppose you think I'm being hysterical, too, Mr. Marble? MARBLE [musing] No-o-o. PROF [coming back in] Come along Betty, we must go home. There's a long, interesting day ahead of us to-morrow, [going off again] and I want some time to read Orling's new work on matrices before we begin chipping at block number one. MARBLE [confidential] I... I saw something, too. Could it have been just some refraction of the light? BETTY [gasp] I—I don't know. I thought I saw two terrible eyes glaring at me from the inky heart. But when father laughed at me, I was ashamed and thought it was just my fancy. MARBLE The center is liquid, I'm sure of it. [beat] Well, we'll find out soon enough, once we get started. PROF [off, commanding] Come along, Betty! BETTY Be careful. SOUND SHE WALKS OFF Scene 3. MUSIC PROF Betty? Have you got the specimens we've laid out on tray 15 itemized yet? BETTY Yessir! 8 ants, 14 mosquitoes, 32 unidentified insect portions and 3 bees. PROF Very good. We'll make a scientist out of you, yet. [chuckles heartily] BETTY I'm sure I've got plenty to do as it is. You are being careful, aren't you? PROF That's the dozenth or so time you've inquired. What is it you expect to happen? BETTY I... I don't know. PROF [condescending] The stones are carefully anchored so they won't fall over, and carefully protected by their canvas covers when we're not working on them. BETTY I know. But do be careful. PROF You think the fabled Manchurian beast is going to break out of that stone like a - like a chick out of an egg - and run amok? BETTY You said you plan to work your way into position to tap that dark central core. PROF Between our heaters and our chisels, we'll be through into the central mass sometime tomorrow. It's getting much softer, now the outside shell is pierced. Amber used to be called – still is in some cultures – the stone that burns. BETTY [german name, but quiet] Bernstein. PROF Since not only does it become malleable when heated, it can actually return to its original resinous state – a state in which it is, once again, flammable! MARBLE But, for our purposes, it is soft and permeable – much easier to dig through than say granite or basalt. Pretty soon we'll find out whether we are right about it being liquid. We have to wait, and make some preparations for catching it, just in case. BETTY [nervous] Catching - what? MARBLE The liquid, of course. Some sort of large drainage pan should suffice. SOUND DISTANT BELL PROF And that is time. SOUND PEOPLE PUTTING THINGS AWAY, THE ROOM QUIETING DOWN BETTY Mr. Leffler wants to be here when the final breach is made. Should I call him and issue a formal invite? PROF Oh, don't bother me with him tonight. [walks off] We can summon him quickly enough when we're nearly there - otherwise, he'll spend all day hovering about and getting in the way. MARBLE Here's your coat, miss Young. BETTY Thanks. [sigh] I think it must have been my imagination. I certainly didn't see anything odd today. MARBLE Nor did I, but I kept thinking I heard dull scrapings from inside the block. My brain tells me I'm an imaginative fool, that nothing could be alive inside something that old - but just the same, I keep thinking about those eyes we thought we saw. [shaking it off] Just shows how far the imagination will take one. PROF [calling from off] It's getting dark, Betty! Better not stay here in the shadows or the devil will get you. I wonder if it will be Chinese or up-to-date American! BETTY [laugh, slightly annoyed] Funny how such smart men can sometimes be so dense. MARBLE Oh? BETTY Nothing. Good night! SOUND SHE WALKS Scene 4. SOUND DOOR OPENS ROONEY Here you go, miss Young. BETTY Night, Rooney! ROONEY Stayin' late this evening, are you? BETTY [going off] No, we're calling it a night, Rooney. SOUND HER FEET GO OFF ROONEY Good night, Miss Young. Sleep happy. BETTY [from off] Thanks, Rooney! ROONEY [whistles something irish] SOUND BETTY'S FEET COME BACK ROONEY Is there a problem, ma'am? BETTY You'll be extra careful tonight, won't you? ROONEY Well, miss, I'm always careful. Nobody can get in to harm anything while old Rooney's about. BETTY [reluctant but urgent] I don't mean that. I want you to be careful yourself, when you're anywhere near this room to-night. ROONEY [indulgent] Why, miss, what is there to be wary of? Nothing but some funny looking stones, far as I can see. BETTY Of course. Scene 5. MUSIC BETTY [sleeping fitfully] oh… looking ...at... me! SOUND TELEPHONE RINGS BETTY [comes awake with a gasp] SOUND GETS UP, OPENS DOOR PROF [off] Hello? Yes, speaking. [annoyed] Good morning, Smythe. BETTY Smythe? At the Museum? PROF Shh-shh! [gasp] My God! I—I can't believe it! Is he dead? BETTY Dead? Who? PROF I'll be right down, yes. SOUND HANGS UP THE PHONE PROF Dear, there's been a tragedy at the museum during the night. One of the guards has been killed. BETTY Oh no! Not Rooney! PROF I don't know them by name. Possibly by burglars. And Smythe, who found him, wants me to come down and see if anything has been stolen. I must go at once. The body is in our laboratory. Where did I leave my overcoat...? BETTY [sniffled a bit] Give me a minute to get dressed. PROF No, no. No need. BETTY [firm] I'm going with you. PROF You can come along later, once we have things ...tidied up a bit. BETTY I'll be all right. I promise you I will. And you know I'm the only one who can keep your notes straight. MUSIC Scene 6. AMB MUSEUM SMYTHE I've sent for an ambulance, Professor. PROF Of course, Smythe. Let me see the extent of the damage. SOUND DOOR OPENS SMYTHE Yes, of course. The body is around on the left ...here? Sir? PROF I must check on the stones first. See that nothing has been damaged. BETTY [grumpy mutter] Of course. Rooney's not going anywhere. PROF Aha. Nothing seems missing. BETTY Father, they're too large for someone to just run off with. PROF Why don't you go and check the trays in the lock room. Make sure nothing portable has walked away. BETTY Very well. PROF Smythe? The body? SMYTHE Here. PROF [musing] No pulse. Cold. He's been dead some time. BETTY [coming on] The lock on the room hasn't been tampered with, and – [gasp] PROF There's nothing we can do for him, now. It looks as though the poor fellow was set upon and stabbed a number of times by an assailant or assailants, whoever they were. BETTY Poor Rooney! He was so jolly and red-faced, but now - his skin is like chalk! PROF Rather shrunken, too. Almost as if there's no blood left in his veins. BETTY And that look on his face! He must have been terrified of whoever killed him. MARBLE There must have been several assassins; They beat him up frightfully. It would take more than one man to do such damage. BETTY [quietly] Poor man. Who will tell his grandchildren? MARBLE [quiet, sympathy] Yes. [up] His ribs are crushed in—see, this gash, Professor, that would be enough to cause death without any of the other wounds. BETTY [to herself, horrible fascination] What are they looking at? A horrible... blistered area under his arm? And a gash – oh, that must be what killed him! PROF Bloodless! As I said! It is as if the blood had been pumped out of the body! MARBLE And yet not much blood on the ground. I only see a couple of splotches, and those look like they're from more superficial cuts. PROF Maybe he was dragged here from another room. Perhaps the thieves were here to steal something in another part of the museum. Seems to me that men desperate enough to commit such a murder would not leave without trying to get what they came after. MARBLE Unless, of course, the killing of the guard frightened them away before they could get to their booty. SOUND FEET APPROACH SMYTHE I brought that doctor you asked for, Professor Young. MARBLE Any idea when this happened, Smythe? SMYTHE Well, he punched the clock in here at two A.M. - I seen that. MARBLE And he never made it to his next punch? SMYTHE Nope. [heavy sigh] And it's the last time he'll ever do his duty, poor feller. DOCTOR Curious odor. [sniffs] It smells like musk, but is fetid. I suppose it's some chemical you use in your lab here? PROF I noticed that, too. Nothing I recognize. Marble? Where did he get to? Marble? MARBLE [off] There are wavy black lines on the tiles, leading around back of the block! PROF You will have to be more specific. Wavy lines indeed! MARBLE [moving further off] come and look, then! They go around the back, and – good god! BETTY What? SOUND PEOPLE DASH TO LOOK BETTY That - that dark “hollow” in the stone – it's completely open! PROF Marble, get me samples of that liquid before it all evaporates, would you? Didn't anyone think to check behind the block here? BETTY Everyone was pretty distracted by Rooney. PROF [dismissive] The corpse? I suppose, but he's certainly in no further danger. BETTY [quiet but intense] You're more interested in your black liquid then a man who lost his life. MARBLE [off] It's not liquid at all! At least not any more. It's nearly all dried, Professor Young. [musing] Dried into those strange wavy runnels and patterns... BETTY It looks like black lacquer. And that smell. I see what the doctor meant! PROF Our chipping and hammering and the heat of the radiator causing it to expand must have forced out the sepia, or whatever it is. [disappointed sigh] I had hoped that inside the liquid we would discover a fossil of value. MARBLE Yes... MUSIC Scene 7. AMB CROWD TALKING, OFF MARBLE Look here Betty, I guess it's just you and me that might have seen this… thing. BETTY That hole in the amber – it's awful big! Who knows WHAT might have been inside? MARBLE [dubious] Could have been nothing at all… BETTY Did that black stain look like it could have been enough to fill the entire cavity? I'm quite sure it was full. MARBLE I'll poke around a bit. BETTY Be careful! MARBLE I will. Say, from here, does the giant block look like it's been moved? BETTY Hold on – I have some sketches. SOUND FLIPPING PAPERS ON HER CLIPBOARD BETTY Gosh! You're right! It's shifted just a bit! But it – it's huge! Tons, Father said. [rationalizing] Oh! It must have been the explosion- or expulsion – of all that liquid. That might very well have shifted it, mightn't it? MARBLE [dubious] Maybe. BETTY You're worried about those marks in the black gunk, aren't you? MARBLE They look like claw marks, not mere natural striations. BETTY Professor Marble? Please don't look any longer. Let's leave this terrible place - for the day, anyway - until we see what happens in the next twenty-four hours. MARBLE I must make a search. My brain calls me a fool, but just the same, I'm worried. BETTY Do you really think ...? MARBLE I fear so. MUSIC Scene 8. BETTY Is there any further word on the murder? MARBLE Your father has dismissed it as a botched theft attempt. BETTY I – I can't believe it. And what about the blood? MARBLE The blood? BETTY Father may be able to disregard it, but he's the one who pointed out that all of poor Rooney's blood was… missing. Were there any other signs of struggle? Anywhere? Or even some sign of a break-in? MARBLE No. [dubious] But it might be the work of a slick professional cracksman. BETTY And how many of those would rather randomly kill a man than hide until the guard has gone on along his rounds, tell me that? MARBLE [chuckle] I didn't say that was MY opinion. BETTY I'm going to try to take father home, right after lunch, if he'll go. He's so stubborn. If you must stay, would you – please – carry a gun? MARBLE Very well. Not that I think it would be of much use, if I did find—-[cuts himself off] SOUND DOOR SLAMS OPEN, IMPERIOUS FEET ENTER LEFFLER [from across the room] What's this I hear? A watchman killed in the night? Carelessness, man, carelessness! MARBLE [quiet] Betty, see if your father needs anything. BETTY Good idea. LEFFLER The authorities here are absurd! They hold priceless treasures and yet they allow thieves to enter and wreak their will. [arrived] You, Marble! What's all this mean? MARBLE We do the best we can, Mr. Leffler. It is unlikely that anyone would wish to, let alone be ABLE to, steal such a thing as that block of amber. LEFFLER And why not? It cost ME thousands of dollars! MARBLE It took the use of several large machines and a good deal of manpower to bring it INTO this room. Any attempt to similarly leave – well, it would hardly pass unnoticed. LEFFLER Hogwash! I understand it's been broken into! There's pieces of my beautiful stone gone missing, mark my words! SOUND BELL BETTY It's time for lunch, Professor Marble. MARBLE You'll excuse us? Good. SOUND THEY WALK AWAY, LEAVING LEFFLER [fading as they leave] OF all the things! I have contributed considerable sums to this museum, and to see my money treated as if it were no more valuable than the general run of arrowheads and pot shards! MARBLE Phew. Thanks for coming to my rescue. BETTY He'll still be at it when we get back. MARBLE yes, but I will have had some coffee! SOUND DOOR SHUTS, CUTTING OFF LEFFLER MARBLE Poor Rooney. It's been preying on me. Betty, I feel more or less responsible, in a way. BETTY No, no! How could you have foreseen such a thing? MARBLE Those eyes. I shouldn't have discounted what we saw. I should have taken precautions. But I had no idea it could burst from its prison. BETTY You will get a revolver before you search further? [firm] I'm going to, too. Smythe has one, and I know he'll lend it to me. MARBLE I believe Leffler has seen something, too. That's why he keeps talking about it being our fault. His talk about the devil inside the block was half in earnest. BETTY He never seemed to take it any more seriously than – than father does! MARBLE Perhaps he put it down to imagination, or even did not think this fossil could be dangerous. BETTY I think Rooney could show them the error of their assumptions. MUSIC Scene 9. SOUND OUTSIDE BETTY There's some kind of commotion at the museum entrance! MARBLE Figures. We leave the building for just long enough to eat, and something happens! SOUND CROWD MURMURS GUARD Stay back, folks. The museum is closed. MARBLE Let us through! GUARD The museum is closed to the public, sir! MARBLE I'm not the public! I insist you tell me what's going on! GUARD Come inside, then both of you. SOUND DOOR SHUTS, CLOSING OUT CROWD GUARD Somethin's happened up in the paleontological laboratories. Dunno just what, but orders come down to clear the rooms and not let anybody in but members of the staff, sir. MARBLE Blast! SOUND QUICK WALKING BETTY Walter! Please wait! Get yourself a gun. MARBLE All right. You! GUARD Me? MARBLE [to guard] Give me your gun. [to her] Betty, you need to stay here, where it's safe. BETTY I'm going with you. MARBLE As a senior staff member to a junior one, I order you to remain downstairs. BETTY Hmph. Very well. SOUND HIS FOOTSTEPS GO ONE WAY, THEN HER FOOTSTEPS GO OFF IN ANOTHER DIRECTION Scene 10. MUSIC SOUND CHECKING AMMO IN A GUN SOUND BETTY STRIDING PURPOSEFULLY BETTY [talking to herself] Good. I knew Smythe would come through for me. Marble may be a bright fellow, but anyone could see another gun will come in handy— SOUND RUNNING FEET COMING FRED [panic heavy breathing] BETTY What is it? Fred! Look at me! Tell me what's going on! FRED [gasping and babbling] There was a black fog—I saw a red snake with legs— BETTY A what? Oh no! You get on out of here! FRED B-but where are you going? BETTY To make sure the professors are all right! Scene 11. SOUND HER RUNNING FEET, THEY SLOW BETTY [coughing] What's that [cough] in the air. Phew! It smells like—[suddenly alert] It smells like whatever came out of that stone! LEFFLER [distant horrible SCREAM] BETTY Walter! SOUND SHE RUNS, GASPING, THROUGH THE FOG BETTY [muttered] It just keeps getting thicker and thicker – I can barely see! [up] Walter?? SOUND FOOTSTEPS SLOW, PATTING ALONG WITH HAND BETTY Ah, the door. LEFFLER [whimpering, distant] SOUND DRAGGING JUICY AWFUL NOISES BETTY [sharp whisper] Where are you? LEFFLER [whimpery scream, cut off – urk!] BETTY If only the sun would come out, the skylights might cut through some of this murk! [up] Walter! MARBLE [quiet but urgent] Go back, Betty, go back! SOUND HER SLOW STEPS MARBLE [disgust and sorrow] Oh, Leffler! [groan] BETTY [gasp] Here you are! MARBLE I told you to get out of here! BETTY Is he hurt? MARBLE He's dead. Just like Rooney, far as I can tell. BETTY But he just twitched! MARBLE Something must have a hold on him! BETTY Some thing? [screams] SOUND SHE RUNS MARBLE Get out of here, Betty! Get to safety! SOUND SLITHERY NOISE MARBLE I'll keep anything from following you. BETTY [scream breaks off with noise of effort] SOUND SMASH OF GLASS Scene 12. MARBLE What are you doing? BETTY Terrified or not, I'm not leaving you, Walter! [noise of effort] SOUND ANOTHER WINDOW BREAKS BETTY But unless we get some air in here, that nasty haze will be our undoing! MARBLE [astonished] Good girl! It's starting to clear a bit. BETTY Where are you? I can see Leffler's … body… now, but-- Walter? MARBLE [loud whisper] Stay clear of the amber. BETTY Which one? MARBLE [loud whisper] All of them. I think IT is hiding among them, somewhere. BETTY How can we tell? MARBLE [strange urgency] Betty, please go outside and call some of the men. BETTY What are you looking ...at...? Oh. That black smoke – that's not moving because of the open window, is it? MARBLE [strained, conversational] It's coming out from under that canvas cover. BETTY [shocked but trying to sound calm] That's where it is! MARBLE The cover is too big to move all in one go by myself. BETTY I can get— MARBLE Don't come any closer! BETTY I'll grab the rope from here – between us, we can flip it! SOUND SUCKING TENTACLE NOISE BETTY [stifled noise of horror] MARBLE Well, it's definitely under there. SOUND ANOTHER SLITHER MARBLE All right... now! SOUND FLAP OF CLOTH Scene 13. MONSTER [hiss] BETTY [scream] MONSTER [shriek] MARBLE All red, with black patches! Reptilian, but some sort of secondary nostrils on the – aha! That's where the black miasma in the air comes from! BETTY IS coming from! It's trying to blind us with its smokescreen. MARBLE Did you see where it went? BETTY Other side of the block, I think! Oh, that smell! MARBLE It must have been right there, under the canvas, all day. BETTY Within arm's reach of the whole staff? How awful! MARBLE [disgust] It came out only when there was comparative quiet, to get its food.... BETTY We-we must kill it! [slower] We... must… MARBLE Betty! Its eyes – they're hypnotizing her Like a snake! Snap out of it, Betty! SOUND SLITHERING SLURPING NOISE MARBLE Betty! SOUND THUMP, SKID, AS HE KNOCKS HER OVER, GETTING HER OUT OF THE WAY BETTY [snapping out of it] Its mouth – that long fanged tongue! MARBLE [noting to self] It has the thick body of an immense python and the clawed legs of a dinosaur. BETTY And it's horrible! MARBLE But it also appears to have tentacles, like some sort of terrestrial octopus.... BETTY Still horrible! MARBLE Betty, no one has ever had such an experience as this, seen such a sight, and lived to tell of it. It must be ravenous with hunger, shut up in its amber cell inside the black fluid. I— SOUND WHISTLING HISS – INTAKE OF AIR BETTY I have a feeling it's about to blow! MARBLE I think it's armored. I'll have to aim for the head. SOUND SIX SHOTS BETTY [screaming] It's coming! SOUND WEIRD SLITHER THUMP AS IT MOVES BETTY Come on! SOUND THEY BACK AWAY MARBLE It's in front of the door! BETTY We can't go out the window! We're too high up! Here. SOUND HANDS HIM GUN BETTY I counted and you're just about out. SOUND CLICK MARBLE Good gravy you're right. [ugh, throws the empty gun] Thanks. Now you get moving while I distract it! Hurry! Run for your life! BETTY Oh, Walter! SOUND SHE RUNS SOUND SLITHER, SNAP, GUNSHOTS BETTY [off] Oh, there MUST be something! Aha! [Ugn! Breaks glass case] SOUND GLASS BREAKS, GRABS FIRE AXE SOUND MONSTER LUNGES AT MARBLE, MORE GUNSHOTS, CLICK BETTY [muttered] I won't let you die, Walter! SOUND SHE RUNS, THEN BETTY UGN!!!! SOUND CHOP OF AXE INTO FLESH MONSTER [HORRIBLE SCREAM!] MARBLE No! Over here, you beast! Keep looking at me! BETTY And again! SOUND THUMP, SQUISH MONSTER Scream! SOUND THRASHING MARBLE Look out Betty! The tail! BETTY What? Ugh! [smacked down] SOUND BODY DROP MARBLE No! Betty! FADE INTO BLACKNESS AND SILENCE Scene 14. MUSIC STUMBLES IN BETTY [waking, muttering] What?? What happened? [sudden gasp, freaking out] The monster! MARBLE [manly agony] Oh, my darling! Are you badly hurt? BETTY [calming down] No. I'm—I'm all right. But—but Walter—did it—? PROF He's fine, but the monster is hacked to pieces, and don't think I'm simply using an unscientific term. MARBLE I – i- when I saw you fall, I think I went a bit mad. And then the axe was in my hand, and – PROF [stern] And he utterly mutilated a marvelous and unique specimen. BETTY Father! We could have been killed! PROF [relenting] Well, there are still some remains to examine. They're taking the rest of it away now. PROF I think we will find it to be some sort of missing link between the dinosaurs and mososaurs. Thus, the tentacles. SOUND HE WALKS AWAY PROF [lecturing as he leaves] It is surely unbelievable that such a creature should be found alive; but perhaps it can be explained. It is related to the amphibians and was able to live in or out of the water. MARBLE Hmph. Oh, to the devil with paleontology, Betty. You saved my life. Come out and let's get married. I love you. PROF [droning on in the background] Now, we have many instances of reptiles such as lizards and toads penned up in solid rock but surviving for hundreds of years. BETTY At least we're safe, Walter. And unique! MARBLE How's that? BETTY It's not every woman who is helped by a living fossil to make the man she loves realize he loves her! PROF Evidently this great reptile went through the same sort of experience. I would say that there has been some great upheaval of nature, that the reptile was caught in its prison of amber thousands and thousands of years ago. Through hibernation and perhaps a preservative drug it emitted in the black fluid, this creature has been able to survive its long imprisonment. Naturally, when it was released by the cutting away of part of the amber which penned it in, it burst its cell, ravenous with hunger. SOUND HE FADES OUT INTO CLOSING MUSIC ENDING
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