Podcast appearances and mentions of Walt Kelly

New Yorker cartoonist, Robert Leighton joins us on the second half of the podcast this week.Robert started drawing cartoons at an early age and started a comic strip, called Carl & Goober, when he was eight. The strip was very much influenced by Walt Kelly's, Pogo and Robert even used one of its characters in a strip he did for the Northwestern University Humor magazine. His first cartoon in the New Yorker was published in 2002 and he has been a frequent contributor ever since. He is also a well know puzzle maker, starting his puzzling career in the late 1980s at GAMES Magazine. You can find more about Robert at his website here:https://robert-leighton.comYou can find more of his cartoons at his instagram page:https://www.instagram.com/roberteleightonRobert and Paul talk about The Firesign Theatre, a very funny comedy group. https://firesigntheatre.comOn Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #939 (Medusa du jour.)Finalists for contest #941 (Piano noir.)Current New Yorker contest #943 (Couching up a hairball.) We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.You can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.comDig deep into the New Yorker cartoon caption contest data at:https://wordsbelow.app Send us questions or comments to:  Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com

JOIN SHERI HORN HASAN @ KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM FOR THIS WEEK'S “KARMIC EVOLUTION'S ASTROLOGICALLY SPEAKING PODCAST which discusses how this month's lunar cycle & America's Pluto Return have revealed America's shadow side energies…Do the results of the November 5 U.S. presidential election—which occurred during the early waxing period of November 1's Scorpio New Moon—prove that America's projections onto winner Donald Trump represent America's Pluto Return, a time of the death of democracy to be followed by some kind of rebirth?This podcast examines the journey of America's Pluto return, which technically began when transiting Pluto came within a degree of its natal 2nd House place at 27-degrees 33-minutes of Capricorn on May 21, 2021. This followed the January 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., which marks the beginning of America's transformation.We explore the history of the birth of America through the lens of the beginning of the Revolutionary War—fought for freedom from the tyranny of the British monarchy/king--& the U.S. Sibly chart's July 4, 1775, Declaration of Independence.Along the way we discuss how this recent election has thrust a large portion of the American population into shock & disbelief of the PTSD kind. And how, given Pluto's archetypal association with the necessity of a breakdown in order to breakthrough--or the alchemical process of death leading to rebirth—we are in the first stages of dealing with the potential death of democracy.We explore too Carl Jung's definition of the Plutonian alchemical process which begins by consciously recognizing our shadow projections. Often a shocking revelation, this provokes the break down all the way through to until we reach the stage of of individuation & ultimately what Jung called “authentic personification.” That means engaging in the process of becoming--then ultimately BEING--who we really came here to be.This process is neither easy nor painless, as history has already proven. And it's often change that begets more change. That is what revolutions are born from. People take the streets when their lives are personally impacted.As Saturn stations direct once again on November 15—the same day of the Taurus Full Moon which aligns itself with Uranus retrograde in Taurus (signifying a sudden potential change of heart) & opposes the Scorpio Sun—will we eventually recognize the need to release this shadow side energy? Or will circumstances have to get far worse as the shadow energy expands until some kind of future action is taken?We are in the period of the birth of America, which spanned from 1775 to 1789 during which period a war was fought, independence was gained, a Constitution written, a president inaugurated, and a justice system incorporated through the seating of a Supreme Court.In essence, if history is our guide, America's Pluto return has just begun. When transiting Uranus moves into Gemini July 7, 2025, & begins to conjoin its natal place at 8-degrees 55-minutes of Gemini in the U.S. Sibly chart in 2027, history has proved the U.S. tends to enter wars. First, of course, the American Revolution; second, the American Civil War; and third, World War II. These have tended to occur as each 84-year cycle of Uranus ended and a new one began.This podcast reminds us all that America has shown its true face: that of indifference to the inequities inherent in its democratic system of governance. Racism, misogyny, & xenophobia are not new here. They have simply been hidden from view all this time within the mainstream of society.This current Pluto Return is bringing these hidden shadow energies to the forefront & revealing them for all to see. So, when a deportation crew comes for our neighbor, will we remain silent? When they come for our teachers & librarians will we remain silent? When they come for our governor or senator or representative, will we remain silent?And when they then come for YOUR undocumented spouse, will YOU remain silent? When they come for your Arab-American son-in-law, will you remain silent? And when they come for YOU, who will be left? And so it goes, as history repeats itself—or at least rhymes--over and over and over again.While initially shocking & depressing for many of us, this recent election will undoubtedly spark change--possibly through a societal revolution that leads to war, if that is the only way to effect long-term future change. That's Pluto, my friends…And while that may seem to some far-fetched and to others far off, the seeds have been planted and it's this Scorpio monthly lunar cycle that cries out to us to plant the seeds that help us recognize the TRUTH about what America has become.And the November 15 Taurus New Moon--since our shadows have now been revealed--will beg us to jettison our previously hidden hatreds, jealousies, & perceived need for revenge & retribution against “THEM.” Because as Walt Kelly's character Pogo the possum revealed long ago: “We have met the enemy, and he is US.”Listen to more Astro News You Can Us in this week's podcast @ KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM which drops today November 8 at 11 a.m. PT & 2 p.m. ET! See you then, namaste…

Erik Distler is responsible for overseeing AEG Sustainability, the organization's corporate sustainability program. In this capacity, he focuses on global strategies and tactics that address operational impacts and capture and measure data across key environmental metrics, such as greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and waste reduction. He also supports AEG's global business units in the implementation and execution of sustainability initiatives, manages external partnerships related to sustainability, facilitates the sharing of best practices, and ensures that sustainability is a source of value across the company. Distler has worked at the intersection of environmental and social responsibility in sports and entertainment for more than ten years. Before joining AEG, he built and led the sports-focused sustainability strategy and program at Nike. Prior to Nike, he was with the Green Sports Alliance where he oversaw relationships with corporate partners, live entertainment events, professional sports leagues and clubs, sports governing bodies, and collegiate schools and conferences, as well as working extensively with ESPN. He also spent time as a sustainability consultant with PwC. Distler began his career in accounting and finance, where he worked for Deloitte and The Siegfried Group LLP for the first seven years of his career. He received his Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School and his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Iowa State University, graduating with Honors and High Distinction.. Erik Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: How AEG manages sustainability at large events like music festivals Piloting initiatives at smaller events to apply learnings and replicate at larger events Incorporating reusable materials at events in partnership with Our World Advice and recommendations for sustainability professionals Erik's Final Five Questions Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? I would say have as many conversations as you can. Sustainability departments are often departments and functions that are in service to the business. We tend to operate as internal consultants. So how can we be everywhere at the same time? How can we ensure that every part of the business has the opportunity to build sustainability into their work? How do we consult to provide subject matter expertise to the business? The work we do within the department is measurement and data and setting sustainability targets and all that kind of exists within our function. But it all starts with having conversations. I wouldn't be afraid to sit down with someone and ask them more questions than provide statements on how they feel, how they perceive sustainability, where they feel as though it's working, where it's not working, what can we do more of that really helped build out our sustainability strategy. Do a little bit of a needs assessment on what stakeholders and partners value. The only other thing I'd say too secondary is, don't be afraid to start somewhere. I think we often feel as though the challenges we're up against are audacious and global and all encompassing, and they are. It can sometimes feel like we're out at sea against a massive challenge on our own  when we think of climate issues. That can freeze one up. It can stifle movement. You can feel like, "well, what can I do? I can't possibly make a difference." It's amazing what just taking one small step can lead to. There's been this kind of backlash against incrementalism in the space, like we need big changes, not incremental changes, but I don't know that I agree with that. I think an incremental quick change that you can grow on and iterate from can turn into something very big. So don't be afraid to start somewhere. Start with something that you can measure, for sure. But have those conversations and turn those small steps into big steps. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? There's a lot to be excited about. When realizing the gravity of the issue that we're facing, I think it's important to find sources of encouragement and hopefulness. There's really no other way. There's a line by Walt Kelly from his pogo comic strip many years ago that says, “we are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.” I use that and refer to that a lot. Try to figure out what is the opportunity in front of us and be optimistic about it. I think there's an excitement around the external forces. They're becoming louder and more influential, and that's encouraging. Our fans, our partners, our sponsors, our artists and entertainers. There's more of a voice and more influence that is being laid upon us and expected from us. I think collaboration is increasing cross-sector research companies that are competitive coming together in a pre-competitive way. Higher education institutions are pulling us in to do research that will help us in our business. We're seeing a lot of that. There's also a healthy kind of push, pull and engagement among our partners and sponsors. There's that untapped space with partnerships and sponsorships where it's determining inventory and the assets and how sustainability can be valued and monetized, but the conversations that we're having with partners or potential partners around shared goals, targets, aspirations, and what we can do together to help achieve our individual sustainability goals, kind of matches up. There's a lot of energy and excitement around that. What is one book you would recommend sustainability leaders read? One is Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows. It's a book that'll retrain your brain to consider the interconnectedness of literally everything around you. And then Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins. It's that seminal book on environmental economics. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? I read Green Bizz, 3BL and Triple Pundit. We get a lot of resources from our longtime partner, Schneider Electric. We've worked with them for many years and they have webinars and lots of sessions and thought leadership that we use a lot. I also keep up on the guidance from the GHG protocol, the EPA, the UN. In our space in particular, there are two organizations that are co- holding up the movement, Green Sports Alliance on the sports side and a more newly formed music sustainability alliance on the music side. We look to these two entities to hold and convene us, and there's a lot of good research and thinking coming out of those orgs as well. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work being done at AEG? Our website, aegworldwide.com. There's an About Us dropdown at the top, and we have a somewhat newly revamped sustainability page and more changes coming. We're building out a microsite off that page when we have our next generation sustainability goals finalized. We'll have all that good stuff up there. We also have case studies or what we call sustainability stories up on that page. Also under About Us, you can read about our social impact and DEI functions as well. We have a Twitter account, we recently rebranded it from AEG One Earth to the handle, @AEGSustain or the account name, AEG sustainability. We're trying to get information up there. And of course, LinkedIn is a great place to reach out to myself or anyone from our sustainability team.

Santa Claus is coming to town! Our monthlong celebration of Xmas-themed comics kicks off with THE GREAT TREASURY OF CHRISTMAS COMIC BOOK STORIES, featuring a smorgasbord of golden age holiday tales brought together in a gorgeously festive hardcover, edited by Craig Yoe and published by Yoe Books + IDW in 2010. Featuring art and stories by John Stanley, Walt Kelly, Richard Scarry, and more! --- Follow us on Instagram at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/theveryfinecomicbookpodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and send us questions to potentially read on-air via IG DM or via email at theveryfinecomicbookpodcast@gmail.com If you're enjoying The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast, please take the time to Rate it [on Spotify], Rate+Review it [on Apple Podcasts], Follow/Subscribe, and tell a friend! New episodes forthcoming weekly! Mail us things c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada Thanks for listening! Keep reading comics! ---

At five years old, Jeff Smith brought Fone Bone to life. Immediately enthralled by the characters of Walt Kelly, Charles M. Schulz, Walt Disney, and others, the kid desperately sought to contribute his own creation. While most abandon their childhood ideas, Smith carried Fone Bone into his teenage years, college life, and adulthood. Why? The question rests at the core of this week's episode. We chat with Jeff Smith about his nearly lifelong relationship with Fone Bone and how it evolved from a cartooning challenge into an elaborate comic strip for his college paper and then radically expanded into the bestselling Bone saga. Even after concluding that twelve-year journey, Smith can't shake Fone Bone and his cousins. Scholastic's Graphix recently published Bone: More Tall Tales, an anthology jammed with Smith's peers (Tom Sniegoski, Stan Sakai, Katie Cook, Matt Smith, and Scott Brown), all giving their spin on the Bone universe. Especially noteworthy, Jeff Smith and Cartoon Books have launched a new Kickstarter, gathering the early stories that would ultimately shape Bone - Thorn: The Complete Proto-Bone College Strips from 1982 to 1986 and Other Early Drawings.  Whatever glimpses we've previously seen of these Proto-Bone strips were brief and relatively limited. Having the chance to read them offers tremendous insight into our Bone obsession and into the artist that birthed it. Here is a Rosetta Stone of sorts. Some cartoonists might shiver at the thought of their readers encountering such early attempts, but Jeff Smith embraces the opportunity. As some might be aware, he recently suffered a debilitating heart attack. He's in a reflective state, and Smith looks upon his early work with a new perspective and consideration. And he's more than happy to share it with us. The new Thorn Kickstarter is an essential read for fans of Bone, and we believe this conversation with Jeff Smith is equally so. Join us as we travel back to the early days when a kid found himself in a cartoon and dragged that doodle through adolescence and into the various weird stages adulthood also offers. As always, Omnibus, the Digital Comic Store and Reader, sponsors our Referrals segment. This week, we selected two comic book titles on the app that satisfy this episode's themes. We won't spoil what they are here, but if you click the links below, you'll be immediately escorted to the books. Brad's Referral Lisa's Referral Keep up to date on all things Jeff Smith by visiting his Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Find the Thorn: The Complete Proto-Bone College Strips from 1982 to 1986 and Other Early Drawings on Kickstarter.  Listen to our previous Jeff Smith conversation, discussing Tuki: Fight for Fire and Tuki: Fight for Family. Final Round of Plugs (PHEW) Now Open - the CBCC Digital Shop! Support the Podcast by Joining OUR PATREON COMMUNITY! Join us at the Alamo Drafthouse in Winchester, Virginia on 12/3 at 4:00 PM for our Flash Gordon screening, co-hosted by Psycho Cinema, co-sponsored by Four Color Fantasies, and benefitting The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Don't forget! Watch the latest episode of The B&B Show, where Brad and Bryan Review the Hottest Cinematic Releases. And, of course, follow Comic Book Couples Counseling on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter @CBCCPodcast, and you can follow hosts Brad Gullickson @MouthDork & Lisa Gullickson @sidewalksiren. Send us your Words of Affirmation by leaving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts. Continue your conversation with CBCC by hopping over to our website where we have reviews, essays, and numerous interviews with comic book creators. Podcast logo by Aaron Prescott @acoolhandfluke, podcast banner art by @Karen_XmenFan.

Ep #620 Of The Clay Edwards Show On 103.9 WYAB (10/23/23) 1. Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith's home was the apparent target of a potential drive-by shooting down in Lincoln county Sunday at 12:45pm. We were the first outlet to break this story, it's since been confirmed by Therese Apel at DarkHorse Press as well as Russ Latino at Magnolia Tribune. 2. Mississippi convicted double murderer and the recently paroled James Williams III was arrested Friday night in Pearl, Ms. by Pearl P.D. for DUI first offense. We warned people that he shouldn't have ever been paroled in the first place. 3. There was a mass shooting in Meridian, Mississippi Saturday night, but if you watch the mainstream news you'd never know about it. We breakdown what happened and why the only calls certain events that fit a certain narrative a "mass shooting". 4. There's a rainbow flag flying in a Rankin County School classroom, people are rightfully upset that it could be there to push "the agenda" on young children. Rather that's what it's there for or not, given all that's going on in the world today with the far-left teachers insisting that children learn about the LGBTQ agenda I think parents have the right to be upset and ask questions. 5. Walt Kelly joins the show for the whole second hour again today, we finally got into a conversation about the Rankin County Goon Squad incident and talked about police interactions with African Americans as whole. We really covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time here. I think our next conversation will be longform podcast so we don't interrupt such serious conversation with commercial breaks. Some topics need time to breath and to be properly debated and hashed out. Check out my website at Www.ClayEdwardsShow.Com for all things Clay

Hour #2 from Ep #620 Of The Clay Edwards Show On 103.9 WYAB (10/23/23) 1. Walt Kelly joins the show for the whole second hour again today, we finally got into a conversation about the Rankin County Goon Squad incident and talked about police interactions with African Americans as whole. We really covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time here. I think our next conversation will be longform podcast so we don't interrupt such serious conversation with commercial breaks. Some topics need time to breath and to be properly debated and hashed out. Check out my website at Www.ClayEdwardsShow.Com for all things Clay

Ep #618 Of The Clay Edwards Show On 103.9 WYAB (10/19/23) 1. The promoters for the first annual Kings & Queens of Ink Tattoo Convention that is being held at the Jackson Convention Complex this Friday - Sunday were in the studio for a few segments to promote their big event. 2. I close out the first hour ranting about the lack of media outrage over the October 18th insurrection at the Capitol building in Washington D.C. by purple haired baristas that are demanding a cease fire on Palestine. 3. White BLM activist Walt Kelly joins the show for the entire second hour, we discuss "hands up dont shoot" being a big lie, George Floyd's suicide and why these folks that get themselves killed by the cops can't just stop resisting. -We also discuss Walt's involvement in turning the Ahmaud Arbery case into a national news story and revisiting his role in that whole deal. -Walt takes a deep dive into the Rasheem Carter case in Taylorsville, Ms. where a black man is found dead on some white landowners land after several crazy events. I personally do not believe the official story and I personally think there is in fact more to the story than what we're being told (but that is just my opinion) Check out my website at Www.ClayEdwardsShow.Com for all things Clay

Hour #2 of Ep #618 Of The Clay Edwards Show On 103.9 WYAB (10/19/23) 1. White BLM activist Walt Kelly joins the show for the entire second hour, we discuss "hands up don't shoot" being a big lie, George Floyd's suicide and why these folks that get themselves killed by the cops can't just stop resisting. -We also discuss Walt's involvement in turning the Ahmaud Arbery case into a national news story and revisiting his role in that whole deal. -Walt takes a deep dive into the Rasheem Carter case in Taylorsville, Ms. where a black man is found dead on some white landowners land after several crazy events. I personally do not believe the official story and I personally think there is in fact more to the story than what we're being told (but that is just my opinion) Check out my website at Www.ClayEdwardsShow.Com for all things Clay

Can Falk prevent a war between G.I. Jake and Castro? How many giant robots will be involved? Is knowing half the battle? Listen to find out!Nursery Crimes, episode 90 of This Gun in My Hand, was transformed and rolled out by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Who else did I need to introduce yet? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Some people claim the nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie” was about the Bubonic Plague, but that interpretation appears to have developed after World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_a_Ring_o%27_Roses2. The crimes of The Butcher are documented in Episode 79, “Shadow Taxi,” and The Baker in Episode 81, “Any Other Name.”3. Listen to Banned Camp on your favorite podcast player. (That's “Banned” with two Ns.)4. Special guest appearance by Flicka the Ladybug as Mecha-Batrachian.Credits:The opening music clips was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: Sota, taistelu, rintama, jalkaväki / War, infantry at the front, a battle, various guns, automatics, weapons, various banging, mixBy: YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/265654/Sound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5xRecorded by Mike KoenigLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.htmlSound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound effect title: Gun FireRecorded by GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: explosion bombBy JurgeriusLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Jurgerius/sounds/473819/Sound Effect Title: Räjähdys sisällä / Explosion, hollow, echoing, edit, interiorBy: YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/347758/Sound Effect Title: cows_mooing_mono_4824.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Mystikuum/sounds/401636/Sound Effect Title: lancaster bomber.wavBy confusion_musicLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/confusion_music/sounds/103439/Sound Effect Title: Farnborough Airshow > Lancaster flyoverLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/surrey_film/sounds/162240/Sound Effect Title: B-25 Mitchell FlybyBy Fight2FlyPhotoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Fight2FlyPhoto/sounds/142887/Sound Effect Title: Glock 19 Handgun Pistol Slide Cocking SoundsLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393734/Sound Effect Title: Chain DroppedBy BlastwaveFx.comLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/559-Chain-Dropped.htmlSound Effect Title: Hitting in a FaceLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/460509/Sound effect title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Sound Effect Title: Bricks/Stones/Rocks/Gravel FallingLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/iwanPlays/sounds/567249/Sound Effect Title: G29-40-Theater Audience Laughing.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438400/Rice-A-Roni commercial circa 1970.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIH5cRqpzs0Sound Effect Title: G50-01-Trolley Street Scene.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437592/Sound Effect Title: R28-47-Man and Woman Screaming.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/482833/Sound Effect Title: Pink Noise 20 Sec.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/MATRIXXX_/sounds/443990/The image accompanying this episode is modified from panels of the following public domain comic books:Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics Number 41 (April 1944), art by Walt Kelly.Flying Aces Number 3 (November 1955), artist unknown.

The Mental Suppository will be back later in the year with brand new episodes and brand new surprises. But for now, we have a special First Day of Summer Presentation: The Metal Suppository LIVE at the Hotel Vernon reading a radio script titled Man's Best Friend. An unproduced pilot for a radio series which would have featured Walt Kelly's comic strip character Pogo Possum. The script itself was printed in The Best of Pogo. A collection of Kelly's earlier comic strips. One of the stories from those early strips was the inspiration for the unproduced radio play.   Bret, a long time fan of the strip, was inspired by the Twitter group Pogo Re-Antiquated @pogoreanimated who did a group project of doing their own short animated versions of the animated special Pogo's Special Birthday Special originally produced by Chuck Jones. Bret decided to get the gang together to record this script.    If anyone involved in that group would be interested in taking what the group recorded and putting it to animation, please contact us.   But for now, sit back and enjoy this either in your living room, deck or front porch with a cool drink on a early summer night.  

Neale Donald Walsch is author of 39 books on contemporary spirituality and its practical applications in everyday life. Seven of the nine books comprising his extremely popular “Conversations with God” series have made the New York Times bestseller list, with the first one, Conversations with God, occupying a space on that list for an astonishing 134 weeks. His latest book is The God Solution published by Phoenix Books. In Fred and Ervin's book, Dawn of an Era of Well-Being, Mr. Walsch was kind enough to contribute a chapter which begins with the following inquiry:For years, we have received spiritual guidance to be “in this world, but not of it.” It's been widely advised (in those exact words, actually) from the time of Jesus and suggested in more general terms as a workable modus operandi by the elders and philosophers of our species from very early on in our jointly undertaken Earthly adventures.   In more recent times this notion has been reinforced by the repeated reminders of our contemporary spiritual teachers that we are, in fact, eternal metaphysical entities, and that our purpose on Earth has to do with the soul's agenda, not the desires of the body or the excursions of the mind.  So now, a question.  If we really are spiritual beings living eternally and serving the Agenda of the Soul, why should we pay particular attention to our physical life—much less place the enormous amount of focus on it that most people do? What's the purpose of continuing our millennia-long struggle to create possibilities for heading toward a better world if we are not even of this world?  Are we wasting our time with our forever-ongoing explorations of what we can do in this physical life to create a better world? If not, what would it take to produce the outcome?Today on the podcast Dawn of an Era of Well-Being we are very pleased to be joined once again by Mr. Walsch for the final episode of Season 2. In this season finale Neale will discuss his expansive yet deeply personal outlook on spirituality. This conversation with Ervin and Alison will zero in on what really matters in our spiritual journey across all faiths. After our talk with Neale, our co-host Fred Tsao will follow up with some additional, remarkably inquisitive comments on how these points can be applied to the realms of economics, leadership, and the Chinese perspective. Thank you for listening to Season 2 of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The Podcast. Season 3 is already set for production and new episodes will be available soon! http://www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/ https://www.cwg.org/ The God Solution: The Power of Pure Love NEALE DONALD WALSCH is a modern day spiritual messenger whose words continue to touch the world in profound ways. With an early interest in religion and a deeply felt connection to spirituality, Neale spent the majority of his life thriving professionally, yet searching for spiritual meaning before experiencing his now famous conversation with God. The "Conversations with God" series of books that emerged from those encounters has been translated into 37 languages, touching millions and inspiring important changes in their day-to-day lives. "Conversations with God" has redefined God and shifted spiritual paradigms around the globe. In order to deal with the enormous response to his writings, Neale has created several outreach projects, including the CWG Foundation, CWG for Parents, Humanity's Team, the CWG Helping Outreach, and The Global Conversation—all accessible at the “hub” website CWGPortal.com, and all dedicated to help the world move from violence to peace, from confusion to clarity, and from anger to love.Neale's work has taken him from the steps of Machu Picchu in Peru to the steps of the Shinto shrines of Japan, from Red Square in Moscow to St. Peters Square in Vatican City to Tiananmen Square in China. And everywhere he has gone—from South Africa to Norway, Croatia to The Netherlands, the streets of Zurich to the streets of Seoul—Neale has experienced a hunger among the people to find a new way to live, at last, in peace and harmony, and he has sought to bring people a new understanding of life and of God which would allow them to experience that.

Psalm 140 – 141 In 1970, cartoonist Walt Kelly paraphrase admiral Perry's quote to introduce Earth Day to the world. What does that have to do with Psalms? Let's find out together as we study Psalm 140 and 141.

Norah's been watching Cuphead on Netflix and Ben has been playing a number of toon-centric games, so it seems to be fitting that the word is flyswatter.  Not really… it's cartoon!  The hosts reminisce about the theater and television cartoons of their youth before moving on to video games.  Cartoon oriented video games mentioned include: the Kingdom Hearths franchise, Mane 6's “Them's Fightin' Herds,” and Cuphead. 00:01:00 - This week's word is one vowel drop away from being a carton  00:02:44 - Bell and Howell was a motion picture machinery company based in Wheeling, IL 00:04:30 - Norah runs off again, Ben misquotes Porky Pig, and Cuphead 00:07:55 - Gin tries to poop, complaining about movie trailers, and possible trailer alternatives 00:12:20 - Movie ratings, the funny papers, Walt Kelly's Pogo Possum, and Mad TV 00:16:56 - Terry Gilliams's shorts, the placement of screens, and political cartoons 00:20:07 - The definition segment is delayed by Ben's National Lampoon's Vacation reference  00:24:53 - The Family Circus was never funny, and the “make Peanuts funny” game 00:26:06 - The first animated cartoons from the 1900s 00:30:10 - Remembering the flying toaster screensaver, Hardware Wars, and Fantasia 00:34:21 - Disney makes back it's budget and other facts about the 1969 release of Fantasia  00:39:01 - Ben summarizes the concept behind the Kingdom Hearts franchise for Norah 00:41:51 - Library, Blockbuster, or GameStop?  00:44:07 - Norah starts the great “all games have cartoons in them” debate  00:47:01 - The ungulates fighting game inspired by My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic  00:51:30 - A “band of bronies” receives Hasbro's cease and desist notification 00:54:23 - MLP FIM creator Lauren Faust helps Mane6 with character designs and story 00:59:34 - The arcade feel of Cuphead, the Moldenhauer brothers, and the Netflix series  01:06:01 - What's next for Studio MDHR, Sophomore jinxes, and the boss battle world record 01:08:20 - Norah's crowd funded potato salad story  01:10:22 - Ben talks about donating to charities with Humble Bundle 01:13:00 - “Don't eat all of your money and cartoons!” 

There was a time when reading the Sunday comics was an event and every kid who could draw wanted to be a comic strip artist.  While those days might not be long gone, it's not the same as it once was. From the early part of the 20th Century until the 1970s, the comic strip page featured some of the most glorious artwork every Sunday. Full page strips in full glorious color.  Three of the most talented artists to ever grace the comics page were EC Segar, George Herriman and Walt Kelly who created Thimble Theatre (later just Popeye), Krazy Kat and Pogo. Each displayed a unique take on storytelling, the way language is perceived and politics for its time. While Popeye is still remembered to this day, people might not be familiar with the works of either Herriman or Kelly. We're here to help you all with that.  In this episode, Bret and special guest co-host Murphy Grumbar discuss what they love about these comics and what makes both the storytelling and the artwork so unique to what we perceive cartoons and comics to be like today.  We encourage our listeners if you are unfamiliar with any of the artists we are discussing to go down to the local library and learn more about them.

Whose idea was this?It certainly wasn't mine —Perhaps it is yours?* * *The thread running through this series is the underlying connection, the various links, between Design thinking and Zen, and how they differ from conventional thinking and religion. In considering the topics of the times, such as the spate of school shootings and other mass murders recurring on a daily basis now, it may seem to be stretching this idea to its breaking point. But just consider: What part of these events is not the result of some design of human intent? And how is the design of the conventional response working, or not?After all, the federal government of the United States of America, and the governing bodies of its now fifty states or commonwealths, their counties, parishes (Louisiana) and boroughs (Alaska), cities, and other subdivisions, consisting of the repeat triumvirate of executive, legislative and judicial branches, did not fall out of the sky, like commandments from heaven. It was the product of intense debate documented in the Federalist Papers, and is the subject of continuing conflict concerning the nature of the democracy or republic the powers that be want to see evolve in the future. How is that working out?In Design, we say that you cannot design around human nature. You have to take it into account, warts and all. The design of the government of the USA was putatively intended to limit its powers to those that, if unlimited, would appeal to the worst instincts of human nature. In other words, government of the people, by the people and for the people, as honest Abe put it, is intended to govern, or control, the people themselves. Especially those in power. But we have seen this original design intent corrupted again and again, and by guess who? The people in power at the moment. And those in power have again and again attempted to establish dynasties, wherein they not only retain power for life, if possible, but also hand it down to their children in perpetuity, potentially, like some permanent potentate. As recently lavished upon the royal family, under the rubric of the queen's “platinum jubilee,” with grand — some might say gross — pageantry, in what was formerly Great Britain. Or witnessed in the Trumpist claim to entitlement in the USA. Not to mention the long, sad history of nepotist despots in South America and around the world. There apparently is no limit to human hubris, given the financial means to indulge it.In the face of the many absurdist reality shows on offer, in their disappointment and frustration, people naturally turn to sources of comfort and solace, such as religion or science. This is one of the main themes of my soon-to-drop second book, “The Razorblade of Zen,” positing Zen as a third alternative. But religion gets mixed up with politics, when we begin to see the local melodramas and misuses of governance in the light of a larger plan, namely a “divine plan” of God, who we imagine to be interested in, and intimately involved with, the now-continuous campaigns of mere mortals for earthly power. This generally turns out to be an ugly marriage, birthing many ugly babies. As a current example, some evangelistic sects are reportedly being torn apart by political and ideological conflicts insinuating themselves into the church as wedge issues stressing its fragile fellowship, and begging the question of God's will. Likewise, when we hope for a silver bullet from science, we are often disappointed.Here, in the dark interior of this particular Pandora's box, is where one of the approaches routinely applied in Design thinking may shed some light, or at least raise the appropriate challenges to conventional thinking. We call this particular exercise, “What if?” What if there were no government? How would you govern yourself? What if there actually is no god, at least not of the kind we imagine. Which, truth be told, is inevitably a projection of our own self-nature. What else would you expect from a person, in conceiving the kind of intelligence behind the creation and design of this world? Something inhuman? And therefore having little or no regard for your fate? That would not do. No, God, capital “G,” must surely be like us, or rather, like me. And probably more like me than thee, come to think of it.The concept of a personal God, like that of a personal soul, provides too ready an answer, too often a substitute for confronting inconvenient truths, just another foil for reinforcing our dubious self-identity. Matsuoka Roshi would often address the question of the existence and nature of God. He would say, “In Zen, who is Buddha? You are Buddha! In Zen, who is God? You are god!” He never claimed that he was God, or that he was Buddha. What could he possibly mean?I think we have to ask, What is Buddha? Again — aside from the capitalization indicating the historical Buddha Shakyamuni — “buddha” essentially means “the awakened one.” That is, consciousness itself. If this seems too simple and inadequate, your interpretation does not address the implications of consciousness. Or we might say, the miracle of consciousness. Nobody, not from the scientific end of the spectrum, nor from the religious perspective, really understands this phenomenon. Buddha himself did not understand it. The bare fact of sentient being is not something that can be understood.So if there is such a thing as God, it must have something to do with this consciousness we share with all sentient beings, to differing degrees, of course. Perhaps what Sensei meant is that the very consciousness that raises the question — Who is God? — is the answer to the question. The “sparrow quote” proclaims a belief in the omniscience and omnipresence of God, from the King James Bible:Not one sparrow can fall to the ground without God knowing it. And the very hairs on our heads are all numbered. So don't worry; we are more valuable to him than many sparrows. (Matthew 10:29-31)The scientific question here would be “how,” as I suggest in my first book, “The Original Frontier.” How, exactly, does God register this relatively inconsequential event? Perhaps by dint of the sparrow's consciousness — of its own death? Or that of its mate? By the thud of the carcass striking the ground, heard by the local coterie of sentient predators, who would regard it as a snack? Or perhaps the swarm of scavenger rodents and insects who strip the flesh from the bones of the corpse? All of the above?In this analysis, “God” is all consciousness, mutual awareness of all sentient beings taken together. To a person who believes that there absolutely must be a separate “who” behind the “why” and “what” of existence, as well as the “how” — not to mention the “where and when” — it may seem self-evident that there is an “intelligent designer” behind what is arguably the intelligent design of the universe. But such a person, in order to discern the presence, must be ready and willing to consider the absence of God, as well. In other words, to take into consideration the possibility that there is no such God, as proof of concept. Otherwise, their God is an example of blind faith, a belief that is not seriously examined, but only adopted for convenience. If the reality of a benign overseer is to be proven out in one's own experience, it must begin from a baseline of the absence of that presence. The only way to distinguish an object is to separate it from its ground. The inability to do so is a bit like an optical illusion.So, what if there is no God? This would render our knee-jerk conventional resort to such aphorisms and euphemisms as “God's will” and “God moves in mysterious ways” largely feckless, in the face of such horrors as the insanity of war and mass killings, at the hands of our fellow man. Or that the trigger-man is simply “evil,” which in this context is a religious statement. These simplistic pat answers are evasive maneuvers to avoid the question, actually. If there were no God, we would have to consider an alternative approach to the definition of the problem at hand. Which is the essence of Design thinking.Assuming that there is no God on whom we can dump the blame, we have to move in a different direction toward a solution. This is a case of moving “what if” into the logic of “if, then.” If it is true that there is no God — remember, this is just a working premise, not an argument one way or the other — then we cannot turn to God, or our hopeful, self-centered characterizations of Him or Her to resolve our dilemma. We must turn to other sources. And what are those other sources? Usually, government. Back to the justice system and the powers-that-be. But if they are based on the same framework — “In God we trust” — then we are caught in a tautology, a forever self-fulfilling prophecy that can do no more than chase its own tail. “Our thoughts and prayers are with you.” How to break out of this cycle?Or we can turn to Science, with a capital “S,” for solutions. The arc of technology certainly holds out some hope that the men and women in white coats are working day and night, feverishly examining new ways to feed the burgeoning populace, shield the earth from the glare of an increasingly angry sun, cleanse the air and waters of the accumulated pollution of the last couple of centuries of industrial exploitation of resources, and so on. Until you discover that most of the work is dedicated to sustaining the interests and incomes of the very corporate powers-that-be who, after all, finance the research. Including the government and its profiteering complex, no longer limited to the military-industrial bugaboo of Eisenhower's farewell address.The so-called “soft sciences,” including such disciplines as sociology and psychology, also seem to offer some corrective, but only palliative, options. More counseling, more mental health assistance, more concern and care. To be layered on top of existing teacher-student-parent, employer-worker-industry, doctor-patient-treatment, and husband-wife-children triangles — to name a few — that are apparently failing to produce intended outcomes, instead resulting in acts of blaming, revenge and violence.As Pogo the Possum famously declared, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” As a young person I was a big Walt Kelly fan, as well as being influenced as a child-artist by Walt Disney's prodigious output. Mad Magazine was a big one as well, later on. These were the social media of my formative years, mainly print, the movies, and the infancy of television. One of the issues that separates generations, making intergenerational collaboration even more difficult, is this cultural disconnect. The images and influences that fill in the background of the passing pageantry of life are also evolving, more rapidly than we are as biological beings. Cultural evolution more readily explains the domination of the human species over its fellow sentient beings, than any increase in fundamental intelligence. We are becoming more and more of a burden on the environment, but are not getting any smarter.Master Dogen is said to have commented that in Zen, we are about the business of developing true intelligence. This implies that there must be a kind of intelligence that is false. One modern meaning of intelligence, in military and international spheres, is data-gathering. That this kind of intelligence can be false is all-too-painfully obvious in miscalculations and errors that have led governments and their military dogs of war into misadventures around the globe, with America as the poster boy, until Russia, under the benighted guidance of their current potentate, Vladimir Putin, invaded Ukraine. Again. But the kind of intelligence Dogen was pointing to was personal. Your intelligence or mine.Intelligence and sentience, or consciousness, cannot be separated, whatever you may think of the IQ test. In zazen, by unlearning our erroneous views of our own direct experience through the senses, we develop the intelligence side of consciousness, in which perception and conception come more in line with reality as it is, outside our personal preferences. It is this kind of unsentimental, unbiased intelligence that we need to bring to bear on the ever-changing koan of everyday life that we are facing in these challenging times.To be continued.* * *Elliston Roshi is guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and abbot of the Silent Thunder Order. He is also a gallery-represented fine artist expressing his Zen through visual poetry, or “music to the eyes.”UnMind is a production of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center in Atlanta, Georgia and the Silent Thunder Order. You can support these teachings by PayPal to donate@STorder.org. Gassho.Producer: Kyōsaku Jon Mitchell

In this issue, we shine a little more light on Fun Weekly, our comic book for the wee ones. Then again, how many adults would shit their pants in delight if they could ever find issue #47? Swaddled in a Mac Raboy Captain Marvel Family cover, Otto Binder and C.C. Beck serve up a 15 page adventure of them, Basil Wolverton brings us a 4 page Scoop Scuttle knee-slapper, Carl Barks sends Justin Time and his Uncle Scrooge back to the Aztec Empire for a meaty 12 pager, a center spread luxuriously reprints a Little Nemo In Slumberland by Winsor McCay, George Carlson delivers another delightful Jingle Jangle Tale, Walt Kelly gives us a Pogo and Albert story, John Stanley supplies a perfect kid comic, and Boody Rogers tops it off with a Sparky Watts story. Superb!

This week we will discuss another case that has not been covered on a podcast forum before now!  We travel to Corning, New York where two brothers' run-in with the cartel leads to a dead cop (Trooper Robert Van Hall) and a tarnished family name.  Join us for in-depth interviews with the criminals' family and how this crime affected the Comfort name for generations to come...SOURCE MATERIALS:We would like to extend a special thank you to Steven Comfort and Walt Kelly for their candid interviews.https://casetext.com/case/people-v-comfort-15https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ny-supreme-court/1618745.htmlBREAKING: Convicted cop killer Joseph Comfort dies in prisonhttps://www.the-leader.com/story/news/2013/04/10/man-linked-to-trooper-s/44434838007/Fingerlakesnews.comUPI.comHosted and edited by Amanda ScottCo-Hosted,  produced, researched, written and original graphic design by Pamela ScottOriginal music by Waves Entertainment Disclaimer by Chuck HaungsENMESHED is an OH NO! Production Check us out online at:https://www.enmeshedtruecrimepodcast.com/THANKS FOR LISTENING! Waves Entertainment Waves Entertainment is a full-service event management company for any size event.Support the show

What Is Our Narrative? What is our narrative?  What is the story-line that we've authored to explain our world, or allay our fears, or justify our agendas, or excuse our behaviors?  What is the narrative that we've created to give ourselves permission to do whatever we want permission to do?  What are the story-lines, the spins, the bits of fiction that we create so that we don't have to face the truth, or face the world, or worse yet, face ourselves?  What is our narrative? And have we immersed ourselves in our narratives to the point that they have become our truth?  Can we lie to ourselves long enough, hard enough, and convincingly enough that we become entirely deceived by the lies that we ourselves have created?  And in these pathetic narratives borne of rampant fear, famished greed, mis-placed motives, and ethics long cast aside in the crazed search of pleasure mongering…in these sordid narratives, have we likewise penned the lines of our own destruction?  Are we, in fact, the authors of our own demise?  For in the words of Walt Kelly, “We have met the enemy, and he is us.” We would be wise to heed these words… “The greatest fool is not the person who has been fooled by the lies of others, despite how crafty and ingenious those lies might have been.  Rather, it is the fool who has lied with such amazing dexterity and subtle finesse that he himself has come to believe his own lies.  And this is the most forlorn and yet the most dangerous person that I can imagine.” Are we the fool of the narrative?  Whether we have tediously written out the narratives to explain our world, or allay our fears, or justify our agendas, or excuse our behaviors.  Or whether we have given ourselves entirely over the narratives of others who write them for the same reasons.  Are we the fool of the narrative? For we are better than this.  We are better than to be hauled off to destruction through the lines that we have penned, or to fall prey to the narratives of others.  We are better than this.  For God can explain our world, but He can also explain how He has overcome it.  God can ally our fears, for He is never smaller than that which we fear.  There is no need to justify God's agenda, for it is always for the good of all.  And if we commit to live in the manner that God has outlined, there will never be anything to excuse. Maybe, just maybe we should forsake every narrative…those of others and those of our own.  And maybe, just maybe we should embrace God's narrative…for that will always stand as the greatest narrative ever told. “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

Mark Evanier began his professional writing career one week after his high school graduation, and it's still going strong more than half a century later. He is widely regarded as one of the most knowledgeable and prolific chroniclers of comics history, both on his own blog, News From ME, and in the definitive Jack Kirby biography, Kirby: King of Comics. He also manages the legacy of Walt Kelly's Pogo in Fantagraphics' The Complete Syndicated Comics Strips collections.For an additional 15 minutes of this episode, support us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content. The expanded edition of this episode includes Evanier's account of the wildest Fourth of July weekend a 1970's comics fan could have wished for."Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff' Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne."King Jack" by Seduction of the Innocent, ©1990 Beat Brothers Recordings and used without permission, because they don't seem to exist on the internet. Sorry about that. Thanks to Mark Patterson for assistance tracking down the recording.Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and on Twitter at @MarvelBTM, and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Once upon a time, the funnies or the comics pages dominated newspapers – back when newspapers were the main source of information for most Americans. In those days, Walt Kelly and Al Capp were titans of the funnies. Their strips Pogo and Li'l Abner were cultural sensations. Both artists were groundbreaking in the way they incorporated satire into their fantastical worlds, back when the comics page was supposed to be an apolitical neutral zone. Even though their strips are not front and center in pop culture today, we are still feeling the ripple effects of what they accomplished. In part two, I talk with BYU professor Kerry Soper and comic book publisher and author Denis Kitchen about how Al Capp became a hero to the left and the right, while questioning who should be the subject of satire.     Link to Denis Kitchen's book, "Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary" Link to Kerry Soper's book, "We Go Pogo" This episode is sponsored by Brooklinen. Our ad partner is Multitude. If you're interested in advertising on Imaginary Worlds, you can contact them here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once upon a time, the funnies or the comics pages dominated newspapers – back when newspapers were the main source of information for most Americans. In those days, Walt Kelly and Al Capp were titans of the funnies. Their strips Pogo and Li'l Abner were cultural sensations. Both artists were groundbreaking in the way they incorporated satire into their fantastical worlds, back when the comics page was supposed to be an apolitical neutral zone. Even though their strips are not front and center in pop culture today, we are still feeling the ripple effects of what they accomplished. In part one, I talk with Mercer University professor Jay Black, BYU professor Kerry Soper and Harper College professor Brian Cremins about how Pogo met the enemy, and why he is us.   Link to Jay Black's book, "Walt Kelly and Pogo: The Art of the Political Swamp" Link to Kerry Soper's book, "We Go Pogo" Our ad partner is Multitude. If you're interested in advertising on Imaginary Worlds, you can contact them here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

¿Quién le iba a decir a Jeff Smith cuando en 1991 decidió montarse el chiringuito por su cuenta que Bone sería un hito a tantísimos niveles? Bone llevaba en la cabeza de Jeff Smith desde que era un niño obsesionado con las tiras de Pogo de Walt Kelly y de ahí saldría una saga intemporal que si bien no fue la primera en casi nada, fue abanderada indispensable en tantas cosas, que el mercado de los cómics no sería lo mismo sin ella. De qué es Bone y como lo cambió todo os hablamos cuando le deis al play. Sabed, oh-yentes, que entre los años del hundimiento de Atlantis y sus brillantes ciudades, tragadas por los océanos, y los años del nacimiento de los hijos de Aryas, hubo una edad no soñada donde podía escucharse el podcast 219 de ELHDT. Selección musical: 🎶 Sunny, de Boney M 🎶 Cows Around, de Corb Lund 🎶 Wake Me Up When September Ends, de Green Day

Maggie Thompson, noted Pogo and Walt Kelly scholar and the godmother of comics fandom, joins me for a rousing discussion of Pogo Parade, from 19 ought 53! It's gone be fun!

How do we better understand how groundwater becomes contaminated and the future of our water supplies? Basic and applied research is where it begins. In this episode we're chatting with groundwater geochemist Walt Kelly about our organization, the Illinois State Water Survey, risk communication in groundwater supply planning, and approaches to studying some of today's biggest water quality issues, such as microplastics and lead. Visit drinkingwaterpodcast.org to learn more and find the full show notes for this episode!

Mike discusses his recent visit to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum to see the exhibit on Walt Kelly's Pogo, which turned out to be an opportunity to see so much more!

Some of my first meaningful internet interactions were with Adam Koford, as a result of my love for his comics.  He even let me sell a sculpture of one of his cartoons so I wouldn't lose my apartment several years … Continue reading →

(Click here to download audio.) Mindset Quote: “We Have Met The Enemy and They is Us.” Walt Kelly had an excellent cartoon called Pogo, which had stinging commentary about the times. In one panel, he summed up where humanity's problems were coming from. As the lead character was polling his skiff across a polluted swamp, […] The post Mindset Quote: “We Have Met The Enemy and They is Us.” appeared first on Living Sensical.

(Click here to download audio.) Mindset Quote: “We Have Met The Enemy and They is Us.” Walt Kelly had an excellent cartoon called Pogo, which had stinging commentary about the times. In one panel, he summed up where humanity s problems were coming from. As the lead character was polling his skiff across a polluted swamp, […] The post Mindset Quote: “We Have Met The Enemy and They is Us.” appeared first on Living Sensical.

At one time, to have a syndicated newspaper strip was every kids dream. The comics page in the Sunday newspaper was a wonderland of great artwork and storytelling that ranged from humorous funny animal strips of Walt Kelly's Pogo to the daring adventures of Alex Raymond Flash Gordon. As newspapers have declined, comic strips are a shell of what they once were. Reduced to a redundant gag a day form. cookie cutter characters and infantile art. In this week's episode Bret talks with writer Mark Kneece and cartoonists Brian Nelson and Bob Pendarvis. All of which have written or drawn comic strips for newspapers. Or have taught classes in cartooning and comic strip art. Giving their experiences in the rigors of working for a newspapers or have given art instruction on the subject. And talked about the strips and cartoonists that inspired them. So lets take out the Sunday paper, pour out favorite cereal and enjoy some comics.

This is our first foray into discussing satire, and how to make fun of politics. Whether cartooning, focusing a microscope on an individual trait or issue, or simply drawing attention to an injustice, satire has a place in writing and the arts. … Continue...Episode 82 – Writing Political Satire

We take a look back at an emotional week and weekend with the election results and Walt Kelly from NWA that's northwest Arkansas to discuss his background and campaigning for previous guest running in Springdale Derek Van Voast. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this edition of The Critical Hour, co-hosts Dr. Wilmer Leon and Garland Nixon talk to Professor David Schultz about the incidents leading people to believe US President Donald Trump is violating the Hatch Act It is alleged that the president and his campaign are using government facilities - and not just buildings - to further his political purposes, thereby violating the Hatch Act. What are we to make of this? Two people were killed and one wounded in shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. How is this going to impact Wisconsin and the rest of the US?A Tuesday headline in the Washington Post read: "Universities sound alarm as coronavirus cases emerge just days into classes — 530 at one campus." The article noted, "More than 500 cases at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Nearly 160 at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Dozens at the University of Southern California. Colleges and universities that brought students back to campus are expressing alarm about coronavirus infections emerging as classes have barely started, raising the possibility everyone could be sent home.""Walt Kelly's Pogo remarked that 'We have met the enemy, and he is us,'" Melvin Goodman writes in a Wednesday piece for CounterPunch. "In terms of election interference, historically the United States has been the enemy abroad, and now we are the enemy at home. There is more than 70 years of evidence of US election interference abroad; the current interference at home is far more threatening." How do other countries perceive the US?Our next guest Danny Sjursen has a great piece in in Antiwar.com entitled "Lebanon: Inconvenient Truths About Syria, Iran, Hezbollah, and the Shia ‘Street,'" wherein he writes, “There's been a lot of nonsense passing as truth in post-blast Lebanon reporting. Most centers around alarmism about Hezbollah's nefarious influence, the West's 'opportunity' to destroy it, and the supposed struggle with Russia, China, and Iran for paternalist-preeminence in a country that isn't ours (or theirs) to preside over in the first place.""Hundreds of young Libyans protested in Tripoli for a third consecutive day to decry deteriorating living conditions and corruption amid a heavy security presence," AFP reported Wednesday. "Voicing anger at extended shortages of power, water and fuel in the oil-rich North African country, the demonstrators, including teenagers and children, marched through the capital again on Tuesday and converged on Martyrs' Square." Is anyone hearing them? "Is US President Donald Trump practicing the 'art of the deal' on China by trying to scare it into making major concessions on trade to avoid being decoupled from the global financial system?" Anthony Rowley writes in a Monday op-ed for the South China Morning Post.A great article ran Monday in MintPress News, entitled "The Biden Campaign Walks Back its Attack on BDS… Sort Of." Kathryn Shihadah writes, "Linda Sarsour, a prominent Palestinian American activist, got the cold shoulder from the Biden campaign last week, followed by a sotto voce apology – but an elephant lingers in the room with the initials BDS." What will this mean for the election?GuestsDavid Schultz - Professor of political science at Hamline University and author of "Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter"Dr. Colin Campbell - Washington, DC, senior news correspondentDr. Jehan "Gigi" El-Bayoumi - Professor of medicine and founding director of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences' Rodman InstituteNiko House - Political activist, independent journalist and podcasterDanny Sjursen - Retired US Army major and author of "Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War"Laith Marouf - Broadcaster and journalist based in Beirut, LebanonDr. Linwood Tauheed - EconomistMiko Peled - Author and activist

Hey it's Pogo, that lovable possum that doesn't really look like a possum but does make cutting political commentary! Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) welcome a very special guest Lyndsey (@morbiomatic), whom you might know best for creating our theme song but is ALSO a certified, licensed, bonded Pogo expert. She knows way more about Pogo than either of us! Mike as usual hasn't seen one of the specials so instead he's falling back on Irish jokes about that lovable drunk philanderer Walt Kelly, but luckily Lyndsey is here to pick up the slack as we discuss not one but TWO Pogo specials featuring Pogo, his awful sexy skunk friend Miss Hezbollah, and a suicidal porcupine.

Hey it's Pogo, that lovable possum that doesn't really look like a possum but does make cutting political commentary! Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@Gtron) welcome a very special guest Lyndsey (@morbiomatic), whom you might know best for creating our theme song but is ALSO a certified, licensed, bonded Pogo expert. She knows way more about Pogo than either of us! Mike as usual hasn't seen one of the specials so instead he's falling back on Irish jokes about that lovable drunk philanderer Walt Kelly, but luckily Lyndsey is here to pick up the slack as we discuss not one but TWO Pogo specials featuring Pogo, his awful sexy skunk friend Miss Hezbollah, and a suicidal porcupine.

Howdy, chilluns! In this episode of Reggie's Comics Stories, the titular narrator talks about Walt Kelly, creator of the comic strip Pogo, and muses on the efficacy of the satire and parody employed within the strip! This podcast contains some talk about current events...on the comics internet at least. And the person talking may espouse his opinions a time or two during the episode. If this might annoy you, steer clear of the episode! Everyone else, you don't wanna miss it! patreon.com/chrisandreggie weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com @cosmictmill @reggiereggie weirdcomicshistory.blogspot.com

In the past month, North Bay stages have been occupied by vampires, ghosts, a Thing, and Transylvanian transvestites. The Novato Community Playhouse now finds itself overrun with the most ghastly, heinous, and horrifying creatures ever to set foot on a theatrical stage. I am referring, of course, to white upper middle-class parents. They are the featured monsters in playwright Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage, directed by Terry McGovern and running at the Playhouse through November 11. Alan and Annette Raleigh (Ken Bacon & Jena Hunt-Abraham) have come to the home of Michael and Veronica Novak (Marty Lee Jones & Heather Shepardson) to discuss the matter of a fight between their sons. It seems that the Raleigh’s son knocked two teeth out of the mouth of the Novak’s son with a stick. After a quick review of the Novak’s statement on the incident (and the decision to change the verbiage to reflect the Raleigh boy being “furnished” with a stick, as opposed to “armed”), the two couples sit down to awkwardly determine what to do next. Over the next ninety intermission-less minutes, the façade of civilized gentility will give way to tribal warfare. Reza’s play has always seemed to me to be a grade B knock-off of Edward Albee’s Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf? If it was Reza’s attempt to show that who we appear to be is rarely who we really are, she’s at least fifty years late to that party. What she adds to that familiar trope is the omnipresence and annoyance of cell phones in our lives and a considerable quantity of stage vomit. Ah, yes, the vomit. Within the theatre community, this show has garnered the nickname “the vomit play” as there is a scene that requires (per the stage directions) “a brutal and catastrophic spray of vomit.” While it’s always interesting to see how a company accomplishes this, it’s really little more than a device to represent the verbal garbage spewn by many on a daily basis. The Novaks and Raleighs have been vomiting on each other all evening, why not take it to its logical conclusion? Have I mentioned yet this is a comedy? Yes, there are plenty of opportunities to laugh at the parents’ idiocy, but the joke is ultimately on the audience. Go ahead. Laugh at them, because they couldn’t possibly represent you. The late, great cartoonist Walt Kelly’s “Pogo” line comes to mind: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” ‘God of Carnage’ runs Friday through Sunday through November 11 at the Novato Theater Company Playhouse in Novato. Friday and Saturday evening performances are at 8 pm; there’s a Sunday matinee at 2pm. For more information, go to novatotheatercompany.org.

“We must all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang separately.” At the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Founders, the signers, the revolutionaries, not surprisingly seen as traitors by the British Crown, George III, would all be hung by the neck until dead, unless they hung together, somehow managing to rally this tiny, new country sufficiently to defeat the mightiest military power on earth. The mightiest ever seen. The odds against them were staggering, but the deep-seated yearning for freedom motivated them to step up, and, by signing the Declaration, put their, “lives, fortunes and sacred honor” on the line for America. And us. Yes, you and me. We are the descendants who inherited the freedoms they all risked all to attain. And it was far from easy. The Declaration of Independence had to be debated for days, starting out with most who were  in attendance either against it, or understandably nervous and skeptical. In the end, it was unanimous. They all lined up to sign. They found a way to come together--enthusiastically. Each member proudly stepping up to affix his signature, pledging his, “life, fortune and sacred honor.” And if you look back on the history of the Revolutionary War, in summary: We lost, we lost, we lost, we lost...and then we won. And they never gave up. Our country has a history of coming together. Lincoln famously put together a Cabinet of disparate individuals known as a Team of Rivals. And it took the best these highly different individuals had to offer to win the Civil War--a war that had to be won. Imagine a divided country, where slavery was still legal in almost half of it. Less famously, but just as importantly, FDR put together another team of Rivals during WWII. Once again, it was the different strengths of these oh-so-very different people that added greatly to the strength of the team. Were those teams messier that than teams where the members are more like minded? Of course. Is the team of rivals approach better--does it produce better results? Absolutely. As Americans, we face threats--existential threats as serious as those posed by the British in the 1770s, and the slaveholding states that wanted to break way in the 1860s. In a sense, the Revolutionary War was us against us, all being British citizens, and the Civil War was indeed us against us, sometimes literally brother against brother. Yes, the conflict was geographically defined, but if you look a political map of the US today, you will see similarly clearly geographically drawn political dividing lines. And we are greatly divided. Abraham Lincoln taught us that any existential threat must come from inside. “From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide.” More colloquially, but just as powerfully, comes the observation from Pogo, a Swamp Possum in the eponymous cartoon drawn by the late, brilliant Walt Kelly, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Exactly the same sentiment; if we the world’s oldest democracy and the most powerful country economically and militarily the world has ever seen, are to be done in,  brought down, or even simply made less than we are today, it will be by our own hands. And if we, you and I do nothing, we are just a responsible. What is it that could bring us down? Tribalism, sort of. Identity politics, well, again, sort of. “I’m right because I’m me, and you’re wrong because you are not me.” That is the core of it. We, individually and as a society, lose because we insist on being right, and insist that those who disagree with us are wrong. Worse,

Ben, Will, and Zack dig into volume 1 of The Complete Pogo by Walt Kelly from Fantagraphics books!

“We have met the enemy, and he is us.” These are the wise words stated in the long-running comic strip Pogo by Walt Kelly. Who knew a comic strip could drop such profound truth?! The greatest obstacle in our success is not something or someone external… our greatest obstacle is our own minds! We all have the capacity for so much, but what usually throws a metaphorical banana in our path (causing us to slip up) is our old way of being, our disempowering beliefs, and just good old-fashioned self-sabotage. The assessment may arise, “Why on earth would we sabotage ourselves?!” I want to win! I want to succeed! I’m not going to stop myself by choice!” And therein lies the crux of the situation. Our self-sabotage is hardly ever a conscious choice. Moving past our self-sabotaging tendencies requires us to do some intelligent inner work. And that’s why I brought on renowned keynote speaker, bestselling author, and master coach, Christine Hassler. In this episode you'll discover: How alcohol affects your sleep. What special drink is proven to help you sleep better. The common denominator in a lot of your consistent problems (hint: it’s you!). Why a big part of depression is suppression. Why it’s important to work with healthcare providers that have the same objective as you. Why many of your decisions are not made by your current self. What healing actually is. How we create suffering in our lives by repeatedly judging our past decisions. Why acceptance is the first step to change (this is important!). How we learn through contrast. One of the major reasons we self-sabotage our progress. Why many people struggle to acknowledge and go after what they really want in life. What an expectation hangover is. What can help protect your brain from sleep deprivation. How your outer world is a reflection of your relationship to your inner-self. Why we tend to keep attracting the same type of people into our lives. Why you’ve got to become a louder voice than the voice of your limiting beliefs. How we sometimes stay in bad relationships because of our own big ego. Why it’s not our job to change other people. The difference between a positive and negative projection. How to quickly overcome feelings of jealousy and turn it into something positive. The big mistake people make when trying to identify their passion. Items mentioned in this episode include: Foursigmatic.com/model ⇐ Get 15% off your daily health elixirs and coffee! Organifi.com ⇐ Use the coupon code model for 20% off Stop Postponing Happiness - With Lisa Nichols - Episode 234 Expectation Hangover by Christine Hassler Connect with Christine Website / Instagram / Twitter Over It & On With It Podcast Website / Apple Podcasts * Download The Transcript Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Model Health Show. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute and leave a quick rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts by clicking on the link below. It will help us to keep delivering life-changing information for you every week! Click Here to Subscribe via iTunes Click Here to Subscribe via Stitcher Click here to Subscribe via Spotify Click here to Subscribe via Soundcloud

Alex Grand, Bill Field, and Jim Thompson celebrate the Holidays and Dawn of the New Year by going over each of their top 5 Christmas Comics of all time. Bill and Jim come up with their theories on why Stan Lee hardly ever wrote a Christmas story, Bill wrestles a gay bear, Alex brings up a yuletide christmas Superman tale that reaks of a prison (g)rape scene, and Jim weeps and mourns... for Starman!? Is the best comic story of all time found in a comic strip or comic book? You decide! Topics range from Strips, to Marvel to DC Comics, to Harvey Kurtzman, Walt Kelly and More! ©Comic Book Historians, Vault of Horror ©Gaines, Fallin Remix - Standard License. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistoriansPodcast and Audio ©℗ 2019 Comic Book HistoriansSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians)

Poco was formed in August, 1968 by guitarists Richie Furay and Jim Messina, who had just left Buffalo Springfield. The pair enlisted the help of session man Rusty Young who had played steel guitar on some tracks recorded by their former band. Young introduced them to drummer George Grantham, while bassist Randy Meisner left his former group, The Poor, to round out the quintet. Among the others that auditioned but not chosen was Gregg Allman. Calling themselves Pogo, (with a "g") the band debuted a month later at the Fillmore West, opening for The Steve Miller Band and Sly And The Family Stone. After building up an local following, they were forced to change their moniker, which they had openly pilfered from Walt Kelly's comic strip of the same name, when Kelly filed suit. They settled on Poco because it sounded like the original name that fans had come to know. Several record companies had considered signing Poco, but Richie Furay's contract with Atlantic caused some problems. The band was eventually signed to Epic Records in 1969 after the label traded Graham Nash to Atlantic, where he would record with Crosby, Stills And Nash. The group was set to record their first album when Randy Meisner announced that he was leaving to join Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band. He would later become part of Linda Ronstadt's Stone Ponys and go on to help form The Eagles in 1971. Poco continued as a quartet and released their first album, "Pickin' Up the Pieces", which sold over 100,000 copies. Eventually, they hired bassist Timothy B. Schmit, who had originally auditioned for the band, but lost out to Meisner. The five members of Poco then recorded a self titled L.P. and a live album called "Deliverin'" before Jim Messina quit, saying he was tired of the hectic touring. He would later find success when he teamed up with Kenny Loggins to form one of the most popular duos of the seventies. Messina's replacement was guitarist Paul Cotton, who stayed for three modest selling albums. Frustrated by the band's failure to find a break out hit, Richie Furay also quit after 1973's "Crazy Eyes". After a failed super-group called Souther-Hillman-Furay, he would pursue an unrewarding solo career before turning his attention to religion. Although Furay's departure was a setback, Poco's next four albums through 1977, sold better than the previous efforts. In January, 1978, drummer George Grantham also left the band. With Rusty Young as the only original member, Poco released an album called "Legend" which climbed to the #14 spot on Billboard's Hot 200 album chart. The group now contained keyboard player Kim Bullard along with a pair of Englishmen, Steve Chapman and Charlie Harrison, who had played together for eight years with Leo Sayer and Al Stewart. This was the line-up that finally found commercial success in 1979 with "Crazy Love", which reached #17 and "Heart Of The Night", which made it to #20. Unfortunately, Poco quickly fell off the charts as fast as they had climbed it. Subsequent albums returned to the band's previous sales levels and the group began a slow decline until their break-up in 1984. In 1989 the original line-up of Poco, Furay, Messina, Young, Grantham and Meisner, re-formed, recording a highly successful album called "Legacy" which produced two Top Forty hits, "Call It Love" (#18) and "Nothin' To Hide" (#39). The group toured throughout 1990, but old tensions flared and Furay, by now a minister in Boulder, Colorado, left again. Fragments of Poco toured throughout the '90s with new members coming and going, but in early 2000, Paul Cotton, Rusty Young and George Grantham got back together again, along with Jack Sundrud. In the Spring of 2003, this new version of Poco released "Running Horse", their first new album in thirteen years, backed by a year's worth of tour dates. The album however failed to generate much interest and couldn't crack Billboard's Hot 200 LP chart. In July of 2004, Grantham suffered a stroke during a l...

Bone (comic) Keith rounds off our topic with a comic by writer/illustrator Jeff Smith. Initially self-published it was picked up for full publication by Image. The three bone cousins are a classic comedy trio, with the naive nervous nelly, the mean schemer, and the carefree wildcard. Jeff smith was heavily inspired by past comic illustrators, most notable Walt Kelly. Bone is available at most bookstores and libraries in both small collected volumes and large ‘complete’ volumes, in color and in black and white. You can also purchase it on Amazon. NEXT WEEK: We kick off a new topic “Lost and Forgotten” with John’s pick, a documentary from director Peter Jackson “Forgotten Silver.” You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow Brian on twitter @alowroar You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can see Keith’s art on earthlingkeith.com You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules

Images and links to go with our conversation are at http://wp.me/p42KN3-F2L On this week’s Comics Syllabus podcast, I caught up with creator Sonny Liew about “The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye” (Pantheon) just a few days after he and the book won Eisner Awards for Best Writer/Artist, Publication Design, and International Material from Asia. After setting the scene and giving context to our conversation, I present my discussion with Sonny about the Eisners and San Diego Comic Con; the artistry, themes, and politics of “Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye;” and which of the book’s homages to comics masters he found most challenging to create. Let’s dig deep! (Apologies for the sound quality of the interview– explanation is in the episode introduction.) Then afterwards, in the “General Ed” segment, we feature “The Wait List” for August, joined by the podcast brother to look at upcoming collections and trade paperbacks this month. I’m Paul, and I’m inviting you to join us for another episode of The Comics Syllabus, a comics analysis podcast. Our mantra is, we read widely and we dig deep. Each week, we choose one work from a wide breadth of current and classic comics, including superhero fare, comics from independent publishers and small presses, global comics, newspaper strip archives, and various collected editions. We spend time digging deep into the work from various perspectives, sometimes in actual live conversation with others, sometimes with just me on a mic surrounded by a pile of comics studies and academic books. It’s like a comics seminar, where the only prerequisite is that you love comics. You can find the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss or find archives for this podcast (previously named “Study Comics with Paul”) here: http://studycomics.club/ A rating, review, or star on whatever podcast source would help make the world a slightly better place. (No, Really!) Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai It’s the only place on earth he stays under 140 characters. Thanks for listening!   IMAGES can be seen at http://wp.me/p42KN3-F2L The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye website: http://artofcharliechan.com/ Spotlight Panel with Sonny Liew at San Diego Comic Con (with Paul Levitz), posted by Penguin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8bvXov4fso Past episode of this podcast (when it was “The Paul List”) reviewing “Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye”: https://soundcloud.com/twoplai/08252016-art-of-charlie-chan-hock-chye-by-sonny-liew-pantheon-and-pull-list?in=twoplai/sets/the-paul-list-podcast-comics Comics Alternative interview with Sonny Liew: http://comicsalternative.com/comics-alternative-interviews-sonny-liew/ From 15:56 “The King of Comics at SDCC” from 19:07 The Beat piece “Money Matters Must Read”: http://www.comicsbeat.com/money-matters-must-read-the-salary-of-charlie-chan-hock-chye/ from 25:32 New York Times piece Sonny references: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/world/asia/sonny-liew-singapore-charlie-chan-hock-chye.html from 26:35 “Presented by Sonny Liew” from 29:45 and 34:32 “Invasion! after Frank Hampton’s “Dan Dare” from 35:49 “Bukit Chapalang after Walt Kelly’s Pogo” from 36:54 “Ah Huat after Tezuka” from 39:41– Sonny mentions various sources about the life of a comics artist in an earlier period, including Lat, Tatsumi, Taniguchi, and Noro Shinpei in Allen Say’s Drawing from Memory from 52:02 “You’ll have to look after your own family”

Earlier this month the nominees for the 2017 Eisner Awards were announced at the Comic-Con International website, and as Andy and Derek like to do every year, they're devoting a full episode of The Comics Alternative to a discussion of the nominations. On this week's show, the Two Guys give their impressions of the various nominees, both as a whole and on a category-by-category basis, making observations and trying to understand any trends underlying this year's selections. However, Derek and Andy resist the urge to play armchair quarterbacks, so they don't second-guess the six-member panel of judges or focus on what they would have chosen if they had been on the selection committee. As diligent comics scholars, they judicial and discerning in their commentary. At the same time, they don't shy away from pointing out a few inconsistencies and a few head-scratchers when trying to make sense of this year's nominations. You can find a complete list of the 2017 Eisner Award nominees below. So as you listen to this week's episode, please feel free to scroll down and follow along!   Eisner Awards Nominations 2017 Best Short Story “The Comics Wedding of the Century,” by Simon Hanselmann, in We Told You So: Comics as Art (Fantagraphics) “The Dark Nothing,” by Jordan Crane, in Uptight #5 (Fantagraphics) “Good Boy,” by Tom King and David Finch, in Batman Annual #1 (DC) “Monday,” by W. Maxwell Prince and John Amor, in One Week in the Library (Image) “Mostly Saturn,” by Michael DeForge, in Island Magazine #8 (Image) “Shrine of the Monkey God!” by Kim Deitch, in Kramers Ergot 9 (Fantagraphics) Best Single Issue/One-Shot Babybel Wax Bodysuit, by Eric Kostiuk Williams (Retrofit/Big Planet) Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse) Blammo #9, by Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books) Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image) Sir Alfred #3, by Tim Hensley (Pigeon Press) Your Black Friend, by Ben Passmore (Silver Sprocket) Best Continuing Series Astro City, by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC) Kill or Be Killed, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image) The Mighty Thor, by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman (Marvel) Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image) Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image) Best Limited Series Archangel, by William Gibson, Michael St. John Smith, Butch Guice, and Tom Palmer (IDW) Briggs Land, by Brian Wood and Mack Chater (Dark Horse) Han Solo, by Marjorie Liu and Mark Brooks (Marvel) Kim and Kim, by Magdalene Visaggio and Eva Cabrera (Black Mask) The Vision, by Tom King and Gabriel Walta (Marvel) Best New Series Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston (Dark Horse) Clean Room, by Gail Simone and Jon Davis-Hunt (Vertigo/DC) Deathstroke: Rebirth, by Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, et al. (DC) Faith, by Jody Houser, Pere Pérez, and Marguerite Sauvage (Valiant) Mockingbird, by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk (Marvel) Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8) Ape and Armadillo Take Over the World, by James Sturm (Toon) Burt's Way Home, by John Martz (Koyama) The Creeps, Book 2: The Trolls Will Feast! by Chris Schweizer (Abrams) I'm Grumpy (My First Comics), by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House Books for Young Readers) Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, by Ben Clanton (Tundra) Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12) The Drawing Lesson, by Mark Crilley (Watson-Guptill) Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic) Hilda and the Stone Forest, by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books) Rikki, adapted by Norm Harper and Matthew Foltz-Gray (Karate Petshop) Science Comics: Dinosaurs, by MK Reed and Joe Flood (First Second) Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17) Bad Machinery, vol. 5: The Case of the Fire Inside, by John Allison (Oni) Batgirl, by Hope Larson and Rafael Albuquerque (DC) Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie) Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars, by Jessica Abel (Papercutz/Super Genius) The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel) Best Humor Publication The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, by Lee Marrs (Marrs Books) Hot Dog Taste Test, by Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn & Quarterly) Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie) Man, I Hate Cursive, by Jim Benton (Andrews McMeel) Yuge! 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel) Best Anthology Baltic Comics Anthology š! #26: dADa, edited by David Schilter and Sanita Muizniece (kuš!) Island Magazine, edited by Brandon Graham and Emma Rios (Image) Kramers Ergot 9, edited by Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics) Love Is Love, edited by Sarah Gaydos and Jamie S. Rich (IDW/DC) Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists, edited by Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics) Best Reality-Based Work Dark Night: A True Batman Story, by Paul Dini and Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC) Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo, by Sandrine Revel (NBM) March (Book Three), by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf) Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir, by Tom Hart (St. Martin's) Tetris: The Games People Play, by Box Brown (First Second) Best Graphic Album—New The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon) Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash, by Dave McKean (Dark Horse) Exits, by Daryl Seitchik (Koyama) Mooncop, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly) Patience, by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics) Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, by Jill Thompson (DC Comics) Best Graphic Album—Reprint Demon, by Jason Shiga (First Second) Incomplete Works, by Dylan Horrocks (Alternative) Last Look, by Charles Burns (Pantheon) Meat Cake Bible, by Dame Darcy (Fantagraphics) Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories, by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics) She's Not into Poetry, by Tom Hart (Alternative) Best U.S. Edition of International Material Equinoxes, by Cyril Pedrosa, translated by Joe Johnson (NBM) Irmina, by Barbara Yelin, translated by Michael Waaler (SelfMadeHero) Love: The Lion, by Frédéric Brémaud and Federico Bertolucci (Magnetic) Moebius Library: The World of Edena, by Jean “Moebius” Giraud et al. (Dark Horse) Wrinkles, by Paco Roca, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics) Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon) Goodnight Punpun, vols. 1–4, by Inio Asano, translated by JN PRoductions (VIZ Media) orange: The Complete Collection, vols. 1–2, by Ichigo Takano, translated by Amber Tamosaitis, adaptation by Shannon Fay (Seven Seas) The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime, by Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions, translated by Frederik L. Schodt (Stone Bridge Press) Princess Jellyfish, vols. 1–3, by Akiko Higashimura, translated by Sarah Alys Lindholm (Kodansha) Wandering Island, vol. 1, by Kenji Tsuruta, translated by Dana Lewis (Dark Horse) Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old) Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings, by Glen Baxter (NYR Comics) Barnaby, vol. 3, by Crockett Johnson, edited by Philip Nel and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press) The Realist Cartoons, edited by Paul Krassner and Ethan Persoff (Fantagraphics) Walt & Skeezix 1931–1932, by Frank King, edited by Jeet Heer and Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly) Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old) The Complete Neat Stuff, by Peter Bagge, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) The Complete Wimmen's Comix, edited by Trina Robbins, Gary Groth, and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics) Fables and Funnies, by Walt Kelly, compiled by David W. Tosh (Dark Horse) Trump: The Complete Collection, by Harvey Kurtzman et al., edited by Denis Kitchen and John Lind (Dark Horse) U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories, by Sam Glanzman, edited by Drew Ford (Dover) Best Writer Ed Brubaker, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image) Kurt Busiek, Astro City (Vertigo/DC) Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird (Marvel) Max Landis, Green Valley (Image/Skybound); Superman: American Alien (DC) Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender, Plutona (Image); Bloodshot Reborn (Valiant) Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Saga (Image) Best Writer/Artist Jessica Abel, Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars (Papercutz/Super Genius) Box Brown, Tetris: The Games People Play (First Second) Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly) Tom Hart, Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir (St. Martin's) Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon) Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team Mark Brooks, Han Solo (Marvel) Dan Mora, Klaus (BOOM! Studios) Greg Ruth, Indeh (Grand Central Publishing) Francois Schuiten, The Theory of the Grain of Sand (IDW) Fiona Staples, Saga (Image) Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel) Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art) Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Lion (Magnetic) Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly) Manuele Fior, 5,000 km per Second (Fantagraphics) Dave McKean, Black Dog (Dark Horse) Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image) Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse) Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers) Mike Del Mundo, Avengers, Carnage, Mosaic, The Vision (Marvel) David Mack, Abe Sapien, BPRD Hell on Earth, Fight Club 2, Hellboy and the BPRD 1953 (Dark Horse) Sean Phillips, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed (Image) Fiona Staples, Saga (Image) Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image) Best Coloring Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Green Valley (Image/Skybound) Elizabeth Breitweiser, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image); Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta (Image/Skybound) Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon) Laura Martin, Wonder Woman (DC); Ragnorak (IDW); Black Panther (Marvel) Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel) Best Lettering Dan Clowes, Patience (Fantagraphics) Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly) Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly) Nick Hayes, Woody Guthrie (Abrams) Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse) Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon) Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism The A.V. Club comics coverage, including Comics Panel, Back Issues, and Big Issues, by Oliver Sava et al., www.avclub.com Comic Riffs blog, by Michael Cavna and David Betancourt, www.washingtonpost.com/new/comic-riffs/ Critical Chips, edited by Zainab Akhtar (Comics & Cola) PanelPatter.com, edited by Rob McMonigal WomenWriteAboutComics.com, edited by Megan Purdy and Claire Napier Best Comics-Related Book blanc et noir: takeshi obata illustrations, by Takeshi Obata (VIZ Media) Ditko Unleashed: An American Hero, by Florentino Flórez and Frédéric Manzano (IDW/Editions Déesse) Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White, by Michael Tisserand (Harper) The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood, vol. 1, edited by Bhob Stewart and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics) More Heroes of the Comics, by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics) Best Academic/Scholarly Work Brighter Than You Think: Ten Short Works by Alan Moore, with essays by Marc Sobel (Uncivilized) Forging the Past: Set and the Art of Memory, by Daniel Marrone (University Press of Mississippi) Frank Miller's Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism, by Paul Young (Rutgers University Press) Pioneering Cartoonists of Color, by Tim Jackson (University Press of Mississippi) Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, by Carolyn Cocca (Bloomsbury) Best Publication Design The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, designed by Sonny Liew (Pantheon) The Complete Wimmen's Comix, designed by Keeli McCarthy (Fantagraphics) Frank in the Third Dimension, designed by Jacob Covey, 3D conversions by Charles Barnard (Fantagraphics) The Realist Cartoons, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics) Si Lewen's Parade: An Artist's Odyssey, designed by Art Spiegelman (Abrams) Best Webcomic Bird Boy, by Anne Szabla, http://bird-boy.com Deja Brew, by Taneka Stotts and Sara DuVall (Stela.com) Jaeger, by Ibrahim Moustafa (Stela.com) The Middle Age, by Steve Conley, steveconley.com/the-middle-age On Beauty, by Christina Tran,  sodelightful.com/comics/beauty/ Best Digital Comic Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology) Edison Rex, by Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver (Monkeybrain/comiXology) Helm, by Jehanzeb Hasan and Mauricio Caballero, www.crookshaw.com/helm/ On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden, www.onasunbeam.com Universe!, by Albert Monteys (Panel Syndicate)

On this interview episode, Gwen and Derek are pleased to have as their guest Sonny Liew, whose latest work, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, was just released from Pantheon Books. They talk with the author about his mock biography and how it engages with comic-book history, the tumultuous politics of Singapore, and his own creative influences. Sonny also discusses the genesis of the project and his strategic use of distinctive art styles reminiscent of Osama Tezuka, Walt Kelly, Harvey Kurtzman, Frank Miller, and Jack Kirby, among others. This mixture of styles and genre influences makes The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye a unique work that's difficult to pin down. It's different from anything else out there. Gwen and Derek also ask Sonny about his current work with Paul Levitz on Doctor Fate as well as the possibility of future Shadow Heroor Malinky Robot stories.

It's a brand new year, and for their very first podcast episode of 2016, the guys have as their guest the great Craig Yoe! This may become a tradition on The Comics Alternative, having Craig start off the new year, much as they did in 2015. In fact, this is the fifth interview appearance that Craig has made on the podcast (not counting the brief segment recorded at HeroesCon last year). Usually when the Yoemesiter comes on the show, he has one or two new books to discuss. But this time around there are a whopping six titles recently released from Yoe Books and IDW Publishing! It's all that Gene and Derek can do to keep up with everything that Craig and his production editor/wife, Clizia Gussoni, are putting out. They begin with a discussion of the five year anniversary of Yoe Books, which Craig actually celebrated last year. When he appeared on the show back in January of 2015, Craig discussed the coming year and what he had in store for the anniversary celebration. So Derek and Gene talk with him about the success of the first five years and about plans for the next five. Then they jump into a discussion of the many Yoe Book releases we've experienced over the past couple of months, beginning with Walt Kelly's Fairy Tales. This is a beautiful book, going above and beyond the usual standards we've come to expect from Yoe and IDW, and the guys begin by asking their guest about the production work that went into this volume. Craig also shares his love of Walt Kelly and his experiences collecting the material which originally appeared in Dell's Fairy Tale Parade between 1942 and 1946. Next, the guys ask Craig about his latest additions in his Chilling Archives of Horror Comics series, Ghosts and Girls of Fiction House (curated and introduced by Michael H. Price) and The Complete Voodoo, Vol. 1 (which includes an introduction by Mike Howlett, who has previously appeared on the podcast). They discuss the sheer weirdness that was Voodoo, a pre-code horror title from Farrell Publications, and the fetishism apparent in the Fiction House volume. Craig points out that Jumbo Comics, part of the Fiction House line, was known for its buxom women in compromised positions, and that the selections from its "Ghost Gallery" sections (collected in the Fiction House book) provide plentiful examples of "headlight comics." Gene and Derek also talk with Craig about the latest collected editions of his ongoing series, Haunted Horror, Vol. 3: Pre-code Comics So Good, They're Scary and Weird Love, Vol. 2: That's the Way I Like It!, as well as his upcoming three-issue miniseries, Haunted Love. It just gets weirder and weirder with Craig Yoe...and that's why the guys keep inviting him back on the podcast! Be sure to check out The Yoe Tube on YouTube for fun videos and music...the latter of which is included in this episode!

Jeff Smith made comics safe for kids again. In 1991, the cartoonist began self-publishing, an all-ages adventure story rendering in a style reminiscent of legends Walt Kelly and Carl Barks that felt like a breath of fresh air in a world of sequential art utterly disrupted by Watchmen and the Dark Knight half a decade before. With 55 issues spread out over the course of 13 years, Smith created one of the medium’s great masterworks, a 1,300 cartoon page epic to rival the likes of the Odyssey or Lord of Rings, racking up ten Eisners and 11 Harvey Awards in the process. After a decade and a half in Boneville, Smith abruptly shifted gears with RASL, a sci-fi tale of a dimension-hopping art thief also published on his own Cartoon Books. Shortly after the end of RASL’s run, Smith once again pivoted, exploring the world of Webcomics through Tüki, the largely wordless tale of African tribesman who dared venture to other continents. We sat down with Smith at Book Expo of America to discover his wideranging and pioneering works, the wild world of self-publishing and how his hometown of Columbus, Ohio has been transformed into Comicstown, USA.

  After spending 2014 weaving their way through the many different stories of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, Paul and AJ have settled on something which appears much simpler for this year's Four-Color Flashback: Jeff Smith's Bone. Appearances can be deceiving, though. The boys have heard tell that Smith's cartoony magnum opus, taking obvious inspiration from Walt Kelly and Carl Barks' comic strips, grows into a complex, sprawling epic. And even in Vol. 1: Out from Boneville, wherein Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone find themselves in a strange new land, there are inklings of the high fantasy to come. Plus, the boys discuss friend of the show Kenn Edwards' short film The Joke, attempt to break down Tina Fey and Robert Carlock's new Netflix show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and prepare to enter the Age of Ultron with a new trailer. Next: Eric Sipple stops by to chat. This won't end well.

Here it is! The big podcast devoted to fun comics from the 1930s. This episode focuses on DC's second title New Comics, the series that would one day become Adventure Comics. Lots of artists are profiled including Sheldon Mayer, Sven Elven, Robert Leffingwell, Raymond Burley, Fred Schwab, Rolland Livingstone, Al Stahl, Ellis Edwards, and the first female artist in comics Emma McKean. Plus new strips from returning artists Vin Sullivan, Whit Ellsworth, Tom Cooper, Leo O'Mealia, and Henry Kiefer. Strips from this episode include: Don Coyote Cal 'n' Alec Wing Walker 17-20 on the Black Chikko Chakko (2) Captain Quick The Vikings AND Many More Plus features: Just Suppose (2) It's a Dern Lie Would you like a Shirley Temple doll for Christmas? Check out this ad. Alert! Disney fans don't miss the last few minutes when I talk about a famous creator who worked on classic animated films. Here's some of his work.Feedback for this show can be sent to: dchistory@mikesamazingworld.comThis podcast is brought to you by Mike's Amazing World of Comics Get Mike's latest updates on Facebook.

Here it is! The big podcast devoted to fun comics from the 1930s. This episode focuses on DC's second title New Comics, the series that would one day become Adventure Comics. Lots of artists are profiled including Sheldon Mayer, Sven Elven, Robert Leffingwell, Raymond Burley, Fred Schwab, Rolland Livingstone, Al Stahl, Ellis Edwards, and the first female artist in comics Emma McKean. Plus new strips from returning artists Vin Sullivan, Whit Ellsworth, Tom Cooper, Leo O'Mealia, and Henry Kiefer. Strips from this episode include: Don Coyote Cal 'n' Alec Wing Walker 17-20 on the Black Chikko Chakko (2) Captain Quick The Vikings AND Many More Plus features: Just Suppose (2) It's a Dern Lie Would you like a Shirley Temple doll for Christmas? Check out this ad. Alert! Disney fans don't miss the last few minutes when I talk about a famous creator who worked on classic animated films. Here's some of his work.Feedback for this show can be sent to: dchistory@mikesamazingworld.comThis podcast is brought to you by Mike's Amazing World of Comics Get Mike's latest updates on Facebook.

This week on the podcast Andy and Derek flip through the pages of the June Previews catalog, and there they find a whole slew of great upcoming titles. In fact, this month they find solicits on an exciting lineup of new alternative and indie books, including Adrian Tomine's Optic Nerve and Seth's Palookaville (both from Drawn and Quarterly), the Hernandez brothers' Love and Rockets: New Stories No. 6 (Fantagraphics), John Lewis and Andrew Aydin's March, Book 1 (Top Shelf), Zak Sally's Sammy the Mouse Vol. 2 (Uncivilized Books), Ben Acker and Ben Blacker's The Thrilling Adventure Hour (Archaia Entertainment), Jack Katz's The First Kingdom, Vol. 1: The Birth of Tundran (Titan Comics), P. Craig Russell's Opera Adaptations (NBM), Classics Illustrated Deluxe, Vol. 10: The Murder in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (Papercutz), as well as Howard Chaykin's Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and Walt Kelly's Pogo: The Complete Dell Comics, Vol. 1 (both from Hermes Press).

This week on the show: Science and religion! Giant bugs, demon cats, Wonder Woman in costume, ducks that talk, and aliens that walk. NEWS TELEVISION: Wonder Woman costume revealed Link REVIEWS Stephen PAUL
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, and Kristen Wiig.
Written by:Frost and Pegg
Directed by: Greg Mottola Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. When he discovers he's been taken prisoner, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town-a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Frost). Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes [rating:4/5] Rodrigo WALT DISNEY’S COMICS #717 Written by William Van Horn, Ted Osborne, Daan Jippes, Freddy Milton Drawn by William Van Horn, Floyd Gottferdson, Daan Jippes, Freddy Milton, Walt Kelly SC, 40 pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99 COVER : Carl Barks The celebration of 70 years of Walt Disney’s Comics continues with the best Disney stories both classic and new! First up, two stories that have never before been published in the U.S. — “Scrooge for a Day” by William Van Horn and Daan Jippes’ Daisy Duck story “Coat of Harms.” If those aren’t enough for you, try these rare gems: Floyd Gottfredson’s “Broadcast News” and Walt Kelly’s “Donald Duck’s Surprise Party,” both reprinted here for the first time in the U.S. in over 60 years! Featuring a Carl Barks cover showcasing one of his last ever drawings! [rating:3/5] Matthew VAMPIRELLA #4 32 pages FC  • $3.99  •  Teen + Written by ERIC TRAUTMANN Art by WAGNER REIS & FABIANO NEVES Covers by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC (25%), JASON PEARSON (25%), PAUL RENAUD (25%) & ALÉ GARZA (25%) “Blood Red” Retailer incentive cover by JASON PEARSON “Black & White” Retailer incentive cover by ALÉ GARZA “Virgin Art” Retailer incentive cover by PAUL RENAUD Vampirella’s pursuit of Dracula has revealed a cult of vampires, worshippers of an ancient evil, one so vast and terrible that  even the Lord of the Vampires  respects – and perhaps fears – it. As the world stands between  eternal chaos and an endless army of blood-drinking horrors, Vampirella, plagued with nightmare visions of her past and of possible future, may finally have met her match [rating:4.5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK Wonder Woman is getting the Tee-Vee treatment, with Adrianne Palicki cast as the Amazon Princess, and Elizabeth Hurley as the villain Veronica Cale.  Surprisingly, or not surprisingly, depending on how far down the road you can see, David E. Kelley’s version of the DC Comics hero got a costume change. VOTE![poll id="175"] VOTE Creature Tech The book tells of the adventures of Dr. Michael Ong, a paranormal scientist and former seminarian, who is given a head researcher’s position at an Area 51-esque laboratory in Turlock, California called Research Technical Institute. In exchange for granting the government the lease to build the facility, the City of Turlock demanded that it be staffed primarily by locals. Ong’s task is to open, catalog, and classify each of the hundreds of crates in the facility’s warehouse. Many of the artifacts found inside are proven to be highly dangerous and thoroughly insane…Russian teleporter technology, aliens, mutants, even a were-pig. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

This week on the show: Science and religion! Giant bugs, demon cats, Wonder Woman in costume, ducks that talk, and aliens that walk. NEWS TELEVISION: Wonder Woman costume revealed Link REVIEWS Stephen PAUL
 Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, and Kristen Wiig.
 Written by:Frost and Pegg
 Directed by: Greg Mottola Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. When he discovers he's been taken prisoner, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town-a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Frost). Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes [rating:4/5] Rodrigo WALT DISNEY’S COMICS #717 Written by William Van Horn, Ted Osborne, Daan Jippes, Freddy Milton Drawn by William Van Horn, Floyd Gottferdson, Daan Jippes, Freddy Milton, Walt Kelly SC, 40 pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99 COVER : Carl Barks The celebration of 70 years of Walt Disney’s Comics continues with the best Disney stories both classic and new! First up, two stories that have never before been published in the U.S. — “Scrooge for a Day” by William Van Horn and Daan Jippes’ Daisy Duck story “Coat of Harms.” If those aren’t enough for you, try these rare gems: Floyd Gottfredson’s “Broadcast News” and Walt Kelly’s “Donald Duck’s Surprise Party,” both reprinted here for the first time in the U.S. in over 60 years! Featuring a Carl Barks cover showcasing one of his last ever drawings! [rating:3/5] Matthew VAMPIRELLA #4 32 pages FC  • $3.99  •  Teen + Written by ERIC TRAUTMANN Art by WAGNER REIS & FABIANO NEVES Covers by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC (25%), JASON PEARSON (25%), PAUL RENAUD (25%) & ALÉ GARZA (25%) “Blood Red” Retailer incentive cover by JASON PEARSON “Black & White” Retailer incentive cover by ALÉ GARZA “Virgin Art” Retailer incentive cover by PAUL RENAUD Vampirella’s pursuit of Dracula has revealed a cult of vampires, worshippers of an ancient evil, one so vast and terrible that  even the Lord of the Vampires  respects – and perhaps fears – it. As the world stands between  eternal chaos and an endless army of blood-drinking horrors, Vampirella, plagued with nightmare visions of her past and of possible future, may finally have met her match [rating:4.5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK Wonder Woman is getting the Tee-Vee treatment, with Adrianne Palicki cast as the Amazon Princess, and Elizabeth Hurley as the villain Veronica Cale.  Surprisingly, or not surprisingly, depending on how far down the road you can see, David E. Kelley’s version of the DC Comics hero got a costume change. VOTE![poll id="175"] VOTE Creature Tech The book tells of the adventures of Dr. Michael Ong, a paranormal scientist and former seminarian, who is given a head researcher’s position at an Area 51-esque laboratory in Turlock, California called Research Technical Institute. In exchange for granting the government the lease to build the facility, the City of Turlock demanded that it be staffed primarily by locals. Ong’s task is to open, catalog, and classify each of the hundreds of crates in the facility’s warehouse. Many of the artifacts found inside are proven to be highly dangerous and thoroughly insane…Russian teleporter technology, aliens, mutants, even a were-pig. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

Les Mort-vivants au cinéma. Quand il n'y aura plus de place en enfer, les Morts marcheront sur la terre. Quarante ans après NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, film séminal ayant introduit le mythe moderne du "Mort-vivant" dans la culture populaire, le Zombie se porte mieux que jamais. Omniprésent, oscillant entre le grand-guignolesque et l'horreur pure, il court, hurle, rampe, mange et quelquefois, il pense. Un peu comme nous quoi... Or, au delà de sa capacité à procurer au spectateur les "Goregasmes" dont il est si friand, le Mort-vivant est porteur d'un important message philosophique. Il est une réflexion sur nous même, sur ce que nous risquons de devenir, sur ce que nous sommes déjà un peu, de plus en plus. Face au Mort-vivant, l'humain se voit tel qu'il est, sans le fard souvent trop épais que la civilisation (oh le vilain mot...) étend généreusement sur sa conscience. C'est sur ce mythe moderne que se penche cette semaine les bout-en-trains du Septième. Comme le disait si bien Pogo, le petit opossum songeur du bédéiste Walt Kelly ,"We have met the enemy and THEY is US..."

Les Mort-vivants au cinéma. Quand il n'y aura plus de place en enfer, les Morts marcheront sur la terre. Quarante ans après NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, film séminal ayant introduit le mythe moderne du "Mort-vivant" dans la culture populaire, le Zombie se porte mieux que jamais. Omniprésent, oscillant entre le grand-guignolesque et l'horreur pure, il court, hurle, rampe, mange et quelquefois, il pense. Un peu comme nous quoi... Or, au delà de sa capacité à procurer au spectateur les "Goregasmes" dont il est si friand, le Mort-vivant est porteur d'un important message philosophique. Il est une réflexion sur nous même, sur ce que nous risquons de devenir, sur ce que nous sommes déjà un peu, de plus en plus. Face au Mort-vivant, l'humain se voit tel qu'il est, sans le fard souvent trop épais que la civilisation (oh le vilain mot...) étend généreusement sur sa conscience. C'est sur ce mythe moderne que se penche cette semaine les bout-en-trains du Septième. Comme le disait si bien Pogo, le petit opossum songeur du bédéiste Walt Kelly ,"We have met the enemy and THEY is US..."

One of the most popular syndicated comic strips in the mid-20th century was Walt Kelly's Pogo. It offered a satirical take on society and politics. This original strip from 1954 introduced readers to a mythical Kansas bird, the Jayhawk.

Zombies, morts-vivants et autre cadavre qui bougent au cinéma: Quand il n'y aura plus de place en enfer, les Morts marcheront sur la terre Quarante ans après NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, film séminal ayant introduit le mythe moderne du "Mort-vivant" dans la culture populaire, le Zombie se porte mieux que jamais. Omniprésent, oscillant entre le grand-guignolesque et l'horreur pure, il court, hurle, rampe, mange et quelquefois, il pense. Un peu comme nous quoi... Or, au delà de sa capacité à procurer au spectateur les "Goregasmes" dont il est si friand, le Mort-vivant est porteur d'un important message philosophique. Il est une réflexion sur nous même, sur ce que nous risquons de devenir, sur ce que nous sommes déjà un peu, de plus en plus. Face au Mort-vivant, l'humain se voit tel qu'il est, sans le fard souvent trop épais que la civilisation (oh le vilain mot...) étend généreusement sur sa conscience. C'est sur ce mythe moderne que se penche cette semaine les bout-en-trains du Septième. Comme le disait si bien Pogo, le petit opossum songeur du bédéiste Walt Kelly ,"We have met the enemy and THEY is US..."

Zombies, morts-vivants et autre cadavre qui bougent au cinéma: Quand il n'y aura plus de place en enfer, les Morts marcheront sur la terre Quarante ans après NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, film séminal ayant introduit le mythe moderne du "Mort-vivant" dans la culture populaire, le Zombie se porte mieux que jamais. Omniprésent, oscillant entre le grand-guignolesque et l'horreur pure, il court, hurle, rampe, mange et quelquefois, il pense. Un peu comme nous quoi... Or, au delà de sa capacité à procurer au spectateur les "Goregasmes" dont il est si friand, le Mort-vivant est porteur d'un important message philosophique. Il est une réflexion sur nous même, sur ce que nous risquons de devenir, sur ce que nous sommes déjà un peu, de plus en plus. Face au Mort-vivant, l'humain se voit tel qu'il est, sans le fard souvent trop épais que la civilisation (oh le vilain mot...) étend généreusement sur sa conscience. C'est sur ce mythe moderne que se penche cette semaine les bout-en-trains du Septième. Comme le disait si bien Pogo, le petit opossum songeur du bédéiste Walt Kelly ,"We have met the enemy and THEY is US..."