Better Than Fiction Episode #141! Our New York Comic-Con '16 Recap!

Episode #141! Welcome back for another all-new episode! This week on the show DL and Scott tell Barry (and you the listener) all about their trip to the New York Comic-Con. What did they do this year? Who did they meet? Did they attend any panels? Was it crazy crowded? Did someone go the the hospital? All those questions (and more) will be answered!

The Empire State Building (from our hotel window).

Time Square at night.

Kevin Smith on stage during the Comic Book Men panel.

Star Trek banner at the IDW booth.

Star Trek Discovery banner in lobby.

Berkeley Breathed on stage during The Bloom County panel.

Kim Jung Gi. The most talented man in artist alley.

The Flatiron building at night.

Larry Hama signed my Gi Joe #21 Silent Interlude!

J.G. Jones signed my Wanted trade!

Jeremy Bastian signed my Cursed Pirate Girl annual!

I met Steve Dillon and he signed my Punisher comic!
(Mr. Dillon passed away two weeks later)

There is a multitude of huge ads hanging from the rafters each year at NYCC. 

The Empire State Building at night.

The primary cast of Marvel Netflix Iron Fist.

Jon Bernthal (Punisher) and Jeph Loeb on stage at NYCC. 

The cast of the Defenders on stage at NYCC.

Better Than Fiction Episode #140! Captain America Civil War, 1Q84, Kaijumax and The Someday Funnies!

Episode #140! This week your hosts bring you a packed episode of "Cool Stuff"! Join DLNelson, Barry Burris and Scott Sackett as they run down their week of pop-culture goodness. First up Barry Brings us two recent movies with "The Jungle Book" and "Captain America Civil War". Scott talks not one, not two, but three prose books with "Moving Day", "1Q84" and "Chronic City". And we do have some comics to focus on this week. Barry brings us the wonderful book "The Someday Funnies". While DL has "Kaijumax - Season One" and "Humanoids Presents The Jodoverse". Give us a listen.

"Moving Day" by Jonathan Stone.

"The Jungle Book" poster. 

"Captain America Civil War" poster.

"1Q84" book cover.

Zander Cannon's "Kaijumax Season One".

A Kaiju is being brought in.

"Chronic City" by Jonathan Lethem. 

The wonderful book "The Someday Funnies".

Sample page of "The Someday Funnies".

A Jack Kirby creation in "The Someday Funnies".

"Humanoids Presents The Jodoverse" at $4.99!

Sample page inside "The Jodoverse".

Another interior page from "The Jodoverse".

Better Than Fiction Episode #139! Black Hole by Charles Burns!

Episode #139! Welcome back for a very special episode. This week on the podcast your hosts DLNelson, Scott Sackett and Barry Burris discuss Charles Burns coming of age classic "Black Hole". We've read the book multiple times. Now listen as we go deep into this creepy, black and white adolescent tale. Enjoy!

"Black Hole" by Charles Burns.

Interior page from "Black Hole".

Interior page from "Back Hole".

Eliza has a tail!

A typical "slit" in "Black Hole".

What is up with Chris?

Color covers from "Black Hole". 

Charles Burns at The Strand (bookstore) October '12.





Click here for the Black Hole fan movie.
   

Better Than Fiction Episode #138! Bloom County, Fear The Walking Dead, Enemy and The Strain!

Episode #138! On this jam-packed episode DLNelson, Scott Sackett and Barry Burris talk all kinds of "Cool Stuff". Scott starts us off with a trip to see "Cloud City". After that DL talks TV with "Geeking Out", "Fear The Walking Dead" and "The Strain". Then Barry brings three Berkeley Breathed books to the table with "Bloom County Episode XI A New Hope", "Academia Waltz" and "The Bill The Cat Story". To finish up, Scott gives us a couple of movies he recently watched with "Enemy" and "El Topo". Give us a listen!

"The Shock of the New" by Robert Hughes.

Cloud City.

Cloud City in NYC.

"Geeking Out"

Kevin Smith and Greg Grunberg at Universal Studios.

Fear The Walking Dead season 2.

Nick from "Fear The Walking Dead".

The Strain.

The Strain - Mister Quinlan - Vampire Hunter #1.

Mister Quinlan.

Bloom County Episode XI A New Hope.

The Bill The Cat Story.

Academia Waltz.

Enemy poster.

El Topo poster.

Britannia cover.