Better Than Fiction Episode #181! Hard Boiled Defective Stories, Tales From The Loop and Machine Man!

Episode #181! This week your hosts DLNelson, Scott Sackett and Barry Burris are back with an all-new "Cool Stuff" episode. First up DL talks a little bit about this years San Diego Comic-Con. After that he talks about his recent reads of "The Complete Machine Man" by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, "2001 A Space Odyssey" - Treasury Edition and "2001 A Space Odyssey" the series. Next up, Scott has "Tales from the Loop' by Simon Stalenhag. After that, Barry has "The Best Comics Of The Decade 1980-1990 vol.2" from Fantagraphics Books. Next up is "Hard Boiled Defective Stories" by Charles Burns brought to the table by DL. And to close down this episode Barry has "The Goon Library edition vol.5" by Eric Powell. Give us a listen!

Cover of "Machine Man
The Complete Collection". 

Interior page from "Machine Man
The Complete Collection".

Cover of "2001 A Space Odyssey"
Treasury Edition.

"Interior page from "2001 A Space Odyssey"
Treasury Edition.

"Interior page from "2001 A Space Odyssey" 
Treasury Edition.

Cover from "2001 A Space Odyssey #1"
 (the series).

Cover from "2001 A Space Odyssey #8"
 (the series).

Cover of "Tales From The Loop".

Interior image from "Tales From The Loop".

Interior image from "Tales From The Loop".

Cover image of "The Best Comics Of The Decade
1980-1990 vol.2".

Cover of "Hard Boiled Defective Stories".

Interior page from
"Hard Boiled Defective Stories"

Cover from "The Goon Library vol.5".

Sample painting of The Goon and Frankie battling
Marvel Zombies by Eric Powell.

Better Than Fiction Episode #180! Spider-Man Homecoming, A Monster Calls and T2 Trainspotting!

Episode #180! On this all video episode your hosts get caught up on what they've been watching. First up we talk some "A Monster Calls". After that DL and Scott tell Barry why he should catch Spider-Man Homecoming in the theater. Next up Barry talk about two movies by Ana Lily Amirpour. From there Barry has Trainspotting 1 & 2 and the importance of watch both as a double feature. To finish up this episode we head into some TV talk with Preacher. Give us a listen!

"Spider-Man Homecoming" poster.

Tom Holland as Spider-Man.  

Image from "Spider-Man Homecoming".

Aunt May and Peter.

Michael Keaton as "The Vulture".

"A Monster Calls" poster.

"T2 Trainspotting" box art.

"A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" poster,

"The Bad Batch" poster.

"Preacher" poster. 

"Twin Peaks" poster. 

Better Than Fiction Episode #179! Wonder Woman, The Red Turtle and Fargo!

Episode #179! This week we make it an all video episode. To start us off Barry has three movies to share. First up he talks about his recent viewing of "Wonder Woman". After that he gushes over the new video release of "The Red Turtle". For his last movie he speaks highly of Alejandro Jodorowsky's "Endless Poetry". Next up DL talks about seeing "Get Out". For Scott's turn he has "The James Dean Story" by Robert Altman. We conclude this episode with some TV talk. We do season 3 wrap-ups of "Fargo" and "Better Call Saul". We also talk about the first episodes of "Preacher" season 2. Give us a listen!

Wonder Woman poster.

Scene from "Wonder Women".

The Red Turtle poster.

Image from "The Red Turtle".

The Dance of Reality poster.

Endless Poetry poster.

Get Out poster.

The James Dean Story poster.

FX's "Fargo".

AMC's "Better Call Saul".

AMC's "Preacher".

Better Than Fiction Episode #178! San Diego Comic-Con, Fatale and Rise of the Dungeon Master!

Episode #178! On this episode we start off with some talk about the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con. After that we change gears to something positive. First up, Barry tells us about Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' fine work on "Fatale" and "The Fade Out". Next up, Scott has the graphic novel "Rise of the Dungeon Master" by David Kushner. To close out this weeks episode DL has "King Size Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot" and "Big Damn Hard Boiled". These two gigantic books by Frank Miller and Geof Darrow feature black and white artwork with no word balloons. Check us out!

San Diego Comic Con.
Yeah, I'm not going again this year. I'm not bitter.

Usual crowd pic of people trying to go to and leave the building.
What you can't see is the 6 lanes of traffic
and the railroad tracks you have to cross. 

Typical crowd pic at Marvel booth during a
presentation (not a creator signing). 

Cover images of "Fatale" volumes 1 & 2.

Cover image from issue #22 of "Fatale".

Cover of "The Fade Out".

Interior image from "The Fade Out".

Cover image of "Rise of the Dungeon Master".

Interior image from "Rise of the Dungeon Master".

Interior image from "Rise of the Dungeon Master".

Cover image of
"King Size Big Guy and Rusty The Boy Robot".

Interior artwork from above book.

Cover image of "Big Damn Hard Boiled".

Interior craziness from above book.

More incredibly detailed art from "Big Damn Hard Boiled".