Better Than Fiction Episode #464! Upside Dawn, Mysterious Travelers and The White Lotus!

 Episode #464! New Cool Stuff this week! Scott starts off by talking about two new purchases. First is  University Press of Mississippi's Mysterious Travelers Steve Ditko And The Search For A New Liberal Identity. In his book, Zack Kruse explores the life and work of creator Steve Ditko. After that, Scott talks about Michael J. Bednar's Interior Pedestrian Spaces. DL has Norwegian cartoonist Jason's newest book. Upside Dawn contains more new stories that include some homages to EC Comics, Star Trek riffs, literary mash-ups and music legends. Scott has seen the first season of HBO's The White Lotus. He tells us a little about the show. Check it out!

Last know photo of Steve Ditko ?

Jason.

This episode can be found here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2023-01-31T11_03_15-08_00

Better Than Fiction Episode #463! Catwoman Lonely City and The Korvac Saga!

 Episode #463! Welcome back! This week Scott has 2 big-two books. First up, he talks a little about the art in Frank Miller and Rafael Grampa's Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child. Next he tells us about Marvel Comics' The Korvac Saga! Also, DL brings Cliff Chiang's wonderful book Catwoman Lonely City to the show. Check it out!

This episode can be found here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2023-01-24T14_25_24-08_00

Better Than Fiction Episode #462! ZuperHero Comics and Wonder Woman!

 Episode #462! This week Scott sheds some light on indy comic book creator Mahdi Khene and his shared universe of ZuperHero Comics. With it's recent YouTube spotlight, Khene's Spider-man bootleg is red-hot. Can we snag a copy? We spend some time talking about making art and art school. Also on this episode DL talks about Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang's run on Wonder Woman! Check it out!

This episode can be found here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2023-01-17T09_04_33-08_00

Better Than Fiction Episode #461! Our Best of 2022!

 Episode #461! Our Best of 2022! This week Scott Sackett and DLNelson focus on their best of '22. This year's lists feature biographical works including books, a movie and a documentary. Also making the lists are horror comics, funny animal comics and a legendary sci-fi novel. We also include a few honorable mentions as well. Check it out!

This episode can be found here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2023-01-10T12_13_48-08_00

Better Than Fiction Episode #460! Danger Street, Art of Norman Saunders, Pulp Masters and Willow!

 Episode #460! This week it's more Cool Stuff from our week of pop-culture consumption. First up, DL tells Scott about the Willow movie and new Disney+ show. Scott has an over-sized book by David Saunders that covers the career of his father artist Norman Saunders. Scott also talks a little about the book Pulp Masters and some of his pulp related books. To wrap this episode up, DL talks about Tom King's newest limited series Danger Street. Check it out!

Cover of Danger Street #1 by Steve Rude.

The original Dingbats by Jack Kirby.

This episode can be found here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2023-01-03T14_54_59-08_00