Better Than Fiction Episode #489! X-Men Epic and Wonder Woman Historia!

 Episode #489! This week we have comics, a documentary and car talk(?). To begin this episode, Scott lets us know about a documentary we should definitely check out. Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection focuses on Stevens and his art as told by people who knew and admired him. Scott also continues his stroll through 1970's X-Men with issue #94. DL has the beautiful hardcover Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons by DeConnick, Jimenez, Ha and Scott. Plus car talk! Check it out!  

This episode can be fond here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2023-07-31T16_22_30-07_00

Better Than Fiction Episode #488! X-Men, Indy and Asteroid City!

 Episode #488! This week Scott is back with an important issue from the history of the X-Men comics. Available from the Marvel X-Men Epic Collection: Second Genesis, listen as he talks about the issue which forever changed the X-Men and lead to the characters and stories everyone knows today. After that, DL has a new movie round-up with three movies currently available at the theater or streaming. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny puts Indy and friends back in action to stop a Nazi threat. Asteroid City is a movie right? or is it? 5/25/77 was the day Star Wars was released. It's also the title of writer/director Patrick Read Johnson's movie about his high school days trying to make his own movies and get the word out about a future blockbuster. Check it out!

This episode can be heard here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2023-07-25T09_03_32-07_00

Better Than Fiction Episode #487! Otomo The Complete Works, Will Eisner's The Plot and The Spirit Artisan Edition!

 Episode #487! This week we are back with works by two absolute legends. First up Scott surprises DL with Otomo The Complete Works vol.s 21 & 22. These volumes collect the complete storyboards of Otomo's animated masterpiece Akira. After that DL talks about two books by Will Eisner. First, is The Plot The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Deeply researched, this book tells of the early 1900's Russian "plot" against Jews to discredit an advisor to Tsar Nicholas II. Also this episode we check out Eisner's story and art in The Spirit Artisan Edition! Check it out!  

This episode can be found here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2023-07-18T16_25_44-07_00

Better Than Fiction Flashback Episode - Two works by Jack "King" Kirby!

 Flashback of episode #325! This week your hosts are busy with other commitments. Because of that, we are reposting our episode focusing on two works by the great Jack Kirby. First up is his fantastic war comic "The Losers". Featured in "Our Fighting Forces" #151-162, these WWII comics feature some of his best '70's DC work. Next up, we check out Kirby's adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey". Packed with over-sized art, this Marvel treasury edition is truly worth checking out. Give us a listen!

This episode can be found here:     https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2023-07-11T10_42_49-07_00