Better Than Fiction Episode #571! The Shadow and The Wicker Man!

 Episode #571! The Shadow and The Wicker Man! This week Scott has The Shadow vol. 5 which features the stories The Black Falcon and The Salamanders. DL has vol.2 Frozen Gold from The Complete Carl Barks Donald Duck Library. Also on this episode Scott has the books Will Eisner's Shop Talk and The Art of The Real Tom Sawyer. DL brings Death In Trieste the newest book from Norwegian cartoonist Jason and the Frank Frazetta Gallery Series book Terror from the Frazetta Museum. And this episode, Scott performs a dramatic reading from Les Daniel's Comix! Check it out!  

 

This episode can be heard here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2025-12-28T06_58_31-08_00

Better Than Fiction Episode #570! THB, Daredevil and Drome!

 Episode #570! THB, Daredevil and Drome! This week DL brings two NYCC purchases to the podcast. Finally after 10 years or more in the making, Total THB vol.1 is out. Originally produced as single issues, large format comics and con exclusives, those long out of print issues are finally collected into a standard size trade paperback, available now. Drome, by Jesse Lonergan, is visual treat that shows the  birth and early struggles of humanity with demigods and elder beings inserting themselves into the their lives. Scott has his new copy of Marvel Premier Collection Daredevil Born Again at the table. Also this episode DL talks about the 80's movie Eating Raoul. Check it out!  

This episode can be heard here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2025-12-11T14_23_38-08_00

Better Than Fiction Episode #569! NYCC '25, The Frazetta Art Museum and New York!

 Episode #569! NYCC '25, The Frazetta Art Museum and New York! This week we are back talking about our trips to the east coast. While in Pennsylvania, DL (and wife) had the absolute pleasure of a guided tour of the Frazetta Art Museum from grandson Frankie Frazetta. After that he talks about his NYCC '25 experiences. Scott also had a trip to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and NYC the same week. He gives us the details of his trip which intersected with DL's. Check it out! 

The Frazetta Art Museum

National Tennis Center

DUMBO in Brooklyn with
Empire State Building in background.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds cast.

The X-Men!

Rob Liefeld with Badrock,

 

Life-size Batmobile made of Lego's.

This episode can be heard here:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/betterthanfictionpodcast/episodes/2025-11-02T11_57_10-08_00