The Literate Nerds

Can't sleep so I figure I'll ramble about my weekend

Got into it on a Flop House fan page about why Art Spiegelman is a dick even if he did create MAUS.

PK takes a stand against corporate swindling!

Garrison Davis is a conflict journalist based in Portland, Oregon. He is a researcher and frequent co-host of Behind the Bastards with Robert Evans, and a head writer on Uprising: A Guide from Portland. Both shows can be found on iHeartRadio.https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-uprising-a-guide-from-por-73255667/https://twitter.com/hungrybowtieNEAR MINT:Godzilla vs Kong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odM92ap8_c0The Laughing Fish: https://www.comixology.com/Detective-Comics-1937-2011-475/digital-comic/23174https://madcavestudios.com/product/becstar-1/https://m.comixology.com/Joe-Corallo/comics-creator/170029https://www.geeksout.org/https://www.flamecon.org/http://www.joerlansdale.com/Bubba Hotep Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa9331xmvhgHap & Leonard on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80032178Jonah Hex by Lansdale & Timothy Truman on Comixology: https://bit.ly/3drUwtChttp://www.kaseylansdale.com/POOR CONDITION:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComicsgateComicsgate: https://globalnews.ca/news/4421411/comicsgate-what-is-it/The AIR Report: A Lack of Authentically Inclusive Representation Has Costs at the Box Office https://www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/airMark Gruenwald's Captain America No More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnLjYn2UTkAJack KIrby, ANTIFA: https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/01/24/captain-americas-co-creator-punch-nazis/KING KIRBY audioplay: https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/podcast/kingkirby/https://yourmoneygeek.com/zack-snyder-condemns-self-proclaimed-anti-sjw-youtuber/Ethan Van Sciver Audio: https://twitter.com/rewritingripley/status/1372626199969554434https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article223686400.htmlhttps://www.inverse.com/entertainment/41132-comicsgate-explained-bigots-milkshake-marvel-dc-gamergatehttps://globalnews.ca/news/4421411/comicsgate-what-is-it/https://globalnews.ca/news/4205650/edmonton-comic-variant-edition-attack-richard-meyer-jawbreakers/https://www.comicsbeat.com/this-stuff-all-sucks-gail-simone-responds-to-ethan-van-sciver/https://twitter.com/SjwSpiderman/status/1373042290403463168https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/widespread-creator-outcry-wont-be-enough-to-end-comicsgatehttps://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/1041102661590966274WHAT'S ON YOUR SHELF?PK:SMOKIN' by Humble PieThe Wrong Earth from Ahoy ComicsGarrison:Venture Brothers Production BookBatman: NOELThe 3 Jokers

We're talking WandaVison on the Literate Nerds! Nuff Said!

Rachael Smith is a comic creator and illustrator based in the UK. Her new title Quarantine Comix is available for pre-order at the link below. She has a cat named Rufus and he looks quite dashing in his new bowtie. You can find Rachael at her website: https://www.rachaelsmith.org/And on Twitter: @rachael_ Quarantine Comix Preorder in the US: https://bookshop.org/books/quarantine-comix-a-memoir-of-life-in-lockdown/9781785787836

Produced by Grammy award-winner John Carter Cash, Kasey Lansdale is a “Jack of all trades.” From a country blues singer and songwriter to actress and author, the small-town girl from Nacogdoches, Texas dreams big. Now a Los Angeles, California resident, Lansdale is a regular performer at the famed Hotel Café there in Hollywood. Lansdale’s music has been featured in films such as, Cold in July, starring award-winning actor, Michael C. Hall of Showtimes’ hit series Dexter; IFC Channel, Animal Planet, and the award winning Sundance TV Channel series, Hap and Leonard, where Lansdale can also be spotted as an actress. “As a vocalist, she walks the line between traditional and contemporary sounds throughout. She knocks out some notes that will leave you wondering ‘How did she do that?” said Billboard’s Chuck Dauphin. As an author, Lansdale was first published at the tender age of eight by Random House, and is the author of several short stories and novellas, along with publications from Harper Collins, Titan Books, & others. Lansdale is the editor of assorted anthology collections, including Subterranean Press’ Impossible Monsters. Her new collection, Terror Is Our Business, was lauded by Publisher’s Weekly as “storytelling that delightfully takes on a lighter and sharper edge.” Most recently, her collaboration with her father and brother, The Companion, was adapted to episode 4 of the television remake of Shudder’s Creepshow, produced by Walking Dead producer, Greg Nicotero. Fans will also have the chance to watch Lansdale on a new reality television show on the USA Network in early 2020.http://www.kaseylansdale.com/NEAR MINT: https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-launches-massive-believe-in-wonder-campaign-for-wonder-woman-80th-anniversary/POOR CONDITION: Frank & Marilyn Thorne https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/frank-thorne-red-sonja-legend-obitLITERATE REVISIT: American Gothic "A Tree Grows in Trinity" https://www.nbc.com/american-gothic/video/a-tree-grows-in-trinity/4079015https://tachyonpublications.com/product/of-mice-and-minestrone/https://www.mulhollandbooks.com/titles/joe-r-lansdale/moon-lake/9780316540643/https://www.cuisinesolutions.com/https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CKCV22Q/ref=dp_st_0679451099

Mary SanGiovanni is an award-winning American horror and thriller writer of over a dozen novels, including The Hollower trilogy, Thrall, Chaos, The Kathy Ryan series, and others, as well as numerous novellas, short stories and non-fiction. Her work as been translated internationally. She has a Masters degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, Pittsburgh, and is currently a member of The Authors Guild, The International Thriller Writers, and Penn Writers. She was a co-host on the popular podcast The Horror Show with Brian Keene, and hosts her own podcast on cosmic horror, Cosmic Shenanigans. She has the distinction of being one of the first women to speak about writing at the CIA Headquarters in Langley, VA, and offers talks and workshops on writing around the country. Born and raised in New Jersey, she currently resides in Pennsylvania. http://www.marysangiovanni.com/https://twitter.com/marysangiovannihttps://www.amazon.com/Mary-SanGiovanni/e/B0034QB11O%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_sharehttp://www.cosmicshenanigans.projectentertainment.libsynpro.com/https://ghostwriterspodcast.libsyn.com/https://defendersdialogue.libsyn.com/ https://scaresthatcare.org/https://www.somercanon.com/https://lairdbarron.wordpress.com/https://www.richardkadrey.com/

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This episode PK is joined by the rest of the the Stand at Attica team, writer Jared Reinmuth, illustrator Ameziane, and composer/music director Alex Tichane on the first anniversary of the books release. https://shop.boom-studios.com/graphicnovels/detail/9968/big-black-stand-at-attica-gn-(mr)https://www.comixology.com/Big-Black-Stand-at-Attica/digital-comic/834316https://standatattica.bandcamp.com/album/big-black-stand-at-atticahttps://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Ameziane/e/B004MOZ30W?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1613520416&sr=1-1https://www.instagram.com/ame.comics/

Mint to Poor Condition, wherein we discuss both a positive and a negative story in the world of nerd-dom. Today we are being football-centric in our choices, for obvs reasons.Near Mint: Massive Colin Kaepernick Mural Highlighting Activism Unveiled in Tampahttps://popculture.com/sports/news/colin-kaepernick-mural-highlighting-activism-unveiled-tampa/Poor Condition: EA brings back College Football but players still ain’t getting paid. https://www.si.com/college/2021/02/02/ea-sports-college-football-video-game-returnsThe Literate Revisit, an in-depth talk about a beloved piece of nerd adjacent media.Super Bowl XXXII Packers at Broncos January 25, 1998 Final Score Packers 24 Broncos 31https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUe968JR8UMOur special segment for today,THE LITERATE ANALYSIS: Super Bowl LV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida, February 7, 2021And finally,What’s On Your Shelf, a Q&A with our quests about the content they are currently enjoying at home.Mike: Assassins' Creed Valhalla Alan: Agents of Shield and Lucifer

PK is joined by comic book creator and crowdfunding wizard Pat Shand and they talk about the monthly DESTINY, NY comic from Black MaskDESTINY, NY(W) Pat Shand (A) Manuel Preitano (CA) Elisa RomboliLogan grew up in a boarding school for children with magical prophecies, but she fulfilled her destiny so young that she's now having a midlife crisis despite being in her 20s. When she falls for the estranged daughter of a mystical crime family, Logan's new love puts the entire school in jeopardy. A grounded story about the magic of young adulthood, star-crossed modern romance, delayed coming of age, and finding your place in a world too busy to notice you. From writer Pat Shand (Snap Flash Hustle) and artist Manuel Preitano (DC Comics' The Oracle Code) with an incredible limited-edition cover by Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), this exuberantly youthful and achingly heartfelt ongoing series feels like Strangers in Paradise set in a magical NYC, featuring characters that will stick with you long after finishing this double-sized first issue.In Shops: Mar 31, 2021https://bit.ly/2YpjqTzStart: Near Mint: GODZILLA VS KONG trailer30:00: Literate Revisit: X-Files season 2 ep20 HUMBUG54:00: What's On Your Shelf:

PK is joined by Cat & Brian Carroll, nerd parents extraordinaire, and they discuss Mike Lombardo's I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE DOOMSDAY

Today's Guests: Joe Corallo & Theresa Grey : Photo: 4 year old PK with Santa

Near Mint:Early praise and high hopes for Cyberpunk 2077:https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/cyberpunk-2077-critics-praise-keanu-reeves-johnny-silverhandWW84 reactions say it's what we need now. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/wonder-woman-1984-first-reactionsPoor Condition: Is 10M+ to Gal Gadot & Patty Jenkins to tout HBO Max deal payola? And is it unfair to studios like Legendary Pictures and film crews? https://bleedingcool.com/movies/gal-gadot-patty-jenkins-reportedly-got-10m-to-praise-hbo-max-deal/ Morbius trailer drops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLMBLuGJTsALiterate Revisit: SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHTMusic and Editing by Alex Tichane

Today's Guests are David Catanese, Christopher Helton & Ryan KlaissNear Mint: The Expanse renewed for Season 6 before Season 5 premier. https://deadline.com/2020/11/the-expanse-renewed-sixth-final-season-amazon-cas-anvar-not-returning-1234621032/Poor Condition: Abuse apologists outraged at Warner Brothers for Animaniacs joke implying Johnny Depp is a liar. https://www.cbr.com/animaniacs-johnny-depp-joke-boycott/Literate Revisit: White Plume Mountain. https://idoc.pub/documents/s2-white-plume-mountainpdf-d4pqvxw896np

Adam McGovern: https://www.hilobrow.com/author/amcgovern/Stew Goldstein: @mantleclinic on TwitterNearMint:https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/oxford-university-study-video-games-good-mental-healthhttps://www.themarysue.com/dc-reveals-new-wonder-woman-yara-flor/?fbclid=IwAR3RHmg6RTLDlyQCC-z0c2tcK9B4XgxIV3pjEfhBvw1W00HA9Fv7lwXWjIshttps://www.syfy.com/syfywire/cw-wonder-girl-seriesPoor Condition:https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/micronauts-release-universal-cinemark-deal-electric-easyLiterate Revisit: Twins of Evil https://bit.ly/3kRul1h

Today's Guests: Joe Corallo & Theresa GreyNear Mint: The Rainbow Wave for LGBTQ candidates in 2020. https://theconversation.com/rainbow-wave-of-lgbtq-candidates-run-and-win-in-2020-election-149066Poor Condition: Original John Buscema art stolen. https://comicbook.com/irl/news/artwork-of-the-late-john-buscema-reportedly-stolen/http://originalcomicartlocator.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-real-story-how-original-art-to-x.html Literate Revisit: Kolchak: The Night Stalker S1 E19 The Youth Killer https://www.nbc.com/kolchak-the-night-stalker/video/the-youth-killer/3980775