Episode 1799 Talkback - Comic Talk (with Special Guest Steve Bryant)

i_am_scifi

Back at it again with that Comic Talk! This time, the gang are joined by Steve Bryant, who is returning to Kickstarter for the launch of his next story in the Athena Voltaire franchise, Athena Voltaire and the Terror on the Orient Express! Steve then sticks around afterward to talk about some of the things he's been reading of late such as Thief of Thieves, we go into Marvel's rebirth of Heroes Reborn, Bendis possibly no longer being DC exclusive, and we honor the untimely passing of legendary artist Steve Lightle. Then, Murd dives deep into The Other History of the DC Universe, Ian reviews Scout's Honor from Aftershock, Tales From the Dark Multiverse: Infinite Crisis and Dark Knights: Death Metal #1 and #2, Chris and Ian discuss the joy that is Christopher Cantwell's Iron Man, Chris checks out Terry Moore's Ever: The Way Out, Shane gives us a quick World of Toys deviation, and we are provided with a crash course on Disney's The Black Hole before we conclude with an in-depth spoiler-filled discussion on WandaVision episode 1-3 (spoiler discussion begins at 1:55:05). And yes, as is tradition, a Muddle the Murd. (2:26:36)

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nweathington

Re: DC’s decision to no longer offer exclusive contracts, I think it boils down to the further devaluation of creative talent by big corporations. And, yeah, the exclusive contracts weren't necessarily desired by every creator, and in fact sometimes proved to be a detriment (see Jerry Ordway’s last exclusive term), the bottom line is this gives creators one less bargaining chip when dealing with the Big Two.

nweathington

Coal Tiger was the original name Kirby used in his pitch (with a slightly different costume) for the character who became Black Panther. Marvel reused the name a couple of times years later.

nweathington

I second @i_am_scifi's recommendation of the Defunctland documentary on Halyx. Very well done, and well worth a watch.

nweathington

Surprisingly, I didn't go see The Black Hole when it came out. Didn't see it until much later, in my 20s. Forbidden Planet is the far better movie of the two—I mean, it is Shakespeare in space after all.

nweathington

@i_am_scifi, have you read Matt Kindt’s Black Badge? It's about a troop of scouts who are actually special ops agents trying to keep the world safe. Oh, and [Spoiler Alert] there's a girl in the troop who gets in by presenting as a boy, and whose specialty is archery. It's not set in a post-apocalypse, but rather in Kindt’s Mind Mgmt universe, but the series is done, the artwork by Tyler Jenkins is fantastic, and it's a really well-written story — scout’s honor.

Bryan

@nweathington I had the same thought listening to the episode.

nweathington

Bryan said:

@nweathington I had the same thought listening to the episode.

Yeah, I'd like to give Scout's Honor the benefit of the doubt, but...

ChrisMurrin

Kirby did The Black Hole as part of the Disney rotating strip. He did a comic version of the movie plot in 26 Sundays.