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GUEST/TOPIC
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DESCRIPTION
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LENGTH |
AUDIO |
1/18/05
3:30 AM |
Will Eisner
Mark Evanier
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I again substituted for Susan Brown's show,
"Punk and Hardcore," but there was
less music than usual because the whole show was devoted
to Will Eisner, possibly the best and most important person in U.S. comics
history. His name came up in other interviews more than any other artist.
He was the artist other artists talked about and learned from and admired.
Former 'Nuff Said! co-host Mercy Van Vlack
was with me the entire time and comics historian (and comics writer)
Mark Evanier joined
me at the top of the show. I then played portions of our
1999 interview with Eisner.
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2 1/2 hrs
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mp3 |
03/30/05
5:00 AM |
Sean Chen
Bernard Chang
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I again substituted for Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore,"
playing music for the first hour and a half then an interview with two artists
who started at Valiant Comics in the early '90s. Since then Sean worked at DC, drew Ironman
and Elektra and is now doing X-Men the End for Marvel. Bernard
is doing illustration, some Batman, animation for startrek.com and
storyboards for TV commercials. There was a lot of great information
about breaking into the business. Recorded at a Big Apple Con.
With Allan Rosenberg.
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1 hr
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4/26/05
3:30 AM |
Marshall Rogers
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Another substitution for Susan Brown's show,
"Punk and Hardcore," but with the entire time devoted to 'Nuff Said!
with one of the most acclaimed artists of our time.
His work on Dr. Strange and Silver Surfer was excellent,
his creation Captain Quick and the Foozle was wonderful, but his
'70s team-up with Steve Englehart and Terry Austin on
Batman gave us some of the best comics ever. That team is returning
to that character in May and we'll talk about that, the craft of sequential
art, the craft of coloring comics, the beginnings of his career and how
attending Kent State during the famous murders affected him.
Plus listener phone calls.
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2 1/2 hrs
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05/25/05
5:00 AM |
Rich Buckler
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On this substitution for Susan Brown's
overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore," I played hard rock music then an
interview with the creator of Deathlok for Marvel. Rich
was a long-time artist on Fantastic Four and drew numerous books
for Marvel, DC and several independent companies. We also talked
about surrealism, his surrealistic paintings and his art gallery show
in Paris, France.
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1 hr
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6/7/05
3:30 AM |
Tom Pomplun
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Another substitution for Susan Brown's
overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore," doing a live interview with the
editor and publisher of Graphic Classics,
who has been adapting classic short stories into comics for the past four
years. They've adapted authors such as Mark Twain, H.P. Lovecraft, O. Henry,
H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allen Poe, and many others. You're
more likely to see these graphic novels in a school library than a comic book
store. Tom also worked on the literary magazine Rosebud before
publishing comics. After the interview, I played hard rock music
until 6 AM.
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1 hr
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07/05/05
3:30 AM |
Damion Scott
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In this substitution for Susan Brown's
overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore," we played a little music and had a
conversation with this penciller and inker for several different
Batman Family comics over the past few years as well as
Spider-Man before that. His unique style is a synthesis of
many different art styles past and present from Japan to Africa to
modern graffitti. The music reflected that. We also discussed Hip Hop
and its relationship to sequential art and took a lot of listener
phone calls.
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2 1/2 hrs
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7/20/05
3:30 AM |
David Fox
Jordan Cooper
James Jajac
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In this substitution for Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore,"
I blended 'Nuff Said! and Monsters from the Id. My guests are in
a punk band, have made
an independent film about the rise, fall and fans of a
fictional syndicated newspaper cartoonist and do an independent literary
magazine that includes a lot of comic strips. We played excerpts from
their dvd and their cd and talked about each medium. And took listener phone calls.
This was a membership drive show.
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2 1/2 hrs
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08/03/05
5:00 AM |
Irwin Donenfeld
Julie Schwartz
Carmine Infantino
Irwin Hasen
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In this substitution for Susan Brown's
overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore," I followed
1 1/2 hours of hard rock music with an interview with
four giants in the field. The son of the founder of DC Comics and its
publisher for 15 years, one of the top editors in comics history, one of
the top artists in comics history and one-time editorial director of DC and
one of the first artists of the golden age of comics. There was a lot of behind the scenes information and a fun atmosphere.
Two of these men are deceased (but this was recorded while they were alive),
which made this show even more special. With David Spurlock, recorded at a
recent Big Apple Con.
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1 hr
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8/31/05
5:00 AM |
Jerry Robinson
Lew Schwartz
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The Brigadoon of comic book radio shows returns, substituting
for Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore." The first
90 minutes were hard rock music then I played the tape of a
Big Apple Con panel
with two golden age Batman artists. We also talked about what they've
been doing lately and they spoke as much about Batman co-creator
Bill Finger as about their own art
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1 hr
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10/12/05
4:30 AM |
Prof. William Foster
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I again
substituted for Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore."
Delightful live guest this time.
"Looking for a Face Like Mine," was the focus of the conversation
(his last show with me, on 3/31/04, is transcribed in that book, but don't hold
that against him). We went back into comics history all the
way to 1895 talking about the changing nature of blacks in comics,
both as characters and creators. From 3:30 to 4:30 I played
hard rock music. From 5:30 to 6:00 we took
listener phone calls.
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1 1/2 hrs
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10/26/05
4:40 AM |
Adam Hughes
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For this substitution of Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore,"
I played hard rock music for a little over an hour then played a
taped interview with one of the top artists in the comics industry.
He's most famous for drawing Justice League and Wonder Woman, but has
quite a list of credits in the mainstream and independents. We found out
where he gets his models and how he wants to be known. To hear it, click on the Quicktime logo.
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1 hr
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11/08/05
3:30 AM |
"Graphic Novels"
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Graphic novels are known to bring young
people into libraries so a librarian friend of a writer I know asked
her to recomend some graphic novels. She in turn asked me and later
thanked me for the recommendations because they were such a hit.
I turned the list into an article
in Interlac
174, April, 2005 and a web page
on this site and then devoted a radio show to it. I combined the
hard rock of Monsters from the Id
with the discourse on graphic novels. Interestingly, all listener
input was off air, despite my invitations to join the show live. To hear it, click on the Quicktime logo.
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2 1/2 hrs
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11/23/05
5:00 AM |
Patrick McDonnell
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With this substitution of Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore,"
I played hard rock music for an hour and a half then did a live interview with
the creator, writer and artist of the syndicated comic strip Mutts
and the Parents Magazine strip Bad Baby.
We talked about the creative process, about babies, cats and dogs in general and comic strip history.
With former 'Nuff Said! co-host Mercy Van Vlack. To hear it, click on the Quicktime logo.
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1 hr
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12/06/05
3:30 AM |
Paul Chadwick
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On this substitution of Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore,"
I began with a conversation with the creator / writer /
artist of the highly-acclaimed, award-winning Dark Horse series Concrete. He
also worked on some of Dark Horse's Star Wars comics and drew for
Marvel Comics and a several other companies. We were in
Apa-5 together with many other future comics artists and talked
about our roots. We took listener phone calls then I played
music for the last 20 minutes. To hear it, click on the Quicktime logo.
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2+ hrs
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12/20/05
3:00 AM |
Jeffrey Lindenblatt
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For this substitution of Susan Brown's "Punk and Hardcore,"
a frequent guest from when 'Nuff Said! was a weekly show joined me. Jeff
is one of the foremost comic strip experts in the U.S., but we also
talked about movie & TV adaptations of comic books and comic strips and
about comics history in general. We discussed the changing nature
of the politics of comic strip artists as they age, particularly Al Capp,
with Bill Weinberg, whose midnight show on the subway strike went long
because the host of the show between his and mine couldn't get in
because of that same strike (hence the earlier time). There was also some wonderful listener
discussion of the Boondocks cartoon. To hear it, click on the Quicktime logo.
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3 hrs
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01/03/06
3:30 AM |
Christian Gossett
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For this substitution of Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore,"
the creator, writer and penciller of Image Comics' Red Star, a
very impressive fantasy comic with a lot of social and political
statements within it and interesting computer-generated graphics.
We talked about mythology, history, industrialization,
fantasy, the cold war, utopia and political power. And took phone calls, too!
The music segment was at the end of the show this time. To hear it, click on the Quicktime logo.
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2+ hrs
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1/18/06
4:30 AM |
Julie Schwartz
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Another substitution
episode of Susan Brown's "Punk and Hardcore." I played a tape of
legendary editor Julie Schwartz's last interview, conducted with
comics historian Marc Svensson and I just a few months before
he passed away. He talked about some of his contemporaries in
science fiction and comics such as John Broome, Bill Finger, Alfred
Bester, C.L. Moore, Henry Kuttner and Mort Weisinger. And listener
phone calls.
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1 hr
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01/31/06
3:30 AM |
Seth Tobocman
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I think World War 3 Illustrated is
one of the most important and
artistic comics coming out right now and Seth has been editing it
since 1980, always contemporary, relevant, cutting edge and dramatic.
He also has had some politically-oriented art shows lately, was
a contributor to the recent Wobblies graphic novel, teaches at the
School of Visual Arts and has been performing some of his comics
with a combination of spoken word, projections and music. To hear it, click on the Quicktime logo.
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2 1/2 hrs
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2/14/06
3:30 AM |
Sam Vera
Jonathan Syphax
Rachel Kadushin
Mercy Van Vlack
Mark Evanier
Bill Foster
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This substitution for Susan Brown's Punk and Hardcore was during
WBAI's Membership Drive. Helping me urge you to become a member of the station were several people from
several different small presses: Sam Vera and Jonathan Syphax
of Crazee Comics,
Rachel Kadushin of Best Friends Productions and
Mercy Van Vlack of Evolution Comics. We discussed writing,
drawing, editing, production, publishing, distribution and our
inspirations. Comics & animation writer and columnist
Mark Evanier
also joined in as did comics historian
Prof. William Foster.
When this many creative people get together, there is inevitably a
party atmosphere. You can still get the premium package of their comics
and others that were donated by going
to www.wbai.org |
2 1/2 hrs
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02/28/06
3:30 AM |
Trina Robbins
The Danish Cartoons
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It seemed like everyone I'd meet at the radio station asked
me if or when I was doing a show on the Danish cartoons that caused
so much controversy in the Muslim World. This week is it. And I'm delighted to have
comics scholar and historian Trina Robbins to contribute to the
discussion. We took a lot of phone calls, some zany and some very
intelligent, including Bill Weinberg of Moorish
Orthodox Radio Crusade who covered the topic on his show the previous week.
If you missed it, check out the podcast right.
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2 1/2 hrs
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3/14/06
3:30 AM |
Dave DeVries
Steven Vincent
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A change of pace for this substitution of Susan Brown's overnight
show, "Punk and Hardcore": recent children's books by comic book
artists. Dave is a DC Comics cover painter whose delightful "The Monster
Engine" contains his paintings of monsters created by kids along with
the kids' original drawings and an interview with each child. Steve does
"Odd Tales," Edward Gorey-esque macabre humor mini-books of illustrated
verse and comic strips.
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2 1/2 hrs
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03/28/06
3:30 AM |
"Manga, Anime and Manhwa"
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Another change of pace for this
substitution of Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore."
For the first hour, Michelle Wladich and I discussed manga
(Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese animation) with one another
then with the listeners then with Peter Tatara and
Kevin Sopko, assistant marketing manager and sales co-ordinator of
Central Park Media,
who translate and distribute Japanese and Korean material (Manhwa) in
the U.S. We talked about how the field has changed in the 16 years
they've been in business and how they choose what to translate from
the vast amount of material out there.
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2 1/2 hrs
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4/25/06
3:30 AM |
Howard Stangroom
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I substituted for Susan Brown's show, "Punk and Hardcore" again.
Besides being a proprietor of 30th Century Comics in Putney, London,
England, Howard was a contributing editor to two of my favorite fanzines,
Comics Forum and Comics Focus. His most recent projects
are the second edition of the Slings & Arrows Guide, Prime Cuts,
Genus Male (two gay anthropomorphic stories in the latest issue),
and the upcoming 'zine about comics for/by girls, Sugar & Spice.
We spent a lot of time talking about comics and creators we like and
why we like them and the history of comics for girls, especially as
they were done in England, and talked about his contribution to the
Star Trek mythos. Plus listener phone calls.
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2 1/2 hrs
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05/09/06
3:30 AM |
Arnold Drake
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Another substitution of Susan Brown's
show, "Punk and Hardcore." During his 50 year
comics writing career he created Deadman, Stanley and his Monster
and the Doom Patrol, including Beast Boy, for DC Comics
plus wrote many of the origins of the X-Men for Marvel. He
followed John Stanley on Little Lulu and wrote many other
comics, from Batman to Bob Hope. He was also one of the
two recipients of the first Bill Finger Award for comics writing
excellence and tried to organize comic book writers into a union back
in the '60s. We discussed comics history, royalties & creator credits,
how current events shape the way a comic book series is created and
some of the people he worked with. For
the last half hour, we were joined by Prof. Bill Foster and
we talked about America's first graphic novel (soon to be back in
print), "It Rhymes with Lust," which Arnold wrote in 1950 with
Matt Baker as artist. Plus listener phone calls.
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2 1/2 hrs
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7/4/06
3:30 AM |
James Fry
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A new substitution for Susan Brown's
overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore." James has been pencilling for
about 20 years. His pencils have appeared on Moon Knight,
Shadowhawk (Image), Sonic the Hedgehog, X-Factor, Mutant X,
Batman Adventures and Star Trek. His next project is
the movie-inspired Darkman Vs. the Army of Darkness. Plus
listener phone calls.
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2 1/2 hrs
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07/18/06
3:30 AM |
"Movie Adaptations"
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A lot of comics, mainstream and
independent, have been adapted into movies and TV shows including
several of this summer's "blockbusters." Some are good, some are bad,
some are memorable, some are forgettable, some ought to be forgotten.
In a way, regular listener/caller Roy Philips was my guest for the
first hour then Zorikh Lequidre came into the studio and we continued
the discussion. We took a lot of listener phone calls this time.
What's your opinion? Send me an e-mail. This was a new
substitution for Susan Brown's show, "Punk and Hardcore."
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2 1/2 hrs
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8/16/06
3:30 AM |
Tim Mungin
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Throughout Manhattan in New York City,
there are people selling comic books on the street. What's that like?
One of them, who is a regular listener and often has called the show
from a phone booth near his table on the street, was our guest tonight.
He had a great story about how comic books saved a man from homelessness.
A new substitution for Susan Brown's overnight show, "Punk and Hardcore."
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2 1/2 hrs
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01/17/07
11:00 AM |
Seth Tobocman
Nicole Schulman
Mac McGill
Tom Keough
James Romberger
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A Combination Special of my show Eco-Logic (Tuesday mornings 11 AM) and
Harry Allen's show Nonfiction (Friday afternoons 2 PM). We discuss
environmental issues with three editors and five writer / artists from
World War 3 Illustrated magazine. They are masters at
using sequential art to convey and succinctly explain complex political and social
ideas and the latest issue (#37) is mostly on environmental issues.
Among the issues discussed on the show are fossil fuel, breast cancer, global warming,
nuclear power, oil addiction, rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane
Katrina, the war in Iraq, Coral Reefs and renewable energy history.
The magazine itself has even more. It's WBAI Membership
Drive time and the magazine and a double cd set (with "deleted scenes")
of the interviews is our premium.
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2 hrs
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5/05/08
4:30 PM |
Prof. William Foster
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A guest spot on Hugh Hamilton's show,
Talkback. The three of us talked about black characters and black
creators in comics, the upcoming 7th Annual Black Age of Comics
Convention and Lt. Uhura of Star Trek's role in black history.
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25 min
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06/09/08
9:00 PM |
Mark Thompson
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A Monday night Arts Special on the
political cartoons and other early works of Dr. Seuss and
Winsor McCay. Theodore Geisel was using the name Dr. Seuss
in the '30s and '40s on his political cartoons and advertising work.
Winsor McCay is one of the best and most influential comic strip
artists of all time, best known for the amazing "Little Nemo in
Slumberland" Sunday pages.
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1 hr
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6/23/08
9:00 PM |
Jeff Caroll
Jemir Johnson
Jonathan Syphax
Jorge Medina
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Four young independent creators discussed the craft
of writing, the craft of drawing and the perils of publishing. Jeff is
an independent filmmaker and wrote and drew Imani the Killer. Jemir
wrote the graphic novel 5 Shots. Jonathan writes and Jorge draws
Street Journal. Listener phone calls, too.
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1 hr.
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11/27/10
12:00 PM |
Alexei Kondratiev
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Not really an episode of 'Nuff Said!, but a show that
would interest most of you. This was a last-minute fill-in of an empty time slot.
I played an interview with Alexei from February 29, 2008 where he compared many works
of mythopoeic fantasy, with particular emphasis on Lord of the Rings
and Harry Potter, but also including works by C.S. Lewis, Willliam Morris,
Diane Duane, Ursula LeGuin and authors from all over the world.
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1 hr
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12/8/10
2:00 AM |
Rebecca Migdal
Andy Laties
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Right from the Exit Gallery's show on the 30th
anniversary of World War 3 Illustrated came one of the writer/artist/editors
and a member of a band who was promoting the anniversary. We spoke of the magazine's
role in portraying American history using subjects that show issues that
affect the lives of "ordinary" people throughout the world.
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1 hr.
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3/3/11
2:00 PM |
Richard Deats
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One of the reasons the recent Egyptian protests were nonviolent was the inspiration of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. One of the ways they learned about Dr. King was from a
comic book published many years ago by
the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and translated
recently by the American Islamic Congress (AIC). AIC in Cairo was getting requests
for the comic before the protests "spread" from Tunisia. Richard Deats knew the Kings and has been a long-time struggler for Civil
Rights. We talked about the role of arts and culture in social change in general and
this comic book specifically. For more information, see also
this web site
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1 hr
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11/10/11
1:30 AM |
Danny Fingeroth
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I joined Jim Freund on his show
"Hour of the Wolf." We talked about Danny's career in comics and his new book "Stan Lee Universe."
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90 min
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4/11/13
midnight
6/18/13
9PM |
"Carmine Infantino"
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I was a guest on Robert Knight's Earthwatch to talk
about the recent passing of Silver Age Great Carmine Infantino. The conversation
started out by talking about his career and the influence Amedeo Modigliani, Edgar Degas
and Frank Lloyd Wright had on his work. We also talked about censorship, racism, EC Comics and
the 1954 Kefauver Hearings on Juvenile Delinquency. |
45 min
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7/10/13
1:30 AM |
Gina Donahue
Patrick Sharp
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I substitute hosted for Jim Freund for his show
"Hour of the Wolf." A lot has
happened in the comics industry since 'Nuff Said! was a regular show.
Independent and internet comics are bigger than ever. The mainstream seems more
formulized than ever. Gina and Patrick have been keeping me up a little on what's been
going on for a while now and they have interesting and thought-provoking analyses,
for example, on how female characters are treated.
I also took listener phone calls.
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90 min
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11/14/13
1:30AM |
Mercy Van Vlack
"Nick Cardy"
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I subbed for Jim Freund's science fiction show
Hour of the Wolf.
Of the hundreds of artists Mercy has studied, Nick Cardy is her favorite and
the greatest influence on her own art. We talked about why and what it was like when
she finally got to meet him and about a story he later told about her.
I also took listener phone calls.
Nick drew Senorita Rita for Fiction House
in the '50s, but is best known for his art on Aquaman, the Teen Titans
and Bat-Lash in the '60s and most of DC Comics' covers in the '70s.
He also worked on one of the first Star Wars posters, drew x-rated comics
with Mike Sekowsky, and did satire for Marvel's Crazy magazine
and the National Lampoon. He was a Sherman tank driver in Europe during
World War II and was awarded two purple hearts. He
passed away on
Nov. 3, 2013 at the age of 93.
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90 min
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2/12/15
1:30 AM |
Mercy Van Vlack
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I substitute hosted for Jim Freund for his show
"Hour of the Wolf." We had just seen a theatre production
of a radio adaptation of two of H.P. Lovecraft's stories and that was a jumping off point for a discussion of
adapting prose and comics to other art forms. Plus listener phone calls and music.
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90 min
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4/20/16
1:30AM |
Jim Salicrup
Chelle Mayer
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I subbed for Jim Freund's science fiction show
Hour of the Wolf. My guests were Jim Salicrup and Chelle Mayer. Either one alone would be a great show.
Jim has worked in comics for 44 years, 20 of them at Marvel Comics. His interests include all eras and all
styles and he certainly has edited and published many different styles of comics, from many decades and
many countries. Check out his Papercutz and Supergenius companies.
Chelle is the granddaughter of one of my favorite people in the history of comics, the great Sheldon Mayer.
Not only did he guide the creation of many of the great characters and creators of the Golden Age, such as
Wonder Woman, Flash and Green Lantern, but he wrote and drew my favorite long series, Sugar and Spike
(which I didn't appreciate until I was an adult), which, like George Carlin, made comments about the weird everyday things we do. And he was the one who urged DC Comics to buy Superman,
after they'd already rejected it. She is also an excellent cartoonist and artist herself and I just know
her sketchbooks would make her grandfather proud.
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90 min
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7/7/16
1:30 AM |
Mark Evanier
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I substitute hosted for Jim Freund for his show
"Hour of the Wolf." I interviewed Mark Evanier,
who has been a TV story editor, has written Scooby Doo cartoons, is currently writing the Garfield cartoons, and has written three of my favorite comic book series: Groo the Wanderer
(with Sergio Aragones), DNAgents and Crossfire. He's also a helluva popular culture historian and has kept alive the memories of many talented people from comics, TV & movies.
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90 min
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