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Ed Greer, Ron Swallow, and Producer Bill discuss and debate what makes something great.
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Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
You ever want to get away? Of course you do, you’re listening to a pop culture podcast. So we present to you the “The Greatest Vacation Spots in The Multiverse.” Would you book a trip to Gotham City? Is the theater scene worth all the crime? Is Metropolis real estate insanely expensive? Would you live anywhere in Star Wars? Is visiting Latveria under Dr. Doom or the city of the Elves from Lord Of The Rings like going to Dubai? This one’s about world-building and trying to look at these many fantastical lands as possible vacation destinations for us mere mortals.
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Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Just in time for Halloween, we discuss “The Greatest Horrors.” This isn’t just about movies or novels or comic depictions of horror, it's a revelatory look at what scares us as a group. Is open water more scary than Michael Myers? Is Chucky more scary than Annabelle? What makes horror work for us as a genre? Producer Bill, Ron, and Ed tell what makes them shiver and hopefully we can bond over the universal language of fear.
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Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Jeff's Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1536854088/rogues-kingdom-issue-1?fbclid=IwAR1ijZ4jXC-GZ9WYuXkChjadCQoaEEX_TBPmkPr6ufu8Due1_3PjV4Osnkw
“The Greatest Thing About Independent Comics” is the subject of our chat with comic book artist, and storyboard savant Jeff Johnson. He’s got an independent, fantasy adventure comic on Kickstarter called Rogues’ Kingdom with James Robinson and Brennan Wagner. We talk and look at some images (see our Youtube version of this podcast!) but mostly we get Jeff’s ethos on storytelling and dig into the life of a comic book artist. Listen and learn from a master storyteller who along with Dan Panosian, and Dave Johnson, formed The Original Drink and Draw Social Club. Are comics going more towards independent production since they are such valuable intellectual properties for adaptation into other mediums OR are independent comics some of the last truly unique stories available in popular media?
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Buy Ron’s album here:
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Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
This is the senses-shattering conclusion to our series on “The Greatest Writers In Comics.” We discuss canceled people, low-key right-wingers, idea guys, and luminaries…some of these writers are all of these things at once. We get into the business of comics writing and cover some of the people who have decided that “working for the man” i.e. the Big 2 isn’t for them. Or they use the Big 2 (Marvel and DC) to get a name and make their own empires elsewhere. Are comics the best way to become a ‘creative’? Are business success and accessible stories the truest indicator of skill? We cover your favorite writer's favorite writers (Morrison, Millar, Ennis, Simone, Kirkman just to name a few) and as is our way, some of your favorite writers catch strays. Enjoy this supersized extravaganza!!!!
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https://www.youtube.com/@ronswallow
Buy Ron’s album here:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/on-the-wings-of-a-dragon/1687418796
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
In part two of The Greatest Comic Book Writers we try to get to the modern guys but the giants like Miller, Gaiman, Dwayne McDuffie, Mark Waid, Alan Moore etc., emerge to lead us through the 1980’s and the 1990’s using their vision to expand what comics could be.
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Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
“The Greatest Writers in Comics” (Part One) MOSTLY concerns people who work for “the big 2” meaning Marvel and DC, however within that framework we will discuss everyone from iconoclasts to “jobbers” as the Cartoonist Kayfabe guys say. There are also people who can do both superhero AND independent “mature” work with equal aplomb. We will speak with some nuance about what these men and women accomplished in the formative years of comics, building the giant shoulders on which contemporary comics stand. We try to determine exactly what constitutes the beginning of “modern” comics and what qualifies as an actual evolution or revolution in comics. Dig in cuz part one’s a whole meal, but just know there’s much more to come!
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Watch REBOOT IT, our YouTube Show where we update your favorite franchises alongside Fandom Producer Billy Business here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/REBOOTITSHOW
https://www.youtube.com/@ronswallow
Buy Ron’s album here:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/on-the-wings-of-a-dragon/1687418796
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
*Next week we will be back on a more or less weekly schedule. Thanks for enduring the dog days.* The question mark in “The Greatest Powers?” refers to Ed’s relentless pursuit of the downside of superpowers if they were to exist. Would having them be the greatest? This made for a slightly more interesting conversation than the typical “who could beat who” feats convos that dominate the nerd space. Enjoy the plethora of sex jokes that happen when we don’t have Producer Bill for ballast.
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https://www.youtube.com/@ronswallow
Buy Ron’s album here:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/on-the-wings-of-a-dragon/1687418796
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
“The Greatest Pet Peeves In Pop Culture” is our attempt to discuss the tropes and trends that Ed, Ron, and Bill dislike the most in pop culture. Can we stop shooting everything from diner scenes to space battles in the same four by five area against a greenscreen? Can we stop the generic superhero origin story with no twists? Can characters in movies stop obsessively mentioning other movies? Can writers stop using dialogue to lampshade weak plots and cliche situations? This episode also takes modern audiences to task. We lampoon criticism that doesn’t give any thought to context. We talk about how neo-puritanical nerds and hand wringing ninnies are bad for movies but so also are the “antiwoke” grifters and cinematic conspiracy theorists that have infiltrated media about media. This one is fun and turns into a very serious conversation about the internet generation’s relationship to art.
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https://www.youtube.com/@ronswallow
Buy Ron’s album here:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/on-the-wings-of-a-dragon/1687418796
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
“The Greatest Future For Movies” is about what it takes to get people back into the movie theater now and in the near future. The crew asks what drives people to movies now and what will it take in the future. Will it be spectacle, intellectual properties, or concepts and stories (ha) that get people into the theater? Notice how we didn’t say movie stars. We’ve debated before whether they actually exist anymore. But maybe the problem is that the type of movies that make movie stars don’t exist anymore either. The whole subject is ripe for discussion in the wake of this Barbenheimer, Fast X, Mission Impossible, Ninja Turtle summer.
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https://www.youtube.com/@ronswallow
Buy Ron’s album here:
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Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
“The Greatest Cinematic Experience” means different things to different people. To some it’s a stirring script, others it’s innovative direction, and then there’s the people who simply love certain actors. We, Bill and Ed, tend to think it’s a mix of all three and some other things like practical effects, a sense of scope, and a main character that doesn’t necessarily have to break the mold. Obviously these are our personal choices and ourr favorite films tend to be somewhat modern and American, however,after listening to this conversation you’ll know what we mean when we say something is cinematic. The conversation is instructive and funny AND at the end we read a brand new 5 Star REVIEW!!!!
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Watch REBOOT IT, our YouTube Show where we update your favorite franchises alongside Fandom Producer Billy Business here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/REBOOTITSHOW
https://www.youtube.com/@ronswallow
Buy Ron’s album here:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/on-the-wings-of-a-dragon/1687418796