My Hero Academia
Come dive in as we learn the history of manga, and this particular series by Kohei Horikoshi. What is his mysterious past and creative process, and why is this series blowing up internationally? What more can be said about superheroes? Let’s learn!
a correction in the episode: the genre Shōjo manga should be pronounced more like (SHOW-JOE) than (SHOW-JOO). Apologies!
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Extras:
article, brief history of manga https://bit.ly/mhamanga1
trailer, My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission (2021) https://bit.ly/mhamanga2
trailer, Your Name anime film (2016) https://bit.ly/mhamanga9
interview, Weekly Shonen Jump Editor in Chief https://bit.ly/mhamanga3
article, original 12th century “manga” https://bit.ly/mhamanga10
interview, editors of My Hero Academia https://bit.ly/mhamanga4
interview, creator Kohei Horikoshi https://bit.ly/mhamanga5
page, One Piece creator supporting Horikoshi https://bit.ly/mhamanga6
free first issue, My Hero Academia chapter 1 https://bit.ly/mhamanga7
video, Horikoshi’s other manga works https://bit.ly/mhamanga8
Marvel's What If…? & Star Wars: Visions
These two mega-mythical properties are at it again, this time with a whole new set of creatives and wild ideas to shake up the franchise. What are these animated anthologies saying about the properties, and has this been done before? Let’s learn together!
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Extras:
trailer, Marvel Studio’s What If…? (2021) https://bit.ly/marvsw1
trailer, Star Wars: Visions (2021) https://bit.ly/marvsw2
article, history of Multiverse idea https://bit.ly/marvsw3
interview, What If writer AC Bradley https://bit.ly/marvsw4
character, Man-Spider (Spider-Man multiverse) https://bit.ly/marvsw5
book, Star Wars Visions (2010) https://bit.ly/marvsw6
production brief, What If…? https://bit.ly/marvsw7
article, Star Wars Japanese influence https://bit.ly/marvsw8
Sweet Tooth
Originally touted as “Mad Max meets Bambi”, how did the dark and violent comic series become the warm tale on Netflix? And what does the author think about it? Learn about dystopian and apocalyptic fiction over the ages in this week’s episode.
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Extras:
trailer, Sweet Tooth (2021) https://bit.ly/sweetooth1
article, Jeff Lemire interview https://bit.ly/sweetooth3
q&a video, Jeff Lemire https://bit.ly/sweetooth4
novel, Mary Shelley’s The Last Man https://bit.ly/sweetooth5
Justice League
Who was Gardner Fox, the mastermind writer behind the superhero genre? Why is it so hard to make a Justice League movie? And what the heck is a Multiverse?
Extras:
trailer, Zack Snyder’s Justice League http://bit.ly/zsjl1
article, history of Justice League film http://bit.ly/zsjl2
video, commentary on the cancelled 1997 TV pilot http://bit.ly/jlapilotvid
video, history of the Justice Society of America http://bit.ly/jsaexplained
book, Gardner Fox biography http://bit.ly/gfbiography
site, Gardner Fox’s 160 novels http://bit.ly/gflibrary1
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Watchmen (HBO)
We tackle the race massacre of 1921, the lead-up of the Red Summer of 1919, and the hidden history uncovered in modern times. Watchmen is created by Damon Lindelof, based on the book by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The Burning is written by Tim Madigan.
Extras:
Watchmen (HBO) trailer // 2 min https://bit.ly/watchmenhbotrail
interview with Damon Lindelof on writing // 10 min https://bit.ly/damonlinterview
Tim Madigan’s book, The Burning // book https://bit.ly/theburningbook
WEB DuBois essay, “Returning Soldiers” // essay https://bit.ly/returnsoldiers
the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre // article https://bit.ly/tulsarm
the history of the Rosewood Massacre // article https://bit.ly/rosewdmassacre
press during 1919 massacres // article https://bit.ly/1919press
1921 Tulsa article after the massacre // article https://bit.ly/tulsajune2
Donald Byrd’s dance “Greenwood” // 38 min https://bit.ly/greenwooddance
Teaching for Black Lives materials // resource https://www.teachingforblacklives.org
Rosewood (1997) trailer // 3 min https://bit.ly/rosewoodtrailer
interview with Olivia Hooker, a survivor // article https://bit.ly/oliviahint
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Joker
Join us and learn about the history of the Joker, and the real world assassinations and scandals that created the Joker character over the years. Now a major film “Joker” with Joaquin Phoenix.
Watch/read/listen:
(IMAGE) The comparison photo between “The Man Who Laughs” and Joker:
(VIDEO) The trailer for “Joker”:
(VIDEO) Batman vs. Alien vs. Predator
(BOOK) The Joker: A Serious Study
(BOOK) An Assassin’s Diary (Arthur Bremer)
Get a copy of “The Killing Joke”:
Topics from today’s episode:
01:00 | Children’s socks with a murderer on them
01:40 | The Killing Joke book
08:10 | the 1928 silent film Joker comes from
11:45 | media controversy
15:20 | Joker’s changes thru the decades
19:30 | audience voted on who Joker should kill
20:40 | Joker becomes the ambassador to Iran
22:30 | how Harley Quinn got made
24:00 | real assassination attempts
28:10 | Joker becomes Batman
29:30 | Batman vs. Alien vs. Predator
30:50 | Joker in Shakespeare
31:30 | the iconic laugh
34:00 | let us know what you think
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The Boys - Garth Ennis
What if superheroes were just as flawed as our celebrities and politicians? Learn about an amazing comic series, also now a show on Amazon.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Shop your local indie bookstore
Check out Book of the Month Club YA
Toss a review on Apple Podcasts! Put up some stars!
BONUS LINKS:
The trailer for the Amazon series:
The main character Hughie (who looks like Simon Pegg):
The Boys Reddit page:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBoys/
The Arabic graffiti in the back of The Boys:
The Arabic graffiti in the back of Homeland:
Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe:
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Stan Lee & Marvel Comics
You know him from his appearance in every Marvel film. But do you know how he came to create all those heroes, and why his comics were so revolutionary?
Learn about Stan Lee before you go see Avengers: Endgame, and chat about it in line at the theater!
THE SPECIAL LINKS the documentary on Batman creator Bill Finger Evan talked abouthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcBDjjY2swE&frags=pl%2Cwn
the documentary on the South Park creative process Evan mentionedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIo11liUA0c
the Good Morning America coverage of the "real life" Spider-Man/Mary Jane marriagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQwslg6lat8&frags=pl%2Cwn
the shady dealings of con man Peter Paul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeterFPaul
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Transcript coming soon.
Watchmen - Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
The OG gritty reboot. By Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Our most visual book yet, be sure to look at the links!
SHOW NOTES:
A great video about it being "unfilmable": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oltd-Jsi2I&frags=pl%2Cwn
Panel by panel analysis of the symmetrical section: https://tinyurl.com/symmetrywatch
The details on the 2019 HBO adaptation: https://tinyurl.com/hbowatchm
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Transcript coming soon.