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Better Than Fiction

Your hosts DL Nelson and Scott Sackett will talk comic books, movies, TV, games and art. Whatever they find interesting or entertaining will be discussed.

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Episode 555: Episode #548! Our Top Five of '24!

Better Than Fiction ·

2025/02/13

Episode #548! Our Top Five of '24! This week your hosts Scott Sackett and DLNelson are back with their annual Best Of episode. Books, comics, magazines, music, an interactive experience and even a musical is discussed. Also some honorable mentions are mentioned. Check it out!

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71:29

Episode 554: Episode #547! DC Finest, The Shadow and...

Better Than Fiction ·

2025/02/03

Episode #547! DC Finest, The Shadow and Doomsday +1! This week Scott brings two serials to the podcast with Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu. He also shows off his score from Lulu. DL has two new Batman collections with DC Finest Batman Year One & Two and Batman First Knight. Plus Freddie the Fix. Check it out!

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72:49

Episode 553: Episode #546! Starman, The Shadow and...

Better Than Fiction ·

2025/01/26

Episode #546! Starman, The Shadow and the Marvel calendar! It's time for a new Starman. This week DL focuses on the Jack Knight era of the Opal City hero. Scott brings a rare Shadow hardcover to the table along with the new Marvel (reprint) calendar. We also have some New Orleans and Disney World travel talk. Check it out!

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Episode 552: Episode #545! Dungeons and Dragons and...

Better Than Fiction ·

2025/01/13

Episode #545! Dungeons and Dragons and Hellboy! This week Scott starts off with a couple of movies. First up is 1932's The Most Dangerous Game then is Sinatra in Double Dynamite. After that he has the absolute tome The Making Of Original Dungeons & Dragons 1970-1977. DL brings a trio of Mike Mignola books to the table including his new Hell, Ink & Water art book. All that plus extras. Check it out!

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Episode 551: Episode #544! Gil Kane The Art of the ...

Better Than Fiction ·

2025/01/06

Episode #544! Gil Kane The Art of the Comics, Discipline and The Goddess of Pigland! This week Scott brings the comic The Goddess of Pigland by his cousin Mario Zecca to the table. He also spotlights the career spanning book Gil Kane The Art of the Comics. DL has a story of a Quaker leaving home to fight in the Civil War in Discipline by Dash Shaw. All that and more. Check it out!

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Episode 550: Episode #543! The Shadow, The Joker and...

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/12/15

Episode #543! The Shadow, The Joker and Battlestar Galactica! This week at the table, Scott brings a Shadow pulp reprint which includes The Voodoo Master and The Red Blot. As if that wasn't enough Shadow, he also directs our attention to Dark Avenger The Strange Saga of the Shadow. Also this week we talk treasuries with Howard The Duck, Battlestar Galactica and Faster Than Light. And we talk about the sweet, sweet musical Joker Folie 'a Deux! Check it out!

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Episode 549: Episode #542! New York Comic Con '24!

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/12/02

Episode #542! New York Comic Con '24! This week DL gives his take on NYCC '24. Besides what he bought, panels he attended and creators met, he also talks about his time at the Society of Illustrators and the Philippe Labaune Gallery. Plus time at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Roosevelt Island, The Vessel and Coney Island are included. All that and more! Give it a listen!

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Episode 548: Episode #541! The Wolfman, Starman and...

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/11/21

Episode #541! The Wolfman, Starman and King of Kong! This week we revisit the documentary about two rival Donkey Kong video gamers with King of Kong. DL brings the Superman versus Wonder Woman treasury to the table. Scott talks about Universal Pictures' The Wolf Man dvd. Also this week we look at Starman from James Robinson and Tony Harris. Check it out!

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Episode 547: Episode #540! The Cowboy Wally Show,...

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/11/11

Episode #540! This week we have trades, a Sopranos documentary and a couple of movies to discuss. First up is the post-apocalyptic, car wars style, street racer chase story Petrol Head by Rob Williams and Pye Parr. Next, is The Cowboy Wally Show from indy giant Kyle Baker. Scott tells us about the documentary Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos. And we have more post-apocalyptic action with Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and A Boy and His Dog. Check it out!

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60:59

Episode 546: Episode #539! At The Mountains Of...

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/11/04

Episode #539! At The Mountains Of Madness and True Romance! Welcome back! This week Scott tells us about the Quentin Tarantino penned film True Romance. Meanwhile, DL has horror works from HP Lovecraft and Richard Corben. First up is Gou Tanabe's adaptation of Lovecraft's At The Mountains Of Madness. After that archeological expedition gone bad, we have Corben's Frozen Beauty from Creepy #36. Check it out!

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Episode 545: Episode #538! Houses of the Unholy,...

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/10/14

Episode #538! Houses of the Unholy, Kommix and Uncanny X-Force! This week DL has comics by Charles Burns, Rick Remender, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phililps. First up, Charles Burns gives us plenty of fake magazine covers in his new book Kommix, Houses of the Unholy is Brubaker and Phillips' newest book with crime (of course) and Satanic Panic. Also brought to the table this week is the Uncanny X-Force omnibus written by Remender and illustrated by many of the top artists working today. Check it

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Episode 544: Episode #537! Scott's NYC travelogue!

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/10/11

Episode #537! Scott's NYC travelogue! Scott is back from his NYC trip. This week he tells us about his trip, things he bought and his special birthday lunch. Plus Back To The Future the musical! Check it out!

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Episode 543: Episode #536! Joe Matt's Peep Show, Grim...

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/10/01

Episode #536! Joe Matt's Peep Show, Grim Death and Bill The Electrocuted Criminal and Friday book 3! This week we have works by Mike Mignola, Ed Brubaker and the late Joe Matt. First up, Scott tells us about Mike Mignola's Grim Death and Bill The Electrocuted Criminal. Posthumously published, our next book is the autobiographical Peep Show #15 from indy great Joe Matt. The final volume of the mystery series Friday from Ed Brubaker is our final book this week. We also talk Marvel cinema and

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Episode 542: Episode #535! Johnny Future, Golden Age...

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/09/25

Episode #535! Johnny Future, Golden Age Comics and Nemesis The Warlock! This week we dive into three collected editions. DL has two collections from Rebellion. First up is The Complete Johnny Future. Written by Alf Wallace and drawn by Luis Bermejo the title character begins as The Missing Link but quickly morphs into Johnny Future. Also from Rebellion is The Definitive Edition of Nemesis The Warlock vol. 1. Divided into two parts, this Pat Mills penned series starts as a futuristic sci-fi

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35:53

Episode 541: Episode #534! Mystery Men!

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/09/16

Episode #534! Mystery Men! Before the Marvel Age of movies, super hero films with a few exceptions weren't the box office giants they are today. They hadn't grabbed the general public yet with their limited effects, crude costumes and let's be honest weak stories. Most tended to not take themselves seriously anyway. As a super hero fan you took what you could get though. Now 25 years later, we look back at one of those movies, the super hero/comedy Mystery Men. Give it a listen!

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Episode 540: Episode #533! Creepy, Spider-Man Artisan...

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/09/10

Episode #533! Creepy, Spider-Man Artisan Edition and Southern Knights! John Romita's The Amazing Spider-Man Artisan Edition vol.2 is out. We look over his incredible artwork this week. John Romita isn't the only master illustrator featured this week. DL also brings Creepy #113 (featuring the art of Bernie Wrightson) to the table. Scott tells us about the new X-Men #1 re-launch. Also this week Scott has the Southern Knights graphic novel. Plus much more. Check it out!

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Episode 539: Episode #532! You Cannot Kill David...

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/09/02

Episode #532! You Cannot Kill David Arquette, Sky Captain and Hellboy! This week your hosts talk Cool Stuff with movies and books. First up, DL tells Scott about the redemption documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette. Scott talks a little about Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. We also discuss The New York City Outlaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark and the new Richard Corben Hellboy Artists Collection. Check it out!

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Episode 538: Episode #531! Comic reads for our bunker!

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/08/18

Episode #531! Comic reads for our bunker! Scenario time: It's the end of the world as we know it. Assuming our bunkers are already stocked with the essentials, we ask ourselves what comics would we take to our bunker if need be. This week we each give our top five bunker books we could re-read if needed. Give it a listen!

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Episode 537: Episode 530! My Favorite Thing Is Monsters!

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/08/06

Episode 530! This week we are back with more cool stuff. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters vol.2 finally dropped on the graphic novel buying public. DL has reread vol.1 and devoured vol.2 in a week. Now he brings both volumes to the podcast. Also this week Scott dives into many books covering the history of comics including Crawford’s Encyclopedia of Comic Books, The Great Comic Book Heroes and Golden Age Treasury. Check it out!

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Episode 536: Episode #529! Ice Cream Man and Mutant...

Better Than Fiction ·

2024/07/21

Episode #529! This week we are back with more Cool Stuff! First up, DL spotlights the Image comics series Ice Cream Man. Items brought to the table include the Sundae Edition vol. 1, issue #32 with it's M.C. Escher homage variant cover and decompressed car wreck issue #39. Scott brings two books to the table. First is X-Men Mutant Empire by Christopher Golden then is the Raiders of the Lost Ark movie adaption by Campbell Black. Check it out!

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