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The Galactic Worlds Of Curt Pires
Today on Word Balloon, I’m talking with a creator who’s carving out his own lane between nostalgia, genre chaos, and straight-up adrenaline storytell…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
LIVE C2E2 Svengoolie and The Sven Squad
The Beasts Of Berwyn joined ne live on stage to discuss their careers and their excellent Saturday night show on METV
2 months, 4 weeks ago
History Of Sketch Comedy Dave Thomas and SCTV
SCTV Head Writer Dave Thomas joined to to discuss writing comedy, his love for Superman and promoting his sci-fi comedy book we wrote with Max Allen…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
History Of Radio Sketch Comedy Phil Proctor
For Part 2 of my conversation on radio sketch comedy, we’re diving deeper with one of the true architects of the form, Phil Proctor from The Firesign…
3 months ago
History Of Radio Sketch Comedy THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Back in my WXRT days, when rock radio still had a little room to get weird, there was one audio ,The Usual Suspects. Their sharp, character-driven sk…
3 months ago
Miss Tessmacher Valerie Perrine RIP
From 2021 Filmmaker Stacey Souther made an incredible documentary about Valerie Perrine , who made us all fall in love with her Superman performance …
3 months ago
starfleet academy cancelled. why?
Ok, I gave Mitch Wayne and Franco the day off while I vent my spleen with the guys from Dork Court John Price a teacher and essayist who's been writi…
3 months ago
The Fantastic Four were colonialists ? Dr Stanford carpenter
Today on Word Balloon, we’re diving into one of those conversations that I love—because it’s not just about comics, it’s about how we read comics. My…
3 months ago
Walt Simonson on Thor Star Wars New Gods and More
A WB classic from 2005 Walter Simonson looks back at his classic work. From Thor The Frog and the creation of Beta Ray Bill, to Orion and The New God…
3 months ago