Better Than Fiction

Jan 26 2025 100 ep. 63 mins 18
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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 553: Episode #546! Starman, The Shadow and the Marvel calendar!

Jan 26 2025 72 mins  
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!                &nbs

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

Jan 13 2025 73 mins  
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 p

Episode 551: Episode #544! Gil Kane The Art of the Comics, Discipline and The Goddess of Pigland!

Jan 06 2025 63 mins  
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

Episode 550: Episode #543! The Shadow, The Joker and Battlestar Galactica!

Dec 15 2024 56 mins  
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. A

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

Dec 02 2024 100 mins  
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! 

Episode 548: Episode #541! The Wolfman, Starman and King of Kong!

Nov 21 2024 76 mins  
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! 

Episode 547: Episode #540! The Cowboy Wally Show, Petrol Head and Wise Guy!

Nov 11 2024 75 mins  
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

Episode 546: Episode #539! At The Mountains Of Madness and True Romance!

Nov 04 2024 60 mins  
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

Episode 545: Episode #538! Houses of the Unholy, Kommix and Uncanny X-Force!

Oct 14 2024 48 mins  
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

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

Oct 11 2024 87 mins  
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!