Better Than Fiction

Mar 03 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 557: Episode #550! Transmetropolitan, Superman vs The Flash and Usagi Yojimbo!

Mar 03 2025 60 mins

Episode #550! Transmetropolitan, Superman vs The Flash and Usagi Yojimbo! This week we Keep It Real with our takes on TV and comics. First up Scott talks about the comedy series Bookie available on Max. DL does an overview of the Ellis and Robertson series Tranametropolitan. Scott brings the DC treasury Superman vs The Flash The Greatest Race Of All Time to the table. All that plus

Episode 556: Episode #549! The Complete Web of Horror, Doom Patrol and A Treasury of XXth Century Murder!

Feb 20 2025 80 mins

Episode #549! The Complete Web of Horror, Doom Patrol and A Treasury of XXth Century Murder! Welcome back! This week Scott bring a few books to the podcast. First up he has a collection of stories featuring one of his favorite comic book teams the Doom Patrol. He also has war stories covered with John Keegan's The Second World War and Nathan Hale's Treaties, Trenches, Mud and Blood

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

Feb 13 2025 75 mins

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!

Episode 554: Episode #547! DC Finest, The Shadow and Doomsday +1!

Feb 03 2025 71 mins

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!

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!