Better Than Fiction

Oct 14 2024 100 ep. 62 mins 17
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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 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!  

Episode 543: Episode #536! Joe Matt's Peep Show, Grim Death and Bill The Electrocuted Criminal and Friday book 3!

Oct 01 2024 70 mins  
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 vo

Episode 542: Episode #535! Johnny Future, Golden Age Comics and Nemesis The Warlock!

Sep 25 2024 61 mins  
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

Episode 541: Episode #534! Mystery Men!

Sep 16 2024 35 mins  
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 yea

Episode 540: Episode #533! Creepy, Spider-Man Artisan Edition and Southern Knights!

Sep 10 2024 76 mins  
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. Als

Episode 539: Episode #532! You Cannot Kill David Arquette, Sky Captain and Hellboy!

Sep 02 2024 72 mins  
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 Corb

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

Aug 18 2024 65 mins  
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!

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

Aug 06 2024 47 mins  
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

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

Jul 21 2024 62 mins  
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