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PMP#72: Comic Book Supremacy w/ Fred Van Lente

December 8, 2020 by Mark Leave a Comment

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As scribe for Marvel and his own Evil Twin Comics, Fred has a lot of ideas to bring to Mark, Erica, and Brian about both non-fiction comics and what people normally think of. Adding pictures helps readers retain information, and the low budgets involved with comics mean that there’s really no whimsicality limit. We discuss playing in the Marvel sandbox, the role of humor, comic-to-movie transitions, and more. 

We talk to Fred about his writing on his Comic Book History of Comics and the new Comic Book History of Animation, Action Philosophers, Action Presidents, Action Activists, Marvel Zombies, Cowboys & Aliens, and his play about Jack Kirby. 

Learn more about Fred’s work at fredvanlente.com. You can read there about how Fred constructs scripts; the one Mark refers to with the mysteriously changed coat is right there highlighted at the top of this page, and there are also several sample scripts including the one for Action Philosophers: Kant that demonstrates Fred’s methods for vividly explaining a complex idea. 

This episode includes bonus discussion you can access by supporting the podcast at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. This podcast is part of the Partially Examined Life podcast network and is curated by openculture.com.

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Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Action Philosophers, comics podcast, Cowboys & Aliens, culture podcast, Fred Van Lente

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