Comics and Futurama collide in this special bonus episode! Listen as Gabe talks Futurama season 3 episode 9 "The BirdBot of Ice-Catraz" with Jordan Thomas, writer of WEIRD WORK now on Kickstarter.
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Synopsis: LA Confidential meets Futurama in part 1 of this sci-fi noir epic. Written by Jordan Thomas with art by comics legend Shaky Kane (2000AD, Image, DC Comics).
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On this show:
- Jordan explains how he got connected with artist Shaky Kane, and how their collaboration on WEIRD WORK came together.
- Gabe commends Jordan for continuing to make comics and launch Kickstarters during the COVID19 lockdown.
- Jordan and Gabe discuss their mutual love for Bender, Zoidberg, and Hedonismbot.
- Gabe shoe horns the recent revival of sea shanties into the conversation.
- Jordan talks about the "tiered jokes" in Futurama, and breaks down an example from this episode involving penguin eggs.