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Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg discuss:

• Palmer's Picks on Alan Moore past and present including Big Numbers, Small Killing, Brought to Light, From Hell, Swamp Thing, Watchmen, Miracleman, Lost Girls, Pictopia, V for Vendetta

• Neal Adams' Continuity Comics and influence on comics

• Did you know Neal Adams wrote, directed, and produced a Troma Picture called Death to the PeeWee Squad?

• Jim Shooter leaves Valiant

• Art Thibert interview - Gillberg vs Marty Janetty?

• Batman advertising

Supplemental links:

* Palmer's Picks, Alan Moore: http://palmerspicks.com/wizard-14-alan-moore/

* Eddie Campbell's blog posts about From Hell: http://eddiecampbell.blogspot.com/search/label/From%20Hell

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Jim Rugg and Ed Piskor discuss their weeks. What are they reading, watching, listening to, and thinking about. No surprise, it's mostly comics!

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The boys talk about

* The meaning of "Kayfabe"

* February 6th marked the 25th anniversary of Jack "The King" Kirby's passing

*The controversy about who created the Image "I" logo...

https://twitter.com/TravisEllisor/status/1091661375565373441

* A Preview of our new series on Katsuhiro Otomo's manga, Akira, and preceding works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UExUqWau4_I

*Jim's recent correspondence with cartoonist extraordinaire, Jeff Smith from the Image Comics podcast.

https://soundcloud.com/user-319448852/episode-three-jim-rugg-jeff-smith

*Calvin & Hobbes and Bill Watterson's security requirements for his artwork

*The beauty of so many classic comics being in print these days

* Trials, tribulations, and strategies for editing comics

*Moby Dick and some comics adaptations

* Ed read a bunch of classic EC Crime Suspense Stories. Johnny Craig and Bernie Krigstein come up in conversation.

*Jim caught a documentary about a guy climbing a mountain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urRVZ4SW7WU

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Masterworks don't come out of thin air and with this multipart series, the boys examine the earliest comics work of Katsuhiro Otomo that establish many of the themes he will eventually refine into his crowning achievement, Akira.

This episode focuses on Fireball. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebal...)

The Domu episode coming soon...

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Jim returns from France to a beautiful Elektra: Assassin poster!

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Jim Rugg is at the Angouleme Comic Book festival this weekend of 1/25/19, https://www.carnifest.com/the-international-comics-festival-in-angouleme-2019/

Tom Scioli sits in the guest spot with Ed Piskor as they trade some of their own Angouleme stories and much more:

Ed hosting a conversation with Chris Claremont in 2017:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6kb6WmkxhU

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The Comics Journal 152, part 2 - we continue comparing and contrasting mainstream and alternative comics. Chris Claremont, Alan Moore, Evan Dorkin, and David Mazzucchelli talk about their experiences inside and outside of the Marvel/DC machine.

• Chris Claremont's first big interview after leaving his 17-year position as X-Men writer

• Alan Moore on the current state of comics and culture

• A young Evan Dorkin talks Milk & Cheese, Bill & Ted, Pirate Corps, Deadline magazine, comics retail, Marvel, wrestling, music, and art

• David Mazzucchelli turns self-publisher with Rubber Blanket! He also talks about Daredevil and Batman

• Justin Green's sketchbook

• The first Artist Edition?

Supplemental links for later viewing:

* Kim Thompson Ronin 1 review (from Comics Journal 82, July 83):

http://www.tcj.com/run-of-the-miller/

* Vice interview with Issei Sagawa:

https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/interview-with-a-cannibal/55e0d95aca0b0b2c784ce579

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This is the new, weekly depository for the King Kayfabers, Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg, to give some insights into the channel's development, some updated status on their current comic book projects, and to share the latest comics, movies, podcasts, etc that keep the boys inspired to sit still and draw all day.

Project status

As of this upload Ed has about 27 pages of X-Men: Grand Design left to draw. Jim has about 70 pages of Plain Janes comics on his to-do list.

This episodes links

*Aaron Sorkin Masterclass: https://www.masterclass.com/classes/aaron-sorkin-teaches-screenwriting

* David Mamet Masterclass: https://www.masterclass.com/classes/david-mamet-teaches-dramatic-writing

* David Mamet on WTF podcast: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-898-david-mamet

*Stephen King On Writing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Writing:_A_Memoir_of_the_Craft

*Alan Moore Guide to Writing Comics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore%27s_Writing_for_Comics

*Conan O' Brien Needs A Friend Podcast: https://www.earwolf.com/show/conan-obrien/

* The Betz Sphere part 1, Astonishing Legends Podcast: https://www.astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2019/01/13/ep-130-the-betz-sphere-part-1

* Miyazaki documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxI9WmgqWWU

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