The Yeti Cave is packed on this episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner. Jimmy chats with Jordan Blum, Patton Oswalt, Heath Corson, and I.N.J. Culbard about the upcoming The Brood, part of the Minor Threats Universe. The Brood is the story of supervillain Napoleon Archimedes, nemesis to superhero The Searcher, as he faces his own mortality and must choose which of his children will be his successor. During the episode, Patton said that Heath approached Jordan and Patton with the elevator pitch that was basically what if it's Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor but he's Gene Hackman's character in The Royal Tenenbaums. All of the comics in the Minor Threats Universe have been fantastic and The Brood is no exception. This is such a great episode listening to the team talk about the story and characters, how Heath prepared for the pitch, and how I.N.J. works to keep the emotionality of the characters consistent. Plus, listen to Jimmy keep trying to get Heath to talk about his DC book Bizarro that he wrote with artist Gustavo Duarte.  

The Brood

From the publisher

From the world of the hit Minor Threats series comes a family drama starring the planet's most feared villains.

Napoleon Archimedes is the archnemesis of The Searcher, and he’s fought her to a standstill for over four decades in the futuristic metropolis of Meteor Falls. But now, as he confronts his mortality, he’s forced to name a successor from his three extraordinary children: Athena, Benjamin, and Spookshow. Each brilliant, cunning ... and unlucky enough to be the child of the world’s greatest supervillain.

See, Napoleon believed he was smart enough to have it all: Raise a family AND conquer the world. Then he thought: Why not combine them? Take the kids on as partners. Create a dynasty... None of it went according to plan. Who will rise above the betrayal, failure, and dysfunction to seize the family business?

Join us for an unlikely coming-of-age story, that wrestles with the concussions and repercussions of getting raised by a once-in-a-generation criminal mind. Think your father is manipulative, cold and demanding...? Wait until you meet Napoleon.

Bizarro

Bizarro—Superman’s backward-speaking warped doppelgänger—only wants to be a superhero. But his “help” has left nothing but destruction all through Metropolis, and now the citizens want him out!

Sounds like a job for Jimmy Olsen! He’ll lure Bizarro out of the city for good by escorting him on a road trip to “Bizarro America” (a.k.a. Canada), then return to Metropolis a hero and write a best-selling coffee table book about their journey. But to get to the border, the duo will first have to contend with chupacabras, ghosts and used car salesmen! And if they do ever reach the Great White North, will Jimmy have the heart to follow through with his scheme?

PATREON

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