SuperFriends with Eric Esquivel

In this, the first episode since the CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS that was Meltdown Comics' closure, Eric sits down with the mighty Arvind Ethan David (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Jagged Little Pill The Musical) to talk 1986's THE MAN OF STEEL, by John Byrne! 

Topics include: Douglas Adams, being an American immigrant, and how 1980's politics shaped John Byrne's re-interpretation of the world's greatest hero!

This Week's Guest: Arvind Ethan David

TW/IG: @ArvD

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Steve Levy, executive producer for Starburns Industries, joins Eric on the FINAL episode of SuperFriends to talk Meltdown Comics' closure, his work on Harmontown and Ricking Morty-- and his love for iCarly! 

Also: Rick and Morty season four spoilers (kind of)!

Meltdown may be closed. The podcast may be over. But the battle for "Truth, Justice, and The American Way" is never-ending. Keep up the fight, Super Friends.

This Week's Guest: Steve Levy

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Advertising guru Kevin Alvarez joins Eric in the studio to reminisce about the 2003 American Express campaign which was basically just a glorified excuse for Jerry Seinfeld to write two short films about Superman.

Patrick Warburton (Brock Samson, The Tick) voiced Clark Kent!

Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam) directed!

Watch them here on the official (and super dated) website: http://www.wddg.com/projects/superman_seinfeld/

 

This Week's Guest: Kevin Alvarez

Instagram: @sweetboykev

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Todd Bartoo (Director/Writer of the upcoming film KILLING JOAN) joins Eric in the studio to discuss the cinematic question mark that is Superman 3.

Topics include: studio notes, shady Hollywood dealings, and what the Heck a "producer" actually is.

This Week's Guest: Todd Bartoo

Website:  http://todfilm.com

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/todfilm

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KillingJoan/

 

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Alex Wolinetz (Ravel) is a playwright, a comic book author, and a Jew! 

In this episode, Alex joins Eric to discuss a rare two page comic by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (Superman's creators) that appeared exclusively in LOOK Magazine, and features The Man Of Tomorrow taking on both Hitler and Stalin.

Other topics include: Jerry and Joe's Judaism affecting their worldview, the entire Comic Book medium as an extension of Jewish culture, and the boys' punk rock attempt to reappropriate the terms "Übermensch" (used by Hitler) and "Man Of Steel" (used by Stalin), and apply them towards an American immigrant superhero. 

Shalom!

This Week's Guest: Alex Wolinetz

Website: https://alexwolinetz.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexwolinetz

 

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In addition to being a massive Superman fan, James A. Fino is a 20 year veteran of The Entertainment Industry who has worked on bangers like Anomalisa, Community, Home Improvement, King Of The Hill, and more! He is also an Executive Producer/Partner at Starburns Industries, and a New Media Instructor for The University Of Texas' satellite campus, in Burbank. 

He rules.

In this episode, James and Eric discuss the Richard Donner Cut of SUPERMAN 2-- Eric's favorite film in the franchise!

What is "The Richard Donner Cut", you ask? Listen to this episode and find out! 

Website: www.StarburnsIndustries.com

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Comrade David Schrader (BABY BADASS, BLOODLINE)  joins us in the studio to talk aobut the Russian re-imagining of everyone's favorite Kryptonian-American, SUPERMAN: RED SON.

Topics include: patriotism, Chaos Theory, working as a professional writer, and anger management issues.

Presented by the Soviet supermen at Meltdown Comics!

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/schraderopolis 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeRt-b87CFB8hZxJBNlhLtw

Website:  http://www.babybadass.com

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Abed Gheith (Community, Grandma's Virginity Podcast, Rick And Morty, The Sarah Silverman Program) pops into the studio today to talk about-- among many, many other things-- Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' FOR THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING. Presented by Meltdown Comics!

"Think clean thoughts, Chum".

This Week’s Guest:

Abed Gheith

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"Russ Pirozek (author of Rising Sun Comics' COLLAPSE series), hops on the mic today to talk about INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US-- that insane video game made by the folks who created MORTAL KOMBAT, wherein Clark beats a pregnant Lois Lane to death with his bare hands. Talking points include: Why people are interested in seeing Superman fail, why video games are different from comic books and movies & how that affects our relationship to the characters therein, and why different superhero archetypes appeal to different groups of people. 

This Week’s Guest:

RussPirozek

Twitter: @rspirozek

Website: http://www.risingsuncomics.com

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Yehudi Mercado is so ridiculously talented, some primitive cultures consider him to be a witch. Screenwriter (Buffalo Speedway), comic book author and artist (Sci-Fu), video game writer and character designer (Guardians Of The Galaxy: The Universal Weapon), the only thing Yehudi CAN'T do is record a boring podcast-- which is super convenient for us!

Señor Mercado joins Eric today to talk about his favorite Superman story of all time, the epic animated 3-parter that kicked off the 90's Superman Animated series, “SUPERMAN: LAST SON OF KRYPTON” presented by Meltdown Comics!

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This Week’s Guest:

Yehudi Mercado

Website: http://www.supermercadoent.com

Twitter: @ymercado

Facebook: @supermercadocomics

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