The Captioned Life Show

One of the biggest movie events of the year has finally dropped, and we're here to review it! Marvel Studios' "Eternals" has arrived, and Kevin & Sean join Ellie Khanverdi ("Oh, Shoot!" Podcast) and Ethan Simie ("15 Minutes Of Marvel" Podcast) to discuss their overall reaction to the film. They go over the strengths and "not-so-strong" aspects of the film, whether it was worth the hype or wasn't hyped enough, and their ratings and rankings of the film compared to other Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies. 

You can check out the episode and more at The Captioned Life Podcast website.

Ellie Khanverdi is a 24-year-old virtual assistant based in Vancouver, Canada. While she does have a Bachelors in Business Administration (with a double concentration!), she has a passion for all things movies and literature. She loves watching cast interviews, behind the scenes, and talking about them! Which is how she came to begin her podcast, Oh Shoot! (now called "All Day With Ellie"). She loves having a platform where she can just talk about all the movies she loves and all the random little details she often thinks about. Something not many people know is that she loves to make playlists that embody certain characters or movie elements.

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Batman is one of the most iconic superheroes in pop culture with one of the longest-running stories (and jokes) out there. In this episode, Sean shares some interesting facts about Batman, how the hosts got introduced to the character, and a discussion about the hosts and listeners' favorite Batman comic story, villains, and film/tv version of Batman. Then the duo wraps up the episode by doing a mad lib story centered around Batman, complete with sound effects! 

• Reddit discussion about Batman (r/batman)
• The Captioned Life Podcast website

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Kevin and Sean interview Dr. Matthew Smith, Dean of the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Communication at Radford University, as well as the co-author of several books about comics, including The Power Of Comics: History, Form, and Culture. The trio discusses Matt’s journey with comics and how they influenced him, his life trajectory in becoming an author on comics, and how he became one of the curators for the Marvel Universe of Super Heroes exhibit, which is a collaborative partnership with Marvel Studios. Then the group wraps up the interview with a game of “Explain a Comic Book Character Badly”

Matthew J. Smith, Ph.D. is Dean of the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Communication at Radford University in Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication (1998) from Ohio University and has published eleven different books, including The Secret Origins of Comics Studies with Randy Duncan (Routledge, 2017) and The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture, 2nd Edition (Continuum, 2015) with Randy Duncan and Paul Levitz. He is Past President of the Comics Studies Society, co-editor of the Routledge Advances in Comics Series, and co-curator of Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes, a traveling museum exhibit that has hosted more than 900,000 visitors in its four-year run. 

• Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes exhibit
• The Power Of Comics - the first comics studies textbook written by Randy Duncan, Paul Levitz, and Matthew Smith.
• Advances in Comics Studies - A scholarly series for Routledge
• Comics Studies Society
• Marvel Spider-Man #36 Sept 11 Issue
• Reddit thread on “Explain a Comic Book Character Badly” 
• The Captioned Life Podcast website

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Sean and Kevin talk to actress and author Elizabeth Lambert, who is the creator of the Webtoon comic, “UltraViolet”. The trio discuss Elizabeth’s journey into comics and webtoons, the very real world of balancing creating comics with copyright, and what it was like working with Rob Schneider on his latest film, “Daddy Daughter Trip”. The gang ends the episode with a little Spider-Man trivia. 

Elizabeth Lambert is the owner of Lizzagna Comics LLC and the creator of the comic book UltraViolet! She’s 21 and currently lives in Arizona. When she’s not working on UltraViolet, she’s either acting in commercials or hanging with her puppies. She’s been a huge Marvel lover since she was 14, and is constantly inspired by nature, people, and conversations to become the best version of herself each day!

• UltraViolet | WEBTOON 
• UltraViolet Socials
• Twitter: @TheUVUniverse
• Instagram: @TheUltraVioletUniverse
• TikTok: @TheUltraVioletUniverse
• The Captioned Life Podcast website

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Kevin and Sean interview David Hazan, the writer of the comic series “Nottingham” published by Mad Cave Studios. Nottingham is a crime mystery retelling of Robin Hood with twists. This is not your typical Robin Hood story! The hosts talk to David about how he got into comics, what inspired him to do this story, what we can expect from the series and future issues of “Nottingham”, and finally played a series of “Whodunit” riddles for David and Sean to solve. 

Volume 1 of Nottingham will be available for purchase on October 6th. 

David Hazan is a comic book writer and editor based in Melbourne, Australia. He is the writer and creator of the hit series, Nottingham, from Mad Cave Studios and a winner of the Mad Cave Studios 2019 Talent Search. Volume 1 of Nottingham hit record sales and Volume 2 is currently in production.

• Nottingham Vol. 1: Death and Taxes 
• David Hazan’s website
• David Hazan’s Twitter: @DavidTHazan 
• The Captioned Life Podcast website

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In this episode, the co-hosts and special guest Molly Farnsley reviews the latest movie to be released as part of Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Shang-Chi, and The Legend of the Ten Rings. We give a little background about Shang-Chi as a character from the comics as well as how much the movie aligns with the comic and how much is original content. Join us as we talk about what makes this movie great, what it means for the MCU and the AAPI community, and the many-faceted scenes of the movie. We discuss the fight sequences, what makes this more than just another Marvel or martial arts movie, and so much more. Plus, find out who is Sean’s new man crush. 

Molly Farnsley has been creating stories since she was little and wants to share her ideas and art with the world. She graduated from college in 2013 with a degree in Professional Writing. Her main focus is her webcomic, Everpresent, which launched on August 1st, 2016. She lives in the US with her husband and two cats, named Wheatley and Kiwi.

• "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" movie from Marvel Studios
• Sean’s Review on Comic-Watch.com
• Venom 2 Moves Up Release Date After Success of Shang-Chi
• Episode #40 “Everpresent with Molly Farnsley”
• Episode #32 “Why Wakanda Matters with Dr. Sheena Howard”
• The Captioned Life Podcast website

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Every character and superhero has an origin story. In this episode, Sean and Kevin discuss their own origin story of how they got into comics, how the podcast show started, and their favorite superhero origin story from the comics. At the end, Kevin engages the duo in a game of "Would You Rather", where the hosts are given two origin stories and discuss which one they would rather have.

• Reddit discussion about origin (r/comics)
• Episode #36 Our Trip To Universal
• Episode #30 Count with Ibrahim Moustafa
• The Captioned Life website

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Kevin and Sean interview Molly Farnsley, a webcomic writer and artist, to talk about her journey and her series “Everpresent,” a fantasy-based webcomic that she has created. Listen in to learn when Molly started to teach herself how to draw, what Everpresent is about, and a fun game called “The Captioned Kingdom”, where we create our fantasy-given names.

Molly Farnsley has been creating stories since she was little and wants to share her ideas and art with the world. She graduated from college in 2013 with a degree in Professional Writing. Her main focus is her webcomic, Everpresent which launched on August 1st, 2016. She lives in the US with her husband and two cats, named Wheatley and Kiwi.

Resources & links

• Everpresent Comic
• Molly's Twitter: @livin4thelamb
• Molly's Instagram: @livin4thelamb

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In preparation for the return of Free Comic Book Day, we talk to local comic shop owners Jen King of SpaceCadets Collection Collection in Oak Ridge, TX, and Michael Costello of Downtown Comics in Indianapolis IN. Listen in as we discuss the history of FCBD and how these unique shops plan to celebrate the event.

• Downtown Comics
• Space Cadets Collection

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On this episode of The Captioned Life Podcast, Sean and Kevin discuss their experience at Indy PopCon 2021. It was the first con either had attended in over a year and the first they ever attended together. They break down the good, the bad, and the unfortunate of the weekend’s festivities, and even get Madden in on the action to offer up a kid's perspective. If you’ve ever been curious about attending an event like PopCon, or want to hear about the memories we made, go ahead and give it a listen.

• Indy PopCon
• Michael Hoover Photography
• Tony Schaab's Instagram

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