The Raconteur Roundtable

Your official scorecard and crossover notes for the first half of the new Arrowverse season. Check in for all your news, views, crossover check-ins, and shipping notices before the season gets properly underway. Who will be fighting and dating whom? All this, and Gotham too. (Originally presented October 11, 2016.)

Micah S. Harris joins the guys for a chat with the hosts of Miskatonic Musings. H.P. Lovecraft adaptions, crossovers, the weird tale, Promethu--THE PIG-MAN TAKES OVER THE EPISODE--and favorite Lovecraftian crossovers. All this, and just what M.H. Norris was doing the last two weeks. A fond farewell to Chris Nigro in his final regular appearance. (Originally presented (October 4, 2016.)

Micah S. Harris joins James and Chris for a thrillride discussion with award-winning comic author T. Casey Brennan. T. Casey regales the guys with his new story in The Creeps #7, tales of Warren Comics, smoking in comics, and MK Ultra. T. Casey raises the possibility he shot JFK, but that's nowhere near as important as everything MK Ultra was doing to its victims. Buckle in, true believers, this is a wild one. All this and FAMILY FEUD. (Originally presented September 27, 2016.)

The tables have turned! Now Nicole Petit is the guest, and M.H. Norris helps James Bojaciuk grill her with questions. Everyone talks about the Arthurian Legends, After Avalon, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's sequel, university award shows, Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories, dragons and From the Dragon Lord's Library, a historically accurate Victorian era, black magic radio, and just what you should do if you submit a series to 18thWall Productions. All this, and everyone takes the chance to gang up on James. (Originally presented September 27, 2016.)

James Bojaciuk and Nicole Petit sit down to interview M.H. Norris about her new book The Whole Art of Detection, Sherlock Holmes, "Harry Potter," why killing one person is harder than killing a dozen, All the Petty Myths, writing advice, forgotten crossovers, sarcastic summaries of creepypasta, and The Time Travel Nexus. All this, & everyone grapples with the most pressing question of all: Who Was Phone? This episode features a special tribute to our former host, Robert E. Wronski. Jr. (Originally presented September 13, 2016.)

Matthew Dennion brings his friend Joseph Torrito along to discuss Frankenstein in Oz, and their other recent works. (Originally presented September 6, 2016.)

Throwdown Thursday's Patsy the Angry Nerd appears to discuss Stranger Things. This is an analysis, not a review, and therefore full of spoilers. (Originally presented August 30, 2016.)

David MacDowll Blue talks about his fascination with J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, his annotated edition of Le Fanu's work, and his new play based on the novella. James gets crabbier about historical inaccuracy than usual.

Erik Burnham, author of the acclaimed Ghostbusters comic from IDW, returns to announce the release of Tobin's Spirit Guide and discuss the overall popularity of the Ghostbusters franchise and Ghostbusters (2016).

Horror legend Felissa Rose visits to speak about about her iconic role in Sleepaway Camp, the impact it had on pop culture, her career, and a young Chris Nigro. Then we expand to talk about her new upcoming film, Death House, coming this October, with an all-star horror icon cast, inspired by Dante's Inferno. (Originally presented on August 9, 2016.)