Oct 29, 2020
V, the romantic anarchist, incites revolution in a fictional future dystopian England with many striking similarities to our very real present in America. In episode 158, Luke & James revisit the work of the legendary Alan Moore, paired with David Lloyd, as a young Moore begins to cement his legacy in comics.
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Oct 22, 2020
Writer Remy Nakamura returns to discuss the final five episodes of Misha Green’s HBO series adaptation of Matt Ruff’s novel. In episode 157, Luke, James, and Remy explore the many lessons this ambitious, genre-bending show has to teach.
Episodes covered:
“Meet Me in Daegu”
“I Am.”
“Jig-a-Bobo”
“Rewind...
Oct 15, 2020
Writer and friend of the show Remy Nakamura joins to weigh in on the second half of Matt Ruff’s novel, his own relationship to H. P. Lovecraft’s work, and shout out some other amazing authors worth checking out if you want more socially-conscious cosmic horror. In episode 156, Luke, James, and Remy react to the...
Oct 8, 2020
Misha Green helms the HBO adaptation of Matt Ruff’s novel starring Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Wunmi Mosaku, and Michael K Williams in a show that has purpose. In episode 155, Luke & James unpack what they can from the first five entries of this important and timely series.
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Oct 1, 2020
Matt Ruff inverts the inherent racism of Lovecraft’s
fiction by tying it to white supremacy in this supernatural horror
novel about America’s racist history. In episode 154, Luke & James
take their first few steps into the unimaginable horror lurking in
the era of Jim Crow laws.
Sections covered:
"Lovecraft...