Biweekly News Roundup 2024-07-07
Brand new interview up at this website!
I talk to writer Ben Lacy about their neo-peplum adjacent comic book, Samson. The interview can be read here.
Fan2Fan Podcast AppearanceThe cool kids over at the Fan2Fan Podcast are continuing their marathon of episodes devoted to iconic horror director John Carpenter. They just published an episode on the Lovecraftian In The Mouth of Madness, with myself and Joshua Pruett as guests.
The episode can be streamed at the Fan2Fan Libsyn page, in the embedded player below, or in your podcast app of preference.
https://feeds.libsyn.com/80728/rssSincere appreciation to Bernie and Pete for having me on. In case you missed it, Michele and/or I were on a few other Fan2Fan John Carpenter episodes, (Christine, The Fog, Prince of Darkness), so please check those episodes out as well.
Panthans Journal #326The National Panthans Journal is a monthly PDF zine of Edgar Rice Burroughs-related reviews, essays, articles, artwork, news, etc.
Laurence G. Dunn, the editor/compiler of the Panthans Journal, has been gracious to give the many Edgar Rice Burroughs comic book reviews I penned in the late 2010s a second life. Issue #326 (pictured here, with artwork by Jim Burns) contains an updated version of my review of Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond #1. Sincere appreciation to Laurence!
If you’re interested in contributing to Panthans or receiving copies of the publication, contact Laurence at laurencegdunn @ gmail dot com (sans spaces).
Scholars from the Edge of TimeJune’s episode of Scholars from the Edge of Time is now online! In this episode we conclude our retrospective of the pepla career of Bella Cortez by discussing the final sword and sandal film she made, Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens.
Poster for Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens from Wikipedia.The vidcast can be watched on YouTube here. Check it out!
Michele and I have also planned out the next two episodes of Scholars from the Edge of Time. For July’s episode we will be discussing She Is Conan (2023) and in August we will be talking about Pilgrimage (2017). Stay tuned!
Publishing RecapBelow is a recap of my publishing endeavors so far in 2024.
Comic Book Review: “Carson of Venue: The Flames Beyond #1″ reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #326.
From the ArchivesThis following podcasts episodes and articles were published from 6/24 to 7/7:
2015-06-27 – HP Lovecast ep 03: “Herbert West: Re-Animator”2018-07-02 – Voice of Olympus2020-06-25 – Scholars from the Edge of Time: Inteview with Kevin Wetmore2020-07-05 – HP Lovecast ep 29: Lovecraft Stories of Kevin Wetmore2021-06-24 – Scholars from the Edge of Time: Spirits Unwrapped and Ursus and the Valley of Lions2021-06-27 – Article: Peplum Ponderings: Ursus in the Valley of the Lions2021-06-29 – Sword and Sandal Special: Messalina2021-06-30 – HPLCP Transmissions ep 03: G. A. Lungaro, Angela Sylvaine, and Rhonda Jackson Joseph2021-07-05 – HP Lovecast ep 41: Cthulhu 2000: F. Paul Wilson and Ramsey Campbell2022-06-30 – HPLCP Transmissions ep 13: Robert E. Ottone and Lora Senf2022-07-05 – Fan2Fan Podcast: Sword and Sorcery Cartoons2022-07-06 – Article: We Are Barbarians: Interview with Mike Dubisch and Tom Simmons on I Am a Barbarian2022-07-07 – Fan2Fan Podcast: Saturday Morning Cartoons2023-06-30 – HPLCP Transmissions: Ep23: Sean Woodard and Josh Spiegel2023-07-04 – Fan2Fan Podcast – Parasite (1982)
