Podcast alert double feature! Will this guy ever shut up? (Clearly, the answer is "no.")

Wondering why I haven't updated this blog in more than a week? Obviously it's because I've been too busy talking about movies and comic books to do any actual typing. But, of course, that means you get another chance -- heck, TWO chances -- to hear my dulcet tones via the internet.


First up is another installment of "Scene Missing," the segment of John Siuntres' Word Balloon podcast wherein John, Gabriel Hardman and myself discuss a classic movie you might have missed. This time, the film in question is Peter Bogdanovich's 1968 thriller "Targets," where a vintage horror star (played by none other than Boris Karloff himself) faces real-life horror in the form of a psychotic sniper. You can listen by clicking here. And, like John says, if you like what you hear, leave the guy a tip at his site, WordBalloon.com.


And then there's the latest episode of "The Quad," a great rambling podcast hosted by two of my pals, Zack Kruse and Ben Tiede. On the episode in question, I join the conversation, offering my thoughts on "Love and Rockets," including why I think Jaime Hernandez is, no kidding, one of the greatest -- maybe THE greatest -- cartoonists of all time. And naturally, because I'm involved, this is another podcast that -- after a few detours involving Billy Wilder and Fred MacMurray --eventually devolves into a discussion of the genius of Jack Webb. Listen to The Quad in question here.