13 - Ain't Got No Double Negatives - All-Star Superman
Our not humble adventurers are not enjoying a Superman comic book for the un-first time!
Episode Breakdown:
- In this episode's Tavern Talk we talk about our recent peak and plop moments (00:01:00).
- We then proceed to introduce this episode's main subject - All-Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly (00:14:23)
- We then share our overall thoughts on the comic (00:20:10). We mention what a good first comic book it is, how we enjoyed the different stories in the series and how much we liked the artwork.
- We then discuss our favorite and least favorite 'chapters' from the book (00:27:29).
- We talk about how each chapter could have been a full story on its own (00:34:34).
- This leads us to talking about some of the unique properties of the medium (00:36:11).
- We then discuss the cover art of the book and the inspiration for it (00:39:47).
- We bring up the attitude that was used in writing this book (00:41:15).
- We talk about the death of comic book heroes and how it became a bit of a trope (00:43:29).
- We then talk about the glasses that make all the difference between Clark Kent and Superman (00:46:13).
- We then ask Peter if he's ever stopped reading a comic because of the style of art (00:52:56).
- We close the episode by previewing our next episode - Mom's Classics - in which we'll discuss Baryo's Mom's favourite classical music symphonies (00:56:47).
- Stick around and listen to a promo clip for the All the People You Should Know podcast! (@allthepeoplepod) (01:00:58).
Leo Quintum’s name is squiggly-lined - Clicky
The list of symphonies for Mom’s Classics episode:
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (Wikipedia).
- Brahms' Symphony No. 3 (Wikipedia).
- Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 - New World Symphony (Wikipedia).
- Mahler's Symphony No. 1 (Wikipedia).
- Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (Wikipedia).
The episode was recorded on March 13th, and originally released on April 5th, 2020.