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Kirt Burdick, John, and David return to talk more Death of Power! Along the way they get into comic conventions, showing appreciation to fandom, using technology to enhance art, and how memes run the world. Also, David takes off (maybe to Paris).
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Timestamp Segments
- [00:53] Kirt does Cons.
- [05:36] Death of Power: The Sales Pitch.
- [06:53] Kirt’s comics for kids.
- [09:30] Kickstarter VS publishers.
- [12:00] What happens next in Death of Power?
- [14:27] Who inspires Kirt?
- [14:56] Books to think about.
- [19:32] David takes off!
- [20:12] Enhancing art with technology.
- [23:48] Peter Kuper’s Kafka books.
- [24:58] 40 pages of Moby Dick.
- [26:32] Early indie comics.
- [28:10] What the future used to look like.
- [30:14] We’re run by memes.
- [31:09] Alien: Earth and Andor.
Notable Quotes
- “If it’s said here, it’s truth.”
- “The more publishers that can get stuff on the rack, the better.”
- “I need anything other than what we’ve got.”
Books Mentioned
- American Flagg!, by Howard Chaykin.
- Batman: Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, & Lynn Varley.
- Batman: Digital Justice, by Pepe Moreno.
- Batman: Ra's Al Ghul.
- Conan the Barbarian.
- Cosmic Odyssey, by Jim Starlin, Mike Mignola, & Carlos Garzon.
- Critters, by Stan Sakai.
- Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, by Frank Miller, John Romita Jr., Al Williamson, Christie Scheele, & Joe Rosen.
- From Hell, by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell.
- Give It Up!, The Jungle, Kafkaesque, The Metamorphosis, by Peter Kuper.
- Iron Man: Crash, by Mike Saenz.
- Jimmy Corigan, Rusty Brown, by Chris Ware.
- Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, by Jhonen Vasquez.
- Jon Sable Freelance, by Mike Grell.
- Lenore, by Roman Dirge.
- Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka
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