Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying all 7 Episode of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “comics”.
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Batman Returns
December 25th, 2023 | 2 hrs 30 mins
1990s, batman, christmas, christopher walken, comic book, comic books, comics, danny devito, danny elfman, dc comics, freaks, gothic, horror, michael keaton, michelle pfeiffer, superhero, tim burton, xmas
It's Christmas in Gotham and writer/director of horror short "The Canyon" Alex Sosin joins to once again delve into Tim Burton's gothic nightmare vision of the Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin in a supersized present of an episode. It's bigger and more unwieldy than its predecessor, but no less compelling and terrifying.
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Batman (1989)
November 20th, 2023 | 2 hrs 14 mins
1980s, 80s, batman, comic, comic book, comic books, comics, dc, dc comics, film, gotham, gothic, horror, jack nicholson, joker, michael keaton, movies, superhero, tim burton
Tim Burton's fantastical vision of the Caped Crusader and his dark gothic expressionist world forever changed the superhero genre, and the way blockbusters are made. This episode writer/director of horror short film The Canyon Alex Sosin (@alexsosin4831) joins me to revisit our shared love of the summer of Batmania.
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Calvin and Hobbes
September 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
cartoon, cartoons, comedy, comic, comic strip, comics, drawing, nostalgia, watercolor
Arguably the greatest comic strip of all time, Bill Watterson's masterpiece Calvin and Hobbes melded artistic mastery, comedic timing, and most of all the profound sense of wonder at the heart of our collective childhoods. Guest Case Aiken of the Certain Point of View podcast networks joins us to go exploring in its timeless wilderness. Yukon Ho!
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The Far Side
June 26th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
1980s, 1990s, calvin & hobbes, comic strips, comics, gary larson, geek, nerd, newspapers, nostalgia, twilight zone, weird
Farm animals. Cavemen. Aliens. Bugs. These are the canvas on which Gary Larson's The Far Side painted a uniquely heady blend of the mundane and the bizarre. Comedian Joey Clift (@joeytainment) joins us to revisit this highly successful comic strip and how it forever changed the way we look at comedy and ourselves.
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Superman: The Movie
May 22nd, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
action, batman, christopher reeve, comedy, comic books, comics, dc, dc comics, entertainment, gene hackman, marlon brando, movies, scifi, superheroes, superman
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's special guest Ken Cole (@kenergycole) joining us to discuss the superhero and his movie who set the template for all comic adaptations to come.
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Batman: The Animated Series
January 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 29 mins
1990s, animation, arkham, batman, btas, cartoon, comics, dc, joker, kevin conroy, mark hamill, nostalgia
Guest Rich Baker (@richbakeractor) joins us to shine the bat-signal on Batman: The Animated Series, a seminal piece of melancholy action which is arguably the best work featuring the Dark Knight, and one of the best tv shows period.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
November 14th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
1990s, comedy, comics, image comics, martial arts, movies, nostalgia, teenage mutant ninja turtles, tmnt, turtles
Grab a bodacious slice of sewer pizza as comedian Rich Baker joins us to talk about TMNT's 1990 live-action debut. Cowabunga!