230: World-Class Weirdo

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2015

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Comic Book Club returns, with a look at a work by legendary writer Alan Moore. This one’s “Promethea” (1999-2005), a strange mixture of Wonder Woman and mysticism and tarot cards and… well, there’s a lot. We discuss the amazing visuals, coloring, and lettering, and ponder the difference between appreciating a work of art and being entertained. (Ideally you’d read Promethea Book 1 and Promethea Book 2 before listening, but the choice is yours.)

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0:27.2	The incomparable number 230, January 2015.
0:35.9	Welcome back, everybody, the incomparable podcast.
0:38.3	I'm your host, Jason Snell.
0:39.4	I'm convening a very large edition of our comic book club to talk about a comic book chosen by the first person I'm going to introduce to Lisa Schmeiser, the charter member of the comic book club.
0:52.3	Hello.
0:53.0	Hi, it's nice to be here.
0:56.9	And you chose Prometia by alan moore available where comics are sold on the internet and elsewhere and uh and we are
1:04.6	going to be talking about the first couple of trades so if you have not read any of it and you don't
1:08.9	want to be spoiled you should go read the first couple trades and then come back. And hey, welcome back. Thanks for reading
1:14.8	those trades. See what I did there? Anyway, the other members of our comic book club tonight,
1:19.2	Tony Sintillar. Hi, Tony. Hello, nerds. I don't have anything quippy to say about Promethe
1:24.5	except that I read it and I'm here to talk about it. Well done. I did the homework. Hello, nerds. I did the homework.
1:31.5	Monty Ashley also here. Hi, Monty. Hello. This is our world now reading comic books is homework.
1:38.5	Yes. The nerds won and they have an assignment for you. That's what the weeping gorilla says in episode 24.
1:46.2	Weeping gorilla.
1:47.1	I got to read comic books as homework.
1:49.1	Yes, exactly.
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