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The Writers Panel

Chris Sparling

The Writers Panel

Ben Blacker

Tv & Film, Tv, Writing, Movies, Hollywood, Screenwriting

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2015

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The writer of the Cannes premiering Sea of Trees, directed by Gus Van Sant, as well as thrillers-in-a-box Buried and ATM, talks about the good side of being pigeon-holed, breaking in, writing for himself, and lots more.


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0:00.0

Los Angeles listeners of the Nerdist Writers Panel and the Nerdist Comics Panel.

0:05.0

The Comics Panel co-host, Heath Corson, has his very first comic book coming out from DC Comics

0:12.0

Tomorrow. That's Wednesday the 3rd. It is Bizarro number one, and it is really good.

0:19.0

I'm a bit of an industry insider, so I've seen it already. It's really

0:23.2

good. If you are in L.A., come on out to a signing that Heath is doing at Meltdown Comics,

0:30.5

home to Nerdist at Sunset and Gardner. Come to Meltdown at 7 p.m. Heath will sign your

0:37.4

Bizarro comic. You'll will sign your Bizarro comic.

0:38.3

You'll pick up the Bizarro comic, which you should, because it's great.

0:41.8

It's well written.

0:42.8

It's funny.

0:44.0

Without being silly, it's silly, without being stupid.

0:47.5

And the art is just stunning.

0:49.9

So check out Bizarro number one this Wednesday.

0:53.1

And come on out and get a signed by Heath,

0:55.1

who wrote it, Heath Corson, and at Meltdown at 7 p.m. See you there.

1:03.0

Now entering nerdist.com.

1:06.3

My name is Ben Blacker. I'm the hosting creator of the Nerdist Writers Panel, which you are currently

1:11.4

listening to. I'm also a TV writer myself, having written for Supernatural, Super Ninjas, and currently

1:17.5

for the DreamWorks Netflix program Puss and Boots. Check it out. It's now available. I'm also the co-creator

1:23.9

of The Thrilling Adventure Hour, a stage program in the style of old time radio

1:27.7

that is now a podcast right here on the Nerdus Network every week. Go to Thrillingadventurehour.com

1:34.9

for more details. If you enjoy the Nerdist Writers panel, please leave a review on iTunes and let us

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