Jun 20, 2018
We read Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All: The
Complete Works of Fletcher Hanks. Researched and edited by Paul
Karasik.
Fletcher Hanks was the first great comic book auteur. That is, he
wrote, penciled, inked, and lettered all of his own stories. He
completed approximately 50 stories between 1939–1941. As a
one-man-cartooning-band, his work packs the wallop of a unique and
unified artistic vision. Whether it’s the superhero Stardust doling
out ice cold slabs of poetic justice, or the jungle protectress
Fantomah tearing evildoers from limb to ragged limb, contemporary
readers are stunned by the pop surrealism and outright violent
mayhem of Hanks’ work.
Also in this Episode:
We talk about Chris Hardwick
Rays, Beams, and Transmitters
Interchangable Women
A whole bunch of shoddy Mid-Atlantic accents
Grasping for nerd cred
Jungle Vengence
Panelists: Jamie(@thatcomicfan), Andrew(@knowhwerenorth),
Scott(@goddamnitscott), Jess (@GeekyChicky87)