Our guest this week is a longtime friend and writer of Inspector Pancakes Helps the President of France Solve the White Orchid Murders and Dreadful Sirens, Karla Pacheco! We talk with her about pirate history, writing a children’s book that isn’t for kids, 18-plus comics, comedy, odd clothing purchases and much more! Plus, more contenders for the Word Heavyweight Champion!
The Rundown:
- Follow Karla on Twitter!
- I don’t have any pictures of the things that Karla mentioned and of which I said I’d put pictures in the show notes. Just imagine them.
- As a consolation, here’s where you can order Hoodie-Footie pajamas.
- Chris’ checks and recs: Eating raw cookie dough, Pokemon Shuffle
- Matt’s checks and recs: Upcoming cons, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly
- Music Used: Andy Jam, “Dance of Sirens”
Comics Reviewed:
- Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1
- Batgirl #40
- The Black Hood #2
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You guys need to sort out context on these quotes. “Miss.” is an outright boring quote out of context.
Great episode! I found pictures of Karla’s necklace and the butt pugs on Twitter.
Another great episode–I immediately went and bought the first Dreadful Sirens.
Thanks for taking my list of Word Heavyweights. A quick comment and a long comment:
I find that I have use for the “mistake pessimism for realism” quote a *lot*–in fact, I quoted it just a few days ago in a panel discussion of modern “grimdark” fantasy at a convention. Flex Mentallo is studded with memorable lines, but that’s my favorite.
The quote I submitted was not truncated–or, more correctly, was not truncated by me, but I was being too clever by half. Steve Gerber did codify the Man-Thing’s catchphrase “Whatever knows fear burns at the Man-Thing’s touch” in Adventures into Fear #13. That phrase appears in, I believe, once in every single Man-Thing story for the next two years. The phrase demonstrates the power of repetition over the length of an ongoing series–the way that “Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot” or “Great power must come with great responsibility” have become incantations through sheer familiarity.
However, the story in Man-Thing #16 features a Mother’s March Against Decency group holding a censorship rally. As books are tossed into a bonfire, the narrator says the line I quoted: “Whatever knows fear, burns.” It takes all that power and points it in a new direction, to tremendous effect. It gave me goddamn goosebumps and still does.
Gerber was so far ahead of his time and I miss him still.