Kirt Burdick joins hosts John and David to talk about Kirt’s new and extended Death of Power series, the problematic marketing of superhero comic tropes, how Batman memes will cause a nuclear meltdown, the future of digital art, and how extended copyright stifles creativity. Also, the podcast gets a new listener, Kirt dislikes musicals, David has his heart broken, and John takes down Diamond.

Timestamp Segments

• [00:39] Kirt’s new Kickstarters.
• [03:34] The El Santo rabbit hole.
• [05:00] Death of Power #6.
• [08:46] The problem with superhero comics.
• [11:42] A very likely AI future.
• [17:52] Concluding Death of Power.
• [22:08] The Expanded Death of Power Universe.
• [24:28] Kirt’s sales pitch.
• [29:18] Diamond’s bankruptcy.
• [35:24] David’s broken heart.
• [36:24] Making comics for kids.
• [39:43] What is Kirt reading?
• [41:49] Does digital art suck?
• [53:35] What else is Kirt reading?
• [55:35] Fair use in comics.
• [60:16] Evolving kids’ cartoons.
• [62:07] One more time, for those at the back.

Notable Quotes

• “That’s the equivalent of narrative fast food.”
• “Netflix will start owning nuclear power plants.”
• “I’m just not into musicals.”
• “Don’t put lyrics in your comics.”
• “When we’re protecting the rights of corporations, and not the rights of human beings, that way lies folly.”

Relevant Links

Cornerbox.club

Death of Power #6, Galacto Pit-Fighter | Kickstarter

Books Mentioned

• #DRCL, Innocent, by Shin-Ichi Sakamoto.
• Action Comics #466.
• All-Star Superman, by Grant Morisson, Frank Quietly, & Neal Adams.
• American Flagg!, Fargo: Hell on Wheels, Time² Omnibus, by Howard Chaykin.
• America's Best Comics, The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic, by Alan Moore & Steve Moore.
• The Batman's Grave, by Warren Ellis & Bryan Hitch.
• Beano.
• BRZRKR, Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney, Rafael Grampá, & Clem Robins.
• Cobra Commander, by Joshua Williamson, Andrea Milana, & Annalisa Leoni.
• The Death of Superman.
• Dog Man, by Dav Pilkey.
• Doom Patrol.
• Duke, by Joshua Williamson, Tom Reilly,