Here’s a pair of penciled panels cut from the Thor story in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #109 by Jack Kirby.
60+ Artists! Including!!!
Dave Mangang
Steve Mungan
Ted Mango
Matt Magma
Mike Mugnam
Earl Manmon
Jake Momgan
Fred Magnun
Theo Mognug
Sal Mumnum
Kent Maogon
and more
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I am now up to five people who have told me that our interview with Chris and Ben Wagner, the directors of Mr. Rogers & Me, made them cry at work.
Why not be the sixth?
The Avengers Battle The Earth Wrecker by Otto Binder (1967)
The first ever Marvel prose novel, from 1967.
Our newest MaxFun show is International Waters!
International Waters is a pop-cultural comedy quiz show where land laws do not apply. Join me (Jesse Thorn) in the lawless waters off the coast of wherever, as a team of comedians from the United States battles one from the United Kingdom for WORLD SUPREMACY.
Our pilot episode features Paul Scheer and Janet Varney representing the US of A in a skirmish with Tom Parry and Josie Long in London, England. Plus an interview with director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom), who was also kind enough to host a bonus round.
Listen to the show online using the player above, or subscribe to the show in iTunes now!
If you use a non-iTunes podcatcher, use this feed: http://www.maximumfun.org/feeds/iw.xml.
For the time being, we’re planning on making International Waters a once-a-month event, with the next episode coming during the MaxFunDrive. Our hope is that the drive will generate the capital we need to keep the show running, so if you like our first episode and want to hear more, give generously and tell us you want more IW!
Make Your Thing at Transom.org
I’ve been giving an occasional lecture called Make Your Thing for the past couple years. It focuses on twelve independent creators who I really admire, and how they turned what they love into brilliant careers. Among the folks I talk about are Killer Mike, Kate Beaton and Jonathan Coulton - it’s a diverse group.
At the invitation of my friend Jay Allison, I’ve written an article on the subject for Transom.org, a community of public radio makers. It’s really an honor to join the ranks of past Transom writers like Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad, and it was a pleasure to write the piece. I managed to crash Transom for a while with traffic earlier today, but they’ve adjusted, and I think it’s safe to read the article now.
(Above: me, backstage at one of the first Make Your Thing talks, in San Francisco, with the beautiful Mrs. Thorn. Photo by Merlin Mann.)
