[scottgr]

In this episode, after some brief (not to mention bleak) news and reviews we're joined for an extended chat by Cy Dethan, writer of (amongst other things) Cancertown and Starship Troopers. We cover Cy's journey into comics writing, some of the ideas behind Cancertown and the critical reaction since it's release.

http://media.libsyn.com/media/comicbookout...s_Episode59.mp3

[MrCyNic]

Thanks a lot for that, guys. It was great chatting with you.

[Stephen Aryan]

Thanks a lot for that, guys. It was great chatting with you.

Our pleasure. See you soon at BICS.

[Bluemeanie]

for the record, if those t-shirts get printed, I get 25% of the gross!

Cool episode, nice hearing Cy's passion for the stuff coming through even if it did give me a case of "crap... Im doing it wrong, I just try and write stuff, Cy has GRAPHS!"
Looking forward to seeing the other stuff as and when it gets released as really enjoyed Cancertown

[Manticore]

Well, thanks a lot! You get me all excited over Cancertown and I run to Amazon but like you said, this is all that greets me: "Out of Print--Limited Availability."
Great interview and one day I'll be able to check it out

[NicWilkinson]

Manticore - You can get it from amazon.co.uk which is your best bet outside the UK at the moment.

Or if you want to order it at Con Price (£10 +postage) drop me a PM and I will sort you out

Blue - Not only Graphs, but very specialised instruments!

This post has been edited by CatFang: 01 October 2009 - 12:23 PM

[paladinb]

got this all ready to listen on my train journey up to brum tomorrow...huzzah!

[Stephen Aryan]

for the record, if those t-shirts get printed, I get 25% of the gross!

Cool episode, nice hearing Cy's passion for the stuff coming through even if it did give me a case of "crap... Im doing it wrong, I just try and write stuff, Cy has GRAPHS!"
Looking forward to seeing the other stuff as and when it gets released as really enjoyed Cancertown

Cheers, glad you enjoyed it. No graphs for me, but I do plan it.

See you at Brum on Saturday.

[Stephen Aryan]

Well, thanks a lot! You get me all excited over Cancertown and I run to Amazon but like you said, this is all that greets me: "Out of Print--Limited Availability."
Great interview and one day I'll be able to check it out

As Nic said, she can sort you out with a copy once we all get back from BICS. It's a great read that will shatter naive minds and warp them into something new, hideous and awakened!

[Stephen Aryan]

got this all ready to listen on my train journey up to brum tomorrow...huzzah!

Nice one mate, catch up with you Saturday.

[MrCyNic]

for the record, if those t-shirts get printed, I get 25% of the gross!

Sounds fair.

I've got one of those t-shirts with a velcro strip across the front that you stick letters to. I was considering putting the quotation on that for the con, but I doubt I have the right combination of letters for it. After all, I only just had enough vowels to write "[name of my least favourite comics personality deleted] is a [name of my most favourite anatomical component deleted]" on it...

[Bluemeanie]

I got one of those T-Shirts!! Iz took it off me, apparently I was being deliberately confrontational with it

[gazw51]

Great episode guys, the interview with Cy was really interesting. I was aware of Cancertown but I've never read it although I am now very keen to pick it up at some point. I will have to cut back on trades for a while though as I'm saving every penny to pay for our wedding! Its been ages since I've mentioned any of the things I've been reading here so by way of a quick update:

I read the first 3 volumes of Death Note (mentioned in one episode a very long time ago now!) which I thought was very good. i was really taken with it at first but I felt by vol. 3 it started to lose it's way a bit so although I enjoyed it I was happy to leave it there.

Ex machina - I picked up the first trade ages ago when you guys first alerted me to it and have fairly recently read the second trade. Its been a great story so far and the second trade really goes further into both the sci fi and the political aspects of the story. Ive had the 3rd on order from play.com for a couple of weeks but it still seems to be pending for some reason. Is anyone else still reading this I'd love toknow if others are enjoying it.

Most recently I have delved further into the world of Batman. Having only read the Dark Knight Returns previously I got hold of 2 other major books The Killing Joke and Batman Year One. I enjoyed them both although Killing Joke was dark to the point of being a little unsettling! I wouldnt say this stopped me enjoying it more that it made it a challenging read for me. Year one I also thought was great and I really liked the art here too there's just something I cant put my finger on which appealed to me. Something that really struck me reading both these books were elements which were quite clearly lifted out and applied to the new Batman film franchise. In fact despite what I had been led to believe by the media I would say I can see a lot more of these 2 books in the Dark Knight movie than I can from the Dark Knight Returns book.

So, my comics education continues! Im always taking notes when listening to you guys and have a list as long as my arm of others I want to check out!

If anyone else has read any of the booksIve mentioned above it would be great to hear what people think about them

Also, as you know I enjoy Hawaiian Dick (ha ha very funny), I noticed that there is a 3rd trade out but I cant seem to track it down. Anyone read this?

[Manticore]

Right, my wife callled today to let me know that my copy of 'Cancertown' has arrived at her work.
I will pour over it tonight and leave my thoughts!
I'm excited to read something new and to have already heard the author's thoughts.

[Stephen Aryan]

Right, my wife callled today to let me know that my copy of 'Cancertown' has arrived at her work.
I will pour over it tonight and leave my thoughts!
I'm excited to read something new and to have already heard the author's thoughts.

Great stuff, let us know. It's a very interesting read.

[scottgr]

Great episode guys, the interview with Cy was really interesting. I was aware of Cancertown but I've never read it although I am now very keen to pick it up at some point. I will have to cut back on trades for a while though as I'm saving every penny to pay for our wedding! Its been ages since I've mentioned any of the things I've been reading here so by way of a quick update:

I read the first 3 volumes of Death Note (mentioned in one episode a very long time ago now!) which I thought was very good. i was really taken with it at first but I felt by vol. 3 it started to lose it's way a bit so although I enjoyed it I was happy to leave it there.

Ex machina - I picked up the first trade ages ago when you guys first alerted me to it and have fairly recently read the second trade. Its been a great story so far and the second trade really goes further into both the sci fi and the political aspects of the story. Ive had the 3rd on order from play.com for a couple of weeks but it still seems to be pending for some reason. Is anyone else still reading this I'd love toknow if others are enjoying it.

Most recently I have delved further into the world of Batman. Having only read the Dark Knight Returns previously I got hold of 2 other major books The Killing Joke and Batman Year One. I enjoyed them both although Killing Joke was dark to the point of being a little unsettling! I wouldnt say this stopped me enjoying it more that it made it a challenging read for me. Year one I also thought was great and I really liked the art here too there's just something I cant put my finger on which appealed to me. Something that really struck me reading both these books were elements which were quite clearly lifted out and applied to the new Batman film franchise. In fact despite what I had been led to believe by the media I would say I can see a lot more of these 2 books in the Dark Knight movie than I can from the Dark Knight Returns book.

So, my comics education continues! Im always taking notes when listening to you guys and have a list as long as my arm of others I want to check out!

If anyone else has read any of the booksIve mentioned above it would be great to hear what people think about them

Also, as you know I enjoy Hawaiian Dick (ha ha very funny), I noticed that there is a 3rd trade out but I cant seem to track it down. Anyone read this?

Hey Gaz,

Great to hear from you again. Sounds like you've got hold of some classics lately! Especially The Killing Joke, fantastic Batman story. Glad to hear we're keeping you busy with lots of other choices as well! I agree with you that there were more similarities with them and the new franchise than necessarily with The Dark Knight returns, though I think all of those comics that came out around that time that we now think about as classics (for example Watchmen) signalled a move to treating superheroes as much more realistic characters than they were before, and the new Batman movies certainly follows that train of thought.

I've not read the 3rd Hawaiian Dick trade. Steve, do you know anything about it?

-Scott.

[Stephen Aryan]

I've not read the 3rd Hawaiian Dick trade. Steve, do you know anything about it?

-Scott.

I think the release of this was delayed. Not sure why but I remember it being mentioned somewhere.