Story Men - November 8, 2013
Boxers and Saints and Gene Luen Yang
From Series: "StoryMen Season 2"
More guests! Tougher topics! More monsters! The StoryMen are back and better than ever!
The StoryMen welcome rapper and fellow nerd Adam Warrock. Adam shares the story of his path to becoming a nerdcore artist, we talk comics for a while and reflect on how music creates community.
IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 – Who is Adam Warrock?
07:00 – The Rise of Geek Culture
11:00 – Super Nerdy Comics Discussion
22:30 – Adam is Team Cyclops?
29:30 – What independent comics should we be reading?
36:00 – Comics as mythology and scripture
49:00 – Find Adam on the Internet (and a FREE SONG!)
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CloseThe StoryMen welcome graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang. We discuss Gene's previous work, the award-winning American Born Chinese, and his newest work, Boxers & Saints. In This Episode: 0:00 – Clay and JR.'s real-life horror film 07:30 – Gene Luen Yang 12:30 – American Born Chinese 24:30 – Boxers & Saints 29:30 – It's More Complicated than That... 44:00 – Negotiating American Identity 50:00 – Favorite Saints
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