Message: “Gene Yang’s Superman”

Gene Luen Yang returns to the StoryMen to tell us about his groundbreaking run on Superman! How do you go about telling a new story about an 80-year old character? And how is Superman an immigration story? Plus: Gene explains his amazing new role as the Ambassador of Young People’s Literature for the Library of Congress.

Story Men - December 13, 2013

Even If You Were Perfect, Thor Would Hit You With Mjolnir

The StoryMen welcome pastor, blogger and movie buff Rob Shepherd, aka Rob Shep. We argue about the Marvel movies for a while, then talk about THOR: The Dark World. We also discuss Rob's new book "Even If You Were Perfect, Someone Would Crucify You." What does healthy criticism look like, and what can all we recovering people-pleasers do? IN THIS EPISODE: 0:00 – An Important Anniversary (for Clay) 9:00 – A Sequel to It's A Wonderful Life? 12:00 – Rob Shepherd a.k.a. Rob Shep 18:00 – Let's all fight about Marvel Movies! 29:00 – THOR: The Dark World 43:00 – Even If You Were Perfect, Someone Would Crucify You 51:00 – Giveaway!

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