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Super(Story)Man Mark Waid

a Rafflecopter giveaway Listen, Rate & Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! The StoryMen welcome comics legend Mark Waid to tell us how he tells stories. We talk Superman, his current work on Daredevil and Hulk, and how his site Thrillbent.com is changing the future of comics! Plus, win a FREE copy of Mark’s now classic […]

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Books

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is master-storyteller Neil Gaiman’s new book for adults. It’s short (less than 200 pages) and straightforward: a man just past middle aged returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. He wanders his old streets and awakens memories long forgotten. I’m not going to talk about […]

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Movies Pop Culture

3 Ways Man of Steel Should Have Been Different

WARNING: Spoilers will be all over this. Don’t read if you don’t want to know major spoilage! Check out Part 1 of my review: The 5 Best Things About Man of Steel To hear me discuss Man of Steel, check out my StoryMen podcast! ~*~*~ Superman is a rare character in my life. I would always be […]

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Movies Pop Culture

The 5 Best Things About Man of Steel

WARNING: Spoilers will be all over this. Don’t read if you don’t want to know major spoilage! To hear me discuss Man of Steel, check out my StoryMen podcast! I started writing my review for Man of Steel the morning after catching the first midnight showing available. I wrote and rewrote. I edited, revised, and mostly […]

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Movies Pop Culture

Why Man of Steel isn’t a Superman Story

To hear me discuss Man of Steel, check out my StoryMen podcast! I grew up in Kansas, General. I’m about as American as it gets. — Superman Unless you’re living on Themyscira, you probably heard that a new Superman film, Man of Steel was released over the weekend. Given the box office numbers, you probably saw […]

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StoryMen

StoryMen of Steel

Listen, Rate & Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! The StoryMen talk about Man of Steel: what they loved, what they liked, and where the film failed to capture the big blue boyscout. No spoilers for the first part of the episode! In this Episode: 0:00 – StoryMen of Steel Save the Cat 7:30 – What did […]

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Movies

Is This The Funniest Movie Ever?

Time for Classic Movie Gush with Melissa Tagg and yours truly. This week we’re chatting about Some Like It Hot which stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and the amazing Jack Lemmon. The American Film Institute considers this movie, directed by Billy Wilder, to be the greatest comedy of all-time. I disagree but did only recently […]

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StoryMen

Star Trek Podcast

We at The StoryMen LOVE our Star Trek and have been anxiously awaiting the new film Into Darkness which released a couple weeks back. So we thought we would dedicate an entire episode to all things Trek. We cover everything from the original series that launched a thousand ships through some of the modern variations. […]

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American History

Remembering D-Day & Dick Winters

Today, June 6th, is the anniversary of D-Day. On this date in 1944 Allied forces including Americans, Brits, and Canadians launched the largest amphibious assault in history as three million men stormed the beaches of Northern France to take back Nazi Germany’s stronghold in Europe. It is an event we should never forget. Like most […]

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StoryMen

StoryMen Into Darkness

Listen, Rate & Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! The StoryMen boldly go where no one has gone before. We talk our Trek pedigree, who our favorite captains are and rank the films. Then we spoil the newest installment, Into Darkness. In this Episode: 0:00 – Giveaways, Catchup and Espanol! 5:00 – Who’s Your Captain? 16:00 […]