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The Hour Cosmic, Episode 41: Hollywood is Easy with Ben Blacker

By , and | September 20th, 2013
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Welcome to another installment of The Hour Cosmic, your favorite comics game show! This week, our guest is Ben Blacker, co-creator of “The Thrilling Adventure Hour” and sometimes writer for Marvel Comics!

On this week’s show, among other things, we discuss:

– Describing Green Lantern constructs aloud!

– The never-aired Roald Dahl-penned episode of The Incredible Hulk!

– Why Hawkman loves Baby Ruths!

Let’s meet our guest, shall we?

Ben Blacker is a Hollywood big shot, currently living in Los Angeles, California. One half of the creative team behind the stage show, podcast, and graphic novel “The Thrilling Adventure Hour,” Ben also writes a bit for Marvel, including the “Wolverine: Season One” graphic novel, and upcoming annuals for “Deadpool” and “Thunderbolts.” He can be found on Twitter (@BenBlacker), and please check out the “Thrilling Adventure Hour” podcast, as well as the Nerdist Writers Panel podcast. And make sure to get the “Thrilling Adventure Hour” graphic novel from Archaia!

As always, your hosts are:

Matthew Meylikhov – Bostonian, cat and beard enthusiast, co-writer of “Detective Space Cat” with Colin Bell, writer of “Morning Glories Babies,” “Morning Glories Academy Study Hall” (both backmatter for the Image Comics series “Morning Glories“) and “Control,” and letterer extraordinaire. He reads more comics than anyone on the planet, and has sworn off White Castle for life.

Brian Salvatore – New Jerseyan, New York Mets enthusiast, host of “Input/Output,” a music podcast, and occasional blogger/freelance writer. He has never met a dog he didn’t like (even that one that bit his leg when he was 10), and has baked better bread than he ever thought possible.

Chad Bowers – South Carolinian, GI Joe enthusiast, co-writer of “Subatomic Party Girls” “Down Set Fight,” and “Awesome Hospital” with Chris Sims, and writer of “Monster Plus.” He teaches us cool expressions like “Oh, snakes!” and has a lot of opinions about barbeque.

You can interact with the show in all sorts of ways – first of all, please rate, review and subscribe to the show in iTunes. You can email us at thehourcosmic@tellmesomething.org. You can follow the hosts on Twitter – @chadbowers, @brianneedsanap, and @mattisnotarobot – and while on Twitter, make sure to use the hashtag #TheHourCosmic – or tweet the shot directly @thehourcosmic. You can check out our website at thehourcosmic.com, as well as the websites of our corporate overlords at multiversitycomics.com and tellmesomething.org. We, like your mom and that weird kid from high school, are on Facebook, too. Our amazing announcer is Ken Beck – follow him on Twitter and check out his Tumblr. You can check out all of the other great comic shows on the Comics Podcast Network, and you can listen to us anywhere via the Stitcher app.

Click here to download the show directly, or listen below:

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Brian Salvatore

Brian Salvatore is an editor, podcaster, reviewer, writer at large, and general task master at Multiversity. When not writing, he can be found playing music, hanging out with his kids, or playing music with his kids. He also has a dog named Lola, a rowboat, and once met Jimmy Carter. Feel free to email him about good beer, the New York Mets, or the best way to make Chicken Parmagiana (add a thin slice of prosciutto under the cheese).

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Chad Bowers

Chad Bowers has been reading comics for most of his life. His transition from fan to professional is a work in progress. He’s the co-founder of ACTION AGE COMICS, creator of the webcomic MONSTER PLUS, co-creator of AWESOME HOSPITAL, THE HARD ONES, and DOWN SET FIGHT (coming soon from Oni Press) with Chris Sims. He reviews comics, writes G.I. JoeVersity, and co-hosts The Hour Cosmic for Multiversity Comics! If you've got nothing better to do, you can follow him on Twitter or Tumblr.

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Matthew Meylikhov

Once upon a time, Matthew Meylikhov became the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Multiversity Comics, where he was known for his beard and fondness for cats. Then he became only one of those things. Now, if you listen really carefully at night, you may still hear from whispers on the wind a faint voice saying, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine is not as bad as everyone says it issss."

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