Writers Not Writing, Episode 12 with Elliott Kalan
Writers Not Writing / Tilting at Windmills · Benjamin Gorman
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Show Notes
This week Benjamin Gorman gabs with Elliott Kalan, author of the comic book series Maniac of New York, the children’s books Horse Meets Dog and Sharko and Hippo, writer on The Daily Show, Mystery Science Theater 3000, HouseBroken and Los Espookys, and a forthcoming book on writing jokes. They discuss the band The Sparks, Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address, living outdoors, the Marx Brothers, and Steve Martin. And wait until you hear Benjamin try to pronounce the name of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria!
Today’s secret word is: Czech New Wave
Links:
Maniac of New York, Volume 1
https://www.amazon.com/MANIAC-NEW-YORK-Elliott-Kalan/dp/1949028712
Maniac of New York, Volume 2: The Bronx is Burning
https://www.amazon.com/MANIAC-NEW-YORK-VOL-BURNING/dp/1956731040
Maniac of New York, Volume 3, issue 1: Don’t Call It a Comeback
https://www.amazon.com/Maniac-New-York-Dont-Comeback-ebook/dp/B0BLJ3NHQX
"Moon over Kentucky" by Sparks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msZU_3FA9Ho
The Groucho Letters
https://www.amazon.com/Groucho-Letters-Marx/dp/1416536035
Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais
https://www.amazon.com/Gargantua-Pantagruel-Classics-Francois-Rabelais/dp/0140445501
Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit
https://www.amazon.com/Orwells-Roses-Rebecca-Solnit/dp/0593083369
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
https://www.amazon.com/Born-Standing-Up-Comics-Life/dp/1416553657
We have a couple live shows coming up! Come participate in a live recording of Writers Not Writing THIS WEEKEND at the Portland Fan Expo which is from February 17th to 19th. We’ll record on Sunday the 19th with guests Jeff Davis, Derek Koch, Nikolas P. Robinson and YOU!
Use this link to get your tickets: https://purchase.growtix.com/eh/FAN_EXPO_Portland_2022?aa=u3c8ykR3yw843xkw
And we’ll be at Norwescon in Seattle April 6th to 9th.
Guests are TBA. We’d love to have you in the live audience, and bring some fun questions to ask our panels of procrastinating authors!