{"id":6273,"date":"2012-06-23T20:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2012-06-24T00:33:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T04:33:47","slug":"talkcast-139-disappointing-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=6273","title":{"rendered":"Talkcast 139 &#8211; Disappointing Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?attachment_id=6282\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6282\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6282\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-06-23 at 5.33.25 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Screen-Shot-2012-06-23-at-5.33.25-PM-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Screen-Shot-2012-06-23-at-5.33.25-PM-201x300.png 201w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Screen-Shot-2012-06-23-at-5.33.25-PM.png 435w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/bigdamnfilms\/z-con-a-feature-length-film\">Z*Con Kickstarter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Open question: \u00a0explain the first scene in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1446714\/\">Prometheus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5919063\/pizza-necronomicon-is-deliciously-horrific?tag=goofballery\">Pizza Necronomicon!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>First Trailer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksofdoom.com\/2012\/06\/21\/the-watch-international-trailer\/\">The Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0844441\/\">True Blood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youbentmywookie.com\/wtf\/futurama-opening-credits-re-created-in-live-action-16675\">Live action<\/a>\u00a0Futurama Opening<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/News\/Mega-Buzz-Hawaii-Five-Once-CSI-Spoilers-1049003.aspx\">Walking Dead producers swear we\u2019ll like Carl in season 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guardiansofthegenre.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/podcast-of-month-sci-fi-saturday-night.html\">SFSN named Podcast of the Month by Guardians of the Genre blog &#8211; pt.2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Poll: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sci-Fi-Saturday-Night\/142340463143\">Who&#8217;s your favorite giant robot?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tonight&#8217;s guests are Daniel Bradford and Owen Mackinder, the creative minds behind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disappointingmonsters.com\/\">Disappointing Monsters<\/a>. This adorably disturbing webcomic features a young boy named Gilbert and Edison, his &#8220;imaginary zombie friend&#8221;. \u00a0They are joined by Cthulu (pictured above), who has a Napoleon complex and lives in Gilbert&#8217;s closet. Described lovingly as, &#8220;Calvin and Hobbes with more di** jokes,&#8221; this is a must-read that won the 2011 Ghastly Award for Best Webcomic.<\/div>\n<div><span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6273-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast139.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast139.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast139.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast139.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast139.mp3&id=6273\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=6273\" data-text=\"Talkcast 139 - Disappointing Monsters\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=6273\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D6273&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F06%2FScreen-Shot-2012-06-23-at-5.33.25-PM-201x300.png&#038;description=Talkcast%20139%20-%20Disappointing%20Monsters\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Z*Con Kickstarter Open question: \u00a0explain the first scene in Prometheus Pizza Necronomicon! First Trailer for The Watch True Blood Live action\u00a0Futurama Opening Walking Dead producers swear we\u2019ll like Carl in season 3 SFSN named Podcast of the Month by Guardians of the Genre blog &#8211; pt.2 Poll: \u00a0Who&#8217;s your favorite giant robot? 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