Kirt Burdick’s Bringing Heat with “Death of Power” on The Corner Box S2Ep18

Kirt Burdick joins hosts John and David to talk about Kirt’s new and extended Death of Power series, the problematic marketing of superhero comic tropes, how Batman memes will cause a nuclear meltdown, the future of digital art, and how extended copyright stifles creativity. Also, the podcast gets a new listener, Kirt dislikes musicals, David has his heart broken, and John takes down Diamond.

Timestamp Segments

• [00:39] Kirt’s new Kickstarters.
• [03:34] The El Santo rabbit hole.
• [05:00] Death of Power #6.
• [08:46] The problem with superhero comics.
• [11:42] A very likely AI future.
• [17:52] Concluding Death of Power.
• [22:08] The Expanded Death of Power Universe.
• [24:28] Kirt’s sales pitch.
• [29:18] Diamond’s bankruptcy.
• [35:24] David’s broken heart.
• [36:24] Making comics for kids.
• [39:43] What is Kirt reading?
• [41:49] Does digital art suck?
• [53:35] What else is Kirt reading?
• [55:35] Fair use in comics.
• [60:16] Evolving kids’ cartoons.
• [62:07] One more time, for those at the back.

Notable Quotes

• “That’s the equivalent of narrative fast food.”
• “Netflix will start owning nuclear power plants.”
• “I’m just not into musicals.”
• “Don’t put lyrics in your comics.”
• “When we’re protecting the rights of corporations, and not the rights of human beings, that way lies folly.”

Relevant Links

Cornerbox.club

Death of Power #6, Galacto Pit-Fighter | Kickstarter

Books Mentioned

• #DRCL, Innocent, by Shin-Ichi Sakamoto.
• Action Comics #466.
• All-Star Superman, by Grant Morisson, Frank Quietly, & Neal Adams.
• American Flagg!, Fargo: Hell on Wheels, Time² Omnibus, by Howard Chaykin.
• America's Best Comics, The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic, by Alan Moore & Steve Moore.
• The Batman's Grave, by Warren Ellis & Bryan Hitch.
• Beano.
• BRZRKR, Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney, Rafael Grampá, & Clem Robins.
• Cobra Commander, by Joshua Williamson, Andrea Milana, & Annalisa Leoni.
• The Death of Superman.
• Dog Man, by Dav Pilkey.
• Doom Patrol.
• Duke, by Joshua Williamson, Tom Reilly,