Apples to Giraffes

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Books and graphic novels:

Soon by Thomas Cadène and Benjamin Adam

For as Long as It Rains by Zviane

Lonely Boys by Sophie Bédard

Ohio Is for Sale by John Allen

Crickets #8 (Blood of the Virgin) by Sammy Harkham

Real Easy by Marie Rutkowski

Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner

The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin

Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin

Pastoral by André Alexis

Movies:

Nope

Barbarian

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

The Power of the Dog

The Northman

Licorice Pizza

Kimi

The Clovehitch Killer

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

TV:

The White Lotus

Mare of Easttown

Outer Range

We Own this City

Midnight Mass

Old Enough!

Peacemaker

Evil

For All Mankind

The Bear

Better Call Saul

Andor

Video games:

Stray

The Last of Us Part II

Factorio

Music:

And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

PRE PLEASURE by Julia Jacklin: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

Lighten Up by Erin Rae: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

11:11 by Pinegrove: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

Ali by Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Touré: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

I Feel Alive by TOPS: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

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We get into spoilers starting at 16:30. If you want to avoid spoilers, skip ahead to 1:00:12 when indicated.

Links to things we talked about:

• Deadline: "Jeffrey Wright To Star In MRC and T-Street’s Untitled Cord Jefferson Film"
• Erasure and Dr. No by Percival Everett 
• The New York Times: "In a New Novel, Percival Everett Riffs Gleefully on 007" 
• Deadline: "'The Sympathizer’: Sandra Oh Among Three Cast In HBO & A24’s Drama Series Adaptation" & "‘The Sympathizer’: Five Join Robert Downey Jr. In HBO & A24’s Drama Series Adaptation"
• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen 
• The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
• Other major books in the "Mitchellverse" include:
   Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, and Utopia Avenue
• Ed Brubaker, famed comic book writer who's name sounds like a character in this book!
• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
• Dark (2017-2020) by Baran bo Odar & Jantje Friese
• Cloud Atlas (2012) dir. by Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, & Lilly Wachowski

A couple books coming in our 2023 season:

• Gideon the Ninth by  Tamsyn Muir 
• The "First Law" books by Joe Abercrombie

Shepherd.com: "Five Graphic Novels Just Begging to be Brought to the Screen"

• Black Hole by Charles Burns
• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
• Sandman Mystery Theatre by Matt Wagner, Steven T. Seagle, Guy Davis, et al.
• I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason 
• Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

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We get into spoilers starting at 30:02. Spoiler-free again at 1:24:25! 

Links to things we talked about:

• It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
• Shudder
• Deadline: "Lorenzo Mieli Secures Rights To Italo Calvino’s Classic Novel ‘The Baron In The Trees’"
• The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
• Collider: "Damian Lewis to Star in Euros Lyn's Dark Comedy 'The Radleys'"
• The Radleys by Matt Haig
• Falcon Lake, directed by Charlotte Le Bon
• A Sister by Bastien Vivès
• The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
• My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
• My Best Friend's Exorcism, directed by Damon Thomas
• Bunnicula by James Howe & Deborah Howe, illustrated by Alan Daniel
• Fright Night, directed by Tom Holland
• Deadline: "‘The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires’ Adaptation Among First Projects On Producer Patrick Moran’s Amazon Development Slate"
• "Jo Walton Reads"

Our "Spooky Season" Plugs:

• Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono (and Kiki's Delivery Service, directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
• Dracula by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat (and Dracula by Bram Stoker)

Next Episode:

• The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

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Links to things we talked about:

• TITAN by François Vigneault
• Cartoon Brew: "Jet Li Turned Down ‘The Matrix’ Films Because He Didn’t Want Warner Bros. To Own His Mo-Cap Martial Arts"
• Apples To Orangutans podcast
• Matewan by John Sayles
• CinemaBlend: "John Cena Responds To Viral Dave Bautista Comment About Not Working With Him Or The Rock"
• Deuteragonist
• Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch) with Giancarlo Esposito

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We get into spoilers starting at 25:25. Spoiler-free again at 42:18!

Links to things we talked about:

• Variety: Fox Moves Forward With Graphic Novel Adaptation ‘Who Is Jake Ellis?,’ Taps Josh Mond to Direct
• Who Is Jake Ellis? by Nathan Edmondson and Tonči Zonjić: Bookshop
• YouTube: THE PERIPHERAL | Official Trailer
• The Peripheral by William Gibson: Bookshop | IMDB
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke: Bookshop
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: Bookshop | IMDB
• ‎In This Issue...: Acme Novelty Library #8 with Austin English on Apple Podcasts

Our Plugs:

• Pink Lemonade by Nick Cagnetti
• Heat 2: Bookshop
• Heat: IMDB

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Links to things we talked about:

• The Sandman IMDB 
• The Sandman Book One by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, Mike Dringenberg, et al
• Vice: Why Does Everything On Netflix Look Like That?
• Death by Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo, et al
• Sandman Mystery Theatre by Matt Wagner, Steven Seagle, Guy Davis, et al

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Links to things we talked about:

• The Hollywood Reporter: Keanu Reeves to Lead ‘Devil in the White City’ Hulu Series From Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio
• The Beast of Chicago: The Murderous Career of H. H. Holmes by Rick Geary
• YouTube: BLONDE | Official Trailer
• Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
• You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
• Mare of Easttown
• Stick It
• Election
• The Last Supper
• Dare Me by Megan Abbott IMDB (crew includes cartoonist Ariel Schrag)

Our Plugs:

• Ham on Rye: Kanopy | IMDB
• NOPE: IMDB

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Links to things we talked about:

• "Randall Park and Adrian Tomine Are Going to Do Shortcomings Right—Or Not at All" —Vanity Fair
• White Noise trailer | Bookshop
• In  This Issue... featuring François and Zack Soto discussing Black Hole #1 in depth
• Black Hole by Charles Burns
• Black Hole short film by Rupert Sanders
• "‘Dope’ Filmmaker Tackling ‘Black Hole’ Adaptation" —The Hollywood Reporter
• Leave No Trace, based on the novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock

Our Plugs:

• The unadaptable Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
• Lolita Podcast | ENGL 291: The American Novel Since 1945: Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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Links to things we talked about:

• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
• "Daredevil: Born Again: Quick Things We Know About The Marvel Series" —Cinemablend
• The Sandman Trailer | Bookshop
• The Interview with the Vampire Trailer | Bookshop
• Paper Girls Trailer | Bookshop

Our Plugs:

• Evil
• Québécois Graphic Novels for Anglophones
• Talli: Daughter of the Moon Volume One out on September 27

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Links to things we talked about:

• The Tripods series by John Christopher:
  • The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead, The Pool of Fire, and Before the Tripods Came
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
  • "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Limited Series Set At Showtime As Part Of Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman CBS TV Studios Overall Deal" —Deadline
  • Chabon's (quite active!) Instagram
• Hyperion by Dan Simmons 
  • "Why Bradley Cooper’s Hyperion Movie Will Be Epic for Sci-FI Fans"  —Movieweb

Our Plugs:

• François discussing Black Hole #1 with Zack Soto on his new podcast In This Issue...
• And François is interviewed on the Parker Edison Project

Next Episode: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin!

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Links to things we talked about:

Love & Rockets T-Shirt from Fantagraphics

Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Montreal Comic Arts Festival

Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover 

Jonas' presentation at the Forecast Forum, including more original music from him

My Neighbor Totoro from the Royal Shakespeare Company

The Sandman IMDB | Bookshop

Our Plugs:

NOW #12 from Fantagraphics Books, featuring a short story by François

Scriptnotes interview with Patrick Somerville, writer/showrunner for Station Eleven, based on the book for Emily St. John Mandel | IMDB | Bookshop

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Links to things we talked about:

The Time Traveler's Wife | IMDB TV Series (2022) | IMDB Film (2009) | Bookshop

The Atlantic: "The Rise of Must-Read TV"

Hollywood Reporter: "‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ Reboot in the Works at 20th Century Studios, Hulu"

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | IMDB Film (2003) | Bookshop

The Secret History | Bookshop

The Goldfinch | IMDB | Bookshop

Once Upon a Time At Bennington College podcast

The Secret History audiobook read by Donna Tartt

True Grit by Charles Portis, audiobook read by Donna Tartt

Our Plugs:

Sex Education and Ncuti Gatwa, who will be the next Doctor Who

Slow Horses | IMDB | Bookshop

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Links to things we talked about:

Variety: "Robert Downey Jr. to Co-Star in Adaptation of ‘The Sympathizer’ for HBO and A24" 

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

The Handmaiden by Park Chan-Wook (adapted from Fingersmith by Sarah Waters)

BONE by Jeff Smith

Yahoo movies: Netflix Animation Erased: Executives Fired, Shows Canceled and Accusations of ‘Staged Data’

Polygon: Bone creator Jeff Smith got his ‘dream team’ for Netflix animated series

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (including "Hell Is the Absence of God" and "Story of Your Life")

Arrival by Denis Villeneuve

Exhalation by Ted Chiang (including "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate")

Tor: Let’s Rank Every Ted Chiang Story Ever Published

Our Plugs:

The Secrets of Story and The Secrets of Character by Matt Bird

Outer Range

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Links to things we talked about:

Hollywood Reporter: Chiwetel Ejiofor to Star in ‘Man Who Fell to Earth’ Series

Screen Rant: Interview With The Vampire Images Reveal First Look At AMC Series

Writing Excuses: What is the M.I.C.E. Quotient?

BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness: Libby | BBC

Vox: [Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma on her ravishing romantic masterpiece](https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/2/19/21137213/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-celine-sciamma-interview)

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Adaptation Game Nominees:

Where the Crawdads Sing: Bookshop | IMDB

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris: Bookshop | IMDB

Salem's Lot:  Bookshop | IMDB

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret: Bookshop | IMDB

White Bird: A Wonder Story: Bookshop | IMDB

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: Bookshop | IMDB

Main Topic: The Hunter by Richard Stark

The Violent World of Parker: The Hunter (1962)

Point Blank (1967)

Payback (1999)

Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke

The Hot Rock (Dortmunder Book 1 by Donald Westlake, AKA Richard Stark)

Our Plugs:

Too Old to Die Young

The Parker Edison Project

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Links to things we talked about:

Metropolis TV series by Sam Esmail

The English Patient TV Series from BBC by Emily Ballou

Birth Movies Death: On EDGE OF TOMORROW And Ken Grimwood’s REPLAY

Quilette: Before 'Groundhog Day': The Time-Loop Novel that Started It All

Script Shadow: Screenplay Review – Replay

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