About this episode

The episode discusses Swamp Thing #66 by Rick Veitch, exploring its themes and characters with guest Rob Veatch.

"Sounds great, Piggy! But you're wrong about one thing. These paparazzi photos? I happen to know they were faked. See, Wonder Girl has this delicate little beauty mark... It's almost in the same spot as Diane's was..." Swamp Thing #66 by Rick Veitch entitled "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" has a little bit of everything. Including heaven, hell, John Constantine, Hellblazer, Arkham Asylum and its inmates, a brand new director of Arkham, and of course Abby and Alec. Both of them. This is Rick Veitch's run really taking off and showing both his metaphysical side and his satirical side. Rob Veatch guests on this episode to help break it down. Reader: Rob Veatch Original Music: Jim Laczkowski of Now Playing Network Logo: Nat Almirall of Where the Long Tail Ends Dedicated to the Memory of John Bierly

People in this episode

Host: Robert Reineke

Guest: Rob Veatch

Topics covered

• Swamp Thing
• Rick Veitch
• John Constantine
• Arkham Asylum
• metaphysical themes
• satire
• comic book analysis

Keywords

• Swamp Thing
• Rick Veitch
• John Constantine
• Arkham Asylum
• comic book
• metaphysical
• satire
• Diane
• Wonder Girl
• Hellblazer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Now Playing Network, Where the Long Tail Ends

Books & works: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Swamp Thing #66

Places: Arkham Asylum

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