Better Than Fiction
Your hosts DL Nelson and Scott Sackett will talk comic books, movies, TV, games and art. Whatever they find interesting or entertaining will be discussed.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 103
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 572: Episode #565! Hercules Unchained, Dungeons and Dragons World and Realms and Cryptology!
Episode #565! Hercules Unchained, Dungeons & Dragons World & Realms and Cryptology! This week we talks Dungeons & Dragons with a book and a documentary. First, from Ten Speed Press is their next hard…
01:04:09 |
Tue 09 Sep 2025
Episode 571: Episode #564! The Greasy Strangler and The Green Slime!
Episode #564! The Greasy Strangler and The Green Slime! This week we talk about several movies we've watched recently. Scott talks about The Gamma One Sextet: The Green Slime and The Mask of Fu Manch…
01:01:41 |
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Episode 570: Episode #563! Jack Kirby bios, Cryptology and Kevin Smith in OKC!
Episode #563! Jack Kirby bios, Cryptology and Kevin Smith in OKC! This week Scott tells us about the 1981 film Scanners. Kevin Smith was recently in OKC (without Jason Mewes). DL talks a little about…
00:54:08 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Episode 569: Episode #562! The Illustrated History of Warren Magazines and Monster Zoo!
Episode #562! The Illustrated History of Warren Magazines and Monster Zoo! This week Scott brings three works from Earthworm Jim creator Doug Tennapel to the table. While he touches on Creature Tech …
00:57:51 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Episode 568: Episode #561! Foul Play!, Anatomy Drawing Class and Castle of Frankenstein!
Episode #561! Foul Play!, Anatomy Drawing Class and Castle of Frankenstein! This week Scott has the very impressive book Anatomy Drawing Class by Rockhe Kim. He also talks about his recent Godzilla m…
01:02:17 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Episode 567: Episode #560! All video discussion!
Episode #560! All video discussion! After a long hiatus, we are back with an all video discussion. Scott talks about two documentaries he has recently watched. Pee-Wee As Himself is the new doc about…
01:05:50 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
Episode 566: Episode #559! Meow Wolf Dallas and The Art of John Byrne!
Episode #559! Meow Wolf Dallas and The Art of John Byrne! Back from his trip to Dallas, DL talks about exploring The Real Unreal at Meow Wolf Dallas. Scott brings a 45 year old art retrospective to t…
01:13:23 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Episode 565: Episode #558! The Technopriests, Swamp Monsters and The Shadow Scrapbook!
Episode #558! The Technopriests, Swamp Monsters and The Shadow Scrapbook! This week we focus on three books. If Scott had a copy of The Shadow Scrapbook while in Junior High, he would have quit schoo…
00:58:50 |
Sun 18 May 2025
Episode 564: Episode #557! The Sixth Gun and Pencils vs Pixels!
Episode #557! The Sixth Gun and Pencils vs Pixels! This week we have a tale set in the old west. DL brings the fantasy/horror series The Sixth Gun by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt to the table. Scott t…
01:04:53 |
Mon 05 May 2025
Episode 563: Episode #556! El Fuego and Spider-man!
Episode #556! El Fuego and Spider-man! This week we bring a few books to the table. First up we have an end of the world tale from writer, artist David Rubin. El Fuego tells the story of a gifted arc…
00:58:28 |
Thu 01 May 2025
Episode 562: Episode #555! Blazing Combat and Atlanta!
Episode #555! Blazing Combat and Atlanta! We are finally back with a new episode! Fresh off his trip to Atlanta, Scott tells us all about it and some shops he might have visited. In 1965, publisher J…
00:53:26 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
Episode 561: Episode #554! Daredevil Born Again!
Episode #554! Daredevil Born Again! This week your hosts Scott Sackett and DLNelson are back with the new Disney+ show Daredevil: Born Again! After watching the first two episodes, they talk about th…
01:16:12 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Episode 560: Episode #553! The All American Art Cartooning, Bond and Mash!
Episode #553! The All American Art Cartooning, Bond and Mash! This week Scott brings two television programs to the pod. First he talks about an anniversary for TV's MASH then he tells us about House…
01:11:30 |
Mon 24 Mar 2025
Episode 559: Episode #552! Bowling With Corpses, Brothers and Alien!
Episode #552! Bowling With Corpses, Brothers and Alien! This week DL brings two illustrated hardcovers to the table. Written and drawn by Mike Mignola, Bowling With Corpses is a collection of eight w…
01:24:13 |
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Episode 558: Episode #551! Paul Smith's The Uncanny X-Men Artist's Edition and The Drifting Classroom!
Episode #551! Paul Smith's The Uncanny X-Men Artist's Edition and The Drifting Classroom! In 1962 Topps unleashed a trading card set like no other. Now from Abrams publishing is the Topps Mars Attack…
00:59:28 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Episode 557: Episode #550! Transmetropolitan, Superman vs The Flash and Usagi Yojimbo!
Episode #550! Transmetropolitan, Superman vs The Flash and Usagi Yojimbo! This week we Keep It Real with our takes on TV and comics. First up Scott talks about the comedy series Bookie available on M…
01:00:56 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Episode 556: Episode #549! The Complete Web of Horror, Doom Patrol and A Treasury of XXth Century Murder!
Episode #549! The Complete Web of Horror, Doom Patrol and A Treasury of XXth Century Murder! Welcome back! This week Scott bring a few books to the podcast. First up he has a collection of stories fe…
01:20:57 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Episode 555: Episode #548! Our Top Five of '24!
Episode #548! Our Top Five of '24! This week your hosts Scott Sackett and DLNelson are back with their annual Best Of episode. Books, comics, magazines, music, an interactive experience and even a mu…
01:15:28 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Episode 554: Episode #547! DC Finest, The Shadow and Doomsday +1!
Episode #547! DC Finest, The Shadow and Doomsday +1! This week Scott brings two serials to the podcast with Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu. He also shows off his score from Lulu. DL …
01:11:29 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
Episode 553: Episode #546! Starman, The Shadow and the Marvel calendar!
Episode #546! Starman, The Shadow and the Marvel calendar! It's time for a new Starman. This week DL focuses on the Jack Knight era of the Opal City hero. Scott brings a rare Shadow hardcover to the …
01:12:49 |
Sun 26 Jan 2025
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