Episode 132 - 'Meddling Kids' author Edgar Cantero (live at Boswell Book Company)

For readers of a certain age and sensibility, Edgar Cantero‘s
Meddling Kids will go down as easy as a bowl of sugar-coated
cereal on a Saturday morning. In the summer of 1977, a group of
Scooby-Doo-esque teen detectives—Andy, Peter, Kerri, Nate, trusty
dog Sean—crack their biggest mystery yet, exposing the infamous
Sleepy Lake monster for what it really is: a guy in a mask trying
to get his hands on the treasures buried beneath old Deboën
Mansion. But something doesn't sit right; thirteen years later,
the so-called Blyton Summer Detective Club reforms to put to rest
lingering doubts about the case. Lovecraftian horror, pop culture
panache, and slapstick set pieces all figure into an animated
romp about growing up, letting go, and the inherent dangers of
the Necronomicon.


During his recent tour to promote the paperback release of
Meddling Kids, Cantero stopped by Boswell Book Company for an "in
conversation" event with Milwaukee Record's Matt Wild. The two
talked the genesis of the book, its "double-nostalgic" time
period, how Scooby-Doo would have looked different if the gang
had taken on human traffickers, and much more. A huge thanks to
Cantero, Boswell's Daniel Goldin, and everyone who came out for
the talk.


This episode is brought to you by Surly Brewing, a
Minnesota-based brewery and the official beer of On The Record.
Music used in this episode comes courtesy of Piles ("Blue Glue")
and Paper Holland ("Milpool").