120: Ben Acker

Ben Acker, co-creator and writer for The Thrilling Adventure
Hour, and writer for TV, comic books, and a series of Star Wars
middle grade novels, including Star Wars: Join the Resistance.
Ben and I talk about giving himself his first job, how a ukulele
solo got him a gig writing at Marvel, and shares the definitions
of art that he can’t shake.


 


Ben Acker Show Notes


Robert Lynn Asprin's The Myth series


The Xanth series by Piers Anthony


The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon


Watchmen (movie)


Ben Blacker, co-creator of Thrilling Adventure Hour and co-author
of Star Wars: Join the Resistance


Raiders of the Lost Ark (movie)


The Tick (comic)


Kids in the Hall (TV show)


Monty Python and the Flying Circus


Mr. Show with Bob and David (TV show)


Will & Grace (TV show)


Mad About You (TV show)


Roseanne (TV show)


Paul Reiser


Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show)


Thomas Guide


The Adventures of Pete & Pete (TV show)


Malcolm in the Middle (TV show)


Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars


Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (TV show)


Survivor (TV show)


Death to Smoochy (movie)


Crank Yankers (TV show)


Greg the Bunny (TV show)


Triumph the Insult Comic Dog


The Thin Man (movie)


Beyond Belief


Nick and Norah Charles


Largo at the Coronet


Comedy Bang Bang


How Did This Get Made


WTF with Marc Maron


Never Not Funny


Doug Loves Movies


John Hodgman


Busy Philipps


Holmes Osborne


Donnie Darko (movie)


Bring it On (movie)


Marc Evan Jackson


Paul F. Tompkins


Paget Brewster


Night of the Hunter (movie)


“Hush,” an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Mark Waid 


Chris Samnee


Michael Siglain


Greg Rucka


1984 by George Orwell


Cameron Esposito


Queery, her podcast


The O.C. (TV show)


The North Texas Teen Book Festival


Shannon Hale and Dean Hale


How to be the Greatest Improviser on Earth by Will Hines