Brett R. Smith: What's Wrong with Comic Books Today

0:00 – Intro: comic book artist and colorist Brett R. Smith
0:36 – Val Kilmer in Real Genius and Top Secret
5:40 – Gen X pop culture and Romancing the Stone
9:24 – Kathleen Turner's hero arc versus the Mary Sue
12:21 – War of the Roses and Robert Zemeckis
15:21 – Why going to the movie theater got worse
21:39 – The popcorn gag in Diner and live audiences
24:42 – Garry Shandling and The Kids in the Hall
27:36 – Movie stars the camera loves, from Redford to Cruise
29:58 – Jack Carr's The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
31:42 – Streaming's flaws and Amazon's hits and misses
32:41 – Taylor Sheridan's 1883 and action for women
34:10 – Yellowstone's jiu-jitsu fight and great TV writers
36:55 – Yellowstone as a modern Dallas
40:27 – Landman, rewatchable TV, and Tom Selleck
42:49 – The state of Marvel and DC comics
45:05 – Woke comics and the shift to manga
46:54 – Boy brands: He-Man, G.I. Joe, and Thundercats
50:09 – Writing for kids without underestimating them
52:21 – Indie comics, Rippaverse, and Graham Nolan
53:43 – How colorists get paid and royalties
55:47 – From alcohol markers to Photoshop
58:00 – Remote work and the decline of the big two
59:59 – Taking great care in storytelling and wrap-up