EPISODE · Dec 20, 2017 · 1H 17M

120: Ben Acker

from First Draft with Sarah Enni · host Sarah Enni

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

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