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)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show)
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)
The Thin Man (movie)
Donnie Darko (movie)
Bring it On (movie)
Night of the Hunter (movie)
“Hush,” an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1984 by George Orwell
The O.C. (TV show)
The North Texas Teen Book Festival
How to be the Greatest Improviser on Earth by Will Hines