The Thrilling Adventure Hour - Hardcover

Acker, Ben; Blacker, Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1936393964 ISBN 13: 9781936393961

Publisher: Boom Entertainment, 2013

Synopsis

Based on the popular Hollywood stage show and Nerdist Industry podcast, The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a rip-roaring adventure anthology in the tradition of old-time radio serials, brought to you by a carnival of Hollywood and comic's finest! In a timeless collection of original genre tales that harken back to the heyday of old-time radio entertainment, The Thrilling Adventure Hour brings to life the wild and wonderful worlds and characters serialized on stage by co-creators Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, and performed regularly by fan-favorite actors and comedians such as Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, Busy Philipps, Nathan Fillion, Linda Cardellini, Patton Oswalt, Neil Patrick Harris, and many, many more. And now those serialized characters will come to life on the pages of this hardcover anthology featuring all-new stories from the worlds of the TAH universe by top artists from the comics community! Each stand-alone tale celebrates and reinvigorates a new genre from the radio comedies of yesteryear, including science fiction, fantasy, westerns, superheroes, horror, war dramas, and many more. A unique, timey-wimey blend of silver age pulp and post-modern pop, this one-of-a-kind anthology promises something for everyone as this cult phenomenon jumps off the proscenium stage and onto the page for the first time in over eight years and 100+ consecutive shows around the globe!

About this title

Review:

“The Thrilling Adventure Hour has become a comedy destination in Hollywood for thrill seekers, adventure lovers, and hour fans. Join the hippest hee-hee-hedonists by getting to know TAH!” - Jane Espenson (writer on such shows as Once Upon a Time, Torchwood, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer)


“Have you ever wished you could gather up the gorgeous geniuses who write and perform The Thrilling Adventure Hour and just shove them in your backpack and take them home and make them perform your favorite sketches over and over and over and over, Misery-style? Well, here's the next best thing. YOU'RE WELCOME.” - Patton Oswalt (actor in The King of Queens, Ratatouille, and Young Adult; author of Zombie Spaceship Wasteland)


“Acker and Blacker are comic geniuses and The Thrilling Adventure Hour is one of my favorite things in the world.” - Ed Brubaker, award-winning writer of Fatale, Criminal, Gotham Central, and Captain America

About the Author:

BEN ACKER & BEN BLACKER are the creators of The Thrilling Adventure Hour. TAH has provided Acker & Blacker with exciting opportunities in entertainment. They sold several sketches to Fox late night television, developed the segment Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars as an animated cartoon for Nickelodeon, and a pilot for a primetime animated comedy with 20th Century Fox Studios. In 2010, they wrote two pilots for the USA network an hour and a half-hour as well as a half-hour comedy for Spike. They have written episodes of Nickelodeon's Supah Ninjas and CW's Supernatural (where they were on the writing staff).

About this edition

• Publisher: Boom Entertainment
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1936393964
• ISBN 13: 9781936393961
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 136
• Editor: LeFavi Joe, Taylor Rebecca