Anthony Desiato, owner and founder of Flat Squirrel Productions, is a lifelong Superman fan, documentary filmmaker, and podcast host who has been chronicling the culture of comic shops for the past decade. Projects include the films My Comic Shop Documentary and My Comic Shop Country, as well as the podcast series My Comic Shop History and Digging For Kryptonite.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Scott Honig dig into writer Greg Rucka’s mid-00s run on the Adventures of Superman title (issues no.625-647)—with artists Matthew Clark and Karl Kerschl—which featured the Ruin storyline and tie-ins to Identity Crisis and Infinite Crisis.
Host Anthony Desiato discusses “The Birthday Letter” (Season 1, Episode 7) with guest Nathan MacKenzie (Superman: The Animated Podcast).
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Perry Constantine (Superhero Cinephiles podcast) dig into the forgotten early 00s “Adventures of Superman” run (issues no.590-623) by writer Joe Casey, which remains uncollected and largely MIA from the DC app.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Chris Clow (Discovery Debrief podcast) dig into a pair of Superman stories from the post-Infinite Crisis, pre-New 52 era: “Camelot Falls” by Kurt Busiek and Carlos Pacheco and “The Black Ring” by Paul Cornell and Pete Woods.
Host Anthony Desiato discusses “Night of Terror” (Season 1, Episode 6) with guest Tom Gallagher (Superboy: The Legacy).
Host Anthony Desiato celebrates the milestone 30th anniversary of “The Death of Superman” with guest Bernie Gerstmayr, exploring both the 2022 comic book special reuniting the original creative teams as well as other tellings of Superman’s death across time and media.
Host Anthony Desiato discusses “Monkey Mystery” (Season 1, Episode 5) with guest Dan Greenfield (13th Dimension).
Despite reading and collecting comic books since 1992, I still think of myself as a relative newbie to the hobby. After all, I know folks from my old comic shop who became fans in the Silver Age — they’re the veterans. (Plus, were the 90s really THAT long ago? Asking for a graying, thirtysomething friend.)
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Scott Honig dig into the long-awaited wedding of Lois and Clark, bringing a chapter of the Triangle Era to a close, in the finale to the epic “Death ‘Til Wedding” event.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Tyler Patrick (Krypton Report podcast) dig into the most infamous storyline in “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” history (hint: frogs!) in the penultimate installment of “Death ‘Til Wedding.”
Host Anthony Desiato discusses “Mystery of the Broken Statues” (Season 1, Episode 4) with guest Rich Wagner (HEROES HOMEBASE podcast).
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Joe Marcello (Dollar Bin Bandits podcast) dig into “The Trial of Superman” and Lois & Clark’s breakup. This is Part V of “Death ‘Til Wedding,” an epic podcast event surveying the post-“Death of Superman” landscape in comics and beyond.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Jeremy Frutkin dig into the mid-90s video game “The Death and Return of Superman” for SNES and Sega Genesis, examining the game’s difficulty level, faithfulness to the source material, and variety of playable characters.
Host Anthony Desiato discusses “The Case of the Talkative Dummy” (Season 1, Episode 3) with guest Chris Clow (The Comic Binge and Discovery Debrief podcasts).
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Bernie Gerstmayr dig into the post-“Zero Hour” era of the Super-titles, which introduced new villain Conduit and featured the storylines “Dead Again” and “The Death of Clark Kent.”
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Joe Marcello (Dollar Bin Bandits podcast) return to the Triangle Era for storylines featuring classic villains Toyman, Bizarro, and Parasite, the destruction of Superman’s home city in “The Fall of Metropolis,” and the “Zero Hour” crossover event.
