For my birthday in September of 2013, the inimitable Amy Wendt and I threw a party in which the hook was that everyone (who wanted to) was supposed to bring me a monster-themed liquor, and drink it with me on camera, for a special episode of Rev. Matt’s Monster Science. The party was an enormous success, but one part of the plan went wrong: We got enough indispensable material for at least four or five Rev. Matt’s Monster Sciences.
This week’s entry is my third appearance at the Encyclopedia Show Minneapolis, way back in December of 2012! (Which explains the bit at the end of my piece.) It’s the first one where I began to get abusive with that show’s monthly theme, which was, in this case, “Obsolete Diseases.” Still, it went over pretty okay, and afterwards Mike Fotis (a producer of the show, seen here transitioning between myself and fact-checker Levi Weinhagen) was kind enough to give me a standing invitation to the show. I thanked him, and said, “But you do realize I’ll always take the monthly theme and turn it into being about monsters?” “Yes, that’s fine, you’ve shown that you can do that,” he said.
So I went and saw “Pacific Rim.” Thought I’d say a few words about it. Here they are! Hope you like it!
This week: I interview Madame Vastra (not Neve McIntosh), of Doctor Who fame (some of you like Doctor Who, don’t you? I think some of you like Doctor Who), and we learn terrifying new things about the already baffling Silurians canon. Bottomless thanks to Ms. Michelle Frank, for obvious reasons. Thanks also to CONvergence 2013, for providing the forum in which this was possible!
This week, I simultaneously defend and attack the discipline of cryptozoology. Check out the new, colorized title screen! Wow, so great-looking. Colors by Mr. Joe Rheault; line art, as before, by the extraordinary Dr. Amy Bambi Wendt. Also special thanks to Gregory Bauhof, for assisting me with figuring out how to edit this thing!