{"podcast":{"title":"Direct Edition","slug":"direct-edition-6758597","podcast_index_feed_id":6758597,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2638426.rss","website_url":"https://directeditionpodcast.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/pjbcsxzmjn6u84j73511bo81f8br?.jpg","author":"Dave","episode_count":117,"summary":"A Podcast About Nothing... and Everything Dave from West Coast Davengers discusses all things comics, pop culture, movies, music, collecting with a nice dose of everyday life. Mix that up with some great interviews and you've got Direct Edition!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T04:21:05.691690+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597"},"episode":{"title":"Derek Kirk Kim On Royals & The Last Mermaid - Storytelling, Comics & Loss","slug":"derek-kirk-kim-on-royals-the-last-mermaid-storytelling-comics-loss","published_at":"2026-05-25T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597/derek-kirk-kim-on-royals-the-last-mermaid-storytelling-comics-loss","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2638426/episodes/19655460-derek-kirk-kim-on-royals-the-last-mermaid-storytelling-comics-loss.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2638426/episodes/19655460-derek-kirk-kim-on-royals-the-last-mermaid-storytelling-comics-loss.mp3","summary":"Derek Kirk Kim, Eisner and Harvey-winning comics creator, joins Dave from London to discuss Royals, his Koren-American new noir thriller. Derek shares the joy of writing a comic for another artist. Kim shares how a decade directing and storyboarding in animation saved him during a dark period, and how losing both parents brought him back to comics with The Last Mermaid. The two discuss cold-messaging artist Jacob Perez on Instagram, Edgar Wright's influence, the Beatles' White Album vs. Sgt. ...","meta_description":"Derek Kirk Kim, Eisner and Harvey-winning comics creator, joins Dave from London to discuss Royals, his Koren-American new noir thriller. Derek shares the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6139,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/direct-edition-6758597/episodes/derek-kirk-kim-on-royals-the-last-mermaid-storytelling-comics-loss/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597/derek-kirk-kim-on-royals-the-last-mermaid-storytelling-comics-loss.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}