{"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":"Gary Groth : Fantagraphics 50 Years Of The World's Greatest Cartoonists","slug":"gary-groth-fantagraphics-50-years-of-the-world-s-greatest-cartoonists","published_at":"2026-03-30T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597/gary-groth-fantagraphics-50-years-of-the-world-s-greatest-cartoonists","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2638426/episodes/19655465-gary-groth-fantagraphics-50-years-of-the-world-s-greatest-cartoonists.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2638426/episodes/19655465-gary-groth-fantagraphics-50-years-of-the-world-s-greatest-cartoonists.mp3","summary":"Gary Groth, publisher and founder of Fantagraphics joins Dave to reflect on 50 years of championing comics, the world's greatest cartoonists, and following conviction. He talks about launching The Comics Journal at 21, meeting Robert Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Daniel Clowes, Todd McFarlane, Charles Schulz, and the defining moment Love and Rockets arrived, unsolicited in his mailbox. The two discuss the tragic passing of artist Ed Piskor, the new Takumigraphics manga imprint, Kago Shi...","meta_description":"Gary Groth, publisher and founder of Fantagraphics joins Dave to reflect on 50 years of championing comics, the world's greatest cartoonists, and followin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5403,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/direct-edition-6758597/episodes/gary-groth-fantagraphics-50-years-of-the-world-s-greatest-cartoonists/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/gary-groth-fantagraphics-50-years-of-the-world-s-greatest-cartoonists.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}