{"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":"Nick Thorburn (Islands) Talks Pear Shape & Creating Underground Comics For Current Times & Creem Taste Of Cherry","slug":"nick-thorburn-islands-talks-pear-shape-creating-underground-comics-for-current-times-creem-taste-of-cherry","published_at":"2026-08-19T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597/nick-thorburn-islands-talks-pear-shape-creating-underground-comics-for-current-times-creem-taste-of-cherry","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2638426/episodes/19670501-nick-thorburn-islands-talks-pear-shape-creating-underground-comics-for-current-times-creem-taste-of-cherry.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2638426/episodes/19670501-nick-thorburn-islands-talks-pear-shape-creating-underground-comics-for-current-times-creem-taste-of-cherry.mp3","summary":"Cartoonist and musician Nick Thorburn (Islands, The Unicorns) joins Dave to talk about his new book Pear Shape from Fantagraphics, and Taste of Cherry, the debut album from his band The Creem. Thorburn talks about his creative approach to writing both comics and songs, the lifelong pull toward gallows humor and tenderness, and the freedom of letting stories reveal themselves as he works. The two discuss the early influence of Fantagraphics, the power of light-and-dark contradictio...","meta_description":"Cartoonist and musician Nick Thorburn (Islands, The Unicorns) joins Dave to talk about his new book Pear Shape from Fantagraphics, and Taste of Cherry, th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4861,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/direct-edition-6758597/episodes/nick-thorburn-islands-talks-pear-shape-creating-underground-comics-for-current-times-creem-taste-of-cherry/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/nick-thorburn-islands-talks-pear-shape-creating-underground-comics-for-current-times-creem-taste-of-cherry.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}