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We Heart Superman: Episode 107: He Reports, He Decides! Part II

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

The thrilling conclusion of We Heart Superman!

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"We Heart Superman: He Reports, He Decides! Part II" Written and directed by Troy Minkowsky. Featuring Mike Devine, Christian Sterling, Gina Robbins, Lindsay LeClair, Dan Miller, Melissa McCue, Debbie Chiang, and Arturo Meneses. Sound and technical support by James Force and Adam Stugatch. Original Music by Subpar Costar. Produced by Matt Rasmussen. Superman created by Joel Schuster and Jerry Seigel and property of DC Comics.

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We Heart Superman: Episode 106: He Reports, He Decides! Part I

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Can nothing stop the juggernaut of LEX NEWS?

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"We Heart Superman: He Reports, He Decides! Part I" Written and directed by Troy Minkowsky. Featuring Mike Devine, Christian Sterling, Gina Robbins, Lindsay LeClair, Dan Miller, Melissa McCue, Debbie Chiang, and Arturo Meneses. Sound and technical support by James Force and Adam Stugatch. Original Music by Subpar Costar. Produced by Matt Rasmussen. Superman created by Joel Schuster and Jerry Seigel and property of DC Comics.

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We Heart Superman: Episode 105: The Krankorbatch Switcheroo!

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT

A strange physics experiment leads to stranger chemistry!

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"We Heart Superman: The Krankorbatch Switcheroo!" Written and produced by Matt Rasmussen. Directed by Troy Minkowsky. Featuring Mike Devine, Christian Sterling, Gina Robbins, Lindsay LeClair, Dan Miller, Melissa McCue, Debbie Chiang, and Arturo Meneses. Sound and technical support by James Force and Adam Stugatch. Original Music by Subpar Costar. Superman created by Joel Schuster and Jerry Seigel and property of DC Comics.

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We Heart Superman: Episode 104: The Cannabis Conundrum!

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

What madness lies ahead when Jimmy Oleson smokes weed?

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"We Heart Superman: The Cannabis Conundrum!" Written and directed by Troy Minkowsky. Featuring Mike Devine, Honzer Chen, Gina Robbins, Dan Miller, Lindsay LeClair, Melissa McCue, Christian Sterling, Michelle Webster, and Arturo Meneses. Sound and technical support by James Force. Original Music by Subpar Costar. Produced by Matt Rasmussen. Superman created by Joel Schuster and Jerry Seigel and property of DC Comics.

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We Heart Superman: Episode 103: Days of the Superpimp: Part II!

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

WHO is the Superpimp? And WHAT happened to last week!?

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"We Heart Superman: Days of the Superpimp: Part II!" Written and directed by Troy Minkowsky. Featuring Mike Devine, Honzer Chen, Lindsay LeClair, Dan Miller, Melissa McCue, Tessa Parmenter, and Arturo Meneses. Sound and technical support by James Force. Original Music by Subpar Costar. Produced by Matt Rasmussen. Superman created by Joel Schuster and Jerry Seigel and property of DC Comics.

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We Heart Superman: Episode 102: Panic at the Pelvis!

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT

A new Wonder arrives in Metropolis -- and Lois is livid!

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"We Heart Superman: Panic at the Pelvis!" Written and directed by Troy Minkowsky. Featuring Mike Devine, Lindsay LeClair, Dan Miller, Melissa McCue, Tessa Parmenter, and Arturo Meneses. Sound and technical support by James Force. Original Music by Subpar Costar. Produced by Matt Rasmussen. Superman created by Joel Schuster and Jerry Seigel and property of DC Comics.

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We Heart Superman: Now Podcast-Ready!

Sun, 18 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

With voices for episode 102 still warm in the can from last night's recording session, we are proud to announce our podcast feed. To subscribe to We Heart Superman, point your favorite podcast program to:

http://www.spacetoast.net/STP/podcasts/superman/podcast.xml

To subscribe via iTunes:

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Go to iTunes
Go to the Advanced menu and select Subscribe to Podcast
Paste the address and hit OK

iTunes will now download episode 101, and all new episodes as soon as they're released. Happy podcasting!

We Heart Superman: Episode 101: Crisis of the Pink Kryptonite!

Sun, 18 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

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"We Heart Superman: Crisis of the Pink Kryptonite!" (MP3 format, 16.8MB)

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"We Heart Superman: Crisis of the Pink Kryptonite!" Written and directed by Troy Minkowsky. Featuring Joe Tringali, Mike Devine, Lindsay LeClair, Dan Miller, Melissa McCue, Michelle Webster, and Arturo Meneses. Sound and technical support by James Force. Original Music by Subpar Costar and Matt Cohn. Produced by Matt Rasmussen. Superman created by Joel Schuster and Jerry Seigel and property of DC Comics.

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We Heart Superman: Production Diary IV

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Pink Kryptonite was a throwaway gag.

Wikipedia reads:
From Supergirl (vol. 2) 79, an alternate timeline in a 2003 Supergirl storyline by Peter David, this bizarre variety of Kryptonite apparently turned heterosexual Kryptonians temporarily and stereotypically gay; it was seen in just one panel, with Superman giving flattering compliments to Jimmy Olsen about his wardrobe and decorative sense. It spoofs the more "innocent times" of the Silver Age (Lois Lane is depicted in this story as not understanding what's gotten into Superman).

I don't know why this sent my imagination soaring. I blame my day job and the free time it gives me to think of trivial things.

I decided to tell a story of pink kryptonite, and make it work. I was more interested in what Superman would go through contemplating the change than what he would actually do as a homosexual. Being a heterosexual, I couldn't comment on being homosexual -- but I could comment on homophobia.

If you've ever been a highschool male who doesn't care about sports, you've had to deal with homophobia.

A HUGE influence on the writing was the Venture Brothers on Adult Swim. The show takes a bunch of pulp and comic book archetypes and makes them painfully human. I decided to take the same approach and make an "Adult Swim" version of Superman.

Instead of having Superman as a mythical, unknowable being (as I had in my first story) I had a Superman who was painfully human: trying to do good, but not always knowing what the right answer is.

Thus was "We Heart Superman" born.

-Troy Minkowsky, Writer/Director

We Heart Superman: Production Diary V

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

I didn't expect it to go anywhere as a project, but I liked what I'd written so I showed it to a few friends. I thought it would be fun to see it animated, but again I had no idea where to start. My friend Dan Miller suggested that I turn the script into a comic, but I didn't think I could do the art justice, nor did I know anyone willing to draw it for free. (I also didn't know if the jokes would translate.)

Enter Matt Rasmussen.

Matt had been talking about doing a radio show for podcast for a while. Like me, he had ideas, but nothing had panned out. Shortly after showing my Pink Kryptonite script around, I received an e-mail from him with a file attached. It was my script, adapted for radio.

I loved the idea. Superman has a history in radio. It was radio where Kryptionite was first introduced! (Plus, there was an overwhelming sense of "we could actually get this done.")

Things got underway...

Stay tuned for "We Heart Superman!"

-Troy Minkowsky, Writer/Director

We Heart Superman: Production Diary III

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

With dreams of becoming a comic book writer (something I've wanted to be, on and off, since I was twelve) I started work on my Superman epic. Without giving anything away (in case I do get a chance to work on it at some point) the project was very ambitious and time consuming -- even before I had committed anything to paper.

The problem was that I didn't even know where to begin, in terms of getting it published. I had been published once, in a college journal, and otherwise had only a trail of unfinished projects behind me. DC had to be the publisher since they had the rights to Superman. I couldn't shop my idea around.

I could have made up a superhero in place of Superman. A tribute -- or ripoff -- but it wouldn't have been the same. It had to be Superman.

So I set myself to the task of writing the damn thing just to get it out of my system. This was the seed of what would grow into "We Heart Superman."

-Troy Minkowsky, Writer/Director