Culture on My Mind
To the Blue Grotto Batcave
June 27, 2022

This week, the Dragon Con American Sci-Fi Classics Track talks Batman ’66 with essayists who thought deep thinks about the Caped Crusader.

On May 19th, Gary Mitchel was joined by author Michael Bailey (The Fortress of Baileytude), John S. Drew (The Chronic Rift), and Keith DeCandido (on the internet and available wherever fine books are found) to discuss the third season of the 1966 Batman series and how they were inspired to craft OOOFF! BOFF! SPLATT! The Subterranean Blue Grotto Essays on Batman ’66.

 

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These Classic Track Quarantine Panels will be held once every two weeks (or every fortnight, if you will). If you want to play along at home, grab your internet-capable device of choice and navigate the webs to the YouTube channel and/or the group on Facebook. If you join in live, you can also leave comments and participate in the discussion using StreamYard connected through Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.

If you want to connect with the track, Joe, and/or Gary on the socials, you can find them on Twitter (ClassicTrack, JoeCroweShow, and sneezythesquid) and Instagram (SciFiClassicTrack, JoeCroweShow, and Gary_Mitchel). And, of course, to celebrate more pop culture awesomeness, you can find Dragon Con all year round on the internet, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

The next panel will be on June 30th. The future of these panels includes a game show, TV mashups, an anniversary, and more as the track careens toward live-action panels at Dragon Con 2022. You can find all of this and more every other Thursday as the American Sci-Fi Classics Track explores the vast reaches of classic American science fiction.

The episode art each week is generously provided by the talented Sue Kisenwether. You can find her (among other places) on Women at Warp: A Star Trek Podcast.

Culture on My Mind is inspired by the weekly Can’t Let It Go segment on the NPR Politics Podcast where each host brings one thing to the table that they just can’t stop thinking about.

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