Retro Ridoctopus

The Brig: Vampirella and The Herculoids / The Ultimate Team-Up (with Jeannine Acheson & Tom Sniegoski)

The explosive comic book writing team of Sniegoski and Acheson are putting out some of the most exciting dark fantasy comics on the market!

For the season 7 premiere of THE BRIG… Retro Ridoctopus is proud and honored to present two incredible guests who are absolutely tearing up the indie comics scene!

First, we have a thirty five plus year veteran of the comics industry, and frequent collaborator of Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola and other total industry legends...

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Ep 145: Not Enough Screen Time (Part 2 of 2)

For this second episode of two, you'll get a list of Video Game characters we wish had more time to shine!

Sometimes supporting and background characters shine brighter than the heroes do!

Continuing our new Season 7 format, we are splitting this theme into two episodes. Part 2 concentrates on memorable background characters from Video Games. And later, 8-Bit Alchemy will drop the first B-Segment of the season in the form of a DIE MONSTER!

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Crow's Nest: Is this a Nosferatu or a Yesferatu? (with Jeff Carroll)

A friendly point, counterpoint discussion on the 2024 Robert Eggers remake of Nosferatu with author & film maker Jeff Carroll!

Our first bonus episode of season 7 is a spirited but level-headed discussion about NOSFERATU (2024) with author & film maker, Jeff Caroll. Both Jeff and Parasite Steve feel strongly about the film, but one liked it and the other? Well, not so much.

This is a new type of episode for Retro Ridoctopus, but s always, we keep things

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Ep 144: Not Enough Screen Time (Part 1 of 2)

For this first episode of two, we run down a list of TV and cartoon characters we think deserved more screen time!

Sometimes supporting and background characters shine brighter than the heroes do!

For our new Season 7 format, we are splitting this theme into two episodes. Part 1 concentrates on memorable background characters from TV shows and cartoons. And later, we'll ask you to OCTOPONDER what your favorite TV spin-off is!

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Ep 143: Season 6 Finale / First Time Viewing of Classic Films

This epic episode is packed with our favorite memories of season 6 and a 40 minute MEGA BLOCK of Retroid voicemails!

Another insane season of Retro Ridoctopus comes to a close. We had a new co-host, more interviews than ever and a triceratops-sized barrel of nostalgic fun!

After copious amounts of reminiscing over another amazing year, we dive into our annual final topic.

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Ep 142: Scooby Doo and the Rut-Roh Ridoctopus

It's no mystery that Scooby Doo is one of the greatest, most enduring cartoon show of all time! It's time we throw that giggling great dane a Scooby Snack!

Hey gang! It's time to pay tribute to one of the greatest cartoons of all time, so pack some Scooby Snacks, check your flashlight batteries and hop in the Mystery Machine, because this is our tribute to Scooby Doo!

For our penultimate episode of Season 6, Justin Cooper leads us through abandoned

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The Brig: My Life as a AAA Game Developer (with Richard Dansky)

Richard Dansky has helped create some of the most beloved video game franchises of all time and boy does he have some stories to tell!

With two decades’ experience in video games, Richard Dansky has contributed to over 40 AAA titles in iconic franchises like Ghost Recon, Assassins Creed, Might & Magic, Splinter Cell, Far Cry, Hunt: Showdown and Rainbow Six. For this final BRIG of season 6, we'll hear all about his incredible career—how he started writing for Vampire: The Masquerade for

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Ep 141: Toys Outta Time (with Andy Zamon)

This time we're talking all about modern action figures of classic shows and games!

Many of us played with plastic "guys" when we were kids. Specifically action figures from our favorite cartoons and movies. This episode is all about the phenomenon of modern day companies like NECA, Super7, Storm Collectibles, Boss Fight Studios and others who are putting out insanely high quality figures of these same properties we loved as kids!

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The Brig: Cosmic Horror in the Weird West (with author Keith Lansdale)

Keith comes back to chat about his new novella Elijah's Elixer, his issue of Gimme Five comics and more!

Back for his second stint in the brig, we've got Keith Lansdale! Keith is a gifted writer, editor and director of horror and humor... including comics, short stories, novels, screenplays and his new Weird Western novella Elijah’s Elixer! We chat about all the cool stuff he's been up to in the last two years and later on, he delivers a reading from his

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Ep 140: Mummies Mummies Everywhere! (with Greenie & Leikjarinn)

The tomb has been defiled, the scroll of Thoth has been read and the dead walk again! One of the classic monsters, mummy movies are everywhere!

Rounding out our trio of monster-riffic episodes for October 2024, we are spotlighting yet another classic monster... THE MUMMY! And to do it, we have two of our favorite returning guest hosts, Greenie (The Green Witch of the Shire) and our Icelandic buddy Birkir AKA Leikjarinn!

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