The Department of Midnight, episode 1: The Cold Spot
The Department of Midnight, episode 1: The Cold Spot
From the team behind the animated Castlevania series (including the writer Warren Ellis, which may put some off):
Ep. 101: The Cold Spot
Starring James Callis and Alicia Witt
Dr. John Carnack is an investigator for the Department Of Experimental Oversight. Responding to a whistleblower call, he arrives at a lab to discover Dr. Sylvie Bestler’s personal experiment: to see what’s on the other side of the universe.
Cool audio drama, i'll add it to my podcast list.
It's classic Ellis with rather on-the-nose nods to folklore and science (in the vein of his Image series Injection) that all works very nicely, aided by excellent voice-acting and sound design.
Wait, that's all well and good (and I'm totally devouring this ASAP), but what did I miss re: Ellis? ... Oh. Hrm, that's a tough one. I mean, I still jam to MJ and always felt something was off with Cosby, Wheedon, Spacey, Chapelle, etc., but damn. It's good to know that Williams, Gaiman, Mignola, et al are good.^...right?
edit I just watched the trailer. ^(Revanced FTW) Hell yeah, I'm in. 🤘🏽
Wait, that’s all well and good (and I’m totally devouring this ASAP), but what did I miss re: Ellis?
For those unaware, Warren Ellis {the writer, not the musician} was accused of grooming women. The list of his accusers grew to over a hundred, documented on SoManyOfUs.com and they worked with him through a process of transformative justice. They specifically didn't want to "cancel" him but instead highlight the problem and help guide him on the path to sort himself out. Unfortunately, the last update was that he'd taken none of the suggested steps. How you deal with all that is tricky - I'm, personally, interested in his work, as it crosses over with a lot of topics I'm intrigued by, but can't currently justify buying anything of his. Posting a link to his current work and getting it a few more clicks is definitely a grey area but I encourage people to do what I've done and load it into their podcast app for future installments.
It’s good to know that Williams, Gaiman, Mignola, et al are good.^…right?
I hate to break it to you but....
Mignola got some splash damage from his editor's misdeeds (and being slow to condemn them)