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Podcast: Coolest Alive
Episode: The Deadpool Celebration! (Including the BEST APPEARANCES in Comics, Animation, Films & DP's Most Important Creative Contributor, writer Joe Kelly!)
Description: Deadpool is everywhere now, movies, memes, Marvel crossovers, video games, but most people don’t actually know where the real magic of the character came from. So today we’re throwing a full-blown chimichanga-powered celebration in honor of the true mastermind behind modern Deadpool: Joe Kelly, the writer who transformed Wade Wilson from a throwaway ’90s merc into the funniest, most tragic, most meta icon in comics. Plus, DP's evolution into film, animation, video games, and viral fan culture. The insane real-world story of how leaked test footage forced Hollywood to make the Deadpool movie. And yes, my own contri...