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Podcast: Word Balloon Comics Podcast
Episode: Grindhouse Movies And Comics With Michael Stradford
Description: We’re getting down and dirty in the sticky-floored, neon-lit world of grindhouse cinema with filmmaker and storyteller Michael Stradford. Michael and I dive headfirst into the raw, unapologetic energy that made grindhouse legendary. The regional theaters, the four-wallers, the double features that mixed western gun smoke with kung-fu fury and hard-hitting blaxploitation attitude.We talk about what made those movies work, why they still matter, and how that anything-goes spirit shaped generations of creators who grew up on outlaw cinema.Michael also shares his Top 5 essential grindhouse picks, spanning dusty revenge westerns, street-level blaxploitation classics, and bo...