Pulptober 16th - Meta Pulp - The Venture Bros.
Boy, where do I even start? The Venture Bros. is a brilliantly funny show even if you aren't familiar with the deep well of artistic tradition it's drawing from, but it is orders of magnitude more hilarious if you *do* know what they're referencing.
For those not familiar, the show centers around the Venture family, the immediate descendants of a broad-chested pulp hero (and phenomenal piece of shit) named Jonas Venture Sr. Jonas' son Rusty has set up permanent shop in his father's shadow along with his sons, Hank and Dean, their terrifying bodyguard Brock Sampson and an ever-increasing cast of side characters referencing more and more esoteric pop culture artefacts. The early seasons are pretty 'monster-of-the-week' in format, you can pick up almost anywhere there and you won't be too lost. My personal recommendation for first episode is s1e6: 'Ghost of the Sargasso', it was my first exposure to the series and I fell in love almost immediately.
It might be one of my favourite shows ever aired. Somewhere around here there's a photo of me in a terrible handmade Henchman 21 outfit at a convention.
