Futurism Returns

I first discovered the radical Italian Modern Art movement known as Futurism during my first art history course with Seton Hill's marvelous Maureen Vissat. Futurism had a brief life as a formal movement in the early 1900's (until most of its prolific members joined in the fun of World War I and bit the dust), but continues in some form or another to this day. Emphasizing speed, war, progress, and originality, the Futurist movement was pretty extreme (although it shares a lot of its aesthetics with Cubism and Dadaism). While I think these guys are absolutely insane, I'm fascinated by the movement... and thought it would make for a great villain in the universe of Dodge Intrepid and the Pages of Time.

James and I created a character, simply called The Futurist, that would embody the entire movement. He first appeared back in the third set of episodes we produced, when Dodge discovered that his library was suddenly flooded with manifestos (a form of expression that the Futurists loved). Those episodes, which can be found here, left the Futurist stuck in the 1400's, presumably dead.

Or so everyone thought!

Because there's nothing more original than having a dead villain return to life for revenge, The Futurist is making a big comeback at our upcoming show: The Web of the Futurist. Our last adventure, Fireside Assassins, ended with a startling discovery that the Futurist movement was alive and well in the 1940's. Now, Dodge and Pluck must infiltrate the Futurists, eventually finding their leader who has somehow remained alive for over 500 years. Their quest will take them into a bleak future and into the ancient birthplace of Western Civilization. It's pretty darn epic for just four episodes!

So if you find yourself in the area of Cafe Kolache, in Beaver, on Saturday, May 10th around 7:00pm... you should make sure you check out the new adventure. We'll also be podcasting the episodes in the coming week.