Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Did you know the comic book characters and their stories that are adapted into very successful books, TV shows and movies could teach you as much about myth as the work of Joseph Campbell?
Filmmaker and comic book writer B. Earl describes how his deep love for comics, mythology and the Tarot led him on a Fool’s Journey away from doing the safe thing — studying biochemistry — to work on Spider-Man comics, make movies and share the lessons he learned by following the road less traveled this week on Spirit Gym.
Discover more about B. Earl on his Weirdbunch Studio website at https://weirdbunch.studio/ and on Instagram at instagram.com/b.earlwriter , Substack at bearl.substack.com and LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/b-earl-4a661b4 .
Read his chapter in the book, Depth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence: Soul and the Machine ( amzn.to/4ui9XLA ), edited by Jason Batt and Jonathan Erickson. Check out his crowdfunded Fangbanger: SUPERPOSITION Anthology on Zoop at zoop.gg/c/fangbanger .
Listen to Paul's conversation with B. Earl and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/392-what-writing-spider-man-taught-me-about-the-fools-journey-with-b-earl or watch the entire episode on YouTube at youtu.be/GVK6CWmWaoo?si=ltpbv4P0Idy5-k9i
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Did you know the comic book characters and their stories that are adapted into very successful books, TV shows and movies could teach you as much about myth as the work of Joseph Campbell?
Filmmaker and comic book writer B. Earl describes how his deep love for comics, mythology and the Tarot led him on a Fool’s Journey away from doing the safe thing — studying biochemistry — to work on Spider-Man comics, make movies and share the lessons he learned by following the road less traveled this week on Spirit Gym.
Discover more about B. Earl on his Weirdbunch Studio website at https://weirdbunch.studio/ and on Instagram at instagram.com/b.earlwriter , Substack at bearl.substack.com and LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/b-earl-4a661b4 .
Read his chapter in the book, Depth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence: Soul and the Machine ( amzn.to/4ui9XLA ), edited by Jason Batt and Jonathan Erickson. Check out his crowdfunded Fangbanger: SUPERPOSITION Anthology on Zoop at zoop.gg/c/fangbanger .
Listen to Paul's conversation with B. Earl and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/392-what-writing-spider-man-taught-me-about-the-fools-journey-with-b-earl or watch the entire episode on YouTube at youtu.be/GVK6CWmWaoo?si=ltpbv4P0Idy5-k9i
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