Fumetti

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August 28, 2007 10:01 AM PDT

This is the ninth of 10 episodes. What happened in episode number 8? Thomas and Tex were on their way to Dr Fergusons house with the bodies of Kaiva and a monster. Thomas wonders how the Doctor and the others will react. Thomas is afraid of finding out that Dr Ferguson is involved in this because he has known him for a long time and as a child he admired the doctor.

All the sudden Tex and Thomas receive gunfire. Tex and Thomas try to use their horses as cover. Valance is determined to kill them but Kit Carson hears the shots and he arrives just in time to take out Valance.

Tex and his group are all together again. They'll take the bodies to Dr Stevens house and once they arrive at Dr Stevens house many mysteries will be resolved.

A short time later they arrive at Dr Stevens. They show the bodies to the guy who works in the stables and at first he pretends to not have any
knowledge of the things that Tex describes but Tex is determined to get the truth out of the guy. He punches him and threatens him with a game of russian roulet. The guy starts telling the truth about what happened. There's a flash back to Valance and Kaiva as they discuss how they can get rich by training these creatures to commit crimes.

It turns our that Dr Stevens created about 10 of these creatures and Valance tried to keep them all alive in hidden cages. Some of them have been killed over the last several months. Tex asks how many remain in the cages? Only the last two remain in their cages. Tex wants him to lead the group to the cages so they can take a closer look at the creatures.

In addition to listening to the podcast I recommend that you download the transcript from the website http://fumetti.podomatic.com/

Click here for the transcript and glossary in word format.

Podcast Summary

This is a podcast for intermediate or advanced Italian language learners. You can expand your vocabulary by listening to spoken Italian while you also read the transcript and study the words that are unfamiliar. The best part is that you'll have a lot of fun in the process! "Fumetti" are Italian comic books. The podcasts are comic books that were originally dramatized for Italian radio (RADIO 2).

This podcast will focus mainly on three comic book characters that are incredibly successful in Italy: Tex, Diabolik and Dylan Dog. The podcasts and other materials on the website will show you how deeply the characters have entered the consciousness of contemporary Italian society.

Transcripts are available for download. Please send me comments and suggestions at fumetti@podomatic.com.

Grazie tante!

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Ciao a tutti! I took my first Italian language class with some friends in preparation for our vacation in Italy. Needless to say the vacation was an incredible experience. I decided that I would return to Italy as much as possible and I would also continue to learn Italian. Since then I've become the Organizer of the Washington, DC Italian language Meetup group [http://italian.meetup.com/38] and I've returned to Italy many times. Each time I go back to Italy it's even more enjoyable because now I can converse with people in their native language. Italian fumetti [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_comics] are my latest obsession. I've started to read them as much as possible and I'm finding it to be a great way to expand my knowledge of Italian. This podcast is an effort to share my passion with others. Here's an article from the Italian "Comics Blog" about this series of podcasts...clicca qui [http://www.comicsblog.it/post/990/impara-litaliano-con-tex] Enjoy! Buon divertimento!

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