Short version: I've started making a comics adaptation of the first season of The Kraken Busters; 6 episodes or installments or whatever are done and you can find them at https://www.keithpille.com or just google "Keith Pille" (the comics will be pretty easy to spot once you're on my site). For the longer version, listen to the update!…

To be honest, this isn't so much an episode as it is an announcement for an entirely new show. But if you like The Kraken Busters, you'll dig this new one!Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

I just realized that a wordpress setting had made the first season slowly disappear from the feed. DAMMIT! Should be fixed now. Sorry, confused new listeners!Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Every word I've said to you for the past 14 episodes has been 1000% true. But just for the sake of argument....Also: the future!Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

You all remember what happened next, right?Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Juliana Burke tries to stop a misunderstanding about sea monsters from ending the worldAv THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Matters come to a head in the north Atlantic.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Two fleets stare at each other across choppy waters. And a crab visits a pleasant fishing village in IcelandAv THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

RFK lets the Navy off the leash.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

The Russians are getting tired of Kennedy's BS.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Kennedy prepares to go public with his bullshit, to the disbelief of Colorado's most colorful senator. But first: let's talk about repelling sea monstersAv THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Detachment 69 heads into the sea monster exclusion zone to plant some evidence. Also: a digression on ship namesAv THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

It turns out that it takes a lot of work to get an international maritime cover-up rolling!Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Robert Kennedy asks himself (and his advisors): what if I didn't have to tell the public that there was a sea monster outbreak?Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

They saw a WHAT?!?Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Delgado and the Fearless Freaks arrive in the waters off Iceland and ponder psychedelic literature, among other thingsAv THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Unsure of what's actually going on in the North Atlantic, Robert Kennedy has only one resource he can turn to for clarity: the shadowy detachment known (currently) as Detachment 69.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

In May of 1987, a government minister in a minor country (sorry, Iceland, still love you) schedules a press conference and ruffles feathers in Washington.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

January of 2023 we're journeying back (or forward, I guess) to 1987!Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Every word I've said to you was 1000% true. But for the sake of argument...Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Dewey defeats monstersAv THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Victory is within reach, despite a setback in Long Beach. Also: enter Richard Nixon.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

The war in the Pacific reaches a major turning point.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

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The Trumble Group and Kay Hendry's office hatch a simple plan for blowing up monsters. But will it blow up enough of them? And will it blow them up hard enough?Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

As the nation reels from the combined disasters surrounding San Francisco, a new president takes office and sees both gloom and points of light within it. Also, Woody Guthrie writes a song.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Once the sea creatures are in possession of San Francisco Bay, what do they want with it? CONTENT WARNING: THIS EPISODE INCLUDES AN ACT OF EXTREME SELF-HARM.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Harry Truman hoped for a decisive encounter with the sea creatures before the election. Then he got one.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Is losing a war to sea monsters a good reelection campaign strategy? Also: enter Ernest Hemingway.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Dominoes continue to fall throughout the Pacific after it becomes the sea monsters' private lake. Also, the Navy reorganizes some deck chairs and tries out some new accessories.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

After the confluence of disasters in February 1947, the American presence throughout the Pacific withers away, with catastrophic results. Can wealthy aviator Howard Hughes help?Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

After laying waste to the handful of ships and boats on hand to defend Pearl Harbor, the Kelp Man and a mass of sea creatures move deeper into the base.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

While Operation TYPHOON had been a debacle, the Navy had thought that Adm. Halsey had at least tied down all of the major creatures for a while. The Navy was wrong.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

At a high-level conference in Washington, one of America's best-known naval warriors says he has a plan to deal with the sea monsters. Can he deliver?Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Facing a de facto blockade by sea monsters, the American presence on Hawaii becomes untenable.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

After President Truman insists that somebody do something about the sea monster problem, the Navy tries to do something about the sea monster problem. And Adm. Marc Mitscher and the Third Fleet learn some harsh truths in the process.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

The Navy brass felt that the best thing to do with the sea monster problem was to try to sweep it under the rug. The creatures had other ideas, and it's hard to sweep the wreckage of a major canal under a rug.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

The US Navy has its first direct encounter with the sea creatures as Black Jack Kraken attacks a convoy and is driven off by the USS Dahlgren.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

We begin our exploration of the US-Sea Monster Conflict with a look at the murky origins of the crisis, a rash of missing ships during the end of World War 2. Also, a short overview of the project.Av THE KRAKEN BUSTERS