After following the main plot for two entire strips, it's time to take a detour into side material that isn't part of the actual comic, or is it? This episode has it all: talk of paratexts, a definition of gesamtkunstwerk, and personal anecdotes from the lives of your podcasters. Neither the protagonist nor the most important character is in this strip, but we find a way to make it worthwhile, maybe. Put on your best worst French-Canadian accent, do or don't wash your hair, and prepare to immerse yourself in the arcane world of hockey culture.

Read along with us: Hockey Shit 1: Flow

Excerpts from Hockeyed Up, written and read by Sophie.