CatBackPack Carl joins us from Lit Escalates/Shit Escalates to talk how he joined the team, behind the scenes of Book of Lorn, comics in general and LOTS. We mean LOTS. Make sure you join the https://shit-escalates.com/ patreon and check out the https://www.lit-escalates.com/ merch shop.

Here is your reading syllabus!

Carl's Work:

Ostrich Cycles: https://archive.org/details/ostrichcycles

Carl's website: http://www.cantocomics.com/

The Ardent: https://www.fieldmouse.press/shop/p/the-ardent

Socials: http://www.instagram.com/cantocomix, @cantocomics.bksy.social

Open Casket Soundsystem: https://opencasketsoundsystem.bandcamp.com/

One Aux: http://www.instagram.com/one.aux, https://www.oneaux.feedback/, http://oneauxrecordings.bandcamp.com/

Not Carl Things:

Center for Cartoon Studies: http://www.cartoonstudies.org/

Contract with God: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Contract_with_God

Pentiment (appropriately enough from Obsidian Games): https://www.obsidian.net/games/pentiment

Giannis!: https://milonogiannis.com/

From Crescent: Tom Grummett - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Grummett

Scott / Black Hole joins us from Book & Box Co to talk Fanart in Red RisingOn top discussing how he puts his own spin on designs, the creation of merch, putting the perfect touches on pieces, we also discuss our favourite characters and some hopes and dreams for Red God. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bookandboxco/In this episode we also highlight: https://www.instagram.com/vogtpaintings/https://www.lit-escalates.com/

It's 2026 and we're still talking about Red Rising Fanart. This time with Bethanie of Danger & Beauty Art!We talk about lots in this episode, her art, her fanfiction, a couple Red God predictions, Our favourite characters and so much more. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dangerandbeauty_art/In this episode we also highlight: https://www.instagram.com/sleepyslothdraws/https://www.instagram.com/vogtpaintings/

Crescent and community members came up with fact or fiction Red Rising questions for us to answer. Did this thing ACTUALLY happen? Unfortunately, we had eat terribly flavoured beans for every incorrect answer. Feel free to play along and let us know how you did! (We don't actually recommend the beans though). Thank you Sanguine, Zephyr, Nova for submitting questions!

This Christmas all we want is for Steve Harrington to live.Harvest joins us for this ridiculous episode where we discuss which Red Rising characters would get along best with each Stranger Things character. We're pretty proud of some of these pairings, and think the Duffer Brothers need to write us some crossover stories. Let us know in the comments what you agree and disagree with. For obvious reasons, full spoilers including Light Bringer and Stranger Things Volume 5: Episode 4.

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have Miles Bensky as our guest. We talk about his creation of Red Rising art, the creation of the board game, how much Howlers love disc golf, and as always THE FANDOM. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/mbenskydesigns/In this episode we mention MANY creators, but want to highlight: https://www.instagram.com/eldanmarkart/https://www.instagram.com/redmurphy.art/https://www.instagram.com/taylorashmusic/https://www.instagram.com/violetclayworks/

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have Sushi Western as our guest. We talk about his creation of Red Rising art, picturing scenes and creating them, translation errors in the books, and so much more. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sushiwestern

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have Backstitch/Caroline Krunchy/Hearthweaver! Honestly, we talk about so much that we stopped recording and then restarted again. Backstitch is one of our favourite humans, and we're so lucky to have her on this episode. Especially talking about her art! You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/https://www.instagram.com/carolinekrunchy/

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have PB Doodles as our guest. We talk about her creation of Red Rising art, the terror that is gold foiling, her collaborations with Lit Escalates, the amazing fandom and so much more. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/pb.doodles/Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WildBrewedPatreon here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/u74660976

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have Andie Burky as our guest. We talk about her process of making art, how to handle critics, and just how amazing this fandom really is. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/andieburky/