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The Runners are breaking off a fresh miniseries! Join them at the start of indie sensation Tillie Walden's career with a sampling of her earliest work. In The End of Summer, sickly Lars and his royal family must endure the mental and emotional strain of weathering a three year long winter. In I Love This Part, two girls learn about love and heartbreak together. And in A City Inside, the whole span of a woman's life is laid out in lyrical imagery. Topics of discussion include Walden's influences and early grasp of storytelling, recurring themes and interests across her early work, and the requirements for enlisting in the Fail Army.

Covering The End of Summer (2015), I Love This Part (2015), A City Inside (2016) and material from Alone in Space (2022) by Tillie Walden (W/A).

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Who listens to the listen people? The Runners are putting the capstone on their Darwyn Cooke miniseries with his entries to DC Comics' embattled Before Watchmen line, Minutemen and Silk Spectre. The sparkly veneer of Golden Age superheroics is pulled back with Minutemen's meditation of the cost of doing good. Then, Silk Spectre takes on the San Fransisco of the Swinging Sixties as she finds her independence and stamps out an insidious drug kingpin along the way. Topics of discussion include the pitfalls of trying to build on Watchmen, Silk Spectre's "Solo: A Star Wars Story" syndrome, and the various applications of a big MFin' flamethrower. Plus, the Runners' definitive Cooke rankings and the next miniseries!

Covering Before Watchmen: Minutemen (2012) #1-6 and Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre (2012) #1-4 by Darwyn Cooke (W/A), Amanda Conner (W/A), Phil Noto (C), Paul Mounts (C), Jared K. Fletcher (L), Charlie Mangual (L), and more.

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The Runners are set up a string to take on the back half of Cooke's adaptations of the mean-talking, hard-hitting Parker novels. Despite his misgivings, Parker is drawn in by a plan for 12 men to rob an entire town in one night. Then, after a job goes sour, Parker finds himself trapped in a shut-down amusement park with only one way out: straight through the local syndicate and law enforcement! Topics of discussion include Amazon's forthcoming Parker media, Cooke's plans for future Parker, and whether or not Atlantis: The Lost Empire is good.

Covering Richard Stark's Parker: The Score (2012) and Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground (2013) by Darwyn Cooke (W/A), Scott Dunbier (E), and more.

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When Darwyn Cooke realized his dream of adapting Richard Stark's Parker novels into comics, the Runners podcasted about it. We move on to Cooke's loving translations of these crime classics to the graphic medium with the first two of his four adaptations, The Hunter and The Outfit. When professional thief Parker is double-crossed by his wife and partners and left for dead, everyone thinks he's gone for good... until he returns to New York to embark on a murderous quest for revenge and remuneration that will put him at odds with both his betrayers and New York's organized crime scene! Then, when the vendetta from the Outfit refuses to go away, Parker and some trusted colleagues undertake to show them just how dangerous a man who's not afraid to be a no-good rotten crook can be. Topics of discussion include the nature and influence of the Parker character, Scott Dunbier's unique niche in the comics industry, and what exactly Wolverine's catchphrase is.

Covering Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter (2008) and Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (2009) by Darwyn Cooke (W/A), Scott Dunbier (E), and more.

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Let not your ears deceive you, dear listener - this is NOT a Snotgirl episode! The Runners are pushing through sickness to bring you Darwyn Cooke's take on Will Eisner's classic proto-superhero, The Spirit! Denny Colt came back from the dead as the Spirit and must now confront an old foe who has returned as something much darker – while taking time to foil a few plots and woo a few women with his signature panache along the way. Topics of discussion include Cooke’s political legacy, the timeless appeal of the Spirit, and the names of fictional Middle Eastern countries. Plus, the Runners consider the hobbies of a few noteworthy villains!

Covering Batman/The Spirit #1 and The Spirit (2007) #1-6 and #8-12 by Darwyn Cooke (W/P), J. Bone (I), Dave Stewart (C), Jared K. Fletcher (L), Jeph Loeb (W), and many more.

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The Runners are kicking it old school, going back to the days of space exploration, Cold War, and looming nuclear apocalypse with Cooke's signature work, DC: The New Frontier! Cooke reimagines DC's classic Silver Age debuting in the historical moments that aligned with their first appearances on the page and rallying together to oppose a sinister threat to all human life. Topics of discussion include test pilots as hero figures, the book's surprising lack of superheroes, and whether Ted Grant could beat Muhammed Ali. Plus, special guest appearances by Quentin Tarantino and JFK!

Covering DC: The New Frontier #1-6 and JLA: The New Frontier Special #1 by Darwyn Cooke (W/A), Dave Stewart (C), Jared K. Fletcher (L), and J. Bone (AA).

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The Runners launch a brand new miniseries this week as they roll up their sleeves to check off another Canadian icon the list: Darwyn Cooke! First on the docket are two of Cooke's early graphic novels in the Batman and Batman-adjacent world with a moody character study and a sleek heist thriller. Topics of discussion include Cooke's unorthodox path into comics, impressive handle on some of the most well-worn themes in Batman, and legacy and legend in the industry.

Covering Batman: Ego (2000) and Catwoman: Selina's Big Score (2003) by Darwyn Cooke (W/A), Jonathan Babcock (L), Matt Hollingsworth (C), and more.

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No need to search for the podcast that loves you like Lottie loves Caroline - you're already reading the description of one of its episodes! And what better way to prove our love than by closing down our Bryan Lee O'Malley miniseries with his first ongoing title, Snotgirl with Leslie Hung. Fashion blogger and influencer Lottie Person's seemingly perfect life threatens to fold like the house of cards it really is when she becomes entangled with her charismatic, capricious, and mysterious fellow blogger, Caroline. Topics of discussion include stories about charming, despicable people, the many targets of Snotgirl's satire, and David's Black Swan viewing experience. Plus, the Runners give their definitive and inarguable Bryan Lee O'Malley and announce the next miniseries!

Covering Snotgirl (2016) #1-15 by Bryan Lee O'Malley (W), Leslie Hung (A), Mickey Quinn (C), Rachel Cohen (C), Maré Odomo (L), and many more.

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The Runners are on to O'Malley's post-Pilgrim follow-up, the original graphic novel Seconds! Chef/nervous wreck Katie thinks she's found the solution to all of her problems and existential crises when a spirit gifts her a magic mushroom that allows her undo past mistakes. Topics of discussion include O'Malley's use of the nega-self motif, the freedom of doing the book after "The Book", and an inventory of forthcoming Marc Platt projects. Plus, Chris debuts a new impression!

Covering Seconds (2016) by Bryan Lee O'Malley (W/A), Jason Fischer (AA), Nathan Fairbairn (C), and Dustin Harbin (L).

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