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Join us for episode 14 in which we discuss Barbaric Vol. 1

Murderable Offenses by Michael Moreci.

Owen The Barbarian has an axe. And he's gonna do good with it if he has to kill someone.

Owen the Barbarian has been cursed to do good with what remains of his life. His bloodthirsty weapon, Axe, has become his moral compass with a drinking problem. Together they wander the realm, foredoomed to help any who seek assistance. But there is one thing Owen hates more than a life with rules: Witches.

Join us for episode 13 in which we discuss Sheets by Brenna Thummler

For Marjorie Glatt, being thirteen years old isn't quite the same as it is for everyone else. Responsible for running her family's laundromat while trying to survive middle school, Marjorie's daily struggles include persnickety customers, snippy classmates, agonizing swim lessons, and laundry... always, always laundry.

Wendell is a bit different, too. Wendell is a ghost. His daily struggles include Dead Youth support groups and unavoidable stains. But when he escapes from the Land of Ghosts and bumbles into Marjorie's laundromat--the perfect ghost playground--his attempts at fun and friendship begin to harm the family business.

Sheets is a powerful story about a young girl's perseverance, even when all the odds are stacked against her. It shows that forgiveness and second chances can result in unlikely friendships. Above all, it is an invitation into an unusual, haunted laundromat that brings family, friends, and--yes--sheets to life.

Join us for episode 12 in which we discuss It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

by Zoe Thorogood

Cartoonist ZOE THOROGOOD records six months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt to put it back together again in the only way she knows how. IT'S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH is an intimate metanarrative that looks into the life of a selfish artist who must create for her own survival.

Join us for episode 11 in which we discuss Upgrade Soul written and illustrated by Ezra Claytan Daniels

For their forty-fifth anniversary, Hank and Molly Nonnar decide to undergo an experimental rejuvenation procedure, but their hopes for youth are dashed when the couple is faced with the results: severely disfigured yet intellectually and physically superior duplicates of themselves. Can the original Hank and Molly coexist in the same world as their clones? In Upgrade Soul, McDuffie Award-winning creator Ezra Claytan Daniels asks probing questions about what shapes our identity: Is it the capability of our minds or the physicality of our bodies? Is a newer, better version of yourself still you?

Join us for episode 10 in which we discuss Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven written by Kami Garcia and art by Gabriel Picolo

Join us for episode 9 in which we discuss Teen Titans: Raven and Teen Titans: Beast Boy, both written by Kami Garcia and art by Gabriel Picolo

Join us as we discuss Jeff Lemire's The Underwater Welder

Join us a we discuss the Holiday graphic novels "Krampus" and "The Last Christmas" (not your average Christmas stories.)

Join us a we discuss Kelly Sue DeConnick's "Bitch Planet"