It’s Adam’s turn to pick an all time favorite, and it just happens to be more Darwyn Cooke! We’re talking about the early 2000’s love letter to Will Eisner’s The Spirit.  We can’t think of anyone more equipped to embody the (dare we say it) spirit of Will Eisner than the great Darwyn Cooke.  And with Dave Steward and J. Bone backing him up, this book set the tone for comic visual storytelling that still persists today.  

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This week we're joined by our awesome friend, JenaLee @curlz_comics ! She brought us SHE HULK by Rainbow Rowell, with art by Roge Antonio, Luca Maresca, & Takeshi Miyazawa! This series is so full of heart, it's funny and heartbreaking, it's lighthearted at times and emotionally devastating at others. It's such a good "getting to know Jen" story (both Jens, in the case of this episode!)

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It's time once again to chat about last wednesday's best books! This week we drink some hypnotic energy drinks and play RDR, discuss the ethics of destroying the world, and ask the age old question: "what's going on with that horse?" 

Pull List (with spoiler time stamps):

• 00:11:02 - Gotham City Sirens #1

• 00:22:17 - Uncanny X-Men #1

• 00:39:01 - Power Fantasy #1

• 00:54:10 - Scarlett #3

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For this week's episode, we knocked some dust off Cacey's To-Be-Read pile and dug into PARKER: THE HUNTER by Richard Stark & Darwyn Cooke! This quintessential hard-boiled crime noir was adapted from the novel of the same name from 1963, and in 2010 it was rendered in a simple, 3 color palette with effortless elegance as only Darwyn Cooke could do it! This introductory story for Parker is all about him returning from an attempted murder, exacting his revenge on all who deserve it, and getting back what he is owed. It's a nonstop odyssey of abject violence, and a masterclass in sequential storytelling

If it’s Wednesday, it’s time for Last week’s comics! This week we solve a vampire problem with a Doom problem, install social anxiety into an AI language model, and skip school to make some bad choices.

Pull List (with spoiler time stamps):

• 00:14:09 - Blood Hunt #5
• 00:25:45 - Ultimate Spider-Man #7
• 00:36:57 - Grommets #3

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This week, we are over the moon to share with you our very special guest: LEAH WILLIAMS! The iconic writer of X-Factor, Power Girl, and next week's Gotham City Sirens sat down with us to share one of her all time favorites: LAND OF THE LUSTROUS by Haruko Ichikawa! It's a genre-defying epic that is part magical girl, part coming-of-age, part body horror, and all heart. it has this expansive and ambitious worldbuilding, with a mythose that sucks you in and exponentially amps up the tension.  

It's Time for another edition of comics from several days ago!  This week we get super weird in space prison, read a killer screenplay, and eat a meal prepared by an anthropomorphic magic bunny.  

Pull List (with spoinler time stamps):

• 00:07:33 - Flash Gordon #1
• 00:16:52 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1
• 00:26:45 - Zatanna: Bringing Down the House #2
• 00:38:14 - EC Epitaphs From the Abyss #1

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For this week's TFTSB, we got to do one of Cacey's all time favorites: LITTLE BIRD by Darcy Van Poelgeest, Ian Bertram, & Matt Hollingsworth! This headtrip of a miniseries is all about one family and their never-ending pursuit of freedom from oppression. In the distant future, a fascist theocratic regime has taken over the United States, and they are making their way through the great white north, and only The Axe and his granddaughter Little Bird stand in their way. It's beautiful in the most grotesque and violent way imaginable, and it's one heck of a wild ride!

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We’re Back! It’s a new season. Which means it’s time to talk about our favorite comics since the last time we did this! We check in on our favorite planet-eating space-bird, a council of interdimensional billionaire ducks, and a cartoon empire getting into the retirement home business.  

Pull List (with spoiler Time Stamps):

• 00:09:25 - Absolute Power #1
• 00:17:40 - Paranoid Gardens #1
• 00:28:20 - Phoenix #1
• 00:42:13 - Uncle Scrooge and the Infinity Dime #1

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We conclude this season's manga series with Eiichiro Oda's smash hit, One Piece.  Get episodes like this early by joining our patreon! patreon.com/BraveNewWorldsComics