The Great Dante Readthrough

Simon and Edie readthrough “The Cadre Infernale” and discuss: Gary’s airbrush madness, filthy pacifiers, whether half-aristocrats exist, faux-Luther Arkwright, sexy pandas, blood or taxes, Half-Life monsters, and an original line-work mystery!

Simon and Edie readthrough “Tour of Duty” and discuss: Fabergé Space Egg, creatures from the Id, and surprise Part Three! Also: Simon confirms who wears the pants in he and Robbie’s creative partnership in our first ever listener questions segment!

Simon and Edie readthrough “The Masque Of Dante” and “The Movable Feast” and discuss: getting 90s gossip wrong, competing with drawings, Incel Dante, Alex Toth-ian things, sex Snowpiercer, and the horrors of fighting with knives.

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Simon and Edie readthrough the first half of “The Octobriana Seduction” and discuss: Antiquarian booksellers, bird cabins, nerdy Dune debates, cheesy teeth, and our first no-prize awards ceremony.

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Simon and Edie readthrough the second half of “The Great Game” and discuss: toasting the end of an epic, defenestrating Dante, Gail Simone, grief as an actual black hole, and how not to win at class warfare.

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Simon and Edie readthrough the first half of “The Great Game” and discuss: secret earring origins, robot mustaches, thoughtful knee pillows, going full Jack Kirby and physics be damned!

Simon and Edie readthrough “The Trouble with Arbatovs” and “Cruel Britannia” and discuss: natural Arbatov selection, Shooty McGunwagons, regal rings, attack hot tubs, and the new British national anthem.

Simon and Edie readthrough “The Gulag Apocalyptic” and discuss: shower power plays, the lack of space-skirts, Kentucky space-guns, Red Guard industrial farming, and Romanov-branded merch.

Simon and Edie readthrough “The Full Dante” and “Moscow Duellists” and discuss: Surprise Arkady, Italian pagan goddesses, a sentimental captain’s wheel, Face Palaces, baby elephant cuddles, and improbable chandeliers.

If you like what you see, please buy and read the whole of The Full Dante and Moscow Duellists HERE.

Triple Breasted Goddess of Frascati 5 and Andreas/Arkady.

Dickolai Nante, friends.

Face Palace! And what DOES this dirigible say?

Dante has grown! He’s fondly remembering Eudoxia!

Viktor has a snack.

The heiresses! A joy to behold.

In space, acrobats wear bustiers.

You just gotta see all these pachyderms. Here’s a sneak peak.

Jena loses a father figure.

Allison takes Dante to his black and white color scheme as we lose Caius.

Simon and Edie readthrough “Russia's Greatest Love Machine” and “The Gentleman Thief” and discuss: dirty comics at the Vatican, low-hanging cheese, mini-Anna Nicole, disappointing Dante, and the Arbatov drinking game.

If you like what you see, please buy and read the whole of Russia’s Greatest Love Machine and The Gentleman Thief HERE.

SPACEBOY AKA beloved comics detail king Chris Weston

Lady Eudoxia and her ballpoint pen g-string

An illuminated frame from the Detail King

Mini Anna Nicole

Not quite Stephen Fry

The Dread Pirate Roberts taunts Mr. Shitov

the unnamed randy rich lady

The many gun models loved by Simon Fraser

The delicious Countessa De Winter and her also scrumptious boots.