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314 – Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book

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Our Best of 2017 series continues with a special little graphic novel, “Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book by Jomny Sun” by Jonny Sun. An alien is left on Earth to research and study humans but ends up cataloging his interactions with all kinds of animals in the natural world. We dive into the metaphor of the book, the philosophical sampling going on, and talk about where to place this work in our brain space. Is this a comic or a philosophy book? Plus, we spend a lot of time up top yammering about the upcoming Solo movie, Dragonball Super, Cloverfield Paradox, and Star Trek: Discovery.

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Next time: “Beowulf” by Santiago Garcia and David Rubin

313 – Doom Patrol: Brick by Brick

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We pick up another Young Animal book for our Best of 2017 series by reading “Doom Patrol: Brick by Brick” by Gerard Way. In this unraveling story, young paramedic Casey Brinke discovers her origin story while assembling the Doom Patrol once more. We talk about the wild ride this comic brings you on, the loose feeling and tone it gives, and the incredible art that delivers through and through. Throughout the book, though, we ask just how much an author can reasonably expect of their reader. Plus, we talk about Subnautica and Dragonball Super up top to start the show.

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Next time: “’Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn, Too: A Book’ by Jomny Sun” by Jonny Sun

312 – The Best We Could Do

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We pick up “The Best We Could Do” by artist-author Thi Bui to continue our Best of 2017 series. This book chronicles the journey of Bui’s family and their immigration from Vietnam to the US. We talk about the incredible richness of this story in how it captures character, context, and suspense. Bui’s retelling of her family story works on almost every level as we fawn all over this book. Plus, we talk about Magic, Movies, and Frank Miller.

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Next time: “Doom Patrol: Brick By Brick” by Gerard Way