214 On Little Bird and Pretty Deadly: the Rat, Lemire in space, TKO, and Spy x Family

On this week’s episode, Johnny digs deep into a pair of series from Image Comics, “Little Bird” by Darcy Van Poelgeest (W) and Ian Bertram (A) and “Pretty Deadly: The Rat” by Kelly Sue DeConnick (W) and Emma Rios (A).But first, our “Picks and Shovels” segment on what we’re reading:Johnny:“Green Lantern” Seasons 1 & 2 (DC Comics) W: Grant Morrison A: Liam Sharp C: Steve Oliff & Olyoptics“Sentient” (TKO) W: Jeff Lemire A: Gabriel Walta“Ascender” Vol 1 (Image Comics) W: Jeff Lemire A: Dustin Nguyen“Canopus” (Scout Comics) W/A Dave Chisolm “Trillium” (DC/Vertigo) W/A Jeff LemirePaul:“Spy x Family” (Viz; Shonen Jump) by Tatsuya Endo“Parable of the Sower” (2020, Abrams) by Octavia Butler (original novel), Damian Duffy (adapt.), John Jennings (art). Paul’s review: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/reviews/parable-of-the-sower/“Conan the Barbarian” (Marvel) by Jason Aaron (w), Mahmud Asrar (a) “The Banks” (TKO) by Roxane Gay (w) and Ming Doyle (a)“Legend of Korra: Ruins of Empire” (Dark Horse) by Michael Dante DiMartino (w) and Michelle Wong (a)“Superman Smashes the Clan” (DC) by Gene Luen Yang (w) and Gurihiru (a)From Johnny’s deep dig: Image from “Little Bird” by Darcy Van Poelgeest (W), Ian Bertram (A), Matt Hollingsworth (C), Aditya Bidikar (L):Image from “Pretty Deadly: the Rat” by Kelly Sue DeConnick (W) and Emma Rios (A): This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit comicssyllabus.substack.com