Episode 16 - Saga Vol. 1

In this episode, Curt and Kevin set off in search of the Rocketship Forest, tiptoe past the gunpowder fields and try to evade the withering gaze of Lying Cat as they discuss Saga, Vol. 1, collecting the first six issues of the hit Image Comics title by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. Newlyweds Alana and Marko are on the run, desperate to escape an ongoing interstellar war and raise their newborn baby girl in peace. But their respective homeworlds have other ideas, dispatching a lovesick bounty hunter and an aristocratic robot to the planet Cleave find the happy couple—and terminate them with extreme prejudice! Is the chronicle of these star-crossed lovebirds doomed to end before it even has a chance to begin? Or can these crazy kids and their new ghostly babysitter escape this wretched mudball and ensure that their narrative lives on in that fabled tome of immortal epics known as … The Comics Canon? Things Discussed in This Episode: • Eric Stephenson's coordination is on point • The challenges of discussing Saga on a "clean" podcast • Chekhov's magic sword • Divisive Issues • Linoleum Knife • Susanna Ives • The Tick • Blank Check with Griffin & David Join us in two weeks as we venture to the troubled land of Wakanda to discuss Ta-Nehisi Coates' comics debut, Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet! Until then, please rate us on iTunes, send us an email, or hit us up on Twitter or Facebook, and we may read your comments in an upcoming episode. And as always, thanks for listening!