Which would suck for about 95 percent of us, right?”
“I don’t believe in fate, but you can’t deny that things in life sometimes fall together like there actually is some big cosmic plan at work. This is particularly notable this season because Mike is reading through Kill Or Be Killed *for the first time* as we are recording so he has no other choice in the matter! Like our previous seasons, we aren’t spoiling anything about the story beyond the trade collection we’re covering that week. Oh, and something about a demon that may or may not be real. They discuss what the book has to say about the state of the world and the systems that govern it and what that has to say about the nature of vigilantism and who is empowered to enact justice if those systems are inherently unjust. In the first episode of Storied Arcs Season 4, Mike and Alex take a peak inside the mind of a vigilante killer as they dive into Volume 1 (issues 1-4) of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillip’s modern crime noir classic, Kill Or Be Killed. Or they listen for screams and arrive just in time. “It’s so easy for the guys in those old vigilante movies to find their targets… they just walk around waiting to get mugged.
They discuss the duo’s long history of incredible comic work, both separately and together, how noir storytelling infuses all of their collaborations, and sell you on why the vigilante crime-noir book Kill Or Be Killed was their choice for the next deep-dive discussion on the podcast.Įnter the world of Brubaker and Phillips by finding Kill Or Be Killed at your local comic shop or public library and be here next week as the guys dive right into volume 1! In this episode, Mike and Alex take a look at Alex’s favorite creative team in all of comics- writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips. Creator Spotlight: Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
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