Episode 70
Comic book club #5 - East of West: A menacing sci-fi genius
In our fifth book club, we take a look at Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta East of West volume 1. What are the first five issues about, what works, what doesn't, and what are our favorite visual and narrative moments? We broke it down!
May 3, 20201h 13mExplicit
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Show Notes
NEWS
- DC Explains Why It Began Distributing Through Others During DIAMOND Shutdown
- Diamond CEO Steve Geppi talks and talks
- Says DC made things awkward
- Mentions Fox News...
- Diamond lists titles to be released May 20 from most publishers, DC releases May 19 and 26 release list
- Marvel clarifies new comics coming the 27th
- Explains rationale behind delayed releases, full line coming July 15
- BOOM! Revises May and June solicits
- March 2020 comic book sales figures are in
- AWA signs exclusive distribution deal with Diamond
- Comics displays going into 3,000 Walmart stores
- Dan Slott ending Iron Man run
AIPT BOOKCLUB: East of West vol 1 by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (issues #1-5)
The Story So Far:
What Works:
What Doesn’t:
Favorite Artistic Moment:
Favorite Narrative Moment:
Where We Think This is Going:
OFF TOPIC TOP SHELF: David Brooke - The Last Dance
Topics
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