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The Bleed Episode 2-3: Reading Planetary #8 With Lawrence Marvit
By Joseph Kyle Schmidt and Samuel Morse
The Bleed is a weekly podcast by Bleeding Cool contributors Joe Schmidt and Sam Morse. The podcast consists of the latest news in comics, creator interviews, and a weekly book club discussion.
We welcome Lawrence Marvit to this week's episode of The Bleed! Lawrence is a cartoonist and educator, nominated for an Eisner Award for his work on his original graphic novel from Slave Labor Graphics, Slave Labor Graphics, Sparks: An Urban Fairytale.
Currently, he is self-publishing an ongoing story about gods and what happens when people stop believing in them. Approaching the drama and intrigue of gods through the eye of criminal noire storytelling, Myths from the Underground is one of the most innovative and creative webcomics today (and it's pretty to look at, too).
Lawrence brings with him the second entry to our reading list from creative mastermind Warren Ellis. We're reading his collaboration with John Cassady and Laura Martin, Planetary.
Specifically, Lawrence wanted to read issue #8 from the series, titled The Day the Earth Turned Slower. An ode to the horror films produced during the Red Scare (and so much more), this single comic is a perfect amalgam of what made the entire series of Planetary so special.
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Next week we will welcome Jimmie Robinson to the program, writer and artist on such prolific titles as Bomb Queen, Five Weapons, and coming next month from Image Comics, The Empty! Chime in with your own thoughts with #theBleedBC, send some recommendations to thebleed.bookclub@gmail.com, and check out The Bleed's Archives for old episodes!
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