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In our second installment on Matt Wagner's Grendel, we dive into issues 1-20 of the ongoing series from Comico, as well as the Grendel: Devil's Vagary one shot. We begin with the second Grendel Christine Spar, continue to Brian Li Sung, and wrap-up with Captain Wiggins. We talk about the Pander Brothers, how 1986 is the most 80s year of the 80s, Wagner's experiments, and more.

This episode we dive into <em>Manhunter</em> by Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson. This was essentially a Dark Age comic that happened to come out in the early Bronze Age (1973). This comic was ahead of its time in many ways. Credits:Hosts: Klint Finley and John EkleberryMusic: krudler.bandcamp.com Full show notes and transcript: https://sewermutant.com/podcast-manhunter/

This is an emergency episode where we pay tribute to the Maxx creator, Sam Kieth, who passed away on March 15th of complications with Lewy body dementia. He was only 63 years old. In this episode we discuss three major Kieth works: I Before E, a collection of his early black-and-white work. Blood Hungry, a Wolverine story from Marvel Comics Presents that put him on the mainstream comics map. The first few issues of The Maxx. Music by krudler.bandcamp.com

We can't talk about the Dark Age of Comics without talking about Alan Moore, so today we're diving into Warrior Magazine, the anthology that first published Alan Moore's groundbreaking V for Vendetta and Marvelman comics. Previously, Moore had worked mostly on humor strips comics and short sci-fi stories. Warrior gave Moore his first shot at writing the more serious, long-form superhero comics that he's known for today. In this episode, we look at some of the background and context of Warrior, Moore's work inside of it, and some of the other stories published inside. Music by krudler.bandcamp.com

The Sewer Mutant podcast is back at last! And I'm joined by a new co-host, John Ekleberry, who you might remember from the Sewer Mutant episode on James O'Barr. We're starting a podcast companion to the History of the Dark Age of Comics article series. This first episode is an introduction to the topic, then we'll be discussing a number of Dark Age milestones. Next up we'll discuss some precursors of the Dark Age, with an episode on Alack Sinner followed by a two-parter on Warrior magazine.

Sunderland is a series of dystopian sci-fi graphic novels rendered entirely in woodcuts by Jon Renzella. Jon joins me this month about woodcut comics, end times, and Taiwan. Music by Krudler. Show notes: https://sewermutant.com/sewer-mutant-podcast-woodcut-comics-with-sunderland-creator-jon-renzella-a0483f764205

This month I talk with Eddie Raymond, the person behind the Strangers fanzine, distro, and publishing house. Eddie's tagline "A Celebration of the Forgotten and Overlooked" could well be our own tagline here at Sewer Mutant! Show notes here. Music by Krudler.

For our inaugural trash barrel fireside chat, host Klintron talks to Barbatus and Meanboss, the artists behind Sad Sack and Sortie, two of the most shocking comics available today. Follow our guests on Twitter: @bootyslime and @meanbossart Music: krudler.bandcamp.com More content: sewermutant.com