On this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are backing the campaign for Crowded from Image Comics by writer Christopher Sebela and the art team of Ro Stein and Ted Brandt. The guys start with a quick synopsis for the comic (crowded funded assassinations, anyone?), their histories reading it (don’t judge a comic solely by its cover), and why they’re interested in discussing it (over-the-top action mixed with sharp social commentary). Then they give an overview of the full creative team behind Crowded, including Sebela, Stein and Brandt, colorist Triona Farrell, and letterer Cardinal Rae (who we originally discussed a few seasons back during our intro to Eat The Rich/Know Your Station, which you can find here). No spoilers for the comic here, just a tease of what’s to come.
If you look up Crowded on any comic app, you’ll see that it ran for twelve issues and there are three trade paperback collections. This, however, doesn’t tell the full publication story. Issues #1-12 are collected in trade volumes 1 and 2, and then trade volume 3 was published as a single-volume nearly two years after issue #12 was released. So if you’re searching for single issues (a pursuit much encouraged by the hosts of this podcast), know that you’ll still need that final trade to complete the story.
Crowded is a super fun, kinda outrageous comic, and we can’t wait to dig into it with everyone. So go find Crowded Volume 1: Soft Apocalypse (issues #1-6) wherever you get your comics and join us here next week to kick off the discussion!
