Episode 166 – The Sandman: World’s End

<p>(Explicit content warning: A swear word slips through.)</p> <p>A couple of Americans on a road trip find themselves caught in a summer snowstorm and are forced to seek shelter in a bigger-on-the-inside inn peopled with faerie folk, a centaur and other strange customers in The Sandman Vol. 8: World’s End by Neil Gaiman and a host of artists, published by Vertigo/DC Comics!</p> <p>Our assemblage of travelers from diverse worlds and time periods waits out a "reality storm" by swapping stories about dreaming cities, sea monsters, a boy president and other wonders -- until they witness a heavenly funeral procession of ominous import!</p> <p>Can these Canterbury-inspired tales score a reservation at that Restaurant at the End of the Universe known as ... The Comics Canon?</p> <p><strong>In This Episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Verisimilitude in <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtJ1Gnh9wPU" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Snoopy vs. the Red Baron</a></li> <li>Douglas Adams and Clive Barker</li> <li><a href= "https://www.spreaker.com/show/super-power-to-the-people" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">(Super) Power to the People</a></li> <li>A Canterbury Tale</li> <li><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021878" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drowning on Dry Land</a></li> <li>Highlander</li> <li>F<a href= "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sxbond/fast-times" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Fast Times in Comic Book Editing</a> on Kickstarter</li> <li><a href= "https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-nazz-by-tom-veitch-bryan-talbot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Nazz</a> on Indiegogo</li> </ul> <p>Join us in two weeks as we switch gears for a date with She-Hulk: Single Green Female!</p> <p>Until then:<br /> <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-comics-canon" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise</a>!<br /> <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comics-canon/id1074541605" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rate us on Apple Podcasts</a>!<br /> <a hre