For the first entry in this two-part Book Club featuring The Sacrificers, vol. 1, Jimmy Teigen joins host Mark Ohrenberger to discuss cultural stories exploring the value of a single human life when weighed in the balance against the welfare of an entire community, the meaning of sacrifice, the demand for sacrifice, and what these stories might have to say about the individual, the community, and even God.

Part 1 of this Book Club covers issues 1-2 of The Sacrificers. Next week, Part 2 will cover issues 3-6.

Book Credits:

The Sacrificers, vol. 1

Writer: Rick Remender

Artist: Max Fiumara

Colors: Dave McCaig

Letters: Rus Wooton

Publisher: Image Comics

It was such a treat to have Jimmy Teigen on today's episode. Be sure to check out his novel, Unlocking Happiness: Cole's Journey, which is available on Amazon.

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In episode 33 of the podcast, host Mark Ohrenberger raved about a new horror illustrated novella, from writer Dan Baillie and artist Tim Bradstreet, published by AWA, in partnership with Vertigo Entertainment. Now, writer Dan Baillie joins the show to talk about how a little short story he started to write for a horror audience on Reddit became a fully illustrated and published one-shot novella on shelves in your local comics shop. Check out more of Dan's short prose work on Reddit under his username u/SquishyCabbage ... for now.

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Co-host of The Intake Podcast, and pal of GNA host Mark Ohrenberger, Carson Miller joins the show for a Book Club episode taking a deep dive into the otherworldly sci-fi series King of Nowhere. Mark and Carson discuss the wild things crawling around inside the mind of author W. Maxwell Prince, react to the fitness of Tyler Jenkins' abstract art style for this particular story, and consider the ways the main characters' substance abuse disorders impact their perspectives and their decision-making.

King of Nowhere

Writer: W. Maxwell Prince

Art: Tyler Jenkins

Colors: Hilary Jenkins

Letters: Andworld Design

Publisher: Boom! Studios

Check out Carson Miller and Travelle McManus' show, The Intake Podcast, and be extra sure to catch Mark's guest appearance to discuss all things Silver Surfer.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: For our next episode, Mark had the honor of interviewing Dan Caillie, author of Look Out, which was featured in Episode 33 of the GNA podcast.

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