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Top 10 Volume 1

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"Listen, I got a call for you and Slinger. Irma and Li are at Seventh and Macaroni handling some kind of psychokinetic Santa."

Welcome to a new season of Storied Arcs, and Mike and Alex are here to dive into Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon's Top 10 Volume 1 (issues #1-7) from America's Best Comics/DC Comics. The guys jump right in, discussing the denseness of Alan Moore's writing and the way he, Ha, and Cannon build their world so it feels both new and recognizable at the same time. They talk about the dissonance the comic creates in the reader's mind, playing off the preconceived notions of both police procedural and superhero stories, and how that dichotomy can be a little confusing at first. They guys also discuss what this book would have been had it be published 15-20 years later (and had Alan Moore not been the writer) and how the bones of Top 10 make it a perfect candidate for the current comic trend of micro-universes. There are, of course, sequels and spin-off (which we won't be covering), but a more modern-thinking approach to the publishing could have really expanded the world.

Next week, we're diving into Volume 2 (issues #8-12), which includes one of the more celebrated single-issue stories of recent memory, so go find the remaining issues of Top 10 by Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon and join us here again to break it all down!

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"Listen, I got a call for you and Slinger. Irma and Li are at Seventh and Macaroni handling some kind of psychokinetic Santa."

Welcome to a new season of Storied Arcs, and Mike and Alex are here to dive into Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon's Top 10 Volume 1 (issues #1-7) from America's Best Comics/DC Comics. The guys jump right in, discussing the denseness of Alan Moore's writing and the way he, Ha, and Cannon build their world so it feels both new and recognizable at the same time. They talk about the dissonance the comic creates in the reader's mind, playing off the preconceived notions of both police procedural and superhero stories, and how that dichotomy can be a little confusing at first. They guys also discuss what this book would have been had it be published 15-20 years later (and had Alan Moore not been the writer) and how the bones of Top 10 make it a perfect candidate for the current comic trend of micro-universes. There are, of course, sequels and spin-off (which we won't be covering), but a more modern-thinking approach to the publishing could have really expanded the world.

Next week, we're diving into Volume 2 (issues #8-12), which includes one of the more celebrated single-issue stories of recent memory, so go find the remaining issues of Top 10 by Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon and join us here again to break it all down!

Thanks for listening to Storied Arcs

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