There are a million stories in Kurt Busiek’s “Astro City”—and that’s why we love this comic-book anthology series. From alien invaders to creepy floating protectors to regular everyday people, the broad canvas of “Astro City” awards the reader with short stories and longer arcs. Plus: What are we reading?
Host Jason Snell with Lisa Schmeiser, David J. Loehr, Shannon Sudderth and Tony Sindelar
SponsorsFor the purposes of this episode, we cover the first two trades, but spoiling events in an anthology series seems a lot less of a crime than doing it about a tighter narrative would be.
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