Episode 248: Drome

On this episode, we welcome writer, actor and friend of the show Michael Owl, host of The Origin Story Podcast, as we dive into one of the best-reviewed graphic novels of 2025: Drome by Jesse Lonergan!

This imaginative epic combines a visually dazzling creation myth with an action-packed fantasy adventure, as the blue-skinned demigoddess Blue attempts to impose order on a chaotic world, opposed by the violent one-eyed warlord Patch, each acting as proxies for remote gods. Folding in elements from such sources as the Bible, Greek mythology and classic fantasy, it feels both familiar and aggressively new as Lonergan plays with the comic-book format in fun and creative ways.

But is all of that enough for Drome to survive the judgment of that pantheon of deities and demigods known as … The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:

· Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

· Chekhov's Night Bull

· Star Trek The Next Generation: Darmok

· Santa, When the Claus Fell

· There There by Tommy Orange

· Slugfest: Inside the Epic 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC, by Reed Tucker

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