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Time Codes:
- 00:00:28 – Introduction
- 00:03:29 – Weather talk
- 00:05:40 – The Flying Ship
- 00:33:55 – Next Town Over
- 01:05:43 – Yu+Me: Dream
- 01:35:46 – Wrap up
- 01:37:12 – Contact us
Fairytales, Steampunk, and Dreams
For February, Sean and Derek discuss three very different webcomics, each published by a single young female creator. They begin with two currently ongoing titles, Jess Milton’s The Flying Ship and Erin Mehlos’s Next Town Over. The first is webcomic inspired by a Russian fairytale, and despite its relatively short run so far, Milton does a great job at establishing a detailed premise. Mehlos’s Next Town Over is a curious mix of magic, steampunk, and the western genre (although not set in the American West). The Two Guys then wrap up with the already-completed webcomic, Yu+Me: Dream. This long-form narrative ran from 2004 to 2010, and there are several fascinating stylistic turns that the guys cannot discuss in detail for fear of soiling the webcomic for first-time readers.
