Icon

Your heroes return to sing the praises of Milestone Media as we read Icon: A Heroes Welcome. Special guest Michael Johnson Curry, creator of The Raccoon on Webtoon, joins the pod and recounts the history of Milestone Media complete with their many fits and starts. Icon introduces a super-powered alien, who has taken the form of an African-American man on earth. When he meets the young Raquel, also known as Rocket, she inspires him to use his powers to become Icon, and together they take on the enemies of the city of Dakota.In this episode we talk about diversity in comics, the brilliance of Dwayne McDuffie, and discuss what a film adaptation could look like. As always you'll find the History of the Book, Favorite Lines, and The Art Awards.Icon is written by Dwayne McDuffie, pencilled by M. D. Bright, inked by Mike Gustovich, lettered by Steve Dutro, and published by Milestone Media.ComiClub is hosted by Blaine McGaffigan and Adam Cook.