{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66d9c19629a27e316730341c/6a21fc69ac951431d78eeb5b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Assorted Crisis Events Volume One (2025) by Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadzki","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66d9c19629a27e316730341c/1780610842645-5fd93ac9-d0f0-4e6b-aa23-86f7d112f835.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Welcome back to Collecting Issues, your monthly comic book book club!</strong></p><p>This month, Mick and Ben are strapping in (and trying not to burst out of identical tight t-shirts) to review <strong>Assorted Crisis Events, Volume 1</strong>, collecting issues #1-5 of the hit 2025 Image Comics series. Created by the powerhouse team of Deniz Camp (<em>20th Century Men</em>, <em>Absolute Martian Manhunter</em>) and artist Eric Zawadzki, with breathdtaking colours by Jordie Bellaire, this book asks the ultimate question: What happens when timeline-shattering multiversal events happen to ordinary, everyday people instead of A-list superheroes?</p><p>It’s <em>The Twilight Zone</em> meets <em>Black Mirror</em>, but deeply grounded in the grim, weird, and human reality of 2026.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h4><strong>In This Episode We Break Down:</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>Issue #1: Apocalypse Now</strong> – We follow Ashley Cargill through a chronally displaced city where reality is stranger than fiction, blending pop-culture commentary with an impending nightmare around every corner.</li><li><strong>Issue #2: Slaughterhouse Nine to Five</strong> – A devastating, visceral look at the immigrant experience, generational trauma, veganism... and velociraptors. Plus, we rave over Eric Zawadzki's savant-level panel layouts.</li><li><strong>Issue #3: Crisis on Hearth 2</strong> – A brilliant <em>Crisis on Infinite Earths</em> homage that serves as an unflinching metaphor for displacement, immigration, and how quickly society fractures when doppelgangers move into town.</li><li><strong>Issue #4: Time Flies</strong> – Mikey has made some terrible choices (like some <em>really </em>terrible choices), but is he just an adrenaline-junkie leaping through time, or is this a tragic look at regret and impulse decisions?</li><li><strong>Issue #5: Strange Loops</strong> – The world-building issue (kind of)! We meet Anna, a woman who survives a 60-second time loop that lasted 30 million years. We trace the Easter eggs, time-loop tropes, and finally start piecing together the overarching mystery of the jetpack hobo.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Next Month's Book:</strong> We are shamelessly riding the cinematic hype train! In preparation for the upcoming movie, we’ll be reading Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s incredible <strong>Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow</strong>. </p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/collecting-issues/episodes/absolute-martian-manhunter-2025-by-deniz-camp-javier-rodrigu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the Absolute Martian Manhunter Episode</a></p><p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/collecting-issues/episodes/20th-century-men-2023-by-deniz-camp-and-stipan-morian\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to our 20th Century Men Episode</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow the Podcast:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://discord.gg/CTKJr3j2jp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Join the Discord and read along</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://collectingissuespodcast.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read Our Substack</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/collectingissues/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Follow us on Instagram</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@collectingissues?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Follow us on Tiktok</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4JTsT8MXJtk5jr4sJxUpXQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Watch us on Youtube</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Time Stamps:</strong></p><p>0:00 Intro </p><p>00:32 Spoiler Warning Banter</p><p>02:02 Multiverse Fatigue Explained</p><p>03:32 What This Series Is</p><p>04:33 Deniz Camp Track Record</p><p>06:40 Anthology Shared World</p><p>09:49 Personal Crisis Metaphor</p><p>15:46 Issue One Breakdown</p><p>21:37 Art Layout Praise</p><p>31:43 Issue Two Slaughterhouse</p><p>35:10 Gore Vegan Subtext</p><p>37:19 Panel Layout Color Work</p><p>42:20 Crocodile Trauma Origins</p><p>43:43 Blood Fear and Family Cycles</p><p>46:33 Crisis on Hearth Two</p><p>48:00 Doppelgangers and Displacement</p><p>53:06 Chaos Camp and Panel Mirrors</p><p>56:33 Time Flies Bad Choices</p><p>59:40 Unreliable Narrator Debate</p><p>01:05:02 Strange Loops Worldbuilding</p><p>01:11:08 Medium Tricks and Rereads</p><p>01:12:07 Final Thoughts and Next Read</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"collectingissues"}