You guys, the live and the stacks tour is underway.

We had an incredible night in Oakland filled with bookish conversations, hot takes, games,

cocktails. If you missed it, I'm sorry, but don't worry, it's not too late to see the stacks live

in one of our next four stops. Join me in Chicago with Samantha Erby on August 27th

in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on September 24th in New York City with KSA

Laman on September 25th and in LA on October 18th with some extra special guests that we will be

announcing real soon. Tickets are selling fast so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour

and get your tickets before we sell out.

Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host,

Tracy Thomas and it's book club day. We are joined again by cartoonist and author Joel Christian

Gill who's going to help us dig into one of the most iconic graphic novels of all time.

It's Watchmen by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. The first full edition of Watchmen

came out in 1987 and it is a gritty and complex vigilante tale that has since been adapted into

both a television show and a film. Today, Joel and I talk about why this book is considered one of

the greatest comics of all time. What Alan Moore is saying about policing, God and America and

Joel helps answer some of my very basic questions as a comic book newbie. Please be warned there are

a few spoilers on today's episode. Make sure you listen through the end of the episode to find out

what our book club pick will be for August. Quick reminder, everything we talk about on each

episode of the stacks can be found in the link in the show notes. If you want more of the stacks,

you can join the stacks pack. It's just $5 a month and when you join, you have access to our monthly

virtual book club, our stacks pack discord, and the stacks bonus episodes. And this month,

you're going to want to join because we're going to discuss the HBO Watchmen series as our bonus

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