Hey everyone. Jane Austen, Dostoevsky, Orwell, myself, not Kellyn. What do they have in common?

They all wrote and published books if a graphic novel counts as a book. Well, today we bring you the debut novel,

parentheses graphic, of one of these iconic geniuses. The book is the Starlings, episode one,

Airborne, written by me, lone wonderkin

David Vance, parentheses, penciling by Fabian Cobos, inking by Kobos, and Lucas Arushia,

lead colorist Trent Gershba, lettering by Marco Dea Verde, story by David and Johnny Vance.

That's right, me, solitary genius. Buckle up, listeners, this is what the bookpile has been

building to. And this is the book pile has been building to.

And this is the book pile. What an incredible long game, though, if our plan this whole time was to do 117 episodes exactly so that you could sell a book. I'm Kalan Erskine, I'm a comic, a father, and I've been a pretty strict gatekeeper when

it comes to comic books in my home, but I made an exception with this one because it's good,

and Dave has some photos of me. He said he would release if I said otherwise.

And I'm David Vance. For two years on this podcast, I slog through trashy dime novels

like To Kill a Mockingbird and all of Kellan's books I pretended to read so I could use my

enormous platform to make this book a hit. Well, today it pays off. Expect my next episode to be

recorded on a yacht, or at least in a car better than a

Toyota Corolla.

All right, if you want to give us a late New Year's Eve present, feel free to leave us a

review on your favorite podcast network, especially if it's Apple Podcasts.

B. Cray 555 says, the humor is on point and I love the format of the lessons learned.

I love to read and I love comedy. So this podcast is just perfect.

Wow. Thanks Bacacrify 5.

Dave, I do find that when I plug our podcast during my stand-up shows, that as I'm describing our podcast, I have to repeat like three or four times that it is a comedy podcast.

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