The Wednesday Club is Geek & Sundry's weekly talk show chatting about all things comics. This week, hosts Amy Dallen, Matt Key, and Taliesin Jaffe were joined by comic rock stars Jody Houser, Cecil Castellucci, Jon Rivera, and Gerard Way to talk about the DC Young Animal imprint.
Gerard talked about the origin of the imprint name with Matt, Taliesin, and Amy.
"Young Animal is an imprint from DC Comics curated by [Gerard Way]," Amy said.
Doom Patrol brings back the classic team for a new age. In the Young Animal series, EMTs Casey Brinke and Sam Reynolds cross paths with Robotman, AKA Cliff Steele, and they and the readers are thrust into the weird world of the Doom Patrol, where nothing is as it seems.
Mother Panic follows Violet Paige, who is by day a seemingly spoiled heiress and by night a masked vigilante in a high-tech costume. And while you'd think her hometown of Gotham City is used to vigilantes roaming the streets by now, they've never seen the likes of Mother Panic.
"She's sort of erring to the side of the hero more than by default than anything else, in a way," agreed Jody.
"Shade the Changing Girl is about an alien from Meta who is a bird," said Cecil. "She looks like a bird. Meta is a very diverse alien world. She is obsessed with a poet who had a madness vest and went to Earth. She decides that she's going to go to Earth, and possesses the body of a sixteen-year-old girl who is the biggest bully in her school.
"I don't even know where to begin on what this book does for the sense of mental isolation and disassociation," said Taliesin.
"Cave Carson is a spelunker," said Jon, "and he and his team would go on adventures under the earth. This was like the late 60's, the height of adventure comics.
The hosts and guests also chatted about some of their other work, such as Gerard's Umbrella Academy and Cecil's recent release Soupy Leaves Home.