On this guest episode, Vannotes celebrates his birthday by having his BFF and cartoonist extraordinaire Madeline McGrane on the podcast. They talk all about Transformers: The Movie, Van thinking the opening sequence is better than Akira, spoiler Optimus Prime dying to sell new toys, and Orson Welles’ Wisconsin upbringing. They also discuss the genuine goodness of Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer's Transformers comic, coming out now from Image Comics/Skybound.

Also:

• The joy of LinkedIn grind culture
• Connecting with the youth by watching Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss
• Trying to read works of literature!
• A game of Your Pal’s Trash where Van and Madeline try to guess each other’s pop culture faves

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