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Podcast: The Comics Canon
Episode: Episode 178 – Death: The High Cost of Living
Description: Content warning: suicidal ideation. In this episode, we drop in on everyone's favorite perky psychopomp, Death of the Endless, with a look at the 1993 three-part miniseries Death: The High Cost of Living, by Neil Gaiman and Chris Bachalo, published by DC/Vertigo! In a nod to the 1934 film "Death Takes a Holiday," Dream's older sister Death, well ... takes a holiday. We're pretty sure, anyway. You see, there's this girl named Didi who looks a lot like Death, and claims to be Death, wandering the earth as a mortal for 24 hours to get a feel for...