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Podcast: The Source Material Comics Podcast
Episode: Source Material #404 - The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Boom! Studios, 2021)
Description: In this luminous and thought-provoking episode of Source Material Comics Podcast, Jesse Starcher and Mark Radulich take a heartfelt dive into The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, the Eisner Award-winning comic from writer Ram V and artist Filipe Andrade. With its poetic storytelling, vibrant visuals, and deep philosophical themes, this book is anything but ordinary—blending Hindu mythology, existential wonder, and the color-soaked streets of Mumbai into a modern fable about mortality and meaning.The story begins with the goddess of death being fired from her divine duties, rendered obsolete by the birth of a boy destined to in...