Capes: Punching the Clock - with Case Aiken

Everybody knows Invincible. Far fewer people talk about Capes. Case Aiken is here to fix that. This week on Trade School, he looks at Robert Kirkman and Mark Englert's superhero workplace comedy about what happens when saving the world is a salaried position; complete with lunch breaks, performance reviews, giant battles, terrible puns, and exactly the kind of sudden brutality you'd expect from the Invincible universe. It's weird, funny, rough around the edges, and absolutely worth rediscovering.

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Edited by Case Aiken

Scored by Bret Eagleston

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⏱️ Chapters

00:00 Welcome and Introduction 00:43 Introducing Capes 01:28 Superheroes Punching the Clock 02:10 Robert Kirkman and Mark Englert 02:52 The Supplemental Material 03:35 The Cast and Image Comics Connections 04:23 How Capes Fits Into Invincible 05:05 The Action and Second Arc 05:51 Why One Volume Is Enough 06:39 Kirkman's Style and Englert's Growth 07:23 Why Capes Is Worth Reading 08:10 Trade School and Call for Submissions 08:47 Case's Plugs 09:33 Final Recommendation 10:18 The Word From Tomorrow Promo