"No offense, but it seems like the whole point of civilization is to get someone else to do your killing for you."
Welcome to Bedrock and a new season of Storied Arcs! Mike and Alex travel back to the Stone Age to discuss Volume 1 (issues 1-6) of Mark Russell and Steve Pugh's cutting satire of modern-day life, The Flintstones. What does a 60-year-old cartoon have to say about our 21st century world? Quite a bit, it turns out. Rampant consumerism, colonization, PTSD, marriage equality, voting issues, doomsday prophecies; does any of this sounds familiar? The guys try and cover it all and not lose themselves in cynicism as they look into the mirror Russell and Pugh are holding up to our own society. And a moment between a bowling ball and a vacuum cleaner just might bring you to tears. Yabba-dabba-do.
This isn't necessarily a comic that can be "spoiled" in a traditional way, but regardless, we're not covering any issues beyond #6 in this episode. Be sure to grab Volume 2 from your local comic shop or public library and join us next week as we continue our deep-dive into this modern-take on the modern Stone Age family.
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