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The joke comic that turned into a sincere dramedic epic, today we tackle the first third of the series as collected in the BIG HARD OMNIBUS Vol. 1

Matt Fraction is a long-time indie comics and Marvel writer, and now the co-creator of the tv show MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS with Chris Black. Be sure to check out our previous interview with Chris about the tv show SEVERANCE and his working with Matt on Monarch!

Chip Zdarky was a Canadian journalist turned comics writer and artist, with SEX CRIMINALS being his very first.

Today we cover the origins of the series, the super fun stories about its launch party at a Canadian sex club, discuss the story's merits, and of course tell you which wines you should pair with such an outlandish yet strangely grounded work.

THE WINES:
Dallas' Wine
Inniskillin Vidal Ice Wine
An Austrain and an Italian started up a Canadian winery with an Irish name in 1974 and was granted the first winery license by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario since prohibition. Cut to 1991 when they brought Canadian wine into the international limelight by winning the Grand Prix d’Honneur at Vin Expo, France for Karl Kaiser’s 1989 Vidal Icewine.

Icewine is made by allowing grapes to freeze on the vine then crushing them with the juice still frozen. This keeps most of the water out of the high-sugar must that remains, creating a highly concentrated, sweet wine with complex, concentrated flavor.

Inniskillin makes icewine from the Vidal grape, Resling grape, and Cabernet Franc grape. Prices range from $40 - $100+ depending on the vintage and style.

Dave's Wine
2021 Ludovic Montginot Cote du Py Morgon Beaujolais
Morgon is considered one of the premiere areas in the Beaujolais region, and Ludovic Montginot is an actual one-man show tending to his 3 hectares of vineyards and working in his cellar completely unassisted! His Morgon conatins all the freshness and vibrancy of a Beaujolais while also containing a rustic, meaty quality rarely found in this style of wine. A perfect harmony of the frivilous and the serious, much like the Sex Criminals comic, plus Montginot's solitude represents where the comic begins - being alone in the world before finding another to share it with.

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