# Off Panel #559: Adjacent Spaces with Ed Brubaker

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Podcast: [Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-1312)
Published: 2026-07-06T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Writer Ed Brubaker joins the show to talk about his long collaboration with Sean Phillips and the recently released Five Gears in Reverse. Brubaker discusses the status of the Criminal show, the state of TV, why Sean Phillips fits him so well, how they push each other, his favorites from their run, what fuels their new projects, Criminal as a story engine, Five Gears in Reverse's origins, the fusion of their approaches, the development of its cast, the roots of Unfinished Tales, operating in their own space, how their books have sold of late, and more.

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