In our very first podcast, the gang wrestle with the thorny issue of whether webcomics are any good or not, as well as reflecting on their own ethnic homogeneity and whether Canada’s premier singer-songwriter went blind from indulging in a spot of the old crystal meth:

Legal Disclaimer: Rufus Wainwright definitely went blind from drugs. We checked on Wikipedia and at least one other place.

Our jazzy theme tune was provided by Chris Whitworth. You can find more of his music on the Music by Programmers album, which is raising funds for Bletchley Park and the National Museum of Computing.

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Comics we mentioned in the show:

Phyiscal Comics:

• NextWave
• Fun Home
• Blankets
• Daytripper
• Adamtine
• Cerebus
• Wolves
• The Mire
• Demeter
• Six-Gun Gorilla
• Couriers

Webcomics:

• XKCD
• Gunnerkrigg Court
• Looking For Group
• Bad Machinery
• CTRL+ALT+DEL
• Goats (now sort of trading as Scenes from a Multiverse)
• Questionable Content
• Penny Arcade
• Something Positive
• Achewood
• Family Man
• Bite Me
• Dresden Codak
• Hark A Vagrant!
• Dicebox
• Teahouse (sporadically NSFW)
• Oglaf (Really NSFW)
• Prince of Cats
• Nimona (Which I think I referred to as Nimora)
• The Abaddon

If you've made it this far, and you feel like starting up a few new webcomics, it may be worth taking a look at Comic Rocket. It makes it easier to keep track of what you've read across multiple webcomics. Oh, and this is what yaoi is. A shorter explanation is available.