This week is a roundup of indie comics - coincidentally about 90% of what we were reading anyway. Think of us as Newsnight Review for comics, if Bonnie Greer was shitfaced and Tom Paulin had figured out how to hide his obvious depression behind overlong foul-mouthed tirades. What's that? You already do? Excellent! Let's crack on.

We read:

• Descender - Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen
• The Fade Out - Ed Brubaker & Sean Philips
• Satellite Sam - Matt Fraction & Howard Chaykin
• I am Fire - Rachel Smith
• The Red Road - Rozi Hathaway
• Roller Girl - Victoria Jamieson
• I don’t Like My Hair Neat - Julia Scheele
• Solo - Hope Larson
• El Deafo - Cece Bell
• Giant Days - John Allison & Lissa Treiman
• Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen - Dylan Horrocks
• Howard The Duck - Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones
• Nemo: River of Ghosts - Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill

This episode is sponsored by cold medicine, cheese curds, and NIGHTMARE FOREST CIRCUSES.