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ConSequential Podcast Episode 50 - The Best Comics of 2015

Podcast Episode 50 - The Best Comics of 2015

December 15, 2015

Here at the old Consequential.net, we like to think that we cover the very best comics week on week. So it stands to reason that our selections for the best of the year are a rarefied breed indeed, yes? Yes. We're not saying these books will get you laid, but they probably won't get you sent to prison either. Great! Plus, someone wins a prize! Could it be you? Yes!*

*Accuracy dependent on competition entry.

We apologise for the occasional high-pitched noise in this episode. It was caused by a particularly acute case of The Clanks. Roger is being exorcised and deloused and it won't happen again.

Also, for your enjoyment:

  • Christmas recipes!
  • Find out which candy is "disgustingly minty"!
  • Other things as well.
  • You can read all of the competition pitches we received, like we had to.

We covered, in no particular order:

  • Supermutant Magic Academy - Jillian Tamaki
  • Mulp - Matt Gibbs & Sarah Dunkerton
  • Porcelain - Benjamin Read & Chris Wildgoose
  • Descender - Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen
  • Solomon - Carlos Pedro
  • Limbo - Dan Watters & Caspar Wijngaard
  • Wet Moon - Sophie Campbell
  • Saint Cole - Noah Van Sciver
  • Fante Bukowski - Noah Van Sciver
  • Roller Girl - Victora Jamieson
  • Wytches - Scott Snyder & Jock
  • Aama - Frederick Peeters
  • I Love This Part - Tillie Walden
  • Space Dumplins - Craig Thompson
  • Nimona - Noelle Stevenson
  • Munnu - Malik Sajad
  • Fantasy Sports - Sam Bosma
  • Injection - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire
  • Sing No Evil - J. P. Ahonen & K. P. Alare
  • Kaptara - Chip Zdarsky and Kagan McLeod
  • The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl - Ryan North and Erica Henderson
  • Necropolis - Jake Wyatt
  • Wild's End - Dan Abnett, I.N.J. Culbard
In Podcast Tags Aama, Benjamin Read, Carlos Pedro, Caspar Wijngaard, Chip Zdarsky, Chris Wildgoose, Craig Thompson, Dan Abnett, Dan Watters, Declan Shalvey, Descender, Dustin Nguyen, Erica Henderson, Fantasy Sports, Fante Bukowski, Frederick Peeters, I-N-J- Culbard, Injection, J- P- Ahonen, Jake Wyatt, Jeff Lemire, Jillian Tamaki, Jock, Jordie Bellaire, K- P- Alare, Kagan Mcleod, Kaptara, Limbo, Malik Sajad, Matt Gibbs, Mulp, Munnu, Necropolis, Nimona, Noah van Sciver, Noelle Stevenson, Porcelain, Roller Girl, Ryan North, Saint Cole, Sam Bosma, Sarah Dunkerton, Scott Snyder, Sing No Evil, Solomon, Sophie Campbell, Space Dumplins, Supermutant Magic Academy, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Tillie Walden, Victora Jamieson, Warren Ellis, Wet Moon, wytches
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ConSequential Podcast 47 - Halloween

Podcast 47 - Halloween

October 29, 2015

It's Halloween (hypothetically), and that means time for spooky comics. We'll lure you into a false sense of security with dazzling insight into a range of comics before shitting you right up with the jump scare that is our horror roundup. So this week we talk about:

  • Wet Moon - Sophie Campbell
  • Shadoweyes (and hey, there's a Kickstarter for a new printing) - Sophie Campbell
  • I Hate Fairyland - Skottie Young & Jean-Francois Beaulieu
  • Super Giant Battle Gecko - Naniiebim
  • Rumble - John Arcudi & James Harren
  • The City - James Herbert & Ian Miller
  • The Fox Sister - Christina Strain & Jayd Aït-Kaci
  • Space Dumplins - Craig Thompson & Dave Stewart
  • The Twilight Children - Gilbert Hernandez, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Stewart
  • Doctor Strange - Jason Aaron & Chris Bachalo
  • Two Brothers - Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá, adapted from Milton Hatoum

And here's some horror for ya:

  • When the Darkness Presses - Emily Carroll
  • The Hole the Fox Did Make - Emily Carroll
  • His Face All Red - Emily Carroll
  • Out of Skin - Emily Carroll
  • The Groom - Emily Carroll
  • The Prince and the Sea - Emily Carroll
  • All Along the Wall - Emily Carroll
  • Through the Woods (print collection) - Emily Carroll
  • Gunnerkrigg Court - Tom Siddell
  • Cradlegrave - John Smith & Edmund Bagwell
  • Shadows of Salamanca - Christophe Bec & Stefano Raffaele
  • Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath - I.N.J. Culbard, adapted from H.P. Lovecraft
  • Wytches - Scott Snyder, Jock, Matt Hollingsworth
  • Rat God - Richard Corben
  • Delphine - Richard Sala
  • Adamtine - Hannah Berry
  • Anya’s Ghost - Vera Brosgol
  • Mercury - Hope Larson
  • Kate Beaton's Family Halloween
  • Uzumaki - Junjo Ito
  • Bongcheon-Dong Ghost (really scary if you switch adblock off, we think) - Ho Rang
  • Ghost in Masung Tunnel - Ho Rang
  • This extremely spoopy comic - Kris Straub
  • Complete Lovecraft eBook

Did you sign up to our newsletter? We have so many brilliant things in it that we never put on the site. For Halloween we made spooky masks of Stan Lee and our own Roger Hart, so when all of your friends are dressed as nonagenarian comic creators and rancorous food and comics bloggers, you don't need to feel left out. Like what you see? There's a signup at the top of the page. Need help making your mask? Have a handy instructional video!

In Podcast Tags Adamtine, All Along the Wall, Anya's Ghost, Bongcheon-Dong Ghost, Chainsawsuit, Chris Bachalo, Christina Strain, Christophe Bec, Cradlegrave, Craig Thompson, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Stewart, Delphine, Doctor Strange, Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, Edmund Bagwell, Emily Carroll, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Ghost in Masung Tunnel, Gilbert Hernandez, Gunnerkrigg Court, H-P- Lovecraft, Hannah Berry, His Face All Red, Ho Rang, Hope Larson, I Hate Fairyland, I-N-J- Culbard, Ian Miller, James Harren, James Herbert, Jason Aaron, Jayd Aït-Kaci, Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Jock, John Arcudi, John Smith, Junjo Ito, Kate Beaton's Family Halloween, Kris Straub, Matt Hollingsworth, Mercury, Milton Hatoum, Naniiebim, Out of Skin, Rat God, Richard Corben, Richard Sala, Rumble, Scott Snyder, Shadoweyes, Shadows of Salamanca, Skottie Young, Sophie Campbell, Space Dumplins, Stefano Raffaele, Super Giant Battle Gecko, The City, The Fox Sister, The Groom, The Hole the Fox Did Make, The Prince and the Sea, The Twilight Children, Through the Woods, Tom Siddell, Two Brothers, Uzumaki, Vera Brosgol, Wet Moon, When the Darkness Presses, wytches
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ConSequential Podcast 46 - Comics Continuity

Podcast 46 - Comics Continuity (Where To Start With Marvel and DC)

October 13, 2015

Do you want to get started reading the lycra-clad adventures that Marvel and DC peddle, but you're put off by the huge gnarled continuity that has built up over the best part of a century? Batman, X-Men, Superman - all have accreted a vast mythology full of plot holes, reboots, crises many and various, but fear not - we're here to help with some surefire techniques to get you past the initial confusion, and to make sure you find the good stuff. Thanks to Tom Howard on Twitter for the setup.

Leap straight to the 1 hour, 1 minute mark if it's just that that you're after, or stick around for: plenty of new things! A series of crimes done in Dave's house! An introduction to homebrewing! Haikus! The secret history of nutmeg! Who could want more? It's a bumper episode!

We covered:

  • Check Please! - Ngozi Ukazu
  • Fires Above Hyperion - Patrick Atangan
  • Descender -  Jeff Lemire & Justin Nguyen
  • Aama - Frederick Peeters
  • Paper Girls - Brian K Vaughan & Cliff Chiang
  • Space Dumplins - Craig Thompson & Dave Stewart
  • Sex Criminals - Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky
  • The Fifth Beatle - Vivek Tiwary, Andrew C Robinson
  • Nathaniel's Nutmeg - Giles Milton

The suggestions for starting points:

  • All-Star Superman - Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely
  • Batman: Year One - Frank Miller & David Mazucchelli
  • The Ultimates - Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch
  • Astonishing X-Men - Joss Whedon & John Cassidy
  • FF - Matt Fraction & Mike Allred
  • She-Hulk - Dan Slott, Various
  • Hawkeye - Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth
  • Moon Knight - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire
  • DC: The New Frontier - Darwyn Cooke
  • Daredevil - Brian Michael Bendis, various artists
  • Spider-Man: Blue - Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale

Even Batman knows Cyclops is a dick.

In Podcast Tags Aama, All-Star Superman, Andrew C Robinson, Astonishing X-Men, Batman: Year One, Brian K Vaughan, Brian Michael Bendis, Bryan Hitch, Check Please!, Chip Zdarsky, Cliff Chiang, Craig Thompson, Dan Slott, Daredevil, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Stewart, David Aja, David Mazucchelli, DC: The New Frontier, Declan Shalvey, Descender, FF, Fires Above Hyperion, Frank Miller, Frank Quitely, Frederick Peeters, Grant Morrison, Hawkeye, Jeff Lemire, Jeph Loeb, John Cassidy, Jordie Bellaire, Joss Whedon, Justin Nguyen, Mark Millar, Matt Fraction, Matt Hollingsworth, Mike Allred, Moon Knight, Ngozi Ukazu, Paper Girls, Patrick Atangan, Sex Criminals, She-Hulk, Space Dumplins, Spider-Man: Blue, The Fifth Beatle, The Ultimates, Tim Sale, Vivek Tiwary, Warren Ellis
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Podcast 45 - Gay Stuff (and cheese)

September 29, 2015

This week, Dave was off in the America doing a business travel, or gentrifying Portland or something. We're not quite sure. Apparently there were food trucks. This left Lucy and Roger to go feral in the best way they know: by eating an enormous fancy cheeseboard and talking about queer comics.

We delve into the origins of lesbian & gay cartooning, eat a "cute brie", pontificate on structural inequalities, and feed Rogger his first Cheesestring.

That part ain't pretty, but the rest is comics.

Books we covered:

  • #WicDiv - Team Tumblr
  • Injection - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire
  • Oh Joy Sex Toy  - Erica Moen and many delightful guest artists
  • The Ditch - Kristian Carstensen
  • Space Dumplins - Craig Thompson
  • Wendel - Howard Cruse
  • Stuck Rubber Baby - Howard Cruse
  • Dykes To Watch Out For - Alison Bechdel
  • This One Summer - Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki
  • Skim - Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki
  • No Straight Lines (anthology) - ed: Justin Hall In particular, excerpts from:
    • Poppers - Jerry Mills
    • Child Labor - Mary Wings
    • Cy Ross and the SQ Syndrome - Burton Clarke
    • The Tortoise and The Scorpion - Carl Vaughn Frick
    • I Know You Are But What Am I - Robert Triptow
    • The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green - Eric Orner
    • Sexile - Jamie Cortez
    • Instruction - Robert Kirby & D. Travers Scott
    • Side By Side - Mioki (basically porn, hey - we don't always warn you...)
    • Kyle's B&B - Greg Fox
    • Seven Miles A Second - David Wojnarowicz, James Romberger, Marguerite Van Cook
    • Honor Girl - Maggie Thrash

There's a PDF preview of the first few pages of No Straight Lines here

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Cheeses we ate:

  • Neufchatel
  • Taleggio
  • Sussex Slipcote (so good)
  • Chevre
  • Cheesestrings

The podcast wine today was an unremarkable Chinon.

We also asked for queer webcomic recommendations.

So why not do that in the comments, if you're a generally kind sort.

In Podcast Tags #butts, #WicDiv, Alison Bechdel, Craig Thompson, David Wojnarowicz, Declan Shalvey, Dykes To Watch Out For, Erica Moen, Greg Fox, Honor Girl, Howard Cruse, Injection, James Romberger, Jillian Tamaki, Jordie Bellaire, Justin hall, Kristian Carstensen, Kyle's B&B, Maggie Thrash, Mariko Tamaki, Mioki, No Straight Lines, Oh Joy Sex Toy, Seven Miles A Second, Side By Side, Skim, Space Dumplins, Stuck Rubber Baby, The Ditch, This One Summer, Warren Ellis, Wendel
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ConSequential Podcast 42

Podcast 42 - Travel

August 11, 2015

This week we tackle travel, the subject of a surprising number of comics of surprising breadth. We read a ton of other comics too, and we took some time out of our busy lives to worry if Roger's penis is haunted. And now we're taking that time from your life too. We talked about:

  • Shenzen, Jerusalem, Pyongyang - Guy Delisle
  • In a Flat Land - Richard Swan
  • Glacial Period - Nicolas de Crecy (and here's Roger's review)
  • Mind MGMT - Matt Kindt
  • Sam: Robot Hunters - Richard Marazano and Shang Xiao
  • Carnet de Voyage - Craig Thompson
  • Fun Home - Alison Bechdel
  • Are You My Mother?- Alison Bechdel
  • Essential Dykes to Watch Out For- Alison Bechdel
  • Home is Where The Internet Is -  Natalie Nourigat stuff
  • Poorcraft - Ryan Estrada and Diana Nock
  • Wolf - Ales Kot, Matt Taylor, Lee Loughridge
  • The Swords of Glass - Sylviane Corgiat, Laura Zuccheri
  • Golemchik - William Exley
  • French Milk - Lucy Knisley
  • The 120 Days Of Simon - Simon Gardenfors
In Podcast Tags Ales Kot, Alison Bechdel, Are You My Mother?, Carnet de Voyage, Craig Thompson, Diana Nock, Essential Dykes to Watch Out For, French Milk, Fun Home, Glacial period, Golemchik, Guy Delisle, Home is Where The Internet Is, In a Flat Land, Jerusalem, Laura Zuccheri, Lee Loughridge, Lucy Knisley, Matt Kindt, Matt Taylor, Mind MGMT, Natalie Nourigat stuff, Nicolas de Crécy, Poorcraft, Pyongyan, Richard Marazano, Richard Swan, Ryan Estrada, Sam: Robot Hunters, Shang Xiao, Shenzen, Simon Gardenfors, Sylviane Corgiat, The 120 Days Of Simon, The Swords of Glass, William Exley, Wolf
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ConSequential Podcast 32 - Agony Ant-Man

Podcast 32 - Agony Ant-Man

January 30, 2015

This week we're giving something back to the people. As Agony Ant-Man, we take listener questions and pump out good advice and comics-related wisdom at a frankly disturbing volume. As in quantity. If it's too loud, turn it down. We can't do everything for you.

We read:

  • Manhattan Projects - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra
  • Stray Bullets - David Lapham
  • The Wicked and the Divine - Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson
  • Age of Bronze - Eric Shanower
  • Terms of Service - Michael Keller & Josh Neufeld
  • Ody-C - Matt Fraction and Christian Ward
  • Sing No Evil - J. P. Ahonen and K. P. Alare

And to fix your broken and tragic lives, we recommended:

  • Atomic Robo - Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener
  • DC: The New Frontier - Darwyn Cooke
  • The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl - Ryan North and Erica Henderson
  • She-Hulk: either the Dan Slott run or the Charles Soule one
  • My Cardboard Life / Soppy - Philippa Rice
  • Bandette - Paul Tobin and Coleen Coover
  • Chloe Noonan - Marc Ellerby
  • Blankets - Craig Thompson
  • All-Star Superman - Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
  • Flex Mentallo - Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
  • Joe The Barbarian - Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy
  • Asterix - Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  • Rat Queens - Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch
  • Kate Beaton
  • Stuck Rubber Baby - Howard Cruse
  • The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln - Noah Van Sciver
  • Ms. Marvel - G. Willow Wilson and various artists
  • I Don't Like My Hair Neat - Julia Scheele
  • Double Barrel
  • Anything by John Allison
  • Will O' The Wisp - Megan Hutchinson and Tom Hammock
  • Hildafolk - Luke Pearson
  • Everything We Miss - Luke Pearson
  • Infinite Vacation - Nick Spencer and Christian Ward
  • King Cat - John Porcellino
  • The Boxer - Reinhard Kleist
  • Mulp - Matt Gibbs & Sara Dunkerton
  • Mouseguard - David Petersen
  • Journey Into Mystery - Kieron Gillen and Richard Elson
  • From Hell - Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
  • The Adventures of Luther Arkwright - Bryan Talbot
  • Scott Pilgrim - Bryan Lee O'Malley
  • Empire State - Jason Shiga
  • Age of Apocalypse - Various
  • Reading Comics - Douglas Wolk
  • Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud
  • 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die - Paul Gravett, Various

And We Are The Best is based on Never Goodnight by Coco Moodysson. And that NoBrow iPad app is here.

That Mario thing.

In Podcast Tags 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die, Age of Apocalypse, Age of Bronze, Alan Moore, Albert Uderzo, All-Star Superman, Anything by John Allison, Asterix, Atomic Robo, Bandette, Blankets, Brian Clevinger, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Bryan Talbot, Chloe Noonan, Christian Ward, Coco Moodysson, Coleen Coover, Craig Thompson, Darwyn Cooke, David Lapham, David Petersen, DC: The New Frontier, Double Barrel, Douglas Wolk, Eddie Campbell, Empire State, Eric Shanower, Erica Henderson, Everything We Miss, Flex Mentallo, Frank Quitely, From Hell, G- Willow Wilson, Grant Morrison, Hildafolk, Howard Cruse, I Don't Like My Hair Neat, Infinite Vacation, J- P- Ahonen, Jamie McKelvie, Jason Shiga, Joe The Barbarian, John Porcellino, Jonathan Hickman, Journey Into Mystery, Julia Scheele, K- P- Alare, Kate Beaton, Kevin O’Neill, Kieron Gillen, King Cat, Kurtis J- Wiebe, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Luke Pearson, Manhattan Projects, marc ellerby, Matt Fraction, Matt Gibbs & Sara Dunkerton, Matthew Wilson, Megan Hutchinson, Michael Keller & Josh Neufeld, Mouseguard, Ms- Marvel, Mulp, My Cardboard Life, Never Goodnight, Nick Pitarra, Nick Spencer, Noah van Sciver, Ody-C, Paul Gravett, Paul Tobin, Philippa Rice, Rat Queens, Reading Comics, Reinhard Kleist, Rene Goscinny, Richard Elson, Roc Upchurch, Ryan North, Scott McCloud, Scott Pilgrim, Scott Wegener, Sean Murphy, She-Hulk: either the Dan Slott run or the Charles Soule one, Sing No Evil, Soppy, Stray Bullets, Stuck Rubber Baby, Terms of Service, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, The Boxer, the Divine, The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, The Wicked, Tom Hammock, Understanding Comics, various artists, We Are The Best, Will o’ the Wisp
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