Podcast 69 - Revisiting The Past

They say that the past is a foreign country, and as British citizens we are therefore left with an extremely limited window of opportunity to go there without a visa. We're looking back at books we loved, formative experiences, to see how they stack up now. Also: other comics! Is a hotdog a sandwich? More!

We read:

• Dirt - CJ Reay
• The Marionette Unit - Azhur Saleem, James Boyle,Warwick Johnson-Cadwell
• Paper Girls - Brian K Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson
• On the Wings of the World: Audubon - Fabien Grolleau and Jeremie Royer
• Motor Crush: Babs Tarr, Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart
• Immortal Iron Fist: Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja

We Revisited:

• V for Vendetta - Alan Moore, David Lloyd, Steve Whitaker, Siobhan Dodds
• Watchmen - Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
• Daytripper - Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba

And hey, why not listen to We Will Fix You? All the us, none of the comics, several jokes. Is good. You listen.

Podcast Episode 1 - Webcomics

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.