Podcast 66 - Sincerity

Sincerity is an odd topic for three soulless husks to confront, but we'll give it a crack. What's up with the increase in comics that are just lovely? Where have they come from? Why now? And what are the good ones? We'll tell ya!

Also: Competition time! Email us a description of the show you think we should be doing instead to info@consequential.net and win our books of the year!

We talked about:

• Khaos Komix - Tab Kimpton
• Feels Like Noodles - Jade Sarson
• Cowboys and Insects - David Hine and Shakey Kane (Roger wrote about it in depth here)
• Orbital -  Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pelle
• Performance - One Beat Zines
• Fascist Friends - Erin Lux
• The Backstagers - James Tynion, Rian Sygh
• Spill Zone - Scott Westerfeld & Alex Puvilland
• Geis - Alexis Deacon
• Postcards in Braille - Constanza Yovaniniz
  • “Real girls”
  • Disabilityawareness & education
  • Fantasy Comics #1 - Sam Bosma
  • Tetris: The Games People Play - Box Brown
  • Clear Blue Tomorrows - Fabien Vehlmann, Bruno Gazzotti, Ralph Meyer
  • Jeffery Fisch Boy - Jake Lava
  • The Final Cameo - Bastard Comics
  • Mulp - Matt Gibbs and Sara Dunkerton
  • The Foldings - Faye Simms and Joann Dominik
  • Marquis D’Anoan: The Providence - Fabian Vehlmann and Matthieu Bonhomme

Podcast 52 - Facing Our Shame Again

We're staring down those books we should have read already, tackling them like mighty colossi and devouring our shame. But not only that!

You probably want to know which cross-channel ferry service has the best buffet. We can help.

You probably want to know what Medieval nuns masturbated to. We can help.

You probably want to know just how much anxiety jam shopping can cause. Fuck yeah we can help.

Talked about some comics too:

• Limbo - Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard
• Injection - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire
• Damocles - Joel Callède & Alain Henriet
• Tom O'Bedlam (Free PDF) | Print Copy - Maia Kobabe
• Palestine - Joe Sacco
• Marquis d'Anoan: The Isle of Brac - Fabien Vehlmann, Matthieu Bonhomme
• Marquis d'Anoan: The Black Virgin - Fabien Vehlmann, Matthieu Bonhomme
• Street Dawgz - Lizz Lunney
• Judge Dredd Vol. 1 - Various
• Cry Havoc - Simon Spurrier, Ryan Kelly, Matt Wilson, Lee Loughridge, Nick Filardi
• Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo

Podcast Episode 18 - TCAF

Dave's been in The Canada, attending TCAF, so we talk about comics and comics shows and Canada. We also talk quite a lot about everything that is wrong with society, and some things that are wrong with Star Trek.

• Beautiful Darkness: Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët
• Hip Hop Family Tree: Ed Piskor
• The Undertaking of Lily Chen: Danica Novgorodoff
• Andre The Giant - Life and Legend: Box Brown
• Celeste: I.N.J. Culbard
• Pregnant Butch: A.K. Summers (and here's Roger's review / critique)
• The Spectral Engine: Ray Fawkes
• Trees: Warren Ellis and Jason Howard
• The Strumpet: Various
• Silly Kingdom: Katie Shanahan and Steven Shanahan (and their podcast which I cannot pronounce, but is very good, Shanahanigans).

We also mentioned Lucy Bellwood's Oh Joy Sex Toy strip, and the Kickstarter for the book of the first year's strips - get on that.