Howard Chaykin — ConSequential

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.

This week we watched Marissa Stotter's documentary She Makes Comics, a history of women in comics creation and fandom. We also run down some recent comics that we've been reading.

I've got to level with you, Lucy says "anus" repeatedly in this episode for no discernible reason. Also you can find out what swimming certificates we each have. Shall we?

This week we read:

Saga - Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Wytches - Scott Snyder and Jock
Friends With Boys - Faith Erin Hicks
I Don’t Like My Hair Neat 2 - Julia Schiele
The Side Effects of the Cocaine - Sean T Collins/Isaac Moylan
Satellite Sam - Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin
Velvet - Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, Elizabeth Breitweiser
Sex Criminals - Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
Casanova: Acedia - Matt Fraction, Michael Chabon, Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon
Miss Don’t Touch Me - Hubert and Kerascoet
The Sculptor - Scott McCloud
Nameless - Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham, Nathan Fairbairn
Trees - Warren Ellis and Jason Howard

And that Matt Kindt comic Roger was talking about was Divinity.