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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 43 - Architecture

Podcast 43 - Architecture

August 25, 2015

Buildings! Pretty great, huh? Personally, we all live in one. One each, this isn't like Rainbow where we all live in our pyjamas and hang out with a sexually ambiguous hippo. If only. Comics and architecture are natural allies, buildings being where stuff often happens, and comics being images of stuff happening. But there's more to it than that, and we look at some of the most interesting and informative takes on architecture in comics.

We also go into which each of our favourite metro systems are. Regular listeners will wonder what took us so long, frankly.

We apologise for the noisiness of this episode. Sometimes we just need our air really conditioned.

We read and discussed:

  • Orbital - Sylvain Runberg & Serge Pelle
  • Empty Zone - Jason Shawn Alexander
  • Batman: Death By Design - Chip Kidd & Dave Taylor
  • Saint Cole - Noah van Sciver
  • Fante Bukowski - Noah van Sciver
  • The Abaddon - Koren Shadmi
  • Robert Moses - Christin Pierre and Oliver Balez
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath - I.N.J. Culbard, from H.P. Lovecraft
  • Necropolis - Jake Wyatt
  • Chew - Rob Guillory and John Layman
  • Asterios Polyp - David Mazzucchelli
  • From Hell - Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
  • Sandman: World's End - Neil Gaiman et al.

See also:

  • Soul of a Soulless City
  • Andrew Lynch's maps of unbuilt Robert Moses Highways
  • Imaginary Cities
In Podcast Tags Alan Moore, Asterios Polyp, Batman: Death By Design, Chew, Chip Kidd, Christin Pierre and Oliver Balez, Dave Taylor, David Mazzucchelli, Eddie Campbell, Empty Zone, Fante Bukowski, From Hell, H-P- Lovecraft, I-N-J- Culbard, Jake Wyatt, Jason Shawn Alexander, John Layman, Koren Shadmi, Necropolis, Neil Gaiman, Noah van Sciver, Orbital, Rob Guillory, Robert Moses, Saint Cole, Sandman, Serge Pellé, Sylvain Runberg, The Abaddon, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
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ConSequential Podcast 40 - Shiny and New

Podcast 40 - Shiny! New!

July 9, 2015

Roger and Dave find themselves alone again this week, but rather than fighting to the death with sexy blades, they've thrown themselves into a vast raft of new releases (issue 1s and new trades) for your edification and amusement. If that's not enough, they still find time to get themselves a-frothy over Image Expo and the upcoming goodness. Onwards!

We read:

  • The Spire - Si Spurrier and Jeff Stokely
  • We Stand On Guard - Brian K. Vaughan, Steve Skroce, Matt Hollingsworth
  • Arclight - Brandon Graham and Marian Churchland (part of 8House)
  • Autumnlands - Kurt Busiek and Benjamin Dewey
  • Rumble - Greg Arcudi and James Harren
  • Supreme: Blue Rose - Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay
  • Wytches - Scott Snyder, Jock, Matt Hollingsworth
  • Kaptara - Chip Zdarsky and Kagan McLeod
  • #WicDiv
  • Starve - Brian Wood, Danijel Zezelj, Dave Stewart
  • Empty Zone - Jason Shawn Alexander
  • The Art of Flying - Antonio Altarriba
  • The King in Yellow - I.N.J. Culbard, adapted from Robert W. Chambers
  • The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - I.N.J. Culbard, adapted from H.P. Lovecraft
In Podcast Tags #WicDiv, 8House, Arclight, Autumnlands, Benjamin Dewey, Brandon Graham, Brian K Vaughan, Brian Wood, Chip Zdarsky, Danijel Zezelj, Dave Stewart, Empty Zone, Greg Arcudi, H-P- Lovecraft, I-N-J- Culbard, James Harren, Jason Shawn Alexander, Jeff Stokely, Jock, Kagan Mcleod, Kaptara, Kurt Busiek, Marian Churchland, Matt Hollingsworth, Robert W- Chambers, Rumble, Scott Snyder, Si Spurrier, Starve, Steve Skroce, Supreme: Blue Rose, The Art of Flying - Antonio Altarriba, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The King in Yellow, The Spire, Tula Lotay, Warren Ellis, We Stand On Guard, wytches
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ConSequential Podcast Episode 36

Podcast 36 - Sci Fi Roundup

April 13, 2015

Last time we did sci fi comics, we looked at the psychedelic end of things. Now we're looking at the current batch of sci fi comics. We're the complete package, is what I'm saying here. Also: Trago Mills! Colonoscopies! Beauty and the Beast visit Ikea! Limericks! The velvety softness of hamsters' testicles! And more!

We talked about:

  • Brass Sun - Ian Edginton & I. N. J. Culbard
  • The Fuse - Antony Johnston & Justin Greenwood
  • SAM: After Man - Richard Marazano & Shang
  • Gunnerkrigg Court - Tom Siddell
  • Trees - Warren Ellis & Jason Howard
  • Prophet - Brandon Graham et al.
  • Transmetropolitan - Warren Ellis & Darwick Robertson
  • Roche Limit - Michael Moreci & Vic Malhotra
  • Copperhead - Jay Faerber, Scott Godlewski, Ron Riley
  • Aama - Frederik Peeters
  • Wild's End - Dan Abnett & I. N. J. Culbard
  • Low - Rick Remender & Greg Tocchini
  • Fear Agent - Rick Remender & Tony Moore
  • Chrononauts - Mark Millar & Sean Gordon Murphy
  • Punk Rock Jesus - Sean Gordon Murphy
  • Material - Ales Kot, Will Tempest, Tom Muller
  • ODY-C - Matt Fraction & Christian Ward
  • Descender - Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen
  • Nameless - Grant Morrison & Chris Burnham
In Podcast Tags Aama, Ales Kot, Antony Johnston, Brandon Graham et al-, Brass Sun, Chris Burnham, Christian Ward, Chrononauts, Copperhead, Dan Abnett, Darwick Robertson, Descender, Dustin Nguyen, Fear Agent, Frederik Peeters, Grant Morrison, Greg Tocchini, Gunnerkrigg Court, Hamster Testes, I-N-J- Culbard, Ian Edginton, Jason Howard, Jay Faerber, Jeff Lemire, Justin Greenwood, Low, Mark Millar, Material, Matt Fraction, Nameless, Ody-C, Prophet, Punk Rock Jesus, Richard Marazano, Rick Remender, Roche Limit - Michael Moreci, Ron Riley, SAM: After Man, Scott Godlewski, Sean Gordon Murphy, Shang, The Fuse, Tom Muller, Tom Siddell, Tony Moore, Trago Mills, Transmetropolitan, Trees, Vic Malhotra, Warren Ellis, Wild's End, Will Tempest
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ConSequential Podcast 18: TCAF

Podcast Episode 18 - TCAF

June 2, 2014

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.

In Podcast Tags A-K- Summers, Andre The Giant, Beautiful Darkness, Box Brown, Celeste, Danica Novgorodoff, Ed Piskor, Fabien Vehlmann, Hip-Hop Family Tree, I-N-J- Culbard, Jason Howard, Katie Shanahan, Kerascoët, Lucy Bellwood, Oh Joy Sex Toy, Pregnant Butch, Ray Fawkes, Shanahanigans, Silly Kingdom, Steven Shanahan, The Spectral Engine, The Strumpet, The Undertaking of Lily Chen, Trees, Warren Ellis
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