Podcast 42 - Travel

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

Podcast Episode 12: Comics and Mental Illness

Comics about mental illness are surprisingly common, both personal narratives and fiction, and in this podcast we take a look at a range of them. We take a look at some of the best and look at whether they can be useful to people dealing with mental illness. We also look at some recent releases, and talk a worrying amount of nonsense.

• Lighter than My Shadow
• Very Casual
• The End of the Fucking World
• Dangeritis
• The Chimpanzee Complex
• Jerusalem
• Pyongyang
• Epileptic
• Room for Love
• Naming Monsters
• The Nao of Brown
• I Do Not Have an Eating Disorder
• Psychiatric tales
• Swallow me Whole
• I Kill Giants
• Fun Home

Films about Finnish Radiation

• Into Eternity

Pretentious douchenozzle books about "literature":

• Reading for the Plot
• Hamlet in Purgatory

Sweets you probably will not enjoy

• Arsch mit Ohren

Podcast Episode 5 - Non-Fiction Comics

This week we pile into non-fiction comics, looking at the huge range of high-quality biographical, journalistic or otherwise not-made-up comics on the shelves. Covering books on topics ranging from the invention of the Pot Noodle to life as a tall ship sailor via the battle of Crecy and prostitution and sickness in the 80s New York art scene, there's going to be something to interest everyone, as they say on the Shopping Channel.

We also have some cross-generational strife about Kenickie and talk about why mimes are awful. This episode features a musical interlude from the pan pipe stylings of Lucy Boyes.

A quick reminder: if you like our theme music, electronic music, or supporting good causes, the Music By Programmers album has more tracks from the composer of our theme, Chris Whitworth. It supports various projects at Bletchley Park.

Comics we talked about this week:

• Young Avengers
• Adamtine
• Boulet comics (especially The Long Journey)
• Eustace
• Project X: Cup Noodle
• 7 Miles a Second
• We Won't See Auschwitz
• Lucy Knisley - French Milk | Relish
• Lucy Bellwood - Baggywrinkles | True Believer
• Guy Delisle - Pyongyang | Jerusalem | Shenzhen
• Symbolia
• Carnet de Voyage
• Alison Bechdel - Fun Home | Are You My Mother?
• Art Spiegelman - Maus | In the Shadow of No Towers
• Ed Piskor - Wizzywig | Hip-Hop Family Tree
• Osprey Comics
• Crécy
• Understanding Comics
• Joe Sacco - Palestine | Safe Area Gorazde
• Kate Beaton

And not a comic, but worth a read - We'll Get 'Em in Sequins.