Podcast 32 - Agony Ant-Man

This week we're giving something back to the people. As Agony Ant-Man, we take listener questions and pump out good advice and comics-related wisdom at a frankly disturbing volume. As in quantity. If it's too loud, turn it down. We can't do everything for you.

We read:

• Manhattan Projects - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra
• Stray Bullets - David Lapham
• The Wicked and the Divine - Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson
• Age of Bronze - Eric Shanower
• Terms of Service - Michael Keller & Josh Neufeld
• Ody-C - Matt Fraction and Christian Ward
• Sing No Evil - J. P. Ahonen and K. P. Alare

And to fix your broken and tragic lives, we recommended:

• Atomic Robo - Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener
• DC: The New Frontier - Darwyn Cooke
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl - Ryan North and Erica Henderson
• She-Hulk: either the Dan Slott run or the Charles Soule one
• My Cardboard Life / Soppy - Philippa Rice
• Bandette - Paul Tobin and Coleen Coover
• Chloe Noonan - Marc Ellerby
• Blankets - Craig Thompson
• All-Star Superman - Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
• Flex Mentallo - Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
• Joe The Barbarian - Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy
• Asterix - Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
• Rat Queens - Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch
• Kate Beaton
• Stuck Rubber Baby - Howard Cruse
• The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln - Noah Van Sciver
• Ms. Marvel - G. Willow Wilson and various artists
• I Don't Like My Hair Neat - Julia Scheele
• Double Barrel
• Anything by John Allison
• Will O' The Wisp - Megan Hutchinson and Tom Hammock
• Hildafolk - Luke Pearson
• Everything We Miss - Luke Pearson
• Infinite Vacation - Nick Spencer and Christian Ward
• King Cat - John Porcellino
• The Boxer - Reinhard Kleist
• Mulp - Matt Gibbs & Sara Dunkerton
• Mouseguard - David Petersen
• Journey Into Mystery - Kieron Gillen and Richard Elson
• From Hell - Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
• The Adventures of Luther Arkwright - Bryan Talbot
• Scott Pilgrim - Bryan Lee O'Malley
• Empire State - Jason Shiga
• Age of Apocalypse - Various
• Reading Comics - Douglas Wolk
• Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud
• 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die - Paul Gravett, Various

And We Are The Best is based on Never Goodnight by Coco Moodysson. And that NoBrow iPad app is here.

That Mario thing.

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.