Podcast 36 - Sci Fi Roundup

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

Podcast Episode 14 - Funny Comics

If you went solely by listening to us, you'd be forgiven for thinking that comics were just about punching things and crying in cupboards. Not so! That would be ridiculous. Many of them are hilarious, and here we take a rambling walk through of favourites. Also there's a thing about sherry. We couldn't stop him.

Comics we talked about this week:

• Maakies
• Judge
• Prophet
• Down. Set. Fight.
• Fatale
• Ms. Marvel
• The Unwritten
• Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
• Garfield minus Garfield
• Achewood
• Yes Hive Overlord
• The Authority: Kev
• Strange Tales
• The Goon
• Hark! A Vagrant!
• She-Hulk
• Bad Machinery
• Too Much Coffee Man
• The Tick
• Doonesbury
• Wondermark
• Poorly-Drawn Lines
• A Softer World
• I Want My Hat Back
• Perry Bible Fellowship
• Men in Hats
• Peanuts
• Nextwave
• Primates

And then there's that whole sherry business.

• Gonzalez Byass Leonor Sherry Palo Cortado

Podcast Episode 11 - The Best Comics of 2013

Holy hell, it's the end of the year. That means only one thing: lists. Here's our review of the best comics of 2013, plus some that we didn't want to leave out so we just included them anyway but talked faster.

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The list:

• Mind MGMT
• Sex Criminals
• Six-Gun Gorilla
• Aama
• The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln
• The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
• Lighter Than My Shadow
• Bad Machinery
• Eustace

Honourable Mentions:

• The Lengths
• Copra
• Naming Monsters
• The Black Project
• Prophet
• Prince of Cats
• Saga
• OhJoySexToy

Podcast Episode 4: Big Weird Sci-Fi

In this episode we look at the massive surge of Big Weird Sci Fi in comics, have a faint stab at explaining what the hell we mean by that, take a look at some recent releases, and whether Dave would make it as a pimp. Onwards!

Mentioned this week:

• DC Solo
• Hawkeye
• Young Avengers
• FF
• Chloe Noonan
• Saga
• Prophet
• The Incal
• Silver Surfer: Parable
• Sandman
• St Colin and the Dragon
• The Accidental Salad
• Reich
• Kinds of Blue
• Invincible
• The Hypo

UK Indie Comics Mail Order:

• Impossible Books

Podcast Episode 3: What Comics Should You Give New Readers?

This week we decide what the best books to introduce newcomers to comics. Handy stuff! Don’t worry though, because there’s petulance and swearing aplenty. And quite a lot of talk about OhJoySexToy.com. That bit's a little vile, so maybe jump forward a bit from about 20 minutes in if you're a delicate sort. Smelling salts in hand, we press on.

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Mentioned in this week’s show:

• Fatale Volume 3
• Saga Volume 2
• Prophet Volume 2
• Naming Monsters
• The Suitcase
• Young Avengers
• Hawkeye Issue 11
• Satellite Sam
• Batman ’66
• Chloe Noonan Monster Hunter
• Eustace
• E-merl hypercomics
• Basically anything by Giannis Milongiannis

The “What to read” books:

• Blankets
• Planetary
• Sandman