Podcast 66 - Sincerity

Sincerity is an odd topic for three soulless husks to confront, but we'll give it a crack. What's up with the increase in comics that are just lovely? Where have they come from? Why now? And what are the good ones? We'll tell ya!

Also: Competition time! Email us a description of the show you think we should be doing instead to info@consequential.net and win our books of the year!

We talked about:

• Khaos Komix - Tab Kimpton
• Feels Like Noodles - Jade Sarson
• Cowboys and Insects - David Hine and Shakey Kane (Roger wrote about it in depth here)
• Orbital -  Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pelle
• Performance - One Beat Zines
• Fascist Friends - Erin Lux
• The Backstagers - James Tynion, Rian Sygh
• Spill Zone - Scott Westerfeld & Alex Puvilland
• Geis - Alexis Deacon
• Postcards in Braille - Constanza Yovaniniz
  • “Real girls”
  • Disabilityawareness & education
  • Fantasy Comics #1 - Sam Bosma
  • Tetris: The Games People Play - Box Brown
  • Clear Blue Tomorrows - Fabien Vehlmann, Bruno Gazzotti, Ralph Meyer
  • Jeffery Fisch Boy - Jake Lava
  • The Final Cameo - Bastard Comics
  • Mulp - Matt Gibbs and Sara Dunkerton
  • The Foldings - Faye Simms and Joann Dominik
  • Marquis D’Anoan: The Providence - Fabian Vehlmann and Matthieu Bonhomme

Podcast 65 - Thought Bubble Hauls

We're back from Thought Bubble and here to tell you about the exciting things we picked up - including several hideous diseases! But more than that we got some great new comics and interviewed some interesting creators. Let us tell you what you would have bought if only you had our impeccable taste.

Also we're sorry about how wet this all sounds. Sorry. About. The. Wet.

We talked to:

• 15:20 - Tab Kimpton, Discord Comics
• 21:30 - Harry Bentley & Michael Barr of Dragonhide Studios (and Dragonhoard Publishing)
• 38:20 - Jade Sarson, For the Love of God Marie, Cafe Suada
• 48:00 - Faye Simms, The Foldings
• 52:40 - David Hine, Cowboys and Insects
• 57:15 - James McKay, Dream of a Low Carbon Future

We read:

• For the Love of God, Marie - Jade Sarson
• Shoplifter - Michael Cho
• Damaris - Sarah Peploe
• Get Your Man - Kami D (via Dragonhoard)
• The Foldings - Faye Simms
• Cowboys and Insects - David Hine and Shaky Kane
• March - John Lewis/Andrew Aydin/Nate Powell
• Old Person Whisperer
• The Auntie - Alyssa Wong and Wendy Xu
• Rolling Blackouts - Sarah Glidden
• Where Were You? - Tetley Clarke (It's not on his shop right now, maybe it will be soon?)
• Butt Ghosts - Silvia Carrus
• Feminist Cat - Silvia Carrus
• Social Justice Penguin - Silvia Carrus 
• Wired Up Wrong - Rachael Smith
• Cogs - Lorenzo Fruzza (Jinku Comics)
• Fantasy Sports Number 2 - Sam Bosma

Not enough? Roger rounded up his favourite picks from Thought Bubble's Rainbow Road.

Podcast Episode 50 - The Best Comics of 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

Podcast 38 - Our Secret Shame

No matter how well read you are (and we're all amazingly well-read, clearly), there are always blind spots. We talk about the big hoary beast comics that we've been avoiding, tell you why, and vow to go away and improve ourselves. It's going to be a journey. But hey, it's not all brutal introspection. We also talk about a ton of exciting new comics!

We talked about:

• The Red Road - Rozi Hathaway
• Roller Girl - Victoria Jamieson
• Sam Zabel & the Magic Pen - Dylan Horrocks
• Injection - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire
• Station 16 - Yves H, Hermann
• Pisces - Kurtis J Weibe, Johnnie Christmas
• Shadows of Salamanca - Christopher Bec and Stefano Raffaele
• Vacancy - Jen Lee
• The Hunter - Joe Sparrow
• Fantasy Sports #1 - Sam Bosma
• Supermutant Magic Academy - Jillian Tamaki