Podcast 74 - Southern Gothic

In which our heroes find quite a lot to say about a genre that barely exists in comics.

Southern gothic persists as a genre in all other mediums, so why is that deliciously swampy style so under-represented in comics? An investigation brought to you by big words, a fetish for Spanish moss, and that half-glimpsed face at the window of the ol' plantation house.

We talked about:

• Iceman - Sina Grace and Alessandro Vitti
• Winnebago Graveyard - Steve Niles, Alison Sampson, Stephane Paitreau
• The Unsound - Cullen Bunn, Jack T. Cole
• Grass Kings - Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins
• The Stone Heart (Nameless City Vol.2) - Faith Erin Hicks, Jordie Bellaire
• Bulletproof Coffin: The 1000 Yard Stare - Shaky Kane and David Hine
• Godshaper - Si Spurrier and Jonas Goonface
• Black Hammer - Jeff lemire and Dean Ormston
• Harrow County - Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook
• Will O' The Wisp - Tom Hammock and Megan Hutchinson
• Swamp Thing - Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette et al
• Wet Moon - Sophie Campbell

Apologies for the occasional spurt of someone else's voice on the background of this one. Some people just don't know how to use their indoor voice.

Have we missed something obvious? Tell us in the comments so we can read it because looking forward to Snagglepuss is a sad state of affairs.

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 47 - Halloween

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

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