Podcast Episode 51 - Indie Roundup / Roger's Crapsack Spectacular

Like a glorious phoenix that just properly could not be bothered for a bit over Christmas, we're back! We're covering some indie comics we picked up last year, and a load that were in a slightly wet bag in Roger's house. Pretty good stuff.

Plus: watch a sad man's life disintegrate before your very ears when he learns that never again will he get to taste the sweet, sweet nectar of a Panda Pop.

Also: learn which member of the team accused a small local police force of being child abusers on local TV news show Look East!

We covered:

• Sandman: Overture - Neil Gaiman, J.H. Williams III
• Injection - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire
• Limbo - Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard
• Strugglers - Tim Fish (the other one appears not to be online, sorry folks. WE TRIED.)
• Public Information 1989 - Philip Trenerry
• Never Ever After - Chris Baldie & Holley McKend
• Damn days - Tim Levang
• Misc. Anthology - Martin Simpson
• Wytches - Scott Snyder, Jock, Matt Hollingsworth
• SuperMutant Magic Academy - Jillian Tamaki
• Long John Silver - Xavier Dorison, Mathieu Lauffray
• Dick Cream - Jordana Globerman
• Mean Girls Club - Ryan Heshka
• Hand Me Down - Kristyna Baczynski
• Kaptara - Chip Zdarsky and Kagan McLeod
• Jupiter’s Circle - Mark Millar and Wilfredo Torres
• Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal - Jeffrey Kripal
• Street Dawgz - Lizz Lunney
• In Situ - Sophie Yanow

Prose we yapped about:

• SPQR - Mary Beard
• Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal - Jeffrey Kripal
• The Ministry of Nostalgia - Owen Hatherley

Seriously, just how good is Martin Simpson's stuff onMisc

Le passion de chien.

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