Podcast 59 - Manga

This week we try to correct for our utter ignorance about manga, reading as much as we can in two weeks and then spouting opinions all over the place.

A theme emerges in Roger's reading. Not a good theme.

We covered:

• Bad Machinery - John Allison
• The Goddamned - Jason Aaron, R.M. Guera, Giulia Brusco
• Saga - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
• The Sixth Gun - Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree
• Filmish - Edward Ross
• A City Inside - Tillie Walden

Hey Kids! Manga!

• Abandon the Old in Tokyo - Yoshihiro Tatsumi
• Oishinbo: A la Carte - Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki
• Ode to Kirihito - Osamu Tezuka
• Angel Heart - Udou Shinohara
• Amakusa 1637 - Michiyo Akaishi (this isn't anywhere legit, sorry)
• Barefoot Gen - Keiji Kakazawa
• One-Punch Man - “One” and Yusuke Murata
• Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service - Eiji Otsuka
• Tekkon Kinkreet - Taiyo Matsumoto
• Project X Cup Noodle - Tadashi Katoh and Akira Imai

You might also like:

• Manga database - http://hidamari.moe/
• UK Anime Network

Podcast 44 - Architecture Part 2

We wrap up our rambling take on architecture in comics this time looking at city as place, and also go over some stuff we've enjoyed lately.

Not in this episode: a rambling conversation about Twix. You're welcome.

We talked about:

• The Divine - Asaf Hanuka, Tomer Hanuka, Boaz Lavie (words)
• A Thousand Days - Zac Gorman
• Fascist Friends - Erin Lux
• Tekkon Kinkreet - Taiyō Matsumoto
• The Abaddon - Koren Shadmi
• Sandman: World’s End - Neil Gaiman and all his little friends
• Nimona - Noelle Stevenson
• Munnu - Malik Sajad
• Unbeatable Squirrel Girl - Ryan North and Erica Henderson
• The Marquis of Anoan: The Isle of Brac - Fabian Vehlmann and Matthieu Bonhomme
• Island #2 - Brandon Graham et al.
• Last Man - Bastien Vivès, Michaël Sanlaville & Balak
• Hound - Paul Bolger and Barry Devlin
• Akira - Katshiro Otomo

Oh and hey, have this: