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:

Podcast 43 - Architecture

Buildings! Pretty great, huh? Personally, we all live in one. One each, this isn't like Rainbow where we all live in our pyjamas and hang out with a sexually ambiguous hippo. If only. Comics and architecture are natural allies, buildings being where stuff often happens, and comics being images of stuff happening. But there's more to it than that, and we look at some of the most interesting and informative takes on architecture in comics.

We also go into which each of our favourite metro systems are. Regular listeners will wonder what took us so long, frankly.

We apologise for the noisiness of this episode. Sometimes we just need our air really conditioned.

We read and discussed:

• Orbital - Sylvain Runberg & Serge Pelle
• Empty Zone - Jason Shawn Alexander
• Batman: Death By Design - Chip Kidd & Dave Taylor
• Saint Cole - Noah van Sciver
• Fante Bukowski - Noah van Sciver
• The Abaddon - Koren Shadmi
• Robert Moses - Christin Pierre and Oliver Balez
• The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath - I.N.J. Culbard, from H.P. Lovecraft
• Necropolis - Jake Wyatt
• Chew - Rob Guillory and John Layman
• Asterios Polyp - David Mazzucchelli
• From Hell - Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
• Sandman: World's End - Neil Gaiman et al.

See also:

• Soul of a Soulless City
• Andrew Lynch's maps of unbuilt Robert Moses Highways
• Imaginary Cities

Podcast Episode 1 - Webcomics

In our very first podcast, the gang wrestle with the thorny issue of whether webcomics are any good or not, as well as reflecting on their own ethnic homogeneity and whether Canada’s premier singer-songwriter went blind from indulging in a spot of the old crystal meth:

Legal Disclaimer: Rufus Wainwright definitely went blind from drugs. We checked on Wikipedia and at least one other place.

Our jazzy theme tune was provided by Chris Whitworth. You can find more of his music on the Music by Programmers album, which is raising funds for Bletchley Park and the National Museum of Computing.

You can now subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or via RSS.

Comics we mentioned in the show:

Phyiscal Comics:

• NextWave
• Fun Home
• Blankets
• Daytripper
• Adamtine
• Cerebus
• Wolves
• The Mire
• Demeter
• Six-Gun Gorilla
• Couriers

Webcomics:

• XKCD
• Gunnerkrigg Court
• Looking For Group
• Bad Machinery
• CTRL+ALT+DEL
• Goats (now sort of trading as Scenes from a Multiverse)
• Questionable Content
• Penny Arcade
• Something Positive
• Achewood
• Family Man
• Bite Me
• Dresden Codak
• Hark A Vagrant!
• Dicebox
• Teahouse (sporadically NSFW)
• Oglaf (Really NSFW)
• Prince of Cats
• Nimona (Which I think I referred to as Nimora)
• The Abaddon

If you've made it this far, and you feel like starting up a few new webcomics, it may be worth taking a look at Comic Rocket. It makes it easier to keep track of what you've read across multiple webcomics. Oh, and this is what yaoi is. A shorter explanation is available.