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

Podcast Episode 35: Indie Comics Roundup (Sort Of)

This week is a roundup of indie comics - coincidentally about 90% of what we were reading anyway. Think of us as Newsnight Review for comics, if Bonnie Greer was shitfaced and Tom Paulin had figured out how to hide his obvious depression behind overlong foul-mouthed tirades. What's that? You already do? Excellent! Let's crack on.

We read:

• Descender - Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen
• The Fade Out - Ed Brubaker & Sean Philips
• Satellite Sam - Matt Fraction & Howard Chaykin
• I am Fire - Rachel Smith
• The Red Road - Rozi Hathaway
• Roller Girl - Victoria Jamieson
• I don’t Like My Hair Neat - Julia Scheele
• Solo - Hope Larson
• El Deafo - Cece Bell
• Giant Days - John Allison & Lissa Treiman
• Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen - Dylan Horrocks
• Howard The Duck - Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones
• Nemo: River of Ghosts - Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill

This episode is sponsored by cold medicine, cheese curds, and NIGHTMARE FOREST CIRCUSES.