Katie and Sally discuss their top comic picks from 2022, plus the first inaugural Reading of the Patrons and a Thick Lines/Bubbles contest announcement.

Sally’s picks: "Romantic 3-D Sci-Fi Nightmare Goes to War #2" by Brad McGinty (Glorp Gum) "Acid Nun" by Corinne Halbert (Silver Sprocket) "The Archway" by Emma Jon-Michael Frank & Patrick Kyle (self-published) "The Devil’s Grin #2" by Alex Graham (self-published) "Give My Best to Your Kind, Part One: I’m Sympathetic to Your Situation, Friend!" by Frances Cordelia Beaver (self-published) "Late Harvest" by Noel Freibert with Leomi Sadler (self-published) "Sauve-Qui-Peut Comics" by Sophie Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb & R. Crumb (David Zwirner Books) "CRIME HOT 2" by Alex Robbins (The Teenagers Company) "15 Things to Do with a Sculpture" by Shary Boyle (self-published) "Puttana Cartoonist" by Heather Loase (self-published) "Betty's First Swinger's Party" by David Sandlin (self-published) "HORSE" by Bread Tarleton (self-published)   Katie’s picks: "Rock Collector" by Becca Tobin (Silver Sprocket) "The Complete Crepax Vol. 7: Erotic Stories, Part I" by Guido Crepax (Fantagraphics) "Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 2" by Kazuo Umezz (VIZ) "Crickets #7" by Sammy Harkham (Commonwealth Comics Co. & Secret Headquarters) "Meddle #1" by Marc Wagner (Strangers Fanzine) "Love and Rockets Vol. IV #12" by Gilbert Hernandez & Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics) "How Jarred Kelenic Got His Groove Back" by Gina Wynbrandt (Bubbles #15)   Mutual picks: "Fondant #2 & #3" - J. Webster Sharp (self-published) Honorable mention from 2020: "Pinky and Pepper Forever" by Eddy Atoms (Silver Sprocket) Become a Thick Lines patron by January 31 to enter to win a 3-issue subscription to Bubbles Zine: patreon.com/thicklinespod Join Sally in conversation with Tommi Parrish on Saturday, January 21 at Partners and Son: partnersandson.com Read the Best of 2022 on The Comics Journal: tcj.com/the-best-comics-of-2022 Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod. Happy New Year!