On this very special episode, Matt Seneca, Tucker Stone & Chris Mautner talk about the latest issue of Sammy Harkham's tremendous Crickets series up until Matt turns back the pages for a look at the Mike Zeck classic of old, Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt!

IT'S THE SEASON PREMIERE OF COMIC BOOKS ARE BURNING IN HELL!! A mysterious doppelgänger of Chris Mautner terrorizes America's $10-and-under blu-ray shelves while Alan Moore aims to destroy the world... again! Will the boys solve the mystery of "Gouffre", the book that doesn't exist?! THE CONCLUSION TO "PROVIDENCE"! FRENCH ART COMICS! A FAKE DOCTOR STRANGE! Can you believe this shit is free? I feel glad whenever it comes out. What a precious gift to our world.

It's a podcast crossover as Trash Twins co-host Katie Skelly shows up to talk about Moyoco Anno's Insufficient Direction. Then Joe and Chris talk about Dominique Goblet's Pretending Is Lying. It's a short episode but we actually got decent audio recording equipment for once. Don't expect that to ever happen again.

Three boys, one toy: JIRO JIRO JIRO. I don't care about some sushi movie, for me, there is only one Jiro: His name is Taniguchi. Come and dive into a lurid pool of love for a gentle soul who knew his way around a famous gunshot. Joe, Chris and Tucker talk about their affection for one of Japan's heartiest souls.

The title says it all: these are the best comics of 2016, courtesy of Matt Seneca, Chris Mautner and Joe McCulloch. Tucker is here too, but he refused to do a best of thing.

Well, not completely.

Hey there pardners. Saddle up and join us at the saloon for a rootin, tootin' … OK, enough of that. In this episode Joe McCulloch, Matt Seneca and Chris Mautner are talking about Western comics, with a lengthy discussion of Garrett Price's White Boy. Yee-haw. Or some such exclamation.

Every year, a festival takes place in Brooklyn, and every year, Joe comes out to visit Tucker and go through his rituals. This time around, Joe and Tucker are joined by Tim Hodler to recap:

• CAB
• NINTENDO
• OPERA
• MANGA
• TRANSIT
• COMICS

Chris and Joe went to second annual CXC festival in Columbus, Ohio, and decided to record a podcast about their trip on the car ride home. That's a great idea, right? In between they talk about Winsor McCay, Charles Burns, Garry Trudeau and just how cool that Billy Ireland museum is (it's pretty cool).

There's a new comics publisher in town (any town, just pick one), New York Review of Comics. In this episode, Joe McCulloch and Chris Mautner examine two of their latest offerings, Peplum by Blutch and a new edition of Pushwagner's Soft City. Merriment is had Fun fact: I hate writing blurbs.

On this episode, Chris, Tucker and Joe talk about what might be the worst Garth Ennis comic ever made, one that is fine, and the history of Queen Emeraldas. Get in where you fit in, young demon!