We’re back with a new “season” of Comics Are Great! recorded live out of the Ann Arbor District Library Netcast Studio! And to kick it off, we’re starting with a discussion of the wild and varied landscape of comics by talking about some of our favorite books. Whatever your tastes, there’s a comic out there just waiting for you to fall in love with it.

I’m joined by Stephanie Mannheim, Gale Williams, and Eli Neiburger, who share some of their favorite comics and use music and movie metaphors to explain who these comics are made for.

Links mentioned in this episode (thanks to Eric Klooster for collecting them!):

* Vault of Midnight

* Peter Bagge

* Robert Crumb

* Tex Avery

* Basil Wolverton

* Charles Burns

* The Ramones

* Kevin Smith

* The Future (film)

* Juno (film)

* Magical Girls

* T-Rex (band)

* Andrew Bird

* Garden State

* Memento

* Van Halen

* John Williams

* Michael Bay

* Smallville

* Superbad

* The new Ultimate Spider-Man

Comics Recommendations:

* Buddy Does Seattle

* The Bradleys

* Dr. Slump

* The Fate of the Artist

* From Hell

* Eddie Campbell’s Bacchus

* 20th Century Boys

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