Comic Books Are Burning In Hell

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!

Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch couldn't find any comics, so they went to the movies! What movie, you ask? Why THE NEON DEMON of course!

On this episode of Comic Books Are Burning In Hell, Joe McCulloch and Matt Seneca get together to talk about Tim Hensley's 2016 comic Sir Alfred, the final publication of Alvin Buenaventura's Pigeon Press. NOTE: difficulties with recording make this episode hard to hear at times, and for that we apologize. 

COMMUNITY. That's our message this week. MATT SENECA visits TCAF and reports on the scene.  JOE MCCULLOCH buys a stack of 1997 Avatar Press comics and gazes across the tides of history. CHRIS MAUTNER reads a Junji Ito's Fragments of Horror and ponders the nature of art and authorship. COMMUNITY. I don't need to explain this metaphor. TOGETHER WE CANNOT BE BROKEN.  Please consult the comments for f...

On this episode, Joe, Tucker, Matt and Chris debate the latest graphic novel from Daniel Clowes, Patience. Recently published by Fantagraphics, it's a pretty big deal.

On this episode, Tucker, Sean, Matt and Joe take on the Seneca Challenge: Barry Windsor Smith, Roy Thomas and Conan! Subjects include: Conan: Red Nails Egon Schiele Miracleman: The Golden Age Mercury Rising, Kiefer Sutherland's career and Mark Hamill's choices  

On this episode of the podcast, Matt, Joe and Tucker sit down to talk about the following topics! Drive by shitting on Garth Ennis collaborators Unearthing by Alan Moore Hercules, starring the Rock Axel Pressbutton from Eclipse Comics and Steve Moore Puke Force, If N Oof, Ninja, Battlestack Galacticrap, Maggots by Brian Chippendale Tim O’Neil’s review of Puke Force The Incredible Hulk: What's the...

New Comics? You know who cares about new comics? Losers, that’s who. Which is why this week Matt, Joe and Chris pulled some old comics out of their longboxes to talk about — old, obscure comics you probably haven’t heard of before. ‘Cause you’re so uncool. I wish i was dead all the time

On this special, no-Joe episode, Tucker, Matt and Chris sit down and hammer out the books that caught ahold of them in the middle of a tumultuous year. The books discussed in this episode are all deserving of some attention: The Story of My Tits, by Jennifer Hayden Band For Life, by Anya Davidson The Terror Assaulter: One Man War On Terror, by Benjamin Marra Demon, by Jason Shiga Blubber, by Gilbe...

The wrecking crew (Joseph McCulloch, Matthew Seneca and Christopher Mautner) does battle with two titans of the past, both of whom have returned to the killing floor: Alan "Revenge of the Overfiend Moore" and Frank "Does A Body Good" Miller! Don't miss this battle royale!

On this episode of Comic Books Are Burning In Hell, Chris, Joe and Tucker are joined by Tim Hodler, editor of the Comics Journal, to discuss Comics Arts Brooklyn, which they all attended in some capacity.

Tom Spurgeon – The Narrator Chris Mautner – The Recorder Joe McCulloch – A Peeping Tom   –   AND FEATURING, IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE...   –   Various works by Wallace Wood (ex. “Cannon”, “Malice in Wonderland”, “Pipsqueak Papers”)   Various works by Frank Thorne (ex. “LANN”, “The Iron Devil”, “The Complete Ghita”)   “Birdland” by Gilbert Hernandez   Various works by Don Simpson ('Anton Drek') (ex. “...

Chris Mautner, Joe McCulloch and a special guest sit down to talk about Bethesda's own SPX Festival. Matt and Tucker didn't go so they aren't here yakking about it. What books did they buy? What did they miss? What did the younger generation have to say?

On this episode, Joe, Chris and Tucker get together to recap the last few months of comics they have read (which is less than you would think). Alan Moore, Garth Ennis and AVATAR are all brought to the table. YES MA'AM.

In this morsel of a pickle, Chris Mautner and Joe McCulloch sit down to gab about Blubber , the latest (greatest) release from Gilbert Hernandez and Fantagraphics Books, alongside Optic Nerve #14  by Adrian Tomine, a blistering piece of work. Two of the best single issues you'll see this year, being talked about by a couple of crackerjacks. Check 'em out!

The whole team sits down to talk about Sammy Harkham's Crickets--the fourth issue, specifically. That's Joe McCulloch, Chris Mautner, Tucker Stone and Matt Seneca on the same podcast. Drink in the noise!

On this episode, Chris Mautner and Joe McCulloch discuss contemporary manga that Joe picked up on his way to MoCCA, which he attended with Chris Mautner. Good times? Good times indeed.

On this episode, Joe McCulloch, Chris Mautner and Tucker Stone dedicate themselves to speaking to one another about the recently deceased Yoshihiro Tatsumi--why they like him, what others thought of him, and the nature of studying the history of another culture's art form when you don't know the language of that culture. The books talked about on this episode are published for the most part by Dra...

On this extra long episode, the boys go old school and talk exclusively about a book that none of them liked: The Sculptor.

On this episode, you can hear the boys discuss the following NEW comics available for purchase now at your friendly comic book store. Multiversity Nameless Stray Bullets Rat God Casanova