Bonus Episode: Best Indie & Small Press Comics of 2022 with Emily Mehr & Ryan Carey

Emily Mehr and Ryan Carey- directors of the Insert Name Comic and Zine Mini-Fest in Minneapolis, MN- join Tad to discuss the best Independent and Small Press releases of 2022. Lily & Generoso (creators of Vessel & Inversion) contribute a list as well.

Lily & Generoso

• Five Perennial Virtues #12 by David Tea

• Future #9 by Tommi Musturi

• Jaywalk #1 edited by Floyd Tangeman (favorites are "Null Battery" by Angela Fanche and "The Unknown" by Wyatt Warren)

• Meskin and Umezo by Austin English

• Metax by Antoine Cossé

• Mr. Lightbulb by Wojtek Wawszczyk

• Om by Andy Barron

• Passages by Martha Verschaffel

• Reptile House #10 edited by Nick Bunch (favorites are "She Is Mine" by Tia Roxae and "Taco Meat" by Mechanical Pencil Girl)

Emily Mehr

• Bat #497, Ryan Alves, @alvestagram

• TIme Zone J, Julie Doucet

• Klaus Nomi: A Graphic Biography & Collaborative Anthology, Liz Yerby

• Rust Belt Review #4, Sean Knickerbocker

• Santos Sisters #2, Greg & Fake, Floating World Comics

• TV Grime vol. 1, Luke Geddes

• The Audra Show No. 6, Audra Stang

• Bad Hands, Ness Ilene Garza

• Ohio is For Sale, Jon Allen

Ryan Carey

1. Time Zone J, Julie Doucet, D&Q 

2. Fondant, J. Webster Sharp, self-published 

3. The Devil's Grin, Alex Graham, self-published - serialized on her substack 

4. Meskin + Umezo, Austin English, Domino 

5. Headland, Kate Schneider, Fantagraphics

6. Vessel, Lily and Generoso, Domino 

7. Keeping Two, Jordan Crane, Fantagraphics 

8. Corona Bible, Pier Dola, Fantagraphics 

9. Men I Trust, Tommi Parrish, Fantagraphics 

Where to Shop (from Lily & Generoso):

• Bizarro Wuxtry - Athens, GA

• Books With Pictures - Portland, OR

• Copacetic Comics Company - Pittsburgh, PA

• Desert Island - Brooklyn, NY

• Domino Books - Online

• Gutter Pop Comics - Buffalo, NY

• Howling Pages - Chicago, IL

• Hub Comics - Somerville, MA

• Lion's Tooth - Milwaukee, WI

• Million Year Picnic - Cambridge, MA

• Partners and Son - Philadelphia, PA

• Pure Folly Books - Hudson, NY

• Radiator Comics - Online

• Silver Sprocket - San Francisco, CA

• The Beguiling - Toronto, ON

• Wakeup Comics - Nashville, TN