In no particular order and not terribly exhaustive…
The Abominable Charles Christopher by Karl Kerschl
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
Barbarous by Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh
Crow Time by Isa & Meg)
Delilah Dirk by Tony Cliff
Foxes in Love by Toivo Kaartinen
Flavor Girls by Loic Locatelli
Head Lopper by Andrew MacLean
Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
Saga by Fiona Staples & Brian K. Vaughan
Watson’s Sketchbook by Lee Knox Ostertag
The Sacrificers by Rick Remender and Max Fiumara
Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai
Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
Bone by Jeff Smith
Catwoman Lonely City by Cliff Chiang
Coda by Simon Spurrier and Matias Bergara – an acid-trip, candy-colored sci-fi fantasy romp with the bard/thief Hum and his warrior wife Serka. It’s always so weird and so good.
Devil’s Candy by Ren and Bikkuri
Elektra Assassin by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz
Finder by Carla Speed McNeil
Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
Hooky by Míriam Bonastre Tur
Hellboy by Mike Mignola (and others)
Kaijumax by Zander Cannon
Love and Rockets by Los Bros Hernandez
Maus by Art Spiegelman
No Mercy (Alex DeCampi and Carla Speed McNeil)
Paper Girls (Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang)
Snotgirl (Bryan Lee O’Malley and Leslie Hung)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since the days of Eastman and Laird. My favorite storyline is the first City at War story arc from the late 90s.
The Autumnlands (Kurt Busiek and Benjamin Dewey)
The Hunger and the Dusk (G. Willow Wilson and Chris Wildgoose)
The Moon is Following Us (Daniel Warren Johnson and Riley Rossmo)
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Ryan North and Erica Henderson)
Vattu (Evan Dahm)
Wolverine was the first comic book I became obsessed with as a new reader. I loved John Buscemi’s artwork in the early issues, Marc Silvestri’s run with Jubilee, and Mark Texeira’s gorgeous painterly inks. I also loved Barry Windsor Smith’s Weapon X. Snikt4ever.
Kate Beaton (Hark A Vagrant, You See Me Rollin, Pops, Ducks)
Tony Cliff (Bubble, Delilah Dirk)
Becky Cloonan
Gurihiru (Ms. Marvel, It’s Jeff, Double Trouble, The Princess Who Saved Herself)
Nathan Hale (the best historical comics of possibly all time)
Dustin Harbin
Faith Erin Hicks
Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Beta Ray Bill, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, Do A Powerbomb!…)
Lucy Knisley
Frank Miller (Elektra Lives Again, Ronin, Sin City, The Dark Knight Returns)
Paul Pope (THB, Escapo, The One Trick Rip-Off, Heavy Liquid, 100%, Batman: Year 100)
Erin Roseberry (Basilisk, The Maker of Grave Goods…)
Ben Sears
Raina Telgemaier
Craig Thompson (Blankets, Habibi, Ginseng Roots…)
Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother, Beasts of Burden…)
Adam Warren (Dirty Pair, Gen13, Empowered…)
I’m currently working my way through Lucy Foley’s mystery novels (The Guest List, The Paris Apartment, The Midnight Feast…)
Ray Bradbury is my all-time favorite author. Dandelion Wine might be my favorite book of his but I love them all so much.
Lynda Barry’s Cruddy is probably my second favorite book and her 100 Hundred Demons is pretty fantastic too.
Alex R. White’s Salvagers Trilogy
The Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Series, especially Thud! and Going Postal
The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
Things the Grandchildren Should Know by Mark Everett Oliver
The Once and Future King, The Book of Merlyn by T.H. White
Flamecraft Duels – a quick, two player game of pattern matching. My favorite packaging/board design of all time.
Flamecraft – fantastic, deep gameplay for all ages (easy enough for kids, complex enough for experienced players) and adorable dragons by Sandara Tang, one of my favorite artists.
Magic the Gathering. Bloomburrow hits me just right – cute animals, wielding ridiculous weapons and powers aw yiss
Munchkin Adventure Time – my all-time favorite flavor of Munchkin
The Small World series of games, especially Underground and the Necromancer’s Island expansion
Wyrmspan – great art and great game mechanics
Deru (Switch)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Switch)
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime – quite possibly the best couch coop game I’ve ever played. (Switch)
Pikuniku (Switch)
Ultimate Sheep Raccoon and Ultimate Chicken Horse (Switch)
Xenogears (Playstation), Xenosaga & Xenoblade series (Switch)
My favorite movie of all-time ia tie between The Iron Giant and Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. I LOVE animated films, especially when they are not typical 3D.
My favorite movies of 2025 are Dust Bunny, Fackham Hall, Predator: Badlands, Wake Up, Dead Man, A Real Pain, Rental Family, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Mickey 17, Death of a Unicorn, Materialists, Freaky Tales, The Life of Chuck, and Good Fortune.
– Miller & Lord’s Spiderverse movies – can’t wait for the 3rd one!
– Tarsem Singh’s The Fall and The Cell.
– Loads of Coen Brothers films (Burn After Reading, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, True Grit, Hail Caesar!)
– Tarantino’s Jackie Brown and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
– Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs, Moonrise Kingdom, The Royal Tenenbaums, Asteroid City
– Robot Dreams
– Wall-E, of course
– Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
– Everything Everywhere All At Once
– Wong Kar Wai’s 2046, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express
– Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, Ghost Dog,
– Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes films
– The Black Stallion – a masterclass on how to tell a story with perfect camera work and minimal dialogue
– Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves – if you haven’t seen it, you should. The only thing this movie lacks is a sequel.
– The Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy – there’s a moment in Vol 3 that will hit your heart so hard, you will remember what it is like to really love something
– Whip It – a coming of age story plus roller derby and an amazing soundtrack
– The Triplets of Belleville
– Anything by Satoshi Kon (Millenium Actress, Perfect Blue, Paprika and my favorite Tokyo Godfathers)
-Japanese animation: Cowboy Bebop, Tekkonkinkreet, Voices of a Distant Star (and pretty much anything by Makoto Shinkai), Spriggan, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Mononoke, Metropolis, Memories …
My musical heart will forever belong to my favorite turntablists (Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow, Kid Koala, Dan the Automator, DJ Rap) but I work mostly to film, tv and game soundtracks. Current rotation includes:
– Johannes Bornlof – moody, achingly beautiful instrumental music
– Black Honey –
– The Pillows. Famous for the FLCL soundtracks, which are great. All of their other music is pretty great too.
– The Umbrella Academy seasons 1-4 complete playlist
– Yasunori Mitsuda’s brilliant soundtracks for Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears and more.
– Yoko Kanno – composer of Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Vision of Escaflowne, Arjuna and more…
– Whip It soundtrack
– Woodkid
– Scores from Into the Spiderverse, Guardians of the Galaxy and pretty much any Tarantino film
– Keith Mansfield
– Songs You Know but Can’t Identify – Spotify playlist full of catchy screen music