72 - Best of 2022

Published: Jan. 9, 2023, 6:56 p.m.

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Katie and Sally discuss their top comic picks from 2022, plus the first inaugural Reading of the Patrons and a Thick Lines/Bubbles contest announcement.

Sally\\u2019s picks:
"Romantic 3-D Sci-Fi Nightmare Goes to War #2" by Brad McGinty (Glorp Gum)
"Acid Nun" by Corinne Halbert (Silver Sprocket)
"The Archway" by Emma Jon-Michael Frank & Patrick Kyle (self-published)
"The Devil\\u2019s Grin #2" by Alex Graham (self-published)
"Give My Best to Your Kind, Part One: I\\u2019m Sympathetic to Your Situation, Friend!" by Frances Cordelia Beaver (self-published)
"Late Harvest" by Noel Freibert with Leomi Sadler (self-published)
"Sauve-Qui-Peut Comics" by Sophie Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb & R. Crumb (David Zwirner Books)
"CRIME HOT 2" by Alex Robbins (The Teenagers Company)
"15 Things to Do with a Sculpture" by Shary Boyle (self-published)
"Puttana Cartoonist" by Heather Loase (self-published)
"Betty\'s First Swinger\'s Party" by David Sandlin (self-published)
"HORSE" by Bread Tarleton (self-published)
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Katie\\u2019s picks:
"Rock Collector" by Becca Tobin (Silver Sprocket)
"The Complete Crepax Vol. 7: Erotic Stories, Part I" by Guido Crepax (Fantagraphics)
"Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 2" by Kazuo Umezz (VIZ)
"Crickets #7" by Sammy Harkham (Commonwealth Comics Co. & Secret Headquarters)
"Meddle #1" by Marc Wagner (Strangers Fanzine)
"Love and Rockets Vol. IV #12" by Gilbert Hernandez & Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
"How Jarred Kelenic Got His Groove Back" by Gina Wynbrandt (Bubbles #15)
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Mutual picks:
"Fondant #2 & #3" - J. Webster Sharp (self-published)
Honorable mention from 2020: "Pinky and Pepper Forever" by Eddy Atoms (Silver Sprocket)

Become a Thick Lines patron by January 31 to enter to win a 3-issue subscription to Bubbles Zine: patreon.com/thicklinespod

Join Sally in conversation with Tommi Parrish on Saturday, January 21 at Partners and Son: partnersandson.com

Read the Best of 2022 on The Comics Journal: tcj.com/the-best-comics-of-2022

Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Happy New Year!
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