Best of the Rest, An Indie Comics Podcast, is a reflective but not pedantic look at Alternative/independent comics both current and past. Hosts Dennis Chandler and Jay Loving delve into works from publishers such as Vault, Scout, Lion Forge, Fantagraphics, Oni Press, Hard Case Crime, Drawn and Quarterly and others. The cast is for everyone, whether you’re a reader of alternative comics, want to get started or just a curious onlooker. Listen in for Dennis and Jay’s lively discussion mixed with humor (they hope) about the wide-ranging world of Independent comics. 

Dennis and Jay discuss the reopening of some local comic shops, the resuming of mail order comics and a host of other unrelated topics.

A somewhat impromptu episode recorded on a Saturday night during Covid-19 lockdown.  But it seems that new comics will return soon!

Dennis and Jay discuss Fibonacci numbers and the Golden ratio,  binding comics into hardcovers, current reading, current collecting and answer some listener questions.

Dennis and Jay discuss AI, Q-Learning, word vectors, comic reading, the status of cons, Monty Python, and the correct way to organize a comic book collection.

Dennis and Jay discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting comic shops, creators and consumers.  NOTE:  things are changing so rapidly that some of what they talk about became dated just in the time it took to edit the episode.   They also discuss their current reading.