Comic Sans

start_// While scavenging for spare parts, cartoonist Sloane Leong rescues the head of a cyborg named Yan from the scrap heap. After some repairs, she connects it to a Non-Autonomous Torso ("N.A.T."), creating something greater than the sum of its parts — a comics podcast! Together, they read "Battle Angel Alita" by Yukito Kishiro. What follows is the recording of their conversation. //_end
The conversation with Sloane Leong continues in the Comic Sans Aftershow, our Patreon-exclusive podcast where Yan and Nat chat in depth with guests on their work and creative practice. Become a Friend of Comic Sans today!
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In this episode, Yan and Nat read Chapters 4–7.
Show notes and bibliography coming soon!
Hear an interesting ad? Learn more about our advertisers here.
If you enjoyed the show, consider supporting us on Patreon! You'll get access to the exclusive Comic Sans Aftershow, ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.
Tag us @comicsanspod on Instagram and Bluesky — we'd love to hear from you!
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00:00 - Welcome to the show, Sloane!
04:35 - Introducing "Battle Angel Alita"
10:13 - Yan and Nat's Five Words
11:22 - Yan's Recap of Chapters 4–7
12:59 - Discussion
48:23 - Nat's Final Questions
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Sloane Leong is a cartoonist, writer, and illustrator of mixed indigenous ancestry. Through her work, she engages with visceral futurities and fantasies through a radical, kaleidoscopic lens. Sloane is co-founder of Cartoonists United (f.k.a. the Cartoonist Cooperative), an organization dedicated to improving the working conditions and defending labor rights of cartoonists around the world so they can develop a sustainable creative practice.
Buy Sloane's Eisner- and Ignatz-nominated graphic novel "A Map to the Sun" from First Second Books. Subscribe to their blog or follow them on Instagram and Bluesky.
Comic Sans is an Andas Productions podcast hosted by Myle Yan Tay and Nathaniel Mah, produced by Scott Lee Chua and Roshan Singh Sambhi. Edited by Maddy Searle (audio) and Kit Ling Leong (video). Cover art by Isabel Fang. Motion graphics animation by Knikni Studio (Maryana Rudakova).
And a huge thank you to the members of our Patreon Inner Circle: Eugene Choo, Melody Lau, and Smith Chua — your support makes this show possible!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Batter up! Comics critic Tiffany Babb barnstorms onto the Comic Sans diamond, wielding "The Golem's Mighty Swing" by James Sturm. As ruthless pitcher Nat takes the mound, one question is on Yan's mind: can Tiffany finally break the streak? Can she bring Nat a sports comic he can truly love? Don't turn off your radios, folks — the future of Comic Sans hangs in the balance!
The conversation with Tiffany continues in the Comic Sans Aftershow, our Patreon-exclusive podcast where Yan and Nat chat in depth with guests on their work and creative practice. Become a Friend of Comic Sans today!
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In this episode, Yan and Nat read the entire graphic novel.
Show notes and bibliography available here.
Hear an interesting ad? Learn more about our advertisers here.
Tag us @comicsanspod on Instagram and Bluesky — we'd love to hear from you!
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00:00 - Welcome to the show, Tiffany!
05:36 - Introducing "The Golem's Mighty Swing"
07:59 - Yan and Nat's Five Words
13:00 - Discussion
46:51 - Nat's Final Questions
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Tiffany Babb writes and edits articles about comics, baseball, movies, and pop culture. She is the editor of the comics criticism journal The Comics Courier and baseball website The Fan Files. She was previously deputy editor at Popverse and co-editor of PanelxPanel. Tiffany is also the author of the diary webcomic "All About Me", as well as the poetry collection "A List of Things I've Lost."
Follow Tiffany on Bluesky and Kickstarter to be notified when new issues of The Comics Courier are in the works!
Comic Sans is an Andas Productions podcast hosted by Myle Yan Tay and Nathaniel Mah, produced by Scott Lee Chua and Roshan Singh Sambhi. Edited by Maddy Searle (audio) and Kit Ling Leong (video). Cover art by Isabel Fang. Motion graphics animation by Knikni Studio (Maryana Rudakova).
And a huge thank you to the members of our Patreon Inner Circle: Eugene Choo, Melody Lau, and Smith Chua — your support makes this show possible!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ring in the new year with Comic Sans by… opening Instagram?! At the stroke of midnight, Yan slides into Nat's DMs to share the poetry comics of Jordan Bolton (IG: @jordanboltondesign). Still a little bubbly from all the champagne, our hosts discuss photo dumps and page turns, carousels and caesuras, and the many ways that comics connect us across time and space.
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Swipe through all the comics Nat read for this episode!
Show notes and bibliography available here.
Hear an interesting ad? Learn more about our advertisers here.
If you enjoyed the show, consider supporting us on Patreon! You'll get access to the exclusive Comic Sans Aftershow, ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.
Tag us @comicsanspod on Instagram and Bluesky — we'd love to hear from you!
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00:00 - Preamble
03:28 - The world of comics on Instagram
09:04 - Introducing @jordanboltondesign
14:01 - Nat's Three Words
17:04 - Discussion — To the Substitute Art Teacher
26:29 - Discussion — Range Life
33:31 - Discussion — Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car
39:48 - Discussion — To the People I Pass on the Train at Night
46:56 - Discussion — Cinnamon Bun
52:30 - Yan's Final Questions
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Comic Sans is an Andas Productions podcast hosted by Myle Yan Tay and Nathaniel Mah, produced by Scott Lee Chua and Roshan Singh Sambhi. Edited by Maddy Searle (audio) and Kit Ling Leong (video). Cover art by Isabel Fang. Motion graphics animation by Knikni Studio (Maryana Rudakova).
And a huge thank you to the members of our Patreon Inner Circle: Eugene Choo, Melody Lau, and Smith Chua — your support makes this show possible!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this audio preview of our Patreon-exclusive aftershow, Nat leads a quickfire discussion on "McNab" by Adele Pound, one of the six other comics we bought from LDComics Online Fair, but which didn't make the main episode.
Aside from quickfire reviews, Yan and Nat also recorded themselves doing their online comic shopping and talking through their trains of thought. Unlike the physical artist alley, digital comic fairs are a relatively new channel of commerce, and this episode offers a fascinating view into how potential buyers browse and make selections.
So whether you're a comic artist who participates in these fairs, or a fair organizer yourself, we think you'll take away something valuable from this episode.
Head over to Patreon and become a Friend of Comic Sans today!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Yan and Nat take a stroll down the virtual artists' alley at the LDComics Online Fair! Armed with a whopping £17 each, they fill up their shopping carts with comics that catch their fancy, and discuss two of them on air: "So That's THAT Story: Conversations with Mom" by Tenli Yavneh, and "The Last Letter" by Kai Dylan.
The inaugural LDComics Online Fair ran from July 1 to 31, 2025.
But wait! The conversation continues on the Comic Sans Aftershow, where Yan and Nat discuss the rest of their shopping hauls, with quickfire reviews of the six other comics they bought in preparation for this episode. Become a Friend of Comic Sans today!
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Show notes and bibliography available here.
Hear an interesting ad? Learn more about our advertisers here.
If you enjoyed the show, consider supporting us on Patreon! You'll get access to the exclusive Comic Sans Aftershow, ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.
Tag us @comicsanspod on Instagram and Bluesky — we'd love to hear from you!
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00:00 - Preamble
03:18 - The World of Digital Comic Fairs
09:44 - Introducing the LDComics Online Fair
13:40 - Yan and Nat Exchange Comics
16:44 - Discussion — So That's THAT Story by Tenli Yavneh
28:07 - Discussion — The Last Letter by Kai Dylan
38:46 - Yan's Final Questions
42:38 - Up Next on Comic Sans
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Comic Sans is an Andas Productions podcast hosted by Myle Yan Tay and Nathaniel Mah, produced by Scott Lee Chua and Roshan Singh Sambhi. Edited by Maddy Searle (audio) and Kit Ling Leong (video). Cover art by Isabel Fang. Motion graphics animation by Knikni Studio (Maryana Rudakova).
And a huge thank you to the members of our Patreon Inner Circle: Eugene Choo, Melody Lau, and Smith Chua — your support makes this show possible!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.