Amanda Meadows

I’d like the next…

Comics and humor for Adults like my Andrews McMeel faves…

• Lavender Clouds by Bex Ollerton
• #VeryFat #VeryBrave by Nicole Byer
• Well, This Is Me by Asher Perlman
• How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending by Reductress
• Fangs by Sarah Anderson
• Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis
• Jokes to Offend Men by Allison Kelley, Danielle Kraese, Kate Herzlin, Ysabel Yates
• Women Don’t Owe You Pretty by Florence Given
• A Haunted Road Atlas by Christine Schafer and Em Schulz

My favorites include…

Books
Recent faves from my personal TBR pile…

• Graphic Novels with unique styles and something to say like Punk-Rock Karaoke, Blackward, The Chromatic Fantasy, The High Desert, Cook Like Your Ancestors, A Girl Called Echo, Enlightened Transsexual Comix, Bitter Root, Wash Day Diaries, Delicious in Dungeon manga series
• Astute and obsessive pop-culture writing like The Ringmaster, The Motherlode, Comedy Book, Carefree Black Girls, Cultish
• Deep dives into big topics with wild origins like Raw Dog, Paved Paradise, Palo Alto, Debt: the Last 5,000 Years, Post-Colonial Astrology, Heath Communism, 
• Nature writing that breaks cultural and scientific barriers like Braiding Sweetgrass and The Light Eaters
• Black ehhthang: All the Black Girls Are Activists, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, The Nap Ministry Manifesto, adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy series, and Liner Notes for the Revolution
• Embodiment and liberation-focused self-help like The Feminist Killjoy Handbook, The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control, How to Do Nothing

TV

• DROPOUT devotee! Faves are Very Important People, Smarty Pants, Game Changer, and Um Actually
• Patiently waiting for new X-Men ’97 
• AEW, where the best wrestle (esp. Willow Nightingale and Orange Cassidy)
• Regularly rewatching I Think You Should Leave and Detroiters
• I’ll carry torches for South Side and Bust Down for the rest of my days
• Reality TV relevant to my interests like Antiques Roadshow, Finding Your Roots, Crime Scene Kitchen (RIP), Lego Masters, and Pottery Throw Down

Movies
Recent faves: SINNERS!!! No Other Choice, Death Stalker, Superman (2025), One of Them Days, Bottoms, Frankie Freako, Seeking Mavis Beacon, Pee-Wee As Himself, Companion, Evil Does Not Exist. We watch a ton of B movies and underground oddities. Current fascination: Homoti, an underground queer take on E.T. from ’80s Turkey. 

Podcasts 
Been tuned-in since ’05 Maximum Fun. Now: 404 Media, My Favorite Lyrics, Scam Goddess, The Read, Normal Gossip, My Momma Told Me, There Are No Girls on the Internet, The Stacks, Ologies, Gender Reveal, Articles of Interest, Code Switch, Couples Therapy, Decoder Ring, ICYMI, Minorities in Publishing, Comedy Bang Bang, 5-4, Why Won’t You Date Me?, every Jamie Loftus pod, Tights & Fights, For the Wild, Black People Love Paramore, the list goes on. 

Music
The intersection of dyer heartbreak and giddy punchlines. Rap women are at the top of my On Repeat. I live for Megan Thee Stallion, Doechii, and Tierra Whack! Plus, power pop like Hemlocke Springs, The New Pornogaphers, and Chappell Roan; elevator soul and city pop like Ginger Root and Perfume; indie R&B/soul like Solange and Tanerelle; electronic groove like Kaytranada; tons of instrumental music via Flow State. I’ll always be a sucker for singer-songwriters like Fiona Apple and Mitski.

Newsletters
All kinds! Garbage Day, Sequential Arts Workshop, Toon Stack, Mental HELLth, Hung Up, Diary of a Sad Black Girl, Memoir Monday, and Equip Story (by my spouse Geoffrey Golden!)