I just re-listened to this panel (courtesy of the Comics Journal) on the Best American Comics Criticism book (a collection of comics criticism from 2000 to 2008 edited by Ben Schwartz and published by Fantagraphics) for the second or third time since it was first posted. While everyone on the panel has intelligent things to say about comics criticism and the comics medium in general, for my money the star of the show is cartoonist Sammy Harkham. I certainly don’t agree with everything Sammy says, but his passionate comments are easily the most insightful and thought-provoking, and solicit the most interesting responses from the other panelists. You should definitely give it a listen – hearing Sammy talk about how much he thinks Blankets and Asterios Polyp suck is worth the price of admission alone.