Deshawn’s 2021 Recollection
As a playful response to Frank’s New Year’s Resolution, here’s a recollection of all the stuff I consumed this year. It’s separated into categories, and no ratings on my end admittedly. Though it’s a helpful tool, I’ve veered away from numbered ratings more and more over the years, as sometimes your feelings on art are a little more complicated than a quantifiable metric. As far as my resolution is concerned, I think I’d like to read more comics this year. That and just work on my art a little more, including a project related to the podcast. Here’s to the future.
Gaming
I’ve mentioned on the podcast a few times that I haven’t put as much time into gaming this past year as I usually do, given that a lot of my free time for it has gone into writing projects. That being said, I did finish a few titles.
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
- No More Heroes
- Untitled Goose Game
- Portal
- Portal 2
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Super Mario Sunshine
- Rock of Ages
- Rock of Ages II: Bigger & Boulder
- Limbo
- Shadow of the Colossus (2018)
- Halo: Combat Evolved – Anniversary
- Halo 2 – Anniversary
- New Pokémon Snap
- Sonic Forces
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
- Ninja Five-O
- Golf With Your Friends
- Phasmophobia
- Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island [DLC]
- Road Bustle
- Donut County
- The Forest
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Metroid Dread
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Halo 3
- Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
- Streets of Rage 2
- The Witness
Movies
I watched plenty of movies this year, including rewatches for stuff I haven’t seen in a while which I’ve still counted. I haven’t made multiple spots for each, though. For example, I’ve seen Last Night in Soho four times, but have only counted it once. A fair few of these I’ve watched as part of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, as I grew up a MonsterVision fan and have been really utilizing my Shudder account. Given how much I missed going to the movies last year, I feel like I went out of my way to make up for it throughout 2021, including making sure I wasn’t just going to see tentpoles or larger IPs.
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
- Tammy and the T-Rex
- The Love Witch
- The Little Things
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Coming 2 America
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Aquaman
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League
- Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
- King Kong (1933)
- The Son of Kong
- King Kong vs Godzilla
- King Kong Escapes
- King Kong (1976)
- Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl*
- Future Shock: The Story of 2000 AD
- King Kong Lives
- King Kong (2005)
- Kong: Skull Island
- Godzilla vs. Kong
- The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
- Flight
- The Fog
- Straight Outta Compton
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train
- The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
- Victor Crowley
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II
- Hell Comes to Frogtown
- Yesterday
- Unhinged
- Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
- In Search of Darkness: Part II
- Ginger Snaps
- Prom Night
- Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2
- Batman (1989)
- The Exorcist III
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- Mandy
- Friday
- Maniac Cop
- Maniac Cop 2
- Scare Package
- Hogzilla
- Army of the Dead
- Mother’s Day
- Creepshow
- A Silent Voice
- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
- Audition
- Train to Busan
- Star Trek Beyond
- Bride of Re-Animator
- Dead Heat
- Seduced and Betrayed
- Bloodsucking Freaks
- Brain Damage
- A Quiet Place Part II
- The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
- Humanoids from the Deep
- The Sparks Brothers
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines
- Spotlight
- Alien
- Aliens from the Deep
- The Stuff
- Piranha
- Piranha II: The Spawning
- The Abyss
- Ghosts of the Abyss
- There Will Be Blood
- The Stuff
- Basket Case
- Margot at the Wedding
- Black Widow
- Grizzly Man
- Moneyball
- The Green Knight
- The Suicide Squad
- Shirobako: The Movie
- Suicide Squad
- Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emacipation of One Harley Quinn
- Snowpiercer
- Coda
- Val
- The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
- Candyman
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Aliens
- C.H.U.D.
- Doctor Sleep
- Cat People (1982)
- Sleepaway Camp
- Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
- No Time to Die
- Child’s Play
- Child’s Play 2
- Alice, Sweet Alice
- Critters
- Angel
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- The Shining
- Tremors
- The Craft
- Lights Out
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- The Thing
- The Funhouse
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- The Fly (1986)
- Star Wars: A New Hope
- Hellraiser
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
- Friday the 13th (2009)
- The Silence of the Lambs
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
- Saw
- Altered States
- The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
- Willard (1971)
- Dune (2021)
- Last Night in Soho
- My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission
- Halloween (1978)
- Halloween (2018)
- Halloween Kills
- Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
- Clerks
- Friday the 13th Part III
- Batman Returns
- Dressed to Kill
- Scare Me
- My Bloody Valentine
- Spider-Man 2
- Angel
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
- Little Evil
- Cronos
- Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago
- Eternals
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- The Matrix Resurrections
- Terror Train
- Ice Cream Man
- Gator Bait
- The Last Duel
- Watership Down
TV (Non-Anime)
A lot of superhero content this year, but as you’ve seen on the podcast, we have to do so in order to speak about it and engage with you guys. Not that we don’t enjoy it.
- WandaVision
- The Comedy Store
- Watchmen
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Invincible
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Cursed Films
- Castlevania [Season 4]
- Eli Roth’s History of Horror [Season 2]
- Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
- The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs [Season 3]
- Flash Fried and Crispy
- Loki
- The Movies That Made Us [Season 2]
- Ted Lasso [Season 1]
- Fleabag [Season 1]
- Fleabag [Season 2]
- Insecure [Season 1]
- Insecure [Season 2]
- Insecure [Season 3]
- Insecure [Season 4]
- Star Wars Visions
- What If?
- Ted Lasso [Season 2]
- Seinfeld [Season 1]
- Seinfeld [Season 2]
- Seinfeld [Season 3]
- Seinfeld [Season 4]
- Seinfeld [Season 5]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars [Season 2]
- Seinfeld [Season 6]
- Insecure [Season 5]
- Hawkeye
- Seinfeld [Season 7]
Anime
You guys know I’m a huge weeb. I wrote most of the talking points for our “How to Get Into Anime” episode. But I actually watched more non-anime content this year. In all fairness, there were a couple of dry seasons this year for and it slowed me down a bit.
- Toradora!
- Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
- The Promised Neverland [Season 2]
- Dr. Stone: Stone Wars
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki
- Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
- Akudama Drive
- Horimiya
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
- K-On!
- Fruits Basket: The Final
- Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
- Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro
- Nomad: Megalobox 2
- Beastars [Season 2]
- My Love Story!
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation [2nd Cour]
Books (Prose and Graphic)
Almost every year, I do the Goodreads Reading Challenge where I try to complete a set number of books before the end of the year, and I usually determine the number based on how much of it will be comics. Given that a single 5-7 issue trade paperback counts as a completed book in their system, it’s pretty easy to beat a challenge that way. Harder when you’re aiming 100. Even if it was just TPBs, 100 in one year is still asking a lot, so I balance it the best way I can. I started a book club with a few buddies of mine, so that definitely helped.
- Preacher, Book Two by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
- Preacher, Book Three by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
- Preacher, Book Four by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
- Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, Book 1) by Fonda Lee
- Preacher, Book Five by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
- Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, Book 6) by Jim Butcher
- Preacher, Book Six by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
- Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
- Monstress, Vol. 1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
- Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Book 7) by Jim Butcher
- The Man of Steel by Brian Michael Bendis and Ivan Reis
- Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim
- Axiom’s End (Noumena, Book 1) by Lindsay Ellis
- The Immortal Hulk, Vol. 5 by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
- The Immortal Hulk, Vol. 6 by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
- The Immortal Hulk, Vol. 7 by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
- Kings of the Wyld (The Band, Book 1) by Nicholas Eames
- The Immortal Hulk, Vol. 8 by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
- Superman, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Ivan Reis
- Invincible, Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker
- Invincible, Vol. 2 by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker
- Invincible, Vol. 3 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 4 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 5 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 6 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 7 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 8 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 9 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 10 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 11 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 12 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 13 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 14 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 15 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 16 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 17 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 18 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 19 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1
- Invincible, Vol. 20 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 21 By Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 22 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Birds of Prey: Murder & Mystery by Gail Simone and Ed Benes
- Invincible, Vol. 23 by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker
- Invincible, Vol. 24 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
- Invincible, Vol. 25 by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Cory Walker
- The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
- The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
- Doomsday Clock, Part 1 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank
- Doomsday Clock, Part 2 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank
- Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, Book 8) by Jim Butcher
- Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- The Promised Neverland, Vol. 2
- Starsight (Skyward, Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson
- The Time of Contempt (The Witcher Saga, Book 2) by Andrzej Sapkowski
- The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
- The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (Prose) by Neil Gaiman
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol. 1 by Ian Flynn
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol. 2 by Ian Flynn
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol. 3 by Ian Flynn
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol. 4 by Ian Flynn
- Alien III by William Gibson
- Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon
- White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9) by Jim Butcher
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol. 5 by Ian Flynn
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol. 6 by Ian Flynn
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol. 7 by Ian Flynn
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol. 8 by Ian Flynn
- Ex Machina, Book One by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris
- Ex Machina, Book Two by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris
- The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, Book 4) by Brandon Sanderson
- Star Wars: Dark Force Rising (The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 2) by Timothy Zahn
- Truancy by Isamu Fukui
- Ex Machina, Book Three by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris
- Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10) by Jim Butcher
- The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, Book 1) by N.K. Jemesin
- Alien: Sea of Sorrows by James A. Moore
- Alien: River of Pain by Christopher Golden
- The Blade Itself (The First Law, Book 1) by Joe Abercrombie
- The Sandman: Act II by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs
- Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, Book 2) by Fonda Lee
- Sunreach (Skyward Flight, Novella 1) by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson
- Ex Machina, Book Four by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris
- Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, Book 11) by Jim Butcher
- NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
- Changes (The Dresden Files, Book 12) by Jim Butcher
- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
- The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- ReDawn (Skyward Flight, Novella 2) by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson
- Star Wars: The Last Command (The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 3) by Timothy Zahn
- Ex Machina, Book Five by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris
- Cytonic (Skyward, Book 3) by Brandon Sanderson
- The Immortal Hulk, Vol. 9 by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
- The Immortal Hulk, Vol. 10 by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- The Aeronaut’s Windlass (The Cinder Spires, Book 1) by Jim Butcher
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, Book 3) by Fonda Lee
Here’s hoping 2022 is as bountiful. For more details as to what my favorites of each medium are, you’ll just have to wait to hear it on the podcast.