Spider-hunk. Hormone Monster. Ghostbusting Secretary.

Comedy writer Max Davis talks to me about his choices - the quickly Fridged Ideal Spider-man, the malapropism prone Hormone Monster withe the good hair who ONNNLY takes Bubble Baths and the lovelorn, bespectacled Office Manager to a bunch of New York exorcists.

Max Davis

Archer-Magician. Dad-Magician. Inventor-Magician.

Author Chris McCrudden talks about his very 1980s, magic-and-kindness heavy choices - Princess Adora's Archer and Illusionist himbo friend; King Comics' 1920s magician turned adoptive dad and Defender of the Earth; and a little-remembered kindly old utopian scientist, voiced by Peter Ustinov.

Chris McCrudden

Vampire Queen Again. Overbearing Himbo Again. Weeb Bi Paradise Duo.

Stand up comedian &amp; writer Mary O'Connell talks about her choices - a nuclear war survivor Vampire girl with fabulous hair (who is occasionally an Emo boy voiced by Donald Glover), an Elvis style womaniser dealing with 90s feminism, and a chaotic pair of lovable antagonists who love dragging up and hanging out with their talking cat, and may or may not be doing it in their hot air balloon.

Mary O'Connell

Disoriented Piglet. Blue Superhero. Homemaking Yakuza.

Beano &amp; Manga artist Laura Howell talks to me about her choices - a boy who turns into a pig and has the world's worst sense of direction, the big, blue, incredibly late 90s culmination of Warner Bros' Spielberg-led postmodern kids show era, and - representing the recent sexy trend of 'hyper-capable male love interests to wackier, schlubbier women' - Japan's favourite former Yakuza turned suburban Househusband.

Laura Howell

Alchemist Soldier. Gem Fusion. South Pole Tearbender.

Audio producer and director Ella Watts talks about her choices - a tragic anime military alchemist, a revolutionary warrior woman who is also a lesbian marriage in herself and an antarctic badass waterbending mom friend.

Ella Watts

Sad Mutant. Sad Surfer Sister. Sad Cowgirl.

Comedy writer and podcaster Jack Bernhardt talks about his very PTSD Riddled choices - a lonely, grumpy one eyed mutant who thinks she's an alien, a grieving, out-of-her-depth 19-year-old trying to hold the remaining scraps of her family together and a yodellin' cowgirl with a tragic, traumatic past and decades worth of claustrophobia.

Jack Bernhardt

Greek Warrior. Gotham Lesbian. Aristocratic Adventuress.

Tech and Gaming journalist and BBC Radio 3's 'Sound of Gaming' presenter Louise Blain talks to me about her choices - a Bronze Age assassin, a flame haired vigilante hero and a twin pistol wielding, hot pants wearing, sensibly shod icon of female video game characters.

Louise Blain

Victorian Lion. Futuristic Ancient Dad. Blue Himbo.

Journalist and Podcaster Julia Raeside talks about her very 80s crushes - a Spanish/Japanese cat based interpretation of Jules Verne's intrepid Gentleman Adventurer (who wears a full suit and top hat but no shoes), a French/Japanese scifi reimagining of Homer's original hapless traveller and Britain's ultimate superhero - a stupid man voiced by a clever man. I get to use the 'Anime Dad' klaxon for the first time, which is exciting.

Julia Raeside

Young Boomer. Stone Age Boomer. Super Boomer.

Comedy writer and presenter Nat Mecalfe talks us through his very Mid Century Suburbia Heavy choices - Peanuts' pianist fancying antagonist Lucy Van Pelt, Bedrock's hot brunette housewife Betty Rubble and the stretchy motherlode of fretful, well-rounded middle-aged superheroism, Helen Parr.

Nat Metcalfe

Funny guests discuss Cartoon Crushes with comedy writer Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

Were any of your formative crushes cartoon characters? Are any of your current crushes cartoon characters? You're not alone. British Podcasting Award winning comedy writer &amp; 41 year old child Gabby Hutchinson Crouch talks to funny guests about three of their animated crushes. Maybe we'll find something out about formative crushes and sexuality, maybe we'll just appreciate lovingly drawn bums.

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