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This episode starts off with an unboxing of the C.R.I.T. Kickstarter campaign. Purging your collection, old cartoons you barely remember and recommendations that didn’t make our reading lists. And it finishes out with Previews Catalog. MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Dallas Busha DOWNLOAD … Continue reading →

This week the guys discuss Dave Filoni's new position at Lucas Films, Superman Legacy's newest casting, and more! Also this week the guys are joined by Keith Foster and Mike Perkins from Invader Comics. Keith and Mike discuss some of the philosophy behind Invader Comics, what the publisher sees as their immediate future in the industry and their newest comic Neurocron, which is currently in the Previews Catalog. You can find Neurocron, and Invader Comics using the links below. https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/DEC231525 https://www.invadercomics.com/ Don't forget the guys talk about the comics they are reading off the shelves from last week, and as always all of the news fit for print. Comics we discuss in this episode: Superman #8 Green Lantern: War Journal #3 Batman: Off-World #1 Daredevil: Black Armor #1 Marvel Super-Heroes: Secret Wars-Battleworld #1 Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #2 Batman/Superman: World's Finest #21 Justice Society of America #7 Holy Roller #1 Dragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai Vol. 1 Support the show by using our Amazon Associate Link. Click below and shop: https://www.amazon.com/amazonprime?linkCode=ur1&primeCampaignId=prime_assoc_ft&tag=fortresscom02-20 Get your Fortress Comics merchandise with the link below https://www.teepublic.com/user/fortress-comics Want to talk comics and chat with the hosts of your favorite Fortress Comics content? Join our facebook group with the link below: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1607250199464647/?ref=share FortressofComicNews.com https://chriscomicscorner.substack.com/ YouTube.com/FortressComics Chris twitter @fortresschris Mike twitter @fortressricker Patreon.com/FortressComics Thanks for Listening! #marvel #marvelcomics #mcu #dccomics #comicbooks #comicnews #podcast #indiecomics  #batman

Troy Jeffery-Allen is back on the show! For you new folks: Troy is the editor & content manager for PREVIEWS World (home of the monthly PREVIEWS catalog), and a creator & writer at RexCo (studio behind FIGHT OF THE CENTURY, ALL CAPS, PUBLIC ENEMY'S APOCALYPSE '91). He's back to talk about RexCo's new initiative (#Createtheculture) that's changing the way they make comics and finds time to flip through this month's PREVIEW's catalog with BadrWatch the unedited video version of this episode on YouTube TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS: MF Doom tribute comic "ALL CAPS" - 06:39Working with Chuck D on Apocalypse 91: Revolution Never Sleeps - 09:07RexCo's new mission: #CreateTheCulture - 25:02Interviewing Frank Miller and other comic icons for PREVIEWSworld Weekly - 43:40The coolest stuff in May's PREVIEWS catalog - 55:31 (55:54 in the video version)Troy's PREVIEWS Picks: BLADE #1, BRZRKR POETRY OF MADNESS #1, THE RIBBON QUEEN #1Badr's PREVIEWS Picks: BIG GAME #1, GOOD COMICS FOR BAD PEOPLE AN EXTRA FABULProudly sponsored by Gotham City Limit! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showGET IN TOUCH WITH US!

Will Mike Atchison pull a Joe Quesada and take his talents to another podcast? Who knows. But for now he is still here and we will be covering the October 2022 Previews Catalog for items generally shipping in December of 2022.

Badr & Drew workshop a new episode series, and flip through this month's PREVIEWS catalog and come up with a wishlist of comics, figures, and other stuff they could only dream of owning. Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube! THE WISHLIST (starting at 00:06:34): Mega Man Official Complete WorksUltraman Mystery of Ultraseven The Boxer GNATOM The Beginning GNFrank Miller's Ronin Book TwoDoctor Strange Fall Sunrise #1Marvel Select Beta Ray Bill figureFF7 Cloud Strife figureSUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy merch from our store, and use the discount code "YOO" to save 10% (Shop here)Join our Patreon Community to pick the topic for future episodes and get access to bonus shows (Join here)RELATED LINKS:Write in and email us at theshortboxjax@gmail.com Subscribe to our YouTube channelFollow The Short Box on WhatNotMusic by: DJ Crumbz, & Mecca Tha Marvelous Commission Ashley for some custom art Follow The Short Box, and Badr, Cesar,  & Ed, on IGCigar TalkLite up a cigar, pour yourself a drink, sit back and enjoy the fastest growing Cigar...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Support the show

All work and no Previews makes Scott a dull boy. All work and no Previews makes Mike a dull boy. All work and no Previews makes Shaad a dull boy. Welcome to Episode 140 of the Campus Comics Cast and of course it is time for Previews!

Welcome to episode 137 of the Campus Comics Cast, the official podcast for Muddy Monster Comics located at 1422 Walnut Street in Murphysboro, IL and now online at muddymonstercomics.com. Not to be outdone by Warner Brothers-Discovery-DC, in this episode we announce the 10-year plan for the Campus Comics Cast. Even though it is a Previews episode we do discuss DC's 10-year plan announcement and some of the trouble at Valiant Entertainment before diving into the catalog.

With apologies to Morris Albert, this episode is all about Previews, nothing more than Previews. Specifically, the July 2022 Previews Catalog. We cover the DC Connect catalog, the Marvel Previews catalog, and of course, the Diamond big book.

What's the temperature-like for this episode, well it is cooler than it is in Scott's head, so that is a plus. But the crew troopers on with Episode 131 covering the June 2022 Previews Catalog.

The Campus Comics Cast is back with another Previews episode. But before the catalog begins, we take a brief moment to remember Neal Adams and George Perez. We will have much more to say about them in a future episode. For now, listen to our comic picks for the May 2022 Previews Catalog.

Welcome to episode 125 of the Campus Comics Cast. And after you finish listening to this Previews episode, we will be waiting for your thank you letters for helping you out. In case you missed it, there was a study showing that podcast listeners are likely to be more curious and less neurotic than their non-listening friends. So, stop by Muddy Monster Comics and say thanks. So, let the neurosis-free listening begin.

It is time for another Previews catalog so join the Campus Comics Cast as we peruse the March 2022 catalogs for DC, Marvel and the rest of the comics industry.

Welcome to episode 120 of the Campus Comics Cast, and our complaint department is now open. Just email Mike Atchison and he will gladly respond. Mike will provide his email address at the end of the episode so, your first complaint will be that the email for complaints was not at the start of the episode. But you should not have any complaints about Muddy Monster Comics so, on with the February 2022 Previews episode.

Welcome to episode 118 with a new year, new month, which means new Previews catalogs. Even though it is a new year, we are talking about items generally shipping in March of this year. And of course, if something sounds interesting to you, be sure to contact Mike Noe at Muddy Monster Comics.

Welcome to episode 117 and I just have to say that if you have not been watching Hawkeye, you are seriously missing out. But, we are not here to talk about Hawkeye, because it is time for Previews. We are going to Kris Kringle our way through the Previews catalog for December of 2021 for items generally shipping in February of 2022. And of course, if something sounds interesting to you, be sure to contact Mike Noe at Muddy Monster Comics.

It is November and that means it is time to give thanks for another Previews catalog. What great books can you pick up in January of 2022? Well, listen to this episode of the Campus Comics Cast and find out. And don't forget to swing by Muddy Monster Comics in Murphysboro, IL to pick up your copy of the Big Muddy Monster Comic.

It's the first episode of the new year, and for the January Previewsshow the Two Guys decide to try something different: invite a third person to join them in discussing the current Previewscatalog. This week Sterg and Derek are joined by Troy-Jeffrey Allen who works with community outreach at PREVIEWSworld. And given Troy's association with Diamond Distributors and the ins and outs of their monthly catalog, he's able to provide insights and additional commentary that results in an extra special discussion. And as you might expect, the addition of a third conversant makes this episode longer than usual...as if the guys' monthly Previews shows weren't long enough. Among the many publishers and titles that Troy, Sterg, and Derek highlight are: Image Comics - Little Bird#1, Assassin Nation#1, and Black Magick: The First Book of Shadows Dark Horse Comics - Invisible Kingdom#1, Black Hammer '45: From the World of Black Hammer#1, Astro Hustle#1, Bad Luck Chuck #1, Moonshadow: The Definitive Edition, and Emanon Vol. 1: Memories of Emanon DC Comics/Vertigo - Dial H for Hero #1, Second Coming #1, and Detective Comics#1000 IDW Publishing - Impossible, Inc., Enola Holmes: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady, Violette around the World Vol 2: A New World Symphony!, and Highwayman BOOM! Studios - Firefly: Bad Company#1, Ronin Island#1, The Grand Abyss Hotel, Black Badge Vol. 1, and Midas Abrams ComicArts - A Fire Storyand Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead Abstract Studios -Strangers in Paradise XXV Vol. 2: Hide and Seek AdHouse - The Freak Aftershock Comics - Dark Red #1 and Out of the Blue Vol. 1 Albatross Funnybooks - The Goon#1 Archie Comics - Sabrina the Teenage Witch#1 Avery Hill Publishing - Ismyre Candlewick Press - The Iliad Cave Pictures Publishing - The Blessed Machine#1 Dead Reckoning - The Night Witches Drawn and Quarterly - Clyde Fans Box Set Slipcase Edition, Palimpsest, and Kitaro Vol. 6: Kitaro's Yokai Battles Fantagraphics Books - 3D Sweeties, James Warren, Empire of Monsters: The Man behind Creepy, Vampirella, and Famous Monsters, Is This How You See Me?, and Alienation First Second - The Breakawaysand Kiss Number 8 It's Alive - D-Day: From the Pages of Combat Lion Forge - Stiletto No. 1: Officer Down, Haphaven, and Gang of Fools NBM - The Rolling Stones in Comics Papercutz - The Only Living Boy Omnibusand The Only Living Girl Vol. 1: The Island at the Edge of Infinity Pegasus - Goya: The Terrible Sublime Quirk Books - Giraffes on Horseback Salad Rebellion/2000AD - Fran of the Floods SelfMadeHero - Blossoms in Autumn, Guantanamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani, and Lomax: Collectors of Folk Songs Silver Sprocket - Magical Beatdown#1 Titan Comics - Life Is Strange Vol. 1 University Press of Mississippi - The Comics of Rutu Modan Vault Comics - Queen of Bad Dreams#1 Dempa Books - Super-Dimensional Love Gun Kodansha Comics - Gleipnir Vol. 1and Love in Focus Vol. 1 A BIG THANKS to Troy-Jeffrey Allen for his contributions to this episode! Be sure to keep up with the good people at PREVIEWSworld, and check out Troy on PREVIEWSworld's weekly YouTube show!    

It's the first of a new month, and that must mean that the Two Guys with PhDs Talking about Comics will be looking at the latest Previews catalog. This is a rather long episode -- going for almost three hours -- so you get your money's worth! But what makes this show extra special is that it's the 300th episode of The Comics Alternative's weekly review show. As Derek points out, there are over twice as many episodes of the podcast that have been released since August 2012, accounting for the many interviews, specials, and the various monthly shows, but with the regularly weekly review shows, they've now reached a notable milestone. For December, Sterg and Derek discuss a variety of  publishers and titles solicited in Previews such as: Image Comics - Sharkey the Bounty Hunter #1, Bully Wars Vol. 1, High Crimes, and Leviathan Dark Horse Comics - The Girl in the Bay#1 and EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales Vol. 4 DC Comics/Vertigo - Mera: Tidebreaker, Absolute Daytripper, and Promethea: The 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Book One IDW Publishing - Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures: The Nicodemus Job, Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive, The Grave, Diabolical Summer, Springtime in Chernobyl, Life on the Moon, Ditko's Monsters, Punks Not Dead: London Calling#1, Red Panda and Moon Bear, and A Shining Beacon Dynamite Entertainment - Kirby: Genesis Definitive Edition, Nancy Drew: The Case of the Cold Case, and The Boys Omnibus Vol. 1 BOOM! Studios - Hotel Dare Aardvark-Vanaheim - Sim City: A Dave to Kill For#1 Aftershock Comics -Stronghold#1 and Oberon#1 Alternative Comics - Rad Erwank and Conspiracy Dog Arcana Studio - Raygun A Wage Blue World Inc - Love and Lost Cinebook - Bear's Tooth Vol. 3: Werner, Lucky Luke: The Complete Collection Vol. 1, and Trent Vol. 4: The Valley of Fear Drawn and Quarterly - Leaving Richard's Valleyand Credo: The Rose Wilder Lane Story Fantagraphics Books - The Complete Crepax Vol 4: Private Life, Billie the Bee, Eddie Spaghetti, Mr. Fibber, I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner of War at Stalag 118 Vol. 2: My Return Home, The Perineum Technique, and Cult of the Ibis First Second - Bloom, Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos, Maker Comics: Bake Like a Pro, Maker Comics: Fix a Car, PDST, and Secret Coders: The Complete Boxed Set Harper Collins - New Kid Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Lois Lowry: The Giver Humanoids - Bigby Bearand The Incal: Oversized Deluxe Limited Edition It's Alive - Aztec Ace: The Complete Collection Little Brown Books for Young Readers - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Retelling of Little Women New York Review Comics: Letters to Survivors Nobrow - Darwin: An Exceptional Voyageand Through a Life Oni Press - A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identitiesand Pilu of the Woods Pegasus - The Be-Bop Barbarians Robots and Monkeys - Eric Silver Sprocket - Egg Cream Vol. 1, Emotional Data, and Magical Beatdown Vol. 1 Starburns Industries Press - Trent William Morow - Good Omens VIZ Media - Urusei Yatsura Vol. 1 Dempa Books - Maiden Railways  

It's the first of the month, so it's time to look at the latest Previews catalog! What's more, this is Sterg's very first Previewsshow, and Derek honors this occasion with much fanfare. As listeners have come to expect from the monthly Previews shows, this episode goes long. In fact, it goes extra long, and in many ways this becomes a trial by fire for Sterg as a new cohost. But he rises to the occasion, providing solid and tireless recommendations of upcoming titles. For October, the Two Guys with PhDs discuss a variety of  publishers and titles such as: Image Comics - Die #1, Prodigy#1, Hardcore#1, and Street Angel Pentathlon Dark Horse Comics - LaGuardia#1, Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise#1, Mind MGMT Omnibus, Vol. 1, War Bears, EC Archives: Piracy, and Berserk: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 DC Comics/Vertigo - Goddess Mode #1, and Detective Comics before Batman IDW Publishing - Rocketeer Reborn#1, Belzebubs, and Ye Dynamite Entertainment - Mars Attacks#3 BOOM! Studios - Klaus and the Crying Snowman#1, The Great Wiz and the Ruckus, Waves, Wizard Beach#1, and Feathers Albatross Funnybooks - Mega Ghost#1 Black Mask Studios: Emmie-X: All Systems Go#1 Chapterhouse Publishing - Die Kitty Die!: Heaven and Hell#3 Devils Due/1First Comics - Love Town#1 Drawn and Quarterly - This Woman's Work, Cave-In, and Worn Tuff Elbow#2 Fantagraphics Books - Memorabilia, Ink and Anguish: A Jay Lynch Anthology, The Sea, Vanishing Act, Now#5, and In Christ There Is No East or West Feral House - Hi Jax and Hi Jinx: Life's a Pitch, and Then You Live Forever First Second - Science Comics: Polar Bears Lion Forge - Infinity 8, Vol. 3#2 Oni Press - The Long Con, Vol. 1, Long Road to Liquor City, and Guerrillas: Omnibus Edition Papercutz/Super Genius - Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars Omnibus Silver Sprocket - Nothing Nice to Say Sourcebooks - Illegal Starburns Industries Press - Fantasmagoria Holiday Special 2018 Titan Comics - Breakneck#1, Tyler Cross: Angola, and The Night Vanguard Productions - The Wally Wood Christmas Book VIZ Media - We Never Learn, Vol. 1, Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition, and 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 2 Yen Press - Mirai Dempa Books - An Invitation from a Crab Kodansha Comics - Quintessential Quintuplets, Vol. 1 Seven Seas Entertainment - I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, Vol. 1 Vertical Comics - Pop Team Epic, Second Season    

It's that time again, the occasion when Gwen and Derek meticulously go through the latest Previewscatalog and highlight a variety of upcoming comics they find of note. For the month of September, they discuss a variety of  publishers and titles such as: Image Comics - Bitter Root #1, Outer Darkness#1, The Terrible Elizabeth Dumn against the Devil in Suits, Midwest#1, 24 Panels, and Street Angel vs Ninjatech Dark Horse Comics - The Problem of Susan and Other Stories, Lightstep#1, and Wandering Island, Vol. 2 DC Comics/Vertigo -American Carnage#1, Animal Man 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Book One, Goldfish, New Edition, and Jinx, New Edition IDW Publishing - Atomic Robo: Greatest Hits, Atomic Robo and the Dawn of a New Era#1, Jingle Belle: The Homemades' Tale, Night Moves#1, and Black Crown Omnibus, Vol. 1 Dynamite Entertainment - James Bond 007#1 and Bettie Page#1 BOOM! Studios - Smooth Criminals#1, Firefly#1, and The Empty Man#1 Aftershock Comics - Witch Hammer Albatross Funnybooks - Grumble#1 Archie Comics - Archie#700 Avery Hill Publishing - Follow Me Inand Retrograde Orbit A Wave Blue World Inc. - Kismet, Man of Fate Birdcage Bottom Books - The Complete Matinee Junkie Conundrum Press - The Vagabond Valise Editions Tanabis - Hieronymus and Bosch Fantagraphics Books - I Am Young, Parallel Lives, James Warren, Empire of Monsters: The Man behind Creepy, Vampirella, and Famous Monsters, Doctor of Horror and Other Stories, Meat Warp, and Warrior Women: Spain Vol. 2 First Second - Tiger vs Nightmare, Vol. 1and Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda(Reissue Edition) Gallery 13 - Stephen King's The Dark Towerseries Griffin Biooks - The Art of Graphic Memoir Humanoids - Hedy Lamarr: An Incredible Lifeand Vietnamese Memories Book 2: Little Saigon It's Alive! - Dunkirk Lion Forge - Quincredible, Vol 1and Watersnakes Mariner Books - Part of It: Comics and Confessions Mosaic Press -A History of Women Cartoonists NBM - The Beatles in Comics Penguin Books - Che: A Revolutionary Life Rebellion/2000 AD  - Hope Retrofit Comics - Our Wretched Town Hall SelfMadeHero - Lip Hook: A Tale of Rural Unease Souring Penguin Press - Meanwhile#9 Sunday Press Books - Thimble Theatre and the Pre-Popeye Cartoons of E.C. Segar Zuiker Press - Click: A Story of Cyberbullyingand Mend: A Story of Divorce VIZ Media - Ran and the Gray World, Vol. 1 Dempa Books - Pez Kodansha Comics - Battle Angel Alita Complete Box Setand Die Wergelder, Vol. 2 Seven Seas Entertainment - Captain Harlock: The Classic Collection, Vol. 3  

It's that time again! It's the beginning of the month, and the latest issue of the Previews catalog is out. And as they always do, the Two Guys meticulously go through the latest solicits, highlighting a variety of upcoming titles in Previewsthat they're interested in or they think is worth considering. Among the many publishers and titles that they focus on in the August catalog include: Image Comics - Blackbird#1, Dead Rabbit#1, Exorsisters#1, Juke Joint#1, Wytches: Bad Egg Halloween Special, Norroway Book 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, Men of Wrath, and Royalboiler: Brandon Graham's Drawn Out Collection Dark Horse Comics - Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion#1, Black Hammer: Age of Doom#8, and EC Archives: Vault of Horror Vol. 5 DC Comics/Vertigo - Cursed Comics Cavalcade#1, The Books of Magic#1, Lucifer#1, Hex Wives#1, and Vertigo: A Celebration of 25 Years IDW Publishing - Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle#1-#5, The Highest House, Mattéo Book One: 1914-1915, The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories, Lodger#1, and Supers, Book One Dynamite Entertainment - The Lone Ranger#1, James Bond: The Body, and The Spirit: Corpse-Makers BOOM! Studios - Adventure Time Season 11#1, Sparrowhawk#1, Hex Vet: Witches in Training, I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation, and The Sons of El Topo Vol 1: Cain Abrams Comicarts - Run: Book One Adhouse - Live/Work#2 Aftershock Comics - Dead Kings#1, The Last Space Race#1, and Lollipop Kids#1 Ah Comics - Mark Twain's Niagara Book Ahoy Comics - Captain Ginger#1 and Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror#1 Animal Media Group - Queen of Kenosha Black Mask Studios - Sex Death Revolution#1 Candlewick Press - Lost Soul, Be at Peace Conundrum Press - Flem Fantagraphics Books - Kramer's Ergot 10, Love and Rockets Vol. IV#6, Fante Bukowski Three: A Perfect Failure, and The Crumb Compendium First Second - Last Pick Vol. 1, Science Comics: The Brain, On a Sunbeam, Secret Coders Vol. 6: Monsters and Modules, The Unsinkable Walker Bean and the Knights of the Waxing Moon, and The Zita the Spacegirl Trilogy Box Set Gallery 13 - To Build a Fire Graphix - The Hidden Witch Harper Collins Publishers - To Kill a Mockingbird Humanoids - My New York Marathonand Superman Isn't Jewish (But I Am Kinda) Iron Circus Comics - The Girl Who Married a Skull and Other African Stories Learner Publishing Group - Jane Austen: Her Heart Did Whisper Lion Forge - Petit, Quantum Mechanics, and Timothy Top NBM - Of Blood and Dust New York Review Comics - Piero Oni Press - Merry Men Pantheon Books - Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation Pegasus - The First Man: The Graphic Novel Quirk Books - The League of Regrettable Sidekicks Renegade Arts Entertainment - Frank Scribner - Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home SelfMadeHero - Andy: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol, H.P. Lovecraft: Four Classic Horror Stories, and Wolf Silver Sprocket - Snowbirdand You Can Try Again Souring Penguin Press - Daisy Blackwood: Pilot for Hire, Vol. 1 Triangle Square - Zenobia VIZ Media - Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Tokyo Ghoul Complete Box Set, Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Vol. 3, and Ao Haru Ride Vol. 1 Yen Press - Crush Kodansha Comics - Battle Angel Alita: Holy Nights and Other Stories Seven Seas Entertainment - Wonderland Vol. 1 Vertical Comics - Pop Team Epic Vol. 1  

Happy Independence Day! It's the beginning of the month, so it's time for another look at the latest Previewscatalog. On this episode, Paul and Derek highlight many of the upcoming titles solicited in July. And this is a long episode, running for just over 3 hours and 20 minutes, so strap in and get ready for a long ride. First, they begin the episode by sharing a variety of listener correspondences they've received over the past week...and there are a lot of them. Then they jump into the July Previews. They start with the offerings for this October's Halloween ComicFest, and then they turn to the catalog proper. Among the many publishers and titles that they focus on are: Image Comics - Man-Eaters#1, MCMLXXV#1, Cemetery Beach#1, Green Monk: Blood of the Martyrs, Me the People, and My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies Dark Horse Comics - Stranger Things#1, Mystery Science Theater 3000#1, Olivia Twist#1, War Bears#1, Gamma#1, Disney MobyDick, Joe Golem: The Drowning City#1, and I Am a Hero, Vol. 8 DC Comics/Vertigo - Border Town#1, Cover#1, The Dreaming#1, House of Whispers#1, United States vs. Murder, Inc.#1, John Constantine: Hellblazer - 30th Anniversary Edition, and Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil, Deluxe Edition IDW Publishing - Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive#1 and From Hell: Master Edition#1 Marvel Comics - X-Men: Grand Design - Second Genesis Dynamite Entertainment - James Bond: Origin#1 BOOM! Studios - Low Road West#1, Welcome to Wanderland#1, Pandora's Legacy, and Form of a Question Abstract Studios - Strangers in Paradise XXV, Vol. 1: The Chase Aftershock Comics - Moth and Whisper#1 Ahoy Comics - High Heaven#1 Albatross Funnybooks - Spookhouse2 #1-4 Alternative Comics - True Stories#4 Amigo Comics - The Tree That Grew on My Walland Welcome Home Archie Comics - Archie 1941#1 Arthur A. Levine Books - Tales from the Inner City Avery Hill Publishing - The Great North Wood Bloomsbury - The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt Cinebook - Alone, Vol. 9: Before the Midnight Child Conundrum Press - 100 Days in Uranium City Dead Reckoning - The Best of Don Winslow of the Navy, Vol. 1and Trench Dogs Drawn and Quarterly - Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet Box Set, Blame This on the Boogie, and Fielder#1 Fantagraphics Books - Now: The New Comics Anthology#4, Mort Cinder, Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories from a New Europe, Bastard, Twists of Fate, and Blammo#10 First Second - The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo, Vol. 2: Monster Mall, Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship behind a Musical Revolution, The Nameless City, Vol. 3: The Divided Earth, and Science Comics: The Solar System Gallery 13 - Other People Grand Central Publishing - Rx: A Graphic Memoir Graphix - Amulet, Vol. 8: Supernova Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - The Best American Comics 2018and The Unwanted: Stories of Syrian Refugees Humanoids -Kabul Disco, Vol. 2: How I Managed Not to Get Addicted to Opium in Afghanistanand Marilyn's Monsters Koyama Press - Bratand Chlorine Gardens Learner Publishing Group - My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder Lion Forge - Upgrade Soul, Curtain Call, Fraternity, and Rolled and Told Liveright - Home after Dark NBM - The Silent Invasion, Vol. 1 Oni Press - Drawn to Sex: The Basics Pegasus - H.P. Lovecraft: He Who Wrote in the Darkness Retrofit Comics - All the Sad Songs Secret Acres - Flocks SelfMadeHero - I Feel Machineand One Two Three Four Ramones Silver Sprocket - F*ck Off Squad Toon Books - 3 x 4 and We Are All Me University Press of Mississippi - Gender and the Superhero Narrative W.W. Norton - Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories VIZ Media - Dr. Stone, Vol. 1and 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 Kodansha Comics - Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Networkand Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, Vol. 1 Pantheon Books - My Brother's Husband, Vol. 2 Seven Seas Entertainment - Devilman: The Classic Collection, Vol. 2and Space Battleship Yamato: The Classic Collection Vertical Comics - After the Rain, Vol. 1and The Delinquent Housewife!, Vol. 1  

Paul and Derek are back with another look at the latest Previews catalog. And for the month of June, they find a variety of fascinating title...and several of which they even resist mention on mic, in the interests of keeping the show containable and relatively short. Among the many publishers and titles that they focus on are: Image Comics - Leviathan #1, Perdy, Vol. 1, Crowded#1, Hey Kids! Comics!#1, and Lil' Donnie, Vol. 1 Dark Horse Comics - The Seeds#1, Black Hammer Library Edition, Vol. 1, Inside Moebius, Part 3, The Complete Angel Catbird, The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear, Vol. 5, Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch, Conspiracy of Ravens, and Mob Psycho 100, Vol. 1 DC Comics/Vertigo - The Sandman Universe#1, Pearl#1, Scarlet#1, and The United States of Murder Inc., Vol. 1: Truth IDW Publishing - House Amok#1, Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World, James Brown: Black and Proud, and Girl Town BOOM! Studios - Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compassand Black Badge#1 Abrams ComicArts - Undocumented: A Worker's Fight Adhouse - Viewotron#1 Aftershock Comics - Hot Lunch Special#1 Albatross Funnybooks - Hillbilly: Red-Eyed Witchery from Beyond#1 Dial Books - Monster Mayhem Drawn and Quarterly - Berlin: The Complete Edition, Bad Friends, and Woman World Fantagraphics Books - Dementia 21, Roly Poly, Penguins, Three Sisters: The Love and Rockets Library, Vol. 14, Tongues#1, and The Fang, Vol. 1 First Second - Delilah Dirk and the Pillars of Hercules, Idle Days, and Science Comics: Trees Humanoids - Victor and Clint Lerner Publications Group - Life on Earth, Vol. 1: Losing the Girl Lion Forge - Sheetsand Love Letters to Jane's World Metropolitan Books - The Arab of the Future, Vol. 3: 1985-1987 Oni Press - Aquicorn Coveand Banana Sunday Silver Sprocket - Be Your Own Backing Band Titan Comics - The Prague Coupand Emma G. Wildford VIZ Media - That Blue Sky Feeling, Vol. 1  

This week, Paul and Derek take an extensive look at the May Previews catalog. In fact, their look is so extensive that their discussion evolves into an extra-long episode, spanning almost three hours! (Then again, listeners of the podcast probably are used to these long Previews episodes.) The Two Guys begin by sharing listener mail, and then they make a few comments about some of the changes Diamond has made to their catalog over the past couple of months. After that, they jump into the nitty gritty of the episode, highlighting a variety of solicitations that catch their eye this month. Among the many publishers and titles that they focus on are: Image Comics - Farmhand #1, Unnatural#1, The New World#1, Outpost Zero#1, and Memoirs of a Very Stable Genius Dark Horse Comics - The Quantum Age#1, She Could Fly#1, The Alcoholic: Tenth Anniversary Edition, and Criminy, Vol. 1 DC Comics/Vertigo - Astro City: Broken Melodyand Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles IDW Publishing - Real Science Adventures: The Nicodemus Job #1, Assassinistas, Euthanauts#1, Brat Pack, Full Bleed#2, Atomic Empire, and Corto Maltese: Tango Dynamite Entertainment - James Bond: Case Files, Vol. 1 BOOM! Studios - Bone Parish#1, Alice: From Dream to Dream, and Klaus: The New Adventures of Santa Claus Aftershock Comics - Relay#1 and Clan Killers#1 Amaze Ink/Slave Labor Graphics - Let Go Archie Comics - Archie Meets Batman '66#1 Avery Hill Publishing - Permanent Press Birdcage Bottom Books - In the Future, We Are Dead Drawn and Quarterly - Coyote Doggirland Art Comic Fantagraphics Books - I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner of War in Stalag 11B, Song of Aglaia, The Best of Witzend, The Kurdles Adventure Magazine#1, The Agency, and Constant Companion First Second - The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1and The Dam Keeper, Vol. 2 Gallery 13 - Bad Girls Graphix - Making Friends, Vol. 1and Smiley's Dream Book Picturebook Harper Collins Publishers - Action Presidents, Vol 3: Theodore Roosevelt Liveright - The Ghost Script Lion Forge -A Sea of Love, Herakles, and The Dream of the Butterfly Part 2 Oni Press - The Long Con#1 Secret Acres - Little Stranger Silver Sprocket - Girls Somos Arte, LLC - Ricanstruction: Reminiscing and Rebuilding Puerto Rico Titan Comics - McCay Twomorrows Publishing - American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1990s Uncivilized Books - The Clandestinauts VIZ Media - Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction, Vol. 2 Kodansha Comics - Grand Blue Dreaming, Vol. 1   

Gene and Derek are back for another look at the current month's Previews catalog. This one may not be as long an episode as last month's Previewshow -- which clocked in at just under three hours -- but it's nonetheless hefty. (Well...actually, it is almost as long as the March show.) They begin this week by discussing the new changes appearing in Previewsbeginning in April. They point out the additions of BOOM! Studios and Dynamite Entertainment in the premiere publishers section, prominently displayed in the front of the catalog; the reorganizations of solicits in a new manga section; the shake-up of what had been the book section; the flip arrangement with the toy and merchandise sections; and next month's departure of DC Comics' solicitations into their own supplemental catalog. After that, and several cynical comments (primarily from Derek), they get into the nitty gritty of the April Previewscatalog, highlighting a variety of titles from such publishers as: Dark Horse Comics - Sword Daughter#1, Likely Stories, Gantz Omnibus Vol. 1, Hercules: Adventures of the Man-God, and EC Archives: War Against Crime Vol. 1 DC Comics/Vertigo - Plastic Man#1 and American Vampire Omnibus Vol. 1 IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest#1, Look Back and Laugh, Comic Book History of Comics: Comics for All, The Unknown Anti-War Comics, and Burmese Moon Image Comics - The Magic Order #1, The Weatherman#1, Proxima Centuri#1, Shanghai Red#1, and The Red Hook Vol. 1 Dynamite Entertainment - Nancy Drew#1 BOOM! Studios - By Night#1, Planet of the Apes Visionaries: Rod Serling, and Sanpaku Arcade Publishing - Broken Glory: The Final Years of Robert F. Kennedy Archie Comics - Cosmo: The Complete Merry Martian Bongo Comics/United Plankton Pictures - Spongebob Comics Annual Giant Swimtacular#6 Conundrum Press - The Curse of Charley Buttersand Feast of Fields Drawn and Quarterly - A Bubble, Shit Is Real, and The Strange Fantagraphics Books - Poochytown, Dumb, Death Stand and Other Stories, Fab 4 Mania, and Dull Margaret First Second - Science Comics: Rockets Humanoids - Luisa: Now and Thenand Moon Face Deluxe Knopf Books for Young Readers - Rickety Stitch and Gelatinous Goo, Vol. 2: The Middle-Route Run Lion Forge - Mae Vol. 1, Mae Vol. 2#1, and Green Almonds: Letters from Palestine NBM - A Tale of a Thousand and One Nights: Hasib and the Queen of Serpents Nobrow - Nobrow Vol. 10: Studio Dreams Oni Press - Shadow Roads#1 Rebellion/2000Ad - Jinty Vol. 1: The Land of No Tears and The Future Zoo Secret Acres - Entropy SelfMadeHero - Apollo Silver Sprocket - Catboy Titan Comics - Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1 and Tyler Cross: Black Rock Twomorrows Publishing - Comic Book Implosion Z2 Comics - The Sweetness Kodansha Comics - Tokyo Tarareba Girls Vol. 1and Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku Seven Seas Entertainment - Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection

It's the first of the month, and that must mean that it's time once again to look at the latest Previews catalog. For the month of March, Gene and Derek step up to the plate to take a swing at the many solicitations, highlighting what they consider the most notable upcoming titles. In fact, there's so much to choose from, that this month's Previews episode is an extra-long show...running for almost three hours! Are the Two Guys up to the challenge? Do they heroically take on an unwieldy  amount of material, or do they unnecessarily extend what could have been covered in a more manageable hour and a half? Listen to the episode, and you decide. And while doing so, you'll discover many new comic books and graphic novels such as those published by: Dark Horse Comics - Ether: The Copper Golems #1, Dork, Blackwood #1, and Brooklyn Blood DC Comics - Batman by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Omnibus and The Ruff and Reddy Show IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Strong Female Protagonist Vol. 2, Gumballs, Lost Girls: Expanded Edition, Come Again, and The Silence of Malka Image Comics - Barrier: Collectors Edition #1-#5, Death or Glory #1, Flavor #1, Where We Live: Las Vegas Shooting Benefit Anthology, It Will All Hurt, Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses Vol. 1, and Street Angel Goes to Juvie Aftershock Comics - A Walk through Hell #1 Adhouse - Young Frances Alternative Comics - True Stories #3 Arcade Publishing - James Joyce: Portrait as a Dubliner: A Graphic Biography Black Mask Studios - Dismantlers #1 BOOM! Studios - Coda #1, Fraggle Rock #1, and Run Wild Chronicle Books - The Many Deaths of Scott Koblish Conundrum Press - Weegee: Serial Photographer Drawn and Quarterly - Love That Bunch, The Mushroom Fan Club, and Sabrina Fantagraphics Books - Garlandia, The Weaver Festival Phenomenon, and Rock Steady First Second - All Summer Long Gallery 13 - All the Answers Humanoids - Vietnamese Memories, Book 1: Leaving Saigon Knockabout Comics - Bloke's Progress Kodansha Comics - Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, Vol. 2 Koyama Press - The Ideal Copy, A Western World, Somnambulance, and XTC69 Lion Forge - The Big Empty Life of Alphonse Tabouret and The Enchanted Chest NBM - The Garden of Secrets New York Review Comics - Slum Wolf Nobrow - Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn Oni Press - Letter 44: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 and Heartthrob Vol. 2 Quirk Books - Manfred the Man Rebellion/2000Ad - The Ballad of Halo Jones, Book 1 Retrofit Comics - The Winner and The Troublemakers Rosarium Publishing - The Hookah Girls and Other True Stories SelfMadeHero - The Communist Manifesto and Tumult Seven Seas Entertainment - Claudine and My Solo Exchange Diary Silver Sprocket - Unfinished...3 Poems by Tom Neely Titan Comics - Violent Cases: 30th Anniversary Edition, 2021: Lost Children #1, and Yragaël and Urm the Madman Ten Speed Press - The Comic Book Story of Baseball    

Gwen and Derek are back with another Previews episode. And since February is Super Bowl time, in the super spirit of that super day they present a super long show. That's right, there were so many titles that the two wanted to highlight this month, that this episode inadvertently turned into (we think) the longest Previews show ever recorded on The Comics Alternative. History in the making, or an annoyingly long experience? You decide. Among the many comic books and graphic novels that Gwen and Derek highlight are: Dark Horse Comics - Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #1, Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1,  A Study in Emerald, Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories, Vol. 1, Resident Alien: An Alien in New York #1, Space Boy, and Michael Chabon's The Escapist: Pulse-Pounding Thrills DC/Vertigo - Action Comics #1000, Super Hero Girls: Out of the Bottle, Supergirl: Being Super, and Astro City #52 IDW Publishing - Sonic the Hedgehog #1-4, Eight Million Ways to Die, Black Crown Quarterly #3, Antar #1, Alack Sinner: The Age of Disenchantment, Jerome K. Jerome Bloche, Vol. 2: The Paper People, and Cloud Hotel Image Comics - Analog #1, Skyward #1, Crossroad Blues: A Nick Travers Graphic Novel, Pervert, and Clover Honey: Special Edition Aardvark-Vanaheim - Love and Aardvarks #1 Abrams ComicArts - The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York and The Best We Could Do Action Lab Entertainment - The Ghost, The Owl Aftershock Comics - Her Infernal Descent #1 Alternative Comics - Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories, History and Politics Arsenal Pulp Press - Forward Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Big Planet Comics Red Bloomsbury Publishing - What to Do When I'm Gone: A Mother's Wisdom to Her Daughter BOOM! Studios - Wild's End, Vol. 3: Journey's End, About Betty's Boob, The Complete The Killer, and Over the Garden Wall, Vol. 4 Cinebook - Bear's Tooth, Vol. 1: Max Devil's Due/1First Comics - Igloo Barbecue: Global Warming Party Drawn and Quarterly - Carnet de Voyage Fantagraphics Books - Blackbird Days, Kramers Ergot 10, and Now #3 First Second - Be Prepared, The City on the Other Side, One Day a Dot, Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter, Vol. 1, and Science Comics: Sharks Humanoids - Kabul Disco, Vol. 1: How I Managed Not to Be Abducted in Afghanistan Lion Forge - Algeria Is Beautiful Like America and This Is a Taco! Little Brown - Castronauts, Vol. 4: Robot Rescue New York Review Comics - The New World: Comics from Mauretania Oni Press - A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, Archer Coe, Vol. 2: The Way to Dusty Death, Bad Machinery, Vol. 5: The Case of the Fire Inside, and Courtney Crumrin, Vol. 3: The Twilight Kingdom Rebellion/2000Ad - Charley's War: The Definitive Collection, Vol. 1 SelfMadeHero - Apollo and Out in the Open Seven Stories Press - The Graphic Canon of Crime and Mystery, Vol. 2 Silver Sprocket - Daygloayhole #1 Titan Comics - The Beatles' Yellow Submarine Toon Books - Maya Makes a Mess, A Trip to the Bottom of the World, and Zig and Wikki in the Cow Vertical Comics - Moteki, Vol. 1: Love Strikes! and My Boy, Vol. 1 VIZ Media - Homestuck, Book 1: Act 1 and Act 2 and Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 1 North Atlantic Books - Sense of Wonder: My Life in Comic Fandom - The Whole Story  

Happy New Year from The Comics Alternative! To help bring in 2018, Gwen and Derek are back to meticulously go through the January Previews catalog, providing recommendations and insights on a variety of upcoming titles. This month's catalog is jam-packed with great solicits, so many, in fact, that this becomes an extra-long episode. They begin by looking at the various offerings announced for this year's Free Comic Book Day, and then they move on to the catalog proper. Among the many comic books and graphic novels that Gwen and Derek highlight are: Dark Horse Comics - American Gods: My Ainsel #1, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, Vol. 2 - The Outer Dark, Milk and Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad, Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, The Battles of Bridget Lee, Vol. 2 - The Miracle Child, and Rocket Robinson and the Pharaoh's Fortune DC/Vertigo - Eternity Girl #1, Shade the Changing Woman #1, Global Frequency: Deluxe Edition, and The American Way: Those Above and Those Below IDW Publishing - Four Sisters, Vol. 1: Enid, A Strange and Beautiful Sound, Super Patriotic Heroes, and Ward's Valley Image Comics - Gideon Falls #1, Oblivion Song #1, Dry County #1, Infidel #1, and Prism Stalker #1 Abstract Studios - Motor Girl Omnibus Abrams ComicArts - Bizarre Romance Aftershock Comics - Shock Anthology Archie Comics - Vampironica #1 Avery Hill Publishing - I Love This Part BOOM! Studios - Lucy Dreaming #1, Dodge City #1, Nuclear Winter, Vol. 1, Dodo, Persephone, and Misfit City, Vol. 2 Cinebook - Alone, Vol. 8: The Arena, Valerian and Laureline, Vol. 22: Memories from the Future, and Trent, Vol. 2: The Kid Conundrum Press - BDQ: Essays and Interviews on Quebec Comics Dynamite Entertainment - The Green Hornet '66 Meets The Spirit Drawn and Quarterly - Berlin #22, From Lone Mountain, and Von Spatz Fantagraphics Books - Mudbite, Love & Rockets, Vol. IV #5, We Ate Wonder Bread, Land of the Sons, and Real Deal #8 First Second - Brazen, New Shoes, Science Comics: Robots and Drones, and Secret Coders, Vol. 5: Potions and Parameters Graphix - Raina Telgemeier Collection Box Set Humanoids - Exo Lion Forge - Puerto Rico Strong and The Lost Path NBM - The Initiates: A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs and The True Death of Billy the Kid Nobrow Press - Dalston Monsterzz Oni Press - The Ballad of Sang #1, Spectacle, Book 1, and Oh Joy Sex Toy, Vol. 1 Titan Comics - Sea of Thieves #1, Fighting American: The Ties that Bind #1, Quarry's War, and Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini Toon Books/Toon Graphics - Snails Are Just My Speed and The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America Vertical Comics - City, Vol. 1 VIZ Media - Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War, Vol. 1

On this month's Previews episode, Gwen and Derek join forces to highlight the various November solicits that strike their fancy. In fact, this is Gwen's first time doing a Previews show, but she comes across as an old hand and suggests some wonderful upcoming titles that are sure to resonate with listeners. But first, the Two Academics Talking about Comics send out a BIG thank you to two dedicated -- and two very talented -- listeners, Holly English and Marc Casilli. Both have recently shared copies of their own self-published comics, and Gwen and Derek give them a shout-out and discuss how impressed they are with the issues. After that they announce The Comics Alternative's brand new Slack channel, inviting listeners to join up and take part in the discussion community. But after these announcements, they get to the heart of this week's Previews episode. Among the comics and graphic novels Gwen and Derek recommend are: Dark Horse Comics - Hungry Ghosts #1, Vinegar Teeth #1, Contract with God Curator's Collection, and The Paybacks Collection DC/Vertigo - The Terrifics #1, Swamp Thing Winter Special, and Motherlands #1 IDW Publishing - Frankenstein Alive, Alive #4, Time and Vine, Saucer State, The Goat Getters, and Violette around the World, Vol. 1: My Head in the Clouds Image Comics - Days of Hate #1, The Further Adventures of Nick Wilson #1, Ice Cream Man #1, Get Naked, and Spy Seal, Vol. 1: The Corten-Steel Phoenix Abstract Studios - Strangers in Paradise XXV #1 Abrams ComicArts - My Friend Dahmer (Movie Tie-In Edition) Archie Comics - Chilling Adventures in Sorcery Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Tales from the Hyperverse BOOM! Studios - Abbott #1 Dynamite Entertainment - James Bond: The Body #1 Drawn and Quarterly - Red Winter and Kitaro, Vol. 5: Kitaro the Vampire Slayer Fantagraphics Books - Trump's ABC, Now #2, Compulsive Comics, The Weird World of Lagoola Gardner, and Showtime Henry Holt - Hammy and Gerbee: Mummies at the Museum Hill and Wang - Three-Fifths a Man: A Graphic History of the African American Experience Humanoids - Gregory and the Gargoyles, Book 2 Kodansha Comics - Ghost in the Shell Complete Boxed Set and A Silent Voice Complete Series Boxed Set Lion Forge - The Dream of the Butterfly New York Review Comics - Yellow Negros and Other Imaginary Creatures Oni Press - Archival Quality Seven Seas Entertainment - Orange: Future Seven Stories Press - The Epic of Gilgamesh Titan Comics - Atlas and Axis #1, Babylon Berlin, and Death to the Tsar University Press of Mississippi - The Canadian Alternative: Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels Be sure to visit the websites of both Holly English and Marc Casilli and discover their wonderful art and comics! And remember, check out The Comics Alternative's new Slack channel!

The Two Guys with PhDs have been on hiatus for a couple of months -- as they explain in this episode, life matters prevented new episodes -- but now the weekly review show is back...and with a vengeance. On this episode, Gene and Derek look through the October Previews catalog. There's a lot packed into this month's solicits, and the guys have their hands full. But Gene and Derek rise to the occasion and highlight a variety of upcoming titles from publishers such as: Dark Horse Comics - Incognegro, Joe Golem: Occult Detective: Flesh and Blood #1, Inside Moebius, and The Secret Loves of Geeks DC/Vertigo - DC Universe Holiday Special 2017, Imaginary Fiends #2, and Savage Things IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Assassinistas #1, We Spoke Out: Comic Books and the Holocaust, Screwball: The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny, Four Women, and Comic Book History of Comics: Comics for All #1 Image Comics - Curse Words Holiday Special, Paradiso #1, Sleepless #1, and The Divided States of Hysteria Aardvark-Vanaheim - The Vark Knight Returns #1 Abstract Studios - Terry Moore 25th Anniversary Sketchbook: 8,800 Days of Blondes, Brunettes, and Bozos Aftershock Comics - Monstro Mechanica #1 and Backways #1 Alternative Comics - Nurse Nurse Archie Comics - The Mighty Crusaders #1 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - How to Be Alive BOOM! Studios - Judas #1, Klaus and the Crisis in Xmasville #1, Pizzeria Kamikaze, Grass Kings Vol. 1, and Rust Vol. 4 Conundrum Press - Getting Out of Hope, Mister Morgen, and The Collected Neil the Horse Dynamite Entertainment - Barbarella #1 Drawn and Quarterly - It Don't Come Easy Fantagraphics Books - Love and Rockets #4, Blubber #5, Angels and Magpies: The Love and Rockets Library Vol. 13, Drew Friedman's Chosen People, The Lie and How We Told It, Night Business, and Sparring with Gil Kane: Debating the History and Aesthetics of Comics Humanoids - The Magical Twins Kodansha Comics - Inuyashiki Vols. 9 & 10 and Happiness Vol. 6 NBM - Portugal One Peace Books - Dostoyevsky: The Life and Work Oni Press - You Have Killed Me Sunday Press Books - Crazy Quilt: Scraps and Panels on the Way to Gasoline Alley Titan Comics - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest: Millennium #1, The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini #2, and Quarry's War #2 Vertical Comics - Blame! Vol. 6 VIZ Media - Shiver, Platinum End Vol. 4, Assassination Classroom Vol. 19, and Golden Kamuy Vol. 3 Hermes Press - Joe Sinnott: Embellishing Life

It's the first week of the month, so that must mean that it's time once again for Andy and Derek to check out the latest Previews catalog. As they go through the July solicitations, they highlight a variety of upcoming titles from publishers such as: Dark Horse Comics - Legacy: An Off-Color Novella for You to Color and Best Wishes DC/Vertigo - House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus and Sebastian O/The Mystery Play Deluxe Edition IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Elenora Mandragora: Daughter of Merlin, Alex Toth's The Case of the Curious Classic Artist's Edition Portfolio, Star Hawks Vol. 2, The Man from the Great North, Archie: A Celebration of America's Favorite Teenagers, The Limbo Lounge, I Am a Number, and Super Tokyoland Image Comics - Angelic #1, Glitterbomb: The Fame Game #1, Rat Queens Special: Orc Dave #1, The Realm #1, and Son of Shaolin Aardvark-Vanaheim - Aardvark Comics #1 AC Comics - The Charlton Arrow #1 AdHouse - Pope Hats #5 Aftershock Comics - Dark Ark #1 and Fu Jitsu #1 Alterna Comics - Mr. Crypt #1 Black Mask Studios - Black, Vol. 1 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - What Is a Glacier? BOOM! Studios - Lazaretto #1, Bolivar, and Bad Mask Conundrum Press - Dreams in Thin Air, Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me, and Morton: A Cross-Country Rail Journey Dynamite Entertainment - John Wick #1 and James Bond: Casino Royale Dial Books - All's Faire in Middle School Drawn and Quarterly - Berlin #21, The Poppies of Iraq, and Present Fantagraphics Books - Now #1, Peppy in the Wild West, Fred the Clown In..."The Iron Duchess", Beirut Won't Cry Firefly Books - Escape from Syria and Flight of the Grizzly First Second - Castle in the Stars: The Space Race of 1969, The Hunting Accident, Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, and Spinning Gallery 13 - Park Bench Humanoids - Halloween Tales and The Retreat  Knockabout Comics - Fifty Freakin' Years of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Lion Forge - Lighter Than My Shadow, Taproot, and Generations NBM - Pride of the Decent Man Oni Press - Made Men #1 SelfMadeHero - Nick Cave: Mercy on Me Seven Stories Press - At War with War Titan Comics - Hammer Comics: Captain Kronos #1 and The Beautiful Death #1 TwoMorrows Publishing - Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture VIZ Media - Death Note: All-in-One Edition, Sweet Blue Flowers Vol. 1, and Goodnight Punpun Vol. 7 Rizzoli - Chris Ware: Monograph

The Two Guys with PhDs, AKA "Ben" and "Jason," are back with another Previews episode. And for the month of June, there's a lot that Andy and Derek want to highlight. Among the many upcoming titles they discuss are: Dark Horse Comics - Hellboy in Hell: Library Edition, Mr. Higgins Comes Home, Michael Chabon's The Escapists, and Rashomon: A Commissioner Heigo Kobayashi Case DC/Vertigo - Future Quest Showcase #1 and the various Jack Kirby centennial #1 issues IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Michael Recycle's Environmental Adventures, Roots, and Bottled Image Comics - Redlands #1, Annual, Elsewhere #1, Savage Town, and Spy Seal #1 Aardvark-Vanaheim - Batvark #1 AdHouse - Screwed Up AH Comics - Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Vol. 2 Amazing Ink/Slave Labor Graphics - Josephine Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Iceland BOOM! Studios - Mech Cadet Yu #1 Candlewick Press - Poe: Stories and Poems Darby Pop Publishing - Things You Shouldn't Remember Dynamite Entertainment - Sheena #0, The Shadow #1, James Bond: Moneypenny, and Atari Classics: Swordquest Devil's Due/First Comics - Lark's Killer #1 Dover Publications - Border Worlds Drawn and Quarterly - The Customer Is Always Wrong Fantagraphics Books - Love and Rockets #3, Otherworld Barbara Vol. 2, Johnny Appleseed, All Time Comics: Blind Justice #2, The Bloody Cardinal, and Education Fanfare/Ponent Mon - Venice First Second - Science Comics: Plagues Humanoids - Gregory and the Gargoyles Kodansha Comics - Love and Lies, Vol. 1 Lion Forge - Ghost Money #1, Incidentals #1, and Water Memory Mariner Books - Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home NBM - Sartre Microcosm Publishing - Henry and Glenn Adult Coloring Book Nobrow Press - A Castle in England and Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities Oni Press - Dead of Winter #1 and the latest Square One editions Papercutz - Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars, Vol. 2 Titan Comics - Anno Dracula Ten Speed Press - Alexander Hamilton: The Graphic History of an American Founding Father Uncivilized Books - The Story of Jezebel University Press of Mississippi - Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War, Comics Art in China, and Jim Shooter: Conversations

It's time for another look at the current Previews catalog, so this week Andy and Derek check out all of the interesting solicitations for May. First, though, they briefly discuss their plans (or lack thereof) for Free Comic Book Day this coming weekend, and then they share some listener mail. After that, they begin their deep dive into the May Previews..and it's a good long dive this month. Among the many upcoming titles they highlight are: Dark Horse Comics - Moebius Library: The Art of Edena, The End League: Library Edition, Mister X: The Modern Age, and Lifeformed: Cleo Makes Contact DC/Vertigo - Swamp Thing: Bronze Age Omnibus and The American Way: Those Above and Those Below #1 IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Saucer Country, Time and Vine #1, Space Bat and the Fugitives: Tacos at the End of the World, Jungle Girls, The Story of Men, Behind You: One-Shot Horror Stories, Jérôme K. Jérôme Blôche, Vol. 1: The Shadow Killer, and Sax Rohmer's Dope Image Comics - Moonstruck #1, Generation Gone #1, By Chance or Providence, The Other Side: Special Edition, and The Street Angel Gang Aftershock Comics - Unholy Grail #1 Alternative Comics - Cloud Stories Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Shit and Piss BOOM! Studios - Jane Cinebook - Valerian, Vol. 17: Orphans of the Stars Dynamite Entertainment - Bettie Page #1, The Green Hornet '66 Meets The Spirit #1, and James Bond: Kill Chain #1 Drawn and Quarterly - Palookaville, Vol. 23 Fantagraphics Books - Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge, My Pretty Vampire, All Time Comics: Crime Destroyer #2, and Ten Thousand Years in Hell First Second - Pigs Might Fly and Demon, Vol. 3 Gallery 13 - Alone Lion Forge - Superb #1 Oni Press - Kill Them All Simon and Schuster - The Good Earth Titan Comics - The Death of Stalin Vault Comics - Heathen, Vol. 1 Vertical Comics - She and Her Cat Cernunnos Publishing - Headlight Honeys: The “Perfect Pair” in Vintage Paperbacks, Pulps, and Comics Abrams Books - Kirby: King of Comics Anniversary Edition

It's time to look at the current Previews catalog from Diamond, and for this month Derek is joined by Paul, the new cohost of the monthly Young Readers series. Paul has helped out on earlier Previews shows, and as Andy has jokingly pointed out, on those occasions the episodes have tended to clock in on the longish side. And indeed, that's what happens this week! But the lengthiness of the April Previews show is filled not only with choice solicits, but also with critical commentary, astute observations, and even a couple of soapbox rants. In their highlights from this month's catalog, the guys discuss offerings from: Dark Horse Comics - Briggs Land: Lone Wolves #1, Bankshot #1, Calla Cthulhu, and the trade of Dead Inside DC/Vertigo - Shade, the Changing Girl, Vol. 1: Earth Girl Made Easy and a new edition of It's a Bird... IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Clue #1, Surfside Girls: The Secret of Danger Point, and Super Weird Heroes: Preposterous but True! Image Comics - Crosswind #1, The Divided States of Hysteria #1, Shirtless Bear-Fighter #1, and Tokyo Ghost Deluxe Edition AdHouse - Tarantula Aftershock Comics - Jimmy's Bastards #1 and Babyteeth #1 Alternative Comics - King Cat Comics and Stories #77 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Canopy Black Mask Studios - The Skeptics and Beautiful Canvas #1 BOOM! Studios - The Unsound #1 Cinebook - Alone, Vol. 7: The Lowlands Clarion Books - Fish Girl and Lint Boy Dynamite Entertainment - Blood Brothers #1 Dover Publications - Kafkaesque Drawn and Quarterly - If Found...Please Return to Elise Gravel Fantagraphics Books - A New Low, Ripple: A Predilection for Tina, All Time Comics: Blind Justice #1, and Vague Tales Farrah, Straus and Giroux - Four Points, Book 2: Knife's Edge First Second - The Big Bad Fox and Making Scents Knopf Publishing - Rickety Stitch and Gelatinous Goo, Vol. 1: The Road to Epoli Kodansha Comics - Appleseed Alpha, Vol. 1 Lion Forge - Noble, Vol. 1 #1 and Jazz Maynard, Vol. 1 #1 Nobrow - Garbage Night Oni Press - The Sixth Gun, Book One: Cold Dead Fingers (Square One Edition), Heartthrob, Season Two #1, and Angel City: Town without Pity Sunday Press - Foolish Questions and Other Odd Observations: Rube Goldberg, Early Comics 1909-1919 Ten Speed Press - The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up Titan Comics - Normandy Gold #1 and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-Millennium #1 Udon Entertainment - Manga Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo and Manga Classics: The Jungle Book Valiant Entertainment - Secret Weapons #1 VIZ Media - Golden Kamuy, Vol. 1, Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga, and Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 6 Z2 Comics - Murder Ballads Rutgers University Press - Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon  

It's the first part of March, which means it must be time for the Two Guys with PhDs to look through the latest Previews catalog. Before they do that, though, they alert readers to this month's #trypod social media campaign and encourage listeners to share their love of The Comics Alternative by using that hashtag along with #try2guys. Next, they give a big THANK YOU to Kristin and Thomas at the Secret Stacks podcast for their recent shout-out. Then they get into the March Previews catalog, highlighting a variety of upcoming titles from both large and small publishers alike. Among the upcoming comics they discuss are offerings from: Dark Horse Comics - Ether, Volume 1: Death of the Last Golden Blaze, Glister, Joe Golem: Occult Detective - The Outer Dark #1, and H.P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories DC/Vertigo - Bug!: The Adventures of Forager #1, DC Horror: House of Secrets, Vol. 1, and The American Way: The 10th Anniversary Edition IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Saucer State #1, Drawing and Life Lessons from Master Cartoonists, and Samaris Image Comics - Regression #1, Youngblood #1, Eternal Empire #1, The Dying and the Dead #4, Nothing Lasts Forever, and User Abstract Studios - Motor Girl, Volume 1: Real Life AdHouse - Please Destroy My Enemies and Your Black Friend Aftershock Comics - Pestilence #1 and The Normals #1 Alternative Comics - The Diary of Menorah Horowitz and Resurrection Perverts, Vol. 1: Hunter's Point Bergen Street Press - Revenger and the Fog BOOM! Studios - Sombra and The Backstagers, Vol. 1 Dynamite Entertainment - Swordquest #0, James Bond: Service, and Hero Killers #1 Drawn and Quarterly - Boundless, Hostage, and Uncomfortably Happy Fantagraphics Books - One More Year, Songy of Paradise, All Time Comics: Atlas #1, On the Camino, and The Ladies-in-Waiting Fanfare/Ponent Mon - Furari First Second - Science Comics: Flying Machines, Shattered Warrior, and Spill Zone, Vol. 1 Gallery 13 - Creepshow Roundwood Books - Grandfather and the Moon and Harvey; How I Became Invisible Nation Books - Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D NBM - Billie Holiday New York Review Books - Father and Son Oni Press - The Damned #1 and The Damned, Vol. 1: Three Days Dead Pantheon Books - My Brother's Husband, Vol. 1 SelfMadeHero - Herman by Trade and Outburst Seven Seas Entertainment - My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness Taschen - The Airship Adventures of Little Nemo Z2 Comics - Instrumental University Press of Mississippi - Graphic Novels for Children and Young Adults Quirk Books - The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen

Happy New Year from the Two Guys with PhDs Talking about Comics! On this, their first regular episode of 2017, Andy and Derek take their monthly gander at the current Previews catalog. Before they do that, though, they welcome and thank a couple of new Patreon supporters to the Comics Alternative family, including Alla Rull, who becomes the latest of the guys' official Podcast Patrons. Then they jump headlong into the January Previews, highlighting a variety of upcoming titles from both large and small publishers alike. Among the interesting fare found in this month's catalog are offerings from: Those participating in Free Comic Book Day and the announcement of their titles! Dark Horse Comics - American Gods: Shadows #1, Rebels: These Free and Independent States #1, The Once and Future Queen #1, Jerry and the Joker: Adventures and Comic Art, and Starslayer DC/Vertigo - Suicide Squad/Banana Splits Annual, The Doom Patrol Silver Age Omnibus, and Savage Things #1 IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Lennon: The New York Years, Her Bark and Her Bite, LOAC Essentials, Vol. 10: Dan Dunn, Secret Operative, and Star Hawks, Vol. 1 Image Comics - Afar, Royal City #1, Extremity #1, Rat Queens #1, Underwinter #1, and The Complete Phonogram Abrams ComicArts - The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir Amulet Books - One Trick Pony Archie Comics - The Archies One-Shot Avatar Press - Providence #12 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - I Thought You Hated Me BOOM! Studios - Grass Kings #1, Strange Fruit, and The March of the Crabs, Vol. 2 Candlewick Press - Yvain: The Knight of the Lion Dynamite Entertainment - James Bond: Black Box #1 and Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie #1 Drawn and Quarterly - Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero and Terms and Conditions Fantagraphics Books - All Time Comics: Crime Destroyer #1, John Stanley: Giving Life to Little Lulu, Eartha, Fante Bukowski Two, Crickets #6, and Ganges #6 First Second - California Dreamin': Cass Elliot before The Mamas and the Papas House of Anansi Press - In-Between Days: A Memoir about Living with Cancer Kodansha Comics - Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant SelfMadeHero - Fun: Spies, Puzzle Solvers, and a Century of Crosswords Titan Comics - Anno Dracula #1 W.W. Norton - Will Eisner's Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories Quirk Books - The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: Oddball Criminals from Comic Book History

The Two Guys with PhDs are back for their final Previews show of 2016. In this episode, Andy and Derek do what they usually do, going through the current catalog from not quite beginning to end, highlighting the offerings from the premiere publishers as well as from small presses. Among the solicitations they note are offerings from: Dark Horse Comics - The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed #1, The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear, Vol. 4, and Soupy Leaves Home DC/Vertigo - The Wild Storm #1 and Jack of Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Cosmic Scoundrels #1, Animal Noir #1, Chester 5000: Isabelle & George, and Fiction House: From Pulps to Panels Image Comics - The Old Guard #1, Black History in Its Own Words, Sun Bakery #1, The Belfry, and Revival #47 Alternative Comics - Fancy Froglin: Uncensored and Foggy Notions Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Lovers in the Garden BOOM! Studios - Death Be Damned #1 and The Realist: Plug and Play Campfire - The Beatles: All Our Yesterdays Drawn and Quarterly - Fire!! The Zora Neale Hurston Story and Spaniel Rage Fantagraphics Books - My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, The Interview, Excavation, The Draw of Sport, To Have and to Hold, and Love & Rockets #2 First Second - Decelerate Blue and Demon, Vol. 2 Hermes Press - Walt Kelly's The Adventures of Peter Wheat: The Complete Series, Vol. 1 Humanoids - Snow Day and Koma Magnetic Press - Doomboy and Golem NBM - A Treasury of Twentieth-Century Murder Compendium New York Review Comics - Pretending Is Lying Nobrow - Nightlights Oni Press - Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection SelfMadeHero - Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie Souring Penguin Press - Meanwhile #5 VIZ Media - Revolutionary Girl Utena, Deluxe Box Set University Press of Mississippi - Reading Lessons in Seeing: Mirrors, Masks, and Mazes in the Autobiographical Graphic Novel

Where did October go?! You mean the month is over, and it's already time to look at the November Previews catalog? YES! And as usual the Two Guys with PhDs rise to the occasion, looking through the most interesting solicitations and making the kind of astute observations as only they can do. For example, Andy and Derek notice an unusually large number of Spanish comics making their way into this month's listings. Is this a mere coincidence? Or might this be the kind of ethnic migratory crisis spouted by the likes of Donald J. Trump? Resisting any tendency to go batshit orange, the guys stick to the matter at hand, calmly and methodically going through the November Previews catalog and highlighting upcoming titles from publishers such as Dark Horse Comics - Black Hammer Giant-Sized Annual, Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, and Reefer Madness DC/Vertigo - Kamandi Challenge #1 and Kid Eternity, Book One IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Box Office Poison: Color Comics #1, Flight of the Raven, and Behaving Madly: Zany, Loco, Cockeyed, Rip-Off Satire Magazines Image Comics - Curse Words #1, The Few #1, God Country #1, and Loose Ends #1 Aardvark Vanaheim - Cerebus in Hell #1 Abrams ComicArts - Octavia Butler's Kindred: A Graphic Novel Aftershock - Blood Blister #1 and Animosity: The Rise Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Libby's Dad BOOM! Studios - Ladycastle #1 Dynamite Entertainment - James Bond: Felix Leiter #1 , The Spirit: The Corpse-Makers #1, and Masters of Spanish Comic Book Art Drawn and Quarterly - The Abominable Mr. Seabrook Fantagraphics Books - Psychodrama Illustrated #1, Zonzo, Starseeds, Farmer Ned's Comics Barn, and The Artist Kodansha Comics - The Ghost in the Shell, Deluxe Edition Microcosm Publishing - Six Days in Cincinnati NBM - The Lighthouse Oni Press - The Damned, Vol. 1: Three Days Dead PS Artbooks - Pre-Code Classics: Lars of Mars/Crusaders from Mars/Eerie Adventures Titan Comics - (Re)Assignment #1 Vertical Comics - Junji Ito's Dissolving Classroom University Press of Mississippi - Chris Ware: Conversations

It's the first week of October, the beginning of the month, so that must mean that it's time once again for Andy and Derek to look through the latest Previews catalog. However, before they delve into the current solicits they take a few moments to thank two new Patreon supporters and welcome them to the noble ranks of Comics Alternative patrons. Then, after a few comments about the upcoming Comics Crossroads Columbus, the Two Guys get  into the meat of the episode. Among the many upcoming titles they highlight from the October Previews catalog are from publishers such as Dark Horse Comics - Dead Inside #1, Moby Dick, and The EC Archives: Valor DC/Vertigo - Hellblazer, Vol. 15: Highwater and Unfollow Vol. 2: God Is Watching IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Locke and Key: Small World, Love Is Love, Gumboils #1, and Jay Disbrow's Monster Invasion Image Comics - Motor Crush #1, Beowulf, and Scooter Girl Alternative Comics - Dad's Weekend and Reich #3 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Our Mother BOOM! Studios - Klaus and the Witch of Winter and The Killer, Vol. 5: Fight or Flight Dynamite Entertainment - Grave Surprise Fantagraphics Books - The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood, Vol. 1, Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal, and The Million Year Picnic Humanoids - Barbarella and By the Numbers Iron Circus Comics - Shadoweyes, Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Little Brown and Company - The One Hundred Nights of Hero Nobrow - SP4RX Oni Press - Oh Joy Sex Toy: Coloring Book PS Artbooks - Pre-Code Classics: Space Busters/Space Patrol/Nightmare, Vol. 1 Valiant Entertainment - Divinity III #1 Vertical Comics - Blame! Vol. 2 and Mysterious Girlfriend X, Vol. 4 VIZ Media - Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition z2 Comics - Grave Lillies #1 University Press of Mississippi - The 10 Cent War: Comics Books, Propaganda, and World War II

It's the beginning of September, the first of the month, so that must mean it's time for the Two Guys with PhDs Talking about Comics to look at the latest Previews catalog. As they do every month, Andy and Derek carefully go through the the Diamond publication, highlighting upcoming titles they're interested in, commenting on solicitations that sound interesting, and discussing creators they look forward to reading. Among the many comics they mention on this episode are from publishers such as Dark Horse Comics - Ether #1 and Dept. H Volume 1: Pressure DC/Vertigo - Mother Panic #1 and Jack of Fables: Deluxe Edition Book One IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Comic Book History of Comics #1, Tonoharu: Part Three, The Theory of the Grain of Sand, and Weird Love: Jailbird Romance Image Comics - A.D.: After Death, Book One, Frontier #1, Violent Love #1, Chew #60, and One Week in the Library Abstract Studio - Motor Girl #1 Action Lab - Athena Voltaire and the Volcano Goddess #1 Alternative Comics - Compulsive Comics and King-Cat Comix and Stories #76 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Summerland Bergen Street Press - Copra: Round Four BOOM! Studios - Namesake #1, Slam! #1, and Baker Street Peculiars Conundrum Press - Lake Jehovah and The Palace of Champions Drawn & Quarterly - Seth's Dominion Dynamite Entertainment - Grand Passion #1 Faber and Faber - Love in Vain: Robert Johnson 1911-1938 Fantagraphics Books - Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All: The Complete Works of Fletcher Hanks, Blubber #4, Beyond Time and Again, and Laid Waste First Second - Last Man, Vol. 9: The Rescue Hermes Press - Dark Shadows: The Best of the Original Series Jet City Comics - Cirque American, Vol. 1: Girl over Paris Last Gasp - Cometbus #57 New York Review Comics - Pretending Is Lying Oni Press - Motro #1 SelfMadeHero - The Can Opener's Daughter Super Genius - Trish Trash: Rollergirl from Mars Titan Comics - The Mummy #1 Valiant Entertainment - Faith #5 VIZ Media - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, Vol. 1, and Sunny, Vol. 6

This week on the podcast, Andy and Derek discuss the August Previews catalog. Even more importantly, the Two Guys celebrate the four-year anniversary of the podcast! That's right, The Comics Alternative is now four years old, having its first episode published on August 1, 2012. So this episode begins with a brief assessment of the many episodes they've done over the years. But the core of this week's show is a discussing of the solicitations in the latest Previews...and there are a lot of them worth mentioning. So many, in fact, that this is another extra long episode. Among the many upcoming title Derek and Andy highlight are from publishers such as Dark Horse Comics - Bait, Spell on Wheels #1, and Muhammad Ali DC/Vertigo - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #1, The Lost Boys #1, and The Unwritten: Deluxe Edition, Book One IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #1, Tom Tomorrow: 25 Years of Tomorrow, The Electric Sublime #1, and Super Weird Heroes Image Comics - Moonshine #1, Cannibal #1, Thought Bubble Anthology Collection Abrams ComicArts - Si Lewen's Parade: An Artist's Odyssey AfterShock - Shipwreck #1 Albatross Funnybooks - Spookhouse #1 Alternative Comics - Cowboys and Insects, Johnny Appleseed, and Reich #1 Arsenal Pulp Press - Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961-63 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - We All Wish for Deadly Force Drawn & Quarterly - A Walk in Eden, Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon, and Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq Dynamite Entertainment - James Bond: Hammerhead #1, Betty Boop #1, and Will Eisner's The Spirit Vol. 1: The Spirit Returns Fanfare/Ponent Mon - A Distant Neighborhood: Complete Fantagraphics Books - Looking for America's Dog, Enough Astronaut Blood to Last the Winter, Weathercraft, and More Heroes of the Comics First Second - Demon, Vol. 1, Science Comics: Volcanoes, and Tetris: The Games People Play Hill & Wang - Shirley Jackson's The Lottery Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Best American Comics 2016 Humanoids - El Niño Insight Comics - Baker Street Four, Vol. 1 Kodansha - Neo Parasite F NBM - A Treasury of 20th-Century Murder: Black Dahlia Nobrow Press - How to Survive the North Odod/Uncivilized Books - Musnet, Vol. 2 Oni Press - Angel City #1 and Heartthrob, Vol. 1 Pantheon - Last Look SelfMadeHero - Art Masters Series, Vol. 4: Dali and The Return of the Honey Buzzard Titan Comics - Peepland #1 and Triggerman #1 VIZ Media - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 9 and Platinum End

It's the first of the month, and that must mean that it's time for the Two Guys with PhDs to take a deep dive into the latest Previews catalog. For the month of July, there's a lot for Andy and Derek to discuss. And in between speculations on solicitation-writing strategies and disagreements on how to pronounce "gyros," the guys pack as much as they can into this almost-two-hour episode. Among the many solicits they highlight are from publishers such as Dark Horse Comics - Resident Alien: The Man with No Name #1, Aleister & Adolf, Creatures of the Night, and Ranx DC/Vertigo - Doom Patrol #1, Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #1, and Frostbite #1 IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope, Crazy Is the New Normal, and The Return of the Zombies Image Comics - Seven to Eternity #1, Surgeon X #1, She Changed Comics, and Kill Six Billion Demons Book 1 Aardvark-Vanaheim - Cereus in Hell? #0 AfterShock - Alters #1 Ah! Comics - Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection Vol. 1 Alternative Comics - After Land Vol. 1, The Short Con, and So Buttons Archie Comics - Josie and the Pussycats #1 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - The Late Bloomer BOOM! Studios - Skybourne #1, Klaus, and Abigail and the Snowman Candlewick Press - Snow White and Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Drawn & Quarterly - Mooncop, Cheap Novelties: The Pleasures of Urban Decay, and Nicolas Dynamite Entertainment - The Great Divide #1 Fantagraphics Books - Love & Rockets Comics, Vol. IV #1, My Favorite Things Is Monsters, Otherworld Barbara, American Blood, Band for Life, Disillusioned Illusions, Toward a Hot Jew, and The Moolah Tree First Second - The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo, Mighty Jack Vol. 1, and Varmints Kingpin Books - Fossils of Beautiful Souls and The Waltz Kodansha Comics - Attack on Titan: Colossal Edition Vol. 3, Attack on Titan Anthology, and Spoof on Titan Vol. 1 Koyama Press - Cat Rackham Locust Moon Press - The Lost Work of Will Eisner Magnetic Press/Buno - Light Metropolitan Books - The Arab of the Future: A Graphic Memoir Vol. 2: 1984-1985 NBM - Elvis Nobrow Press - Hilda and the Stone Forest Oni Press - Oh Joy Sex Toy Vol. 3 Rebellion/2000AD - Misty SelfMadeHero - Becoming Andy Warhol, Ghost Stories of Antiquary Vol. 1, and The Trial of Roger Casement Titan Comics - Pacific and Ian Fleming's James Bond: Classic Collection Vol. 1: Dr. No - 1958-1960 Toon Books - Ape & Armadillo Take Over the World Uncivilized Books - Brighter Than You Think: 10 Short Works by Alan Moore Valiant Entertainment - X-O Manowar #50 and Britannia #1 VIZ Media - One-Punch Man Vol. 8 and Goodnight Punpun Vol. 3 Z2 Comics - Carver: A Paris Story University Press of Mississippi - Peter Kuper: Conversations

It's the first of the month, and that must mean that it's time, once again, for the Two Guys with PhDs to take a conversational stroll through the latest Previews catalog. For the month of June, there is an inordinately large number of notable titles for Derek and Andy W. to discuss, making this a longer-than-average episode (a little over two hours). So strap in and get ready to boogie! Among the many solicits they highlight are from publishers such as Dark Horse Comics - Briggs Land #1, Lady Killer 2 #1, Moebius Library: The World of Edena, and Terminal City: Library Edition DC/Vertigo - The Hellblazer #1 and Survivors' Club IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - The Adventures of Augusta Wind, Vol. 2 #1, Superf*ckers Forever #1, The Killer Inside Me #1, March: Book 3, and Ditko Unleashed Image Comics - The Black Monday Murders #1, Kill or Be Killed #1, Demonic #1, Prince of Cats, and Solstice Abstract Studios - Rachel Rising Omnibus AfterShock - Animosity #1 Alternative Comics - 23 Skidoo, At the Shore, Fancy Froglin Uncensored, and Vile #2 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Hellbound: Lifestyle BOOM! Studios - Backstagers #1 and Thomas Alsop, Vol. 2 Dover Publications - Sam Glanzman's Attu: The Collected Volumes Drawn & Quarterly - The Greatest of Marlys Fantagraphics Books - We Told You So: Comics as Art, Spanish Fever, Growing Up in Public, The Longest Day of the Future, Cosplayers, and Blubber #3 First Second - Bera the One-Headed Troll, Friends Is Friends, and Secret Coders, Vol. 2: Paths and Portals Graphix - Ghosts Liveright - Cousin Joseph Microcosm Publishing - Manor Threat: Snakepit Comics 2013-2015 NBM - Equinoxes and Bubbles and Gondola Oni Press - Jeff Steinberg #1 and Oh Joy Sex Toy, Vols. 1 and 2 Shambhala - Bushido: The Soul of the Samurai T Pub - Turncoat Titan Comics - Doctor Who: The Third Doctor #1, The Best of Shoe, Vol. 1, and Flash Gordon Dailies: Dan Barry, Vol. 2 University Press of Mississippi - Forging the Past: Seth and the Art of Memory and The Comics of Hergé: When the Lines Are Not So Clear Andy and Derek also discuss the new Goodreads reading group The Comics Alternative is setting up, and they ask listeners for their input in how they'd like to use that social media platform. They also share some audience feedback and encourage everyone to go to the podcast's iTunes page to leave a rating and review, if they haven't already.  In other words, do your part for The Comics Alternative!

Hold on to your butts! It's another substantive, jam-packed episode where the Two Guys look through the latest Previews catalog. And for May, Andy W. and Derek see a lot of good stuff, enough to make this a longer-than-average episode. (Yes, the guys are going into 2+ hours territory again, but only slightly.) Among the many solicits Andy and Derek highlight are of titles from publishers such as Dark Horse Comics - Black Hammer #1 (again!), Angel Catbird, and The Battles of Bridget Lee DC/Vertigo - The Hellblazer: Rebirth #1, American Vampire Anthology #2, and Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book 13 IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - ROM #1, Snake Tales!, Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater, and Dirty Duck Image Comics - Snotgirl #1, Throwaways #1, and The Hunt #1 Action Lab - The House of Montresor AfterShock - Captain Kid #1 and Lifespanners #1 Alternative Comics - Flashed: Sudden Stories in Comics and Prose, Terra Flats #1, and True Stories #2 Archie Comics - Betty and Veronica #1 and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - The Experts BOOM! Studios - Sombra #1 and Adventure Time Comics #1 Canton Street Press - Blood Is the Harvest #16 (Replica Edition) Chapterhouse Comics - Johnny Canuck: Compendium 1941-1946 Dover Publications - The Boys of Sheriff Street Fantagraphics Books - Neat Stuff, Garden of Flesh, and Hip Hop Family Tree Book 4: 1984-1985 First Second - Last Man, Vol. 5: The Order Humanoids - I Am Legion and Milo Manara's Gullivera Deluxe  Jet City Comics - Cirque American: Girl over Paris #1 Kodansha Comics - Appleseed Alpha, Vol. 1 Nobrow Press - Einstein Odod Books/Uncivilized Books - The Whistling Factory Titan Comics - Torchwood #1 and The Best of B.C. Vanguard Productions - The Sensuous Frazetta VIZ Media - Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 9 Stone Bridge Press - The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime In addition, Derek and Andy discuss other matters, including a correction from last week's publisher spotlight -- Melissa Mendes's Lou is actually an Alternative Comics publication, not from Hic + Hoc -- and an email of appreciation they received from Jon Allen whose book, Ohio Is for Sale, was discussed in that same episode. They also talk a little bit about this coming weekend's Free Comic Book Day, wonder over the new Image+ insert magazine (and Andy is pissed that he didn't get one with his copy of Previews), poke fun at Millarworld, and point out the truly freaky and absolutely unnecessary Big Head Walking Dead figures they saw in the catalog.

It's the first week of April, so that must mean that it's time for the Two Guys with PhDs to look through the latest Previews catalog. This month, Andy Kunka is back for his first Previews show of 2016 -- where has the time gone? -- so Derek helps him to shake off the cobwebs and get down to deep solicitation-reading business. Among the many upcoming releases they highlight are titles from publishers such as Dark Horse Comics - Weird Detective #1, Alena, and Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Complete Joe Kubert Years DC/Vertigo - Wacky Raceland #1, The Sheriff of Babylon, Vol. 1, and Scalped Deluxe Edition, Book Five IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Tales from the Darkside #1, Bacchus: Omnibus Edition, Vol. 2, and The Fun Family Image Comics - Midnight of the Soul #1, She Wolf #1, Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, and Blue Monday, Vol. 1: The Kids Are Alright AfterShock - The Revisionist #1 Albatross Funnybooks - Satan's Sodomy Baby! II and Hillbilly #1 Alternative Comics - Miss U.S. of Heya, SEC, and Sun Bakery #2 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Elf Cat in Love BOOM! Studios - Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy #1, Strange Attractors #1, and The Joyners #1 Canton Street Press - Torchy #1 Flashback Replica and The Senate Hearings on Juvenile Delinquency  Conundrum Press - Bird in a Cage and The Ghosts We Know Dynamite Entertainment - The Shadow: The Death of Margo Lane #1, Control #1, and James Bond Vol. 1: Vargr Drawn and Quarterly - The Birth of Kitaro and Hot Dog Taste Test Fantagraphics Books - Wrinkles, Lovf: An Illustrated Vision of a Man Losing His Mind, and Drinky Crow Drinks Again Farrah, Straus and Giroux - Compass South First Second - Nobody Likes a Goblin: A Picture Book Gen Manga - Sorako Grand Central Publishing - Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars Odod Books/Uncivilized Books - Musnet: The Mouse of Monet One Press - The Sixth Gun #50 and Fresh Romance  Pegasus Books - The Stranger SelfMadeHero - The Shadow of Innsmouth Ten Speed Press - Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes Titan Comics - Sherlock: A Study in Pink #1 VIZ Media - Goodnight Punpun Vol. 2 Z2 Comics - The Sweetness #1 University of California Press - Hellboy's World: Comics and Monsters on the Margins North Atlantic Books - Otto Binder: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary The guys also discuss the pros and cons of DC and Image doing their own mini-catalogs, the mixed bag of publisher crossovers, and the weirdness surrounding recent book that have been repurposed as limited series. Derek also shares news about how a recent on-location episode of the podcast became a Steve Lieber boon for the manager of Collected Comics in Plano. It's apparently true: there is such a thing as The Comics Alternative bump and the success it can bring you!

It's time, once again, to take a look at the current month's Previews catalog. This time around, Derek is joined by Paul Lai, the editor of The Comics Alternative‘s blog. Although he's been working with the Two Guys since late last year, this is the first time that Paul has cohosted a podcast episode. And his first time out is a doozie! He and Derek take an extra-long, two-and-a-half-hour stroll through the March Previews solicits, highlighting upcoming releases from publishers such as Dark Horse Comics – Lobster Johnson: Metal Monsters of Midtown #1, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, Vol. 1, Mystery Girl, Vol. 1, and Wandering Island DC/Vertigo – Future Quest #1, Prez: The First Teenage President, and Flinch, Book Two IDW Publishing – Archangel #1, Weird Love: I Joined a Teen-Age Sex Cult, Cigarette Girl, and The Adventures of Dieter Lumpen Image Comics – Renato Jones: The One% #1, 3 Floyds: Alpha King #1, Plutona, and Pop Gun War: Gift Abstract Studios – Rachel Rising #42 AdHouse – Talk Dirty to Me Alternative Comics – Study Group Magazine #4, Titan #3, Video Tonfa, and Why Would You Do That? Avatar Press – Providence: Act 1 and Cinema Purgatorio #1 BOOM! Studios – Weavers #1 and The Black Dahlia Conundrum Press – 20 x 20: Twenty Years of Conundrum Press, Blackbird, and Paul Up North Dover Publications – Private Beach: The Complete Collection Drawn and Quarterly – Club Life in Moominvalley and Secretimes Fantagraphics Books – Real Deal Comix, Boys Club, Disquiet, and The Complete Peanuts: 1999-2000 First Second – Hippopotamister and Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride Koyama Press – Night Air Pantheon Books – Everything Is Teeth: A Graphic Memoir SelfMadeHero – Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie and The Art Masters Series, Vol. 3: Munch Uncivilized Books – Jacob Bladders and the State of the Art and Rules for Dating My Daughter Along the way, the guys discuss recent comics news — such as DC's questionable “rebirth” and Image' new Previews catalog magazine, Image+ — and even go off on a couple of rants. Derek, in particular, rags on both Marvel corporate practices and mindless Donald Trump supporters, and with a couple of “amens” from Paul. And what the hell is Smosh…and why should the guys care? But it's the kind of jovial, curmudgeonly goodness that has come to mark The Comics Alternative brand. Accept no substitutes!

It's the beginning of the month, so that must mean that it's time for the Two Guys with PhDs to take a visual stroll through the latest Previews catalog. And Andy W. and Derek find a lot to highlight in the February issue. Despite a few frustrations — Derek doesn't have a hardcopy of Previews and is at a disadvantage with the solicits — they have a fun and productive conversation discussing upcoming releases from Dark Horse Comics – Dept. H #1, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Poppy and the Lost Lagoon, and House of Penance #1 DC/Vertigo – Dark Knight: A True Batman Story, Twilight Children, Unfollow, Vol. 1 IDW Publishing – Micronauts #1, Apocrypha Now, and LOAC Essentials Presents King Features Volume 1: Krazy Kat 1934 Image Comics – Black Road #1, The Fix #1, Aloha Hawaiian Dick #1, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special Edition, and Airboy Deluxe Edition AfterShock Comics – Rough Riders #1, Jackpot #1, and Black Eyed Kids #1 Alternative Comics – Chainmail Bikini: An Anthology of Women Gamers, Hawd Tales #2, Ink Brick #2, Lou, and Secret Voice #3 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics- Big Planet Blue: An Anthology Dover Publications – Murder by Remote Control Dynamite Entertainment – Gold Key Alliance #1 and Miss Fury, Vol. 2 #1 Drawn and Quarterly – Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus and Panther Fantagraphics Books – Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories, Wallace Wood Presents Shattuck, 5000 Kilometers per Second, and Highbone Theater First Second – Nameless City G. P. Putnams – Original Fake Humanoids – Cape Horn and Elias the Cursed Kodansha Comics – Appleseed Alpha, Vol. 1 NBM – Guardians of the Louvre New York Review Comics – Peplum Nobrow – Hilda and the Midnight Giant Oni Press – Heartthrob #1 Pantheon Books – Odyssey of Sgt. Jack Brennan SelfMadeHero – An Olympic Dream Story of Samia Yusuf Omar and Irminia Valiant – Divinity II #1 Vertical Comics – The Gods Lie University Press of Mississippi – Ed Brubaker: Conversations In addition, Andy and Derek share listener mail and discuss the joys of film noir and crime/noir comics. There's a lot packed into this episode, so get out your order forms and follow along!

Welcome to January! As the guys do at the beginning of every month, they use this time to discuss the solicits in the latest Previews catalog. And there's a lot packed into the January issue, starting with a rundown of the 50 titles that will be featured this coming Free Comic Book Day. Gene and Derek are particularly looking forward to the FCBD comics coming out from Fantagraphics, Archie Comics, First Second Books, Image Comics, Drawn & Quarterly, Top Shelf, VIZ Media, and Nobrow. After that brief detour, they get into the catalog proper, highlight upcoming releases from publishers such as Dark Horse Comics - Death Follows, The Massive: Library Edition, Vol. 1, Bird Boy, Vol. 1: The Sword of Mali Mani, and Trump: The Complete Collection DC/Vertigo - Kingdom Come: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition and Suiciders: Kings of HelL.A. #1, IDW Publishing - Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Vol. 1, Johnny Boo, Book 7, and Paracuellos Image Comics - Circuit Breaker #1, The Discipline #1, and The Rattler Abrams ComicArts - The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded and Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl Ballads Alternative Comics - Compulsive Comics, Bartkira, Ohio Is for Sale, and Power Button #0 American Gothic Press - Lost in Space #1 Amulet Books - Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, Vol. 6: Alamo All-Stars Bliss on Tap - Future Proof #10 BOOM! Studios - Turncoat #1 and The Baker Street Peculiars #1 Canton Street Press - Eerie Comics #1: Replica Edition Devil's Due/First Comics - Delete #1 Digital Manga - Captain Ken, Vol. 3 Dynamite Entertainment - Vampirella (Vol. 3) #1 Drawn and Quarterly - The Birth of Kitaro and Carpet Sweeper Tales Fantagraphics Books - Patience and Outer Limits: The Steve Ditko Archives, Vol. 6 First Second - Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling and The Glorkian Warrior, Vol. 3: The Mustache of Destiny NBM - Thoreau: A Sublime Life One Peace Books - Belushi: On a Mission from God Overground Comics - Oh, Hell #1 Pantheon Books - The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Regular Edition) SelfMadeHero - H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow over Innsmouth Simon & Schuster - The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death under Soviet Rule Titan Comics - Loan Sloane: Delirius 2 Viz Media - Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1 and One-Punch Man, Vol. 5 Youneek Studios - E.X.O.: The Legend of Wale Williams, Vol. 1 Time Out - Time Out Shortlist: Gotham and Metropolis Guidebook All in all, Gene and Derek have a fun time thumbing through the January Previews catalog, making their checklists for comics they want to read, titles they'd like to discuss on the podcast, and creators they want to interview in the coming year.

As Andy and Derek do at the beginning of every month, they use this first week of December to flip through the latest Previews catalog, highlighting upcoming series and notable new releases that capture their attention. Among the many soon-to-be-released titles they discuss on this week's show are comics from Dark Horse Comics - King's Road #1, Neal Adams' Blood, and I Am a Hero Omnibus, Vol. 1 DC/Vertigo - The Dark and Bloody #1 IDW Publishing - Wynonna Earp #1, Archie's Americana Box Set, and Haunted Love #1 Image Comics - Mirror #1, Snow Fall #1, Bloody Mary, and Octopus Pie Vol. 2 Action Lab Entertainment - The House of Montresor #1 AfterShock Comics - Second Sight #1 Alterna Comics - All My Ghosts Alternative Comics - Street Dawgz, From Now On, The Sequential Artist's Workshop, and Incomplete Works Bergen Street Press - Revenger, Vol. 1 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Future Shock Zero BOOM! Studios - Kennel Block Blues #1 and Hit: 1957 Conundrum Press - Adventures of Drippy the Newsboy, Vol. 2: The Red Drip of Courage and Ramshackle: A Yellowknife Story Dynamite Entertainment - Shaft: Imitation of Life #1 Drawn and Quarterly - Big Kids Fantagraphics Books - Powr Mastrs Book 4, Kramer's Ergot 9, Ganges #5, The Meat Cake Bible, and Crickets #5 First Second - Last Man, Vol. 4: The Show and Sweaterweather and Other Short Stories Humanoids - The Ark Improper Books - Mulp: Sceptre of the Sun #1 and Porcelain: Bone China Last Gasp - As You Were, Vol. 4: Living Situations Magnetic Press, Inc. - Golem, Vol. 1 Oni Press - Wet Moon, Book One: Feeble Wanderings Pantheon Books - The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye 21 Pulp - Hero Hourly Viz Media - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 2 - Battle Tendencies, Vol. 2 and Assassination Classroom, Vol. 8 Vanguard Productions - Wally Wood: Jungle Adventures with Jim King and Animan Also in this episode: the guys enthusiastically welcome new Patreon supporters; complain about reading from PDF files; discuss the increasing weirdness of Neal Adams; speculate on the pronunciation of "Amontillado"; anticipate next year's new SyFy series, Wynonna Earp; pat themselves on the back for getting an endorsement blurb for a major upcoming book; and, of course, give a lot of love to Fantagraphics.

It's the first week of November, and that means it must be time for Andy and Derek to go through the month's Previews catalog. As you may expect, there's a lot packed into the issue, and after a few words on Halloween and listener mail, they get right to the solicitations. Among the many upcoming releases they discuss on this month's Previews show are titles from Dark Horse Comics - Space-Mullet!: One Gamble at a Time and Snow Angel DC/Vertigo - Constantine, The Hellblazer: Vol. 1 and Egypt IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Amazing Forest #1, Gutter Magic #1, Comic Book Apocalypse: The Graphic World of Jack Kirby, and Renée Image Comics - Cry Havoc #1, Pencil Head #1, Nowhere Men #1, and Nameless HC Action Lab Entertainment - The Cask of Amontillado AfterShock Comics - American Monster #1 and Strayer #1 Bergen Street Press - Copra: Round Three Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Ikebana BOOM! Studios - The Last Contract #1 and Curb Stomp TP Canton Street Press - facsimile editions of Race for the Moon and Teen-Age Romances #14 Dynamite Entertainment - Devolution #1 Drawn and Quarterly - Beverly and The Envelope Manufacturer Fantagraphics Books - Comics Dementia, Nod Away, and The High Cost of Dying and Other Stories Hero Tomorrow Comics - Apama: The Undiscovered Animal, Vol. 1 Humanoids - The Swords of Glass and The Tipping Point NBM - Cruising through the Louvre No Press - Graveyard Quest St. Martin's Press - Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir Titan Comics - a new translation of The Nikopol Trilogy Vertical Comics - A Girl on the Shore Viz Media - One-Punch Man, Vol. 4and Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 7 Also in this episode: the Two Guys discover that they're international sensations, Andy hobnobs with Roy Thomas, Derek is confused by Classics Illustrated, both reveal that they are Gunshow ignorant, dedicated listener Rainer Koschnick reminds the guys of PS Artbooks, and 1970s references abound. What's not to love?