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!
