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Episode 289: The August Previews Catalog

Episode 289: The August Previews Catalog

FromThe Comics Alternative


Episode 289: The August Previews Catalog

FromThe Comics Alternative

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Length:
154 minutes
Released:
Aug 8, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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  
Released:
Aug 8, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A weekly podcast focusing on the world of alternative, independent, and primarily non-superhero comics. (There's nothing wrong with superhero comics. We just want to do something different.) New podcast episodes become available every Wednesday and include reviews of graphic novels and current ongoing series, discussions of upcoming comics, examinations of collected editions, in-depth analyses of a variety of comics texts, and spotlights on various creators and publishers. The Comics Alternative also produces "special feature" programs, such as shows specifically dedicated to creator interviews, webcomics, on-location events, and special non-weekly themes and topics.