Episode 177 - The March Previews Catalog

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!