Episode 260: The January Previews Catalog

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