AIPT Comics Podcast is back! Dave and Forrest tackle the biggest news, review the best books, and look to next week’s June 17th releases. We also have special guests James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas to talk about brand new limited-series Wynd! We talk fantasy world-building, creature creation, and more! Check out a preview of Wynd #1 here.
Before the interview, we break down the news. First up, FCBD moves to July from Marvel, Jupiter’s Legacy is getting TPB reprints in prep for Netflix show this fall, and Geoff Johns will be teaching a course at the Kubert School.
DC Comics is going all-in with anthologies and extra-sized books starting with Death Metal getting 3 one-shot stories in September (and Snyder details the release), DC is releasing SUMMER SIZZLE, Detective Comics is getting a 144-pager and JOKER WAR ZONE is announced. Hellblazer Rise and Fall is also announced which is a 3-part series by Tom Taylor coming in September.
News also came out Brian Michael Bendis is wrapping up his Superman run…but what does this mean, plus Bendis introducing new Superman villain this September. SDCC is set for July…virtually, a new Iron Man suit and series creative team was announced, and DC Comics and Diamond make a short term plan.
Comics Podcast Top Books of the Week
Dave:
- Batman Secret Files #3 (W: Dan Watters, Vita Ayala, James Tynion, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mariko Tamaki, A: Sumit Kumar, Andie Tong, Riley Rossmo, John Paul Leon, Victor Ibanez)
- Batman #92 (W: James Tynion IV, A: Guillem March)
Forrest:
- Undone By Blood Or the Shadow of A Wanted Man #3 (W: Zac Thompson, Lonnie Nadler, A: Sami Kivela)
- No One’s Rose #2 (W: Zac Thompson, Emily Horn, A: Alberto Jimenez-Alburquerque)
Comics Podcast JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.
In our Judging by the Cover segment, we gush over our favorite cover art which includes Ludocrats #2 by Jeff Stokely and Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #3 by Daniel Warren Johnson. Check those out below.
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