This week on the AIPT Comics podcast, Pornsak Pichetshote joins the show to discuss his upcoming series The Good Asian which is out May 5th from Image Comics. We discuss the inspiration of this noir detective series set in 1930s San Francisco, the history that surrounds the time, the work Alexandre Tefenkgi and Lee Loughridge bring to the project, and more!
Before our interview, we recap the week in comics. Starting with the news, a former DC Comic book artist fetches $1.85M auctioning Wonder Woman NFTs, a letter from DC Comics heads is shared about NFTs, and Marsha Cooke and Gary Frank respond surrounding DC launching ‘Batman Black & White’ NFT statues. Speaking of sales, BOOM! reveals ‘BRZRKR’ #1 sells out and goes back to print after selling over 615,000 copies.
In new series news, Marvel Comics has revealed June’s Spider-Man story arc The Chameleon Conspiracy, announces Planet-Size X-Men #1, Heroes Return is set to wrap up Heroes Reborn, and a first of a kind Pride month special is coming in June too.
DC Comics made headlines with many series and special reveals for June starting with DC Pride anthology, Crush & Lobo, DC Comics announces ‘Batman: The Adventures Continue – Season 2, Wonder Woman Black & Gold, Batman vs. Snake Eyes, and two new DC Black Label titles including The Nice House on the Lake and Batman: Reptilian. Oh, and how could we forget Green Arrow’s 80th anniversary spectacular!
AIPT Comics Podcast Top Books of the Week
Dave:
- Non-Stop Spider-Man (2021) #1 (W: Joe Kelly, A: Chris Bachalo)
- Home Sick Pilots #4 (W: Dan Watters, A: Caspar Wijngaard)
Nathan:
- Batman: Urban Legends #1 (various)
- Home Sick Pilots #4 (W: Dan Watters, A: Caspar Wijngaard)
In our Judging by the Cover segment, Dave picks King in Black: Spider-Man #1 by Carlos E. Gomez and Nathan picks the black and white Ultramega #1 by James Harren.
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