AIPT Comics

Hello Hickman, Absolute Carnage, Popstar Poison Ivy

Episode Summary

We talk about the latest comic book news of the last week, pick our favorite comics from last week and look ahead to next week discussing the most anticipated comics and best comic book cover art. We also "Square Up" who would be a better popstar Star-Lord or Poison Ivy and get on the soapbox to talk about marketing in comics.

Episode Notes

THE NEWS

1. Hickman is coming July 2019! But to do what!? X-Men!
2. Absolute Carnage is coming August 2019.
3. A look ahead to the Marvel mystery event yet to be revealed starting December 2019.
4. ALTERED CARBON is getting a comic book at Dynamite Entertainment.
5. Batman Who Laughs the only comic to top 100k in Feb 2019.
6. New Service Brings Free Comics to Your Nintendo Switch.

TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK
Dave

• Justice League #20 (W: Scott Snyder & Jorge Jimenez, A: Jorge Jimenez)
• Meet the Skrulls #2 (W: Robbie Thompson A: Niko Henrichon)

Forrest

• Meet the Skrulls #2 (W: Robbie Thompson A: Niko Henrichon)
• Invisible Kingdom #1 (W: G. Willow Wilson, A: Christian Ward)

SEGMENT: SQUARE UP! It’s a Big Two all-out brawl of who can do...mostly not fighting the best? One random DC character VS. one random Marvel character VS. a Superfight selected scenario! Who comes out on top?

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK
Dave Detective Comics #1000 (W: Various, A: Various)
Forrest Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #3 (W: Kieron Gillen, A: Caspar Wijngaard)

Best COVER OF NEXT WEEK
**Forrest: **
Alien 3 #5 (A: Johnnie Christmas)
**Dave: **
Detective Comics #1,000 (A: Steve Rude variant cover)
**Soap Box: **
Forrest talks about marketing language which talks about how long a story has been in the making.