This week the Two Guys with PhDs
focus a critical spotlight on the spring releases coming out
from Alternative Comics and the other small presses that are part
of its distribution co-operative, Floating World Comics, Hic + Hoc
Productions, Study Group Comics, and Press Gang. This is
a jam-packed episode and longer than usual, a discussion that
covers eighteen different titles among the five indie presses.
Before they jump directly into the comics, though, Derek has a
brief conversation with Marc Arsenault, the publisher of
Alternative Comics and one of the ringleaders of the co-operative.
He asks Marc about the origins of the press, its relaunch in 2012,
its distribution agreement with the other indie publishers, and
what readers could anticipate coming out of Alternative Comics
in the months to come. After that introductory interview, Andy W.
and Derek begin discussing the individual titles some out this
spring, and organizing their conversation by publisher. These books
include:
Alternative Comics

Incomplete Works, by Dylan
Horrocks
The Sequential Artists Workshop Guide to
Creating Professional Comic Strips, by Tom Hart
From Now On, by Malachi Ward
Compulsive Comics, by Eric Haven
Chainmail Bikini: The Anthology of Women
Gamers, edited by Hazel Newlevant
Ohio Is for Sale, by Jon Allen
Lou, by Melissa Mendes

Floating World Comics

Test Tube, by Carlos Gonzalez
Scab County, by Carlos
Gonzalez
Winners, by Anna Ehrlemark
Jonny Negron Selected Works
2012-2013, by Jonny Negron
Bartkira: Nuclear Edition, edited by
James Harvey and Alex Jaffe
Video Tonfa, by Tim Goodyear

Hic + Hoc Productions

Why Would You Do That?, by Andrea
Tsurumi
Street Dawgz, by Lizz Lunny

Study Group Comics

Titan #1, #2, #3, by François
Vigneault
Vile #1, Tyler Landry

Press Gang

Sun Bakery #1, Corey
Lewis

As Andy and Derek mention in
the show, this has been a spotlight episode they've been wanting to
do for some time. The guys are truly excited to talk about the
new releases coming out from Alternative Comics (and its
co-op partners)...and not just this publisher's name is an
inversion of the podcast title.