It’s the beginning of the month, so that must mean that it’s time for the Two Guys with PhDs to take a visual stroll through the latest Previews catalog. And Andy W. and Derek find a lot to highlight in the February issue. Despite a few frustrations — Derek doesn’t have a hardcopy of Previews and is at a disadvantage with the solicits — they have a fun and productive conversation discussing upcoming releases from

Dark Horse Comics – Dept. H #1, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Poppy and the Lost Lagoon, and House of Penance #1
DC/Vertigo – Dark Knight: A True Batman Story, Twilight Children, Unfollow, Vol. 1
IDW Publishing – Micronauts #1, Apocrypha Now, and LOAC Essentials Presents King Features Volume 1: Krazy Kat 1934
Image Comics – Black Road #1, The Fix #1, Aloha Hawaiian Dick #1, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special Edition, and Airboy Deluxe Edition
AfterShock Comics – Rough Riders #1, Jackpot #1, and Black Eyed Kids #1
Alternative Comics – Chainmail Bikini: An Anthology of Women Gamers, Hawd Tales #2, Ink Brick #2, Lou, and Secret Voice #3
Big Planet/Retrofit Comics- Big Planet Blue: An Anthology
Dover Publications – Murder by Remote Control
Dynamite Entertainment – Gold Key Alliance #1 and Miss Fury, Vol. 2 #1
Drawn and Quarterly – Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus and Panther
Fantagraphics Books – Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories, Wallace Wood Presents Shattuck, 5000 Kilometers per Second, and Highbone Theater
First Second – Nameless City
G. P. Putnams – Original Fake
Humanoids – Cape Horn and Elias the Cursed
Kodansha Comics – Appleseed Alpha, Vol. 1
NBM – Guardians of the Louvre
New York Review Comics – Peplum
Nobrow – Hilda and the Midnight Giant
Oni Press – Heartthrob #1
Pantheon Books – Odyssey of Sgt. Jack Brennan
SelfMadeHero – An Olympic Dream Story of Samia Yusuf Omar and Irminia
Valiant – Divinity II #1
Vertical Comics – The Gods Lie
University Press of Mississippi – Ed Brubaker: Conversations

In addition, Andy and Derek share listener mail and discuss the joys of film noir and crime/noir comics. There’s a lot packed into this episode, so get out your order forms and follow along!