This episode, Betty and Alex discuss their most anticipated releases dropping in the Spring and early Summer.

Next time: Zines!

Media Mentioned:

Listener Submissions

Someday Perfect by Kat Schneider (available April 21)

Martyr Loser King by Saul Williams and Morgan Sorne (available April 28)

Mary Pain by Lola Lorente (English version available May 12)

Upcoming Books

The Court Charade by Flore Vesco and Kerascoët (available March 31)

Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden (available June 16)

Batman: Dark Patterns by Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman (available March 31)

Cocoon by Machiko Kyō (available June 16)

Closing Act by Chris W. Kim (available April 28)

Lovers of the Empire by Yudori (available June 23)

Honorable Mentions

Our Sunny Days Vol. 1 by Jeong Seokchan

The Vanishing Man by J. Marshall Smith and Katherine Lam (available soon)

Punk’n Heads by Dave Baker and Nicole Goux (available April 7)

Fish and Water by Gengoroh Tagame (available June 23)

Magica by Yuzuko Hoshimi

Delay: A Comics Anthology edited by Charis Loke and Paolo Chikiamco (available April 28)

I’m No Angel Vol. 1 by Ai Yazawa (available June 2)

Ongoing Series

Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi Vol. 6 by Yuri Sonoda (available April 28)

Let’s Make Cocktails! By Sarah Becan (available April 7)

Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 14 by Kamome Shirahama

Hirayasumi Vol. 9 by Keigo Shinso (available May 19)

Other Books Mentioned

Beauty by Hubert and Kerascoët

Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët

Washington’s Gay General by Josh Trujillo and Levi Hastings

Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me by Mimi Pond

Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

Raging Clouds by Yudori

Forest Hills Bootleg Society by Dave Baker and Nicole Goux

My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame

Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama

Let’s Make Ramen! By Hugh Amano and Sarah Becan

Let’s Make Bread! By Ken Forkish and Sarah Becan

Let’s Make Dumplings! By Hugh Amano and Sarah Becan

What We’re Reading

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights (2026 film)

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Batman and Robin: Year One by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee

Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance by Ben Passmore

Fanfiction (unspecified)

Rocketship-Grawlicks Sandwich

ARIRANG by BTS