As the cruelest month of April toys with us, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson huddle in their fortress made of long boxes to talk about COMICS! With Summer approaching, superhero movies are ramping up, DC and Marvel roll out their massive crossovers, and the wind smells of reboots.

The Hoarsemen discuss their experiences with reading comics digitally, the rise of SF/F indie books, and the titles currently delivering the goods. Fred continues his deep dive into generations-worth of continuity and encounters the conundrum of Jean Grey! Duplicitous rogue women appear in long-lived SF properties! And will there ever be a DRM-free collection in our lifetime?

As always, there is an accounting of Culture Consumed.

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson

All In Color and All for a Dime Show Notes:

All New X-Men Volume 1, by Brian Michael Bendis & Stuart Immonen

Darth Vader, by Kierson Gillen & Salvador Larroca

The Fuse, Volume 2, by Antony Johnston, Justin Greenwood & Shari Chankhamma

Ms. Marvel Volume 2: Generation Why, by G. Willow Wilson, Jacob Wyatt & Adrian Alphona

Convergence, by Dan Jurgens & Ethan Van Sciver

Uber Volume 1, by Kieron Gillen & Caanan White

Saga Volume 4, by Brian K. Vaughan & iona Staples

Wayward Volume 1: String Theory, by Jim Zubkavich & Steven Cummings

Astro City: Through Open Doors, by Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson

Cyclops Volume 1: Starstruck, by Greg Rucka & Russell Dauterman

Fairest Volume 4: Cinderella—Of Men and Mice, by Marc Andreyko & Shawn McManus

The Unwritten Volume 10: War Stories, by Mike Carey & Peter Gross

Additional Show Notes:

2015: The Year in Books

2015: The Year in Shorts

Rachel & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Comixology

The Cambridge Companion to AMerican Science Fiction