In this episode of the Absolute Ultimate Escapist Podcast, the Escapies discuss a whole bunch of comics news! From what counts as a "small local distributor" to the death of Dillweed Dilbert creator, Dave Sim of newspaper comics [name omitted cause ew], the new DC April solicits and other new and exciting stuff from the wide weird world of comics! 

The Escapies are reunited! The team is somewhat insured, VERY caffeinated, and they're better than ever! In this episode your heroes talk Frontier by Gillaume Singelin, Superman Unlimited by Dan Slott, and all sorts of other goodies in the store! 

The Escapies are back after the holidays to go over some of the newest comics to hit the shelf and it's the good, the bad, and the ugly this week with the Ark M Special, Batman #5, and Ultimate Endgame #1! 

On this pod the Escapies talk the fate of our beloved institution Free Comic Book Day, as well as the exciting satisfaction of our Jones for Jessica Jones comics! That's all for news today, but never fear, as your brave hosts have read a great deal of comics to discuss on the pod, including Mark Waid and Dan Mora's World's Finest, Starship Godzilla, Absolute Batman and much more! 

On this episode, our lovely regular Aldo comes on to talk Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing, which is one of the great masterpieces of Western comics, as well as the very disappointing grandchild of SOTST, DC KO All-Fight: Cyborg vs. Swamp Thing. 

The Escapies debrief on some of their favorite new issues, new books to hit the shelves, and some older stuff we think folks are sleeping on! In this episode: Batman #4, Fantastic Four #6, Batman the Animated Series, Squirrel Girl, and more!  

The escapies talk turbulent times in the peaceful french countryside with news about Angouleme, France's premiere comics festival!

Talkin' floppies and we ain't talkin flapjacks on Absolute Ultimate Escapist Comics Episode 5.2!

The Escapies talk Supergirl, Batman Dark Patterns, Superman Kryptonite Spectrum, and much much more! Looking for a good holiday present for that special someone?? Tune in to hear our favorite picks hitting the shelves this week! 

Perl is back for Episode 5.1 and the Escapies talk about their favorite squarebound books, including some wonderful BL manga with Waka Hayashi's In the Twilight of Our Adolescence, and some weird outsider or perhaps insider artist comics from Fletcher Hanks's Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All!

In other comics news, we discuss the late IDW, Dark Horse, and Marvel shipments for all of the west coast and Utah and Idaho for some reason. Also! Brian Michael Bendis announces his return to the Avengers!

This episode is sadly without Perl as she is off doing gamer things. But stick around to hear Persephone and Tate's favorite new monthlies on the shelf! We talk Assorted Crisis Events, Batman, Gotham Academy and much much more on the show today!

Only one episode for episode four this week y'all, we have no news, nothing happened this week actually.

In this episode of Absolute Ultimate Escapist Comics the Escapies talk comics news and what you should get your besties for Christmas! In news this week, a few lingering messages from New York Comic Con including a new direction for DC Comics mainline continuity, as well as some sad news for Moebius-Jodorowski fans.