It's the first of the month, and that must mean that it's time, once again, for the Two Guys with PhDs to take a conversational stroll through the latest Previews catalog. For the month of June, there is an inordinately large number of notable titles for Derek and Andy W. to discuss, making this a longer-than-average episode (a little over two hours). So strap in and get ready to boogie! Among the many solicits they highlight are from publishers such as

• Dark Horse Comics - Briggs Land #1, Lady Killer 2 #1, Moebius Library: The World of Edena, and Terminal City: Library Edition

DC/Vertigo - The Hellblazer #1 and Survivors' Club

IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - The Adventures of Augusta Wind, Vol. 2 #1, Superf*ckers Forever #1, The Killer Inside Me #1, March: Book 3, and Ditko Unleashed

Image Comics - The Black Monday Murders #1, Kill or Be Killed #1, Demonic #1, Prince of Cats, and Solstice

Abstract Studios - Rachel Rising Omnibus

AfterShock - Animosity #1

Alternative Comics - 23 Skidoo, At the Shore, Fancy Froglin Uncensored, and Vile #2

Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Hellbound: Lifestyle

BOOM! Studios - Backstagers #1 and Thomas Alsop, Vol. 2

Dover Publications - Sam Glanzman's Attu: The Collected Volumes

Drawn & Quarterly - The Greatest of Marlys

Fantagraphics Books - We Told You So: Comics as Art, Spanish Fever, Growing Up in Public, The Longest Day of the Future, Cosplayers, and Blubber #3

First Second - Bera the One-Headed Troll, Friends Is Friends, and Secret Coders, Vol. 2: Paths and Portals

Graphix - Ghosts

Liveright - Cousin Joseph

Microcosm Publishing - Manor Threat: Snakepit Comics 2013-2015

NBM - Equinoxes and Bubbles and Gondola

Oni Press - Jeff Steinberg #1 and Oh Joy Sex Toy, Vols. 1 and 2

Shambhala - Bushido: The Soul of the Samurai

T Pub - Turncoat

Titan Comics - Doctor Who: The Third Doctor #1, The Best of Shoe, Vol. 1, and Flash Gordon Dailies: Dan Barry, Vol. 2

University Press of Mississippi - Forging the Past: Seth and the Art of Memory and The Comics of Hergé: When the Lines Are Not So Clear

Andy and Derek also discuss the new Goodreads reading group The Comics Alternative is setting up, and they ask listeners for their input in how they'd like to use that social media platform. They also share some audience feedback and encourage everyone to go to the podcast's iTunes page to leave a rating and review, if they haven't already.  In other words, do your part for The Comics Alternative!