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In celebration of Image Comics Month, Angus goes on a quest to Palisade to find the Rat Queens!

Rat Queens Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery

https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-Vol-Sass-Sorcery-ebook/dp/B00J9O0QC0/

Who are the Rat Queens? A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire, and they're in the business of killing all god's creatures for profit. It's also a darkly comedic sass-and-sorcery series starring Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief. This modern spin on an old school genre is a violent monster-killing epic that is like Buffy meets Tank Girl in a Lord of the Rings world on crack!

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Graphic Novel Of The Month

Astro City Metrobook Vol. 1

https://www.amazon.com/Astro-City-Metrobook-Vol-1-ebook/dp/B09PZJT5ND/

Comic Book Character Of The Month

Nathan Burnett > Radiant Black Vol. 1

https://www.amazon.com/Radiant-Black-Vol-Kyle-Higgins-ebook/dp/B096GCNKX3/

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JJ and Angus take a long journey with Elijah Snow as he conducts an excavation of the 20th Century’s imagination!

Comic Book Character Of The Month For April 2026:

Elijah Snow > Planetary Book One

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0734FMPTD

This book collects the adventures of Elijah Snow, a powerful, hundred- year-old- man, Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful but bored woman, and The Drummer, a man with the ability to communicate with machines. Infatuated with tracking down evidence of superhuman activity, these mystery archaeologists of the late twentieth century uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance and a lost island of dying monsters.

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Welcome to Long Time Ago, a journey into the Marvel Star Wars Legends Comics. Our host Angus first made the jump to hyperspace and a galaxy far far away by reading Marvel Star Wars Vol 1 Issue #9 and never looked back! Travel back to 1977 into the origins of the series and discover how comics has supported fandom and in some ways shaped the Star Wars universe. This seventy-first episode reviews issue 57. 'Can Luke and the crew clear Cloud City of its Imperial infestation?' We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey! Please drop us a message, send us an mp3 or email to [email protected].

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Star Wars (1977-1986) #57

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-1977-1986-David-Michelinie-ebook/dp/B01498B34A/

Long Time Ago Reading List And Schedule For 2026

Star Wars (1977-1986)

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January - Issue #53

February - Issue #54

March - Issue #55

April - Issue #56

May - Issue #57

June - Issue #58

July - Issue #59

August - Issue #60

September - Issue #61

October - Issue #62

November - Issue #63

December - Issue #64

Women’s History Month: Louise Simonson

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Walt Simonson

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This series is dedicated in loving memory of Charley Lippincott, who George Lucas hired in late 1975 to join the first Star Wars production as Vice President of Advertising, Publicity, Promotion & Merchandising. He is responsible for Star Wars comics becoming a reality with Marvel! The Force will be with him, always.

Angus reviews Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life. Written with Crumb’s cooperation, this fascinating, rollicking book takes in seven decades of Crumb’s iconic works, including Fritz the Cat, Weirdo, and his adaptation of The Book of Genesis.

Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life

https://www.amazon.com/Crumb-Cartoonists-Life-Dan-Nadel/dp/1982144009/

Robert Crumb is often credited with single-handedly transforming the comics medium into a place for adult expression, in the process pioneering the underground comic book industry, and transforming the vernacular language of 20th-century America into an instantly recognizable and popular aesthetic. Now, for the first time, Dan Nadel delivers a “gripping and essential account” (The Boston Globe) of how this complicated artist survived childhood abuse, fame in his twenties, more fame, and came out the other side intact.

Braiding biography with “cultural history and criticism...that honors the complexity of [its] subject, even, perhaps particularly, when it gets ugly” (Los Angeles Times), Crumb is the story of a richly complex life at the forefront of both the underground and popular cultures of post-war America. Including forty-five stunning black-and-white images throughout and a sixteen-page color insert featuring images both iconic and obscure, Crumb spans the pressures of 1950s suburban America and Crumb’s highly dysfunctional early family life; the history of comics and graphic satire; 20th-century popular music; the world of the counterculture; the birth of underground comic books in 1960s San Francisco with Crumb’s Zap Comix; the economic challenges and dissolution of the hippie dream; and the path Robert Crumb blazed through it all.

Please join us in our exploration and reading of our Graphic Novel of the Month:

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

⁠https://www.amazon.com/Book-Genesis-Illustrated-R-Crumb/dp/0393061027/⁠

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Angus reviews R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country, a tribute by an underground icon to the musical innovators who helped inspire him.

R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0810930862

Anyone who knows R. Crumb’s work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early to mid-1980s.

Now they are packaged together for the first time in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb (featuring original recordings by Charley Patton, “Dock” Boggs, “Jelly Roll” Morton, and others).

A bio of each musician is provided, along with a full-color original illustration by the cartoonist. Includes an introduction by Terry Zwigoff, award-winning director of Crumb.

Please join us in our exploration and reading of our Graphic Novel of the Month:

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

⁠https://www.amazon.com/Book-Genesis-Illustrated-R-Crumb/dp/0393061027/⁠

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Angus reviews in the screening room Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts . This insightful documentary dives into the warped mind of the writer/futurist/philosopher behind groundbreaking comics "Transmetropolitan," "Iron Man: Extremis," and "RED."

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts - Official Full Film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtnkhgDn8A8

Warren Ellis sees the future. He is a comic book writer and cyberpunk philosopher living on the edge of tomorrow. He speaks to a cult audience of artists, journalists, scientists and fans who hail him as INTERNET JESUS.

Discover Warren's story in this feature length documentary featuring interviews with Warren himself, as well as Helen Mirren, Joss Whedon, Patton Oswalt, Stoya, Claudio Sanchez, Grant Morrison, Darick Robertson and many more.

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts is produced by Sequart and Respect Films.

Please join us in our exploration and reading of our Comic Book Character Of The Month Elijah Snow

Planetary Book One

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0734FMPTD

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Welcome to Kudos Kirby, a comics journey into Jack Kirby’s lesser known works. Angus will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover those hidden gems from “The King of Comics” over 20,000 comic book pages! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey!

In this episode Angus discusses Jack Kirby SUPER POWERS Vol 1 Issue 3 and conducts the review within the context of the history of the comic book, toy line, and animated series tie-in craze that would explode in the 1980's.

Super Powers by Jack Kirby

⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Super-Powers-Jack-Kirby-ebook/dp/B077YXRW55/⁠⁠⁠

We will review, in issue order, one issue each month (Vol 1 > #1 - #5 from 1984 / Vol 2 > #1 - #6 from 1985) in 2026.

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JJ and Angus discuss a hidden gem of a series Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld our Comic Book Character Of The Month for March / Appendix N Month! Reaching 13 years old is a milestone in life, especially in the case of Amy Winston. Amy discovers many hidden truths about her past, foremost that she is actually Princess Amethyst, who comes from a world much different from her own, the Gemworld, far removed in time and space from planet Earth. Her eventual return to her family will not be without surprises and challenges.

Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (1983-1984)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KS2NZFV

Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (1985-1986)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KYGZ8XZ

Following the adventures of Amy Winston who attempts to resume the ordinary life of a 13-year-old on Earth all the while protecting her friends in the jeweled dimension!

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JJ and Angus discuss WonderCon 2026. They delve into Angus' impressions of the Exhibit Hall and the panels that he attended.

WonderCon Program Book

https://www.comic-con.org/wc/publications/

The WonderCon Anaheim Program Book is the official publication of the show, containing the complete schedule (including Programs, Games, Anime, and Special Events), along with an Exhibit Hall map and exhibitor listing. It also includes bios and photos of the special guests and exclusive cover art commissioned for this publication.

https://comic-con.b-cdn.net/WC26_events_Guide.pdf

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Angus reviews in the screening room Robert Crumb and Dan Nadel with Naomi Fry — Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life ! Over the course of 70 years, Robert Crumb almost single-handedly transformed comics from a pulp children’s pastime into high art for adults. Now with the help of Crumb himself — and his never-before-seen letters and archives — award-winning comics scholar and biographer Dan Nadel is ready to tell his story.

Robert Crumb and Dan Nadel with Naomi Fry — Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-tM8GC67LA

In an unforgettable conversation moderated by New Yorker staff writer Naomi Fry, hear Crumb and Nadel on the making of Crumb’s iconic oeuvre — including Zap Comix, Fritz the Cat, Weirdo, his final book-length comic of The Book of Genesis, and more. Find out how Crumb transformed the pressures of 1950s suburban America and his own dysfunctional family into a distinctive style that captures the essence of Crumb’s life, his unruly imagination, and the radical transformations of 20th century culture.

Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1982144009/

Please join us in our exploration and reading of our Graphic Novel of the Month:

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Genesis-Illustrated-R-Crumb/dp/0393061027/

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