In this month's roundup, Iurgi and James discuss all the latest. They start the episode with some of the news in brief. Then...

04:49 Recent reads

• Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
• Punderworld by Linda Sejic
• Talgard by Gary Proudley and various artists
• Pigeons! A Fable For Our Times by Marc Chalvin
• System Preference by Ugo Bienvenu

11:13 News:

• We’re including more reviews and interviews on our roundups
• Review of Gemma Correll's Anxietyland
• Interview with Frank Quitely
• The Nib and Ink Festival all throughout May. You can still join the last few events, including a panel talk with Reimena Yee, Scott McCloud and Nick Sousanis on Understanding Comics. Iurgi, mistakenly thought that it was a week earlier but it’s on Sunday May 31 at 8AM AEDT. All the panel talks are being recorded and published on the Ink and Nib Festival’s YouTube channel.

21:34 New titles, starting with a few new titles by Australian creators:

Anders and the Castle by Gregory Mackay (Allen & Unwin) [9781761066283] [Australian creator]

Anders and the Mountain by Gregory Mackay (Allen & Unwin) [9781761066238] [Australian creator]

Lamington Left Behind by Andrea Innocent (Figment Books) [9781761212819]

Treehouse by Trace Balla (Allen & Unwin) [9781761181252]

The Friendship Paradox by Aśka (Allen & Unwin) [9781761181689]

Inferno Girl Red Vol 2 by Mat Groom, Erica D'Urso (Image Comics) [9781534335080]

Spider-Verse Vs. Venomverse by Mat Groom, Kyle Higgins, Luciano Vecchio, Jim Towe (Marvel Comics) [9781302961558]

Batman: Detective Comics Vol 2: Elixir by Tom Taylor Mikel Janin (DC Comics) [9781799502654]

And our other picks for the month:

• Dragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai Vol 6 Dragon Knights by Riku Sanjo, Koji Inada (Viz Media) [9781974762439]
• Soviet Land: A Tragicomic Thriller by Pierre-Henry Gomont (Abrams ComicArts) [9781419788857]
• The End of the Arab of the Future A Youth in the Middle East Vol. 1 by: Riad Sattouf, Sam Taylor (Fantagraphics) [9798875002373]
• Aya and Her Magic Cat by Sam Ita (Tuttle Publishing) [9784805319987]
• Dune House Harkonnen Vol 3 by Brian Herbert, Michael Shelfer, Kevin J. Anderson (Random House) [9798892158350]

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