130 April Roundup

In this month's roundup, Iurgi and Mia discuss all the latest. 02:09 Recent reads: Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen Once and Future Riot by Jean Sacco Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill by Akagishi K Cannon by Lee Lai 11:35 News: DC’s Absolute Batman is super popular Anti AI and Matt Kindt’s hand drawn comics STEAM powered comics for middle graders Podcast shout outs: The Readings Podcast with Mandy Ord, The Thick Lines podcast discussing Rachel Ang’s I Ate the Whole World to Find You and Tiffany Babb on the Off Panel Podcast discussing her brand new comics journalism zine: The Comics Staple The Cartoonist Studio Prize and the The Los Angeles Book were announced recently, we mention the winners and celebrate that Lee Lai’s Cannon appears on both Cartoonists United has a YouTube channel and is also behind the Nib & Ink Festival that you must definitely check out 22:46 New titles: Mia’s picks: Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga by Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Scholastic) Leo da Vinci Renaissance Kid by Richard Ashley Hamilton (Papercutz) Iurgi’s picks: The Curator by Wendy Tyrer (Perentie Press) Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Stories by Hugo Pratt (Fantagraphics) Human Nature Book 1 (of 3) A Satirical Science Fiction Graphic Novel by Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Jeff Welch, Martin Morazzo (ABRAMS) To stay up to date, for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles and our social media links visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/ The ALIA Graphic Groove Theme 2025 courtesy of Clint Owen Ellis https://www.clintowenellis.com/