In this month's roundup, James and Luke discuss the comics, graphic novels and manga they've read recently:

Luke: Ghost in the Shell Volume 1, Banned Book Club.

James: My Favorite Thing is Monsters Volume 2, I Ate the Whole World to Find You.

18:08 James and Luke discuss some of the news:

• Boom! Studios' comics will no longer be available on Comics Plus
• The return of Heavy Metal Magazine
• Recent adaptations of book into graphic novels
• The Eisner Awards nominees have been announced

33:40 Discussion moves to favourite picks from this month's new releases. Australian titles:

Luke's picks:

• Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean - Denis-Pierre Filippi, Silvio Camboni (Fantagraphics)
• Everyone Sux But You by K. Wroten (St Martin’s Press)
• The Dissident Club by Taha Siddiqui, Hubert Maury (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Alice in Cryptoland: Bitcoin, NFT and Other Curiosities by Daniel Villa Monteiro, Nicolas Balas (NBM)

James' picks:

• Spent by Alison Bechdel (HarperCollins)
• Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett (Candlewick Press)

You can find all these news and new titles, and so much more on our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

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