June 19, 2013
Go, Look: Andy Gabrysiak
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This Isn't A Library: Notable Releases To The Direct Market
Here are the books that make an impression on me staring at this week's no-doubt largely accurate list of books shipping from Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. to comic book and hobby shops across North America.
I might not buy all of the works listed here. I might not buy any. You never know. I'd sure look at the following, though.
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SEP121087 BARNABY HC VOL 01 $35.00
This is a really solid week for comics, in that there are a lot of comics that could not only be considered but that could be featured via art in this post -- I feel like I'm screwing over at least some of these folks by not featuring their work more strongly, but I only run three books that way. But if you were only going to buy one book, I'd buy the first volume of Crockett Johnson's lovely, funny strip, one of the dream alternative-comics projects finally come to fruition. Congratulations to Mssrs. Nel, Clowes, Ware and Reynolds.
FEB131140 CRATER XV HC $19.95
FEB131141 HECK HC $19.95
These are the books collecting the recent on-line work by the Not-Brother Cannon, Zander and Kevin. Both of them were extensive serials, done in a loose, appealing style, with idiosyncratic storytelling moments. I think they're both fine cartoonists and I own just about everything they've done, even that Grinnell work from Kevin.
JAN130090 DOMOVI GN $19.99
I hope this is a book that won't be lost: a Peter Bergting modern fairy tale full of fun-looking designs and laugh-out-loud narrative/pacing choices. If you look this kind of thing, this is a superior version of that kind of thing -- and there's a lot of this kind of thing that isn't this good.
APR130041 BALTIMORE THE INQUISITOR ONE SHOT $3.50
APR130042 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #108 WASTELAND #2 $3.50
MAR130572 INVINCIBLE #103 [DIG] $2.99
APR130589 AGE OF ULTRON #10 $3.99
APR130246 100 BULLETS BROTHER LONO #1 (MR) $3.99
APR130926 SERGIO ARAGONES FUNNIES #8 (RES) $3.50
It's also a very wide-ranging week for comic-book format genre comics. This includes two from Team Mignola; one from Robert Kirkman; the concluding chapter in Marvel's latest "event" comic, this time featuring dickish and invulnerable robot Ultron; the first issue of a short burst of comics related to the
100 Bullets property; and Sergio Sergio Sergio. I'd buy at least one of those had a I comic book shop nearby.
APR130443 SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR) [DIG] $14.99
The first book of these sold staggering numbers and the second one even at a more normal, less-jumpin-on point should sell gangbusters. Comics fans are reacting very strongly to this work.
APR130988 BLAKE & MORTIMER GN VOL 13 CURSE OF 30 PIECES OF SILVER PT 1 $15.95
APR130992 XIII CINEBOOK ED GN VOL 17 IRISH VERSION $11.95
Two quality album-style European comics volumes. Always worth a look. I don't think I own but one or two
Blake & Mortimer works, but they're sure handsome.
MAR131379 CHILDREN OF THE SEA TP VOL 05 $14.99
This strikes me as the best of the serial manga volume releases out this week. I think it's a concluding volume, too. Daisuke Igarashi's series was once an Internet cause back when manga was where a lot of Internet causes settled into place.
MAR131290 COMP FLASH GORDON LIBRARY HC VOL 03 FALL OF MING (RES) $39.95
You won't read prettier comics this week than some done by Alex Raymond, that's for sure. Some folks have told me they find the stories a slog, but I sort of like them once I get settled into their old-timey rhythms.
DEC120776 FAILURE GN (MR) $21.95
Here's another one that could certainly place a graphic top of page in a week less stuffed with potential buys: Karl Stevens new collection, and the first book (I think) from the new Alternative.
DEC121182 GABBA GABBA HEY RAMONES GRAPHIC GN $24.95
Title alone.
APR131147 PRIMATES FEARLESS SCIENCE OF GOODALL FOSSEY & GALDIKAS HC $19.99
This is Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks and I meant to do an interview with this book and still hope to and man I can totally forget about entire aspects of my job at times.
FEB138566 SAFE AREA GORAZDE HC SPECIAL ED (MR) (NOTE PRICE) $25.00
APR131375 BOYS OF STEEL THE CREATORS OF SUPERMAN YR SC $7.99
Two re-releases: one that needs to be in your library (the Sacco, in case you really wondered), and one you might want there. I know some people that have objected to Gorazde, too -- I had a long dinner talk around Christmastime with a cartoonist who didn't think as much of the book as I do -- but I imagine most people would agree it's a formidable work worth your attention.
MAR131309 DAN SPIEGLE LIFE IN COMIC ART SC $17.95
APR131364 DONT PIGEONHOLE ME 2 DECADES MO WILLEMS SKETCHBOOK HC $40.00
Two books I know nothing about except what's in the title, and that I'd really have to see how they were executed before I'd decide if I wanted to buy them. I sure like looking at the work of Spiegle and Willems, though. Willems has a super-appealing sketchbook style that might be fun to see on full display.
APR131253 BURNING BUILDING COMIX HC $19.95
Finally, this is a fun comic by Jeff Zwirek -- I think Top Shelf is handling the DM distribution but that it's a crowd-funded, self-published work -- where the burning building yields different stories by floor in a kind of giant, fold-out format. I have one and want to review it, but haven't finished that up yet. But I enjoyed it and encourage people to take a look if you're in one of those great stores that orders stuff like this.
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The full list of this week's releases, including some titles with multiple cover variations and a long, impressive list of toys and other stuff that isn't comics,
can be found here. Despite this official list there's no guarantee a comic will show up in the stores as promised, or in all of the stores as opposed to just a few. Also, stores choose what they carry and don't carry so your shop may not carry a specific publication. There are a lot of comics out there.
To find your local comic book store,
check this list; and for one I can personally recommend because I've shopped there, albeit a while back,
try this.
The above titles are listed with their Diamond order code in the first field, which may assist you in finding comics at your shop or having them order something for you they don't have in-stock. Ordering through a direct market shop can be a frustrating experience, so if you have a direct line to something -- you know another shop has it, you know a bookstore has it -- I'd urge you to consider all of your options.
If I failed to list your comic, that's because I hate you.
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If I Were In Toronto, I'd Go To This
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Forthcoming Comics-Related Events, Through July 2013
June 21
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If I Were In Texas, I'd Go To This
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If I Were In Albuquerque, I'd Go To This
June 22
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If I Were In Texas, I'd Go To This
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If I Were In London, I'd Go To This
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If I Were In Albuquerque, I'd Go To This
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If I Were Near Ann Arbor, I'd Go To This
June 23
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If I Were In Texas, I'd Go To This
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If I Were In Albuquerque, I'd Go To This
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If I Were Near Ann Arbor, I'd Go To This
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If I Were In LA, I'd Go To This
June 26
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If I Were In Brooklyn, I'd Go To This
June 27
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If I Were In Salt Lake City, I'd Go To This
June 28
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If I Were In Salt Lake City, I'd Go To This
June 29
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If I Were In Salt Lake City, I'd Go To This
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July 2
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If I Were In The Bay Area, I'd Go To This
July 4
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If I Were In Florida, I'd Go To This
July 5
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If I Were In Florida, I'd Go To This
July 6
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If I Were In Florida, I'd Go To This
July 7
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If I Were In Florida, I'd Go To This
July 13
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If I Were In Glasgow, I'd Go To This
July 14
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If I Were In Glasgow, I'd Go To This
July 17
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If I Were In San Diego, I'd Go To This (CCI Preview Night)
July 18
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If I Were In San Diego, I'd Go To This (CCI)
July 19
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If I Were In San Diego, I'd Go To This (CCI)
July 20
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If I Were In San Diego, I'd Go To This (CCI)
July 21
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If I Were In San Diego, I'd Go To This (CCI)
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I See What You Say: Eleanor Davis And Lilli Carré at Cartoon Art Museum (Through July 7)
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This post is designed to list events through June 2013, including ongoing exhibits. If you don't see your event above, perhaps check out the future listings here. If it's not listed anywhere,
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Go, Look: More Classic Tom Sutton
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Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* I've run a lot of these, but
this is a pretty good done-in-one of Superman-related links.
* smarties Chris Mautner and Joe McCulloch talk all things
Taiyo Matsumoto.
* Molly Crabapple
sketches the pre-trial hearins of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
* Bob Temuka on
Fatale. Sean Gaffney on
Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry Blossom Pink. John Kane on
a bunch of different comics. Shawn Starr on
a bunch of different comics. Jeffrey O. Gustafson on
Spider-Man: The Manga #27. Paul O'Brien on
a bunch of different X-Men related comic books. Kelly Thompson on
Ultimate Comics X-Men #27,
Aphrodite IX #2 and
American Vampire: The Long Road To Hell #1. Rob Clough on
a bunch of the Ignatz books. Justin Giampaoli on
Alternative Comics #4. Grant Goggans on
A Wrinkle In Time. A bunch of the AV Club people on
a bunch of different comics.
* finally,
Tucker Stone re-runs a 2008 DC panel recap.
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Happy 40th Birthday, Dan Fraga!
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Happy 30th Birthday, Lisa Hanawalt!
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Twenty-Nine Days Until Comic-Con International 2013!
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June 18, 2013
Go, Look: Semi-Massive Al Columbia Art Gallery
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Go, Look: Every Right
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Publisher: Henry And Glenn Forever Sells 71,000 Copies
Here. Ninth graph. That is a remarkable number.
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Go, Look: Carter Arthur Lodwick
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Festivals Extra: Copacetic Comics Announces Santoro Con 4
Pittsburgh is a lovely town. The shocker isn't that a convention named after Frank Santoro gets its own post here, but that it took me four years to notice that Frank Santoro has a convention named after him. Sounds fun.
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Go, Look: Gabrielle Bell Concludes Oslo
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Bundled, Tossed, Untied And Stacked
By Tom Spurgeon
* whoa,
look at the size of that Reggie-12 cover.
* Jessica Johnson -- formerly Jeff Johnson, of
Nurture The Devil and a bunch of anthology work in places like
Buzzard,
Zero Zero and
Dirty Stories --
has a book of sketchbooks and 'zine work available. She certainly has one of the most interesting CVs of any cartoonist of her generation.
* Danica Novogrodoff
previews her forthcoming book The Undertaking Of Lily Chen with Whitney Matheson at
USA Today.
* I don't really understand
this article about Marvel's new graphic novel line. What I don't understand is what they're talking about in terms of changing things so that this sort of thing is profitable. I'm not sure why a good book that lot of people wanted wouldn't have worked under a model that's existed for 20 years now, but they seem to be hinting at some sort of structural change. I think it's a good use of their creative resources, though, and it'd be nice if they got into the bookstore game in a more serious way.
* it looks like
Dave Sim's Last Girlfriend has been moved back to April 2014. They should do a book about the publication history of
Dave Sim's Last Girlfriend.
* great catch at
The Beat that Marvel
is canceling its Journey Into Mystery title. The only time I ever want to defend a system where big companies can guarantee a minimum sales level -- which is how the DM operated until, my memory serves, the late 1990s -- is when a company is doing what Marvel is doing with
Journey Into Mystery: working more obscure portions of their character catalog and giving promising creative voices a platform.
* another week off for
One Piece.
* I'm sure
this piece of news that DC Comics is going to do a
Superman/
Wonder Woman book is going to lead to its fair share of Henry Cavill/Gina Carano jokes, but in comics terms it's more notable for DC's strategy of emphasizing the big licenses in various new comics. I don't have any sense of the New 52 Superman character, so it's hard for me to even conceive of what another comic book starring that guy would be like.
* finally, the Greg Rucka-written
Queen & Country series
will apparently return in 2014.
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Go, Look: Art Adams Drawing Monsters
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Collective Memory: CAKE 2013
Links to stories, eyewitness accounts and resources concerning the 2013 edition of
CAKE, held June 15-16 in
Chicago at the
Center On Halsted.
This entry will continue to be updated for as long as people
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Convention Site
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Facility
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Host City
Audio
Blog Entries, Random Site Posts And Tumblr
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CakeChicago Tumblr
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Drawn And Quarterly
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KevArtist
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Rosebud Skud
Facebook
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Festival Page
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Matt Bors
Miscellaneous
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Lucy Knisley Draws The Tiniest Hipster
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Artists Drawing On A Michael DeForge Book 01
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Artists Drawing On A Michael DeForge Book 02
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Artists Drawing On A Michael DeForge Book 03
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Gapers Block
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MTV Geek
Photos And Stand-Alone Imagery
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Jason Leivian
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Oscar Arriola
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SAW
Twitter
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@CAKEchicago
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#cake2013
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MK Czerwiec
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If I Were In Boulder, I'd Go To This
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Go, Look: Four-Color One Shot #158
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Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* RC Harvey would like to talk to you about
Bringing Up Father.
* Johanna Draper Carlson on
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color Sundays Vol. 1. Some person I couldn't tell who it was immediately so screw it on
a Kurt Busiek/Ron Garney JLA run. Grant Goggans reads
more Legion comics. Rob Clough on
Transposes. Don MacPherson on
Batman #21. Justin Giampaoli on
Mara #5. Greg McElhatton on
Relish.
* love for the Chris Weston
Carry On X-Men poster.
* Anne Ishii profiles
Taiyo Matsumoto. Phil Whelan (I think) talks to
Anne Ishii.
* a few of you have recommended
a series of Superman-related essays by Adam P. Knave. I like
this Clark/Supes sketch by Frank Quitely.
The Onion hits the Big Blue highlights.
* not comics:
Hope Larson's short film Bitter Orange is now available.
* finally, I have to imagine a billion people are going to start reading
this Justin Bieber comic created by Sean T. Collins and Michael Hawkins.
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Happy 59th Birthday, Dean Mullaney!
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Happy 35th Birthday, François Vigneault!
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Happy 27th Birthday, Caitlin McGurk!
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Happy 31st Birthday, Ryan Alexander-Tanner!
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