March 3, 2010
Bundled, Tossed, Untied And Stacked
By Tom Spurgeon
* the news site
Comic Book Resources has IDW's announcement of various Dr. Who-related projects.
* the big publishing news of the week to my mind is
the redesign of independent stalwart Top Shelf's web site, and, much more importantly, their announcement of future publishing efforts that is stuffed to the brim with new books and old ones shifted around a bit. I think the most crucial is the announcement of five new series: --
Dragon Puncher, James Kochalka;
Maddy Kettle, Eric Orchard;
Monster On The Hill, Rob Harrell (cover image at top);
Okie Dokie Donuts, Chris Eliopoulos;
Pirate Penguin Vs. Ninja Chicken, Ray Friseen. When you combine that with a look at their "new faces" like the Jess Fink book
We Can Fix It spotlighted with art in this starred entry, you really get a different picture of the company than you might have had just a month ago, a shift -- not all the way, just maybe in emphasis -- from stand alone works like
Blankets to more series-oriented offerings like
Owly.
* by the way, I stuck an image from Nate Powell's
Any Empire on the bottom, just because I hadn't seen word of that one yet -- I probably did and forgot -- and the next Nate Powell book should be something to see after how well-received
Swallow Me Whole turned out to be.
* I don't have the skills to coverage new manga publishing news -- not yet, damn it -- but this book from Tokyopop
looks kind of cute.
* the
Savage Critics web site
has updated their look.
Blaise Larmee and
Trouble With Comics are among those comics-related sites moving to a new place because of blogging provider changes.
* if there is any way at all I or anyone within my limited range of influence
can encourage Roger Langridge to make his next project something in the classic strip format, let it be done.
* Oliver East
has posted an entire issue of Trains Are Mint on-line for your reading pleasure. It looks like that may be the beginning of a new publishing strategy for that work as the note hints that the paper editions haven't done well.
* Bob Greenberger
reveals the cover to
The Essential Superman Encyclopedia.
* the comics news and business analysis site ICv2.com
has details on Vertical's Fall 2010 of Ayako. Yes, please.
*
this forthcoming cover to I think the last issue of the latest
Green Lantern-related DC Universe crossover looks like a poster to the most demented musical ever to hit Broadway.
* finally, Family
has copies back in stock of the most recent
Treehouse Of Horror comic book, the one with all the talents from
Kramers Ergot taking part.
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