This Isn’t A Library: New and Notable Releases to the Comics Direct Market



Here are a few books that jump out at me from this week's probably mostly 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 following -- I might not buy any -- but were I in a comic book shop I would likely pick them up and look at them, potentially resulting in mean words and hurt feelings between me and my retailer.

*****

JAN071924 CASANOVA VOL 1 LUXURIA HC (MR) $24.99
Although you can't tell by the visual above because the colors aren't as rich, the first volume of Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba's Casanova has to be the best looking book Image has ever published. It boasts a wrap-around cover with the ink set right into the material of the cover rather than a paper slipcover. Kudos to the artist and the art director Laurenn McCubbin.

The material inside made for a frequently compelling read in serial form, a spy story using the visual iconography of 1960s cinema and comics that pays attention to issues of family and maturity and personal loss. It should be fun to see how reading it all at once changes the reader's perception, if at all.

MAR070223 SPIRIT #6 $2.99
JAN071935 GODLAND #18 $2.99
JAN072366 CAPTAIN AMERICA #26 $2.99
MAR072131 CRIMINAL #6 (MR) $2.99
These are four solid serial adventure comics, well-crafted and imaginatively executed according to the dictates of their respective genres. I am either following or periodically catching up with them all.

FEB073405 IRON WOK JAN GN #24 $9.95
I've never seen this and I've always wanted to.

FEB073649 KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER THE LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR OCT068202 $12.95
I always liked Kolchak the Night Stalker. He wore the same clothes every day, he somehow convinced his editor to keep him on "monster beat," he had the 1970s TV-show reporter thing whereby he seemed to have unlimited legal access to any information he wanted and was constantly able to browbeat cops into doing stuff for him. Best of all, he would occasionally murder folks right when the cops busted in and all he had to do was scream "It was a monster!" and the cops were cool with it. I dream of covering the comics industry the same way.

I didn't know he had a comic book, which means it's probably not great, but I would look at it if I were in a comic book shop today.

MAR073654 RABBIS CAT SC $16.95
If you don't have this, you want this. It is beautifully drawn.

*****

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.

To find your local comic book store, check this list; and for one I can personally recommend because I've shopped there, 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.

If I didn't list your new comic, it's probably just because I missed it. It could be because our tastes differ. It's not because I hate you. I'm quite fond of you.
 
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