This Isn’t A Library: New And Notable Releases Into Comics’ Direct Market



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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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OCT141431 ANNA & FROGA THRILLS SPILLS & GOOSEBERRIES HC $14.95
OCT141432 PIPPI WONT GROW UP HC $14.95
SEP141386 EARTHLING GN (MR) $19.95
There's not a bunch that falls into my natural area of interest this week, which is good because I've been buying everyone local butcher gift certificates this year and meat is freaking expensive. It's a big week for Drawn and Quarterly, though, which is a pleasant surprise. I love this Anouk Ricard comics, both this series and the stand-alone office book Benson's Cuckoos. I'll read anything that she has published. The Pippi material has been much strong than I feared, and the Earthling book will hit my desk highly recommended by those who caught an earlier-release -- or at least hung out with the cartoonist -- at this Fall's shows.

OCT140580 RUMBLE #1 (MR) $3.50
SEP140883 MS MARVEL #10 $2.99
OCT140011 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #126 $3.50
OCT140779 WYTCHES #3 (MR) $2.99
OCT141007 AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE MAGAZINE #3 $4.99
This strikes me as an odd week for serial genre comics, too. The Rumble book is James Harren, one of the bets of younger talents to work on the Mignola-verse material, so I'm happy to at least look up anything he does. The Ms. Marvel book looks like it may stick around for a while, a rarer fate than you'd hope for off-beat, well-crafted mainstream material. There's this week's Mignola-related title; I buy them all, but I'm not quite caught up. The Wytches and the Archie books are two that have a significant number of self-proclaimed savvy buyers of the kind that make their opinions known on-line, but that should stop anyone from wanting to keep track of those efforts and those talents.

AUG140082 TRILOGY USA HC $19.99
This is a short anthology of works featuring the great artist Hermann working with the writer Yves H. These are connected by their setting: America.

SEP140505 COMPLETE JUNIOR & SUNNY BY AL FELDSTEIN HC $49.99
This is a bunch of Al Feldstein work for Fox that they're promoting on the basis of Feldstein's significant influence to the field entire and for the salacious aspects as a kind of overheated Archie set-up. Either one would get me to look, and so I shall.

AUG140094 LOBSTER JOHNSON TP VOL 04 GET THE LOBSTER $19.99
OCT140644 SAGA TP VOL 04 (MR) $14.99
SEP140933 DAREDEVIL BY MARK WAID TP VOL 07 $19.99
Not a lot in the way of stand-along graphic novel works in the alt-/art realm, but these strike me as solid players in terms of genre series. I think for a lot of people, trades are purchased and collected like serial comics used to be, so I can imagine stores that have that kind of customer will also have book sections that are fairly lively.

AUG140029 DREAM LOGIC HC $34.99
Here's a perfect comic book thing: a bunch of different projects by the artist David Mack, emphasizing his visual imagination, all things individually I either barely remember or never heard of. This is why comic shops are the best.

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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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