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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AUG141478 ARSENE SCHRAUWEN HC $34.99
I read this during my last fevered 72 hours in New Mexico before heading east for CAB; I will never forget. I think this may be a special talent's first great book.

OCT141659 STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST GN BOOK 01 (MR) $19.95
This is a collection from Top Shelf of a well-liked web strip that has more of a cultural take on a standard hero trope of wondering after how the real world and the fantasy state of superhero comics might co-exist.

AUG140435 LOCKE & KEY TP SLIPCASE SET HOLIDAY ED $99.99
Merry Christmas!

AUG140667 OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #5 (MR) $2.99
SEP140763 WALKING DEAD #134 (MR) $2.99
SEP140768 WYTCHES #2 (MR) $2.99
AUG148449 THOR #1 2ND PTG DAUTERMAN VAR $3.99
SEP140857 THOR #2 $3.99
SEP148023 BATGIRL #35 2ND PTG $2.99
SEP140253 BATGIRL #36 $2.99
Those are two books written by Robert Kirkman up top. I try to read whatever Kirman does and Walking Dead is due to ramp up the insanity any day now. Wytches is the Scott Snyder book for Image,with the artist Jock. That gets interesting for the work, which is apparently quite good, and for its reaction, also said to be reasonably strong. After that you get mainstream works with well-known concepts experiencing some level of revision. The fact that both sold out is an endorsement of where those books are going, and good for all the creators involved.

SEP140981 BABY BLUES COLLECTION TP WETTER LOUDER STICKIER $18.99
This is the missing volume from last week's crush of high-client newspaper comics collections.

SEP141543 FOREVER SMURFETTE GN $5.99
SEP141544 FOREVER SMURFETTE HC $10.99
More Peyo; again at the two levels of entry.

SEP141618 GRAPHIC CANON OF CHILDRENS LITERATURE TP $38.95
I have no idea what's in this volume of the popular series, but I do that series was incredibly popular.

SEP141157 MOUSE GUARD BALDWIN BRAVE OTHER TALES HC $14.99
Still the most under-appreciated multiple series of the last two decades.

AUG141639 ZENITH HC PHASE ONE $25.00
I lost track of how this is being published and whether or not we should be happy about it, but I'm interested in the core Grant Morrison/Steve Yeowell work.

SEP141876 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL COMICS LIFE WRITING IN PICTURES SC $30.00
SEP141877 DAVE SIM CONVERSATIONS SC $30.00
SEP141878 HOWARD CHAYKIN CONVERSATIONS SC $30.00
Three solid, recent university-press comics history/resource volumes. I liked the Chaykin, and am in the Dave Sim. I think.

AUG141861 MAD GREATEST ARTISTS DON MARTIN 3 DECADES GRTEST WORK HC $30.00
I'm all for Don Martin, and I'm all for comedy institutions honoring their idiosyncratic contributors. It's hard to imagine what Don Martin was to MAD in terms of another artist and another medium.

AUG141862 SECRET HISTORY OF WONDER WOMAN HC $29.95
Advance word is good on what should be a massive seller for a book of its type; the Wonder Woman comics are really effective, particularly the early ones.

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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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