This Isn’t A Library: New, 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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NOV151334 ENVELOPE MANUFACTURER GN (MR)$16.95
This is a week with a lot of books and comics about which I'm very curious, and there's no bigger wanna-see in 2016 than Chris Oliveros' Envelope Manufacturer, the fruits of a shift in time priorities with him giving up the publisher role at D&Q to Peggy Burns. I like Oliveros, I think he's thoughtful when it comes to comics in a way that generally leads to good comics, and I liked the book of the same name from several years back. Bring it on.

NOV150087 USAGI YOJIMBO #151 $3.99
NOV150018 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #139 $3.50
NOV150296 ASTRO CITY #31 $3.99
OCT150210 BATGIRL #47 $2.99
NOV150337 AMAZING FOREST #1 $3.99
NOV150738 CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 $3.99
NOV150763 SILVER SURFER #1 $3.99
NOV150965 RACHEL RISING #39 $3.99
NOV151129 SIMPSONS COMICS #225 $3.99
This is where I list the week's comic-book format comics that interest me. I'll point out that only two of them are less than $4. I'm trying to wrap my mind around visiting the comic shop every week and committing to pulling a $20 bill out if I choose more than two comic books. I'm happy to do it with a lot of comics, but the abstraction of it still bothers. There no series more established in my mind than Usagi Yojimbo; I'm glad I got to live during a time you could routinely go for decades on end to a comic shop and buy some fun Stan Sakai comics. After that we get the Mignola-verse offering, and then two solid works from the DC Comics side of things. Amazing Forest is an anchored anthology from IDW; I've been looking forward to seeing the result. I'll be happy if we get into a mini-run of curated genre anthologies. It'll feel like the 1980s. The Captain Marvel and Silver Surfer characters are featured in new/old series that show Marvel's roll-out of its not-a-relaunch continue apace. Finally, I was impressed enough on the Terry Moore and the Simpsons number to include them here on that basis alone.

SEP150486 HORROR BY HECK HC $24.99
I thought this was out. I have a few horror comics by Heck, and enjoy them as much as anything from what I see as a fallow period for American comic book.

OCT151813 MASTER KEATON GN VOL 05 $19.99
NOV151749 MONSTER TP VOL 07 PERFECT ED URASAWA $19.99
Two super-solid series featuring the contributions of Naoki Urasawa, one of those "if you have to know one, know this one" creators

OCT151891 WALT KELLY & POGO ART OF POLITICAL SWAMP SC $39.95
I thought this might be an art book but it looks like more of a text book. Either way, this is work that needs doing.

AUG151478 FRANK IN THE 3RD DIMENSION HC $22.99
My last-minute arrival of the week. Nearly anything Jim Woodring chooses to do is worth noting.

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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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