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



*****

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.

*****

SEP161626 MOOMIN AND FAMILY LIFE GN $9.95
In addition to using art for solace and comfort in bad times, it's often to reconnect with the values on display if your choice of reading material has a moral outlook of the sort you endorse. I don't know that the Moomin books are first up in my home for that role, but they are always welcome, and this is one of the great publishing initiative in comics this century.

SEP160532 COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS #1 (OF 6) $3.99
SEP160084 BPRD HELL ON EARTH #147 $3.99
SEP160045 DARK HORSE PRESENTS #28 $4.99
SEP160026 ETHER #1 LEMIRE VAR $3.99
JUL160753 INVINCIBLE #131 $2.99
SEP168236 KILL OR BE KILLED #1 4TH PTG (MR) $3.99
SEP168237 KILL OR BE KILLED #2 3RD PTG (MR) $3.99
SEP168238 KILL OR BE KILLED #3 2ND PTG (MR) $3.99
SEP160734 KILL OR BE KILLED #4 (MR) $3.99
SEP161684 COSPLAYERS XMAS SPECIAL $4.99
SEP161841 KAIJUMAX SEASON 2 #6 $3.99
I couldn't understand why we're getting more of the Comic Book History series, but this time it's in color, which should flatter those comics quite a bit. I always list and usually buy the Mignola-verse book offered. The DHP is at an astounding 28th issue. Ether involves Jeff Lemire -- always of interest -- and has been promoted a bit. Invincible is in the harrowing part of the storyline before the final storyline. Kill Or Be Killed gets the "it's starting to hit" reprint array; that's a gorgeous-looking book, and I look forward to what Ed Brubaker has planned for the latter stages of its exploration of its specific sub-genre. Dash Shaw did a Christmas comic book, which is a great thing. And then there's Zander Cannon tying the bow on a second series of his weird as hell giant-monsters-in-prison series, and god bless him forit.

AUG160545 SUPER WEIRD HEROES HC VOL 01 $39.99
This is Craig Yoe's entry into the oddball golden age heroes sub-genre, and he seems well-suited for it given his tastes and the breadth of his collection. It's also not as crowded a moment for those kind of works that it was a few years back.

JUL161781 BAD MACHINERY GN VOL 06 THE CASE OF THE UNWELCOME VISITOR $19.99
I'm a big fan of Bad Machinery and buy the trades. It's one of those comics that's like a TV show I watch where I have no idea if anyone else does. There's a rigidity to the formula, but I take pleasure in its prescribed areas of exploration.

JUN161234 MOUSE GUARD WINTER 1152 HC B&W LTD ED $99.99
Always look; all respect. This edition probably isn't the one for me.

AUG161629 PEANUTS EVERY SUNDAY HC BOX SET 1960 $79.99
Ditto this version of those lovely color Peanuts Sundays. I'm loving these, and they're little talked about. Schulz wasn't a slam dunk Sunday guy because he adhered to the multiple-format restrictions in a way that kept him from cutting loose. When your work is this generally strong, simply having more of it does the trick.

SEP162121 SUNNY HC VOL 06 $22.99
I think this is the last of this high-quality, beautiful to look and deeply pleasurable to read, orphan-oriented series.

AUG161633 DISNEY ROSA DUCK LIBRARY HC BOX SET VOL 05 & 06 $49.99
AUG161632 DISNEY ROSA DUCK LIBRARY HC VOL 06 UNIVERSAL SOLVENT $29.99
I'd aim for the bottom one, a collection of Rosa work post his Scrooge biography-in-comics-form. I like Rosa's duck comics in part because its component strategies frequently lead to comics I don't enjoy. All of these things work for Rosa, though, and god bless him.

*****

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.

*****



*****
*****
 
posted 3:25 pm PST | Permalink
 

---

 
Daily Blog Archives
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
 
Full Archives