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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OCT161558 WUVABLE OAF HC BLOOD & METAL (C: 0-1-2) $19.99
The second volume collecting Ed Luce's striking comics leads off a significant week in terms of art books and potential birthday presents. My first glance indicates a lot of in-ring jokes, a great place for visual interest.

SEP161531 LAKE JEHOVAH GN $20.00
That is the Conundrum Price Point, and lo and behold, there it is. It looks interesting, even if the descriptives are all over the place.

OCT161555 LIFE & LEGEND WALLACE WOOD HC (RES) (C: 0-1-2) $39.99
This is a book taken away from Fantagraphics and now returned, to be done with the kind of friendly treatment of art that you didn't see in that many volumes twenty years ago. Everything Wood ever did is interesting to me.

JUN161080 TITAN #4 (MR) $4.95
SEP160093 WITCHFINDER CITY OF THE DEAD #4 $3.99
AUG160649 MONSTRESS #8 (MR) $3.99
SEP160749 SAGA #40 (MR) $2.99
SEP160753 SEX #33 (MR) $3.99
SEP161048 BLACK WIDOW #8 $3.99
Kind of an odd week for serial comic-book comics. I like Titan because the sci-fi elements are used for blunt, more direct comparisons within the society depicted as opposed to graceful metaphors. There's a Mignola next on our list, followed by three high-end Image series and the comic book at Marvel featuring the Waid/Samnee team of recent artistic success.

SEP161757 PANDORAS EYES HC (NEW PTG) (MR) $24.95
This is the kind of standard genre work that you might find in the long-ago history of a single-genre master like Milo Manara, except it comics much later in the artist's career than one might guess. I'm sure the whole thing is well crafted.

SEP161784 HAPPINESS GN VOL 02 (C: 1-1-0) $12.99
This is the best-reviewed genre series with a volume, at least according to my quick glance. I believe this is a supernatural story, and I believe it's relatively very new.

SEP161276 MUTTS TREASURY YEAR OF YESH SC (C: 0-1-0) $19.99
I will always list Patric McDonnell's work even though he's frequently ignored by comics people. His work remains quite beautiful.

SEP161688 ROY CRANE BUZ SAWYER HC VOL 04 ZAZAROFS REVENGE (C: 0-1-2) $39.99
Speaking of beautiful, I'm not sure any work matches primetime Roy Crane in terms of how visually pleasing it is. I have no idea who's buying this Fantagraphics' series of hardcover but I know they're getting handsome page after handsome page.

SEP161507 SQUALOR GN $19.99
This week's entry in the "everything comes back" sweepstakes is this series remembered best for one of Tom Sutton's rewarding re-directions in terms of his art. You could torture me for 8000 years and I couldn't tell you a think about the plot.

APR162001 COMIC BOOK CREATOR #13 (C: 0-1-1) $8.95
Kaluta. I'd like to read that one.

AUG162140 SCUMBAG LOSER OMNIBUS GN (RES) (MR) (C: 1-1-0) $30.00
This is a horror story with which I'm not familiar, but that's a nice pricep post f

SEP161366 COPRA TP ROUND FOUR (MR) $19.95
Michel Fiffe's admirable, self-directed projectcontinues.

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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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