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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AUG161580 GEORGIE STORY OF MAN HIS DOG & PIN HC (C: 0-1-0) $16.95
I don't know why we're awash in occasional RO Blechman releases, but I'm not complaining. I don't even have the beginnings of a sophisticated aesthetic where Blechman is concerned, he's just right up there with Jean-Jacques Sempé in terms of cartoonists I just love to watch perform on the page. So thanks, Dover.

OCT161690 ONE HUNDRED NIGHTS OF HERO GN (C: 0-1-0) $25.00
This is Isabel Greenberg's new book, and that last one, The Encyclopedia Of Early Earth, kicked everyone's butt back in 2013. I liked the earlier book, and would pick this one up.

AUG160116 NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB TP VOL 11 (MR) (C: 1-1-2) $13.99
JUL161972 SHOWMAN KILLER VOL 03 (OF 3) (MR) $16.99
Your quality mainstream manga series of the month. I haven't been following either one, but it's hard to do wrong with the choices Kazuo Koike and Alejandro Jodorowsky make as writers and in terms of seeking out creative partners.

OCT160797 HAWKEYE #1 NOW $3.99
JUN161495 ART & BEAUTY #3 (MR) (C: 0-1-2) $4.95
It's an odd-as-hell week for serial comic book comics. I should probably go back and add titles that are more borderline, but I'll stick with this pair. Hawkeye this time out features the Kate Bishop version while -- and I'm guessing, could be wrong -- Clint Barton has gone back to the carny life (he's probably starring in an Avengers title, but I like my version better). Art & Beauty is the stand-alone version of the recent Crumb picture book that I thought would only be out in the trade collecting all three volumes.

SEP162235 GOLIATH HC STORYBOOK (C: 0-1-0) $24.99
This is the very talented Mike Ploog, he of the 1970s mainstream comics horror comics. There was a kickstarter for at least a similarly-named project at one point. I'll look at anything Ploog draws, even though this one sounds decidedly not up my alley.

JUN161494 WE TOLD YOU SO HC COMICS AS ART (C: 0-1-2) $49.99
Way too expensive.

JUL162011 BRIGHTER THAN YOU THINK 10 SHORT WORKS BY ALAN MOORE TP (MR) $22.95
This is Marc Sobel's book of essay accompanying all ten short stories in full, which is an interesting model. Mr. Sobel is a nice and enthusiastic man, so I hope this is a hit.

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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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