This Isn’t A Library: Notable Releases To The 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.

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JUL100660 ACTS OF VENGEANCE OMNIBUS HC DAVIS CVR $99.99
AUG100667 ATLANTIS ATTACKS OMNIBUS HC MAYHEW COVER $75.00
AUG100666 CAPTAIN AMERICA LIVES OMNIBUS HC $75.00
AUG100669 MMW ATLAS ERA BATTLEFIELD HC VOL 01 $64.99
Is this really a six-months-later dump of giant Marvel collections on the market, all on the same week? I'm not sure that's a damaging thing or not, but that's a weird thing, for sure. On the other hand, this could just be a combination of stuff seeping back onto the shelves in various ways. Part of me wishes I was so loaded with cash that all of them were finding their way onto my bookshelves, although the only one in which I have a bit of genuine interest is the Battlefield effort -- I'd have to see it first, but I've always been fond of those slightly-crazed, woolly-looking and completely unsavory Silver Age war comics.

DEC100062 BPRD HELL ON EARTH GODS #2 (OF 3) $3.50
NOV100472 WALKING DEAD #81 (MR) $2.99
DEC100633 CASANOVA GULA #2 (OF 4) (MR) $3.99
DEC100303 NORTHLANDERS #37 (MR) $2.99
This is the small list of books that jumped out at me as comics that I might be if I wanted a small pile of comic books to read this week. While I might be missing one or two, and while I could probably swap out a book or two and be a happy comics reader, that seems to me like a tiny number of books.

NOV100028 CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 09 $49.99
I'd probably at least pick this one up and give it a look, as it's getting into material with which I have a bit more familiarity. I no longer hear some of the archivist's complaints about this series that I heard about the first couple of volumes.

AUG101114 CHE GUEVARA GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY PUTNAM ED $15.00
At this point, I'm not even sure which graphic novel biography of Che Guevara this is -- Jog will suss it out, I'm sure -- although they've all been worth picking up and looking them over so I can list it here.

NOV100847 LEONARD STARRS MARY PERKINS ON STAGE TP VOL 08 $24.95
How wonderful that there are eight volumes of this work out there to be read. They're a lot of fun.

DEC100933 MID-LIFE GN (MR) $19.95
Mid-life is Joe Ollman's first shot at a graphic novel-length story, as discussed in this big-ass interview.

OCT100472 ON THE LINE HC $12.99
There's always one comic that I'm dying to see that I can't because I don't have a comics shop. Well, hopefully a lot of comics shops carry at least one copy of this. Anyway, it's a Rian Hughes-illustrated newspaper strip that ran in The Guardian done in a style reminiscent of Gene Deitch, and I have no familiarity with it whatsoever.

DEC100788 PSYCHIATRIC TALES 11 STORIES MENTAL ILLNESS HC $15.00
This is Darryl Cunningham's book of beautifully sympathetic and straight-forward essays drawn from his experiences working with those that suffer from mental illness and from his own struggles. I have a copy of this book and it's quite attractive.

NOV100862 SHERLOCK HOLMES YEAR ONE #1 $3.99
Doesn't a year one imply that there was standard adventures before the window that the established fiction provides? Didn't Watson show up in the first few pages of the first canonical story? Is it completely idiotic to ask these questions as if there's some sort of hard set of rules, or just partially idiotic?

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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 on me. I apologize.

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