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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MAR111331 LIFE WITH MISTER DANGEROUS GN (RES) $22.00
I best enjoy reading Paul Hornschemeier's work in big chunks like this one, and this Villard effort looks handsome to boot. Definitely the first one I'd paw to my shopkeeper's dismay if I were hitting a comics store today.

APR110033 BPRD DEAD REMEMBERED #3 (OF 3) $3.50
APR110031 HELLBOY THE FURY #1 (OF 3) MIGNOLA CVR $2.99
When the entire serial comics market collapses into a pile of hubris and high-collared superheroes, copies of the Mignola-verse comics will still appear on top of the rubble where the stores used to be.

FEB110027 CITIZEN REX HC (RES) $19.99
This is a Gilbert Hernandez and Mario Hernandez effort from Dark Horse. I know almost nothing it, and I doubt a lot of people have a firm idea what's goin on in its pages beyond a guess based on past collaborations and sample artwork. Everything either of these two men does is at least intriguing, particularly in that Gilbert would be in any rationally selected cartooning Hall Of Fame even if you dropped whole decades of his oeuvre from consideration.

APR111154 PATRICK IN A TEDDY BEARS PICNIC & OTHER STORIES HC $12.95
The Geoffrey Hayes work from Toon has that special something that leads adults to re-read the material even if whatever kids encountering it might not.

FEB111118 TOOTH HC $24.99
I know almost nothing about this except that it's Matt Kindt, one of those cartoonists quietly putting together a stellar body of work.

MAR110390 STUCK RUBBER BABY SC NEW EDITION (MR) $17.99
I don't know where this stands in terms of it being a publishing project -- if it follows a hardcover effort or whatever -- but almost any serious collection of work featuring comics from the last 20 years would want one on its shelves. It was a significant part of the 1994-1995 explosion of quality graphic novels that foretold of the comics publishing reality we have now.

APR110668 CRIMINAL LAST OF INNOCENT #1 (OF 4) (MR) $3.50
The first issue of Ed Brubaker's highly amusing and yet somehow still affecting work about a man willing to kill to get his past back. I interviewed Brubaker here. If there were five series coming out that worked in serial form like this one does, we'd have an entirely different industry.

APR110732 OSBORN TP EVIL INCARCERATED $16.99
I have most of these in comic book form so won't go near the collection, but I liked the comic books: they felt very different in rhythm and tone than anything else out there being done, the kind of superhero comic book I used to fall for hard back in the 1980s. I haven't read the ending yet.

JAN111175 MOOMIN COMPLETE LARS JANSSON COMIC STRIP HC VOL 06 $19.95
And thus ends a very, very fine series of works, with what would strictly be defined as legacy work but that D+Q assures us is more than worth our time. Considering that the entire impetus of providing us fancy volumes of Moomin strips came from their offices, I'm going to trust them on this one.

MAR111104 CONSTRUCTIVE ABANDONMENT HC $15.95
I have a review copy of this one in that part of my library that holds new works to be swept back into my arms and carried to the desk. It looks very pretty. That's an image from it below. I like the gag.

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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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