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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MAY121104 MAKING OF HC (MR) $29.95
This is an odd week for comics, and no one would blame you if you charged right in, picked up the new Brecht Evens, and charged right out. It would not be your least-favorite New Comics Day of the year, that's for sure, even if it gave you just one book. His work is super, super interesting to me right now. He's an underrated young writer of comics, too.

AUG110513 BUTCHER BAKER RIGHTEOUS MAKER #8 (MR) [DIG] $2.99
JUN120397 CLASSIC POPEYE ONGOING #1 $3.99
JUN120656 DAREDEVIL #17 $2.99
JUN128079 SAGA #5 2ND PTG (MR) $2.99
JUN120569 SAGA #6 (MR) [DIG] $2.99
JUN120578 WALKING DEAD #101 (MR) [DIG] $2.99
JUN128078 WALKING DEAD #101 SHARED EXC (MR) $2.99
JUN120952 ROGER LANGRIDGES SNARKED #11 [DIG] $3.99
Here's how weird this week's group of regular-sized comics is. A new issue of Butcher Baker Righteous Maker is out, Joe Casey's diseased comic book series that I thought had finished in odd fashion even though every indication within the story said there was more to come. I have no idea what "Classic Popeye Ongoing" means, but it's freakin' Popeye; I'll looked. The Daredevil is pretty normal, but the Saga and Walking Dead I'm not even sure are new what with all the extra letters next to their title names. I would have guessed only five or six of Roger Langridge's Snarked have seen print, so that's an astonishing issue number for me. Still, I have to imagine there'll be something in this group that would appeal to most people.

APR120025 BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 03 RUSSIA $19.99
APR120048 MANARA LIBRARY HC VOL 03 (MR) $59.99
APR121161 TREASURY 20TH CENTURY MURDER HC VOL 05 LOVERS LANE $15.99
MAY120790 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO WORLD OF TOMORROW SC $14.95
JUN121099 ALINE & THE OTHERS GN (MR) $9.95
JUN121165 AMULET SC VOL 03 CLOUD SEARCHERS NEW PTG $12.99
MAR121129 ISAAC THE PIRATE SET VOL 1-2 $29.99
JUN120739 ELEKTRA ASSASSIN TP $19.99
Unlike some other weeks, this is an equally loopy week for trade paperback/collection/graphic novel purchases. There's a Mignola-verse effort, a new edition of those Manara hardcovers that Dark Horse has been doing, a new Rick Geary, the Brian Fies follow-up to Mom's Cancer in a softcover edition, and a bunch of stuff you probably already own but if you don't you probably want to pick up and look at.

MAY120464 CREATIVITY OF STEVE DITKO HC $39.99
I don't all that much about this particular Steve Ditko book, but Craig Yoe is usually pretty good about finding stuff I haven't seen before and if I were in a comics shop I'd look at just about anything new that's Steve Ditko-related.

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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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