Graphic Novels for Wednesday, Oct 29th 2008
By Bill Love | October 28, 2008
Graphic Novels on sale Wednesday, October 29th
The following books are expected to ship to comic book specialty stores this week. Note that this list is tentative and subject to change. Please check with your retailer for availability.
DARK HORSE COMICS
GHOST OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 $24.95 (Part of Dark Horse’s mid-nineties Comic’s Greatest World titles, Ghost was set in Arcadia, the same film-noir drenched streets as the character X. The series was stylish, dark and haunting (no pun intended?). Our spectral vigilante deals justice at the end of a barrel as she tries to solve her own murder. But is she really dead? Including rare interior art by fan favorite Adam Hughes.)
GHOST TALKERS DAYDREAM TP VOL 02 $10.95
ROADKILL JIM KOWALKSI ADVENTURE GN $9.95
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL HC $19.95 (Gilbert Hernandez of Love and Rockets fame presents this bizarre psychological study of a female peeping-tom.)
DC COMICS
BATMAN DEATH MASK COLLECTED EDITION $9.99 (An original Batman story in authentic Manga format, by authentic Japanese creators!)
GREEN LANTERN IN BRIGHTEST DAY TP $19.99
JOKER HC $19.99 (Twisted writer Brian Azzerello examines comic’s most twisted villain in this original graphic novel.)
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA THE NEXT AGE TP $14.99
LOEG BLACK DOSSIER TP $19.99 (After a hardcover and omnibus edition, Alan Moore’s third foray into Victorian adventure hits a less expensive format)
SUIHELIBE VOL 01 $9.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN SEARCH FOR KRYPTONITE HC $19.99
TOKEN $9.99
IMAGE COMICS
DNAGENTS INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH ED TP $24.99
SCREAMLAND TP VOL 01 $16.99
MARVEL COMICS
ESSENTIAL MARVEL HORROR TP VOL 02 $16.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES PREM HC SECRET INVASION $19.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED PREM HC ILIAD $24.99 (The latest classic adapted by Marvel writing legend Roy Thomas, with a page count much larger than classic novels are usually given in comics form.)
MMW ATLAS ERA HC VOL 01 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY $59.99
MMW ATLAS ERA HC VOL 01 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY VAR ED $59.99
SPIDER-MAN PREM HC WITH GREAT POWER $24.99
SPIDER-MAN TP A NEW GOBLIN $12.99
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR TP VOL 11 SALEMS SEVEN $12.99
X-MEN TP MESSIAH COMPLEX $29.99
OTHER PUBLISHERS
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SC $19.99
ATOMIK MIKE TP VOL 02 $14.99
B ICHI GN VOL 01 $10.99
BIONICLE GN VOL 03 $7.95
BLACK GOD TP VOL 04 $10.99
BOURBON ISLAND 1730 GN $17.95
CRYPTICS TP $17.99
CTHULHU TALES TP VOL 02 WHISPER OF MADNESS $15.99
JAMES BOND POLESTAR TP $19.95
JIM BUTCHERS DRESDEN FILES HC $19.95
KIELI TP VOL 02 $10.99
MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA GN $10.99
NEMI HC VOL 02 $14.95
OJINGOGO GN $14.95
RAY HARRYHAUSEN FLYING SAUCERS VS EARTH TP VOL 01 $14.99
RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS 20 MILLION MILES MORE GN $11.99
RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS WRATH OF THE TITANS TP $11.99 (A trio of titles seeking to capture the adventure and imagination of one of Hollywood’s most influential special-effects masters.)
REVENANT GN $14.99
SHOULDER A COFFIN KURO GN VOL 02 $10.99
SPIRAL BONDS OF REASONING TP VOL 05 $10.99
THREE IN LOVE GN VOL 02 (OF 5) $10.99
TICK THE COMPLETE EDLUND $35.00 (Collected for the first time in one book, all of the Tick stories by creator Ben Edlund.)
TRANSFORMERS ARMADA TP VOL 01 $19.99
TRAVEL SC $19.95
VIOLENT MESSIAHS TP VOL 01 THE BOOK OF JOB $24.99
WORLDS OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS TP VOL 02 $18.99
ZOMBIE LOAN TP VOL 04 $10.99
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DC Comics Classic Library
By Bill Love | September 3, 2008
The DC Archives have been a great source for collecting older comics in beautiful color hardcovers. One of their greatest strengths has also been one of their greatest flaws. You see, they collect titles in complete, chronological order. The recently completed Doom Patrol collection contains every Doom Patrol story in the original sixties run of the title. Don’t get me wrong, there is not one story I would have left out. The completest in me loves this stuff. It’s just that for some titles, not every issue is worth the treatment and you would have to slog through a lot of mediocre material to get to the good stuff.
DC has come up with a solution with the DC Classics Library. This series is set to collect some of the best stories from the past on a story-by-story basis. First up is the momentous story for the Superman mythos, Kryptonite Nevermore. This story was a major shock to DC readers of the time. Denny O’Neil teamed with the classic Superman art team of Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson to re-define Superman for the seventies. It remains of one the best told and best drawn Superman stories ever. DC picked a worthy kick-off for the Classics Library series. And the best part? Coming up with suggestions for stories from DC comics past that would be a good fit for this format! Any ideas? I might even come up with one or two myself!
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First publication or reprint?
By Bill Love | July 31, 2008
How can something be a reprint if it has never been printed before?
The latest volume of the wonderful graphic novel series Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio has just been published, or else it has just been printed. Those two words used to mean pretty much the same thing, but that was before the internet. You see, volume seven of this series has been available to the public to read for some time now, but only recently could you hold it in your hands and turn the pages. Is this an original graphic novel? It is the first printing in any printed format. Is it a collection of previously published material? Does posting something on the web count as publication? In the now old-fashioned sense, having an article printed in the newspaper did count as being published, but not in the same way as being published in a book. Newspapers were temporary, to be read and discarded. Books were considered much more important, something to put real time and effort into. After all, a book would go up on someone’s shelf and last forever, not go out with the trash the next day. Electronic publishing blurs the lines considerably. Is it as fleeting as a newpaper or much more permanent? -more-
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Graphic Novels for July 16th
By Bill Love | July 14, 2008
GRAPHICS NOVELS SHIPPING WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008
The following graphic novels are expected to ship to comic book specialty stores this week. Note that this list is tentative and subject to change. Please check with your retailer for availability.
DARK HORSE COMICS
GHOST TALKERS DAYDREAM TP VOL 01 $10.95
DC COMICS
ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE HC BOOK 01 $29.99 (Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson return to this creator-owned series to tell of the troubled and turbulent seventies, when villians and heroes alike took a turn to the dark.)
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS TP VOL 02 $19.99
DOROTHEA VOL 02 (MR) $12.99
I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE VOL 05 $9.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS HAWKMAN TP VOL 02 $16.99
SUPERMAN AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES HC $24.99 (Geoff Johns and Gary Frank tell an exciting story of the 31st century and re-establish the ties between Superman and the Legion. The story will continue in next year’s Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds collection.)
TEARS OF A LAMB VOL 03 $9.99
TRIALS OF SHAZAM TP VOL 02 $14.99
IMAGE COMICS
ELEPHANTMEN WAR TOYS TP VOL 01 NO SURRENDER $9.99
UNEARTHED CEMETERY BLUES TP VOL 01 $16.99
MARVEL COMICS
HULK WWH TP WARBOUND $12.99
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL TP VOL 03 $14.99
SPIDER-MAN PREMIERE HC BRAND NEW DAY VOL 02 (The new adventures of the now single Peter Parker continue as Spider-Man’s supporting cast expands.)
ULTIMATE X-MEN TP VOL 18 APOCALYPSE $13.99
OTHER PUBLISHERS
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL HC VOL 01$24.99 (From executive producer Joss Whedon comes the official continuation of the hit TV series Angel. This is season six!)
DOCK WALLOPER TP VOL 01 $14.99
EC ARCHIVES WEIRD SCIENCE VOL 03 HC $49.95 (More of the classic fifties science fiction short stories with twist endings and amazing art, presented in high-quality full color.)
EVYIONE OCEAN FANTASY GN 01 $11.95
FALLEN ANGEL TP VOL 05 $19.99
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE TP VOL 05 WWIII OMNIBUS $34.99 (Devil’s Due presents their massive Joe epic WWIIi in one volume.)
HACK SLASH TP VOL 04 REVENGE OF THE RETURN (MR) $18.99
NYE INCIDENTS TP (MR) $14.99
ROSE HIP ROSE GN VOL 2 $10.99
SARDINE IN OUTER SPACE SC VOL 05 $14.95
SOULFIRE CHAOS REIGN TP $9.99
TIKI JOE MYSTERIES TP VOL 01 HIGH STAKES PATSEY $9.95
WORLDS OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS TP VOL 01 $18.99
ZOT TP THE COMPLETE BLACK AND WHITE STORIES $24.95 (Scott McCloud of Understanding Comics presents the final collection of his critically accliamed Zot series as a hero from a bright fantasy future finds himself faced with living in the real world.)
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Entertainment Weekly Top 100
By Bill Love | June 23, 2008
Popular media magazine Entertainment Weekly is celebrating it’s 1000th issue by listing the best 100 boooks, movies, etc. of the last 25 years. They are billing these as the new classics. People love to debate lists like these. Which items don’t belong, or should be on the list, or should be higher or lower? Endless debate fodder! But why mention this on Graphic Novel Scene?
Six of the new classic books on the list are graphic novels. Two of them are in the top 25, 4 in the top fifty. Keep in mind, there was no graphic novel category. To make this list graphic novel creators had to compete with writers like John Updike, Corman McCarthy,Toni Morrison and Phillip Roth. To see graphic novels even considered for such a competition is a huge change from only a few years ago. To see six place on the list is remarkable. Which books made it? You might guess that Watchmen made the list, but to come in as number thirteen is impressive. As for the rest, pick up the magazine and find out. It is well worth it for Alison Bechdel’s contribution alone. She contributes a “graphic personal essay” reflecting on her love of books and her ambivalent feelings on “must read” titles. It’s four pages of comics that anyone you ever faced a summer reading list will identify with.
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Graphic Novels for June 18th
By Bill Love | June 17, 2008
THE FOLLOWING GRAPHIC NOVELS ARE SCHEDULED TO SHIP TO COMCIS SPECIALITY STORES ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH. THIS LIST IS TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL RETAILER FOR AVAILABILITY.
DARK HORSE
ALIENS OMNIBUS SC VOL 04 $24.95
CONAN BORN ON THE BATTLEFIELD SC $17.95 (A look at the early years of Conan in his harsh native land of Cimmeria)
POSTAGE STAMP FUNNIES HC $9.95
STAR WARS LEGACY SC VOL 03 $17.95
UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE SC $17.95 (Conceived and written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance with art by Eisner-nominated Gabriel Ba, including a large sketchbook and out-of-print short stories)
DC COMICS
FROM EROICA WITH LOVE VOL 13 SC $9.99
GO GO HEAVEN VOL 06 SC $9.99
GREEN LANTERN HC VOL 02 THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR $24.99 (The second part of the blockbuster story that changes everything for the Green Lantern Corps.).
MUSASHI #9 VOL 15 SC $9.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE FLASH SC VOL 02 $16.99
WORLDS FINEST DELUXE EDITION HC $29.99
IMAGE COMICS
DYNAMO 5 SC VOL 02 MOMENTS OF TRUTH $14.99 (Five half-siblings, each inheriting a single power from a father they never knew, have to forge both a team and a family)
PVP SC VOL 05 PVP TREKS ON $14.99
SAFEST PLACE GN $12.99
MARVEL COMICS
ASTONISHING X-MEN SC VOL 04 UNSTOPPABLE $19.99 (At long last, the conclusion to X-Men story by fan favorites Joss Whedon and John Cassidy)
ETERNALS BY NEIL GAIMAN SC $24.99
HULK WWH TP DAMAGE CONTROL SC $12.99
IRON MAN SC HAUNTED $26.99
JACK KIRBYS GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS SC VOL 01 $19.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS SC VOL 06 MIGHTY DIGEST $7.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS SGT FURY HC VOL 02 $54.99
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR SC VOL 10 GHOSTS $15.99
OTHER PUBLISHERS
100 GIRLS GN $9.99
ADVENTURES OF DEXTER BREAKFAST SEASON TWO GN VOL 02 $12.95
ANIMA GN VOL 08 (OF 10) $9.99
ATOMIC ROBO SC VOL 01 $18.95
BOGLE GN VOL 01 $10.99
CAT EYED BOY GN VOL 01 $24.99
CAT EYED BOY GN VOL 02 $24.99
CHIGGERS HC $17.99
CHIGGERS SC $9.99
DAN DARE OVERSIZED UK HC VOL 01 $13.99 (Presented in the oversized European format is the first adventure of the revived Dan Dare, Great Britain’s most revered comics hero)
DOT HACK XXXX GN VOL 01 (OF 2) $9.99
FRUITS BASKET ULTIMATE EDITION VOL 03 (OF 4) SC $14.99
GAKUEN ALICE GN VOL 03 (OF 14) $9.99
GOTHIC AND LOLITA BIBLE VOL 02 (OF 6) SC $19.99
INUBAKA CRAZY FOR DOGS GN VOL 09 $9.99
KING OF HELL GN VOL 19 (OF 26) SC $9.99
KUROGANE COMMUNICATION GN VOL 01 $10.99 NAOKI URASAWAS MONSTER GN VOL 15 $9.99 (The next exciting chapter in this adult manga thriller, winner of the 2001 Shogakukan award for best manga)
POCKET FULL OF RAIN SC $19.99
SARDINE IN OUTER SPACE SC VOL 05 $14.95
TAROT CAFE GN VOL 07 (OF 7) $9.99
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED SC VOL 03 $7.99
TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS SOURCEBOOK SC $24.99
TURNING POINTS SONS OF LIBERTY GN $7.99
WISE MAN SLEEPS GN VOL 02 $10.99
YGGDRASIL GN VOL 01 $10.99
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Novel Ideas #3
By Bill Love | June 16, 2008
Be sure to check out the third installment of my Novel Ideas column over at comicrelated.com. This one looks at the newest in the Minx line of graphic novels from DC. It’s a great read for teen girls, or anybody who likes comics that center on relationships. Stop back tomorrow for a full list of graphic novels shipping Wednesday.
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Graphic Novels for June 11th
By Bill Love | June 9, 2008
THE FOLLOWING GRAPHIC NOVELS ARE SCHEDULED TO SHIP TO COMCIS SPECIALITY STORES ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11TH. THIS LIST IS TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL RETAILER FOR AVAILABILITY.
DC COMICS
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER VOL 01 HC $24.99 (At lost last, the first collection of the popular and controversial take on the early years of the Dynamic duo by superstars Frank Miller and Jim Lee)
BURNOUT SC $9.99
FROM EROICA WITH LOVE VOL 13 SC $9.99
GO GO HEAVEN VOL 06 SC $9.99
GREEN LANTERN TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS HC $29.99 (Part of Geoff Johns epic Green Lantern saga in the making, this book gives us close up looks at some of the most dangerous villains the Corps have ever faced, now with a new level of power and menace.)
JOKER THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD SC $19.99 (Stories of Batman’s arch-foe, from the forties to the present, showcasing the development of one of the most fascinating characters in comics.)
METAMORPHO YEAR ONE SC $14.99
MUSASHI #9 VOL 15 SC $9.99
PROGRAMME VOL 01 SC $17.99
SHADOWPACT VOL 03 DARKNESS AND LIGHT SC $14.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE FLASH VOL 02 SC $16.99
SUPERMAN CAMELOT FALLS VOL 01 SC $12.99
IMAGE COMICS
AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS VOL 01 HERE COME THE SPIDERS SC $19.99
MARVEL COMICS
ETERNALS BY JACK KIRBY BOOK 01 SC $24.99 (Classic Kirby from his seventies return to Marvel. A recent hardcover collected the entire series. A new Eternals series by Charles Knauf and Daniel Acuna starts the same day.)
PUNISHER MAX VOL 02 KITCHEN IRISH SC $14.99
SILVER SURFER IN THY NAME SC $10.99 (The Silver Surfer is caught between two rival worlds, each attempting to use his power to justify war. Can the Surfer use the power of Galactus to force a peace?)
WOLVERINE TP ENEMY OF STATE ULTIMATE COLLECTION SC $29.99
OTHER PUBLISHERS
DOROTHY OF OZ VOL 03 SC $11.95
FAT CHUNK VOL 01 ROBOT SC $12.95
NIGHTMARES & FAIRY TALES VOL 2 BEAUTIFUL BEASTS SC $14.95
SIMPSONS COMICS VOL 12 BELLY BUSTER SC $14.95
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Novel Ideas at Comic Related
By Bill Love | June 3, 2008
The first one is up now and you can expect a new review every Monday. Graphic Novel Scene is working in conjunction with comcrelated.com to bring you Novel Ideas, a weekly graphic novel review column. This column will focus on original graphic novels, books not first published in the periodical, floppy format. Why? Are these supposed to be better somehow because they “never saw a staple”? Not at all. Publishers choose to go to periodical publication first or to original graphic novels first for a variety of reasons. Many OGN books fail to get as much publicity as their counterparts. This column is a small attempt to rectify that. Why publish the column through Comic Related rather than just on this site? Mostly because Chuck Moore, creator of Comic Related and I belong to a mutual admiration society. His site is doing great work and we hope to help each other with this and other projects. So in short, check out Comic Related every Monday for a new review by me, and every day for all the industry news you can use. And remember a brief mention of some humor coming your way from this site? Chuck will have more news on that soon, too!
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New Graphic Novels for 5/29/08
By Bill Love | May 28, 2008
GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR MAY 29, 2008
The following graphic novels are expected to be on sale in comic book specialty stores this Thursday. This list is tentative and subject to change. Please check with your retailer for availability. Some books may ship earlier to mass market bookstores.
ALL NEW ATOM TP VOL 03 THE HUNT FOR RAY PALMER $14.99
APOTHECARIUS ARGENTUM VOL 05 $9.99
BLACK ADAM THE DARK AGE TP $17.99
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS TP VOL 01 $19.99
HEROES SC $19.99
JACK KIRBYS OMAC ONE MAN ARMY CORPS HC $24.99
JUSTICE TP VOL 01 $14.99
PALETTE OF 12 SECRET COLORS VOL 03 $9.99
STARMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 $49.99
SUPERMAN WORLD OF KRYPTON TP $14.99
IMAGE COMICS
NEARLY COMPLETE ESSENTIAL HEMBECK ARCHIVES OMNIBUS $24.99
SORROW TP $12.99
TRUE STORY SWEAR TO GOD ARCHIVES TP VOL 01 $19.99
MARVEL COMICS
ESSENTIAL RAMPAGING HULK TP VOL 01 $16.99
EXCALIBUR CLASSIC TP VOL 5 $24.99
HULK WWH TP FRONT LINE $16.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST PREM HC VOL 02 CITIES OF HEAVEN $24.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS TP VOL 04 OUR WAR $14.99
X-MEN TP VOL 02 COMPLETE ONSLAUGHT EPIC $29.99
OTHER PUBLISHERS
BIONICLE GN VOL 01 $7.95
BIONICLE HC VOL 01 $12.95
COMPLEAT NEXT MEN TP VOL 01 $19.99
DRAGON BALL VIZBIG ED GN VOL 01 $17.99
HARDY BOYS HC VOL 13 THE DEADLIEST STUNT $12.95
KASHIMASHI MANGA GN VOL 05 $10.99
KNIGHTS OF THE LUNCH TABLE GN VOL 01 DODGEBALL CHRONICLES $9.99
LA PERDIDA TP $14.00
LEGEND GN VOL 02 (RES) $10.99
MINIMA GN VOL 02 $10.95
MY HEAVENLY HOCKEY CLUB GN VOL 05 $10.95
NO PASARAN GN VOL 03 $14.95
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS GN VOL 04 $10.99
RABBI HARVEY RIDES AGAIN GN $16.99
RETURN TO WONDERLAND HC $24.99
ROSWELL TEXAS GN VOL 01 $12.95
SENTINELS ANTHOLOGY GN $14.95
SPEED RACER TP VOL 05 $19.99
STREET FIGHTER II MANGA VOL 2 GN $12.95
TREASURY VICTORIAN MURDER HC VOL 05 MYSTERY OF MARY ROGERS $15.95
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