Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for January 27, 2016

PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS
DEC152538     GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #192     $3.99
DEC150004     PREVIEWS #329 FEB 2016 CUSTOMER ORDER FORM     PI
DEC150001     PREVIEWS #329 FEBRUARY 2016     $3.99

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

NOV151771     A CERTAIN MAGICAL INDEX GN VOL 04     $13.00
NOV151772     ACCEL WORLD GN VOL 06     $13.00
NOV158113     ADVENTURE TIME ORIGINAL GN VOL 01 COLOR PLAYING FIRE     $14.99
NOV151161     ADVENTURE TIME SUGARY SHORTS TP VOL 02     $19.99
DEC151199     ADVENTURES OF DRIPPY THE NEWSBOY TP VOL 02     $12.00
NOV151773     AKAME GA KILL GN VOL 05     $13.00
NOV151774     ALICE IN MURDERLAND GN VOL 03 (MR)     $17.00
NOV151519     ANGELARIUM BOOK OF EMANATIONS HC     $24.99
NOV151060     ARCHIE FUNHOUSE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #18     $4.99
NOV151159     BEE AND PUPPYCAT TP VOL 02     $14.99
NOV151207     BELLADONNA #0 CENTURY RED HOT CVR (MR)     $39.99
NOV151205     BELLADONNA #0 COSTUME CHANGE 6 CVR SET (MR)     $36.99
NOV151333     BEVERLY GN (MR)     $21.95
NOV151144     BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA TP VOL 02     $14.99
OCT151217     BILL TED MOST EXCELLENT COMIC BOOK ARCHIVE HC     $34.99
NOV151509     BLACK BAG #3     $3.99
NOV151688     BLOODSHOT REBORN #10 CVR A LAROSA (NEW ARC)     $3.99
NOV151689     BLOODSHOT REBORN #10 CVR B SOOK (NEW ARC)     $3.99
NOV151690     BLOODSHOT REBORN #10 CVR C JOHNSON (NEW ARC)     $3.99
NOV151691     BLOODSHOT REBORN #10 CVR D VEREGGE (NEW ARC)     $3.99
SEP151339     BLUBBER #2     $3.99
NOV151725     BOOK OF DEATH FALL OF THE VALIANT UNIVERSE TP     $14.99
NOV151085     CALIGULA COMP BOX SET (MR)     $139.99
DEC151445     CICI A FAIRYS TALE GN VOL 01 BELIEVE YOUR EYES     $7.99
DEC151190     CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED TP AROUND WORLD 80 DAYS     $9.95
NOV151585     COMICS SQUAD RECESS GN VOL 02 LUNCH     $7.99
NOV151733     COMPLETE CHI SWEET HOME TP VOL 02     $24.95
NOV151510     COPS FOR CRIMINALS #3     $3.99
NOV151143     CURB STOMP TP     $14.99
OCT151619     CYBERINES #1     $3.99
OCT151225     DEAD LETTERS TP VOL 02     $14.99
NOV151520     DEAD MANS PARTY TP     $19.99
NOV151775     DEVIL IS PART TIMER GN VOL 04     $13.00
OCT151415     DF INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 DF EXC MAYHEW SGN     PI
OCT151650     DOCTOR WHO 10TH YEAR TWO #5 BROOKS SUBSCRIPTION PHOTO     $3.99
OCT151649     DOCTOR WHO 10TH YEAR TWO #5 REG CASAGRANDE     $3.99
OCT151655     DOCTOR WHO 11TH YEAR TWO #5 BROOKS SUBSCRIPTION PHOTO     $3.99
OCT151654     DOCTOR WHO 11TH YEAR TWO #5 REG CASSARA     $3.99
NOV151018     DREAMING EAGLES #2 (MR)     $3.99
NOV151181     ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #14     $3.99
JUL151106     EVIL EMPIRE TP VOL 02     $14.99
NOV151073     EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS SOURCEBOOK     $4.99
NOV151702     FAITH #1 CVR A KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC     $3.99
NOV151703     FAITH #1 CVR B SAUVAGE     $3.99
NOV151704     FAITH #1 CVR C CGC REPLICA HENRY     $3.99
NOV151705     FAITH #1 CVR D BLANK CVR     $3.99
NOV151776     FINAL FANTASY TYPE 0 SIDE STORY GN VOL 03 ICE REAPER     $13.00
NOV151777     FIRST LOVE MONSTER GN VOL 03     $13.00
NOV151024     FM PRES BORNHOME #4 CVR A JOHNSON     $3.99
NOV151025     FM PRES BORNHOME #4 CVR B ROBERTSON     $3.99
DEC151428     GENSHIKEN SECOND SEASON GN VOL 07     $10.99
NOV151831     GFT GRIMM TALES OF TERROR VOL 2 #4 A CVR WATSON (MR)     $3.99
NOV151832     GFT GRIMM TALES OF TERROR VOL 2 #4 B CVR BIFULCO (MR)     $3.99
NOV151833     GFT GRIMM TALES OF TERROR VOL 2 #4 C CVR SANAPO (MR)     $3.99
NOV151810     GFT RED AGENT #1 A CVR LILLY (MR)     $3.99
NOV151811     GFT RED AGENT #1 B CVR CUCAU (MR)     $3.99
NOV151812     GFT RED AGENT #1 C CVR TYNDALL (MR)     $3.99
NOV151813     GFT RED AGENT #1 D CVR CAFARO (MR)     $3.99
NOV151806     GFT STEAMPUNK #1 A CVR CHEN (MR)     $5.99
NOV151807     GFT STEAMPUNK #1 B CVR ORTIZ (MR)     $5.99
NOV151808     GFT STEAMPUNK #1 C CVR KROME (MR)     $5.99
NOV151809     GFT STEAMPUNK #1 D CVR REI (MR)     $5.99
NOV151821     GFT WONDERLAND #43 A CVR RICH (MR)     $3.99
NOV151822     GFT WONDERLAND #43 B CVR SALONGA (MR)     $3.99
NOV151823     GFT WONDERLAND #43 C CVR PANTALENA (MR)     $3.99
NOV151836     GFT WONDERLAND TP VOL 08 (MR)     $15.99
OCT151624     HENCHGIRL #4     $3.99
NOV151391     HIP HOP FAMILY TREE #6     $3.99
NOV151780     HORIMIYA GN VOL 02     $13.00
NOV151781     HOW TO RAISE BORING GIRLFRIEND GN VOL 01     $13.00
NOV151511     INFINITE ADVENTURES OF JONAS QUANTUM #5     $3.99
OCT151564     INVADER ZIM TP VOL 01     $19.99
NOV151782     KAGEROU DAZE GN VOL 04     $13.00
OCT151706     KODOJA #3     $3.99
DEC151172     LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #25 PHILADELPHIA VIP CVR (MR)     $19.99
DEC151174     LADY DEATH APOCALYPSE #4 CENTURY SET (MR)     $199.99
NOV151518     LEGO FRIENDS GN VOL 02 FRIENDS TO RESCUE     $7.99
NOV151783     LOG HORIZON WEST WIND BRIGADE GN VOL 01     $13.00
DEC151483     MEAN GIRLS CLUB ONE SHOT     $5.95
NOV151222     MEDIEVAL LADY DEATH BELLADONNA DLX BOX SET (MR)     $119.99
NOV151189     MUNCHKIN #13     $3.99
NOV151504     MY LITTLE MONSTER GN VOL 12     $10.99
NOV151505     NORAGAMI STRAY GOD GN VOL 10     $10.99
NOV151409     OLYMPIANS GN HC VOL 08 APOLLO BRILLIANT ONE     $17.99
NOV151408     OLYMPIANS GN VOL 08 APOLLO BRILLIANT ONE     $9.99
NOV151190     PEANUTS VOL 2 #30     $3.99
SEP150913     PRINCELESS DLX HC VOL 01     $24.99
NOV151784     PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA MOVIE REBELLION GN VOL 02     $13.00
NOV150988     PUPPET MASTER #11 LUMSDEN CVR (MR)     $4.99
NOV150986     PUPPET MASTER #11 MAIN CVR (MR)     $3.99
NOV151541     RICK & MORTY #10     $3.99
NOV151262     SCALES OF TIME (ONE SHOT)     $3.99
NOV151130     SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #21     $4.99
NOV151421     SIX #3     $3.99
NOV151785     SO I CANT PLAY H GN VOL 04     $13.00
NOV151154     SONS OF ANARCHY TP VOL 04 (MR)     $14.99
NOV151174     SPIRE #6     $3.99
NOV151443     STAN LEE CHAKRA THE INVINCIBLE #7     $2.99
NOV151014     STRAYER #1     $3.99
NOV151786     SWORD ART ONLINE GIRLS OPS GN VOL 02     $13.00
NOV151787     SWORD ART ONLINE PHANTOM BULLET GN VOL 01     $13.00
NOV151788     TABOO TATTOO GN VOL 01     $13.00
NOV151132     TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #96 (MR)     $2.95
NOV151789     TRIAGE X GN VOL 11 (MR)     $14.00
NOV151790     UBEL BLATT GN VOL 04 (MR)     $20.00
NOV151791     UMINEKO WHEN THEY CRY GN EP 5 VOL 03 END OF GOLDEN WITCH     $20.00
NOV151792     UNTIL DEATH DO US PART GN VOL 11     $25.00
NOV151175     VENUS #2     $3.99
NOV151213     WEBWITCH #3 COSTUME CHANGE 6 CVR SET (MR)     $36.99
NOV151514     WES CRAVEN COMING OF RAGE #4 (MR)     $3.99
NOV151516     WES CRAVEN COMING OF RAGE #4 B&W LTD CVR A (MR)     $24.99
NOV151517     WES CRAVEN COMING OF RAGE #4 B&W LTD CVR B (MR)     $24.99
NOV151173     WILDS END ENEMY WITHIN #5     $3.99
AUG151693     WORLDS GREATEST FIRST LOVE GN (MR) VOL 03     $12.99

MAGAZINES
OCT151965     BRICKJOURNAL #38     $8.95
NOV151909     COMIC SHOP NEWS #1493     PI
SEP151874     DC BATMAN AUTO FIG MAG #76 BLACK & WHITE #3     $21.00
SEP151875     DC BATMAN AUTO FIG MAG #77 CLASSIC TV ORIGINAL BATCYCLE     $21.00
OCT151924     DC BATMAN AUTO FIG MAG #78 ARKHAM ORIGINS BATWING     $21.00
OCT151925     DC BATMAN AUTO FIG MAG #79 CLASSIC TV CATMOBILE     $21.00
SEP151888     HOBBIT MOTION PICTURE FIG MAG #5 YAZNEG THE ORC     $16.50
SEP151889     HOBBIT MOTION PICTURE FIG MAG #6 BOLG THE ORC     $16.50
OCT151935     HOBBIT MOTION PICTURE FIG MAG #7 NARZUG THE ORC     $16.50
OCT151936     HOBBIT MOTION PICTURE FIG MAG #8 MASTER OF LAKETOWN     $16.50
SEP151881     MARVEL CHESS FIG COLL MAG SPECIAL #4 GAMORA & DRAX ALT BISHO     $38.00
SEP151887     MARVEL FACT FILES BINDER     $14.00
NOV151571     NICKELODEON MAGAZINE #8     $4.99

BOOKS
OCT151921     ART OF XCOM 2 HC     $39.99
AUG151751     DARK SOULS II DESIGN WORKS HC     $49.99
NOV151793     ISOLATOR NOVEL HC VOL 02     $20.00
NOV151794     KAGEROU DAZE LIGHT NOVEL SC VOL 03 CHILDREN REASON     $14.00
NOV151524     KOLCHAK NIGHT STALKER PASSAGES OF THE MACABRE     $16.95
SEP151857     NEIL GAIMAN ART OF NEIL GAIMAN VISUAL BIO SC     $19.99
DEC151824     SHERLOCK MIND PALACE COLORING BOOK ADV     $14.99

Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for January 6, 2016

DARK HORSE COMICS

SEP150062    AGE OF REPTILES ANCIENT EGYPTIANS TP    $14.99
NOV150021    ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #22 MAIN CVR    $3.99
SEP150038    BALTIMORE HC VOL 06 CULT OF THE RED KING    $24.99
NOV150068    BARB WIRE #7    $3.99
NOV150031    DEAD VENGEANCE #4    $3.99
SEP150086    GIRL CRAZY HC    $17.99
NOV150019    JOE GOLEM OCCULT DETECTIVE #3    $3.50
NOV150044    LARA CROFT FROZEN OMEN #4    $3.99
NOV150093    LONE WOLF 2100 #1    $3.99
NOV150063    MYSTERY GIRL #2    $3.99
OCT150047    POWER CUBED #4    $3.99
NOV150020    THIS DAMNED BAND #6    $3.99

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for November 11, 2015

DC COMICS

AUG150288     AMERICAN VAMPIRE TP VOL 07 (MR)     $14.99
SEP150250     BATMAN #46     $3.99
SEP150194     BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #6     $2.99
SEP150261     BATMAN BEYOND #6     $2.99
MAY150235     BATMAN RIP UNWRAPPED HC     $34.99
SEP150241     BATMAN SUPERMAN #26     $3.99
SEP150263     CATWOMAN #46     $2.99
SEP150206     CONSTANTINE THE HELLBLAZER #6     $2.99
SEP150211     DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS #4     $3.99
SEP150309     DC PRESENTS LOIS & CLARK 100 PAGE SPECTACULAR #1     $7.99
SEP150323     FABLES THE WOLF AMONG US #11 (MR)     $3.99
AUG150270     GREEN ARROW TP VOL 07 KINGDOM     $14.99
AUG150170     JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR GREEN LANTERN #1     $3.99
AUG150173     JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR SHAZAM #1     $3.99
SEP150201     JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #15     $3.99
SEP150227     RED HOOD ARSENAL #6     $2.99
JUN150277     SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP TP VOL 02     $12.99
SEP150284     SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #63     $2.99
SEP150318     SLASH & BURN #1 (MR)     $3.99
SEP150231     STARFIRE #6     $2.99
AUG150279     SUPERMAN ADVENTURES TP VOL 01     $19.99
SEP150188     SUPERMAN AMERICAN ALIEN #1     $3.99
AUG150209     TEEN TITANS #13     $2.99
SEP150329     TWILIGHT CHILDREN #2 (MR)     $4.99

DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES

JUL150348     ARROW TV STARLING CITY POLICE BADGE     $30.00
JUN150335     BATMAN ANIMATED BAS HARLEY QUINN AF     $24.95
JUN150347     BATMAN ANIMATED NBA ROXY ROCKET DLX AF     $39.95
MAY150292     DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS HOLIDAY WONDER WOMAN STATUE     $124.95
JUN150345     DC COMICS SUPER PETS DEX STARR PLUSH FIGURE     $14.95
JUN150346     DC COMICS SUPER PETS STREAKY PLUSH FIGURE     $14.95

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 14, 2015

DC COMICS

AUG150230     BAT MITE #5     $2.99
AUG150225     BATMAN #45     $3.99
AUG150157     BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #2     $2.99
AUG150217     BATMAN SUPERMAN #25     $3.99
JUN150299     BATMAN YEAR 100 DLX ED HC     $29.99
AUG150232     CATWOMAN #45     $2.99
JUN150319     COFFIN HILL TP VOL 03 (MR)     $14.99
AUG150183     CONSTANTINE THE HELLBLAZER #5     $2.99
JUL150295     CONVERGENCE CRISIS TP BOOK 01     $19.99
JUL150297     CONVERGENCE CRISIS TP BOOK 02     $19.99
AUG150188     DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS #3     $3.99
AUG150187     EARTH 2 SOCIETY #5     $2.99
AUG150289     FABLES THE WOLF AMONG US #10 (MR)     $3.99
JUN150305     GRAPHIC INK THE DC COMICS ART OF DARWYN COOKE HC     $39.99
MAY150241     GREEN LANTERN A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS HC     $39.99
AUG150240     HARLEY QUINN #21     $3.99
JUL150200     JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #4     $3.99
AUG150176     JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #14     $3.99
AUG150258     MAD MAGAZINE #536     $5.99
JUL150317     MORTAL KOMBAT X TP VOL 02 (MR)     $14.99
AUG150204     RED HOOD ARSENAL #5     $2.99
AUG158645     SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #12 2ND PTG     $2.99
AUG150256     SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #62     $2.99
JUL150320     SENSATION COMICS FEATURING WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 02     $14.99
AUG150206     STARFIRE #5     $2.99
AUG150160     SUPERMAN LOIS AND CLARK #1     $3.99
AUG150282     TWILIGHT CHILDREN #1 (MR)     $4.99

DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES

APR150333     ARROW TV FELICITY SMOAK AF     $24.95
JUN150336     BATMAN ANIMATED BAS BATMAN AF     $24.95
JUN150338     BATMAN ANIMATED BAS RIDDLER AF     $24.95
JUN150337     BATMAN ANIMATED NBA BATGIRL AF     $24.95
APR150357     BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE JOKER BY BERMEJO 2ND ED     $79.95
APR150340     BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE SCARECROW BY DANDA     $79.95
APR150347     DC COMICS CONSTANTINE STATUE     $124.95
APR150343     WONDER WOMAN ART OF WAR STATUE BY JILL THOMPSON     $79.95

Comics Review: BLUBBER #1

BLUBBER #1
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS – @fantagraphics

[This review first appeared on Patreon.]

CARTOONIST: Gilbert Hernandez
EDITOR: Eric Reynolds
COVER: Gilbert Hernandez with Paul Baresh
24pp, B&W, $3.99 U.S.

Gilbert Hernandez is the cartoonist, comic book creator, and graphic novelist best known for being one-half of the duo known as “Los Bros.” along with his brother, Jaime Hernandez.  Together, the two Eisner Award (Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards) winners have produced the seminal, alternative comic book series, Love and Rockets, for more than 30 years.  As a “solo act,” Gilbert (a.k.a. “Beto”) has also produced numerous original graphic novels and several comic book miniseries for publishers Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, and Drawn & Quarterly, as well as for his original publisher Fantagraphics Books.

Fantagraphics recently published Blubber #1, what will hopefully be the start of a new series from Gilbert.  This black and white comic books contains a series of short stories and vignettes featuring a cast of misfits, monsters, and anthropomorphs.  These types of surreal and strange characters and stories have been a hallmark of Gibert's comix going back to the beginning of his public work.

In “Eyes of the Mau Guag,” readers get a look at a docile, dog-like creature whose like is marked by masturbation and victimization.  Penetration and eye-ball trauma mark the existence of the furry-type “Doogs.”  Also, see a different kind of hangover in “Las Vegas Lace.”

On first glance, Blubber #1 looks ridiculous.  It is like flipping through a self-published vanity comic book full of weirdness.  Reading it, however, gives a far different impression and experience.  Not far into reading it for the first time, I found myself fascinated.  I had to re-read some segments of this comic book because I could not get enough of it.  Even 26 pages of what could be described as Beto's kooky version of the “Wild Kingdom” was not enough for me.

Blubber #1 recalls the ethereal and beautiful explorations contained in Moebius' Une jeunesse heureuse (released as a small leather-bound notebook).  It also has a passing resemblance to the surreal pantomime comix of Jason (who is also published by Fantagraphics in America).  The phallus... ahem... comes in many shapes and sizes, generally as a saggy meat hose or as a gradually swelling tuber.  It's penetrative explorations can be creative or pleasurable, but are consistently dangerous slash destructive.  I'll say no more because you, dear reader, should pay to discover this comic book's wonders.

I hope that more of Beto's id explodes onto enough pages for there to be a second issue of Blubber.  This crazy little comic book proves once again that not only is Gilbert Hernandez the best American comic book writer of the last four decades; he is also one of its essential visionaries.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


The text is copyright © 2015 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for syndication rights and fees.

Review: LOVE AND ROCKETS: New Stories #7

LOVE AND ROCKETS: NEW STORIES #7
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS – @fantagraphics

[This review first appeared on Patreon.]

WRITERS: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez – @BetomessGilbert @xaimeh
ARTISTS: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
EDITOR: Eric Reynolds – @earinc
COVER: Jaime Hernandez
ISBN: 978-1-60699-679-9; paperback (January 2015)
100pp, B&W, $14.99 U.S.

We last saw a new volume of the annual Love and Rockets: New Stories (#6) in the fall of 2013.  Since then, creators and brothers, Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez (a.k.a. Los Bros.), each finally won his first Eisner Award (Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards).

Love and Rockets: New Stories #7 was published in March, I think (although the publishing date inside the book is listed as January 2015).  The latest volume contains 14 stories, 6 six by Gilbert and 8 by Jaime.  Among Gilbert's (Beto) offerings is a story that runs slightly longer than a single-issue comic book.  Entitled “The Magic Voyage of Aladdin,” it pits Morgan Le Fey (as played by Fritz) and Aladdin against two evil bitches, Circe and Jasmin, who are trying to obtain Aladdin's magic lamp.  “Daughters and Mothers and Daughters” is a flashback story about Maria, the mother of Luba (one of Beto's central L&R characters).  “Killer in Palomar” finds Dora “Killer” Rivera in Palomar, and Fritz and Fritz-wannabes compete in a few shorter stories.

Jaime (Xaime) puts the focus squarely on his signature characters, Maggie and Hopey.  The life-long friends and former lovers take a road trip to Huerta for a “punk rock reunion.”  However, their proximity to each other reveals that their humdrum domestic lives have not quite tamed the passion nor has it severed the romantic connection between them.  Plus, the comic book-length “Princess Animus!” plays out the classic bad movie that Maggie and Hopey watch at the old “Vogue Theater” while in Huerta.  In  “if it ain't fixed, don't break it!”a tawdry true-crime television show brings up the nutty and perhaps murderous secrets of Tonta Agajanian's nutty family.

I am not one of those Love and Rockets admirers who have bought into the idea of high and low periods in the quality of Los Bros.' output.  For me, all their comics have been at least great comics or hugely intriguing, with the best of it being high-comics art.  Since I first discovered their work 30 years ago, I have been fascinated by everything that the brothers have done in L&R.

Still, even L&R fanboy that I have am, I must admit that Love and Rockets: New Stories has seen Los Bros. soar to new heights of comics art excellence, beginning with New Stories #3, in particular.  In New Stories #7, both brothers revisit old haunts and familiar characters.

“Daughters and Mothers and Daughters,” Gilbert uses Maria to reveal how the ugly secrets of the past continue to affect a family long past the origin of the secrets.  The fanciful derring-do of “The Magic Voyage of Aladdin” recalls Beto's wild and wholly early comics, with their mixture of B-movie plots, weird fiction, and lowbrow comic book sci-fi.  While Jaime has found fresh potting soil for his stories in Tonta, he has kept his eyes on the magnetic attraction between Maggie and Hopey.  Time is neutral, and the notion of “what is past” is an illusion, especially when it comes to these two classic comix characters.  Recalling the best of the brothers' BEM stories (big-eyed monsters), “Princess Animus!” is a joy to read at 18 pages, and I could have read another 18 pages of it.

So with the final panel of Fritz, we have to wait another year for “the most important and enduring alternative comics series in the history of the medium.”  Hopefully, some graphic novel collections (God and Science and The Love Bunglers) will hold me until then.

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


The text is copyright © 2015 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for March 18, 2015

DC COMICS
JAN150321     BATGIRL #40     $2.99
JAN150312     BATGIRL ENDGAME #1     $2.99
JAN150302     BATMAN ETERNAL #50     $2.99
JAN150316     BATMAN SUPERMAN #20     $3.99
JAN150319     BATMAN SUPERMAN #20 COMBO PACK     $4.99
JAN150340     BATWOMAN #40     $2.99
JAN150245     EARTH 2 WORLDS END #24     $2.99
JAN150347     GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #40 (NOTE PRICE)     $3.99
JAN150361     INFINITE CRISIS FIGHT FOR THE MULTIVERSE #9     $3.99
JAN150358     INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR THREE #12     $2.99
DEC140381     JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA TP VOL 02 SURVIVORS OF EVIL (N52)     $16.99
JAN150405     KITCHEN #5 (MR)     $2.99
JAN150225     NEW 52 FUTURES END #46 (WEEKLY)     $2.99
NOV140339     OCEAN ORBITER DELUXE ED HC (MR)     $29.99
JAN150332     RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #40     $2.99
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DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES

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Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 1, 2014

DARK HORSE COMICS
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2014 Eisner Award Winners - Complete List

[Yep, late with this, too.  Xaime and 'Beto won, Yea!]

2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winners List

Best Short Story: “Untitled,” by Gilbert Hernandez, in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)

Best Single Issue: Hawkeye #11: “Pizza Is My Business,” by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)

Best Continuing Series: Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Limited Series: The Wake, by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)

Best New Series: Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7): Itty Bitty Hellboy, by Art Baltazar and Franco (Dark Horse)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 8–12): The Adventures of Superhero Girl, by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13–17): Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second)

Best Humor Publication: Vader’s Little Princess, by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)

Best Anthology: Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)

Best Digital/Webcomic: The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman, http://theoatmeal.com

Best Reality-Based Work: The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker (M Press/Dark Horse)

Best Graphic Album—New: The Property, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium: Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground, by Donald Westlake, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint: RASL, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol. 1, edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Goddam This War! by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia: The Mysterious Underground Men, by Osamu Tezuka (PictureBox)

Best Writer: Brian K. Vaughan, Saga (Image)

Best Writer/Artist: Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Sean Murphy, The Wake (DC/Vertigo)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)

Best Cover Artist: David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)

Best Coloring: Jordie Bellaire, The Manhattan Projects, Nowhere Men, Pretty Deadly, Zero (Image); The Massive (Dark Horse); Tom Strong (DC); X-Files Season 10 (IDW); Captain Marvel, Journey into Mystery (Marvel); Numbercruncher (Titan); Quantum and Woody (Valiant)

Best Lettering: Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: Comic Book Resources, produced by Jonah Weiland, www.comicbookresources.com

Best Comics-Related Book: Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell (LOAC/IDW)

Best Scholarly/Academic Work: Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation, edited by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II (Bloomsbury)

Best Publication Design: Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)

Hall of Fame:
Judges’ Choices: Orrin C. Evans, Irwin Hasen, Sheldon Moldoff

Recipients: Hayao Miyazaki, Alan Moore, Dennis O’Neil, Bernie Wrightson

Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Aaron Conley

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Joe Field

Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comics Writing: Robert Kanigher, Bill Mantlo, Jack Mendelsohn

Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Legend Comics & Coffee (Omaha, Nebraska), and All Star Comics (Melbourne, Australia)

Comics, Magazines and Books for July 2, 2014

COMICS

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2014 Eisner Award Nominations Announced

Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2014 Nominees

Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

Comic-Con International is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2014. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from history (real and imagined) to science fiction to autobiography.

Three titles lead the list with more than 3 nominations each: Marvel’s Hawkeye, Image’s Saga, and DC/Vertigo’s The Wake. Hawkeye is nominated for Best Continuing Series, Best Writer (Matt Fraction), and Best Penciller/Inker and Best Cover Artist (David Aja). Saga has received nods for Best Continuing Series (which won the category in 2013), Best Writer (Brian K. Vaughan), and Best Painter and Cover Artist (Fiona Staples). And The Wake is nominated for Best Limited Series, Best Writer (Scott Snyder), Best Penciller/Inker (Sean Murphy), and Best Cover Artist (Sean Murphy/Jordie Bellaire). Bellaire is also nominated in the Best Coloring category, for her work on The Wake and on numerous titles for other companies.

Titles garnering 3 nominations include Fantagraphics’s Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (Best Short Story, Single Issue, Writer/Artist for Jaime Hernandez), Top Shelf’s March: Book One, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Best Publication for Teens, Reality-Based Work, and Penciller/Inker), and Candlewick’s Bluffton: My Summers with Buster, by Matt Phelan (Best Publication for Teens, Graphic Album–New, and Writer/Artist).

Other titles with multiple nominations are East of West (Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta, Image), Nowhere Men (Eric Stephenson and Nate Bellegarde, Image), Pretty Deadly (Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos, Image), Sex Criminals (Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, Image), Hip Hop Family Tree (Ed Piskor, Fantagraphics), Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life (Ullie Lust, Fantagraphics), The Adventures of Superhero Girl (Faith Erin Hicks, Dark Horse), The Fifth Beatle (Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker, Dark Horse), Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground (Darwyn Cooke, IDW), Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth (Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell, LOAC/IDW), Rachel Rising (Terry Moore, Abstract Studio), The Art of Rube Goldberg (Abrams ComicArts), The Encyclopedia of Early Earth (Isabel Greenberg, Little, Brown), Watson and Holmes (New Paradigm), The Complete Don Quixote (Rob Davis, SelfMadeHero), When David Lost His Voice (Judith Vanistendael, SelfMadeHero), Hilda and the Bird Parade (Luke Pearson, Nobrow), and High Crimes (Monkeybrain).

Among publishers, Image and Fantagraphics top the list with the most nominations. Image has 17 plus 3 shared. In addition to the nods for Saga, East of West, Nowhere Men, Pretty Deadly, and Sex Criminals, nominated Image titles include Lazarus (Rucka and Lark) and Rat Queens (Wiebe and Upchurch). Fantagraphics’s 18 nominations—besides Love and Rockets, Hip Hop Family Tree, and Today Is the Last Day)—are spread among such titles as Good Dog (Graham Chaffee), Julio’s Day (Gilbert Hernandez), Goddam This War (Tardi and Verney), The Heart of Thomas (Moto Hagio), and several archival collections.

Dark Horse ranks third with 12 nominations (plus 1 shared), including 2 for publisher Mike Richardson (Best Anthology for Dark Horse Presents and Best Limited Series for 47 Ronin with Stan Sakai). IDW’s 9 nominations include 5 in the archival categories, with 3 of Scott Dunbier’s Artist’s Editions up for Best Archival Collection–Comic Books and 2 of Dean Mullaney’s Library of American Comics collections up for Best Archival Collection–Comic Strips. Mullaney has 4 nominations in all.

DC and its Vertigo imprint are next with 8 nominations plus 2 shared, the majority going to The Wake. Ranking next is SelfMadeHero with 7 nods (including 3 for When David Lost His Voice and 2 for The Complete Don Quixote), followed by Marvel’s 6 (plus 4 shared), led by Hawkeye. Drawn & Quarterly’s 6 nominations include books by Peter Bagge, Tom Gauld, Rutu Modan, and Art Spiegelman.

Other publishers with multiple nominations include First Second, Nobrow, and Top Shelf (4 each) and Abstract Studio, BOOM!, Candlewick, and TOON Books (3 each). Eleven publishers have 2 nominations each, and another 31 companies or individuals have 1 nomination each.

Individual creators with the most nominations are David Aja, Matt Fraction, Gilbert Hernandez, Sean Murphy, Matt Phelan, Nate Powell, and Fiona Staples, all with 3. Nineteen creators can boast of 2 nominations.

Named for acclaimed comics creator the Will Eisner, the awards are celebrating their 26th year of highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels. The 2014 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of comics retailer Kathy Bottarini (Comic Book Box, Rhonert Park, CA), author/educator William H. Foster (Untold Stories of Black Comics), reviewer Christian Lipski (Portland, OR Examiner), Comic-Con International board member Lee Oeth, library curator Jenny Robb (Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum), and Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist/critic James Romberger (Post York, 7 Miles a Second).

Voting for the awards is held online, and the ballot will be available soon at www.eisnervote.com. All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote. The deadline for voting is June 13. The results of the voting will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 25 at Comic-Con International.

The voting in one Eisner Awards category, the Hall of Fame (LINK), is already completed. The judges chose the nominees earlier this year, and voting was conducted online.

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are presented under the auspices of Comic-Con International, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture. Jackie Estrada has been administrator of the Awards since 1990. She can be reached at jackie@comic-con.org.

Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for April 2 2014

DARK HORSE COMICS

FEB140089 1 FOR $1 ITTY BITTY HELLBOY #1 $1.00
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The "Leroys" 2012 - Richard Stark's Parker: The Score

Hey, it’s Leroy Douresseaux – the Prince of Comic Book Reviews.  Of course, the prince can’t read every thing.  Seriously, I wish I could, as I am always curious about the comic books that I have not read.  Still, I’ve managed to compile a list of what I think are the best comic books, graphic novels, and books related to comics of the year 2012 that I actually read.  It has taken me awhile, of course…

And if the Eisner Awards are the Oscars of comic book awards (which is sad that people actually say that), then, the “Leroys” are the Golden Globes of comic book awards.  My “best picture” award is the “Comic Book of the Year” award.

2012’s “Comic Book of the Year” goes to Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score by Darwyn Cooke; edited by Scott Dunbier and published by IDW Publishing

I was going to go with Building Stories by Chris Ware (Pantheon Books), just for its sheer audacity, planning, and publication design.  I could even go with Love and Rockets: New Stories #5, which is so awesome.  But I’m a homer for Darwyn Cooke.

25 Best of (what I’ve read) 2012:
COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS AND RELATED: (in alphabetical order)

1. All New X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen – Marvel Comics
2. Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata – VIZ Media
3. Bad Medicine by Nunzio DeFilippis & Christina Weir and Christopher Mitten – Oni Press
4. Batman: Earth One by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank – DC Comics
5. Bleach by Tite Kubo – VIZ Media
6. Building Stories by Chris Ware – Pantheon Books
7. Comics Sketchbooks: The Private Worlds of Today’s Most Creative Talents by Steven Heller – Thames & Hudson, Inc.
8. Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi – VIZ Media
9. The Hive by Charles Burns – Pantheon Books
10. The Judas Coin by Walter Simonson – DC Comics
11. Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo, Volume 1 – DC Comics
12. Love and Rockets: New Stories #5 by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez – Fantagraphics Books
13. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe - HarperCollins
14. Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto – VIZ Media
15. Natsume’s Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa – VIZ Media
16. Ooku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga – VIZ Media
17. Peanut – Ayun Halliday and Paul Hobbe – Schwartz & Wade Books
18. Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score by Darwyn Cooke – IDW Publishing
19. Right State by Mat Johnson and Andrea Mutti – DC Comics/Vertigo
20. Rocketeer Adventures 2 (anthology) edited by Scott Dunbier – IDW Publishing
21. The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee – IDW Publishing
22. Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue – VIZ Media
23. The Strain by David Lapham and Mike Huddleston – Dark Horse Comics
24. Three Wolves Mountain – by Bohra Naono – SuBLime/VIZ Media
25. 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa – VIZ Media

Review: LOVE AND ROCKETS: New Stories #6

LOVE AND ROCKETS: NEW STORIES #6
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS – @fantagraphics

WRITERS: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
ARTISTS: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
EDITOR: Eric Reynolds
COVER: Gilbert Hernandez
ISBN: 978-1-60699-679-9; paperback (September 2013)
100pp, B&W, $14.99 U.S.

Fall means a new volume of Love and Rockets: New Stories.  Under a Gilbert Hernandez cover – featuring new player, “Killer,” Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 arrives with new stories featuring new characters.

Love and Rockets: New Stories is the third incarnation of the comic book series, Love and Rockets, rebooted as an annual, graphic novel-length package, resembling both a comic book and a literary magazine.  L&R remains the creation of Los. Bros, the brothers Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez (with brother Mario occasionally contributing).  According to the publisher, this publishing format is designed to appeal to the people who decide what will be placed on the shelves in bookstores.

Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 brings Love and Rockets into its fourth decade with a focus on new lead characters.  Dora “Killer” Rivera, Gilbert’s new star is somewhere outside of the United States in the south of the border town of Palomar.  Killer strikes a hammer-wielding pose on New Stories #6’s cover that recalls her grandmother, Luba, Gilbert’s signature character.

Killer (also known as “Sad Girl”) discovers that Maria, her great-grandmother (and Luba’s mother) starred in a 1950s crime movie.  That leads her to begin to delve into the details of her family’s twisted history.  She’ll also discover that not everyone is interested in history, ancient or otherwise, and she is about to get a ghostly visit.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Love and Rockets: New Stories #6, Jaime continues to explore his intriguing new character, Tonta Agajanian.  Things start off innocently enough in “Fuck Summer,” as Tonta tries to get some attention from Eric Lopez of the garage punk band, Ooot.

Trying to get Tonta’s attention is Coach Angel Rivera, the new P.E. teacher at Bradbury’s Girl School.  Coach seems to know a lot about Tonta, but Tonta does not think that she has ever heard of Rivera.  “Tarzana Adventures” with “Pack Mules” will reveal all; keyword is “luchadora.”  It’s not all fun and games.  There is a dark mystery and something sinister going on in Tonta’s immediate and extended family that includes her older and squabbling half-siblings.

Each Hernandez bro approaches the introduction of new characters and storylines differently.  Gilbert depicts Killer as forging her own way by delving into the past.  Jaime has Tonta forging her way, but ensnared by the past.  The high school student is seemingly not interested in her family’s past, nor does she seem particularly interested in her siblings.

Killer loves the intricate connections that extend from Palomar outside to the United States and other places beyond the border of the U.S.  Gilbert, however, relishes muddying the past for his star, and making connections tenuous.  Is memory reliable?  Is history a story or fact?  After awhile, I start to see Satchel Paige’s axiom about not looking back in Killer’s adventures.  Gilbert’s final entry in New Stories #6 enforces that theme, but I know that I wanted Killer to turn around and look.

For Jaime’s Tonta, familial connections are not so much intricate, as they form a net.  Or maybe, they are like those hooked-laden Cenobite chains that snake out from the darkness in Hellraiser movies.  Jaime’s focus on Tonta is divided into 17 short stories in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (compared with Gilbert’s 8).  They form one large story through which run three stories or subplots.  Each one of the three recalls classic Jaime themes:  music (punk), wrestling (Mexican), and family.

Unlike Gilbert’s stories, which seem to want to connect Killer to the past, Jaime seems determined to disconnect Tonta from the past, at least by my reading.  The story of Tonta will be about her, not about her in a context of what came before her.  This comes through in Tonta’s visits to the “swimming hole,” as when one character declares that she did not invite Tonta’s companion.

I find that in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6, Gilbert’s holds up his end of the volume better than he did in New Stories #5.  Here, both brothers are like great athletes that use human growth hormone (HGH) to extend their peak performance into middle age.  Los Bros. have found creative and artistic steroids, as they are producing Love and Rockets comics that are as good as they’ve ever been.  Or maybe genius never gets old and keeps producing all-star work.

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Review by Leroy Douresseaux

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Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for November 6 2013

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