Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distributors for February 9 2011

COMICS

DEC100805 28 DAYS LATER TP VOL 03 HOTZONE $12.99

DEC101041 AMNESIA LABYRINTH GN VOL 01 $10.99

NOV100802 AMORY WARS KEEPING SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH 3 #8 (OF 12) $3.99

NOV101009 ATOMIC ROBO DEADLY ART OF SCIENCE #3 (OF 5) $3.50

NOV100731 B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #211 $3.99

NOV101065 BAKUMAN TP VOL 03 $9.99

NOV100732 BETTY #190 $2.99

NOV101058 BIOMEGA GN VOL 05 (MR) $12.99

NOV101071 BLACK BIRD GN VOL 07 $9.99

DEC100875 BUCK ROGERS ANNUAL #1 (MR) $4.99

DEC100756 CHARISMAGIC #0 COVER A RANDOLPH $1.99

DEC100757 CHARISMAGIC #0 COVER B OUM $1.99

AUG101114 CHE GUEVARA GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY PUTNAM ED $15.00

NOV100697 CHIP SECOND CRACK #3 (OF 3) $3.99

OCT100731 CRYPT OF HORROR #10 $29.95

NOV101077 D GRAY MAN GN VOL 20 (MR) $9.99

DEC100942 DF GRIMM FAIRY TALES MYTHS #1 CAMPBELL EXC CVR $14.99

SEP101010 DF SPIDER-GIRL #1 TOBIN SGN ED $29.99

DEC100704 ELF #1 $3.99

DEC101019 EYE OF THE GODS GN (MR) $10.95

DEC100815 FARSCAPE #16 $3.99

DEC100818 FARSCAPE SCORPIUS TP VOL 02 $12.99

DEC100816 FARSCAPE TP VOL 03 GONE & BACK $12.99

MAR100722 FATHOM BLUE DESCENT #2 CVR B BILLY TAN $2.99

JUL101088 FRENEMY OF THE STATE #4 (OF 5) $3.99

NOV101066 GENKAKU PICASSO GN VOL 02 $9.99

NOV101078 GIN TAMA TP VOL 21 $9.99

DEC101010 GLACIAL PERIOD GN 3RD PTG (O/A) (MR) $14.95

NOV100696 GOLD DIGGER #125 (NOTE PRICE) $3.99

NOV101069 GRAND GUIGNOL ORCHESTRA TP VOL 02 $9.99

DEC100884 GREEN HORNET #13 $3.99

DEC100899 GREEN HORNET GOLDEN AGE REMASTERED #8 (OF 8) $3.99

DEC101042 GUNSLINGER GIRL OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 (OF 2) $15.99

NOV101079 HARUKA BEYOND THE STREAM OF TIME GN VOL 11 $9.99

OCT101098 HOTWIRE DEEP CUT #3 (OF 3) $3.50

MAY100751 INANNAS TEARS HC W/ DUST JACKET (RES) (MR) $19.95

NOV101081 INU YASHA VIZBIG ED GN VOL 06 $17.99

NOV101059 JORMUNGAND GN VOL 06 (MR) $12.99

NOV101082 KIMI NI TODOKE GN VOL 07 FROM ME TO YOU $9.99

JUL101052 KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE TP VOL 31 $12.99

JUL100748 LAST ZOMBIE #4 (OF 5) $3.99

NOV100714 LEAGUE OF SUPER EVIL GN (MR) $7.99

NOV100847 LEONARD STARRS MARY PERKINS ON STAGE TP VOL 08 $24.95

NOV101045 MAGUS #2 (OF 5) $3.99

NOV101083 MAOH JUVENILE REMIX TP VOL 04 $9.99

DEC100842 MICKEY MOUSE & FRIENDS TP 300 MICKEYS $9.99

DEC100933 MID-LIFE GN (MR) $19.95

NOV101064 NARUTO TP VOL 50 $9.99

NOV101062 NURA RISE O/T YOKAI CLAN GN VOL 01 $9.99

DEC101011 ON THE ODD HOURS GN (O/A) $14.95

NOV101067 ONE PIECE TP VOL 56 $9.99

NOV101072 OTOMEN GN VOL 09 $9.99

OCT100915 OZ WONDERLAND KIDS #1 (OF 3) $2.99

NOV100779 PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL #5 (OF 7) CVR A (MR) $3.00

NOV100780 PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL #5 (OF 7) CVR B (MR) $3.00

NOV101075 POKEMON ADVENTURES TP VOL 11 $7.99

NOV101074 POKEMON ARCEUS AND THE JEWEL OF LIFE GN $7.99

SEP100759 PRESIDENT EVIL I HAVE A SCREAM POCKET MANGA TP $14.95

AUG100985 PS238 #48 $2.99

DEC100788 PSYCHIATRIC TALES 11 STORIES MENTAL ILLNESS HC $15.00

DEC100906 RAISE THE DEAD II #3 $3.99

OCT100774 SECRET HISTORY OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 (MR) $34.95

NOV101084 SEIHO BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TP VOL 04 $9.99

NOV100862 SHERLOCK HOLMES YEAR ONE #1 $3.99

NOV101085 SLAM DUNK GN VOL 14 $9.99

NOV100738 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SELECT TP VOL 03 $11.95

DEC100801 SPONGEBOB COMICS #1 $2.99

DEC100826 STAN LEE STARBORN #3 $3.99

NOV101070 STORY OF SAIUNKOKU GN VOL 02 $9.99

NOV101086 TEGAMI BACHI GN VOL 04 $9.99

NOV100866 WARLORD OF MARS #4 $3.99

SEP101093 WASTELAND #30 (MR) $3.50

NOV100739 WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #4 $3.99

NOV100942 ZITA THE SPACE GIRL GN $10.99

MAGAZINES
NOV101105 COLOR INK DIY ART PERIODICAL VOL 08 $10.00
NOV101175 GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES THE SPIDER VOL 18 A CVR TNT $14.95
NOV101176 GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES THE SPIDER VOL 18 B CVR WEB $14.95
SEP101231 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #32 $15.00
OCT101280 STAR WARS VEHICLES COLL MAG #61 CLOUD CITY $18.00
OCT101281 STAR WARS VEHICLES COLL MAG #62 FLASH SPEEDER $18.00

Beetle Bailey Celebrates 60 Years with Charity Event

Press release:

Commemorating 60th Anniversary of Beetle Bailey, Dean of American Cartooning Mort Walker Supports the Troops with Special Veteran’s Day Strip and Military Charity Auction

Auction Launches November 5, with Proceeds to Benefit Eight Military Charities

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the world’s most recognizable Private and comics pages icon, Beetle Bailey recently celebrated 60 years of military mirth and mayhem. In honor of this occasion, creator Mort Walker is honoring the military with a special Veteran’s Day strip and online charity donations, highlighted by a special auction to help raise money to support U.S. troops.

The special Veteran’s Day comic strip ― part of a monthly anniversary series commemorating unforgettable moments in American military history and patriotic observances with a hilarious Beetle spin ― will run on Sunday, Nov. 7.

In partnership with CharityChoice Gift Cards ( www.ccgiftcards.org), the Beetle Bailey Military Charity Auction at www.BeetleBailey.com offers bidders the chance to win two one-of-a-kind portfolios of Beetle Bailey art prints autographed to the winner and donated by Mort Walker, as well as signed copies of his new book, “Beetle Bailey 1965: Sunday and Daily Strips.” Details of the auction include:

-A signed art portfolio of 15 color prints of the special two-week retrospective comic strip series surrounding the 60th anniversary on Sept. 4, 2010.

-A signed art portfolio of 9 color prints of the “Great Moments in American Military History” series of comic strips. The events according to Beetle Bailey include the “Revolutionary War Fife & Drum Corps” artwork; Memorial Day; Flag Day; July 4; V-J Day; Beetle Bailey’s 60th Anniversary; Gen. Cornwallis Surrenders; Veterans Day; and Washington Crossing the Delaware.

-Five autographed copies of Mort Walker’s new book, “Beetle Bailey: The Daily & Sunday Strips 1965” (Titan Books)

The auction kicks off on Friday, Nov. 5 at 6:00 AM EDT and ends Sunday, Nov. 14 at 6:00 PM EST. Participants simply visit www.beetlebailey.com to start their bidding. The successful auction bidder will be able to designate which of eight different military charities will receive the funds from the auction purchase. Additionally, fans may make their own donations to the military charities.

Distributed by King Features Syndicate and enjoyed by more than 200 million readers every day, Beetle Bailey appears in more than 1,800 newspapers worldwide and online at Comics Kingdom™. It is the third most widely syndicated comic strip of all time.


About Mort Walker
Born in 1923 in El Dorado, Kan., Mort Walker was drafted into the Army in 1943 and was discharged as a first lieutenant in 1946. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1948, and went to New York City to pursue his cartooning career. As one of the world’s most prolific cartoonists, Walker has created nine comic strips during his illustrious career, including Hi and Lois, Boner’s Ark and Sam and Silo, which are still distributed today by King Features Syndicate.

About King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate is a member of Hearst Entertainment and Syndication Group, which combines Hearst Corporation’s cable network partnerships, TV programming activities, newspaper syndication and merchandise licensing operations. King Features is one of the largest and most experienced organizations in merchandise licensing and entertainment. It represents some of the most recognizable global brands, including Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor Man, Olive Oyl, Romero Britto. For more information, please visit http://www.kingfeatures.com/.

About CharityChoice and Special Kids Fund
Special Kids Fund was founded 10 years ago as a non-sectarian umbrella fundraising organization for special needs children and at-risk youth. CharityChoice Gift Cards was launched in 2004 as the nonprofit pioneers, and is a leader in recipient-designated charity gifts. We have broadened our mission to include all kinds of charitable causes, creating a new channel for charitable funds for over 150 major and many local charities available on our online list at http://www.ccgiftcards.org/.

Image Comics to Publish Rian Hughes Strip

GRAPHIC GUARDIAN

 

RIAN HUGHES’ groundbreaking strip for The Guardian collected for the first time this December

 

Celebrated designer and illustrator RIAN HUGHES first explored the possibilities of Adobe Illustrator's vector drawing tools with "On the Line," a unique newspaper strip written by Rick Wright that ran in The Guardian, one of the United Kingdom's largest daily newspapers. This December, the strip gets its first-ever collection with ON THE LINE, a gorgeous new hardcover from Image Comics.

With ON THE LINE, Hughes forged a modern design-savvy approach that still tips the hat to classic UPA cartoons and the angular work of Gene Dietch. Bold, graphic and expressive, this collection brings together every strip for the very first time, including some unpublished rarities, in a neat hardback designed by Hughes in a pocket-sized format.

ON THE LINE (OCT100472), a 48-page black-and-white pocket-sized hardcover collecting celebrated designer Rian Hughes' newspaper strips for The Guardian, will be in stores December 1, 2010, for $12.99. YESTERDAY'S TOMORROWS TP (SEPT100434), a 264-page full-color anthology collecting several stories illustrated by Hughes, will be in stores November 3, 2010.

Some praise for Rian Hughes:
"Rian Hughes, the man who's done more for comic book design than anybody else, ever." - http://www.talkaboutcomics.com/

"One of the most successful and prolific designer/illustrators of the past 20 years" - Roger Sabin, Eye magazine

"Try a death tango in the upper levels of the stratosphere with smoky Cyrillic logos wrapped around your fuselage and raw Letraset moire crackling away in the rearview and then maybe you'll earn my respect the way Rian Hughes earned my respect long ago." - Grant Morrison


Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit http://www.imagecomics.com/.

GAHAN WILSON at the STRAND: Tues, Jan. 19

Press release from Fantagraphics Books:


FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS AND THE STRAND PRESENT: An evening with GAHAN WILSON

Signing and discussing his new book: GAHAN WILSON: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons

Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons by Gahan Wilson; Price: $125.00 • ISBN- 978-1606992982; Full Color

Three hard covers in an embossed slipcase with a plexiglass back. A complete collection of Gahan Wilson's comic strips, including pieces from Playboy and National Lampoon. Gahan Wilson is among the most popular, widely-read, and beloved cartoonists in the history of the medium, whose career spans the second half of the 20th century, and all of the 21st. His work has been seen by hundreds of millions in the pages of Playboy, The New Yorker, Punch, The National Lampoon, and many other magazines. It’s about time that a collection of his cartoons was published that did justice to his vast body of work. Gahan Wilson’s illustrations have appeared in every issue of Playboy from the December 1957 issue to today.

Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons features not only every cartoon Wilson drew for Playboy, but all his prose fiction that has appeared in that magazine as well, from his first story in the June 1962 issue, “Horror Trio,” to such classics as “Dracula Country” (September 1978). It also includes the text-and-art features he drew for Playboy, such as his look at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, his take on our country’s “pathology of violence,” and his appreciation of “transplant surgery.”

About The Writer
Wilson's cartoons and illustrations are drawn in a playfully grotesque style, and have a dark humor that is often compared to the work of The New Yorker cartoonist and Addams Family creator Charles Addams.

Wilson received the World Fantasy Convention Award in 1981, and the National Cartoonist Society's Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 and is the subject of a feature length documentary film, Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird, directed by Steven-Charles Jaffe.

GAHAN WILSON: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons
Tuesday, January 19, 7PM
THE STRAND BOOKSTORE
12th & Broadway
New York, NY [END]

Bloom County Returns in a Library of American Comics Series

I finished reading Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1 (Library of American Comics).

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin.