Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for June 20 2012

IMAGE COMICS

APR120530 CHEW #27 2ND HELPING ED (MR) $2.99

APR120533 DARKNESS #104 (MR) $2.99

DEC110550 ELEPHANTMEN #40 (MR) $3.99

APR120537 GLORY #27 $2.99

APR120538 GRIM LEAPER #2 (OF 4) (MR) $3.50

APR128198 HARDCORE #1 2ND PTG $2.99

APR120442 LIBERTY MEADOWS SUNDAY COLL HC BOOK 01 $24.99

MAR120436 LOS ANGELES INK STAINS TP VOL 01 (MR) $29.99

JAN120596 NANCY IN HELL ON EARTH #3 (OF 4) (MR) $2.99

APR120549 NEAR DEATH #9 $2.99

APR120554 REBEL BLOOD #4 (OF 4) (MR) $3.50

FEB120518 REED GUNTHER #10 $2.99

APR120555 SAGA #4 (MR) $2.99

APR120462 SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 15 $14.99

APR120563 WALKING DEAD #99 (MR) $2.99

MAR120527 WITCHBLADE #152 TOP COW STORE EX VAR $10.00

Comics and Magazines from Diamond Distributors for June 20 2012

COMICS

APR128386 HIGHER EARTH #2 MAIN CVRS $3.99

APR120953 ADVENTURE TIME #1 ECCC EXCLUSIVE CVR $9.99

APR120950 ADVENTURE TIME #5 $3.99

APR120818 ATLAS UNIFIED #2 (RES) $2.99

MAR121100 BLOODY MONDAY GN VOL 06 $10.99

AUG111088 BUCK ROGERS IN 25TH CENTURY SUNDAYS HC VOL 02 1933-1937 $75.00

FEB121094 BUCKAROO BANZAI NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO HC $49.99

FEB121095 BUCKAROO BANZAI RETURN OF THE SCREW HC $39.99

APR120763 CAVEWOMAN BUNNY RANCH BUDD ROOT SP ED PI

OCT111222 COMP FLASH GORDON LIBRARY HC VOL 01 ON PLANET MONGO $39.95

APR120871 CRITTER (ONGOING) #1 $3.50

APR120842 CROSSED BADLANDS #8 (MR) $3.99

APR120844 CROSSED BADLANDS #8 TORTURE CVR (MR) $3.99

APR120843 CROSSED BADLANDS #8 WRAP CVR (MR) $3.99

APR121039 DEJAH THORIS & WHITE APES OF MARS #3 (MR) $3.99

MAR121246 DEVIL & HER LOVE SONG GN VOL 03 $9.99

FEB121040 DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE HC VOL 03 NOON INFERNO GULCH $29.99

FEB121142 DROW TALES TP VOL 01 MOONLESS AGE (MR) $12.95

FEB120973 DYNAMITE ART OF ALEX ROSS HC SIGNED & REMARKED $199.99

MAR121103 FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 19 $10.99

APR121332 GFT ANGEL ONESHOT A CVR DEBALFO (MR) $5.99

APR121333 GFT ANGEL ONESHOT B CVR PHOTO (MR) $5.99

MAR121106 GHOST IN SHELL STAND ALONE COMPLEX GN VOL 03 (MR) $10.99

MAR121104 GON GN KODANSHA ED VOL 06 $10.99

MAR120944 GREEN HORNET TP VOL 04 RED HAND $19.99

APR121221 HERO PETZ GN $8.99

MAR121253 HOUSE OF FIVE LEAVES TP VOL 07 $12.99

APR120739 INDIE COMICS MAGAZINE #5 (MR) $6.49

MAR121177 INTO THE VOLCANO SC $12.99

MAR121007 JIM BUTCHER DRESDEN FILES FOOL MOON #6 (RES) $3.99

NOV111097 JOHNNY RED HC VOL 02 RED DEVIL RISING $19.95

MAR121255 JORMUNGAND GN VOL 09 (MR) $12.99

MAR121171 JUDGE DREDD DIGEST TP CURSED EARTH SAGA $11.00

MAR121172 JUDGE DREDD DIGEST TP DAY THE LAW DIED $11.00

MAR120968 JUNGLE GIRL OMNIBUS TP $29.99

FEB120737 KADE MOURNING SUN GN (MR) $14.95

MAR121251 KAMISAMA KISS TP VOL 09 $9.99

APR121315 KOBATO GN VOL 06 (OF 6) $11.99

NOV110704 KUNG FU PANDA #6 (OF 6) $3.99

MAR121004 LAST PHANTOM TP VOL 02 JUNGLE RULES $19.99

MAR121008 LIVING CORPSE EXHUMED TP $19.99

FEB121158 LOST DOGS GN (MR) $9.95

MAR121070 LOVE AND ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP VOL 01 (NEW PTG) (MAY083866) $14.99

APR121088 MARATHON GN $16.99

MAR120972 MERCILESS RISE OF MING #2 $3.99

APR121091 MESKIN OUT OF THE SHADOWS TP $26.99

FEB121038 NEW YORK MON AMOUR HC (MR) $19.99

MAR121242 NURA RISE O/T YOKAI CLAN GN VOL 09 $9.99

SEP111127 PHANTOM COMP DAILIES HC VOL 04 1940-1943 $60.00

APR120927 PLANET OF THE APES #15 $3.99

APR120784 RAMIEL WRATH OF GOD #3 (MR) $3.99

MAR121001 RED SONJA TP VOL 10 MACHINES OF EMPIRE $19.99

OCT110788 RICHIE RICH #6 $3.99

MAR121209 ROBERT JORDAN EYE OF THE WORLD HC VOL 02 $24.99

APR120958 ROGER LANGRIDGES SNARKED #5 ECCC EXCLUSIVE CVR $9.99

APR120957 ROGER LANGRIDGES SNARKED #9 $3.99

APR121182 SECRET HISTORY OF DB COOPER #4 $3.99

APR121003 SHADOW #3 $3.99

APR120882 SIMPSONS COMICS #191 $2.99

MAR121243 SLAM DUNK GN VOL 22 $9.99

MAR120767 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ARCHIVES TP VOL 18 $7.99

APR120828 SOULFIRE PRIMER #1 CVR A TURNER $1.00

APR121316 SUNSHINE SKETCH TP VOL 06 $11.99

MAR120899 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #74 DLX ED (MR) $19.99

MAR120722 TEAM CUL DE SAC HC $29.99

MAR121088 TRINITY GRAPHIC HISTORY OF FIRST ATOMIC BOMB GN $22.00

FEB120739 TRUMAN VIRUS GN (MR) $14.95

MAR121267 UNFORGIVING #5 $3.99

MAR120960 VAMPIRELLA VS DRACULA #5 $3.99

MAR121258 VOLTRON FORCE GN VOL 02 $7.99

FEB121196 WE WERE THERE GN VOL 14 $9.99

APR121318 WITCH & WIZARD MANGA GN VOL 02 $12.99

FEB120748 WONDERLAND ALPHABET ALICES ADV HC $11.95

APR128197 X-O MANOWAR (ONGOING) #1 2ND PTG WRAP CVR (PP #1025) $3.99

MAGAZINES
FEB121244 COMIC HEROES MAGAZINE #12 $18.99
APR121400 FANGORIA #315 $9.99
JAN121421 G FAN #99 $6.95
APR121354 JUXTAPOZ #138 JUL 2012 $5.99
APR121432 LOCUS #617 $6.95
APR121439 STAR WARS INSIDER #134 NEWSSTAND ED $7.99
APR121440 STAR WARS INSIDER #134 PX ED $7.99
FEB121309 VIDEO WATCHDOG #168 (MR) $8.95

Arata: The Legend - Meet Lord Yataka

I read Arata: The Legend, Vol. 10

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free comics).

Bokurano: Yosuke Kirie

I read Bokurano: Ours, Vol. 6

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free smart phones apps and comics).

Leroy's Yaoi Review: Honey Darling

HONEY DARLING
SUBLIME

CARTOONIST: Norikazu Akira
TRANSLATION: Christine Dashiell
LETTERING: Sabrina Heep
ISBN: 978-1-4215-4343-7; paperback; Rated “M” for “Mature”
194pp, B&W, $12.99 U.S., $14.99 CAN, £8.99 UK

Norikazu Akira is the creator of such manga Beast & Feast, Heart Strings, and Twin’s Labyrinth. SuBLime, a new global yaoi/boys’ love publisher that has partnered with VIZ Media, recently published an English-language edition of Norikazu Akira’s Honey Darling.

For those that don’t know, boys’ love (abbreviated as “BL”) manga is a comic book that features romance between male characters. “Yaoi manga” is a subset of BL that usually depicts explicit sex. Honey Darling is a stand-alone, yaoi graphic novel that tells the story of an idle young man whose rescue of a kitten brings him purpose and maybe love.

The focus of Honey Darling is Chihiro Takahashi, a young man who drifts through life with no purpose. One evening, shortly after leaving work, Chihiro finds an abandoned kitten in a box. Initially reluctant, he rescues the female kitten and names her Shiro. She becomes his surrogate daughter, and soon, he couldn’t imagine his life without her.

One evening, he arrives home to discover that Shiro has fallen ill. While searching aimlessly for an animal hospital, Chihiro runs into Daisuke Kumazawa, a local veterinarian who takes Shiro into his care. Watching Dr. Kumazawa in action, Chihiro realizes that he would like to work in a vet clinic. The good doctor hires him to work at Kumazawa Pet Clinic, but he also needs a live-in housekeeper. Soon, Chihiro has a new home, double-duty at the clinic and in Kumazawa’s home. But living with the handsome vet makes Chihiro feel really strange inside. Is this love?

Creator Norikazu Akira tells the story of Chihiro Takahashi and Daisuke Kumazawa (and Shiro, of course) over the course of a seven-chapter serial entitled, “Animal.” Individually, they read quite well, with each short story having a solid beginning, middle, and end. Collected as the graphic novel, Honey Darling, the offers the reader a chance to savor a slow building love story that is built around romantic cliffhangers accentuated with flower tones and effects.

Chihiro Takahashi is an especially likeable character, a sort of lovelorn, girlish, yet somewhat masculine man. Daisuke Kumazawa is a bit aloof, perhaps too aloof, which comes across in the story; I found that I sometimes could not warm to him. Shiro the kitten is a scene-stealer, almost turning this boys’ love manga into a cat manga.

Honey Darling is cute and charming and goes down like a cup of hot cocoa, but this is not a love story as empty calories. The romance does hit many bumpy moments – enough to keep the reader interested. Norikazu Akira saves the best, the hot sex, for last, and boy, is it hot. The passion is, however, a nice payoff for the patient reader, and Honey Darling will make for a happy reader.

A-

SuBLimeManga.com


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Bakuman: Title and Character Design

I read Bakuman., Vol. 11

I posted a review at the ComicBookBin (which has free comics).

SuBLime Debuts "Honey Darling" and "Three Wolves Mountain"

GLOBAL YAOI/BOYS’ LOVE MANGA PUBLISHER SuBLime DEBUTS FIRST PRINT RELEASES WITH “HONEY DARLING” AND “THREE WOLVES MOUNTAIN”

Bold Yaoi/Boys’ Love Manga Publisher Releases Two Acclaimed New Titles This June

SuBLime, the global yaoi manga (graphic novel) publishing initiative between VIZ Media and Japan’s Animate, Ltd. (Animate), delivers its first pair of print editions with the worldwide debuts of HONEY DARLING, by Norikazu Akira, and THREE WOLVES MOUNTAIN, by Bohra Naono. Both new manga (graphic novel) are available now, are rated ‘M’ for Mature Readers, and carry an MSRP of $12.99 U.S. / $14.99 CAN.

Digital versions are available worldwide in a download-to-own format for $5.99 each from http://www.sublimemanga.com/, are viewable as a PDF on any enabled eReader device or computer, and also may be accessed via the online manga viewer found on the web site.

HONEY DARLING by Norikazu Akira • Rated ‘M’ for Mature Readers • MSRP: $12.99 U.S. / $14.99 CAN • Available Now!

Chihiro drifts through life with no purpose, going from girl to girl, until one day he finds an abandoned kitten in a box. He quickly falls in love with little Shiro and couldn’t imagine his life without her. One evening, Chihiro finds Shiro has fallen ill. While searching aimlessly for an animal hospital, he runs into Kumazawa, a local vet who takes Shiro into his care. Watching Kumazawa in action, Chihiro realizes he wishes to learn the value of life and asks Kumazawa to consider hiring him at the vet clinic. Kumazawa agrees, but only if Chihiro serves as his live-in housekeeper. Has Chihiro finally found his purpose in life, or will living with the handsome vet be a little too much to handle?

Norikazu Akira is also the creator of the manga series Twin’s Labyrinth, Heart Strings, and Beast & Feast.

THREE WOLVES MOUNTAIN by Bohra Naono • Rated ‘M’ for Mature Readers • MSRP: $12.99 US / $14.99 CAN • Available Now!

Way up in the mountains, far from any major cities or towns, Kaya Susugi runs a small café by day and guards a haunted cemetery by night. Then, one night, he comes across werewolf brothers Taro and Jiro. Cheerful but klutzy younger brother Jiro quickly falls head over heels for the capable loner Kaya. What results is a dive into the hot, tail-twitching delight of werewolf mating season!

Bohra Naono has created over 20 manga series, some of which have been adapted into drama CDs. She has also published “doujinshi” (independent comics) under the pen name of “NAIFU.” THREE WOLVES MOUNTAIN is Bohra Naono's second English-language release, with her first being Yokai's Hunger.

“The summer heats up in a sexy way with our publication of THREE WOLVES MOUNTAIN and HONEY DARLING in June,” says Jennifer LeBlanc, Editor, SuBLime. “THREE WOLVES MOUNTAIN creator Bohra Naono is one of the most requested creators among yaoi fans. In THREE WOLVES MOUNTAIN, readers will learn of all the strange things that go bump in the night at a foreboding cemetery as well as the love that binds two people together – even if one of them is a werewolf! HONEY DARLING is also not to be missed with its heartwarming tale of an unlikely love between a vet and his live-in housekeeper.”

For up-to-date news and release information, please visit the SuBLime website at http://www.sublimemanga.com/, or follow SuBLime on Twitter at @SuBLimeManga and Facebook at facebook.com/SuBLimeManga.


About SuBLime
SuBLime is a global yaoi/boys’ love manga publisher, and is a partnership between VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, and Japan’s Animate, Ltd. (Animate). This bold, global publishing initiative will present English-speaking fans everywhere with a broad selection of high quality titles. SuBLime will offer titles digitally worldwide available at www.SuBLimeManga.com, with many available in Download-to-Own format, and selections in print also available in English-language editions worldwide.