BOOM! Studios from Diamond Distributors for January 8, 2025

BOOM! STUDIOS

SEP240079 DEEP STATE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP (MR) (C: 0-1-2) $19.99

SEP240124 GARFIELD FULL COURSE TP VOL 05 (C: 0-1-2) $16.99

OCT240030 JIM HENSON PRESENTS #1 (OF 4) CVR A MERCADO $5.99

OCT240031 JIM HENSON PRESENTS #1 (OF 4) CVR B KIM $5.99

OCT240035 JIM HENSON PRESENTS #1 (OF 4) CVR F FOC REVEAL $5.99

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DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for January 8, 2025

DC COMICS:

Absolute Batman #4 (Cover A Nick Dragotta), $4.99

Absolute Batman #4 (Cover B Yasmine Putri Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Absolute Batman #4 (Cover C Francesco Francavilla Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Absolute Batman #4 (Cover D James Harren Card Stock Variant), AR

Absolute Batman #4 (Cover E Jorge Fornes Card Stock Variant), AR

Action Comics #1082 (Cover A Gleb Melnikov), $4.99

Action Comics #1082 (Cover B Ken Lashley Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1082 (Cover C Kenneth Rocafort Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1082 (Cover D Tom Grummett Card Stock Variant), AR

Aquaman #1 (Cover A John Timms), $3.99

Aquaman #1 (Cover B Ivan Reis Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Aquaman #1 (Cover C Tula Lotay Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Aquaman #1 (Cover D Brad Walker Deep Sea Spot Ultra Gloss Foil Variant), $9.99

Aquaman #1 (Cover E Blank Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Aquaman #1 (Cover F Salvador Larroca Card Stock Variant), AR

Aquaman #1 (Cover G Christian Ward Card Stock Variant), AR

Aquaman #1 (Cover H Fico Ossio All In Foil Variant), $7.99

Batman And Robin #17 (Cover A Javier Fernandez), $4.99

Batman And Robin #17 (Cover B Simone Di Meo Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Batman And Robin #17 (Cover C Dustin Nguyen Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Batman And Robin #17 (Cover D Mike Perkins Card Stock Variant), AR

Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries Volume 5 TP, $12.99

Batman Dark Patterns #2 (Of 12)(Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99

Batman Dark Patterns #2 (Of 12)(Cover B Martin Simmonds Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Birds Of Prey (2023) Volume 2 TP, $19.99

Black Lightning #3 (Cover A Fico Ossio), $3.99

Black Lightning #3 (Cover B Joshua Sway Swaby Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Brave And The Bold #29 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover A Mike Sekowsky & Murphy Anderson), $4.99

Brave And The Bold #29 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover B Mike Sekowsky & Murphy Anderson Foil Variant), $7.99

Brave And The Bold #29 (Facsimile Edition)(Cover C Purple Blank Variant), $5.99

DC Finest Aquaman King Of Atlantis TP, $39.99

DC Vs. Vampires World War V #6 (Of 12)(Cover A Otto Schmidt), $4.99

DC Vs. Vampires World War V #6 (Of 12)(Cover B Mark Spears Card Stock Variant), $5.99

DC Vs. Vampires World War V #6 (Of 12)(Cover C Ejikure Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Green Lantern Fractured Spectrum #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Fernando Blanco), $3.99

Green Lantern Fractured Spectrum #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Stephen Segovia Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Green Lantern Fractured Spectrum #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Fernando Blanco Foil Variant), $6.99

Stormwatch The Road To The Authority Compendium TP, $59.99

Teen Titans Go On TV TP, $12.99

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Dynamite Entertainment from Diamond Distributors for January 8, 2025

DYNAMITE

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Image Comics from Diamond and Lunar Distributors for January 8, 2025

IMAGE COMICS

DIAMOND DISTRIBUTORS:

NOV240409 DEATH VIGIL TP VOL 01 (NEW EDITION) $24.99

LUNAR DISTRIBUTORS:

Death Of Copra #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Michel Fiffe), $3.99

Death Of Copra #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Michel Fiffe Blue Variant), $3.99

Death Of Copra #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Michel Fiffe Connecting Variant), AR

Death Of Copra #1 (Of 4)(Cover D Jeff Elmire), AR

Death Of Copra #1 (Of 4)(Cover E Michel Fiffe Action Variant), AR

Death Vigil Volume 1 TP (New Printing), $24.99

Falling In Love On The Path To Hell Volume 1 TP, $9.99

Geiger #10 (Cover A Gary Frank & Brad Anderson), $3.99

Geiger #10 (Cover B Jerry Ordway & Brad Anderson), $3.99

Geiger #10 (Cover C Dylan Dietrich/Danny Miki/Brad Anderson), $3.99

Hornsby And Halo #1 (2nd Printing Cover A Peter Snejbjerg), $3.99

Hornsby And Halo #1 (Cover E Peter Snejbjerg Original Art Convention Sketch Cover Variant)(per Diamond Distribution), AR

Juvenile #2 (Of 5)(Cover A Jesus Orellana), $3.99

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Juvenile #2 (Of 5)(Cover C Maria Llovet), AR

Kaya #24 (Cover A Wes Craig), $3.99

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Lucky Devils #1 (Of 9)(Cover A Ryan Browne), $3.99

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Moon Man #6 (Cover A Federico Bertoni), $3.99

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Napalm Lullaby #8 (Cover A Bengal), $3.99

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Napalm Lullaby #8 (Cover C Stephen Green & Moreno Dinisio), AR

Rocketfellers #1 (Cover E Francis Manapul Original Art Convention Sketch Variant), AR

Snotgirl #16 (2nd Printing Cover A Leslie Hung), $3.99

Snotgirl #17 (Cover A Leslie Hung), $3.99

Snotgirl #17 (Cover B Bryan Lee O'Malley & Rachael Cohen), $3.99

Transformers #16 (Cover A Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer), $3.99

Transformers #16 (Cover B Jorge Corona & Mike Spicer), $3.99

Transformers #16 (Cover C Karl Kerschl Connecting Variant), AR

Transformers #16 (Cover D Manabu Yashiro), AR

Transformers #16 (Cover E Homare), AR

What's The Furthest Place From Here #21 (Cover A Tyler Boss), $3.99

What's The Furthest Place From Here #21 (Cover B Andriano Turtulici), $3.99

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Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for January 8, 2025

MARVEL COMICS

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Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for January 8, 2025

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#IReadsYou Review: NOW: The New Comics Anthology #13

NOW: THE NEW COMICS ANTHOLOGY #13

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

CARTOONISTS: Roman Muradov; Nathan Gelgud; Caitlin Skaalrud; Stacy Gougoulis; Cyntha Alfonso; Josh Pettinger; Ross Murray; Steven Weissman; Emil Friis Ernst; Kayla E.

DESIGN: Kayla E.

EDITOR: Eric Reynolds

COVER: Kayla E.

BACKCOVER: Kayla E.

ISBN: 978-1-68396-963-1; paperback (May 2024)

112pp, Color, $12.99 U.S.

NOW: The New Comics Anthology is an alternative-comics anthology series launched in 2017 and edited by Eric Reynolds.  Now is published by alt-comix and art comics publisher, Fantagraphics Books.  Over its four-plus decades of existence, Fantagraphics has published what is probably the most diverse collection of comic book anthologies in the history of North American comic books.  That line-up includes such titles as Anything Goes, Critters, Mome, Pictopia, and Zero Zero, to name a few.

NOW: The New Comics Anthology #13 offers a selection of works from ten cartoonists and comics creators, as well as a back cover “comics strip” from one of its contributors, Kayla E.  Now #13, as usual, holds to editor Eric Reynolds' creed (from NOW #1) that this anthology showcase “...as broad a range of quality comic art as possible...”

The current contributors list also includes a Leroy favorite, the great Steven Weissman.  But let's take a look at each of Now #13's cartoonists' contributions individually:

THE LOWDOWN:  The illustration that acts as Now #13's cover art is entitled “There is a Great Void,” and is produced by Kayla E.  Kayla is all over this issue.

“Conceptual Illustration” by Roman Muradov:

This is a funny one-pager about a particular moment in an art/illustration class.  It reminds me of the stories friends of mine told me about disputes between instructors and professors and students in college art classes.

“Paul Schrader on Big Decisions and Pauline Kael” and “Paul Schrader: Man of His Word” by Nathan Gelgud”:

Cartoonist Nathan Gelgud's comics are sometimes about the movies and movie stars, and he offers two such entries in Now #13.  The first is this volume's second story, “Paul Schrader on Big Decisions and Pauline Kael.”  The second is this volume's fourth story, “Paul Schrader: Man of His Word.”  Both of them focus on real-life screenwriter and film director, Paul Schrader, who is best known for his collaborations with director Martin Scorsese.  Schrader wrote Scorsese's 1976 film, Taxi Driver, and co-wrote his 1980 film, Raging Bull.

These two stories portray Schrader, who can be both outspoken and an outspoken asshole, as the put-upon one.  That gives the “adversaries” in both stories a target for their ire, which in turn creates humorous scenarios.  I find these two stories entertaining because I am a fan of American films and of its history, but both stories would be funny even if the characters had different professions.  I could read a rather large collection of these humorous American cinema-related stories, or I'm sure I could enjoy more of Gelgud's work in general.

“How to Make Comics” by Caitlin Skaalrud”

If someone were to describe making comics, Skaalrud's contributions to Now #13 perfectly captures what it can be like trying to make comics. Sometimes, it is a vain attempt to orchestrate chaos and then, attempt to make chaos friends with madness and disorder.  Also, “How to Make Comics” is a beautiful and lyrical narrative work.

“Pig” by Stacy Gougoulis:

Told in pages of three-color, with the third color shifting at varying intervals, “Pig” is about love and mortality.  Centering on an elderly woman in need of a heart and on the pig that might provide that heart, Gougoulis' story challenges the reader's perception of how the story should, could, or would end.  I'm not crazy about “choose your adventure” stories because I want to read the author's story even if I don't like the ending (see Anthony Horowitz's Moriarity: A Novel).  “Pig” exemplifies why we should almost always choose the author's adventure.

“Escape from the Center” by Cynthia Alfonso:

This is like an exhibit at a college art show, and that's okay.  I like it.

“Laird Bell” by Josh Pettinger:

This is a very sharp short, short story that uncomfortably made me think of the recent fatal shooting attack on a CEO of a repulsive health insurance conglomerate.  With “Laird Bell,” Pettinger deftly manages to make what is scary seem sweet, quaint, and humorous.  Sadly, fiction is the only place where scenarios involving stalking and homicidal intent are sweet.

“Anything Sinister” by Ross Murray:

If there is an entry here that could launch a television series on a streaming network, it is New Zealander Ross Murray's “Anything Sinister.”  Focusing on a woman beset by a mysterious and debilitating back injury, it encapsulates how an unexpected event, especially a lingering medical condition can leave a person without any resources or without enough resources to make his or her life not fall apart. Considering the events of my life these past years, I felt “Anything Sinister” in my heart.  It made me tear-up.

“The Vals Vs. Fresh Gurls” by Steven Weissman:

This story is a lot funnier and more playful than Weissman's usual Now contributions.

“Lizard Person” by Emil Fries Ernst:

The Danish cartoonist offers a story that is impressively metaphorical.  You won't see the ending coming, although it seems obvious once you get there.

“You Cannot Live on Bread Alone” and “L'il Kayla Takes a Tumble” (back cover) by Kayla E.:

Kayla E. takes old comics and re-purposes them for her dark tales of domesticity and modern life.  If the classic TV series, “I Love Lucy,” were created today, it would be closer to Kayla E.'s vision than it would be to the original 1950s series.

I usually pick a “best of” entry after each edition of Now that I review.  My favorite Now #13 entry is “Anything Sinister” by Ross Murray.  The truth is that I could have picked any of several stories as my Now #13 favorite.  This edition of the series really emphasizes something that can get lost in the focus on the art comics aspects of Now, and that is the fact that this anthology has featured and continues to feature some excellent storytelling in the form of the comics medium.  Also, there is a nice international flavor to Now #13.

If Now were a prose anthology, critics would call it “literary.”

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of classic alternative-comics anthologies and of The New Yorker will want to discover NOW: The New Comics Anthology.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

You can buy Now #13 at Fantagraphics.

https://www.fantagraphics.com/

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https://www.instagram.com/fantagraphics/

https://www.facebook.com/fantagraphics/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtLxEaspctVar287DtdsMww

Now #13 contributors on the Web. Please, visit them and maybe buy something:

Cynthia Alfonso: https://www.instagram.com/zyn_vaites/

https://www.kaylaework.com/

Emil Friis Ernst: https://www.beingernst.com/

https://nathangelgud.com/

https://www.stacygougoulis.com/

Roman Muradov: https://bluebed.net/

https://www.rossmurray.com/

https://www.instagram.com/josh_pettinger/?hl=en

Caitlin Skaalrud: https://www.talkweirdpress.org/

https://www.instagram.com/wei_ss_man/?hl=en

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