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Scan of Captain Marvel Adventures #149 (1953) by C.C. Beck courtesy of Comic Book Covers.

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.

1 (+3). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
2 (N). Sandman Slipcase Set *
3 (+4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
4 (+1). Darth Vader and Son
5 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (-3). Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
7 (-6). Infinity Gauntlet
8 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 7 *
9 (-1). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded ed.)
10 (+14). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle) *
11 (-). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
12 (+7). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World *
13 (+9). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
14 (+12). Sailor Moon 5
15 (+2). Watchmen
16 (-6). Justice League Vol. 1: Origin (The New 52)
17 (+6). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2 *
18 (+2). Big Nate: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
19 (-1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
20 (-4). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
21 (-6). Batman: The Killing Joke
22 (+10). Marvel Encyclopedia
23 (+12). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess *
24 (-10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves
25 (-). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
26 (+22). V for Vendetta
27 (+3). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
28 (+15). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
29 (+13). The Walking Dead, Book 5
30 (-1). Batman: Year One
31 (+6). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5)
32 (+15). Batman Incorporated, Vol. 1
33 (+3). The Walking Dead, Book 6
34 (N). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2 - Knightquest *
35 (-14). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
36 (+8). Animal Man Vol. 1: The Hunt (The New 52)
37 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
38 (-11). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
39 (N). Green Lantern Vol. 1: Sinestro (The New 52)
40 (+10). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
41 (+5). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
42 (-14). The Walking Dead, Book 7
43 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
44 (N). Catwoman Vol. 1: The Game (The New 52)
45 (-4). The Adventures of Tintin 1
46 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
47 (R). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
48 (-10). The Walking Dead, Book 1
49 (R). The Complete Persepolis
50 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes



Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary:

• Once again we have a new book atop the Amazon chart: the first New 52 Batman hardcover by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo. It can probably thank the combination of interest in the upcoming Dark Knight movie and interest in DC's New 52 initiative for its success.
• In the #2 slot is a surprise debut: a slipcase collection of all ten Sandman trade paperbacks (scheduled for release in November). At a SRP of $199, Amazon's discount makes for a substantial savings.
• DC have all of the debuts this week; in addition to Sandman, there's the second Batman: Knightfall collection, and the first New 52 volumes of Green Lantern and Catwoman.
• Last week's #1, The Infinity Gauntlet, slips a bit to #7 this week, and it's the only Marvel book on the chart this week (The Marvel Encyclopedia is published by DK). At least Marvel got some boost in sales from the Avengers movie.
• Bat Watch: There are seven Batman collections on the chart this week, up one from last week. Frankly I'd have thought that the Batman Incorporated volume would be doing better, as Morrison tends to do pretty well on Amazon and Batman is getting hot with the upcoming movie.
• Dead Watch: There are ten Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, down two from last week. And it's a different mix as well, with five moving off the chart and three others moving back on.

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (+3). Infinity Gauntlet
2 (N). The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga
3 (-2). Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
4 (+2). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
5 (+5). Darth Vader and Son
6 (-4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
7 (-4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
8 (-1). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded ed.)
9 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 7 *
10 (-5). Justice League Vol. 1: Origin (The New 52)
11 (-3). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
12 (N). Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story *
13 (+15). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
14 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves
15 (-3). Batman: The Killing Joke
16 (+16). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
17 (-5). Watchmen
18 (-3). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
19 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World *
20 (-). Big Nate: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
21 (+8). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
22 (+20). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
23 (+4). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2 *
24 (+6). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess (Kindle) *
25 (-8). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
26 (-12). Sailor Moon 5
27 (-11). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
28 (-9). The Walking Dead, Book 7
29 (+10). Batman: Year One
30 (+10). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
31 (+13). The Walking Dead, Book 3
32 (-10). Marvel Encyclopedia
33 (+2). The Walking Dead, Book 2
34 (+3). A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One
35 (N). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess *
36 (-11). The Walking Dead, Book 6
37 (R). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5)
38 (-15). The Walking Dead, Book 1
39 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them
40 (-19). The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out
41 (-7). The Adventures of Tintin 1
42 (-18). The Walking Dead, Book 5
43 (-5). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
44 (-18). Animal Man Vol. 1: The Hunt (The New 52)
45 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters
46 (-10). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
47 (N). Batman Incorporated, Vol. 1
48 (+2). V for Vendetta
49 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
50 (-3). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History



Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary:

• We have another new #1: Marvel's collection of the early 90s series The Infinity Gauntlet. It has made it up to #45 on the overall chart. I believe that this is the first time that a Marvel book has ever topped the Amazon Top 50 since I've been tracking it.
• The top debut this week is all the way up at #2: the hardcover The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, which Amazon is selling for just $5, a whopping 87% discount.
• Last week's #1, Alison Bechdel's Are You My Mother?, slips to #3 this week, though it is still at a respectful #107 on the overall chart, which most weeks would be enough to top the overall list.
• Also debuting this week is Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story, a comics adaptation of an Anne Rice story; the print version of the fourth Dork Diaries volume; and the collection of Grant Morrison's initial Batman Incorporated run.
• Dead Watch: Just twelve Walking Dead collections on the chart this week (down from fourteen last week)
• Bat Watch: The are six Batman collections on the chart this week, up one from last week.

Sullivan's Sluggers Interview: Q&A with Mark Andrew Smith

Writer Mark Andrew Smith has been active in the comics industry for several years now. He is the co-creator and editor of the Eisner Award-winning Popgun Comics anthology, and the writer of several comics series (published mostly though Image Comics) including Amazing Joy Buzzards (art by Dan Hipp), The New Brighton Archeological Society (art by Matthew Weldon), and Gladstone's School for World Conquerors (art by Armand Villavert).

Mark's latest comic is Sullivan's Sluggers, a baseball/horror original graphic novel drawn by James Stokoe, the publication of which will be funded via Kickstarter. Mark took time out of his busy schedule to answer my questions over email about his new venture:


YACB: Prior to Sullivan's you've written several other comic projects. What attracts you to comics as a medium for telling stories?

MAS: I really love the blending of words and images, and the pacing of comic books.  I’ve loved reading comic books ever since I was a kid, and they’re something I love to create.  For me there is an energy to comic books that only comics can capture through the art and words on the page.


YACB: What kind of comics did you read as a kid? Are there any that you consider 'formative'? How do those comics that you read as a kid inform your comics work today?

MAS: As a kid I was a huge Spider-Man fan, and I also read the Mirage run of TMNT that I was a huge fan of.  I think TMNT was very formative for me.  After the crash in the 90s I stopped reading comics but I was still interested in making them.  At University my faculty adviser told me about Understanding Comics and a light just clicked in my head.  I went to the comic shop and caught up with what I’d missed over the past 10 years.  It was great and like school for me to read that much material at once.


YACB: When you returned to comics after a 10 year absence, what were the comics that grabbed your attention? How did they appeal to you as an adult reader?

MAS: It was the indy comics that grabbed my attention and especially the work of Jim Mahfood, Scott Morse, Paul Pope, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, and Mike Allred that got me interested again  With some books they had such a minimal style but the stories they told packed a big punch and that was really interesting to me.  I kind of discovered that there was the possibility of telling a moving and impactful story like Hamlet but with stick figure art, and if you expressed it enough through the art it would still resonate with the reader.  I came in finding indy comics and new characters that were interesting.  I think Madman is my favorite character ever.


YACB: While there's a long history of the horror genre in comics, the list of baseball comics is much shorter. What led you to combine the two in Sullivan's Sluggers?

MAS: I’ve always been a fan of baseball, and baseball movies growing up.  I’ve also been a fan of fun splatter horror films too.  I think the two make for a great combination in seeing a team of baseball players go through horrible conditions and using their skills as athletes to survive.


YACB: You mentioned baseball films and splatter horror films as inspirations for Sullivan's. Do you consider your comics work to be cinematic? How do you feel that movies inform your comics work in general and Sullivan's Sluggers in particular?


MAS: I think my comic work is cinematic at times for pacing, and letting the images tell the story.  The downside of this is that it gets massive in length and projects grow and grow.  I think with most of my work this was the case and with Sullivan’s.  With something like Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors it’s cinematic in that it’s epic with huge world building and action.  I went to film school at UC Santa Barbara and films and film theory definitely help to craft my work.

YACB: What is it about baseball that you feel makes it a good setting for stories in general and for Sullivan's in particular?

MAS: What I love about baseball is that it's a great team dynamic with so many different personalities on a team that all want different things.  Actually, keeping track of an entire baseball team in the comic was a challenge to do, and I had to check the character roster a lot.  With baseball there is an epic history to baseball spanning well over a hundred years and also potential for ghosts and monsters.


YACB: What attracted you to James Stokoe as an artistic collaborator? What strengths does he bring to Sullivan's Sluggers?

MAS: I think I was the first person to know about James Stokoe, and we published Orc Stain before anyone else in the Popgun Anthologies.  James Stokoe is in my opinion the Jimmy Hendrix of comics, and his art is fantastic.  He’s able to convey great settings, great action, and great character personality in his work, in telling the story with me through his art.


YACB: What is your collaboration process like with James? Do you give him a full script or a plot to work from? At what point in the development process of Sullivan's did he come on board?

MAS: I give James a full script but it’s more by action beat by panel and it’s definitely not an Alan Moore style script describing everything in detail.  It does what I want and gets the results that I want from James.  I had the first 32 pages written and the characters all picked out.  He just started drawing them and I don’t think he even did concepts for them but I gave a lot of references and descriptions about the characters.

YACB: One thing that struck me on looking through the preview pages for Sullivan's is how colorful it is, compared to the dreary color palate that one often sees applied in horror comics. Did James do the color work as well? Whose idea was it to make the comic so full of color?


MAS: Rodrigo Aviles is our colorist and I knew a more colorful book would make the project look better and so I picked him.  I think James comes  from the same coloring school as well and if you see his other work, the coloring is like bubble gum.


YACB: Why did you decide to use Kickstarter as a means of funding the hardcover edition of Sullivan's Sluggers?

MAS: For Sullivan’s Sluggers, I wanted a book just for me that I’d be proud of having on my bookshelf.  I wanted to do a beautiful edition of the book that made it collectable.  I also wanted to test Kickstarter out with Sullivan’s and see if doing something exclusive on Kickstarter would better connect me with my audience and rally their support.  It’s risky but also will be very rewarding and I’m glad I’m taking the Kickstarter risk.


YACB: Will Sullivan's Sluggers be available outside of the Kickstarter campaign? In what format(s)?

MAS: I’m still debating it right now but I don’t have the answer.  I think it would do well in single issues at comic shops, so we’ll see if that’s an option in the future.  With Sullivan’s I’ll probably pace it out over a longer duration of time for the releases if there are different formats because it is important to sell the hardcover and recouping and making money on Sullivan's is important to me so that I can get material out faster in the future. 


YACB: What other projects do you currently have in the pipeline? (Plug away!)

MAS: Right now I'm working on series 2 of Gladstone's School for World Conquerors and also the New Brighton Archeological Society and they should be out this year.  We're coloring away at the moment on those.


YACB: Is there anything else that you'd like people to know about Sullivan's Sluggers?

MAS: Sullivan's Sluggers is awesome and be sure buy one (or three)! 


My thanks again to Mark for taking the time to answer my questions. You can follow Mark on Twitter at @MarkAndrewSmith . The Kickstarter campaign for Sullivan's Sluggers is at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1940696606/94552881?token=c5aa40a6

Monkey Covers

Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!

Gorilla Man joins the rest of the 1950s Avengers on the variant cover for Avengers Forever #4 (1999) by Frank Quitely.

(Standard disclaimer about avenging gorilla-men not really being monkeys applies.)

Image courtesy of Comic Book Covers. Click on the image for a larger version.

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (+3). Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
2 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
3 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
4 (N). Infinity Gauntlet
5 (+16). Justice League Vol. 1: Origin (The New 52)
6 (+22). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52) *
7 (+1). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded ed.)
8 (-3). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
9 (-2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 7 *
10 (-1). Darth Vader and Son
11 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves
12 (+5). Watchmen
13 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16 *
14 (+10). Sailor Moon 5
15 (+7). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
16 (-10). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
17 (-5). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
18 (+12). Batman: The Killing Joke
19 (-). The Walking Dead, Book 7
20 (-16). Big Nate: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
21 (+16). The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out
22 (R). Marvel Encyclopedia
23 (-12). The Walking Dead, Book 1
24 (-6). The Walking Dead, Book 5
25 (-12). The Walking Dead, Book 6
26 (+23). Animal Man Vol. 1: The Hunt (The New 52)
27 (-2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2 *
28 (-12). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
29 (-2). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
30 (+2). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess (Kindle) *
31 (+14). The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone
32 (-18). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
33 (+13). Avengers vs. X-Men *
34 (-3). The Adventures of Tintin 1
35 (-15). The Walking Dead, Book 2
36 (+7). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
37 (-1). A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One
38 (-4). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
39 (-6). Batman: Year One
40 (-17). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
41 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them
42 (-2). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
43 (-5). Chew Volume 5: Major League Chew *
44 (-18). The Walking Dead, Book 3
45 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters
46 (R). The Adventures of Tintin 2
47 (+3). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
48 (N). Naruto, vol. 56
49 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
50 (-15). V for Vendetta


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary: 

• Topping the list for the second week in a row is Alison Bechdel's Are You My Mother? It slips to #89 on the overall chart.
• I'm assuming that the sudden appearance near the top of the list of the Infinity Gauntlet collection is somehow related to The Avengers movie. Which is probably a spoiler for the five other people besides me who haven't yet seen it (sorry...)
• The only other debut this week is the latest volume of Naruto, way down at #48.
• Both the Justice League and Batman New 52 hardcover collections leap up into the top ten this week. The Animal Man collection also makes a sizable leap as well. So a good showing so far for DC's new direction.
• Dead Watch: Just fourteen Walking Dead collections on the chart this week (down from sixteen last week). 
• Bat Watch: There are five Batman collections on the chart this week, which I suspect will grow as we get closer to the new movie's late July release...

New Library Comics: March 2012

Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection in March:


Agi, Tadashi, 1962- The drops of God / New York : Vertical, c2011-

Alexander, Jesse. Sgt. Fury & his howling commandos / [New York] : Marvel, [2009?]

Amir. Zahra's paradise / New York : First Second, 2011.

Arni, Samhita. Sita's Ramayana / Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, c2011.

Ascher, Jon. Neil / [Portland, Or.] : Cackling Imp Press, 2011.

Batman 80-page giant (New York, N.Y. : 2010) Batman 80-page giant. 2011 / New York, NY : DC Comics, 2011-

Beland, Tom. Fantastic Four in ¡ataque del M.O.D.O.K.! / [New York] : Marvel, [2010?]

Beland, Tom. Spider-Man & the Human Torch in-- ¡Bahia de los Muertos! / New York : Marvel, 2009

Bell, Marc, 1971- Marc Bell's Pure pajamas. / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, 2011.

The best American comics. 2011 / Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006-

Big hero 6. nos. 1-5 / New York, NY : Marvel Publishing, 2008-2009

Black Lightning. nos. 1-11 / New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, 1977-1978

Black, Holly. The good neighbors v. 3. Kind / New York : Graphix, 2008-

Braddock, Paige. Jane's world v. 10 : a new frontier / [Sebastopol, Calif.] : Girl Twirl Comics, 2003-

Breathed, Berke. The Bloom County library. Volume five: 1987-1989 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW Publishing ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2011.

Brereton, Daniel. Giantkiller nos. 1-6 / New York : DC Comics, 1999-2000

Burns, Jason M., 1978- Pocket god. The gem of life / San Diego, CA : Ape Entertainment, c2011.

Campbell, Eddie, 1955- Deadface : Earth, water, air and fire nos. 1-4 / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 1992.

Carey, Mike, 1959- My faith in Frankie / New York : DC Comics, c2012.

Claremont, Chris, 1950- X-women / [New York] : Marvel, [2010?]

Claus, Calle. Die Schanzen-Babes : galáo to go / Wuppertal : Edition 52, 2010.

Clowes, Daniel. The death-ray / Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Farrar, Straus and Giroux ; Vancouver, BC : Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books, 2011.

Comics & stories. nos. 1-4 / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 1996.

Couceiro, Damian. Decision 2012 : Barack Obama / Los Angeles : BOOM! Studios, 2011.

D'Orazio, Valerie. Punisher max : butterfly / New York : Marvel, 2010.

DC comics presents Elseworlds 80-page giant. / New York : DC Comics, 2012.

DeFalco, Tom. Kid Colt one-shot / New York : Marvel, 2009

Dezago, Todd. Marvel Super Hero Squad spectacular / New York : Marvel, 2011.

Ditko, Steve Angry apes 'n' leapin' lizards / Atlanta, GA : Pure Imagnination, [2011?].

Doctor Strange. Oath. nos. 1-5 / New York, NY : Marvel Pub., c2006-c2007.

Dooley, Clarence 'Otis'. Finding Frank and his friend : previously unpublished work by Clarence 'Otis' Dooley / Vienna : Curio & Co., [2010], ©2010.

Doran, Colleen, 1963- A distant soil nos. 1-2 / Poughkeepsie, NY : WaRP Graphics, 1983-1986

Ebine, Kazuki. Gandhi : a manga biography / London : Penguin, 2011

Edginton, Ian. Aladdin : Legacy of the lost nos. 1-3 / Los Angeles, Calif. : Radical Comics, 2010

Eisner, Will. The princess and the frog / New York : Nantier Beall Minoustchine, c1999

Faerber, Jay. Pilot season : urban myths / Berkeley, CA : Top Cow : Image, 2008.

Faraci, Tito. The last battle / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics Inc., 2011

Felon (Orange, Calif. : 2001) Felon. nos. 1-4 / Orange, Calif. : Image Comics, 2001-2002.

Fialkov, Joshua Hale, 1979- Marvel Girl / New York : Marvel Comics, 2011.

Floaters. nos. 1-5 / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Comics, 1993-1994.

Gladstone, Brooke. The influencing machine : Brooke Gladstone on the media / New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.

Gottfredson, Floyd. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse v. 2. Trapped on Treasure Island / Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, c2011-

Grant, Steven, 1953- Damned nos. 1-4 / La Jolla, CA : Homage Comics, 1997.

Guns of the dragon. nos. 1-4 / New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, c1998-1999.

Haberlin, Brian. Captain Wonder / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, 2011

Hamner, Cully. Red eyes only / [New York?] : Wildstorm, [20]11.

Harms, William. Pilot season : 39 minutes / Berkeley, CA : Top Cow ; Image, 2010

Hill, Simon Max. Grandpa won't wake up / Los Angeles, CA : Boom! Studios, 2011.

Hobbs, Eric. The broadcast / New York : NBM Comics Lit, 2010.

Holly G! (Holly Golightly) Holly G!'s school bites vols. 3-5 / Brodheadsville, PA : BroadSword Comics, 2004-

Hosseini, Khaled. The kite runner graphic novel / New York : Riverhead Books, 2011.

Humphries, Sam. Our love is real / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics Inc., 2011.

Hureau, Simon, 1977- Intrus à l'étrange / Antony, France : la Boîte à bulles, c2011.

Huth, Christian. Hasenhäschen nur für Gute / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2009.

Indie comics magazine. no. 3 / Muskegon, MI : Aazurn Publishing, 2011-

Inglesby, Brad. Pilot season : forever / Berkeley, CA : Top Cow, 2010.

Irving, Frazer. Frazer Irving / Raleigh, N.C. : TwoMorrows Pub., c2011.

Jason, 1965- Jason conquers America. / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphic Books, 2011

Jenkins, Paul. Captain America theater of war : a brother in arms / New York : Marvel, 2009.

Johnston, Rich. Chase Variant one shot (is all I need) / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, 2010.

Justice League of America 80 page giant. 2011 / New York, NY : DC Comics, 2009-

Katz, Jeff. Pilot season : crosshair / Berkeley, CA : Top Cow : Image, 2010

Kear, Jeff. Relentless pursuit nos. 1-4 / San Jose, Calif. : Slave Labor Books, c1989

Kirkman, Robert. Pilot season : stealth / Berkeley, Ca : Top Cow : Image, 2010.

Kleist, Reinhard, 1970- Coney Island angel / Weilerswist : Landpresse, 2002

Krekeler, Ken Dry spell / [United States?] : Kinetic Press, 2011

Lanning, Andy. Digitek nos. 1-4 / London, England : Marvel Comics, 1992-1993

Lapham, David. Mystic comics 70th anniversary special / New York : Marvel, 2009

Lomax, Don. Vietnam Journal. Book eight, Brain dead horror / Charleston, SC : Tranzfuzion Pub., 2011

Maandag, Nick. Streakers / Toronto, Ont. : Mean Dog Comics, 2011.

Mahfood, Jim. Carl, the cat that makes peanut butter sandwiches / Toluca Lake, CA : Nerdcore, c[20]09.

Mahler, 1969- Was fehlt uns denn? : [Cartoons für Ärzte und Patienten] / Zürich : Edition Moderne, 2011.

Manara, Milo. The Manara library. Volume 1 / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2011.

Martí, 1955- The cabbie / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books ; [New York] : Distributed to Bookstores in the U.S. by W.W. Norton, 2011-

Martz, John. Heaven All Day. / Adhouse Books, 2011

Marvel Comics presents (New York, N.Y. : 2007) Marvel Comics presents. nos. 1-12 / New York : Marvel Entertainment, 2007-2008

Mawil. Strand safari / Hünfeld : Schwarzer Turm, 2006

McDonnell, Patrick, 1956- Our little Kat King : a mutts treasury / Kansas City, MO : Andrews McMeel Pub., 2011.

Mikke Mus : manedshefte. 2000 no.6 / [Norway] : [Egmont Serieforlaget AS], 1997-2006

Miller, Frank, 1957- Holy terror / Burbank, CA : Legendary Comics, c2011.

Milligan, Peter. The Eaters / New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, 2011.

Mills, Christopher. Femme noir : the Dark City diaries nos. 1-4 / San Diego, Calif. : Ape Entertainment, 2008

Moore, Alan, 1953- Neonomicon / Rantoul, Ill. : Avatar Press, 2011.

Morrison, Grant. Prometheus (villians) / New York : DC Comics, 1998.

Murakami, Takashi, 1965- Stargazing dog / New York : NBM, 2011.

Nightside. nos. 1-4 / New York, NY : Marvel Comics, 2001-2002

No honor. nos. 1-4 / Orange, Calif. : Image Comics, 2001.

Order (New York, N.Y. : 2002) The order. nos. 1-6 / New York : Marvel Comics, 2002.

Ostrander, John. Blaze of glory : the last ride of the western heroes nos. 1-4 / New York, N.Y. : Marvel Comics, 2000.

Oumi, Shinano. Yakuza Café / Gardena, Calif. : Digital Manga Pub, c2011.

Pérez, Ramón, 1973- Butternutsquash no. 1 / Toronto, Ontario : Speakeasy Comics, 2005-

Perry, Fred, 1969- Enter the zombie / San Antonio : Antarctic Press, 2010

Petrucci, Michele. Due / San Jose, Calif. : Slave Labor Graphics ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2005.

Phelan, Matt. Around the world / Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.

Phillipson, Brian. Andie and the alien / Saugus, CA : Bliss on Tap Publishing, 2011

Pins, Arthur de. Zombillénium 2. Ressources humaines / [Marcinelle-Charleroi] : Dupuis, 2010-

Pirates vs. ninjas. nos. 1-4 / San Antonio, Tex. : Antarctic Press, 2007

Pood. no. 4 / Brooklyn, NY : Big If Comics

Powell, Martin, 1959- Robin Hood nos. 1-4 / Newbury Park, CA : Eternity Comics, 1989-1990

Robinson, James. Captain America comics 70th anniversary special / New York : Marvel, 2009.

Rochier, Gilles, 1968- TMLP : Ta mère la pute / St-Jean de Vèdas, France : 6 Pieds sous Terre Editions, 2011

Sablik, Filip. Pilot season : asset / Berkeley, CA : Top Cow ; Image, 2010

Schoell, William The silver age of comics / Duncan, Oklahoma : BearManor Media, c2010.

The searchers. nos. 1-4 / Plymouth, MI : Caliber Comics, c1996.

Seth, 1962- The G.N.B Double C : the Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists / Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly, 2011.

Shattered image. nos. 1-4 / Anaheim, Calif. : Image Comics, c1996.

Sonic super special (2011) Sonic super special. no. 1 / Mamaroneck, NY : Archie Comic Publications, 2011-

Starkings, Richard. Giant-size elephantmen / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, 2011.

Sterbakov, Hugh. Freshmen : summer vacation special / Berkeley, CA : Top Cow : Image Comics, 2008

Sterbakov, Hugh. Freshmen yearbook / Berkeley, Ca : Top Cow : Image Comics, 2006

Stern, Roger. Doctor Strange : from the Marvel Vault / New York : Marvel Comics, 2011

Superior : world record special / New York : Marvel Entertainment LLC, 2011.

Tägert, Philip, 1967- Didi & Stulle. Band 3, Sie nannten ihn Didi & Stulle / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2000.

Tägert, Philip, 1967- Didi & Stulle. Band 6 ½. Im Schwitzkasten. / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2007.

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- Ranma ½ vols. 18-19 / San Francisco, CA : Viz Communications, c2003-

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- Rin-ne v. 7 / San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Media, c2009-

Thought bubble anthology no. 1 / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics Inc., 2011.

Tobe, Keiko. With the light : raising an autistic child v. 8 / New York : Yen Press, 2007-2011

Tomb raider : the series. nos. 30-39 / Orange, Calif. : Image Comics, 1999-2005

Top Shelf seasonal sampler. 2007 / Atlanta : Top Shelf Productions,

Torres, J., 1969- Black canary wedding planner / New York : DC Comics, 2007

Trondheim, Lewis. Monster Christmas / New York : Papercutz, c2011.

The unexpected. / New York, NY : DC Comics, 2011.

Valve presents: The sacrifice and other steam-powered stories / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse, 2011

Warren, Adam. Galacta daughter of Galactus / New York : Marvel, 2010

Wayne, Bob. Time masters nos. 1-8 / New York, NY : DC Comics, 1990

Weisman, Mary-Lou. Al Jaffee's mad life / New York, NY : It Books, c2010.

Wight, Joe. Planet of the living dead / San Antonio : Antarctic Press, 2010.

Will Eisner : conversations / Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2011

Wilson, Gahan. Nuts / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2011.

Winick, Judd. Green Arrow/Black Canary : wedding special / New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, 2007

Wolfman, Marv. The new Teen Titans : games / New York : DC Comics, c2011.

Worley, Rick. A waste of time / [United States] : Northwest Press, 2011.


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Monkey Covers

Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!

Conan faces off against a gorilla with flaming eyes on the cover of Conan Saga #18 (1988) by Earl Norem.

(Standard disclaimer about firey-eyed gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)

Image courtesy of the GCD. Click on the image for a larger version.

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (+3). Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
2 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
3 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
4 (+14). Big Nate: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
5 (-2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
6 (+42). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
7 (-2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 7 *
8 (-1). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded ed.)
9 (-3). Darth Vader and Son
10 (+6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16 *
11 (-3). The Walking Dead, Book 1
12 (+2). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
13 (-1). The Walking Dead, Book 6
14 (+3). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
15 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves
16 (-5). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
17 (-2). Watchmen
18 (-9). The Walking Dead, Book 5
19 (-9). The Walking Dead, Book 7
20 (-7). The Walking Dead, Book 2
21 (N). Justice League Vol. 1: Origin (The New 52) *
22 (-1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
23 (+5). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
24 (N). Sailor Moon 5 *
25 (+11). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2 *
26 (-). The Walking Dead, Book 3
27 (-4). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
28 (+4). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52) *
29 (-9). The Walking Dead, Book 4
30 (-). Batman: The Killing Joke
31 (+11). The Adventures of Tintin 1
32 (-5). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle) *
33 (+14). Batman: Year One
34 (+3). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
35 (R). V for Vendetta
36 (-1). A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One
37 (+6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out
38 (-). Chew Volume 5: Major League Chew *
39 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them
40 (N). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
41 (N). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Kindle)
42 (-1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters
43 (-13). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
44 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures
45 (-11). The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone
46 (-6). Avengers vs. X-Men *
47 (-8). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
48 (-18). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
49 (N). Animal Man Vol. 1: The Hunt (The New 52) *
50 (-1). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary: 

• As I predicted last week, we have a new number one on this week's chart: Alison Bechdel's Are You My Mother?, which is currently #50 on the overall Amazon chart. The well-reviewed graphic memoir also lifts the sales of Bechdel's previous work, Fun Home, into the top ten; and the Kindle edition of Fun Home enters the chart as well.
• Dead Watch: The previous chart-topper, the Walking Dead Compendium, has slipped down to #165 on the overall chart. There are still sixteen WD collections in the top fifty, the same as last week.
• The top debut this week is the hardcover collection of the new Justice League; it joins Batman (which debuted on the chart last week) and Animal Man as the DC New 52 collections on the chart.
• Also debuting this week is the latest Sailor Moon volume (as the only manga on the chart this week).
• Rounding out this week's debuts is Batman: Knightfall, which may be a signal of the start of interest in Batman material in advance of the upcoming Dark Knight Rises movie. (Knightfall features Bane, the antagonist in Christopher Nolan's film.)

New Library Comics: February 2012

Once again I'm running behind on these... Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection in February:


1001 comics you must read before you die / New York : Universe, c2011

African-American classics / Mount Horeb, Wis. : Eureka ; London : Diamond [distributor], c2011.

Arad, Avi. The Innocent / New York : Yen Press, 2011

Archie archives. v. 2 / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2011-

Archie joke book. Volume one, Great gags from great Archie artists! / San Diego, CA : IDW, 2011

Azuma, Kiyohiko. Yotsuba&! v. 10 / New York, NY : Yen Press, 2009-

Back issue. v.1 no.53 Dec 2011 / Raleigh, NC : TwoMorrows, 2003-

Barker, Clive, 1952- Razorline : the first cut / New York, NY : Marvel Comics, 1993

Barks, Carl, 1901-2000. Lost in the Andes / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2011

Barks, Carl, 1901-2000. The Carl Barks' big book of Barney Bear / San Diego, Calif. : IDW, c2011

Beau, Lapin. Leather lad / [United States?] : Fur Planet, [2008]-

Bellstorf, Arne. Baby's in black : the story of Astrid Kirchherr & Stuart Sutcliffe / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2010

Berni Wrightson, master of the macabre. nos. 1-4 / San Diego, CA : Pacific Comics, 1983-1984

The black lamb. nos. 1-6 / New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, c1996-1997

Bocquet, José-Louis. The adventures of Hergé / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011.

Bond, Grant. Archibald saves Easter / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, 2008

The brotherhood. nos. 1-9 / New York : Marvel Comics, 2001-2002.

Brubaker, Ed. The last of the innocent : a criminal edition / New York : Marvel Worldwide, 2011.

Busiek, Kurt. Total eclipse : the seraphim objective / Forestville, CA : Eclipse Comics, 1988

Butler, Nancy, 1951- Jane Austen's Emma / New York : Marvel Worldwide, 2011

Camelot eternal. nos. 1-8 / Westland, MI : Caliber Press, c1990-1991

Cardy, Nick, 1920- Showcase presents Ghosts. Vol. 1 / New York : DC Comics ; [London] : Titan [distributor], 2011

Case, Jonathan. Dear creature / New York : Tor, 2011.

The CBLDF presents : Liberty annual. 2011 / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2010-

Cerebus the aardvark. nos. 201-231 / [Kitchener, Ont.] : Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1977-2004.

Chantler, Scott. Two generals / Toronto, ON : McClelland & Stewart, 2011.

Chwast, Seymour. The Canterbury tales / New York : Bloomsbury, 2011.

CLAMP (Mangaka group) Kobato. v. 5 / New York : Yen Press ; London : Little, Brown [distributor], 2011

CLAMP (Mangaka group) X 3-in-1. v. 1 / San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Media ; London : Simon & Schuster [distributor], 2011.

CLAMP (Mangaka group) Xxxholic. v. 17 / New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 2011

Claremont, Chris, 1950- Days of future past / New York : Marvel, c2011.

Claus, Calle. Spring! / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2002.

Comely, Richard. Captain Canuck / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2011

Coudray, Philippe. Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy thinking : a Toon book / New York : Toon Books, c2011

Crécy, Nicolas de, 1966- Salvatore v. 2 : An eventful crossing / New York : NBM, 2010-

Crilley, Mark. Brody's ghost : the midnight train and other tales / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics Inc., 2011

Dawson, Mike, 1975- Troop 142 / Jackson Heights, N.Y. : Secret Acres, 2011

DC one million. nos. 1-4 / New York, NY : DC Comics, c1998

Demarais, Kirk. Mail-order mysteries : real stuff from old comic book ads! / San Rafael, Calif. : Insight, 2011

Dillies, Renaud, 1972- Bubbles & gondola / New York : NBM, c2011.

Dini, Paul. Batman : Arkham City / New York, NY : DC Comics, c2011.

Dorkin, Evan. Milk and Cheese : dairy products gone bad! / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Books, 2011

Dye, Dale. Code word: Geronimo / San Diego, Calif. : IDW Pub., c2011.

Edmondson, Nathan. Who is Jake Ellis?. v.1 / Berkeley, Calif. : Image ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2011.

Eichler, Glenn. Mush! : sled dogs with issues / New York : First Second, 2011

Foster, Harold R. (Harold Rudolf), 1892-1982. Prince Valiant v. 4. 1943-1944 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2009

Furuya, Usamaru, 1968- No longer human vols. 1-2 / New York : Vertical ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2011.

Gaiman, Neil. The absolute sandman v. 5 / New York : DC Comics, 2006-

Garman, Tess. Nordguard : Book one: Across thin ice / Saint Paul, MN : Sofawolf Press, Inc., 2011.

Geronimo Stilton. v. 7 Dinosaurs in action / New York : Papercutz, 2009-

Geronimo Stilton. v. 8 Play it again, Mozart! / New York : Papercutz, 2009-

Graham, Richard (Richard Lukas Graham), 1974- Government issue : comics for the people, 1940s-2000s / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2011.

Grayson, Devin K. Relative heroes : [Grail of steel] nos. 1-6 / New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, c2000

Green Arrow, Black Canary. nos 1-16 / New York, NY : DC Comics, p2007-2010

Grell, Mike. Jon Sable, freelance omnibus v. 2 / San Diego, CA : IDW Pub., 2010-

Grell, Mike. Shaman's Tears. / Idea & Design Works Llc, 2011

Gruber, Jonathan. Health care reform : what it is, why it's necessary, how it works / New York : Hill and Wang, 2011.

Hay, Brendan. Rascal Raccoon's raging revenge / Portland, Or. : Oni ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2011

Hayden, Jennifer. Underwire / Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2011

Henseler, Thomas. Grenzfall / Berlin : avant-verlag, [2011]

Hogan's alley. no. 18 / Atlanta, GA : Bull Moose Pub. Corp., c1994-

Huth, Christian. Das 23 fünf acht neun / Berlin : Reprodukt, c2001

Innes, Lora. The Dreamer. v. 2 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2011.

Jarvis, James, 1970- De profundis / Brooklyn, N.Y. : PictureBox ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2011.

Jim Henson's the storyteller. v. 1 / Los Angeles, Calif. : Archaia, 2011.

Johnson, Dan Curtis. Chase / New York : DC Comics, 2011.

Jones, Chuck, 1912-2002. Chuck Jones - the dream that never was / San Diego, Calif. : Library of American Comics ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2011.

Karp, Bob, 1911- Disney's Four color adventures. Volume 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Boom! Studios, 2011.

Kashyap, Keshni. Tina's mouth : an existential comic diary / New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2011

Kelly, Walt. Pogo : the complete syndicated comic strips v. 1. 1949-1950. Through the wild blue wonder / [Seattle, Wash.] : Fantagraphics Books ; [New York] : Distribution, USA, W.W. Norton and Company, 2011-

Kirby, Jack. Kamandi, the last boy on Earth. Volume 1 / New York : DC Comics, c2011.

Klein, Grady. The cartoon introduction to economics v. 2. Macroeconomics / New York : Hill and Wang, 2011-

Kleist, Reinhard, 1970- 153 Sterne und vier fische : comic / Weilerswist : Landpresse, 1998.

Kleist, Reinhard, 1970- Das Festmahl : [nach Motiven der Kurzgeschichte "Schmächtiger Janus" von Axel Kutsch] / Weilerswist : Landpresse, 1995.

Kochalka, James. Dragon Puncher Island / Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2011.

Konami, Kanata, 1958- Chi's Sweet Home = Chīzu suīto hōmu v. 7 / New York : Vertical, 2010-

Leowald, Leo. Stopptanz / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2011

Lyga, Barry. Manga man / Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2011.

Mahler, 1969- Die Zumutungen der Moderne / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2010.

Mahler, 1969- Engelmann : der Gefallene Engel / Hamburg : Carlsen, c2010.

Mahler, 1969- Flaschko—der Mann in der Heizdecke v. 2 / Zürich : Edition Moderne : Falter Verlag, c2007-

Mahler, 1969- Kunsttheorie versus Frau Goldgruber / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2010

Mahler, 1969- Spam / Berlin : Reprodukt, c2009

Marvel Masterworks : Golden Age Marvel comics vol.1. / New York : Marvel Worldwide Inc., 2011.

Mayer, Sheldon, 1917-1991. The Sugar and Spike archives. Volume 1 / New York : DC Comics, c2011.

Metaphrog. Red letter day / Glasgow : Metaphrog, c2011.

Meter, Peer. Gift / [Berlin] : Reprodukt, 2010

Michalke, Andreas. Smalltown boy / Berlin : Reprodukt, 1999

Mignola, Michael. Hellboy. House of the living dead. / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Books, 2011

Moki. Wandering ghost / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2011

Mori, Kaoru, 1978- Emma v. 2 / La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Productions, 2006-

Morrison, Grant. 1234 / New York : Marvel Knights, 2011

Morrison, Grant. Joe the barbarian : the deluxe edition / New York : Vertigo/DC Comics, c2011

Nama, Adilifu, 1969- Super black : American pop culture and black superheroes / Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011.

Niles, Steve. Marvel Monsters : Monsters on the prowl / New York : Marvel Comics, 2005

Nix. Kinky & Cosy / New York, NY : NBM, c2011.

Nursery rhyme comics : [50 timeless rhymes from 50 celebrated cartoonists] / New York : First Second, 2011.

Ōba, Tsugumi. Death note. Black ed. v. 6 / San Francisco : Viz Media, 2010-

Occupational hazards (Knoxville, Tenn.) Occupational hazards : a benefit book for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. / Knoxville, TN : CD Comics, [2000-2001].

OL, 1965- Schmetterlinge im Bauch / Berlin : Reprodukt, c1999.

Osborne, Rob. Sunset City, for active senior living / San Francisco : AiT/Planet Lar, 2005

Ottaviani, Jim. Feynman / New York : First Second, 2011

Out there. nos. 1-18 / La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Productions, p2001-2003

Parker, Brant. The Wizard of Id : the dailies and Sundays, 1971 / London : Titan Books, 2011

Paro-dee / Chesapeake, VA : Parody Press! : Aida-Zee Comics, 1993.

Peach-Pit (Group) Shugo chara chan. v. 1 / New York : Kodansha, c2011.

Peyo. Gargamel and the Smurfs : a Smurfs graphic novel / New York : Papercutz, c2011

Peyo. The Smurf apprentice : a Smurfs graphic novel / New York : Papercutz, 2011

Piraro, Dan. Bizarro heroes / San Francisco, CA : Last Gasp, c2011

Potratz, Jason. The legendary / Orlando, FL : Monument Comics, 2000

Ralph, Brian, 1973- Daybreak / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, 2011.

Riley, Andy. Dawn of the bunny suicides / San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2011

Risso, Eduardo. Borderline vols. 1-3 / Runnemede, New Jersey : Dynamite Press, 2006-

Robbins, Trina. Lily Renée, escape artist : from Holocaust survivor to comic book pioneer / Minneapolis, MN : Graphic Universe, c2011.

Rokuya, Sanae. Red / Carson, Calif. : DMP, 2008

Russell, P. Craig. The P. Craig Russell library of opera adaptations. Volumes 1-3 / New York : NBM ; London : Turnaround [distributor], [2011]

Ryan, Johnny. Prison Pit v. 3 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2009-

Salinas, José Luis. The cisco kid v. 1 : 1951-1953 / River Forest, IL : Classic Comics Press, c2011-

Satrapi, Marjane, 1969- The Sigh / Los Angeles, Calif. : Archaia Entertainment LLC, 2011.

Schrauwen, Olivier. The man who grew his beard / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics ; [New York] : distributed in the U.S. by W.W. Norton, c2011.

Schwartz, Samm. The best of Samm Schwartz. v. 1 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], c2011.

Sheets, Todd. Bimbos in time / Centralia, IL : Draculina Publishing, 1994.

Shimura, Takako, 1973- Wandering son v. 2 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], [2011]

Singer, Marc. Grant Morrison : combining the worlds of contemporary comics / Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2012.

Slade, Christian. Korgi v. 3 / Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf Productions, 2007

Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27- Rasl 3. Romance at the speed of light. / Columbus, Ohio : Cartoon Books, c2008-

The Someday funnies / New York : Abrams, 2011.

Sowa, Marzena, 1979- Marzi : a memoir / New York : DC Comics, 2011.

Spider-man family. nos. 1-9 / New York : Marvel, 2007-2008.

Spiegelman, Art. MetaMaus / New York : Pantheon Books, c2011

Struble, S. Steven. Li'l Depressed Boy. Volume zero, "Lonely Heart Blues" / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2011.

Superman's girl friend Lois Lane archives. v. 1 / New York : DC Comics, 2011.

Tägert, Philip, 1967- Didi & Stulle. Band 2, Höllenglocken. / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2007, c1999

Tägert, Philip, 1967- Didi & Stulle. Band 4, Endstation Mars / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2005

Tägert, Philip, 1967- Didi & Stulle. Band 5, Die Galgenvögel von St. Tropez. / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2006

Tägert, Philip, 1967- Didi & Stulle. Band 6, Der Plan des Gott / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2007

Tägert, Philip, 1967- Didi & Stulle. Band 7, Didi-- no more Mister Nice Guy. / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2007

Tägert, Philip, 1967- Didi & Stulle. Band 8, Getötet vom Tod. / Berlin : Reprodukt, 2008

Takeuchi, Naoko. Codename Sailor V / New York : Kodansha Comics, c2011-

Takeuchi, Naoko. Pretty guardian : Sailor Moon / New York, N.Y. : Kodansha Comics, 2011-

Tales of terror. nos. 1-13 / Guerneville, CA : Eclipse Comics, c1985-1987

Tatulli, Mark. Reheated Liō brand : a delicious Liō collection ready to devour / Kansas City, MO : Andrews McMeel Pub., c2011.

TenNapel, Doug. Ratfist / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, 2011

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Black Jack vols. 16-17 / New York : Vertical, c2008-

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Princess knight vols. 1-2 / New York, NY : Vertical, c2011-

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. The book of human insects / New York : Vertical, c2011

Torres, J., 1969- Power lunch. 1, First course / Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2011

Trudeau, G. B., 1948- Red Rascal's war : a Doonesbury book / Kansas City : Andrews McMeel, c2011

Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- 20th century boys vols. 17-18 / San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, 2009-

Van Lente, Fred. Comic book comics no. 6 / Brooklyn, N.Y. : Evil Twin Comics, 2008-

Varon, Sara. Bake sale / New York : First Second, 2011

Weiner, Zach, 1982- The most dangerous game : a Saturday morning breakfast cereal collection / Brooklyn : Breadpig, c2011

Wiindows : the Anthology of the Bizarre. nos. 1-21 / Torrance, CA : Cult Press, 1992-1994

Wolfman, Marv. DC universe : online legends. Volume one / New York, NY : DC Comics, c2011

World war three illustrated. no. 42 / N.Y.C. : S. Tobocman, P. Kuper, C. Kohlhofer, 1980-

Yaginuma, Kō, 1973- Twin spica vols. 9-10 / New York : Vertical, Inc., c2010-

Yokoyama, Yuichi. Color engineering / Brooklyn, N.Y. : PictureBox ; Tokyo : Nanzuka Underground ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2011.

Yoshida, Reiko. Tokyo mew mew omnibus. v. 2 / New York : Kodansha Comics, 2011

Zahler, Thomas F. Love and capes v. 3 : wake up where you are / San Diego, Calif. : IDW, c2008-

Zulli, Michael. The fracture of the universal boy / San Rafael, CA : Eidolon Fine Arts, c2010.


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Kids Read Comics Comes to Ann Arbor!

Check out this awesome poster/illo by Raina Telgemeier for the upcoming Kids Read Comics festival, this year in its new home of Ann Arbor:

Fun fact: The building at the very bottom of the poster is the former location of Borders store #1!