This week’s highlights, with commentary from the NFNT gang:
Blake & Mortimer Volume 6: SOS Meteors (Cinebook, 9781905460977)
Blake & Mortimer Volume 7: Affair of the Necklace (Cinebook, 9781849180375)
Jennifer W: I’m looking forward to reading more Blake and Mortimer stories – I’ve really enjoyed the mystery/historical fiction aspect of these classic stories.
Calvin & Hobbes 10th Anniversary Book (Pocket Books, 9780740721359)
Calvin & Hobbes: Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat (Pocket Books, 9780836217698)
Calvin & Hobbes: Indispensable (Pocket Books, 9780836218985)
Calvin & Hobbes: Lazy Sunday Book (Pocket Books, 9780836218527)
Calvin & Hobbes: Revenge of the Baby-Sat (Pocket Books, 9780836218664)
Calvin & Hobbes: Something Under the Bed is Drooling (Pocket Books, 9780836218251)
Calvin & Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985 – 1995 (Pocket Books, 9780740721359)
Matthew: Yay Calvin and Hobbes reprints!
Green Lantern Volume 2: Revenge of the Black Hand (DC Comics, 9781401237660)
Matthew: This is not bad but I really wish Geoff Johns had allowed the Green Lantern titles to undergo a full reboot like all the rest of the DC Universe with the new 52.  With four writers doing their own thing with the mythos now, it’s so confusing now which Green Lantern stories from the past few years have taken place now and how exactly they’ve taken place if something changed.
Justice League International Volume 2: Breakdown (DC Comics, 9781401237936)
Jennifer W: My local comic shop owner has been reminding me every time I come in that I should reread Justice League International, so I’m kind of interested to see what the new collection looks like.
Oz: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Marvel Comics, 9780785155553)
Jennifer W: I love Marvel’s Oz books and to my delight, a group of girls have gotten very enthusiastic about them as well, recommending them to all their friends. They’re a big thing right now and I loved Dorothy – very true to the original story, while still adding new depth in the art and retelling.
Psyren Volume 8 (Viz, 9781421543369)
Jennifer W: I bought some Psyren for our library and it has circulated well – I even read a volume and enjoyed it. Pretty much any manga I buy circs well, but I’ll keep buying this one.
Sybil the Backpack Fairy Volume 3: Aithor (Papercutz, 9781597073691)
Jennifer W: Sybil the Backpack Fairy has been popular in a mild way, not as big as Disney Fairies, but it checks out regularly. The winged horse on the cover of this newest volume will probably get even more readers.
Winx Club Volume 5: (Viz, 9781421541631)
Jennifer W: I am really not a fan of the Winx Club graphic novels. One of them was nominated for Cybils so I read it and came to the conclusion that it is something I would only add to the library under massive pressure. Barbie-like girls (seriously, you can see their rib cages) inane, clichéd plots, this represents the worse of every pink glitter genre genre I’ve seen, Happily, I have not encountered a single girl who watches the cartoons, so hopefully it will die a natural death.
AND NOW FOR THE COMPLETE LIST
The following list of new releases is compiled from Diamond Comic Distributors’ complete weekly shipping list and Anime News Network’s Releases encyclopedia
Graphic Novels
Adhouse Books
- EVEN THE GIANTS GN
Ape Entertainment
- DONARR UNYIELDING TP
Big Dog Ink
- KNIGHTINGAIL TP VOL 01 LEGEND BEGINS
Cinebook
- BLAKE & MORTIMER GN VOL 06 SOS METEORS
- BLAKE & MORTIMER GN VOL 07 AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE
- CHIMPANZEE COMPLEX GN VOL 01 PARADOX
- CHIMPANZEE COMPLEX GN VOL 02 SONS OF ARES
- LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 17 APACHE CANYON
- LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 18 ESCORT
- LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 19 ON THE DALTONS TRAIL
- LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 20 OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH
- ORBITAL GN VOL 01 SCARS
- ORBITAL GN VOL 02 RUPTURES
- SPOOKS GN VOL 01 FALL OF BABYLON
- XIII GN VOL 01 DAY O/T BLACK SUN
- XIII GN VOL 02 WHERE THE INDIAN WALKS
- XIII GN VOL 03 ALL THE TEARS OF HELL
- XIII GN VOL 04 SPADS
- XIII GN VOL 05 FULL RED
- XIII GN VOL 06 JASON FLY CASE
- XIII GN VOL 07 NIGHT OF AUGUST THIRD
Classic Comics Press
- LEONARD STARRS MARY PERKINS ON STAGE TP VOL 10
DC Comics
- BATMAN INCORPORATED TP
- GREEN LANTERN HC VOL 02 REVENGE OF THE BLACK HAND
- GREEN LANTERN TP VOL 01 SINESTRO
- HARD TIME TP VOL 02 SIXTEEN
- JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL TP VOL 02 BREAKDOWN
Digital Manga
- CARAMEL GN
- IVE SEEN IT ALL GN VOL 02
- LOVE MAKES EVERYTHING RIGHT GN
- NINTH LIFE LOVE GN
Dynamite
- VAMPIRELLA TP VOL 03 THRONE OF SKULLS
IDW
- COMPLETE CHESTER GOULDS DICK TRACY HC VOL 14
- DUNGEONS & DRAGONS FORGOTTEN REALMS HC VOL 01
- TRANSFORMERS PRIME SEASON 2 TP VOL 01
- TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING TP VOL 02
- WOODWORK WALLACE WOOD 1927-1981 HC
Image
- FATALE TP VOL 02 DEVILS BUSINESS
- HACK SLASH TP VOL 11 MARRY F*CK KILL
Kodansha
- CAGE OF EDEN GN VOL 08
Marvel
- DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER PREM HC MAN IN BLACK
- NOVA CLASSIC TP VOL 01
- OZ: DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ GN TP
- STAND TP VOL 05 NO MANS LAND
Oni Press
- GLITTER KISS GN
Orca Book Publishers
- DALEN & GOLE SCANDAL IN PORT ANGUS GN
Pacific Comics Club
- CONNIE TP MENACE OF MO TUNG
- CONNIE TP UNSEEN AVENGER
Papercutz
- SYBIL THE BACKPACK FAIRY HC VOL 03 AITHOR
Pocket Books
- CALVIN & HOBBES 10TH ANNIV BOOK NEW PTG
- CALVIN & HOBBES HOMICIDAL PSYCHO JUNGLE CAT SC NEW PTG
- CALVIN & HOBBES INDISPENSABLE SC NEW PTG
- CALVIN & HOBBES LAZY SUNDAY BOOK SC NEW PTG
- CALVIN & HOBBES REVENGE O/T BABY SAT TP NEW PTG
- CALVIN & HOBBES SOMETHING UNDER BED IS DROOLING
- CALVIN AND HOBBES SUNDAY PAGES SC 1985 -1995 NEW PTG
Titan Books
- COMP FLASH GORDON LIBRARY HC VOL 02 TYRANT OF MONGO
Vertical
- HEROMAN GN VOL 02
- TEZUKA BOOK OF HUMAN INSECTS TP
- TEZUKA MESSAGE TO ADOLF GN VOL 02
Viz
- BLEACH TP VOL 54
- DENGEKI DAISY GN VOL 11
- HUNTER X HUNTER TP VOL 29
- JIU JIU GN VOL 03
- MR STRONG: GOOD THING I CAME ALONG GN
- ORESAMA TEACHER GN VOL 12
- OTOMEN GN VOL 14
- PSYREN GN VOL 08
- STROBE EDGE GN VOL 02
- ULTIMO GN VOL 08
- WINX CLUB GN VOL 05
Anime
Sentai
- Mardock Scramble – the Second Combustion
Keep in mind that titles are not always available from book vendors on the same dates as they are released in comic book stores, so not all of these will be available everywhere at the same time. Check with your vendors, just to be sure!
