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Got kids? Nieces? Nephews? Students? Or just love reading something fun and not too heavy-handed? Here are some new titles you might enjoy!
(But first, the serious boilerplate:)
So, here’s what caught my eye. Please comment below, and please feel free to mention titles I may have marginalized or overlooked. My tastes are eclectic, but there’s stuff which doesn’t interest me, or doesn’t evoke much of a response. I respect everyone who manages to publish something, but with some 400 graphic novel titles a month, I have to be selective.
CAVEAT: As I discovered while doing the publisher posts, that some titles have been canceled or postponed. The titles below, the information is subject to change. Some may already be out and on sale, some may be vaporous. Covers and text are supplied by the publishers.
Oh, and the advisory: I am employed as a bookseller. Nothing I say here or anywhere else online has any connection to my employer. I know my employer can take umbrage at any association people may make between my private and professional activities, so I’m careful to let Lions Mane Jellyfish be.
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Betty & Veronica: Best Friends Forever
Dan Parent
Trade paperback, $9.99
9781879794764, 1879794764
Author Bio: Dan Parent (born 1964 in St. Albans, Vermont) is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his work for Archie Comics. A graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Parent began working for Archie immediately after graduation. His writing of the Love Showdown series from 1994 received widespread attention. Parent has also illustrated Felix the Cat, Barbie, Disney Adventures, and a wide variety of other titles.
Summary: Betty & Veronica’s very first full-length graphic novel story is another major step forward for the Archie book line! A follow-up to the successful full color Betty & Veronica: Storybook graphic novel collection of fun fairy-tale sendups—Best Friends Forever should continue to gain ground with girls in bookstores and libraries.
Features an engaging story celebrating the power of friendship featuring the most famous BFFs in all of comics in an all-out reality show friendship competition!
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Hades: Lord of the Dead
George O’Connor
Hardcover, $16.99
9781596437616, 1596437618
Author Bio: GEORGE O’CONNOR is the author of several picture b
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The following is a selection of new comics titles due to be published in April 2011. This list is not comprehensive, just what I’ve discovered browsing the Internet. Below, you’ll find selected titles which caught my interest. If you would like to browse forthcoming graphic novels and related books at your leisure, click here. These are not necessarily titles I will purchase, but which I will definitely look at once they arrive at my local comics shop or bookstore.
If you click that link above, you’ll see all the graphic novels at BN.com, sorted by date. Lots of graphic novels (and related books) scheduled from May to December. Of course, there will be even more titles added and announced in time for the Holidays! (You might want to use your tax return to buy some bookshelves.)
Please be advised that publication dates are not set in stone, titles may change, and covers may be altered. Also, your local comics shop might receive copies before your local neighborhood website or library. I consider my tastes to be rather eclectic. If you feel I’ve neglected or slighted a title, publisher, or creator, please feel free to mention it in the comments below. Yes, you may promote your own work, but please include the ISBN for easy searching (and shopping!)
Disclaimer: I am employed by Barnes & Noble. This and any other posts by me at this site have no official connection to B&N. As always, feel free to send us your PR. Even better, send us some free books!
Salt Water Taffy: Caldera’s Revenge! Part 1
by Matthew Loux
- $ 5.99
- Pub. Date: April 2011
- Publisher: Oni Press
- Format: Paperback, 72pp
- ISBN-13: 9781934964620
- ISBN: 193496462X
Patrick in A Teddy Bear’s Picnic and Other Stories
by Geoffrey Hayes
- $ 12.95
- Pub. Date: April 2011
- Publisher: Candlewick Press
- Format: Hardcover, 32pp
- Lexile: 0050L
- ISBN-13: 9781935179092
- ISBN: 1935179098
Pepper Penwell and the Land Creature of Monster Lake
by Steph Cherrywell
- $ 14.95
- Pub. Date: April 2011
- Publisher: SLG Publishing
- Format: Paperback, 200pp
- ISBN-13: 9781593622053
- ISBN: 1593622058
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The following is a selection of new comics titles due to be published in November 2010. This list is not comprehensive, as there are over 350 books scheduled. Instead, I have selected titles which caught my interest. If you would like to browse forthcoming graphic novels and related books at your leisure, click here. These are not necessarily titles I will purchase, but which I will definitely look at once they arrive at my local comics shop or bookstore.
This month is traditionally the last month of new releases before the holiday gift giving season kicks into full gear. Stores (and websites) usually have their displays set up the first weekend after Halloween, and publishers definitely want their titles in stores before Black Friday (and Cyber Monday). There are a few titles scheduled for December, so I’ll present a list for that month. I will also present a special list of blockbuster titles (gift books priced over $40) for those who have either been especially good this year or who shop for themselves.
Please be advised that publication dates are not set in stone, titles may change, and covers may be altered. Also, your local comics shop might receive copies before your local neighborhood website or library. Clicking on the publisher’s name will link to the publisher’s website, sometimes to the exact title. Clicking the ISBN-13 (also known as the Bookland EAN) will take you to the title as featured on BarnesAndNoble.com . I consider my tastes to be rather eclectic. If you feel I’ve neglected or slighted a title, publisher, or creator, please feel free to mention it in the comments below. Yes, you may promote your own work, but please include the ISBN for easy searching (and shopping!)
Disclaimer: I am employed by Barnes & Noble. This and any other posts by me have no official connection to B&N. Neither I or Heidi MacDonald receive any remuneration from linking to barnesandnoble.com . As always, feel free to send us your PR. Even better, send us some free books!
The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories
by John Stanley, Walt Kelly, Dan Noon, and many more!
King Aroo, Volume 2
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9 Comments on Coming Attractions: November 2010, last added: 11/2/2010
As ttashy and low brow a Lohan tv movie sounds.. a Bluewater comic told from the perspective of her dog sounds worse. The art is.. as usual for these books.. pretty amateur. Of course.. maybe not as bad as the Stephanie Meyer one which was narrated by.. ugh.. dacula. Bluewater has got to be one of lowest denominator cash grab publishers out there. Surprised they don’t have a Lohan one out.. or did they already do one? I feel bad for the writers and artists Bluewater gets for these. They probrably don’t know the industry and jump at the chance to make a comic. Heck.. we know Bluewater has contacted amateur artists on DeviantArt before and offered them rotten deals. Finding artists and writers new to the industry seems to be part of their plan.
Seriously, a dog? Well, it’s not the first canine-related book from Bluewater. They did one featuring the Obama’s dog, Bo, a few years ago. I reviewed the comics devoted to the President and the First Lady and noted the shoddy research, sub-standard art, and the writer’s attempt to put himself into the story, claiming that he was at many of the couple’s key events. One of the two ended with some sort of Mayan sacrifice. What did that have to do with the Obamas?