Archive for November, 2009

• New Library Comics: August 2009

  Date: 2009.11.10 | Category: Comic Books | Response: 0

  Here are the comics we added to our library collection in August:

  Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969- Your brain on Latino comics : from Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez / Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009.

  Azuma, Mayumi. Elemental gelade vol. 1 / by Mayumi Azuma. Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, c2006-

  Briggs, Raymond. When the wind blows / New York : Schocken Books, 1982

  CLAMP (Mangaka group) Tokyo Babylon : save Tokyo city story vol. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, c2004.

  Cohen, Michael, 1950- Strange attractors nos. 1-5, 7-8, 10, 13 / Bellingham, Wash. : RetroGrafix, 1993-1997

  Dixon, Buzz. Serenity vol. 1. New bad girl in town / Uhrichsville, OH : Barbour Publishing ; Chatsworth, CA : Realbuzz Studios, c2005-

  Fujita, Maki. Platinum garden vol. 1 / Los Angeles, [Calif.] : Tokyopop, 2006

  Ingulsrud, John E. Reading Japan cool : patterns of manga literacy and discourse / Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009.

  Izumi, Rei. Hibiki’s magic vol. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, 2007-

  Kawashita, Mizuki. Strawberry 100%. vols. 1-6 / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, 2007-

  Knaak, Richard A. Warcraft. The sunwell trilogy vol. 2. Shadows of ice / Los Angeles, CA : TokyoPop, c2005-2007.

  Mukai, Natsumi. +Anima vol. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, 2006-

  Sakai, Stan. Usagi Yojimbo book 1 / Agoura, CA : Fantagraphics Books, 1987-<1992>

  Samura, Hiroaki. Blade of the immortal = Mugen no j?nin vol. 1. Blood of a thousand / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 1997-

  Shimizu, Toshimitsu. Maico 2010 vols. 2-4 / Femont, Calif. : Comics One, 1997-

  Tachibana, Yutaka. Gatcha gacha vol. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, 2006-

  Taro, Chiaki. Puri Puri vol. 1 / Fremont, Calif. : DrMaster, 2007-

  Yamaguchi, Takayuki. Il destino di Kakugo vol. 3 / Bologna : Dynamic Italia, 1998-

  Yen plus. v.1 nos. 1-3 / New York, N.Y. : Hachette Bookgroup USA, 2008-

  Yo Yo, 1980- Laya, the witch of Red Pooh vol. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, c2006-

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• Monkey Covers

  Date: 2009.11.08 | Category: Comic Books | Response: 0

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

  The cover to Kobra #3 (1978) features a giant cyborg gorilla with a jet pack. You may ask why after such a cover they even bothered to make comics any more, since there is nothing that can possibly match a giant cyborg gorilla with a jet pack for sheer awesomeness; I would not be able to give you a satisfactory answer.

  (Standard disclaimer about giant cyborg gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)

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

  

  

• Amazon Top 50

  Date: 2009.11.06 | Category: Comic Books | Response: 0

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

  1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
  2 (-). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
  3 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
  4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
  5 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  6 (-). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
  7 (+1). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
  8 (+1). Watchmen
  9 (+3). Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
  10 (+20). Stitches: A Memoir
  11 (-). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
  12 (-5). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid *
  13 (-3). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
  14 (+12). V for Vendetta
  15 (+10). Batman: The Killing Joke
  16 (+6). Asterios Polyp
  17 (+1). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 Box Set
  18 (-3). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
  19 (R). The Best American Comics 2009
  20 (-6). Masterpiece Comics
  21 (N). The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
  22 (+6). R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country
  23 (-6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
  24 (R). The Arrival
  25 (R). Batman: Year One
  26 (-10). Vampire Knight, Vol. 8
  27 (R). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
  28 (-9). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
  29 (R). The Complete Persepolis
  30 (N). Wolverine: Old Man Logan *
  31 (R). The Stonekeeper’s Curse (Amulet, Book 2)
  32 (N). Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Volume 7 – Dueling Ambitions
  33 (-20). Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds HC
  34 (+10). Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
  35 (R). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days *
  36 (+1). Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages
  37 (N). Criminal (Deluxe Edition) *
  38 (R). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  39 (-8). The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics
  40 (R). Scientific Progress Goes ‘Boink’: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
  41 (-20). Simon’s Cat
  42 (R). Dark Tower: Treachery
  43 (-4). Mercy Thompson Homecoming
  44 (N). Warriors: Ravenpaw’s Path #1: Shattered Peace *
  45 (R). Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville
  46 (-26). Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History
  47 (+2). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4)
  48 (-12). Tumor Chapter 1 (kindle)
  49 (R). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
  50 (-23). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

  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:

  * It’s relatively quiet at the top of the chart, with the exception of Stitches leaping back up into the top 10 after last week’s momentary blip.

  * The highest debut belongs to Eleanor Davis’s The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook, a graphic novel I wager very few of us were even aware of. It’s a good reminder of the secret comic book economy…

  * Marvel have a relatively good week, with Wolverine: Old Man Logan debuting at #30, Criminal (Deluxe Edition) debuting at #37, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Dark Tower: Treachery returning to the list.

  * The only manga title to chart is Vampire Knight, Vol. 8.