Circle the Date: March 17

On March 17, 2010, I will be moderating a Graphic Novels Panel as part of the Shapiro Library's Spotlight Series.

On the panel will be three members of the U-M faculty who are involved in one way or another with comics: Phoebe Gloeckner, Jim Ottaviani, and Eric Rabkin.

The panel will be from 7-8:30pm in the Screening Room on the 2nd floor of the Shapiro Library.

I'm quite looking forward to having the three of them together in a room talking comics creation and theory!

New Library Comics: November 2009

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


Abstract comics : the anthology : 1967-2009 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, c2009.

Act-i-vate primer / San Diego, Calif. : IDW, 2009.

Arakawa, Hiromu, 1973- Hagane no renkinjutsushi = Fullmetal alchemist vol. 1 / Tōkyō : Sukuuea Enikkusu, 2002-

Arleston, Christophe, 1963- Ythaq : no escape / New York : Marvel ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2009.

Asano, Inio, 1980- What a wonderful world vols. 1-2 / San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, LLC, 2009-

Baku, Yumemakura. The summit of the gods / Wisbech, England : Fanfare/Ponent Mon, c2009.

The best American comics. 2009 / Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006-

Bible. O.T. Genesis. English. Alter-Crumb. 2009. The book of Genesis / New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.

Blechman, R. O. (Robert O.), 1930- Talking lines : the graphic stories of R.O. Blechman / Montréal, Quebec : Drawn and Quarterly ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2009.

Box Brown. Love is a peculiar type of thing / Box Brown, 2009.

Braddock, Paige. Jane's world vol. 9 / [Sebastopol, Calif.] : Girl Twirl Comics, 2003-

Brown, Jeffrey, 1975- The kind of strength that comes from madness! / [Marietta, Ga.] : Top Shelf Productions, [2009]

Brown, Jeffrey, 1975- Unlikely : a true love story / Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, c2003.

Buckley, Tim (Timothy William) Ctrl+alt+del. Volume 2, Darwin would be proud / Montreal, Quebec : Blind Ferret Entertainment, c2009-

Campbell, Ross. Wet moon bk. 5. where all stars fail to burn / Portland, Or. : Oni Press, 2004-

Clement, Mr. When we fall / London : Lapin Factory ; Hong Kong : Rewind Records, 2009

D'Errico, Camilla. Camilla d'Errico / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2009.

Daly, Joe, 1979- The red monkey double happiness book / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2009

Dudley the dragon. / Chicago, Ill. : American Dental Association, c1974.

Dyer, Jamaica. Weird fishes / San Jose, CA : SLG Pub., 2009.

Eichler, Glenn. Stuffed! / New York : First Second, 2009.

Flaxen. no. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Golden Apple Comics, 1992-

Gaiman, Neil. Crazy hair / New York : HarperCollins, c2009.

Gallaher, David, 1975- High moon / New York : DC Comics : Zudacomics, c2009.

Geary, Rick. Trotsky : a graphic biography / New York : Hill and Wang : Serious Comics, 2009

Ghost comics : a benefit anthology for RS Eden / [S.l.] : Bare Bones Press, c2009.

Gonick, Larry. The cartoon history of the modern world. Part II, From the Bastille to Baghdad / New York : Collins, 2007-

Gould, Chester. The complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy v. 3. Dailies & Sundays, 1935-1936 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW Publishing, 2006-

Gould, Chester. The complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy v. 4. Dailies & Sundays, 1936-1938 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW Publishing, 2006-

Hayes, Drew. Deathreats : the life and times of a comic book rock star / Unadilla, NY : Sirius Entertainment, 2009

Hernandez, Jaime. Love and rockets : new stories vol. 2 / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2008-

Kariya, Tetsu, 1941- Oishinbo, a la carte v.5. Vegetables / San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2009.

Kawachi, Izumi. Enchanter vol. 2 / Gardena, CA : Digital Manga Pub., 2006-

Kim, Tong-hwa, 1950- The color of heaven / New York : First Second, 2009.

King, Gonta. Sōtenkōro. vols. 1-3, 7 / Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1995-

Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974- Naruto = Naruto vols. 10-17 / Tōkyō : Shūeisha, 2000-

Kitchen, Alexa, 1997- Grown-ups are dumb! : (no offense) / New York : Disney Hyperion Books, c2009.

Kleist, Reinhard, 1970- Johnny Cash : I see a darkness : a graphic novel / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2009.

Kupperman, Michael, 1966- Tales designed to thrizzle vol. 1 / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2009-

Lee, T. S. The Obama story : the boy with the biggest dream! / Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Joyful Stories Press, 2009.

Lonergan, Jesse. Joe and Azat / New York : Comics Lit/NBM, c2009.

Looney tunes. no. 141 / New York : DC Comics, 2006.

Marder, Larry. Beanworld vol. 2 / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2009-

Maresca, Peter. The upside-down world of Gustave Verbeek : presenting the upside downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo featuring the Loony Lyrics of Lulu & the Terror of the Tiny Tads / Palo Alta, CA : Sunday Press Books, 2009.

Matano, Hisako. Mother Teresa / Los Angeles, CA : Emotional Content, c2008

Matsumoto, Taiyō. Tekkon kinkurīto vol. 1 / Tōkyō : Shōgakkan, 1994.

McCarthy, Helen, 1951- The art of Osamu Tezuka : god of manga / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2009.

McDuffie, Dwayne. Icon : a hero's welcome / New York : DC Comics, c2009.

McGregor, Don. Detectives Inc. / San Diego, Calif. : IDW, 2009.

Mihara, Mitsukazu, 1970- Shigeshōshi vols. 1-2 / Tokyō : Shōdensha, 2003-

Minekura, Kazuya. Wairudo adaputā = Wild adapter vols. 1-4 / Tōkyō : Tokuma Shoten, 2001-

Miuchi, Suzue. Garasu no kamen vols. 5, 32, 35 / Tōkyō : Hakusensha, 1976-.

Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922- Nonnonbā monogatari / Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1995

Mome. vol. 16 Fall 2009 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005-

Moore, Terry, 1954- Echo v. 1. Moon lake / Houston, Tex. : Abstract Studio, c2008-

Moore, Terry, 1954- Echo v. 2. Atomic dreams / Houston, Tex. : Abstract Studio, c2008-

Moore, Terry, 1954- Echo v. 3. Desert Run / Houston, Tex. : Abstract Studio, c2008-

Mori, Kaoru, 1978- Emma vol. 9 / La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Productions, 2006-

Motter, Dean. Mister X : condemned / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2009.

Naville, Maryam. Temet nosce / Rockville Centre, NY : Heavy Metal, [2009]

Nihei, Tsutomu, 1971- Blame! = Buramu! vol. 2 / Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1998-

Nilsen, Anders, 1973- Big questions no. 12 / Montreal, Quebec : Drawn and Quarterly

Novgorodoff, Danica. Refresh, refresh : a graphic novel / New York : First Second, 2009.

Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- Akira = [Akira] vol. 1 / New York : Kodansha Comics, 2009-

Pope, Paul. Heavy Liquid / New York : Vertigo/DC Comcs, c2008.

Reynolds, Grant. Comic diorama / Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2009

Russell, P. Craig. The Sandman : the dream hunters / New York, NY : DC Comics/Vertigo, c2009

Ryan, Johnny. Prison Pit. Book 1 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2009.

Schiffrin, André. Dr. Seuss & Co. go to war : the World War II editorial cartoons of America's leading comic artists / New York : New Press ; San Diego : In cooperation with the Dr. Seuss Collection at the University of California, c2009.

Shelton, Gilbert. The fat Freddy's cat omnibus / London : Knockabout, c2009.

Shimano, Chie. Che Guevara / Los Angeles, CA : Emotional Content, c2008.

Shinseiki evangerion = Neon genesis Evangelion. vols. 1-18 / Tōkyō : Kadokawa Shoten, 1995-

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- InuYasha vols. 39-41 / San Francisco, CA : Viz, LLC, c2003-

Talbot, Bryan. Grandville : a fantasy / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse, 2009.

Tardi, Jacques. You are there / Seattle WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2009.

TMNT : Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vol. 4 no. 28 / Haydenville, MA : Mirage Publishing

Tomine, Adrian, 1974- 32 stories : the complete Optic nerve mini-comics (1st box-set ed.) / Montreal : Drawn and Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Farrer, Straus and Giroux, 2009.

The Toon treasury of classic children's comics / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2009.

Trondheim, Lewis. Tiny tyrant v. 2. The Lucky Winner / New York : First Second, 2007-

Ubu Bubu. v. 1. Filth / San Jose, CA : SLG Publishing, 2009-

Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- Pluto : Urasawa x Tezuka vols. 4-5 / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, c2008-

Watase, Yuu. Ayashi no seresu vols. 1-10 / Tōkyō : Shōgakkan, 1997-2000.

Whedon, Joss, 1964- Sugar shock / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Comics, 2009.

White, Shane, 1970- Things undone / New York : NBM, c2009.

Wiedeman, Sophia. The deformitory / [S.l.] : Heart Monster Press, c2008.

Wilson, Jason. Him & her's smuggling vacation / Great Britain : Dealer Comics, 2008, c2006.

Yang, Gene Luen. The eternal smile : three stories / New York : London : First Second, 2009.

Yost, J. T. Old man winter & other sordid tales / [United States] : Birdcage Bottom Books, c2009.

Yuki, Kaori. Tenshi kinryō-ku vols. 1-15 / Tōkyō : Hakusensha, 1995-2001.


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New Library Comics: October 2009

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


Abrams, Lamar. Remake / Richmond, VA : Adhouse Books, 2009.

Arleston, Christophe, 1963- Ythaq : the forsaken world / [France] : Soleil ; New York, NY : Marvel Pub., c2009.

Asker, Niklas. Second thoughts / Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf ; London : Diamond [distributor], c2009.

Baron, Mike, 1949- Nexus : as it happened vol. 1 / written by Mike Baron ; art by Steve Rude. / Peoria, AZ : Rude Dude Productions, LLC, 2009.

Byun, Byung Jun. Mijeong / New York, NY : ComicsLit, c2009.

Cannon, Kevin. Far Arden / Atlanta : Top Shelf Productions, 2009.

Chopra, Gotham, 1975- The Sadhu vols. 1-2 / New York, N.Y. : Virgin Comics, 2007.

CLAMP (Mangaka group) Clover / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2009.

Comely, Richard. Captain Canuck v. 1 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2009

Cooke, Darwyn. The hunter : a graphic novel / San Diego : IDW Publishing ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2009.

Coxe, George Harmon, 1901-1984. Four frightened women : a Kent Murdock murder mystery / adapted from the book by George Harmon Coxe. New York, N.Y. : Dell : Pure Imagination Publishing, 2009.

Crumb, R. The complete Crumb v. 9. R. crumb versus the sisterhood / Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, [1987?]-

Dasgupta, Shamik. Ramayan 3392 AD vol. 2 / New York, N.Y. : Virgin Comics ; [London : Diamond, distributor], 2007-

Fies, Brian. Whatever happened to the world of tomorrow? / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2009.

Flight vol. 6 / Orange, CA : Image Comics, c2004-

Foster, Harold, 1892- Prince Valiant Vol. 1, 1937-1938 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2009.

Fox, Gardner F. (Gardner Francis), 1911-1986. The Flash of two worlds / New York, NY : DC Comics, c2009.

From wonderland with love : Danish comics in the Third Millennium / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2009.

Hanks, Fletcher, b. 1879. You shall die by your own evil creation! / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2009.

Hernandez, Jaime. Locas II : Maggie, Hopey & Ray / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2009.

Hickman, Jonathan. Pax Romana / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2009.

Hsu, Jack. 8-9-3. / Los Angeles, Calif : Automaton, [2009].

Immonen, Kathryn. Patsy Walker : Hellcat / New York : Marvel, 2009

Ishida, Tatsuya. Sinfest. vol. 1 / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2009-

Jansson, Tove. Moomin : the complete Tove Jansson comic strip v. 4 : 14. Moomin goes wild west ; 15. Snorkmaiden goes rococo ; 16. The conscientious Moomins ; 17. Moomin and the comet ; 18. Moomin and the golden tail / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Farrar, Straus and Girioux, c2006-

Jason, 1965- Low moon / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books ; [New York] : Distributed in the U.S. by W.W. Norton, c2009.

Jumps the Shark / San Jose, Calif. : SLG Publishing, 2009.

Kariya, Tetsu, 1941- Oishinbo, a la carte vol. 4 : Fish, Sushi & Sashimi / San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2009.

Kim, Tong-hwa, 1950- The color of water / New York : First Second, 2009

Lapham, David. Young liars vol. 2 / New York : DC Comics, c2008-

Lee, Stan, 1922- The Fantastic Four vol. 2 / New York : Marvel, 2009-

Lemire, Jeff. The nobody / New York, N.Y. : Vertigo, c2009.

Lewis, Jon. True swamp no. 5 / San Jose, Calif. : Slave Labor Graphics, 1994-1995.

Lott, Renee. Festering romance / Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2009.

Mazzucchelli, David. Asterios Polyp / New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.

McManus, George, 1884-1954. George McManus's Bringing up father / New York : NBM Publ., 2009.

Millidge, Gary Spencer. Comic book design / New York : Watson-Guptill, 2009.

Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941- Starting point : 1979-1996 / San Francisco, Calif. : VIZ Media, 2009.

Mohapatra, Saurav, 1978- India authentic vols. 1-2 / New York, N.Y. : Virgin Comics ; [London : Diamond, distributor], 2007-

Moriarty, Jerry. The complete Jack survives / Oakland, Calif. : Buenaventura ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2008.

Nowlan, Philip Francis. Buck Rogers in the 25th century : the complete newspaper dailies vol. 2. 1930-1932 / Neshannock, Pa. : Hermes Press, c2008-

Petersen, David, 1977- Mouse Guard 2. Winter 1152 / Fort Lee, N.J. : Archaia Studio, 2007-

Pixu / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2009.

Ponchione, Sergio. Grotesque no. 3. Cryptic City - Part 2 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books ; [Bologna, Italy] : Coconino Press, c2007-

Rosenberg, Jonathan. Infinite typewriters / New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2009.

Royo, Luis. Dead Moon. / New York : Heavy Metal, 2009.

Ryall, Chris. Comic books 101 : the history, methods and madness / Cincinnati, Ohio : IMPACT, c2009.

Saiwai, Tetsu. The 14th Dalai Lama / Los Angeles, CA : Emotional Content, c2008.

Sala, Richard. Delphine no. 4 / Seattle : Fantagraphics Books ; [Bologna, Italy] : Coconino Press, 2006-

Sandell, Laurie. The impostor's daughter : a true memoir / New York : Little, Brown, 2009

Science fiction classics / Mount Horeb, Wis. : Eureka Productions, c2009.

Shekhar Kapur's Devi vols. 1-4 / New York, N.Y. : Virgin Comics ; [London : Diamond, distributor], 2007-

Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27- Bone. [10], Rose. / New York : Graphix, 2009.

Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27- Little Mouse gets ready / New York : Toon Books, c2009.

Syncopated : an anthology of nonfiction picto-essays / New York : Villard, c2009.

Tezuka, Osamu. Swallowing the earth. / Gardena, CA : Digital Manga Pub, 2009.

Thompson, Jill, 1966- Magic Trixie and the dragon / New York : HarperTrophy, c2009.

Trondheim, Lewis. Tiny tyrant : The Ethelbertosaurus / New York : First Second, 2007-

Turner, Jason. True loves v. 2. Trouble in paradise / Maple Ridge, BC : New Reliable Press, 2006-

Urosawa, Naoki, 1960- 20th century boys vol. 3 / San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, 2009-

Vankin, Jonathan, 1962- Tasty Bullet / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2009.

Wells, Zeb. Shekhar Kapur's Snake woman vols. 1, 3 / New York, N.Y. : Virgin Comics ; [London : Diamond, distributor], 2007-

Wertz, Julia. The fart party vol. 2 / Atomic Book Co, 2009.

Williamson, Al. Al Williamson's Flash Gordon : a lifelong vision of the heroic. / Santa Cruz, Calif. : Flesk Publications, 2009.


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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!

Gorilla Man does his best John Travolta imitation on Carlo Pagulayan's 1970s Variant Cover to Agents of Atlas #7 (2009).

(Standard disclaimer about disco dancing gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)


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

RECORDING REDUX

A lot of people wrote to me and said they particularly liked this cartoon, so I've put it on a T-shirt. If you want to display your wickedly sophisticated sense of humor and musical taste, order yours now.

Don't forget they also make great gifts for the musician or audiophile in your life!

I want to see the shirt now!!!

Sunny Sunday Punny

(To view this image more big, click on the left eyeball of the seventh clone getting out of the car.)

Bizarro is brought to you today by Freaky Science.

Here's another of my Sunday Punnies series, which is a collection of three puns mostly submitted by readers and friends. If you have an idea for a fun pun and would like to see it in Bizarro with no compensation whatsoever other than the fun of seeing your idea in print, send it to me. The puns need to be original in that you didn't see it in another comic or on the Internet or whatever. And you should be aware that most of the ideas people send are not accepted because I'm looking for something of a certain type and style that I find both unusual and interesting visually. If all that makes sense to you, submit away, what have you got to lose?

You can either send them to me in the comments section of one of my blog posts, or via email. My address is at Bizarro.com.

By the way, the comics that get credited are from close friends or colleagues as a special favor, in the past I have not been doing that for everyone. But my new policy will be give a small credit line – like the "w/Brandt" above – for anyone whose idea I use for a Sunday Punny. Weeeee!

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 *
2 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
3 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
4 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
5 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
6 (-1). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
7 (+2). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
8 (-). Watchmen
9 (-7). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
10 (+2). The Complete Persepolis
11 (+25). Batman: The Killing Joke
12 (-1). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
13 (+6). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
14 (-4). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
15 (-1). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead *
16 (-3). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
17 (-1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
18 (-3). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
19 (+22). Batman: Year One
20 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
21 (+10). The Walking Dead Book 5 *
22 (N). Naruto, Vol. 47 *
23 (-1). American Born Chinese
24 (+18). Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover *
25 (-7). Asterios Polyp
26 (N). AOZORA Finder Rock
27 (-1). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat *
28 (-4). Stitches: A Memoir
29 (-6). Stephen King's The Stand Vol. 2: American Nightmares
30 (+16). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
31 (N). Bone Handbook *
32 (N). Vampire Knight, Vol. 9 *
33 (-6). Thor, Vol. 3 *
34 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
35 (N). Tsubasa 25
36 (N). Black Bird, Vol. 3 *
37 (-7). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
38 (R). Dark Tower: Treachery
39 (-6). V for Vendetta
40 (N). Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Volume 8 - Destroyer
41 (R). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
42 (-21). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
43 (R). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
44 (-15). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
45 (-13). The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Volume One: Microeconomics
46 (+1). Stephen King's The Stand Vol. 1: Captain Trips
47 (R). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
48 (-8). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
49 (R). Simon's Cat


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:

* Twilight: The Graphic Novel as a pre-order has slipped to #21 on the overall chart, but that's still good enough for it to rule the roost on the comics chart.

* Last week's Walking Dead euphoria—anchored by a tv series green-lighting and a rave review of vol. 11 on BoingBoing—has slipped off somewhat, but vol. 11 remains in the top ten.

* A relatively big week for manga: Naruto pops in as the highest debut, and a kindle manga, AOZORA Finder Rock, debuts just a couple of slots lower. Three other manga titles debut on the list as well.