Fall Of Cthulhu #4

Fall Of Cthulhu #4
July 2007 | 37 pages | CBR | 13.5 MB
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Amazon Top 50

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


1 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
3 (-2). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)
4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
5 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
6 (-1). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
7 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
8 (-9). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
9 (N). Invincible Ultimate Collection Volume 6 HC *
10 (+1). Big Nate: From the Top
11 (+35). The Unwritten Vol. 3: Dead Man's Knock *
12 (-2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
13 (+7). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
14 (-2). Batman: Year One
15 (+4). Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red *
16 (-7). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
17 (-4). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
18 (-2). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
19 (-2). Daytripper
20 (+7). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming *
21 (R). Batman: The Long Halloween
22 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 13
23 (+9). Walking Dead Volume 12
24 (+5). Watchmen
25 (+10). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star *
26 (-4). Batman: The Killing Joke
27 (-6). Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne
28 (-3). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
29 (-6). Big Nate Boredom Buster: Super Scribbles, Cool Comix, and Lots of Laughs *
30 (-2). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
31 (+6). Big Nate Out Loud *
32 (+8). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
33 (-). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
34 (+14). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
35 (+9). The Walking Dead, Book 5
36 (R). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
37 (-22). Batman: Time and the Batman
38 (R). Blackest Night
39 (-15). The Walking Dead, Book 6
40 (+10). The Walking Dead, Book 3
41 (R). V for Vendetta
42 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
43 (-5). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
44 (N). iZombie Vol. 1: Dead to the World
45 (-20). Superman: Earth One
46 (N). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (Kindle edition)
47 (-5). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
48 (-12). Batman: Hush
49 (R). Witch & Wizard: Battle for Shadowland
50 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 4


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:

* After two weeks at the top, the Oatmeal collection 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin slips down to #3 behind a couple of Wimpy Kid volumes. Also, the Kindle edition of 5 Very Good Reasons shows up near the bottom of the list.

* The latest volume of Invincible Ultimate Collection debuts in the top 10.

* The other debut this week is the first iZombie collection, while the third collection of The Unwritten vaults way up to just outside the top ten.

* While the Scott Pilgrim box set maintains a respectable ranking, I do believe this is the first time in a long while that not a single individual volume of Scott Pilgrim shows up on the chart.

* Dead Watch: Ten Walking Dead collections in the top fifty this week. (Bottom-of-the-list Book 4 is #2,417 on the overall chart)

Marvel June Solicitation Thoughts

Marvel finally released their June 2001 solicitations today. What follows are random thoughts that occur as I read through:


The Fear Itself event continues. The main book is $4 for 32 pages; weren't the first two issues 40 pages?

I have little interest in the multitude of spin-off books. Youth in Revolt is by creators I know and generally like (McKeever & Norton) and is $3, so I'll probably pick that up. Fearsome Four has Man-Thing and art by Michael Kaluta (and also $3), so I'll likely get that as well.

Two issues of Thunderbolts, both Fear Itself tie-ins, with tag team writers and artists. Probably skipable, but this is one of those instances where having a long run on a title will keep me buying though short blips like this.

A new Dark Tower series by Peter David & Michael Lark. I have zero interest in the property, but that's a creative team that might get me to pick it up, except for the $4 price tag.

There are a couple of Cars 2-related comics, but it's confusing as to what is what. There's Cars 2 #1 (of 2) which may or may not be an adaptation of the new movie. Then there's Disney • Pixar Presents Cars 2, which despite the title seems to be an adaptation of the first Cars movie.

Apparently after months of build up this is the month that they're finally killing Ultimate Spider-Man. Because that whole Ultimatum mess did such great things for the Ultimate Line.

There are a couple of instances where Marvel are collecting three recent issues of Avengers titles for just $5. I'm not sure on the publishing strategy here.

The ill-conceived 'point one' initiative hits a title I actually follow (Avengers Academy). I'd be just as happy buying an issue #15 as I would #14.1. Also, this seems like a good way to make sure that customers who don't aggressively follow the comic news sites will not purchase an issue of a title.

Captain America Corps? Really? It's like they're just trying to come up with things to flood the market that just won't sell (no matter how good it may actually be).

(Marvel Adventures) Super Heroes has been a reprint book for the past few months. The latest issue is by the regular writer (the very good Paul Tobin) but no indication as to whether this is a new story or not.

As has been noted elsewhere, Andi Watson's long-completed-but-never-published 15 Love is finally seeing the light of day. I'll be in line, but wouldn't this work better as an OGN targeted at the bookstore market?

There's a new WWII-set All-Winners Squad limited series written by Paul Jenkins, whose super-hero stuff has always been hit-or-miss with me. So I'll like wait and see if it is well-received, and pick it up in trade if it is.

No such worries with Jenkins' other new limited series, Ka-Zar: I'm not a fan of artist Pascal Alixe, and it's $4 for 32 pages to boot.

Even dumber than kicking off a new series with a #0 issue? Kicking it off with a #0.1 issue, as is the case with Ghost Rider. How would starting a new series off with a regular ol' #1 issue not be considered a jumping-on point in and of itself?

Mystery Men #1 & 2: CLASSIFIED! By a writer I'm unfamiliar with? PASS!

Two different Marvel Zombies mini-series running at the same time? Do they think it is still 2006?

Hickman & Weaver's well-received S.H.I.E.L.D. series is back as an ongoing; $4 for 40 pages, so let us hope that future issues are $3 for 32 pages.

I care not one whit for Deadpool, but I'll admit that the Dave Johnson cover for #38 is pretty awesome.

Looks like just abut every X-Men title gets two issues this month. Because what we really need are twice as many X-Men comics.

Supreme Power returns with a four issue mini, just about at the point where most have forgotten about it. And the $4 price tag won't help matters either, and make it just that easy a pass for most I suspect.

We're drowning is Captain America and Thor collections. X-Men too. Think maybe there's a movie or two coming this summer?

Mini-Comics Day at the Library

The University of Michigan Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library, in collaboration with the International Cartoonist Conspiracy, is hosting a Mini-Comics Event on April 9, 2011 from 11am to 6pm. Participants are challenged to write and draw a complete mini-comic within the span of a day. More on the history of the event and other host sites may be found at the Mini-comics Day event site.

This will be very similar to our 24 Hour Comics Day event last semester, except about 1/3 as long!

More details at http://www.lib.umich.edu/minicomicsday

Monkey Covers

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

Maxwell Tiberius poses with partner Ann O'Brien and the kids from Gen13 on Arthur Adams' cover for Gen13/Monkeyman & O'Brien #1 (1998).


(Standard disclaimer about super-intelligent other-dimensional 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 (-). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)
2 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
3 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
5 (+1). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
6 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
7 (+2). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
8 (-3). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
9 (+4). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
10 (+6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
11 (-). Big Nate: From the Top
12 (+7). Batman: Year One
13 (-3). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
14 (N). Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice *
15 (+2). Batman: Time and the Batman
16 (-2). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
17 (-9). Daytripper
18 (-3). Walking Dead Volume 13
19 (-1). Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red *
20 (-). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
21 (+4). Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne
22 (+16). Batman: The Killing Joke
23 (+26). Big Nate Boredom Buster: Super Scribbles, Cool Comix, and Lots of Laughs *
24 (+4). The Walking Dead, Book 6
25 (+16). Superman: Earth One
26 (N). Dragonbreath: Lair of the Bat Monster
27 (R). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming *
28 (-1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
29 (-). Watchmen
30 (-7). The Walking Dead, Book 1
31 (+8). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
32 (+2). Walking Dead Volume 12
33 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
34 (R). Prince Valiant: 1941-1942 (Vol. 3) *
35 (N). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star *
36 (R). Batman: Hush
37 (N). Big Nate Out Loud *
38 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
39 (+3). The Walking Dead, Book 2
40 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
41 (N). Gotham Central Book 4: Corrigan
42 (R). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
43 (+5). Captain America Lives Omnibus *
44 (+1). The Walking Dead, Book 5
45 (-1). Odd Is on Our Side
46 (N). The Unwritten Vol. 3: Dead Man's Knock *
47 (-4). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
48 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
49 (-37). The Thanos Imperative
50 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 3


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:

* The Oatmeal collection maintains its #1 spot on the comics chart and hangs on at #48 on the overall chart. Looks like it wasn't a one-week fluke.

* Of the rest of the top 10, six are either Wimpy Kid or Dork Diaries items.

* The top debut this week is a pre-order of Ivan Brunetti's Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice. Also new is the latest Dragonbreath from Ursula Verson; pre-orders for new entries in the Dork Diaries & Big Nate series; a Gotham Central hardcover; and the pre-order for the latest collection of The Unwritten.

* The Scott Pilgrim box set remains relatively strong, but the only single volume to stay on the chart is vol. 1 way down at #47.

* Dead Watch: Ten Walking Dead collections in the top 50 this week, an improvement over recent weeks. (Book 3, at #50, is #2,834 overall.)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Veronica Lodge & Yet Another Comics Blog wish for you the Luck of the Irish!

(Cover from Veronica #23 (1992) by Rex Lindsey.)