Gon Gone No More?

One of my all-time favorite manga series is Masashi Tanaka's Gon, a wonderful comic about a take-no-duff little dinosaur living in the present natural world. Tanaka is a fantastic draftsman and storyteller; there's no dialog or sound effects in Gon, just expertly crafted drawings of animals and their surroundings. The way that Tanaka is able to get emotion out of his realistic animal characters is astounding. Oh, and it's really funny too.

Gon was the first manga series published by DC, pre-CMX (under the Paradox Press imprint). Five volumes came out, that was a while ago and they're out of print. But potential good news: in an interview with Newsarama, Gail Simone lets slip that DC/CMX is likely bring back Gon, bringing the old volumes back in print and bringing out new volume too!

New Library Comics: Week of February 5, 2007

Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection last week:


Assorted meats : preview book. /Ann Arbor, Mich : Biohazard Publishing, 1997.

Constantini, Gianluca. El Indio. /Italy : Centro Fumetto, 2004.

Deitch, Kim, 1944- Shadowland /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2006.

Fillion, Patrick, 1973- Guardians of the cube /[S.l.] : Class Comics, [2004?-] no. 1

Grennan, Simon. Ghost on the stair & other stories : astonishing stories of post-industrial epiphanies /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics, 1998.

Hanabusa, Yoko. Idol dreams /Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Manga, 2006.

Hashimoto, Takako. Response /Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Manga, 2005.

Heartbreakers superdigest /Fullerton, Calif. : Image Comics, 1998- vol. 2

Hoshiai, Misao. Holding on to Alex /Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Manga, 2006.

Hudlin, Reginald. Black Panther /New York : Marvel, 2005.

Itoh, Kako. A girl in a million /Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Manga, 2005.

Kitoh, Mohiro. Shadow star /Milwaukee, OR : Dark Horse Comics, c2001- vols. 1-2

Lee, Stan. Marvel masterworks presents here comes Daredevil, the man without fear! /New York : Marvel Comics, c2003- vol. 1

Lee, Stan. Marvel masterworks presents the Silver Surfer /New York, N.Y. : Marvel Comics, 2003. vol. 1

Mack, David. Kabuki /Fullerton, CA : Image Comics, c1997- vols. 2, 3, 5

Marti. Taxista : obra completa /Barcelona : Glénat, c2004.

Martín, Miguel Angel. Brian the brain : un technomelodrama del siglo XXI /Barcelona : Ediciones la Cúpula, c2005.

Mitsuba, Takanashi. Crimson hero /[S.l.] : Viz Media, 2005- vol. 1

Page, Tyler, 1976- Stylish vittles /Minneapolis, Minn. : Demention Comics, c2002- vols. 1-2

Prado, Miguelanxo. Trazo de tiza /Barcelona : Norma Editorial, c2003.

Sanford, Jay Allen. Triple-x-cinema : a cartoon history /San Diego, Calif. : Re-Visionary Press, [1998?]

Seto, Andy, 1969- Shaolin soccer /Fremont, CA : ComicsOne Corp., c2003- vols. 1-2

Shibata, Masahiro. Sarai /Femont, Calif. : Comics One, 2002- vol. 1

Smith, Rick. Baraka and black magic in Morocco : a graphic travelogue /Gainesville, FL : Alternative Comics, c2003.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Graphic classics : Robert Louis Stevenson /Mount Horeb, Wis. : Eureka Productions, c2004.

Tatsumi, Yoshihiro, 1935- Abandon the old in Tokyo /Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly, 2006.

Tommaso, Rich. Clover honey /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c1995.

Weird science /Timonium, Md. : Gemstone Publishing, c2006- vol. 1

Whats up. /[United States?] : [s.n.], [200-?]

Wood, Wallace. Sally Forth /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 1993-1995. nos. 1, 6