New This Week: December 6, 2006

Based on the NCRL list for this week's comics shipping from Diamond, here are a few things to look for at the local comic shop tomorrow:


The Pick of the Week is Curses, the collection of Kevin Huizenga's work from Kramer’s Ergot and The Drawn & Quarterly Showcase. Huizenga is a huge fave here, and a hardcover collection will be extra nice. (PDF Preview)


In other comics:

Abstract have a new issue of Strangers in Paradise (#86).

Antarctic have a new issue of Gold Digger (#79), a new Metadocs one-shot, and a Tigers of Terra special.

Ape have a new issue of Athena Voltaire: Flight of the Falcon (#3).

Boom! have the fourth issue of the Hero Squared Ongoing.

Checker have a trade collection of early The Trouble with Girls.

DC debut the new Justice Society of America & Batman Confidential series; return to Manhunter (#26); give a Showcase Presents volume to Shazam!; and have new issues of 52 (week 31), All-New Atom (#6), American Splendor (#4), Desolation Jones (#8), Jonah Hex (#14), Justice League Unlimited (#28), Midnighter (#2), and Superman Confidential (#2).

IDW have the second issue of the Angel: Auld Lang Syne mini.

Illusive Arts debut Tony Loco.

Image have new issues of Invincible (#37), The Nightly News (#2), and The Walking Dead (#33).

Marvel debut Warren Ellis's take on the old New Universe with newuniversal; have this year's Marvel Holiday Special; a second Runaways hardcover; and have new issues of Agents of Atlas (#5), Doctor Strange: Oath (#3), The Irredeemable Ant-Man (#3), and Spider-Man and Power Pack (#2).

NBM have a new volume of Rick Geary's Treasury of Victorian Murder: Madeleine Smith.

Oni debut the Leading Man mini.

Seven Seas have the second volume of AOI House.

Viz have several manga, including some new Shojo Beat volumes like Aishiteruze Baby, Baby & Me, Beauty Pop, and Crimson Hero.


So try to save some money from Christmas shopping and buy some fine comics for yourself (or put Curses on your list to Santa!)

Christmas Covers - December 5

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Comic Cover Advent Calendar. Just move your mouse over the image to reveal today's special Holiday comic cover. Click on the image to get a larger version.

Yakko, Wakko & Dot really trim the tree on the cover of 1994's Animaniacs: A Christmas Special #1.

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 20 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2005: Shanda the Panda #14)
(2004: Famous Funnies #125)

(Polite Dissent's 2006 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
 

New Library Comics: Week of November 27, 2006

Here are the comics we added to our library collection last week:


Afterworks. /Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, 2006- vol. 1

Baumann, Suzanne. Damned bunnies /Hamtramck, MI : Fridge Magnet Concoctions, c1995.

Brewer, Terry. Adam & Steve /[West Hollywood, Calif.? : WeHoChurch?, 200-?]

Dementia. Hardcore Dementia /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2001.

Drew. Toothpaste for dinner /Cincinnati, Ohio : HOW Books, c2005.

Figueroa, John, 1936- The project /New York : Paradox Press, c1996.

Free speeches /Portland : Oni Press, c1998.

French, Renee. The ticking /Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf Productions, c2005.

Gillis, Peter. Shatter. /San Francisco : A I T Planet Lar, 2006.

Kitchen, Alexa. Drawing comics is easy! : (except when it's hard!) /Amherst, Mass. : DKP Co., LLC, c2006.

Knockabout trial special. /London : Knockabout Comics, 1984.

Marchetto, Marisa Acocella. Cancer vixen : a true story /New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2006.

Melville, Clarles P. A. Felicia : Melari's wish /Seattle, Wash. : MU Press, 1995.

O'Connor, George. Journey into Mohawk Country /New York : First Second, c2006.

Reilly, Chris. The trouble with Igor /San Jose, Calif. : SLG Publishing, c2006.

Ryan, Johnny. The comic book holocaust /Oakland, Calif. : Buenaventura Press, c2006.

Schulz, Charles M. The complete Peanuts /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2004- vol. 6

Scorpio. Hummers /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2000.

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- Ranma 1/2 /San Francisco, CA : Viz Communications, c2003- vols. 29, 35

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Phoenix. Vol. 8, Civil war. Part two, Robe of feathers /San Francisco, CA : Viz Communications, c2006.

Turner, Jason. True loves /Maple Ridge, BC : New Reliable Press, 2006-

Vollmar, Rob. Bluesman : a twelve bar graphic narrative in the key of life and death /Lincoln, CA : Absence of Ink Comic Press, 2004- vol. 3

Williams, Tom. MISA. /Open Crash Comics, 2001.

Yang, Gene Luen. American born Chinese /New York : First Second, 2006.

Yokoyama, Akira, 1938- 240Z : the fated Z-plan : Fairlady Z / 240Z the legend of the most successful sports car in the world /Carson, Calif. : Digital Manga, 2006.

Christmas Covers - December 4

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Comic Cover Advent Calendar. Just move your mouse over the image to reveal today's special Holiday comic cover. Click on the image to get a larger version.

Today's cover is from Yogi Bear #11, with Yogi taking the easy way in getting his Christmas tree decorated.

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 21 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2005: The Batman and Robin Adventures #3)
(2004: Dell Four Color #1154)

(Polite Dissent's 2006 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
 

Christmas Monkey Covers - December 3

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Comic Cover Advent Calendar. In addition, Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB, because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover.

So to celebrate this first Sunday in December, I present you with a Christmas cover featuring a monkey! Just move your mouse over the image to reveal today's special Holiday comic cover. Click on the image to get a larger version.

The cover is from 1957's Tom-Tom and Itchi the Monk #2. I'm assuming that Tom-Tom is the elephant dressing up as Santa, and Itchi is the monkey helping him. I have no idea who the little caveboy is. Unless he's Tom-Tom. In which case I have no idea who the elephant is...)

Just 22 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(This was the only new Christmas cover with a Monkey on it that I could find this year. If you know of any others, please let me know!)

(2005: Marge's Little Lulu #18)
(2004: Superman #369)

(Polite Dissent's 2006 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)

Christmas Covers - December 2

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Comic Cover Advent Calendar. Just move your mouse over the image to reveal today's special Holiday comic cover. Click on the image to get a larger version.

Today's cover is Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #111 from 1972, with Dennis doing the right thing for once once again being a rascal.

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 23 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2005: Limited Collectors' Edition #C-43)
(2004: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #9)

(Polite Dissent's 2006 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)

Christmas Covers - December 1

It's time once again for our annual Christmas Covers event: twenty-five more comic covers with a holiday theme, in our little virtual comic book advent calendar.

Hover over the image to reveal today's cover, and click on it to see the larger-sized version.

This year's first Christmas Cover is Carlo Barberi's cover to last year's Justice League Unlimited #16.

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 24 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2005: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #3)
(2004: Limited Collectors' Edition #C-34)
(Polite Dissent's 2006 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)