by Torsten Adair
The following is a selection of new titles due to be published in September 2010. This list is not comprehensive, as there are over 275 graphic novel titles scheduled for this month.
If you would like to browse them at your leisure, click here. Instead, I have selected titles which caught my interest. These are not necessarily titles I will purchase, but which I will definitely look at once they arrive at my local comics shop or bookstore.
Please be advised that publication dates are not set in stone. Also, your local comics shop might receive copies before your local neighborhood website or library. Links connected to publishers will link to the publisher’s website, sometimes to the exact title. Links for the ISBN-13 (also known as the Bookland EAN) will take you to the title as featured on BarnesAndNoble.com . I consider my tastes to be rather eclectic. If you feel I’ve neglected or slighted a title, publisher, or creator, please feel free to mention it in the comments below.
Monthly lists such as this will be posted at the end of the previous month. I will also be posting specific subject lists (comic strips, comics history and surveys, superheroes…) for each season, but these will not have a set schedule.
Disclaimer: I am employed by Barnes & Noble. This and any other posts by me have no official connection to B&N. Neither I or Heidi MacDonald receive any remuneration from linking to barnesandnoble.com . As always, feel free to send us your PR. Even better, send us some free books!
Oz: The Marvelous Land of Oz Eric Shanower (Text by), Skottie Young (Illustrator)
- $ 29.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 200pp
- ISBN-13: 9780785140283
- ISBN: 078514028X
James Bond Omnibus, Volume 2Ian Fleming, Yaroslav Horak, Jim Lawrence
- $ 19.95
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Titan Books Limited
- Format: Paperback, 344pp
- ISBN-13: 9781848564329
- ISBN: 1848564325
World’s Greatest Super-heroes Deluxe
Paul Dini, Alex Ross (Illustrator)
- $ 29.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: DC Comics
- Format: Paperback, 400pp
- ISBN-13: 9781401202552
- ISBN: 1401202551
The Simon and Kirby Superheroes
Joe Simon, Jack Kirby (Illustrator), Steve Saffel (Editor)
- $ 49.95
- Pub. Date: October 2010
- Publisher: Titan Books Limited
- Format: Hardcover, 480pp
- ISBN-13: 9781848563650
- ISBN: 1848563655
Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics
N. C. Christopher Couch, Jerry Robinson (Illustrator), Pete Hamill (Introduction by), Dennis O’Neil (Foreword by)
- $ 35.00
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Abrams, Harry N., Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 224 pp
- ISBN-13: 9780810977648
- ISBN: 0810977648
Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s
John Benson (Editor), Greg Sadowski (Editor)
- $ 29.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
- Format: Paperback, 320pp
- ISBN-13: 9781606993439
- ISBN: 1606993437
The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones
Alan Moore, Ian Gibson
- $ 17.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Rebellion/Abaddon Books
- Format: Paperback, 208pp
- ISBN-13: 9781906735937
- ISBN: 190673593X
Marvel Avengers Character Encyclopedia
- $ 16.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 208pp
- Age Range: 12 and up
- ISBN-13: 9780756667405
- ISBN: 0756667402
Susan Brewer
- $ 39.95
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
- Format: Hardcover, 240pp
- ISBN-13: 9781844680726
- ISBN: 184468072X
Dick Briefer
- $ 21.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 148pp
- ISBN-13: 9781600107221
- ISBN: 1600107222
The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects
Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart (Artist)
- $ 17.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
- Format: Hardcover, 104pp
- ISBN-13: 9781595825018
- ISBN: 1595825010
DC Universe Illustrated by Neal Adams: The Covers
Neal Adams
- $ 39.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: DC Comics
- Format: Hardcover, 192pp
- ISBN-13: 9781401221720
- ISBN: 1401221726
Al Williamson
- $ 19.95
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Flesk Publications
- Format: Paperback, 64 pp
- ISBN-13: 9781933865294
- ISBN: 1933865296
The Girl Who Owned a City: Graphic Novel
O. T. Nelson, Chrissy Delk (Illustrator), Dan Jolley (Adapted by)
- $ 8.95
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group/Graphic Universe
- Format: Library Binding
- ISBN-13: 9780761349037
- ISBN: 0761349030
Lila and Ecco’s Do-It-Yourself Comics Club
Willow Dawson
- $ 16.95
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Kids Can Press, Limited
- Format: Hardcover, 112pp
- Age Range: 8 to 12
- ISBN-13: 9781554534388
- ISBN: 1554534380
Ignacio Noe
- $ 13.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: N B M Publishing Company
- Format: Paperback, 64pp
- ISBN-13: 9781561635870
- ISBN: 1561635871
- Edition Description: Not Appropriate For Children
Edgar Allan Poe
- $ 28.50
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: The Creative Company
- Format: Hardcover, 32pp
- Age Range: 9 to 12
- ISBN-13: 9781583419250
- ISBN: 158341925X
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel
Diana Gabaldon, Hoang Nguyen (Illustrator)
- $ 25.00
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
- Format: Hardcover, 224pp
- Series: Outlander Series
- ISBN-13: 9780345505385
- ISBN: 0345505387
Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle
Frederick Luis Aldama, Derek Parker Royal (Foreword by)
- $ 55.00
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: University of Texas Press
- Format: Hardcover, 278pp
- ISBN-13: 9780292722811
- ISBN: 0292722818
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography
Sid Jacobson, Ernie Colon
- $ 30.00
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Hill and Wang
- Format: Hardcover, 160 pp
- ISBN-13: 9780809026845
- ISBN: 0809026848
There’s a Princess in the Palace
Zoë B. Alley (Retold by), R. W. Alley (Retold by)
- $ 19.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
- Format: Hardcover, 40 pp
- Age Range: 4 to 8
- ISBN-13: 9781596434714
- ISBN: 1596434716
Tom Corbett: Space Cadet Graphic Novel
John DeCosta (Artist), Bill Spangler
- $ 15.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Bluewater Productions
- Format: Paperback, 96pp
- ISBN-13: 9781450700146
- ISBN: 1450700144
Joyce Farmer
- $ 26.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
- Format: Hardcover, 208pp
- ISBN-13: 9781606993811
- ISBN: 160699381X
Atomic Robo, Volume 4: Other Strangeness
Scott Wegener, Brian Clevinger (Artist)
- $ 17.95
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Red 5 Comics
- Format: Paperback, 140pp
- Age Range: Young Adult
- ISBN-13: 9780980930283
- ISBN: 0980930286
Bring on the Guest Stars (The Muppet Show Comic Book Series)
Roger Langridge, Amy Mebberson (Illustrator)
- $ 9.99
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Boom! Studios
- Format: Paperback, 112pp
- Age Range: 8 to 12
- ISBN-13: 9781608865871
- ISBN: 1608865878
Jay P. Fosgitt
- $ 9.95
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Ape Entertainment
- Format: Paperback, 100pp
- Age Range: Young Adult
- ISBN-13: 9781936340019
- ISBN: 1936340011
Polly and Her Pals: Complete Sunday Comics 1925-1927
Cliff Sterrett
- $ 75.00
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 176pp
- ISBN-13: 9781600107115
- ISBN: 1600107117
Jason Flowers (Artist), Jay Busbee
- $ 14.95
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Arcana Studio Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 96pp
- Age Range: Young Adult
- ISBN-13: 9781897548066
- ISBN: 1897548060
Audrey Niffenegger
- $ 19.95
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Abrams, Harry N., Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 208pp
- ISBN-13: 9780810996175
- ISBN: 0810996170
Seymour Chwast (Adapted by), Dante Alighieri (Based On Work by)
- $ 20.00
- Pub. Date: August 2010
- Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
- Format: Hardcover, 128pp
- ISBN-13: 9781608190843
- ISBN: 1608190846
Leone Frollo (Illustrator), Massimo Farepuzzo (Adapted by)
- $ 9.50
- Pub. Date: September 2010
- Publisher: Pacific Comics Club
- Format: Paperback, 96pp
- ISBN-13: 9780615394459
- ISBN: 0615394450
“Oz: The Marvelous Land of Oz Eric Shanower (Text by), Skottie Young (Illustrator)”
I’m of the opinion that this would be measurably wonderfuller with Shanower illustrating, but this will do quite nicely.
Hate to toot my own horn, but it feels as if one book is missing to me:
http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1899&category_id=641&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=62
(Hope you don’t mind the unabashed plug!)
Think that Halo Jones cover coula used a bit more text on it. I mean, I didn’t even know Halo Jones wrote comic books about blonde girls called Alan Moore, did you?
//Oo/\
Why so many hardcovers? Hardcover comics are a bad idea for both aesthetic and monetary reasons. In this economy why not provide a more consumer-friendly option?
Hardcovers are great. More hardcovers, more.
In case you haven’t noticed, a lot of the books are published by mainstream or educational publishers, and they tend to do hardcover editions. The educational publishers’ hardcovers are actually library bindings, which are very durable and will hold up to many people checking them out. The library market prefers hardcovers and library editions that will last longer under fairly rough conditions. Trade paperbacks may be more cost-effective for people purchasing the books for themselves, but in the longer term, they’re not cost-effective for libraries, who can’t afford to replace worn-out paperbacks every year. We have little enough money as it is (or a zero budget, as is my case in my school library) and have to spend our money (in my case donations) as carefully as possible.
BTW, thanks, Torsten – I found several books I need to look for in my work, so this list is VERY useful!
These are mostly new titles, and most publishers now release hardcovers first. I do have a preference for herdcovers, but no dislike for paperbacks.
Mr. DeStafano, I see an October date for “Lucky”, so I will feature your book on that list. Thank you for mentioning it!
Kat Kan (if that is your real name)
What kinds of comics/books are you looking to obtain for your school library? Age range/type or material, etc, if you can break it down somewhat specifically –?
I donate books to the Center for Cartoon Studies pretty regularly, we’ve been culling our collection over the past two years and sending boxes to them for the library and/or student sales. I wouldn’t mind putting together a box for your school if what we had fit the bill and you accept book donations (we have been culling books, as well). Not sure if by donations you mean books or money (or both).
Maybe some other folks reading the Beat would care to donate something. You never know.
The link to the full list in your article is broken.
thanks for festuring the cover of “dick briefer’s frankentstein” i am getting more interest about it than any book i have done from comic fans and the comics news media –it’s exciting! the book is the first is the series of “the chilling archives of horror comics”. dick briefer really is a genius! actually we decided at the last second go with the “horror” frankenstein on the front cover rather than the “humor” franky that you pictured–though you’ll see both at once–you’ll have to wait till you get your copy of the book to see what i mean!
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