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Here are some interesting titles from publishers distributed by Diamond Book Distributors, expected to ship in September 2012.  (All information is tentative.)

Source PDF available here.  (It also lists prose books and games.)

These are the titles I found interesting.  The ones with covers are the most interesting.

MY GOOD BOY (HENTAI MANGA)

ISBN-13: 978-1-934129-62-3
Price: $17.95 ($19.99 CAN)
Publisher: 801 Media, Inc.
Imprint: PROJECT-H BOOKS
Writer: Youko Ohnami
Artist: Youko Ohnami
Page Count: 200
Format: Softcover, Black & White
Recommended Age: Adults Only (18+)
Genre: Manga
Ship Date: 9/25/2012

WITH A DICTIONARY AND NO SKIRT (HENTAI MANGA)

ISBN-13: 978-1-934129-61-6
Price: $17.95 ($19.99 CAN)
Publisher: 801 Media, Inc.
Imprint: PROJECT-H BOOKS
Writer: Enoki Tomoyuki
Artist: Enoki Tomoyuki
Page Count: 200
Format: Softcover, Black & White
Recommended Age: Adults Only (18+)
Genre: Manga
Ship Date: 9/25/2012

THE ART OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

ISBN-13: 978-0-9823628-8-4
Price: $24.99 ($31.99 CAN)
Publisher: Aspen MLT, Inc.
Writer: NA
Artist: Timur Bekmambetov, Various Arstists
Size: 6.75 x 10.75
Page Count: 128
Format: Hardcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Young Adult
Ship Date: 6/6/2012

CRIMINAL MACABRE: THE IRON SPIRIT

ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-975-7
Price: $19.99 ($21.99 CAN)
Publisher: Dark Horse
Imprint: Dark Horse Books
Writer: Steve Niles
Artist: Scott Morse
Size: 9 x 12
Page Count: 32
Carton Qty: 14
Format: Hardcover, Black & White
Recommended Age: 16+
Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror
Ship Date: 9/25/2012

EMPOWERED DELUXE EDITION VOLUME 2

ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-865-1
Price: $59.99 ($65.99 CAN)
Publisher: Dark Horse
Imprint: Dark Horse Books
Writer: Adam Warren
Artist: Adam Warren
Size: 6.5 x 9
Page Count: 656
Carton Qty: 6
Format: Hardcover, Partial Color
Recommended Age: 16+
Genre: Action/Adventure, Humor
Ship Date: 9/11/2012

OREIMO

ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-956-6
Price: $10.99 ($12.99 CAN)
Publisher: Dark Horse
Imprint: Dark Horse Books
Writer: Tsukasa Fushimi
Artist: Sakura Ikeda
Size: 5 x 7
Page Count: 200
Carton Qty: 72
Format: Softcover, Partial Color
Recommended Age: 14+
Genre: Manga, Humor
Ship Date: 9/18/2012

REX MUNDI OMNIBUS VOLUME 1

ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-963-4
Price: $24.99 ($27.50 CAN)
Publisher: Dark Horse
Imprint: Dark Horse Books
Writer: Arvid Nelson
Artist: EricJ, Juan Ferreyra, Brian Churilla, Jim DiBartolo
Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 584
Carton Qty: 12
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Series: 2 volumes
Recommended Age: 16+
Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror
Ship Date: 9/18/2012

SECRET THORNS (YAOI)

ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-286-4
Price: $12.95 ($14.50 CAN)
Publisher: Digital Manga
Publishing Imprint: June
Writer: Kikuko Kikuya
Artist: Kikuko Kikuya
Page Count: 200
Format: Softcover, Black & White
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Ship Date: 9/25/2012

START WITH A HAPPY ENDING

ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-287-1
Price: $12.95 ($14.50 CAN)
Publisher: Digital Manga
Publishing Imprint: DMP
Writer: Risa Motoyama
Artist: Risa Motoyama
Page Count: 200
Format: Softcover, Black & White
Recommended Age: All Ages
Ship Date: 9/25/2012

THE MAN I PICKED UP (YAOI)

ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-280-2
Price: $12.95 ($14.50 CAN)
Publisher: Digital Manga
Publishing Imprint: June
Writer: C. J. Michalski
Artist: C. J. Michalski
Page Count: 200
Format: Softcover, Black & White
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Genre: Manga
Ship Date: 7/25/2012

LORD OF THE JUNGLE VOLUME 1 TP

ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-338-4
Price: $19.99 ($24.99 CAN)
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Writer: Arvid Nelson
Artist: Robert Castro
Size: 6.75 x 10.25
Page Count: 160
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Ship Date: 9/19/2012

VAMPIRELLA VS DRACULA TP

ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-337-7
Price: $19.99 ($24.99 CAN)
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Writer: Joe Harris
Artist: Ivan Rodriguez
Size: 6.75 x 10.25
Page Count: 144
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror
Ship Date: 9/12/2012

VOLTRON VOLUME 1: THE SIXTH PILOT TP

ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-334-6
Price: $19.99 ($24.99 CAN)
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Writer: Brandon Thomas
Artist: Ariel Padilla
Size: 6.75 x 10.25
Page Count: 152
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Young Adult
Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction
Ship Date: 9/26/2012

THE EYES OF THE CAT

ISBN-13: 978-1-59465-032-1
Price: $34.95 ($34.95 CAN)
Publisher: Humanoids, Inc.
Writer: Alexandro Jodorowsky
Artist: Moebius
Size: 7.75 x 10.5
Page Count: 56
Format: Hardcover, Black & White
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Genre: Art & Design
Ship Date: 7/25/2012

THE YOUNG ALBERT

ISBN-13: 978-1-59465-031-4
Price: $69.95 ($69.95 CAN)
Publisher: Humanoids, Inc.
Writer: Yves Chaland
Artist: Yves Chaland
Size: 16 x 12
Page Count: 80
Format: Hardcover, Full Color [Limited and numbered deluxe edition of 750 copies only.]
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Genre: Comic Strip Collections
Ship Date: 7/25/2012

CRAWL TO ME: EVIL EDGAR EDITION

ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-393-2
Price: $24.99 ($31.25 CAN)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writer: Alan Robert
Artist: Alan Robert
Size: 7 x 11
Page Count: 128
Format: Hardcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Genre: Horror
Ship Date: 8/21/2012

GASOLINE ALLEY VOLUME 1

ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-440-3
Price: $49.99 ($62.50 CAN)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Imprint: Library of American Comics
Writer: Frank King, Dick Moores
Artist: Dick Moores, Frank King
Size: 11 x 8.5
Page Count: 288
Format: Hardcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: All Ages
Genre: Comic Strip Collections
Ship Date: 9/18/2012

The year 1964 was a momentous one in the history of Gasoline Alley — it’s when Frank King officially handed the baton to Dick Moores. King continued to help plot the strip but it’s Dick Moores who takes center stage. More so than any other newspaper strip, Gasoline Alley is renowned for its strict continuity and this is our chance to see Moores — who continued writing and drawing the strip until 1986 — make it his own. Forty-plus years earlier, Walt Wallet found baby Skeezix in a basket on his doorstep and in the 1964-1966 strips reproduced in this volume. Skeezix is now middle-aged and has a family of his own.  For the first time since they appeared in newspapers fifty years ago, readers can enjoy these classic strips featuring Walt and his wife Phyllis, Skeezix and his wife Nina, Corky, Clovia, Slim, Avery, Mr. Pert, Joel, Rufus, and a whole cast of familiar characters.

[1921-1930 strips may be found here.  A full-size Sunday collection of early strips is available here.]

GHOST OF D’AIRAIN AVENTURE

ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-074-0
Price: $19.99 ($24.99 CAN)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writer: T. P. Lousie, Chris Ryall
Artist: Ashley Wood
Size: 8.5 x 13
Page Count: 80
Format: Hardcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Ship Date: 5/8/2012

GHOSTBUSTERS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1

ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-441-0
Price: $24.99 ($31.25 CAN)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writer: Keith Champagne, Scott Lobdell, Dara Naraghi, Keith Dallas, Jim Beard, Peter David, James Eatock, Rob Williams
Artist: Tom Nguyen, Ilias Kyriazis, Salgood Sam, Josh Howard, Dan Schoening, Diego Jourdan
Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 280
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Young Adult
Genre: Movie/TV-Related
Ship Date: 9/4/2012

LOAC ESSENTIALS 1: BARON BEAN

ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-442-7
Price: $19.99 ($24.99 CAN)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Imprint: Library of American Comics
Writer: George Herriman
Artist: George Herriman
Size: 11 x 4
Page Count: 328
Format: Hardcover, Black & White
Recommended Age: All Ages
Genre: Comic Strip Collections
Ship Date: 9/11/2012

Introducing a new series that will reprint early daily newspaper strips that are essential to the history of comics. Each volume will contain a full year of dailies. By reproducing the strips one per page in an oblong format, it allows us to have the experience of reading the comics one day at a time. The inaugural volume of LOAC Essentials features Baron Bean by one of the greatest of all comic strip stars: George Herriman. The creator of Krazy Kat drew Baron Bean for three years beginning in 1916. Included in this volume is the first year. Two additional books will complete the series. Future LOAC Essentials titles include The Gumps and Polly and Her Pals.

PARKER: THE HUNTER

ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-399-4
Price: $17.99 ($22.50 CAN)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writer: Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke
Artist: Darwyn Cooke
Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 160
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Genre: Graphic Lit.
Ship Date: 9/4/2012

SMOKE & MIRRORS

ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-402-1
Price: $19.99 ($24.99 CAN)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writer: Mike Costa, Jon Armstrong
Artist: Ryan Browne
Size: 6.5 x 10.25
Page Count: 128
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Ship Date: 9/11/2012

[The collection does not collect the essays or magic tricks found in the original comic books.]

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION / DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2

ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-403-8
Price: $17.99 ($22.50 CAN)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writer: Scott Tipton, Denton Tipton
Artist: J. K. Woodward
Size: 6.5 x 10.25
Page Count: 104
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Young Adult
Genre: Movie/TV-Related
Ship Date: 9/18/2012

WOODWORK: WALLACE WOOD 1927-1981

ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-292-8
Price: $59.99 ($74.99 CAN)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Artist: Wally Wood
Page Count: 328
Format: Hardcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: All Ages
Comparison Title: Wally Wood: The Complete Galaxy Illustrations (ISBN-13 978-1-61377-184-6, $29.99) [October!]
Ship Date: 9/11/2012

LOS ANGELES INK STAINS VOLUME 1 TP

ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-553-1
Price: $16.99 ($21.99 CAN)
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Jim Mahfood
Artist: Jim Mahfood
Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 144
Format: Softcover, Black & White
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Ship Date: 6/5/2012

REED GUNTHER VOLUME 2 TP

ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-556-2
Price: $14.99 ($18.99 CAN)
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Shane Houghton
Artist: Chris Houghton
Page Count: 172
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: All Ages
Ship Date: 6/12/2012

XENOHOLICS VOLUME 1 TP

ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-557-9
Price: $14.99 ($18.99 CAN)
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Seth Damoose
Page Count: 126
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Ship Date: 5/29/2012

SCOTT PILGRIM COLOR HARDCOVER VOLUME 1: PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE

ISBN-13: 978-1-62010-000-4
Price: $24.99 ($29.99 CAN)
Publisher: Oni Press
Writer: Bryan Lee O’Malley
Artist: Bryan Lee O’Malley, Nathan Fairbairn
Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 192
Format: Hardcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Young Adult
Genre: Action/Adventure,
Humor
Ship Date: 8/8/2012

DOCTOR WHO: OFFICIAL ANNUAL 2013

ISBN-13: 978-1-4059-0844-3
Price: $12.99 ($16.99 CAN)
Publisher: Penguin UK
Writer: Unknown
Size: 8.5 x 11.25
Page Count: 64
Format: Hardcover, Full Color
Recommended Age: Children (ages 9 – 12)
Genre: Science Fiction, Media Tie-In
Ship Date: 9/26/2012

PARIAH VOLUME 1

ISBN-13: 978-0-9836131-5-2
Price: $14.99 ($19.99 CAN)
Publisher: Sea Lion Books
Writer: Philip Gelatt, Aron Warner
Artist: Brett Weldele
Size: 6.75 x 10
Page Count: 120
Format: Softcover, Full Color
Series: 1 volume
Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Genre: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure
Ship Date: 7/24/2012

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4 COMMENTS

  1. Glad to see the Parker books are going to be reissued in softcover. The IDW booth at Comic Con told me that they wouldn’t be.

  2. Nice selection of titles, Torsten. Thanks for putting in the work to assemble this.

    Unfortunately, some publishers are still gouging us Canadians on the cover prices. For example,
    WOODWORK: WALLACE WOOD 1927-1981
    Price: $59.99 ($74.99 CAN)
    Publisher: IDW Publishing

    Canadian and American currencies are essentially at par now, or within pennies of each other. And have been for years.
    There is no excuse for gouging Canadians for 25% more for the same book.

    One publisher is being fair, and selling its books in both countries at the same price:
    THE YOUNG ALBERT
    Price: $69.95 ($69.95 CAN)
    Publisher: Humanoids, Inc.

    Let’s hear from IDW. What gives?

  3. Hello,

    Slight correction to the Young Albert info:

    YOUNG ALBERT
    ISBN-13: 978-1-59465-031-4
    *Price: $89.95 ($89.95 CAN) *not $69.95
    Publisher: Humanoids, Inc.
    Writer: Yves Chaland
    Artist: Yves Chaland
    Size: 16 x 12
    Page Count: 80
    *Format: Hardcover, Full Color [Limited and numbered deluxe edition of 550 copies only.] *not 750 copies only
    Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
    Genre: Comic Strip Collections
    *Ship Date: late October 2012

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