By Torsten Adair
The following is a selection of new comics titles due to be published in November 2010. This list is not comprehensive, as there are over 350 books scheduled. Instead, I have selected titles which caught my interest. If you would like to browse forthcoming graphic novels and related books at your leisure, click here. 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.
This month is traditionally the last month of new releases before the holiday gift giving season kicks into full gear. Stores (and websites) usually have their displays set up the first weekend after Halloween, and publishers definitely want their titles in stores before Black Friday (and Cyber Monday). There are a few titles scheduled for December, so I’ll present a list for that month. I will also present a special list of blockbuster titles (gift books priced over $40) for those who have either been especially good this year or who shop for themselves.
Please be advised that publication dates are not set in stone, titles may change, and covers may be altered. Also, your local comics shop might receive copies before your local neighborhood website or library. Clicking on the publisher’s name will link to the publisher’s website, sometimes to the exact title. Clicking 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. Yes, you may promote your own work, but please include the ISBN for easy searching (and shopping!)
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The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories
by John Stanley, Walt Kelly, Dan Noon, and many more!
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 176pp
- ISBN-13: 9781600107733
- ISBN: 1600107737
King Aroo, Volume 2
by Jack Kent
- $ 39.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 360pp
- ISBN-13: 9781600107825
- ISBN: 1600107826
The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Volume 1
by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
- $ 49.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: DC Comics
- Format: Hardcover, 256pp
- ISBN-13: 9781401229214
- ISBN: 1401229212
Marvel Heroes Blast Off! Wall Clings
by Michael Teitelbaum
- $ 9.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Reader’s Digest Children’s Publishing, Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 16pp
- ISBN-13: 9780794420499
- ISBN: 0794420494
Denys Wortman’s New York: Portrait of the City in the 30s and 40s
by Denys Wortman
- $ 29.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
- Format: Paperback, 288pp
- ISBN-13: 9781770460133
- ISBN: 1770460136
Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics: The Seventies: A Rock Pantheon
by Jay Allen Sanford, Stuart Immonen
- $ 17.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Bluewater Productions
- Format: Paperback, 340pp
- ISBN-13: 9781450702652
- ISBN: 1450702651
Superman vs. Muhammad Ali Facsimile
by Dennis O’Neil, Neal Adams
- $ 39.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: DC Comics
- Format: Hardcover, 80pp
- ISBN-13: 9781401228729 [Deluxe edition also available.]
- ISBN: 1401228720
The Incal Classic Collection
by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius
- $ 99.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Humanoids, Inc.
- Format: Limited Edition (750) Oversized Deluxe Hardcover with Slipcase
- ISBN-13: 9781594650116
- ISBN: 159465011X
Hewligan’s Haircut
by Peter Milligan, Jamie Hewlett
- $ 11.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Rebellion/2000AD
- Format: Paperback, 64pp
- ISBN-13: 9781906735982
- ISBN: 1906735980
Picture This: The Near-sighted Monkey Book
by Lynda Barry
- $ 29.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
- Format: Hardcover, 204pp
- ISBN-13: 9781897299647
- ISBN: 1897299648
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less
by Sarah Glidden
- $ 24.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: DC Comics
- Format: Hardcover, 208pp
- ISBN-13: 9781401222338
- ISBN: 1401222331
Archie: Seven Decades of America’s Favorite Teenagers… and Beyond!
by Bob Bolling (Artist), Sam Schwartz (Artist), Dan DeCarlo (Artist), Bob Montana (Artist)
- $ 49.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 224pp
- ISBN-13: 9781600107542
- ISBN: 1600107540
The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer
by Richard Lupoff, Steve Stiles (Artist), Neil Gaiman (Introduction)
- $ 14.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Wildside Press, LLC
- Format: Paperback, 64pp
- ISBN-13: 9781434410047
- ISBN: 1434410048
Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal
by Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear
- $ 35.00
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Abrams, Harry N., Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 246pp
- ISBN-13: 9780810995963
- ISBN: 0810995964
Xenozoic
by Mark Schultz
- $ 39.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Flesk Publications
- Format: Paperback, 352pp
- ISBN-13: 9781933865317
- ISBN: 1933865318
Peaceful Warrior
by Dan Millman, Andrew Winegarner (Illustrator)
- $ 14.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Kramer, H. J., Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 192p
- ISBN-13: 9781932073485
- ISBN: 1932073485
Hiroshima: The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen
by Nakazawa Keiji, Richard H. Minear (translator)
- $ 34.95
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 224pp [also available as a digital e-book]
- ISBN-13: 9781442207479
- ISBN: 1442207477
The Horror! the Horror!
by Jim Trombetta (Editor), R. L. Stine (Introduction)
- $ 29.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Abrams, Harry N., Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 304pp
- ISBN-13: 9780810955950
- ISBN: 0810955954
Sophie Crumb: Evolution of a Crazy Artist
by Sophie Crumb, R. Crumb (Editor), Aline Kominsky-Crumb (Editor)
- $ 27.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 272pp [Signed & Numbered, slipcased limited edition also available]
- ISBN-13: 9780393079968
- ISBN: 0393079961
The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book
by Gord Hill, Ward Churchill (Introduction)
- $ 11.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited
- Format: Paperback, 88pp
- ISBN-13: 9781551523606
- ISBN: 1551523604
The Broadcast
by Eric Hobbs, Noel Tuazon (Illustrator)
- $ 13.99
- Pub. Date: October 2010
- Publisher: N B M Publishing Company
- Format: Paperback, 180pp
- ISBN-13: 9781561635900
- ISBN: 1561635901
Ayako
by Osamu Tezuka
- $ 26.95
- Pub. Date: October 2010
- Publisher: Vertical, Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 704pp
- ISBN-13: 9781934287514
- ISBN: 1934287512
Acme Novelty Library #20
by Chris Ware
- $ 23.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
- Format: Hardcover, 72pp
- ISBN-13: 9781770460201
- ISBN: 1770460209
75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking
by Paul Levitz
- $ 200.00
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Taschen America, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 720p
- ISBN-13: 9783836519816
- ISBN: 383651981X
Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth
by Alex Toth, Dean Mullaney, Bruce Canwell
- $ 59.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 400pp
- ISBN-13: 9781600108280
- ISBN: 1600108288
Icons: The DC Comics & Wildstorm Art of Jim Lee
by Bill Baker, Jim Lee
- $ 39.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Titan Publishing Group
- Format: Hardcover, 296pp
- ISBN-13: 9781845765194
- ISBN: 1845765192
Renee French: H Day
by Renee French
- $ 30.00
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: PictureBox, Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 216pp
- ISBN-13: 9780982094709
- ISBN: 0982094701
Squardron Supreme by Mark Gruenwald Ominbus
by Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall (Artist), Paul Ryan (Artist), Paul Neary (Artist), John Buscema (Artist)
- $ 74.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 448pp
- ISBN-13: 9780785149712
- ISBN: 0785149716
- Edition Description: Alex Ross cover [Marvel usually produces two versions of omnibus volumes: one with a new cover (or recycled, as the one above) for the general market; one from the original series, usually digitally recolored, for the Direct Market.]
Superman: Earth One
by J. Michael Straczynski, Shane Davis (Illustrator)
- $ 19.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: DC Comics
- Format: Hardcover, 136pp
- ISBN-13: 9781401224684
- ISBN: 1401224687
The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel
by Paulo Coelho
- $ 22.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Format: Hardcover, 208pp
- ISBN-13: 9780062024329
- ISBN: 0062024329
The Stan Lee Universe
by Stan Lee, Danny Fingeroth, Roy Thomas
- $ 26.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing
- Format: Paperback, 176pp
- ISBN-13: 9781605490298
- ISBN: 1605490296
Thor by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus
by J. Michael Straczynski, Olivier Coipel (Artist), Marko Djurdjevic (Artist)
- $64.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 520pp
- ISBN-13: 9780785140290
- ISBN: 0785140298
We Can Fix It: A Time Travel Memoir
by Jessica Fink
- $ 9.95
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
- Format: Paperback, 112pp
- ISBN-13: 9781603090650
- ISBN: 1603090657
Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades
by Olivier Coipel, Ramona Fradon, John Byrne, Gerry Conway, Dwight Coye, Tom Defalco, J.M. Dematteis, Linda Fite, Mike Friedrich, Steve Gerber, Ed Hannigan, Jack Harris, Richard Howell, Tony Isabella, Stan Lee, Dwayne McDuffie, David Michelinie, Carol Seuling, Jim Shooter, Roy Thomas, Jean Thomas,
- $ 125.00
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
- Format: Hardcover , 1160pp
- ISBN-13: 9780785143260 [Direct Market variant edition: 978-0-7851-4999-6]
- ISBN: 0785143262
Yesterday’s Tomorrows, Volume 1
by Rian Hughes (Artist), Various authors
- $ 24.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Image Comics
- Format: Paperback, 264pp
- ISBN-13: 9781607063148
- ISBN: 160706314X
Yo Gabba Gabba: Comic Book Time
by Various Artists, James Lucas Jones (Editor), J. Torres (Editor)
- $ 24.99
- Pub. Date: November 2010
- Publisher: Oni Press
- Format: Hardcover, 128pp
- ISBN-13: 9781934964491
- ISBN: 1934964492
If you’ve never read Mark Schultz’s Xenozoic Tales comic book, I’d highly, highly recommend the Xenozoic collection. Even if you don’t want to read the story, the lush artwork alone is worth the cover price.
Also, that “75 Years of DC Comics” looks cool, but $200? Holy crap!
Wow, a $100 hardcover reprint of the Incal? What are the chances that it will have the original, legible coloring? (I know, I know… slim and none…)
Dara, I saw an air-freighted copy of the Taschen book at NYCC. Not only is the thing HUGE (click the Taschen link to see Paul Levitz holding the book), it is THICK and chock full of behind the scenes information. If I cannot convince my family to pool their money and get this for me, then I’ll buy it myself. And spend the next year reading two pages a day.
(Remember the Saturday Morning cartoon, “Cadillacs and Dinosaurs”? It was based on “Xenozoic Tales”.)
Scratchie, the Humanoids’ Editor’s Blog has a preview of the final book. I don’t have my Epic copies to compare, but it doesn’t look too bad. Also, given the scarcity of Moebius in the English market, I’m happy to see anything.
@Torsten: yeah, I did watch a couple episodes of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (I think it was on CBS, right?) but found them severly lacking. However, I was a big enough fan (read: geek) to buy the Songs from the Xenozoic Age music CD!
Further nerd trivia: Bill Mumy also plays on the CD.
Interesting. Thanks, Torsten. I needed another $100 hardcover to buy!
I just compared a few pages with my Epic copies and they look good. I can’t find my DC reprints to compare *those* (they’re probably holding up a table leg somewhere) but the pages I was able to find in a few minutes flipping seem to match the Epic version pretty closely. This is actually exciting, for my sense of aesthetics, if not my bank account.
No need to know a lot of French to get the gist of it:
http://www.humano.com/album/35633
Le classique de Moebius et Jodorowsky enfin restauré dans ses couleurs d’origine. C’est à un véritable travail de Bénédictin que s’est livré l’éditeur : remise en état des planches, repérage et restauration des couleurs originales. C’est d’une certaine manière l’édition ultime de L’Incal en édition intégrale, celle qui fera référence par sa fidélité aux originaux de l’époque.
Google Franch:
“The classical Moebius and Jodorowsky finally restored in its original colors. This is a real work of Benedictine that has engaged the editor: restoration of the plates, identification and restoration of the original colors. This is somehow the ultimate edition of The Incal in edition, which will refer its fidelity to the originals of the time. The next step of this huge renovation project will focus on separate volumes, including the reissue, with coverage of the first edition is also planned from 2011.”
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