DC has released their list of 193 titles due to ship during next September to January. What’s of interest? I’ll note them below, with covers and/or highlighting. DC has both Wonder Woman and Justice League movies hitting the big screen, so expect lots of reprints. (There’s even a Justice League Detroit collection!?! And a “Wonder […]
DC Announces New Graphic Novel Titles for Summer 2017!
You’ll notice that DC is pushing Young Animal hard, placing the titles at the front of the catalog. There’s also Rebirth stuff, plus lots of reprints from the 1980s, including Wasteland, a horror anthology from the mid-1980s. Of course, there’s a lot of stuff tied into DC Entertainment’s multimedia, like Lucifer, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, and […]
Marvel Announces New Graphic Novels for Spring/Summer 2017!
We might be in the middle of a polar vortex, but it’s not too early to think of next Summer, as more Marvel movies hit the cineplexes, and lots of ancillary titles tie-in hit store shelves! Which of these reprints might hold clues to upcoming movies in the Might MCU? Which are just cool tie-ins? […]
DC Announces Rebirth Collections, Plus Lots of Classic Reprints, for Early 2017!
Rebirth collections start shipping early next year (the obligatory #1 Omnibus ships in mid-December), although none seem to be in hardcover… That might be a marketing ploy to gain even more readers, perhaps DC’s version of Image Comics’ $9.99 trades. Of course, this means they’ll be battling with Raina Telgemeier on the New […]
SDCC’16: Marvel Announces New Graphic Novels for 2017
Marvel has just released their latest graphic novel catalog online! The following titles are scheduled to hit store shelves sometime in early 2017 (January-April). Since this data has just been released, there are no covers, and everything is subject to change! One interesting tidbit… you can see the actual print runs for each title! Were […]
Coming Attractions: DC Announces Lots of Cool Collections for the Holidays!
It’s that time of year again… DC announces their Fall trade titles! So… there’s a lot of everything here… Bombshells, Batman, Fight Club Suicide Squad, Supergirl and Arrow and Flash, Wonder Woman, LOTS of Neil Gaiman, Absolutes and Deluxe editions and boxed sets and omnibuses, stuff for kids, a Watchmen coloring book, and lots of […]
Coming Attractions: Marvel Announces New Titles for the 2016 Holidays and Box Office
As convention season goes from zero to 60 in a few weekends, publishers are announcing new titles, some shipping in a few months, some shipping next Fall. Marvel has announced their latest graphic novel collections, for September-December 2016, and we bring you their latest and greatest, just so you can start being good for Santa (or, […]
Disney Remasters Star Wars Once More, as a Graphic Novel!
Last year, Marvel launched their new Star Wars comics by offering remastered editions of the original comic book adaptations. Well… next March, Lusasfilm Press will release a brand new graphic novel adaptation of the original trilogy (AKA “A New Hope Strikes the Jedi”)! I can’t discover who made this; it’s listed as “LucasFilm Book Group”. Disney […]
Next Fall, Papercutz Sends Mickey Mouse to Purgatory, and Teams Up Barbie With Puppies!
Papercutz, the kids-friendly brainchild of Terry Nantier and Jim Salicrup, has announced 41 new titles for Fall 2016! They have an interesting mix: original graphic novels, imports from overseas, classics from decades past, and the occasional licensed property. So, what are the highlights? BARBIE! Yes, you might have heard and seen that Ms. Roberts has undergone a corporate […]
Wait…WHAT?!: A Tetris Graphic Novel?!
Well, the surprises keep coming! Coming from Macmillan, in October 2016: Torsten AdairI’ve been writing for The Beat since July of 2010. I’ve been reading comics since 1974, collecting since 1984, and spreading the graphic novel gospel since 1994. I’m a bookseller, a librarian, an amateur scholar, a cool uncle, and a comics evangelist. Ask […]
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