Well here we are, the final month of the year.
Most publishers have already launched their big titles last month, so that titles would be on shelves for the pillaging hordes of Black Friday. This month is a bit quiet, but still has some interesting titles. Although most Publishers tend to roll up the carpets after December 15th, they still have schedules to fill.
This marks the fourth monthly installment of these listings. Do you readers find them useful? Would you prefer publisher or subject specific listings? More editorial comment? Or should I find something better to do with The Beat’s bandwidth?
As usual, the boilerplate:
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.
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The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer
by Steve Stiles, Richard Lupoff, Neil Gaiman (introduction)
- $ 14.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Wildside Press
- Format: Paperback, 64pp
- ISBN-13: 9781434410047
- ISBN: 1434410048
Archie Firsts
- $ 24.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
- Format: Hardcover, 160pp
- ISBN-13: 9781595825711
- ISBN: 1595825711
Archie’s Mad House
by Dan DeCarlo, Sam Schwartz, Wally Wood
- $ 39.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 204pp
- ISBN-13: 9781600107900
- ISBN: 1600107907
Archie: Best of Stan Goldberg
by Stan Goldberg
- $ 24.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 152pp
- ISBN-13: 9781600107368
- ISBN: 1600107362
Archie: Seven Decades of America’s Favorite Teenagers… and Beyond!
by Bob Bolling, Sam Schwartz, Dan DeCarlo, Bob Montana
- $ 49.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 224pp
- ISBN-13: 9781600107542
- ISBN: 1600107540
Batgirl: The Greatest Stories Ever Told
by DC Comics
- $ 19.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: DC Comics
- Format: Paperback, 160pp
- ISBN-13: 9781401229245
- ISBN: 1401229247
Castle Waiting, Volume 2
by Linda Medley
- $ 29.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
- Format: Hardcover, 384pp
- ISBN-13: 9781606994054
- ISBN: 1606994050
Gaylord Phoenix
by Edie Flake
- $ 17.95
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Secret Acres Books, LLC
- Format: Paperback, 256pp
- ISBN-13: 9780979960987
- ISBN: 0979960983
Glamazonia: The Uncanny Super-Tranny
by Justin Hall
- $ 24.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Northwest Press [30-page preview!]
- Format: Paperback, 136pp
- ISBN-13: 9780984594016
- ISBN: 0984594019
Gulliver’s Travels
by Bill Messner-Loebs, Jonathan Swift
- $ 16.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works, LLC
- Format: Hardcover, 200pp
- ISBN-13: 9781600107795
- ISBN: 1600107796
Hiroshima: The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen
by Nakazawa Keiji
- $ 34.95
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 224pp
- ISBN-13: 9781442207479
- ISBN: 1442207477
The Manga Guide to Relativity
by Keita Takatsu, Masafumi Yamamoto, Hideo Nitta
- $ 19.95
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: No Starch Press San Francisco, CA
- Format: Paperback, 220pp
- ISBN-13: 9781593272722
- ISBN: 1593272723
Motel Art Improvement Service
by Jason Little
- $ 19.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
- Format: Hardcover, 208pp
- ISBN-13: 9781595825506
- ISBN: 1595825509
Not Love but Delicious Foods
by Fumi Yoshinaga
- $ 10.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Yen Press
- Format: Paperback, 154pp
- ISBN-13: 9780759531871
- ISBN: 0759531870
On the Fastrack: Bug Zapper
by Bill Holbrook
- $ 15.95
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Moonbase Press
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN-13: 9781935933038
- ISBN: 1935933035
Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal
by Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear
- $ 35.00
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Abrams, Harry N., Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 246pp
- ISBN-13: 9780810995963
- ISBN: 0810995964
Showcase Presents: Our Army at War, Volume 1
- $ 19.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: DC Comics
- Format: Paperback, 512pp
- ISBN-13: 9781401229429
- ISBN: 1401229425
The Stan Lee Universe
by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Danny Fingeroth
- $ 29.95
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing
- Format: Hardcover, 192pp
- ISBN-13: 9781605490304
- ISBN: 160549030X
Super Human Resources
by Ken Marcus
- $ 12.95
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Ape Entertainment
- Format: Paperback, 128pp
- ISBN-13: 9781934944684
- ISBN: 1934944688
Supergod, Volume 1
by Garrie Gastonny, Warren Ellis, Felipe Massafera
- $ 17.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Avatar Press, Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 144pp
- ISBN-13: 9781592910991
- ISBN: 1592910998
To Stop Dreaming of Goddesses
by Vera Greentea, Benjamin Jelter
- $ 5.99
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Greentea Publishing
- Format: Paperback, 20pp
- ISBN-13: 9780983163008
- ISBN: 0983163006
Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition
by Stan Sakai
- $ 100.00
- Pub. Date: December 2010
- Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
- Format: Hardcover, 1200pp
- ISBN-13: 9781606991541
- ISBN: 160699154X
- Edition Description: Two-Volume Slipcased Edition
Hm. I noticed that HIROSHIMA book, but thought it was just a re-packaging of the BAREFOOT GEN books in a more mainstream form than the Last Gasp editions. Didn’t realize it was a separate prose autobiography by Nakazawa. I’ll have to take a look at that.
Definitely getting the OUR ARMY AT WAR book. It’s before most of the mainstays of the DC war books showed up (Kubert, Heath), but lots of Gene Colan, Irv Novick, plus about half the work Bernie Krigstein drew for DC in the 1950s.
Tempted by the big USAGI book. Saw the SHAZAM collection of toy photos, cute, but not really my thing. And four deluxe hardcover collections of vintage Archie comics in one month seems like over-saturation. Plus that cover for MAD HOUSE is freaking me out.
Castle Waiting, Volume 2 is a nice surprise. I thought this had ended.
Terry, if you think that’s a nice surprise, take a look at this!
http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1470&category_id=294&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=62
I just noticed how…unintentional the placement of Captain Marvel’s thunderbolt is!
Wow, that’s amazing! Thanks for the link!
I enjoy these posts, Torsten. The links are helpful to find out more about any given title, although in cases where you know something about an upcoming book, your additional commentary would be even better.
Archie Firsts actually shipped to the direct market in November, but I’m pretty sure the bookstore release is a little later so that may explain that.
Thanks for putting this together. A couple things on there piquing my interest.
These posts are great.
Keep ’em comin’!