Shiplist for Wednesday, 19 June 2013

We got some new stuff from Last Gasp (one of our smaller distributors) that Tony asked me to tell you guys about. Here are 4 books that are new to us:

The Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro MaruoTHE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND

HC by Suehiro Marou – $24.95 adults only From the back: “Set in 1920s Japan, THE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND follows the twisted path of failed novelist Hitomi, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the son of a rich industrialist. Learning of the rich man’s sudden passing, Hitomi undertakes a desperate plan to fake his own death and impersonate the industrialist.” It gets weirder – using the old man’s money, Hitomi “builds for himself an island playground of hedonistic excess — replete with waterfalls, grand palaces, and gardens, and decadent feasts, orgies, and dark secrets.” But the art is lush and detailed. This is not your paperback manga… this is super detailed line work and adult imagery.

As You Were, a punk comix anthology Issue oneAS YOU WERE: a punk comix anthology issue #1 Saddle stich, black and white. $5 Despite being stapled, this is a surprisingly professional and good-looking anthology. It includes stories by MYP friends Brian Connolly (NOTHING MATTRESS) and Liz Prince. There’s no table of contents, but the back matter has biographies of all the participants.

Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson

Luke Pearson’s HILDA AND THE MIDNIGHT GIANT (click for Preview) HC – $24 kids book. From the back: “Hilda is a little girl who has an uncanny ability to befriend even the most peculiar of house guests, but when an army of ‘Hidden Elves’ bombard her living room in the dead of night with stones and forced eviction notices, she has to think twice before making these new creatures’ acquaintances.” This is a lovely book with very atmospheric colors and very cute characters.

Everything we Miss by Luke PearsonLuke Pearson’s EVERYTHING WE MISS HC – $18 adults only.
On the other end of the spectrum, but also from Luke Pearson, we have this odd little hardcover. From the back: “On the dawn horizon, a pine tree all too briefly uproots itself. It dances… and nobody sees. “Have you ever wondered what goes on in your life when you’re looking the other way? Perhaps you’re so drawn into what’s going on with you that you fail to notice the events taking place in your periphery — or even right under your nose? In EVERYTHING WE MISS, Luke Pearson explores the dying days of a failing relationship through the infinitesimal unseen moments that surround it — and us.”

Diamond Distributors comic books shipping this week:

100 BULLETS BROTHER LONO #1 (OF 8) (MR)
A PLUS X #9 Marvel Now!
ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 03
AGE OF ULTRON #10 (OF 10)
ALTERNATIVE COMICS #4 (MR)
AMAZING AGENT LUNA GN VOL 09
ANIMAL MAN #21
AVENGERS #14 Infinity | First issue of the next big Marvel Crossover! | Preview!
AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS TP VOL 04 AVX
B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #234
BALTIMORE THE INQUISITOR ONE SHOT
BARNABY HC VOL 01
BATGIRL ROBIN YEAR ONE TP
BATMAN AND BATGIRL #21
BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #17
BATWOMAN #21
BETELGEUSE TP VOL 03 OTHER
BETTY & VERONICA #266
BIRDS OF PREY #21
BLACK BEETLE #4 (OF 4) NO WAY OUT
BLAKE & MORTIMER GN VOL 13 CURSE OF 30 PIECES OF SILVER PT 1
BLOODHOUND TP
BLOODSHOT (VU) #12
BPRD HELL ON EARTH #108 WASTELAND #2 (OF 3)
CABLE AND X-FORCE #10 Marvel Now!
CAPTAIN MARVEL #13
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #0
CHILDREN OF THE SEA TP VOL 05
COMP FLASH GORDON LIBRARY HC VOL 03 FALL OF MING
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #17
CRATER XV HC
DANGER GIRL TRINITY #3 (OF 4)
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #25 (MR)
DOCTOR WHO VOL 3 #10
DOMOVI GN
DREAM THIEF #2 (OF 5)
EDGAR ALLAN POES FALL O/T HOUSE OF USHER #2 (OF 2)
EDISON REX TP
EXTINCTION PARADE #1 (MR)
FABLES #130 (MR)
FANTASTIC FOUR #9 Marvel Now!
FATHOM ELITE SAGA #1
FURY OF FIRESTORM TP VOL 02 FIRESTORM PROTOCOLS (N52)
GABBA GABBA HEY RAMONES GRAPHIC GN
GAME OF THRONES #15 (MR)
GAME OF THRONES HC GN VOL 02 (RES) (MR)
GEARHEARTS STEAMPUNK GLAMOR REVUE #7
GOLD DIGGER #201
GREEN HORNET LEGACY #38
GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #21
HARBINGER (VU) #13 HARBINGER WARS
HECK HC
HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY GN VOL 22 FESTIVAL ACCOMPANYING ARC
HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES #3 (OF 4)
ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #41
INCREDIBLE HULK BY JASON AARON TP VOL 02
INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #9 Marvel Now!
INVINCIBLE #103
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN TP VOL 11 FUTURE
IT GIRL & THE ATOMICS #11
JUDGE DREDD YEAR ONE #3
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICAS VIBE #5
LAI WAN DREAMWALKER TP
LEGEND OF OZ WICKED WEST TP VOL 02
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #21
LIFE WITH ARCHIE #30
LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 31 VS PINKERTONS
LUCKY LUKE TP VOL 32 RAILS ON PRAIRIE
MARA #5 (OF 6) (MR)
MARVEL GALACTUS BOTTLE OPENER
MARVEL SELECT GHOST RIDER Action Figure
MATTER OF LIFE HC (MR)
METAL MEN ARCHIVES HC VOL 02
MIND THE GAP #11
MIND THE GAP TP VOL 02 WISH YOU WERE HERE (MR)
MINIATURE JESUS #3 (OF 5) (MR)
MMW AVENGERS HC VOL 13 DM VAR ED 195
MY LITTLE PONY MICRO SERIES #5 (OF 6) PINKIE PIE
NEIL GAIMAN OCEAN AT END OF LANE NOVEL HC
NEW AVENGERS #7 Marvel Now!
NEW SCHOOL HC
NO 6 GN VOL 01
OCCUPY COMICS #2
PUELLA MAGI KAZUMI MAGICA GN VOL 01 INNOCENT MALICE
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #21
REVIVAL #11
ROBERT JORDAN WHEEL OF TIME EYE O/T WORLD #35
SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR)
SERGIO ARAGONES FUNNIES #8
SIMPSONS COMICS #203
SIXTH GUN #32
SIXTH GUN SONS O/T GUN #4 (OF 5)
SPICE AND WOLF GN VOL 08 (MR)
SPONGEBOB COMICS ANNUAL GIANT SWIMTACULAR #1
STAR TREK SELECT KIRK Action Figure
STAR WARS CLONE WARS SMUGGLERS CODE TP
STAR WARS DARTH VADER & NINTH ASSASSIN #3 (OF 5)
SUPERGIRL #21
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #12 Marvel Now!
SWEET TOOTH TP VOL 06 WILD GAME (MR)
TEEN TITANS TP VOL 02 THE CULLING (N52)
THORGAL GN VOL 08 WOLF CUB
THUNDERBOLTS #11 Marvel Now!
TMNT VILLAIN MICROSERIES #3 OLD HOB
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #24
ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #26
UNCANNY AVENGERS #9 Marvel Now!
UNCANNY X-MEN COMPLETE COLL BY FRACTION TP VOL 03
VAMPIRELLA STRIKES #6
WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #26 (MR)
WARLORD OF MARS TP VOL 03 (MR)
WILD BLUE YONDER #1 (OF 5)
WITCH DOCTOR TP VOL 02 MAL PRACTICE
WITCHBLADE #167
WOLVERINE MAX #8 (MR)
WONDER WOMAN #21
WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #30
X-FACTOR #258
X-FILES SEASON 10 #1
X-MEN LEGACY #12 Marvel Now!
XIII CINEBOOK ED GN VOL 17 IRISH VERSION
ZIPPY DINGBURG DIARIES TP

Avengers 14 Sergio Aragones Funnies 8

Shortages:

MAR131268 2000 AD PACK MAY 2013
NOV121275 ACG COLL WORKS ADV INTO UNKNOWN HC VOL 04
APR130391 ALAN ROBERT KILLOGY TP
APR130329 GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #191
APR130656 MORBIUS LIVING VAMPIRE #6 Marvel Now!
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