We are just having fun reviewing and discussing comic books, graphic novels, manga, anime/animation, music and movies that we have recently read, listened to or watched.
1) Liar’s Kiss, Eric Skillman & Jhomar Soriano, 2011, Top Shelf Productions. ISBN: 978-1603090704, $14.95.
2) Batman & Robin Vol. 1: Batman Reborn, Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely & Philip Tan, 2011, D.C. Comics. ISBN: 978-1401229870, $14.99.
3) Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, Evan Dorkin & Jill Thompson, 2010, Dark Horse. ISBN: 978-1595825131, $19.99.
ComicPop Library Episode 6 is here! In this episode we review: Liars Kiss by Eric Skillman and Jhomar Soriano; Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Philip Tan; and Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson.
ICv2 reports that CEO Mike Richardson, of Dark Horse Comics, announced that Dark Horse will be adding New York Times bestselling House of Night series to it’s publishing schedule. P.C. & Kristen Cast, along with Kent Dallan, will co-write the series and Joelle Jones will provide the illustration. The title will be original stories, rather than adaptations. House of Night is one title that librarians will want to keep an eye out for the collected editions to add to their young adult graphic novel collections. The series is set to debut this November.
Dark Horse has announced that they will be adapting Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain, the first book of a planned vampire trilogy. The adaptation will be written by David Lapham and illustrated by Mike Huddleston. It is planned for a 24 issue run and then it will be released into a collected edition. The series will begin in December and it will be a day and date in issue form and digital form.
Librarians let your Hellboy fans know that Dark Horse is having a Hellboy contest were a person is to recreate a Hellboy cover in any medium. The finished product will have to be scanned and sent to them no later than July 13. The winner of the contest will be selected on July 14. Up for grabs is the possibility to win a signed Hellboy: The Fury #1 and Hellboy Library Edition Vol. 4. Follow the link for the complete contest rules.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/484/recreate-hellboy-cover-contest
If you have some patrons that need something to do this week and holiday weekend let them know about Dark Horse’s Frazetta Contest. Dark Horse wants the person to take a picture re-enacting a Frazetta Conan cover of their choice. If there are multiple people on the cover you can use friends to pose with you. If you are 18 and older you can enter the contest by July 4th. Two winners will be chosen and they will receive all eight Conan: The Frazetta Series cover titles. Link below for more information.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/468/recreate-conan-frazetta-cover-contest
Head on over to Dark Horse Comics site, linked below, to possibly win a Buffy Trade. Dark Horse is taking a product survey that is six questions in length and the sixth is providing your E-mail to be entered into a contest were three participants will win a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 – Last Gleaming graphic novel. Not to bad a deal for just taking a few minutes out of your day. If you win you could put the book in your library’s collection, your personal collection or use it as a giveaway during a program in your library. Dark Horse would appreciate the feedback which helps them in making marketing and production decisions.
If anyone is going to the American Library Association Conference this week (June 24-27) be sure to look for booth #1760. This booth will be the Great Graphic Novel Library Giveaway were winners will receive Dark Horse comics entire Buffy the Vampire Slayer library and other graphic novels to total over 700 hand picked graphic novels, fixtures and furniture. Sign-up for the drawing will begin June 24 and go through June 26. The winning library will be drawn Monday June 27, at 9:30 a.m. This contest will be open to any public, school, and academic libraries that attend the conference. Dark Horse will also have a presence at Diamond Distributors booth #1740. Everyone enjoy the conference and good luck. The winner most be present to win.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/457/win-complete-buffy-vampire-slayer-library-ala
ICv2’s site, linked below, has an article about the titles that TokyoPop had rights to produce. TokyoPop announced that rights of the manga titles they had will revert back to the Japanese owners. This will allow the owners to try to find another U.S. publishing house or the series will stop publication in the U.S. Hopefully the titles will find a home somewhere since Viz, Yen Press, Del Rey, Dark Horse and other smaller publshers that could pick up some of these titles.
Dark Horse’s site, linked below. is reporting that Beasts of Burden has been nominated for an Anthony Award, for best graphic novel for 2011. This award is in conjunction with the Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention. This recognizes excellence in crime fiction. 2011 marks the first year that the awards has made a graphic novel section for an award.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/414/beasts-burden-nominated-2011-anthony-award
