Best Short Story
 “Bart on the Fourth of July,” by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo)
 “Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow,” by Billy Tucci, in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC)
 “Cinderella,” by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables(Silverline Books/Image)
 “Hamburgers for One,” by Frank Stockton, in Popgun vol. 4 (Image)
 “Little Red Riding Hood,” by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d’Errico, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image)
 “Post Mortem,” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel)
What Should Win: Trick or Treat
What Will Win: I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
 The Cape, by Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, and Zack Howard (IDW)
 Fables #100, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and others (Vertigo/DC)
 Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
 Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: “Sparrow,” by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
 Unknown Soldier #21: “A Gun in Africa,” by Joshua Dysart and Rick Veitch (Vertigo/DC)
When it comes to find out what comic you should be reading, no other category can help you out as much as this one.
What Should Win: Cape and Cowl
What Will Win: 100 and counting

Best Continuing Series
 Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
 Echo, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
 Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
 Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
 Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
 Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)
All of these series are available in collected edition form and are special in their own way. Chew won Best New Series last year and Walking Dead won this category. That said, it’s Joe Hill’s turn at TV fame.
What Should Win: Brian Savage
What Will Win: Locke the door

Best Limited Series
 Baltimore: The Plague Ships, by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck (Dark Horse)
 Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, by Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus (Vertigo/DC)
 Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
 Joe the Barbarian, by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
 Stumptown, by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth (Oni)
Joe The Barbarian just made it under the wire as #8 was released just a few weeks ago. I’m very happy it did.
What Should Win: Yo, Joe!
What Will Win: Sunday driver, yeah!

Best New Series
 American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
 iZombie, by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred (Vertigo/DC)
 Marineman, by Ian Churchill (Image)
 Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
 Superboy, by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo (DC)
I don’t envy the guys who have to pick the nominees for this category. So many good comics came our the past 12 months and some much better then listed here.
What Should Win: iWant Brains!
What Will Win: Oh what a glorious day!

Best Publication for Kids
 Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, by Sara Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney/Hyperion)
 Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
 Binky to the Rescue, by Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press)
 Scratch9, by Rob M. Worley and Jason T. Kruse (Ape Entertainment)
 Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC)
 The Unsinkable Walker Bean, by Aaron Renier (First Second)
Anyone else find it funny that there are two Amelia’s listed here?
What Should Win: Scratch that itch
What Will Win: Titans! What is your profession?!

Best Publication for Teens
 Ghostopolis, by Doug TenNapel (Scholastic Graphix)
 Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by Barry Deutsch (Amulet Books)
 Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
 Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
 Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke (Lee & Low)
I’d like to know just who are these teens that are buying comics. I though they only read Manga.
What Should Win: Here today. Gone tomorrow.
What Will Win: Dapper Dan

Best Humor Publication
 Afrodisiac, by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca (Adhouse)
 Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, by Ian Boothby, John Delaney, and Dan Davis (Bongo)
 Drinking at the Movies, by Julia Wertz (Three Rivers Press/Crown)
 I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)
 Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953, by Dave Kellett (Small Fish Studios)
 Prime Baby, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
Great Christmas presents for people in your life that understand you, but don’t understand why you like comics.
What Should Win: Oscar Gamble
What Will Win: Funny business

Best Anthology
 The Anthology Project, edited by Joy Ang and Nick Thornborrow (Lucidity Press)
 Korea as Viewed by 12 Creators, edited by Nicolas Finet (Fanfare&midot;Ponent Mon)
 Liquid City, vol. 2, edited by Sonny Liew and Lim Cheng Tju (Image)
 Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (Archaia)
 Trickster: Native American Tales, edited by Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum Books)
Anthologies are important on a number of fronts. Besides being fun, when you read them you can show up your LCS friends every Wednesday.
What Should Win: Seoul survivor
What Will Win: On Guard!

Best Digital Comic
 Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.cc
 The Bean, by Travis Hanson, www.beanleafpress.com
 Lackadaisy, by Tracy Butler, www.lackadaisycats.com
 Max Overacts, by Caanan Grall, occasionalcomics.com
 Zahra’s Paradise, by Amir and Khalil, www.zahrasparadise.com
You have to wonder when the Eisner’s will expand the Digital category, it’s growing by terabytes every year.
What Should Win: Pass the Bean dip
What Will Win: Abomination!

Best Reality-Based Work
 It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
 Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir, by Joyce Farmer (Fantagraphics)
 Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe Man of New Orleans, by Rick Geary (NBM)
 Two Generals, by Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
 You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
Reality in comics, usually means tragedy, so it may be a tough read for some of you. However , if you got through Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal #3, you’ll be OK.
What Should Win: Lumber Jack of the Bayou
What Will Win: Digging in the dirt

Best Graphic Album-New
 Elmer, by Gerry Alanguilan (SLG)
 Finding Frank and His Friend: Previously Unpublished Work by Clarence ‘Otis’ Dooley, by Melvin Goodge (Curio & Co.)
 Market Day, by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
 Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
I’ve heard nothing but good things about all these books, but especially the latter two.
What Should Win: Dapper Dandy, Baby!
What Will Win: Serve and Volley

Best Graphic Album-Reprint
 The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
 Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
 Motel Art Improvement Service, by Jason Little (Dark Horse)
 The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis, by Ian Boothby, James Lloyd, and Steve Steere Jr. (Abrams Comicarts)
 Tumor, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon (Archaia)
 Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)
Wednesday Comics was my #1 book of 2010 and with good reason. The original newspaper comics were an undertaking the likes we rarely see in comics these days and the collected edition was exceptional.
What Should Win: Bender and Barney
What Will Win: Day 4

Best Adaptation from Another Work
 Dante’s Divine Comedy, adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury)
 The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, adapted by Joann Sfar (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
 The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
 7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2, adapted from Hal Clement’s Needle by Nobuaki Tadano (Vertical)
 Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure, adapted by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker (Disney/Hyperion Books)
Adaptations are always tricky as they are interpretations of other great works for a brand new audience. Add to that if you mess with it too much and the natives get restless.
What Should Win: Divine intervention
What Will Win: You look Marvelous!

Best Archival Collection/Project-Strips
 Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW)
 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)
 George Heriman’s Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays, edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca (Sunday Press Books)
 Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, by Cliff Sterrett, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW)
 Roy Crane’s Captain Easy, vol. 1, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)
IDW and Dean Mullaney could win this category every year, the craftsmanship and love for the medium shows up in every book that is published. Unfortunately for them they won last year with Bloom County.
What Should Win: Polly want a comic?
What Will Win: Zonkers!

Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books
 Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
 The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read!, edited by Jim Trombetta (Abrams Comicart)
 The Incal Classic Collection, by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (Humanoids)
 Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts, edited by Art Spiegelman (The Library of America)
 Thirteen “Going on Eighteen,” by John Stanley (Drawn & Quarterly)
This may seem like it’s a tough one to call, but it really isn’t. The Rocketeer won last year, so I have to take it out of the runing. As far as The Incal goes, I couldn’t find any info on the Classic Collection, just the Oversized Deluxe Hardcover with Slipcase that was limited to 750 copies – hard to vote on it if no one read it. Spiegelman’s book didn’t get a wide audience either. The Library of America is not the same as The Library of American Comics from IDW. So we have two left:
What Should Win: Wertham’s lament
What Will Win: Betty and Veronica in the Twilight Zone

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
 It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
 The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia)
 King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave, by Mezzo and Pirus (Fantagraphics)
 The Littlest Pirate King, by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan (Fantagraphics)
 Salvatore, by Nicolas De Crécy (NBM)
The more I listen to the 11 O’Clock Comics podcast, the more I hear great things about Jacques Tardi. It’s not for everyone though. This is Fantagraphics category to lose.
What Should Win: War is Hell
What Will Win: Flies Me to the Moon

Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia
 Ayako, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
 Bunny Drop, by Yumi Unita (Yen Press)
 A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
 House of Five Leaves, by Natsume Ono (VIZ Media)
 Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
I’m going to guess this one. Feel free to call it on your own.
What Should Win: You say Ayako, I say Ayako
What Will Win: Century 21

Best Writer
 Ian Boothby, Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book; Futurama Comics #47–50;Simpsons Comics #162, 168; Simpsons Super Spectacular #11–12 (Bongo)
 Joe Hill, Locke & Key (IDW)
 John Layman, Chew (Image)
 Jim McCann, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
 Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, Shuddertown, Forgetless, Existence 3.0(Image)
Archaia had a huge presence at C2E2 this year and everyone had their 2010-11 signature book.
What Should Win: Spencer For Hire
What Will Win: I McCann Read Comic Books

Best Writer/Artist
 Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
 Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 (DC)
 Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Studio)
 James Sturm, Market Day (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media)
Ah, The Best Of Both World’s. Very hard to call this one. So I’ll go with own own personal favorites.
What Should Win: Give me the Kuball, I’ll break.
What Will Win: What’s Cookeing?

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
 Richard Corben, Hellboy (Dark Horse)
 Stephen DeStefano, Lucky in Love Book One: A Poor Man’s Story(Fantagraphics)
 Rob Guillory, Chew (Image)
 Gabriel Rodriguez, Locke & Key (IDW)
 Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)
I have such respect for the artist, if I had 1/10 the talent of these guys I’d be a happy man.
What Should Win: Angel Gabriel
What Will Win: Young Frankenstein

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
 Lynda Barry, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Brecht Evens, The Wrong Place (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
 Janet Lee, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
 Eric Liberge, On the Odd Hours (NBM)
 Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage (Fantagraphics)
I’m not sure how much work painting is compared to other forms of comic art, but I’m sure it isn’t easy.
What Should Win: Sad sack
What Will Win: Psycho!

Best Cover Artist
 Rodin Esquejo, Morning Glories (Shadowline/Image)
 Dave Johnson, Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain (Dark Horse); Unknown Soldier (Vertigo/DC); Punisher/Max, Deadpool (Marvel)
 Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse)
 David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (Archaia)
 Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)
2011 had so many great covers. This is another category I wouldn’t want to choose.
What Should Win: Johnson & Johnson
What Will Win: Blank page

Best Coloring
 Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
 Metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers), Louis: Night Salad(Metaphrog)
 Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young’s Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian(Vertigo/DC)
 Hilary Sycamore, City of Spies, Resistance, Booth, Brain Camp, Solomon’s Thieves (First Second)
 Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)
Whenever I see the word Colorist, I’m always reminded how absurd it is that the Marvel Essentials and DC Showcase Presents credit the professional. FYI, Stewart won last year.
What Should Win: Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a Stew
What Will Win: Warehouse

Best Lettering
 Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
 Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
 Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC);Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel);Driver for the Dead (Radical)
 Doug TenNapel, Ghostopolis (Scholastic Graphix)
 Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)
David Mazzuccheilli won this category last year for Asterios Polyp. I wonder if that level of lettering brilliance will ever be equaled? Probably not.
What Should Win: Darwynism
What Will Win: Klienfeld

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
 Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
 The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald (www.comicsbeat.com)
 ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com )
 ComicsAlliance, produced by Laura Hudson (www.comicsalliance.com )
 The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com )
 USA Today Comics Section, by Life Section Entertainment Editor Dennis Moore; Comics Section Lead, John Geddes (www.usatoday.com/life/comics/index )
I’m a bit biased since I work freelance with TwoMorrows. All listed here are a bit different and share from each other. And besides, what is comics journalism? Blogging, podcasting, The Comics Journal? Wait, why isn’t TCJ nominated? (BTW, Tom won last year.)
What Should Win: Avatar
What Will Win: Capital reserve

Best Comics-Related Book
 Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau, by Brian Walker (Yale University Press)
 Fire and Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, by Blake Bell (Fantagraphics)
 The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen and Charles Brownstein, edited by John Lind and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Books)
 Shazam! The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams Comicarts)
 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN)
I saw the 75 years book with my own eyes. I’m still looking at it.
What Should Win: Subby and Hot Head: A Timely Affair
What Will Win: You’ll be done with this book 75 years from now

Best Publication Design
 Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW)
 Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, designed by Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney (IDW)
 Return of the Dapper Men, designed by Todd Klein (Archaia)
 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, designed by Josh Baker (TASCHEN)
 Two Generals, designed by Jennifer Lum (McClelland & Stewart)
75 Years probably deserves to win, but Absolute Justice won that last year, so it’s time to spread the wealth around.
What Should Win: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
What Will Win: Look’n good, my man

Hall oF Fame
Judges’ Choices: Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Jackson, Martin Nodell, Lynd Ward
Elected: Mort Drucker, Harvey Pekar, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman

Marvel

• Expect a X-Men #1 The 20th Anniversary Edition in October. It’s a special project by Senior Editor Jeff Youngquist of Marvel’s Collected Editions department and the entire book, all 5 covers and all, will be recolored.

IDW

• The folks at IDW know how to time things. Each day we get another gem and today’s happens to be Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition, 144 pages, $100, 2012. This is going to go so well with my complete run of Spirit Archives. – Thanks to Rich, Bleeding Cool

Hermes Press

• Tails, the original webcomic by Comeback Kings artist Ethan Young, is finding print life at Hermes Press as a graphic novel in early 2012. – Thanks to Chris, Hermes Press Blog

In Other News

• The Collected Comics Library Podcast Android App (by Wizzard Media) is now available in the Amazon.com App Store. It’s only $1.99 and a great way to keep informed and support my show. If you buy it (or the iTunes Apple App), please send me an email with your name, city and favorite collected edition of all time and I’ll mention you on the show!

Marvel

• Marvel: Season One will be a new graphic novel line, re-telling various classic Marvel stories in a kid friendly format. Here’s a sneak peak of Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and Daredevil thanks to iFanboy

Image

• A nice video of Rob Liefeld And Robert Kirkman’s The Infinite Hardcover – Thanks to Rich, Bleeding Cool
• Echoes HC by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Rahsan Ekedal; Hardcover, 160 pages, grayscale with a color section, $19.99 (Top Cow)

IDW

• Following on the heels of Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition and Walt Simonson’s Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition, is Wally Wood’s EC Stories Artist’s Edition. Painstaking restored to the absolute best version available The book will be published in October, $125 for 144 pages, 15 x 22 inches. Two more volumes will also be announced by IDW through the show. Note: I checked with IDW last night and this does not mean that IDW has picked up the full EC license to reprint the defunct Archives from Gemstone.
• Four books from Craig Yoe and his IDW imprint Yoe Books will be debuting at the Con: Amazing 3-D Comics!, The Big Book of Barney Bear, Archie’s Madhouse, and Krazy Kat and the Art of George Herriman. – Thanks to Torsten, The Beat

Drawn and Quarterly

• Editor-In-Chief and Publisher Chris Oliveros announced that they acquired world English rights to Jerusalem: Chronicles From The Holy City, a graphic novel memoir from Guy Delisle. The first printing will be 30,000, Spring 2012. – Thanks to Tom at Comics Reporter

Ape Entertainment

• Freakshow TPB by David Server, Jackson Lanzing, and Joe Suitor; 132 pages, full color, $14.95

Exhibit A Press

• Supernatural Law: The Life Partner Of Frankenstein by Batton Lash; 60 pages, $10.95

Self Published Work

• Scrambled And Hardboiled Sketchbook by Creator: Jamal Igle; 30 pages, full color, each sketchbook signed by Jamal, $15.00

Flesk Publications

• Ties: A Chronicle Of Letters GN by Emily McGuiness

Thanks to Rich, Bleeding Cool for the four items above

Industry

• At the ICv2 Conference it was stated that there was a 7% growth in the bookstore market for graphic novels. The comic shop market had 6% decline in graphic novel sales, however the overall total of graphic novel sales is up 3% for the first six months of this year. Scott Pilgrim and Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead were both a big factors. I’m sure the movie and the TV series helped out a little, too. At a glance this does not look good for the average comic shop. The availability of an online store like Amazon.com or even Borders or B&N, with their big discounts can make the buy process much easier.

In Other News

• Bryan Lee O’Malley (Scott Pilgrim) has signed with Villard to publish Seconds (2013). – Thanks to Publishers Weekly 
• MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond is self publishing a new book entitled, “The Mad Art of Caricature!.” The book is 170+ pages and contains hundreds of illustrations, step-by-step techniques, tips, and in-depth theories on the art caricature. Book ships in September. – Thanks to Alan Gardner, Daily Cartoonist
• The New York Times Art Section (Sunday) had a feature on the upcoming We3 Deluxe Edition from Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, including some extra pages. – Thanks to the Vertigo Blog

It’s Christmas in July! Not only is it the week of San Diego Comic Con 2011, but we also have the Captain America movie and a huge announcement from DC Comics i.e. all 52 #1 issues in one giant (Absolute) hardcover.
This is actually the third time that I’ve covered Cap. The first was CCL #76 and the second was CCL #225. Today, I pick up from June 2009 and go over all the collected editions that have been published – and a few that are upcoming.
It’s a long compehensive list, but worth listening to if you havn’t been collecting Captain America in a while or are new to him altogether.
Lastly, I go over some pre Comic Con news on The Walking Dead, Interview With The Vampire, Flashpoint and Legion Of The Super-Heroes Volume 13. Plus I answer an e-mail from a listener who thinks I talk too much Marvel. I guess this is a bad day to counter that.

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In Pre 2011 Comic Con Collected Edition News:

• Titan will be showcasing or debuting several new books including: Zack Snyder’s The Art of Sucker Punch, with New Cover and Signed Book Plates (Comic-Con Exclusive); Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss – Limited Edition; Joe Simon – My Life in Comics, Signed Autobiography by Joe Simon; Drew Struzan – Oeuvre (Limited Edition with print); Tank Girl: Skidmarks TPB, signed by the artist Rufus Dayglo; signed copies of the gorgeous Hagar The Horible 1974/1975, and exclusive signed copies of Beetle Bailey 1965.
• Image Comics: The Infinite #1, Hardcover comic – exclusive to San Diego Comic Con by Rob Liefeld and Robert Kirkman
• IDW: Walter Simonson’s The Mighty Thor: Artist’s Edition, This collection presents Thor 337-340 and 360-362—Simonson’s first story, followed by one of his favorite story arcs, 176 pages, black and white, hardcover, Print run: 500, Price: $100; Dave Stevens Complete Sketches & Studies HC, For several years, Dave Stevens self-published four sketchbooks to sell specifically at the San Diego Comic Con. This volume collects the entire contents of those four sketchbooks, plus approximately 100 additional sketches that have never before been published, 256 pages, 8″ x 12″, Print run: 300 each, Price: $50; Fat Tarino and Popbot Big Beautiful Book Slipcase HC by Ashley Wood, collects the long sold-out Popbot Volumes 1-8. Slipcased hardcover, 360 pages, 12″ x 12″ and slipcased hardcover, 400 pages, 11” X 14”, Print run: 500 each, Price: $100 and $125
• NBM: The Lives of Sacco & Vanzetti HC by Rick Geary, Price: $15.99; Kinky & Cosy HC by Nix, $15.99; Little Nothings: My Shadow In The Distance by Lewis Trondheim, $14.99
• Archia: Rust: Visitor In The Field HC, by Royden Lepp, Price: $24.95

Thanks to Rich @ Bleeding Cool for the above info

In other Collected Editions news

• Hermes Press has announced that Due to high orders, they have limited quantities of the remaining stock of The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies—Volume 3. SO if you want one, you better get on it ASAP.
• Marvel (has announced via the Marvel Masterworks site): Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel Volume 4 (Variant Vol. 173), collects Captain Marvel #34-46, $59.99, January 11, 2012 and Marvel Masterworks Tales to Astonish Volume 4 (Variant Vol. 174), collects Tales to Astonish #31-51 and #54, $59.99, January 18, 2012

Lastly, if you are a fan of Dynamite’s Project Superpowers line of comics, Joe Rybandt assures me that it will return sometime in the next few months.

Best Short Story
 “Bart on the Fourth of July,” by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo)
 “Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow,” by Billy Tucci, in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC)
 “Cinderella,” by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables(Silverline Books/Image)
 “Hamburgers for One,” by Frank Stockton, in Popgun vol. 4 (Image)
 “Little Red Riding Hood,” by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d’Errico, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image)
 “Post Mortem,” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel)
So much comic in such a short amount of time. Time to go back issue hunting.
What Should Win: Trick or Treat
What Will Win: I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
 The Cape, by Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, and Zack Howard (IDW)
 Fables #100, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and others (Vertigo/DC)
 Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
 Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: “Sparrow,” by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
 Unknown Soldier #21: “A Gun in Africa,” by Joshua Dysart and Rick Veitch (Vertigo/DC)
When it comes to find out what comic you should be reading, no other category can help you out as much as this one.
What Should Win: Cape and Cowl
What Will Win: 100 and counting

Best Continuing Series
 Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
 Echo, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
 Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
 Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
 Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
 Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)
All of these series are available in collected edition form and are special in their own way. Chew won Best New Series last year and Walking Dead won this category. That said, it’s Joe Hill’s turn at TV fame.
What Should Win: Brian Savage
What Will Win: Locke the door

Best Limited Series
 Baltimore: The Plague Ships, by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck (Dark Horse)
 Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, by Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus (Vertigo/DC)
 Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
 Joe the Barbarian, by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
 Stumptown, by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth (Oni)
Joe The Barbarian just made it under the wire as #8 was released just a few weeks ago. I’m very happy it did.
What Should Win: Yo, Joe!
What Will Win: Sunday driver, yeah!

Best New Series
 American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
 iZombie, by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred (Vertigo/DC)
 Marineman, by Ian Churchill (Image)
 Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
 Superboy, by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo (DC)
I don’t envy the guys who have to pick the nominees for this category. So many good comics came our the past 12 months and some much better then listed here.
What Should Win: iWant Brains!
What Will Win: Oh what a glorious day!

Best Publication for Kids
 Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, by Sara Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney/Hyperion)
 Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
 Binky to the Rescue, by Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press)
 Scratch9, by Rob M. Worley and Jason T. Kruse (Ape Entertainment)
 Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC)
 The Unsinkable Walker Bean, by Aaron Renier (First Second)
Anyone else find it funny that there are two Amelia’s listed here?
What Should Win: Scratch that itch
What Will Win: Titans! What is your profession?!

Best Publication for Teens
 Ghostopolis, by Doug TenNapel (Scholastic Graphix)
 Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by Barry Deutsch (Amulet Books)
 Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
 Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
 Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke (Lee & Low)
I’d like to know just who are these teens that are buying comics. I though they only read Manga.
What Should Win: Here today. Gone tomorrow.
What Will Win: Dapper Dan

Best Humor Publication
 Afrodisiac, by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca (Adhouse)
 Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, by Ian Boothby, John Delaney, and Dan Davis (Bongo)
 Drinking at the Movies, by Julia Wertz (Three Rivers Press/Crown)
 I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)
 Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953, by Dave Kellett (Small Fish Studios)
 Prime Baby, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
Great Christmas presents for people in your life that understand you, but don’t understand why you like comics.
What Should Win: Oscar Gamble
What Will Win: Funny business

Best Anthology
 The Anthology Project, edited by Joy Ang and Nick Thornborrow (Lucidity Press)
 Korea as Viewed by 12 Creators, edited by Nicolas Finet (Fanfare&midot;Ponent Mon)
 Liquid City, vol. 2, edited by Sonny Liew and Lim Cheng Tju (Image)
 Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (Archaia)
 Trickster: Native American Tales, edited by Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum Books)
Anthologies are important on a number of fronts. Besides being fun, when you read them you can show up your LCS friends every Wednesday.
What Should Win: Seoul survivor
What Will Win: On Guard!

Best Digital Comic
 Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.cc
 The Bean, by Travis Hanson, www.beanleafpress.com
 Lackadaisy, by Tracy Butler, www.lackadaisycats.com
 Max Overacts, by Caanan Grall, occasionalcomics.com
 Zahra’s Paradise, by Amir and Khalil, www.zahrasparadise.com
You have to wonder when the Eisner’s will expand the Digital category, it’s growing by terabytes every year.
What Should Win: Pass the Bean dip
What Will Win: Abomination!

Best Reality-Based Work
 It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
 Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir, by Joyce Farmer (Fantagraphics)
 Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe Man of New Orleans, by Rick Geary (NBM)
 Two Generals, by Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
 You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
Reality in comics, usually means tragedy, so it may be a tough read for some of you. However , if you got through Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal #3, you’ll be OK.
What Should Win: Lumber Jack of the Bayou
What Will Win: Digging in the dirt

Best Graphic Album-New
 Elmer, by Gerry Alanguilan (SLG)
 Finding Frank and His Friend: Previously Unpublished Work by Clarence ‘Otis’ Dooley, by Melvin Goodge (Curio & Co.)
 Market Day, by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
 Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
I’ve heard nothing but good things about all these books, but especially the latter two.
What Should Win: Dapper Dandy, Baby!
What Will Win: Serve and Volley

Best Graphic Album-Reprint
 The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
 Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
 Motel Art Improvement Service, by Jason Little (Dark Horse)
 The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis, by Ian Boothby, James Lloyd, and Steve Steere Jr. (Abrams Comicarts)
 Tumor, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon (Archaia)
 Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)
Wednesday Comics was my #1 book of 2010 and with good reason. The original newspaper comics were an undertaking the likes we rarely see in comics these days and the collected edition was exceptional.
What Should Win: Bender and Barney
What Will Win: Day 4

Best Adaptation from Another Work
 Dante’s Divine Comedy, adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury)
 The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, adapted by Joann Sfar (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
 The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
 7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2, adapted from Hal Clement’s Needle by Nobuaki Tadano (Vertical)
 Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure, adapted by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker (Disney/Hyperion Books)
Adaptations are always tricky as they are interpretations of other great works for a brand new audience. Add to that if you mess with it too much and the natives get restless.
What Should Win: Divine intervention
What Will Win: You look Marvelous!

Best Archival Collection/Project-Strips
 Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW)
 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)
 George Heriman’s Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays, edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca (Sunday Press Books)
 Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, by Cliff Sterrett, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW)
 Roy Crane’s Captain Easy, vol. 1, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)
IDW and Dean Mullaney could win this category every year, the craftsmanship and love for the medium shows up in every book that is published. Unfortunately for them they won last year with Bloom County.
What Should Win: Tie – Polly want a comic?
What Will Win: Zonkers!

Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books
 Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
 The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read!, edited by Jim Trombetta (Abrams Comicart)
 The Incal Classic Collection, by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (Humanoids)
 Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts, edited by Art Spiegelman (The Library of America)
 Thirteen “Going on Eighteen,” by John Stanley (Drawn & Quarterly)
This may seem like it’s a tough one to call, but it really isn’t. The Rocketeer won last year, so I have to take it out of the runing. As far as The Incal goes, I couldn’t find any info on the Classic Collection, just the Oversized Deluxe Hardcover with Slipcase that was limited to 750 copies – hard to vote on it if no one read it. Spiegelman’s book didn’t get a wide audience either. The Library of America is not the same as The Library of American Comics from IDW. So we have two left:
What Should Win: Wertham’s lament
What Will Win: Betty and Veronica in the Twilight Zone

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
 It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
 The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia)
 King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave, by Mezzo and Pirus (Fantagraphics)
 The Littlest Pirate King, by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan (Fantagraphics)
 Salvatore, by Nicolas De Crécy (NBM)
The more I listen to the 11 O’Clock Comics podcast, the more I hear great things about Jacques Tardi. It’s not for everyone though. This is Fantagraphics category to lose.
What Should Win: War is Hell
What Will Win: Flies Me to the Moon

Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia
 Ayako, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
 Bunny Drop, by Yumi Unita (Yen Press)
 A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
 House of Five Leaves, by Natsume Ono (VIZ Media)
 Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
I’m going to guess this one. Feel free to call it on your own.
What Should Win: You say Ayako, I say Ayako
What Will Win: Century 21

Best Writer
 Ian Boothby, Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book; Futurama Comics #47–50;Simpsons Comics #162, 168; Simpsons Super Spectacular #11–12 (Bongo)
 Joe Hill, Locke & Key (IDW)
 John Layman, Chew (Image)
 Jim McCann, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
 Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, Shuddertown, Forgetless, Existence 3.0(Image)
Archaia had a huge presence at C2E2 this year and everyone had their 2010-11 signature book.
What Should Win: Spencer For Hire
What Will Win: I McCann Read Comic Books

Best Writer/Artist
 Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
 Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 (DC)
 Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Studio)
 James Sturm, Market Day (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media)
Ah, The Best Of Both World’s. Very hard to call this one. So I’ll go with own own personal favorites.
What Should Win: Give me the Kuball, I’ll break.
What Will Win: What’s Cookeing?

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
 Richard Corben, Hellboy (Dark Horse)
 Stephen DeStefano, Lucky in Love Book One: A Poor Man’s Story(Fantagraphics)
 Rob Guillory, Chew (Image)
 Gabriel Rodriguez, Locke & Key (IDW)
 Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)
I have such respect for the artist, if I had 1/10 the talent of these guys I’d be a happy man.
What Should Win: Angel Gabriel
What Will Win: Young Frankenstein

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
 Lynda Barry, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Brecht Evens, The Wrong Place (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
 Janet Lee, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
 Eric Liberge, On the Odd Hours (NBM)
 Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage (Fantagraphics)
I’m not sure how much work painting is compared to other forms of comic art, but I’m sure it isn’t easy.
What Should Win: Sad sack
What Will Win: Psycho!

Best Cover Artist
 Rodin Esquejo, Morning Glories (Shadowline/Image)
 Dave Johnson, Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain (Dark Horse); Unknown Soldier (Vertigo/DC); Punisher/Max, Deadpool (Marvel)
 Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse)
 David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (Archaia)
 Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)
2011 had so many great covers. This is another category I wouldn’t want to choose.
What Should Win: Johnson & Johnson
What Will Win: Blank page

Best Coloring
 Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
 Metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers), Louis: Night Salad(Metaphrog)
 Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young’s Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian(Vertigo/DC)
 Hilary Sycamore, City of Spies, Resistance, Booth, Brain Camp, Solomon’s Thieves (First Second)
 Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)
Whenever I see the word Colorist, I’m always reminded how absurd it is that the Marvel Essentials and DC Showcase Presents credit the professional. FYI, Stewart won last year.
What Should Win: Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a Stew
What Will Win: Warehouse

Best Lettering
 Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
 Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
 Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
 Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC);Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel);Driver for the Dead (Radical)
 Doug TenNapel, Ghostopolis (Scholastic Graphix)
 Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)
David Mazzuccheilli won this category last year for Asterios Polyp. I wonder if that level of lettering brilliance will ever be equaled? Probably not.
What Should Win: Darwynism
What Will Win: Klienfeld

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
 Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
 The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald (www.comicsbeat.com)
 ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com )
 ComicsAlliance, produced by Laura Hudson (www.comicsalliance.com )
 The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com )
 USA Today Comics Section, by Life Section Entertainment Editor Dennis Moore; Comics Section Lead, John Geddes (www.usatoday.com/life/comics/index )
I’m a bit biased since I work freelance with TwoMorrows. All listed here are a bit different and share from each other. And besides, what is comics journalism? Blogging, podcasting, The Comics Journal? Wait, why isn’t TCJ nominated? (BTW, Tom won last year.)
What Should Win: Avatar
What Will Win: Capital reserve

Best Comics-Related Book
 Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau, by Brian Walker (Yale University Press)
 Fire and Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, by Blake Bell (Fantagraphics)
 The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen and Charles Brownstein, edited by John Lind and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Books)
 Shazam! The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams Comicarts)
 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN)
I saw the 75 years book with my own eyes. I’m still looking at it.
What Should Win: Subby and Hot Head: A Timely Affair
What Will Win: You’ll be done with this book 75 years from now

Best Publication Design
 Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW)
 Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, designed by Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney (IDW)
 Return of the Dapper Men, designed by Todd Klein (Archaia)
 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, designed by Josh Baker (TASCHEN)
 Two Generals, designed by Jennifer Lum (McClelland & Stewart)
75 Years probably deserves to win, but Absolute Justice won that last year, so it’s time to spread the wealth around.
What Should Win: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
What Will Win: Look’n good, my man

Check back after Comic-Con 2011 to see how we did.

It’s all Comic Con all the time in on this week’s show. All the Collected Edition news from Marvel, DC, Top Cow, Dark Horse, Fantagraphics, IDW, Titan, TwoMorrows and more. I also go over all the 2010 Eisner Award winners and the New Releases of the Week.

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Vertigo/DC Comics
Absolute We3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, coming 2011

Marvel
Atlantis Attacks Omnibus, $75.00 collects:
Part 1: Silver Surfer Annual #2
Part 2: Iron Man Annual #10
Part 3: X-Men Annual #13
Part 4: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23
Part 5: Punisher Annual #2
Part 6: The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #9
Part 7: Daredevil Annual #5
Part 8: Avengers Annual #18 (and New Mutants #76)
Part 9: New Mutants Annual #5
Part 10: X-Factor Annual #4
Part 11: Web of Spider-Man Annual #5
Interlude: Avengers West Coast #56
Part 12: Avengers West Coast Annual #4
Part 13: Thor Annual #14
Part 14: Fantastic Four Annual #22
Captain America Lives Omnibus collects Captain America #43-50, #600-601, Captain America: Reborn #1-6, and Reborn Digital Prologue, $64.99
Thor Worldengine Premier Classic HC Volume 58 HC by Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato collects Thor #491-494 and Journey Into Mystery #103
X-Force Premier Classic HC Volume 59 collects New Mutants #98-100, X-Force (Volume 1) #1-4 and Spider-Man #16

IDW
Ultimate Alex Raymond Collection: The Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim (Library of American Comics) starting form January 7, 1934 through April 30, 1944, oversized, 12 x 16 champagne edition format.

Top Cow
Classic Pitt by Dale Keown
Rest TPB by Milo Ventimiglia & Russ Cundiff, an unfinished comic miniseries from Devil’s Due Publishing, will be out in the Fall.

Dark Horse
Savage Sword, Continuing in the tradition of bringing Robert E. Howard’s incomparable prose to comic book form, Dark Horse Comics is set to showcase even more of the writer’s legendary work with Robert E. Howard’s Savage Sword. Beginning in December, this 80-page perfect bound series will feature the exploits of well-known heroes like Conan and Solomon Kane while also aiming a well-deserved and long-overdue spotlight on some of Howard’s more obscure but no less exciting characters, including Dark Agnes, El Borak, Bran Mak Morn and Sailor Steve Costigan. While Savage Sword will premiere all new comic tales featuring Howard’s creations, it will also feature recolored reprint material as well as plenty of bonus content. A can’t-miss item for fans of action and adventure!
Signor Manara Library (overseen by Kim Thompson) The celebrated Italian comic book writer and artist known for The Adventures of Giuseppe Bergman, Butterscotch, Click, Indian Summer and more will be bringing a major catalogue of his work to the states
Bethesda’s Fallout: New Vegas Collector’s Edition by Geof Darrow

Drawn & Quarterly
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths and NonNonBa (North American English versions) by Shigeru Mizuki

Fantagraphics
Complete Floyd Gottfredson Mickey Mouse (starting with the 1930 comics) beginning in May 2011, and continuing at a rate of two volumes per year. The retail price of the volumes will be $29.99
Linda Medley’s Castle Waiting Volume 2 HC due out in December
Walt Kelly’s Pogo Volume 1 should see the light of day in this calender year

Titan
Tank Girl: Skidmarks TPB, four issue mini-series by Dayglo & Martin, published by Titan Comics from November 2009 – February 2010.
Beetle Bailey 1965: The Daily & Sunday Strips HC, I’m guessing that this is not in conjunction with the Checker BPG reprints of Beetle Bailey
Dr. Horrible’S Sing-Along Blog Book
Firefly: Still Flying: A Celebration of Joss Whedon’s Acclaimed TV Series
Icons: The DC Comics And Wildstorm Art Of Jim Lee
Sucker Punch: The Art Of The Film By Zack Snyder

WCG Comics
Randy Reynaldo’s Rob Hanes, Adventures TPB (b/w), $15.99 collects 0-5, from 1994-96 All the stories have been digitally re-lettered for the new collection, replacing the hand-lettering of the original series. I met Randy at Comic Con 2006 and still have the original issues. This is good stuff!

TwoMorrows Tune-In #30: Danny Fingeroth, Stan Lee Universe and Comic Con 2010 (.mp3)

This month on the show, host Chris Marshall sits down with Danny Fingeroth to talk about the upcoming book The Stan Lee Universe. Danny and Roy Thomas (Alter Ego) have put together one of the most complete and personal looks at one of Comicdoms most famous figure. Here is the official solicit:

Face front, true believers! The Stan Lee Universe is the ultimate repository of interviews with and mementos about Marvel Comics’ fearless leader! From his Soapbox to the box office, the Smilin’ One literally changed the face of comic books and pop culture, and this tome presents in his own words – and those of the illustrious folks he’s worked with – the co-creation of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Silver Surfer, and so many other super-characters! Presented are numerous rare and unpublished interviews with Stan, discussing how he made Marvel Comics the household name it is today. Also featured are interviews with top luminaries of the comics industry, including John Romita Sr. & Jr., Tod McFarlane, Dennis O’Neil, Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, Al Jaffee, Larry Lieber, Jerry Robinson, and Michael Uslan discussing his vital importance to the field he helped shape. Plus, this book contains the essential-to-every-writer Stan Lee’s Top Ten Tips for Writers! And as a bonus for this special edition, and direct from Stan’s personal archives (housed at the University of Wyoming), you’ll see rare photos, sample scripts and plots, personal correspondences, and other tidbits from the entire span of his career, some unseen for decades!

The Stan Lee Universe SC
Danny Fingeroth, Roy Thomas and Stan Lee
$26.95, 176 pages, TwoMorrows Publishing, November 2010

Chris also goes over all TwoMorrows Publishing happenings going on in San Diego at Comic Con International 2010, including New Releases, Specials and Panels.

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As most of you know, I’m a co-host on the Comic Book Page Podcast with John Mayo. Each month John and I discuss the Top 300 Graphic Novels and Collected Edition Sales Estimates as reported by Diamond Comics Distributors. One thing that has caught my attention over the years has bee the increasing number of comic book adaptations of original prose novels there have been – and how well they sell. This is really nothing new however, Tarzan and Conan novels have been adapted and there was even the great Classic Illustrated Series. More recently Roy Thomas and Marvel brought back that title and even expanded their line of comics with the Best Selling Author series which includes Stephen King’s The Stand. Boom Studios! is also in the mix with Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? the basis for Blade Runner. But there is one contemporary title title that we have yet to see: Harry Potter. As I explain in today’s podcast, now that Marvel is owned by Disney and the final Potter movie is set to be released (Part One this Christmas and Part Two next summer) it would be the perfect time to announce this monumental project at this years Comic Con. Do it now while Potter fever is still hot. At the biggest stage in the world declare to the biggest fanboy audience in the world it and introduce committed team of artists and writers, have J.K. Rowling oversee the entire creative process, make it at least a 100 issues series covering all seven books. It would be one of, if not, the biggest projects to come out of San Diego this year.

What are some of the best comic book adaptations?

Also on the show I catch up with the week’s news including the passing of Harvey Pekar with a book recommendation of Underground Classics The Transformation of Comics into Comix by James Danky and Denis Kitchen ($29.95, Abrams ComicArts), The Harvey Awards, what’s going on with Marvelman and the New Releases of the Week.

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