This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new titles. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about them (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the links, and contact your local shop to confirm availability.
Run Like Crazy Run Like Hell
by Jacques Tardi; adapted from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette and translated by Doug Headline
by Jacques Tardi; adapted from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette and translated by Doug Headline
104-page black & white 7.5" x 10.75" hardcover • $19.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-620-1
"As with the other Tardi/Manchette books, Run Like Crazy… is full of moments of pitch-black humor, and a strong current of socio-political satire runs beneath its bleak surface. It's a ride to hell, but a devilishly fun one." –Jason Giampaoli, Comics Bulletin
Treasury of Mini Comics Vol. 2
various artists; edited by Michael Dowers
848-page black & white with color 5" x 6.25" hardcover • $29.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-807-6
various artists; edited by Michael Dowers
848-page black & white with color 5" x 6.25" hardcover • $29.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-807-6
"Mini comics are like the wild west of the comics world – in this lo-fi, DIY formate – it's anything – and everything – goes." – Benn Ray, Atomic Books (praise for the first volume)