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.
116-page black & white 7.5" x 9.25" softcover
$19.99 | 978-1-60699-817-5
"…with forensic precision, he unblinkingly lays bare the grim inner workings of a male character….More first-rate work from a neo-underground maestro." –Tom Murphy, Broken Frontier
"His latest delves deeper into pathos and loss than his past one and this looks like just the kind of book for those who like their indie comics with a side order of insight." –Menachem Luchins, owner of Escape Pod Comics on 13th Dimension
Love and Rockets Library (Palomar & Luba Book 5): Ofelia
by Gilbert Hernandez
256-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" softcover
$19.99 | 978-1-60699-806-9
"Gilbert Hernandez created some of the most memorable characters in popular fiction." –Los Angeles Magazine
"There's no denying that Beto's comics reflect one of the highest peaks the comics medium has yet achieved." – The A.V. Club
And in reprint world:
Ghost World
Love & Rockets Library: Heartbreak Soup
Love & Rockets Library: Perla La Loca
Prison Pit 2
Prison Pit 3