New Comics Day 1.8.13

his 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.
 
Prison Pit 5  
Prison Pit Book 5 
by Johnny Ryan

124-page black & white 6.5" x 8.5" softcover • $12.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-700-0

"Johnny Ryan's Prison Pit Five is disgustingly, violently brilliant." – James Cartwright, It's Nice That   

"The continuing adventures of Johnny Ryan's most violent fantasies run amuck, [Prison Pit] is rapidly becoming the comic that I look forward to the way a fat kid looks forward to syrup-encrusted cake. There's no getting around the hoary old cliche – 'these aren't for everybody' – so God help you if you can't figure out a way to enjoy these books." – Tucker Stone, Flavorwire

Wandering Son Vol.6  

Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko / 放浪息子) Vol. 6  
by Shimura Takako

220-page black & white (with some color) 7" x 9.5" hardcover • $24.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-707-9

"…[L]ike the best coming-of-age stories – comics or otherwise – Wandering Son is meticulously accurate in its details, but universal in its emotions. Gay or not, readers shouldn't find it too difficult to identify with kids who feel like their bodies and their friends are equally culpable in the worst kind of betrayal, preventing them from realizing the potential they see in themselves." – Noel Murray, The A.V. Club