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.
Hip Hop Family Tree (Vol. 1)
by Ed Piskor
112-page full-color 9" x 13" Flexibound softcover • $24.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-690-4
"They say the story of Jesus is the greatest ever told, but JC didn't steal a DJ mixer during the New York Blackout of '77 or bomb a subway car with Fab 5 Freddy. With his 'Hip Hop Family Tree,' comics artist Ed Piskor delves into the history of hip-hop and gets straight-up biblical, penning a 'who-begat-whom' with a b-boy twist." – Jonathan Zwickel, MTV.com
"His classic indie comic composition and narrative ease make the strip readable, informative (who knew Rammelzee went tagging with Basquiat?), and respectful to the art forms and artists it covers." -J.P. McNamara, Demencha
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1952-1955 (Vol. 1)
by Charles M. Schulz
224-page full-color 13.25" x 9.5" hardcover • $49.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-692-8
"Charles Schulz was an American treasure – an artist, philosopher, and keen observer of human life." –Bill Clinton
"…features color versions of the first several years of Sunday for that all-time, pantheon-level comic strip. I want [it] and you should, too." –Tom Spurgeon, Comics Reporter