This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new title. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about it (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the link, and contact your local shop to confirm availability.
Wandering Son Vol. 2
by Shimura Takako
228-page black & white (with some color) 7" x 9.5" hardcover • $19.99
presented in traditional right-to-left format; original Japanese title: 放浪息子 (Hourou Musuko)
ISBN: 978-1-60699-456-6
"Well, I haven’t read the first volume yet, but everyone says that the transgender manga series Wandering Son is stellar so I’d at least give it a look through, and perhaps nab volume one as my splurge for the week." – Chris Mautner, Robot 6
"Chris already picked up on vol. 2 of Wandering Son, which is… definitely a good splurge." – Brigid Alverson, Robot 6
"If I hadn’t already heavily recommended Wandering Son Volume 2 (by Shimura Takako, Fantagraphics, $19.99), that would have been my pick of the week. It’s a touching and insightful look at the daily lives of two transgender teens." – Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading
"CONFLICT OF INTEREST RESERVOIR: On the other hand, you could always go for Wandering Son Vol. 2, Fantagraphics’ latest hardcover manga release, presenting the next 228 pages of Shimura Takako’s low-key drama concerning transgendered youths; $19.99." – Joe McCulloch, The Comics Journal