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.
Willard Mullin's Casey at the Bat and Other Diamond Tales
by Willard Mullin and Ernest Thayer
52-page two-color 6.25" x 6.25" hardcover
$9.99 | 978-1-60699-814-4
"Mullin defined the modern sports cartoon by combining representative portraiture, cartoonish doodlery, and editorial commentary – part news account, part personal observation, his cartoons celebrated sport for its entertainment, cultural, and artistic value." –Bob Staake
Hurricane Isle and Other Adventures: The Best of Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs
by Roy Crane; edited by Rick Norwood
"Crane's art is stunning, combining simple cartoony figures with richly detailed backgrounds in clever, colorful layouts. It isn't even necessary to read the dialogue or captions to follow the action; just scan Crane's dynamic lines, which make every panel look like a unique work of pop art. [Grade:] A-." – The A.V. Club