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.
96-page black & white 8.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $16.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-653-9
"hardcover parable for all ages (CONTAINS LIGHT CUSSING), concerning a stray dog who navigates the concept of – yes – goodness" –Joe McCulloch, The Comics Journal
"I got choked up a couple of times which is the one of the best things a comic can do to me. Compliments to Mr. Graham Chaffee. Really solid storytelling and excellent art. Reminiscent the best way of Jack London's The Call of the Wild." – Farel Dalrymple (Pop Gun War)
The Cat on a Hot Thin Groove (Softcover Ed.)
by Gene Deitch
168-page full-color 11.75" x 9.25" softcover • $35.00
ISBN: 978-1-60699-617-1
"Deitch achieves what only the greatest cartoonist can — a deep spiritual resonance with minimal representation. The Deitch covers are thrilling for their quiet beauty. […] This is a terrific rediscovery of a forgotten giant of a small world." – New York Press
"In the spirit of cats & dogs living together, Fanta also has a new softcover edition of The Cat on a Hot Thin Groove, a 2003 compilation of Gene Deitch's mid-century covers and cartoons for Record Changer magazine; $35.00. Hipsters!" -Joe McCulloch, The Comics Reporter