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.
Lost Cat
by Jason; translated by Kim Thompson
160-page two-color 6" x 8.75" hardcover • $24.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-642-3
"A commentary on longing and isolation with a twist that should seem out of place yet somehow works perfectly, Lost Cat isn't just my favorite comic of 2013 so far, but it's now my favorite work by one of the greatest cartoonist working in comics today." –Joe Hughes, Comics Alliance
The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley
by Kim Deitch
176-page black & white 11.25" x 7.5" hardcover • $29.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-631-7
"It's as handsome a book as he's made." –Tom Spurgeon, Comics Reporter
"a tall tale from the great Kim Deitch, working again in the landscape format…to lash together early cinema, excellent animals and the Voice of Jesus Christ into a very characteristic…whole" –Joe McCulloch, The Comics Journal
Eye of the Majestic Creature Vol. 2
by Leslie Stein
144- page black & white 8" x 11.5" softcover • $19.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-672-0
"Stein is a very intriguing cartoonist given over to work that's specifically and idiosyncratically taken with elements of human character and relationships. There's a great deal that's visually appealing about her chosen style, too." –Tom Spurgeon, Comics Reporter
"What Leslie does with her work is special. She seems largely influenced by newspaper comics, but her stories are subtle." –Nick Gazin, VICE
"Leslie Stein, one of the most widely-admired young artists you’ll find today." –Joe McCulloch
The Love and Rockets Companion: 30 Years (and Counting)
edited by Marc Sobel & Kristy Valenti
368-page black & white/color 7.5" x 9.25" jacketed softcover • $29.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-579-2
"wedding the expected checklists, character bios and continuity timelines (plus a best-of section from the letters page) with a suite of long interviews with the Brothers Hernandez, conducted by editor Sobel, publisher Gary Groth and celebrity fan Neil Gaiman…A lot of quality down here." –Joe McCulloch, The Comics Journal