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.
The Children of Palomar
by Gilbert Hernandez
108-page black & white 8.25" x 10.75" hardcover • $22.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-625-6
"It's an engaging collection of vignettes full of magical realism and compelling characters…evoke[s] comparisons to the short fiction of Jorge Luis Borges or, in the case of the science fiction-styled entries, Ray Bradbury." –Publishers Weekly
Gahan Wilson Sunday Comics
by Gahan Wilson
176-page full-color 12" x 6.25" hardcover • $29.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-612-6
"Fantagraphics has reprinted the full run of Gahan Wilson's Sunday Comics with their customary attention to detail and gorgeous reproduction… These comics crack me up, especially the weeks that are seemingly endless variations on different themes." -Jason Sacks, Comics Bulletin
Child of Tomorrow and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)
by Al Feldstein
216-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-659-1
"Feldstein's art has a delightful amount of expressiveness to it and a remarkable amount of subtle beauty – if a word like beauty can be applied to comics that feature strange blob aliens from outer space." -Jason Sacks, Comics Bulletin
Fall Guy for Murder and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)
by Johnny Craig
208-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-658-4
"Arguably the greatest comics ever created, EC's terrific stories and compelling artwork included Feldstein's Weird Science and Craig's Crime Suspenstories!" -Dan Greenfield, NY Post
Prince Valiant Vol. 7: 1949-1950
by Hal Foster
120-page full color 10.25" x 14" hardcover • $35.00
ISBN: 978-1-60699-645-4
"Foster's meticulously detailed, painstakingly researched, vividly realistic, and often breathtaking illustration made him one of the most revered artists in the comic field." – Library Journal