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.
Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko / 放浪息子) Vol. 7
by Shimura Takako
220-page black & white (with some color) 7" x 9.5" hardcover • $24.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-750-5
"…[L]ike the best coming-of-age stories – comics or otherwise – Wandering Son is meticulously accurate in its details, but universal in its emotions. Gay or not, readers shouldn't find it too difficult to identify with kids who feel like their bodies and their friends are equally culpable in the worst kind of betrayal, preventing them from realizing the potential they see in themselves." – Noel Murray, The A.V. Club
Heroes of the Comics: Portraits of the Legends of Comic Books
by Drew Friedman
184-page full color 9" x 12" hardcover • $34.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-731-4
"His drawings highlight the paradox of the comics artist and the art-the creators seem ordinary and their creations are extraordinary." –Steven Heller, The Atlantic
Film Noir 101: The 101 Best Film Noir Posters from the 1940s-1950s
by Mark Fertig
144-page full color 10.75" x 14.25" hardcover • $35.00
ISBN: 978-1-60699-759-8