Graphic novel news

Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Fables Volume 1: Legends in Exile

Brian Azarello and Eduardo Risso's ongoing 100 Bullets series has reached its 7th volume, collecting issues 43-49, out in the UK last week from Titan Books. 100 Bullets: Samurai takes the series behind bars in a brutal story recommended for adults only. Available in the US from Vertigo.

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If you like the work of superhero maestro Jeph Loeb you'll be pleased to hear that volume one of Batman: Hush is out now in paperback in the UK, courtesy of Titan Books. It's also available in the US from DC Comics.

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Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Catwoman: Nine Lives of a Feline Fatale.

Looking like they could be illustrations from a Dave McKean comic, Neil Gaiman has posted a number of images from their movie collaboration MirrorMask on his blog. Click here, here, here, here and here to see them.

From the official press release:

HUTCH OWEN: UNMARKETABLE
by Tom Hart
This graphic novel collects the all-new travels and travails of Hutch Owen, the outrageous homeless rebel that battles the corporate forces that control our lives. Included in this volume are: "Public Relations," where Hutch is pitted against the Worner company and a PR firm bent on redesigning the World Trade Center Site; "Aristotle," in which Hutch winds up in Worner's employ as a slogan writer; and many more. Don't miss this politically astute and heart-warming farce.
-- $14.95 (US), 208 pages, ISBN 1-891830-55-4, Diamond: SEP042964

Also look out for Owly and Bighead, also from Top Shelf, due out in September.

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On sale from November 3rd:
Judge Dredd: Judgement Day
Road to Perdition 2: On the Road
Superman: Secret Identity
Swan: Volume 1
Human Target: Living in Amerika
The Little Endless Storybook
Tom Strong Volume 4

On sale from November 10th:
Green Lantern: Legacy - The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan
Kinetic
Musashi Number Nine: Volume 1
The Nikopol Trilogy
The Losers: Double Down

On sale from November 17th:
By the Numbers: The Road to Cao Bang
The Hawkman Archives Volume 2
Nikolai Dante: The Romanov Dynasty
Outsiders: Sum of All Evil
Plastic Man: On the Lam
Y: The Last Man - Safeword

On sale from November 24th:
JLA Volume 15: The 10th Circle
Justice League of America Archives: Volume 9
The Technopriests: Volume 2
Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place

Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future - Voyage to Venus Part 1 by Frank Hampson.

Topshelf has announced a couple of books for release in October. From the company's press release:

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BIGHEAD
by Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown is back -- and with a BIGHEAD, no less! From the creator of CLUMSY and BE A MAN comes an irreverent and clever superhero parody, featuring the most amazing hero of all time: BIGHEAD. Witness inept villains clash with an all-too-emotional hero, in the epic graphic novel that will leap all clichés in a single bound. BIGHEAD brings together moral fable, social commentary and classic comic book action, featuring a superhero who must save an unthankful world while facing the demons of his own failures. -- $12.95 (US), 128 pages, Graphic Novel, ISBN 1-891830-56-2


GUTSMAN COMICS VOL #1
by Erik Kriek
Think Love and Rockets of the superhero world mixed with Quentin
Tarantino and you'll have Gutsman by Dutch creator Erik Kriek. Wordless,
stylish, and sexy, this graphic novel playfully uses the imagery of
mainstream comics to turn the spotlight on love affairs, despair, temptation
and loss. A unique approach to comics. -- $14.95 (US), 128 pages, Graphic
Novel, ISBN 90-5492-098-X

The New York Times has interviewed Art Spiegelman about his forthcoming 9/11 book In the Shadow of No Towers.

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DC Comics' fastest superhero is back in another collection, Blitz, released in the UK via Titan Books.

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The third chapter of the original Star Wars trilogy must have one of the best known plots of any film on the planet. But this book twists the fates of the key characters and completely alters the way you'll look at Return of the Jedi. If you fancy finding out what might happen if Han Solo escapes his freezing and mixes it up with Boba Fett, Princess Leia accidentally blows up Jabba's palace and the Ewoks fight both the Empire and the rebels, this is the place to come. Available in the UK from 23 August via Titan Books.

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Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Superman/Batman: Public Enemies by Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness and Dexter Vines.

With the movie proving to be something of a disappointment, it's good to see that the Catwoman comic tie-ins aren't just rehashes of the movie plot. This volume tracks the original female Batman super-villian from her first appearance in the first issue of the Batman comic, through to Ed Brubaker's modern day rendtion. Available from DC Comics in the US and Titan Books in the UK.

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Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 3 (Last Stand on Jabiim) by Haden Blackman, John Ostrander, Brian Ching, Jan Duursema, Victor Llamas and Dan Parsons.

August's recommended read, brought to you in association with Foyles, is Gotham Central: In the Line of Duty.