Comic orders for May are due soon and as I placed my monthly order, I couldn’t help but be overwhelmed by all the amazing stuff offered this month. Sure there are the usual great comics from Marvel, DC, Image, IDW and Dark Horse. But DAMN, there are some great books out there from other publishers I’m even more excited for.
Baby’s in Black by Arne Bellstorf
Blacksad: A Silent Hell by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
Sharaz-De by Sergio Toppi
City of Glass adapted by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli
Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand by Jerry Juhl and Ramon Perez
Number one on that list is Baby’s in Black. I’m absolutely in love with the Arne Bellstorf’s style on this. So cute. So simple. But everyone is still instantly recognizable. Plus, I’ve always been into the Beatles Hamburg period—I had a VHS copy of Backbeat back in the day I used to watch on a loop.
The fourth volume of Canales’ and Guarnido’s brilliant Blacksad, complete with extra “making of…” material? A no-brainer.
The translated version of the Sergio Toppi’s Sharaz-De? Holy Crap!! Toppi is so mind-blowingly amazing there aren’t words to describe him and now we can finally read this volume for the first time in english. Way to go Archaia.
Somehow this David Mazzucchelli gem, City of Glass, has slipped through the cracks of my collection, and I intend to remedy that with this new edition from Picador.
Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand is already out and people are saying great things about it. I’ve been a big fan of Ramon Perez for years, and on this project his work seems to be taken to a new level by the beautiful colors of Jordie Bellaire.
We’ve got a German (Bellstorf), Spaniard (Guarnido), Italian (Toppi), American (Mazzucchelli) and a Canadian (Perez). Comics rule the world!
