Your Creator-Owned Comics Shopping List for February 16th, 2011
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Every week I like to pull apart Diamond’s confirmed shipping list for the week, and create a list of all of the creator-owned titles that will be arriving in stores that Wednesday. I then use the magic of Flash and Javascript to pull the details on the books from comiXology.com, and hey presto!
Why?
Good question! Well, the primary reason is that there are a ton of great creator-owned comics out there, and they are mostly being created on a shoe-string budget. This generally means that the creators are able to spend little to no money on marketing these titles, and so many books go by unnoticed, and just end up gathering dust on the shelves. My hope is that by reading through this weekly list, something might catch your eye, and you might decide to give something new a try. It’s by no means a list of everything you should be buying every week, but more like a guideline to let you know what is available, should you wish to try out a creator-owned comic.
This week is a much more moderate week for creator owned titles than last week’s incredibly long list. Of the comics listed here, I shall be picking up: Edge of Doom #4, Tank Girl: Bad Wind Rising #2, DMZ #62, Memoir #2, The Boys #51, Jennifer’s Blood #1, Fables #102, Cyclops #4, and Finder: Voice.
As always, if you noticed something in the list that isn’t creator-owned, please let me know, and I’ll remove it. It’s sometimes hard to determine who actually owns what! One situation that I’m particularly unclear on is comics based on novels - is the novel’s creator the owner, or the original publisher?
Archaia
Aspen
Avatar Press
Bluewater Productions
Creators Edge
Dark Horse
Dork Storm Press
Dynamite Entertainment
Fantagraphics
IDW
Image Comics
Marvel
Red 5
Titan Books
Top Cow
Vertigo
Zuda
Related posts:
- Your Creator-Owned Comics Shopping List for February 9th, 2011
- Your Creator Owned Comic Shopping List for Wednesday 2nd February, 2011
- Steve Niles’ First Creator-Owned Spotlight Column Goes Live on Robot 6
- Marvel Comics On-Sale February 16th 2011
- Diamond Distribution’s Top 25 Small Press Comics, Top 25 Small Press TPBs & GNs, Top 50 Creator Owned Comics, and Top 50 Creator Owned TPBs & GNs for August 2009
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