Your Creator-Owned Comics Shopping List for June 15th, 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 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 many are 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 may 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.
Of the books listed this week, I shall be picking up: The Cape #0 Legacy Edition, Cinderella: Fables are Forever #5, Cornboy,Crossed: Psychopath #3, Deadlands, Gladstone’s School For World Conquerors #2, Graveyard of Empires #1, Hellboy Vol. 4: The Crooked Man HC Library Edition, Invincible #80, and Northlanders #41.
Trades that I would recommend if you missed the monthly comics: Proof Vol. 6: Endangered TP, The Sixth Gun Vol. 2 TP, and The Walking Dead Vol. 14: No Way Out TP.
What are you picking up this week?
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! Please also let me know if I have missed a book that should be on the list, and I’ll be sure to add it!
Please note though that not all of these comics may be available at your local comic shop, particularly those found in the non-premiere publisher section, so it’s best to check to check ahead to see if your retailer has ordered in the comics you are after.
Adhouse
Antarctic Press
Aspen Comics
Avatar Press
BOOM! Studios
Boundless Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
First Second
IDW
 | The Cape #0 (One-Shot) Legacy EditionJoe Hill (w) o Zach Howard (a & c)
This special 'Legacy Edition' reprint of the acclaimed, sold-out one-shot also contains the original prose story from which this was adapted, by writer Joe Hill, and marked up with writer Jason Ciaramella's notes. And it leads directly into next month's all-new The Cape miniseries!
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Image Comics
  | Deadlands (One-Shot)By: David Gallaher, Steve Ellis
BASED ON THE GAME DEADLANDS FROM PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT! Image Comics, Visionary Comics and Pinnacle Entertainment present the first of four one-shot by industry superstars, bringing the weird Western world of DEADLANDS to comics! In this issue: The Harvey Award-winning HIGH MOON team of DAVID GALLAHER & STEVE ELLIS tell the story of inventor Copernicus Blackburne, who risks even his immortal soul in his Faustian quest to build 'The Devil's Six-Gun!'
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 | Gladstone's School For World Conquerors #2By: Mark Andrew Smith, Armand Villavert
While the Gladstone's cadets tune in to watch 'Battle in Tokyo' on Pay-Per-View, a real life epic battle breaks out outside the school. It's a good vs. evil free-for all, as their parents gallantly try their best to police their crew and maintain the delicate armistice between Super Heroes and Super Villains!
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 | Graveyard of Empires #1 (of 4)By: Mark Sable, Paul Azaceta
Afghanistan. Marines face a never-ending onslaught of Taliban. But even hell can get worse. The dead are coming back to life in The Graveyard of Empires, and only together can both sides of the today's conflict survive tomorrow's undead assault. Writer MARK SABLE (Unthinkable, Two-Face Year One) reunites with his GROUNDED co-creator, PAUL AZACETA (Amazing Spider-Man) to tell this controversial tale of terror. 32 FULL PAGES OF STORY!
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Oni Press
 | The Sixth Gun Vol. 2 TPBy: Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt
General Hume has been defeated and the six mystical guns are now in the possession of our heroes. But Hume is too evil to stay dead for long, and the power of the guns come at a terrible price. In the haunted bayous around New Orleans, Drake, Becky, and Gord hunt for a way to rid themselves of the cursed weapons while evil forces conspire all around them.
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Skybound (Image)
 | Invincible #80By: Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, Fco Plasencia
DINOSAURUS returns! Hellbent on righting what he sees as wrong in the world he comes face-to-face with Invincible and the result is devastating.
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Vertigo
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