Indie Pull List - Week of May 13th, 2015

Hey, it's Mother's Day.  Really don't have any more to elaborate on that with.  Love you, Mom and all that jazz. 

Looks like the Ninja Turtles book and the Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt book may have been delayed because they showed up in the list again for this week, (along with some I didn't cover, like the Mass Effect - Library Edition and Flood: A Novel In Pictures).  I deleted them out of this weeks list but refer you to last weeks post where they were covered, if you're interested. Quick scan of the Indie list this week and I'd have to say my Hardcover Highlight is Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice basically just because it's Neil Gaiman.  He's a clever and creative writer - even a lesser effort is still better then some other authors "masterpieces", (not too insinuate this would be a lesser effort, also, since we're in the brackets now anyway, this was apparently published last week in trade format and isn't solely written by Neil Gaiman, more like it was created by). 

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Aliens - Fire And Stone

This is the Aliens part of the Prometheus/Aliens/Predator/AVP cross over event. When the mythology has gotten as dense as the Alien and Predator series new entries to the cannon feel like new episodes from the Twilight Zone or Star Trek - some stories work and some don't and when they do you celebrate and when they don't you shrug and move on.  I can't really get a sense of how the various Fire And Stone volumes are going to tie together just by reading the individual write-ups, (which all sound like separate stories - so, maybe you don't need to read all of the parts to still get a satisfying story?), so I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.  For those of us who don't like waiting between trades the Complete Fire And Stone will be released in November in a hardcover edition.  I'll probably wait until the whole thing gets released since I'm pretty impatient when waiting for the bigger picture.  

Publisher: Dark Horse 

SRP: $14.99

Contains: Aliens - Fire And Stone #1-4
C(anadian)R(elease)D(ate): May 26th, 2015


Ghetto Brother - Warrior To Peacemaker

Set in the late '60's in the Bronx this graphic novel tells the true story of the Ghetto Brothers, an interracial gang that used their numbers to affect positive change and broker a truce between the gangs that were ripping apart the neighborhood.  As a way to keep the truce and turn the misplaced energy of the youth towards something better they started hosting weekly concerts in old factories, abandoned buildings - wherever they could find and in doing so helped craft an early form of hip-hop.  This sounds like textbook anathema, (and in that I mean, the direct opposite of a textbook), much more alive and personal then a clinical overview could give you.  I'm not familiar with the creators or the publisher but I'm going to keep an eye out for this.      

Publisher: NBM
SRP: $12.99
Contains: 128 page Graphic Novel
CRD: May 1st, 2015

THE REST

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Gronk - A Monster’s Story Vol. 2

AXIOM
Supertemporal

BANTAM / SPECTRA
Game Of Thrones Vol. 4 (HC)

BLACK LIBRARY
Warhammer - The Rise Of The Horned Rat

BOOM! STUDIOS
Adventure Time - Sugary Shorts Vol. 2 (HC)

CONUNDRUM PRESS
Don’t Get Eaten By Anything (HC)

DARK HORSE COMICS
Drug And Drop Vol. 2

Tomb Raider Vol. 2: Secrets And Lies

DISNEY EDITIONS
Hidden Mickeys Of Disneyland

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Wuvable Oaf (HC)

FW MEDIA
Geek Handbook 2.0

HARPER TEEN
Nimona (HC)
Nimona

HERMES PRESS
Phantom Sundays Archive Full Size Half Pages Vol. 1: 1939-1942 (HC)

HUMANOIDS PUBLISHING
Sanctum Redux

IDW PUBLISHING
Angry Birds Comics Vol. 2: When Pigs Fly (HC)
Rip Kirby Vol. 8 (HC)
Transformers - More Than Meets The Eye Vol. 7
V-Wars Vol. 2: All Of Us Monsters
Walter Simonson’s Star Slammers - The Complete Collection (HC)

IMAGE COMICS
Aphrodite IX - The Complete Oversized (HC)
Revival Vol. 5: Gathering Of Waters

KODANSHA COMICS
Heroic Legend Of Arslan Vol. 3

PAPERCUTZ
Ariol Vol. 7: Where’s Petula?

QUIRK BOOKS
Fangirl’s Guide To The Galaxy - A Handbook For Girl Geeks (HC)

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT
Dance In The Vampire Bund Part 2 - Scarlet Order Vol. 2
Lucifer And The Biscuit Hammer Vol. 3

SUBLIME
Love Stage Vol. 1

SUPER GENIUS
Neil Gaiman’s Lady Justice Vol. 1 (HC)

TITAN COMICS
Anathema Vol. 1: Evil That Men Do

UDON ENTERTAINMENT
Manga Classics Great Expectations (HC)
Manga Classics Great Expectations

UNDERWOOD BOOKS
Women Of Wonder - Celebrating Women Creators Of Fantastic Art (HC)

VIZ MEDIA
07-Ghost Vol. 16
Ranma 1/2 - 2-In-1 Edition Vol. 8