Diamond BookShelf e-Newsletter for June 2014

Published: Fri, 06/06/14




June 2014
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Graphic Novels At The 2014 ALA Annual Conference
This year's ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition will feature panels, presentations, and an artist alley for the graphic novel loving librarians. Other events include ALA Play and the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Prize for Libraries giveaway.
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Health Gets Graphic At The Comics And Medicine Conference
The fifth annual Comics and Medicine Conference takes place June 26-28 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. This year's conference will examine the relationship between comics and mental health, and features keynote speakers, workshops, and more.
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Banned Books Week 2014 Celebrates Graphic Novels
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), with the national Banned Books Week (Sept. 21 – 27) planning committee, today announced that this year's celebration of the freedom to read will emphasize a thematic focus on comics and graphic novels.
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BookShelf's Recommended Reads for Summer 2014
School's out, the temperatures are high, and the lines to the beach are long - it's summer! To help you select some fine summer reading, BookShelf offers a list of graphic novel highlights released from June through August 2014.
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IDW Rolls Out New Transformers Collections
With the blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction hitting theaters June 27, IDW Publishing offers plenty of graphic novel adventures of the Autobots and Decepticons, including new editions of Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Vol. 1 and Transformers: Robots in Disguise Vol. 1.
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Brubaker And Epting Play Spy Games In Image's Velvet
The creative team behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier reunite to tell the tale of a Cold War-era superspy out to solve the mystery of her mentor's murder in Velvet Vol. 1: Before the Living End from Image Comics. See a four page preview here.
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Dynamite Invites Readers to Enter The Twilight Zone
Hugo-winning writer J. Michael Straczynski returns to a dimension of sight, sound, and mind to take readers to a place at once familiar and strange in The Twilight Zone Vol. 1 from Dynamite Entertainment. See a five page preview here.
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Oni Offers Up Seconds Of Its Kid-Friendly Power Lunch
Joey finds that different foods give him super powers - but when he joins the soccer team, he may give himself an unfair advantage in Power Lunch Book 2: Seconds. See a five page preview here.
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Discover The Truth Of Great White Sharks With Zenescope
Zenescope Entertainment's all-ages imprint Silver Dragon has teamed up with the Discovery Channel to help separate fact from fiction on one of the ocean's most infamous predators with Discovery: Great White Sharks.
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New Graphic Novels Available On Net Galley
For librarians and educators looking to sample some upcoming books before they hit the shelves, BookShelf offers a list of the newest titles now available for viewing on Net Galley, including IDW Publishing's The Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland, Image Comics' Black Science Vol. 1, Avatar Press' The Extinction Parade Vol. 1, and Oni Press' Letter 44 Vol. 1.
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Katie's Korner: Graphic Novel Reviews for Schools and Libraries
Dr. Katie Monnin reviews TOON Books' Tippy and the Night Parade, and Top Shelf Production's A Matter of Life, with suggestions for how they could be used in a classroom or workshop setting.
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New Releases: Available Now
Each month, BookShelf presents a list of newly released graphic novels. Here are descriptions of titles that shipped in May 2014, broken down by age rating.
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Upcoming Releases: August
Each month, BookShelf presents a list of upcoming graphic novels from the current issue of PREVIEWS, the Comic Shop's Catalog. Here are descriptions of upcoming titles, due for release starting in August 2014, broken down by age rating.
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Top 50 Graphic Novels for April 2014

For educators or librarians interested to know which graphic novels are bestsellers at your local comic shop, Image Comics' Sex Criminals Vol. 1 is the best-selling graphic novel in Diamond's Top 50 Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks for April. Look for May's bestsellers next week on the BookShelf web site.
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Top 25 Manga for April 2014

In order for librarians and educators to be informed about what people are buying from local comic shops, BookShelf presents the Top 25 Manga for April, led by Viz Media's Naruto Vol. 65. Look for May's bestsellers next week on the BookShelf web site.
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MediaWatch

More and more, the comic book and graphic novel industry is making an impact on Hollywood and getting mainstream media attention. To help you keep up with the latest developments and characters or books getting the spotlight, BookShelf offers a regularly updated list of release dates, news and notes, and latest trailers. To see the latest, visit the MediaWatch page.
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ALA Annual Conference

Diamond Book Distributors and Diamond BookShelf will exhibit at this year's American Library Association Annual Conference June 27-30 in Las Vegas, NV, in booth 2015. Check with BookShelf for a full list of comic-related events at the Conference.

Comic-Con International

Comic-Con International - a.k.a. San Diego Comic Con, a.k.a. the largest comic and pop culture event in the country - takes place July 24-27 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. Diamond Comics will be among the many exhibitors at the show. For more information, visit the CCI web site.


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