Diamond BookShelf e-Newsletter for August 2016

Published: Fri, 08/05/16

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Living History: Rep. John Lewis's Civil Rights Memoir Concludes in March Book Three

Civil Rights leader John Lewis's graphic memoir reaches its historic climax in March Book Three from IDW Publishing/Top Shelf Entertainment. Here, we speak with March artist Nate Powell about this groundbreaking work, and present a preview of the final volume.

2016 Eisner Award Winners Announced

Comic-Con International is proud to announce the winners for the 2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. See the complete list of winners here, including Image's Paper Girls and IDW/Top Shelf's March Book Two.

Reading Without Walls: An Interview with Gene Luen Yang

Printz and Eisner Award winner Gene Luen Yang has been named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Here, we talk with Yang about the honor, the meaning of his theme "Reading Without Walls," and the new volume of his series for First Second, Secret Coders.

Mark Millar Crafts an Uplifting Tale for Image With Huck

A simple man uses his powers to help his neighbors, but when his secret gets out everything changes in Huck, the new graphic novel from Wanted and Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar, published by Image Comics.

Udon Revisits Austen's Romance in Manga Classics: Sense and Sensibility

The Dashwood sisters' struggles for love amidst their ever-changing fortunes is faithfully adapted in the new Manga Classics: Sense and Sensibility from Udon Entertainment.

Oni Spreads the Love With Fresh Romance

Oni Press revives the romance comic genre with a collection of stories featuring inclusive, modern sensibilities in Fresh Romance Vol. 1.

Know Your Villains: Suicide Squad

DC Comics's long-running anti-hero series forms the basis for the newest superhero film as Suicide Squad premieres August 5. Here are some graphic novels for fans looking for the comic origins of this band of semi-noble rogues.

Katie's Korner: Graphic Novel Reviews and Lesson Plans

Dr. Katie Monnin reviews BOOM! Studios's Lumberjanes Vol. 1 and TOON Books's Benny and Penny in How to Say Goodbye, with suggestions for how they could be used in a classroom or workshop setting.

New Graphic Novels on Net Galley

BookShelf offers a list of the newest titles now available for viewing on Net Galley, including IDW's Crazy is the New Normal, Image's Monstress Vol. 1, and Magnetic's Little Tails of the Jungle.

Bestsellers & New/Upcoming Releases

Top 50 GNs for June 2016

For educators or librarians interested to know which graphic novels are bestsellers at your local comic shop, Image Comics's Saga Vol. 6 is the best-selling graphic novel in Diamond's Top 50 Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks for June. See the July bestsellers Monday, Aug. 15 on the BookShelf site.

Top 25 Manga for June 2016

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 June, led by Viz Media's Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 7. See the July bestsellers Monday, Aug. 15 on the BookShelf site.

New Releases: Available Now

Each month, BookShelf presents a list of newly released graphic novels. Here are descriptions of titles that shipped in July 2016, broken down by age rating.

Upcoming Releases: October

Each month, BookShelf presents a list of upcoming graphic novels from the current issue of PREVIEWS, the Comic Shop's Catalog. Here are upcoming titles due for release starting in October 2016, broken down by age rating.

Useful Links

The Diamond Graphic Novel Common Core List
The Diamond Graphic Novel Common Core List offers over 100 graphic novels that will fit into a Common Core curriculum, along with resources including Library Classifications, Subject Headings, and Core Standards which apply to each book.

Diamond BookShelf Core Lists
Bookshelf presents a list of essential titles broken down by age group. These lists are compiled taking into account literary quality, entertainment value and age group suitability.

Lesson Plans
Here at BookShelf, we plan to help out teachers by providing lesson plans for selected titles, crafted by qualified educators. To get started, we have provided lesson plans for Elementary, Middle and High School using several popular graphic novels.

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