Diamond BookShelf e-Newsletter for July 2016

Published: Fri, 07/08/16

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Faith
 
FEATURED ARTICLE
Faith Rising: Jody Houser On Valiant's Newest Superhero
 
Faith Herbert always wanted adventure, and she finds them in the superhero life in Valiant Entertainment's Faith Vol. 1: Hollywood and Vine, a new series featured in sources including People Magazine. Here, writer Jody Houser discusses writing this groundbreaking superhero.
 
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Comic Con
 
Comic Con Offers Programs For Librarians And Educators
 
Comic-Con International 2016 (a.k.a. the San Diego Comic Con) takes place July 21-24. Among the numerous programs and features are several for educators and librarians hosted by a number of experts.
 
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Outcast
 
Eisner Grant Winner Birchwood School Library
 
The Birchwood School Library in Columbia, SC, was recently announced as the winner of the 2016 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Innovation Grant. Here, we speak with Birchwood librarian Susan McNair about their grant-winning program.
 
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Ghostbusters
 
IDW's On the Call With New Ghostbusters Tales
 
With the new Paul Feig-directed film coming July 15, IDW Publishing presents new Ghostbusters graphic novels for fans both new to and familiar with the franchise.
 
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Monstress
 
Minds Merge Amidst War in Image's Monstress
 
A powerful young psychic linked to a monster is thrust into a war in Monstress Vol. 1: Awakening, the beginning of a new series from NYT best-selling author Marjorie Liu, published by Image Comics.
 
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America
 
Captain America Seeks the Truth in Joe Books's Sub Rosa Novel
 
A mission to protect a civilian will bring the First Avenger into the sights of unknown enemies in Marvel's Captain America: Sub Rosa, a YA prose novel from Joe Books.
 
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White Sand
 
Preview: Brandon Sanderson's White Sand
 
#1 New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson weaves a brand new saga of magic and adventure in White Sand Vol. 1 from Dynamite Entertainment. See a preview here.
 
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DBD
 
DBD at ILA Annual Conference
 
Diamond Book Distributors and their publishers will be represented by Publishers Spotlight at the International LiteracyAssociation Annual Conference July 9-11at booth #2022 in the exhibit hall. Stop by for information on current and upcoming graphic novels and for a copy of the new BookShelf magazine. More information is available at the ILA web site.
 
 
Reviews
 
New Graphic Novel Reviews
 
We've posted some new graphic novel reviews on the site recently, including Papercutz's Fuzzy Baseball, Image Comics's Paper Girls Vol. 1, and DC Comics's Dark Night: A True Batman Story.

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Katie's Korner
 
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.
 
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Net Galley
 
New Graphic Novels on Net Galley
 
BookShelf offers a list of the newest titles now available for viewing on Net Galley, including IDW's Bloom County Episode XI, Image's Monstress Vol. 1, and Dynamite's Devolution.
 
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Bestsellers & New/Upcoming Releases
 
Top GN
 
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.
 
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Top Manga
 
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.
 
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New Releases
 
New Releases: Available Now
Each month, BookShelf presents a list of newly released graphic novels. Here are descriptions of titles that shipped in June 2016, broken down by age rating.
 
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Upcoming Releases
 
Upcoming Releases: September
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 September 2016, broken down by age rating.
 
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