DBD e-Newsletter for May 2104 *October 2014 Sales Kit*

Published: Tue, 05/20/14




May 2014
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Image Rides Trail of Revenge in Pretty Deadly
A dark mission drives the daughter of Death itself to avenge the innocent in Pretty Deadly Vol. 1, the start of a critically acclaimed new series from Image Comics. See a four page preview here.
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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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Danger Days Carry On For Dark Horse's Fabulous Killjoys
Umbrella Academy creator Gerard Way takes readers through a sci-fi dystopia as rock-n-roll rebels try to finish their forebears' mission in The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys from Dark Horse Comics. See a five page preview here.
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Like a Thunderbolt from Heaven, God is Dead Launches into Earth
Divine wrath is visited upon humanity when the old gods return in Avatar Press' God is Dead Vol. 1 from East of West writer Jonathan Hickman.
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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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Valiant Brings the Skeletons Out In New Shadowman
Jack Boniface begins his newest arc by embarking on a journey to discover who he is and what he stands for in Valiant Entertainment's Shadowman Vol. 4: Fear, Blood, and Shadows. Download a preview here.
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Idol Artist Takes The Stage In Udon's Mikucolor
The official artist of the popular virtual music star gets the spotlight in Udon Entertainment's Mikucolor: KEI's Hatsune Miku Illustration Works.
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Penguin Asks When's The Doctor?
Penguin Books takes readers on a trip through time to find the greatest Time Lord and his friends in Doctor Who: When's the Doctor?, a new softcover edition featuring new scenes.
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Prime Takes To The Stars With Space Opera
Editor Rich Horton assembles an vast array of award-winning authors to take readers among the stars in Space Opera from Prime Books.
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Paizo Sets Sail For The Inner Sea
Players of Paizo's Pathfinder will find high adventure on the high seas in two new Campaign Settings: Inner Sea Combat and Inner Sea Gods.
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Enjoy A Slice With DST's TMNT Pizza Cutter
The Ninja Turtles love their pizza, and now fans will get their help enjoying the dish with Diamond Select Toys' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Michelangelo Pizza Cutter.
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2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced
DBD publishers garnered 66 nominations in this year's Eisner Awards, including 18 for Fantagraphics Books, 17 for Image Comics, 12 for Dark Horse Comics, nine for IDW Publishing, and four for Top Shelf Productions.
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The World Of Skylanders® Comes to Comics
In conjunction with Activision, IDW Publishing is proud to announce the first-ever Skylanders comic-book series, penned by renowned comic-book writer Ron Marz with Mike Bowden and David Baldeon as lead artists.
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New Graphic Novels Available On Net Galley
For retailers looking to sample some upcoming books before they hit the shelves, DBD offers a list of the newest titles now available for viewing on Net Galley, including Dark Horse Comics' Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For, Image Comics' Pretty Deadly Vol. 1, Avatar Press' The Extinction Parade Vol. 1, and Oni Press' I Was the Cat.
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Resources



DBD October 2014 Sales Kit

The DBD October 2014 Sales Kit from Diamond Book Distributors is now available. This issue features graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise scheduled to ship in October 2014.
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Ku's Notes For October 2014

DBD VP Sales and Marketing Kuo-Yu Liang offers retailers his picks for the hottest items in the DBD October 2014 Sales Kit, along with notes to help inform retailers and salespeople and offer tips in selling these items.
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Every month you'll receive an email featuring the latest DBD Sales Kit — highlighting the upcoming releases from our outstanding roster of publishers — as well as the latest updates on just announced graphics novels, DBD announcements, and other comics industry news. This month we highlight our publishers' upcoming graphic novels. If you are interested in more information, simply contact us.

Common Core Resources

With the new school year starting up, DBD has compiled the articles from DBD and our library/educator web site Diamond BookShelf that cover graphic novels in the Common Core State Standards along with the updated Diamond Graphic Novel Common Core List in one place for easy access.
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MediaWatch News & Notes

All the news of comics, graphic novels, and pop-culture that the mass media is covering! This just in: Godzilla crushes competition at the box office!
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DBD To Attend Book Expo America

Diamond Book Distributors will be exhibiting at Book Expo America 2014, May 29-May 31 at the Javits Center in New York City.
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Join DBD At the 2014 ALA Annual Conference

The American Library Association will hold its annual conference on June 26 - July 1 in Las Vegas, NV. Visit DBD by the Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage, featuring presentations by publishers, creators, librarians, and educators!
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About DBD e-Newsletter

Managing Editor:
Mark Banaszak

Contributors: Kuo-Yu Liang, Allan Greenberg, Jennifer Clary, Lance Woods, Todd Kaylor, Scott Hatfill

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