DBD May e-Newsletter: Dec 2017 Sales Kit Live!

Published: Tue, 05/16/17

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Author of 'Princess Princess Ever After' Discusses Upcoming Graphic Novel

Katie O'Neill is back with her latest young adult graphic novel The Tea Dragon Society from Oni Press, releasing October 2017. Check out our interview with O'Neill about her experience putting together this beautifully illustrated and poignantly written story about friendship, acceptance, and tradition.

DBD Presents Fall 2017 Catalog Through Edelweiss

The Fall 2017 Catalog is now available on Edelweiss+ and Edelweiss. Titles featured in the Fall Catalog include The Walking Dead Volume 28 from Image Comics, Princeless: Raven the Priate Princess Book 4: Two Ships in the Night from Action Lab Entertainment, James Bond: Black Box by Dynamite Entertainment and more!

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2017 Eisner Award Nominees Announced

Comic-Con International is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2017. This year’s nominees reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, with over 120 titles from some 50 publishers and by creators from all over the world.

DBD DECEMBER 2017 SALES KIT

The DBD December 2017 Sales Kit from Diamond Book Distributors is now available.

This issue features graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise scheduled to ship in December 2017, including Providence Act 3 from Avatar Press, Gwar: Orgasmageddon from Dynamite, Ab Irato from Lion Forge and more!

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Highlights From The December 2017 Sales Kit

GRRL Scouts: Magic Socks

IMAGE COMICS
9781534303478
SC,6.75 x 10.25, $9.99
In Stores: 12/26/2017

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Secret Weapons

VALIANT
9781682152294
SC, 6.75 x 10.25, $9.99
In Stores: 12/06/2017

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Kobane Calling

LION FORGE
9781941302491
SC, 6.75 x 9.5, $19.99
In Stores: 09/13/2017

DETAILS

Starfinder: Splintered Worlds

PAIZO
9781601259950
SC, 8.5 x 11, $22.99
In Stores: 12/13/2017

DETAILS

DBD NEWS

Bitch Planet Nominated for 2017 Glyph Award

The Glyph Comics Awards recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. This year, Bitch Planet from Image Comics has been nominated for several categories including Story of the Year. READ MORE

Moonstone's Kolchak: Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe Wins Bram Stoker Award

The 2016 Bram Stoker Award Winners have been announced with Kolchak The Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe from Moonstone winning the Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel category. READ MORE

Finalists for SEE-It Graphic Novel Award Announced

On April 14th, the finalists for the 2017 SEE-It Award were announced, including Light and Rendez-vous in Phoenix from Lion Forge's Magnetic Press Collection. READ MORE

Diamond Heads to New York for Book Expo and Book Con

Diamond will be attending Book Expo and Book Con in New York from May 31 - June 4. Visit us at Booth 2606 for exclusive previews of the latest best-selling and upcoming graphic novels and more! Don't miss out on exclusive creator signings, key graphic novel panels, and more - check out an overview of activities here! READ MORE

NPD Group Reports 24% Increase in Kids and YA Graphic Novels for 2016

On April 6, the NPD Book group delivered a talk on the trends of children's bookselling delivered at ABC's Children's Institute. According to NPD Book, trends in childrens books are taking form in comics and graphic novels with a growth of 24% in 2016. READ MORE

Alan Moore's Quinetesstial Treatise Returns for Final Printing [PREVIEW]

Due to overwhelming demand, Avatar Press is offering one final printing of the Providence Act 1 as a Hardcover! Setting the standard for a terrifying reinvention of the works of H.P. Lovecraft, the series has been universally hailed as one of Moore’s most realized works. READ MORE

Before The Coldest City, There Was The Coldest Winter [PREVIEW]

Eight years before The Coldest City... Berlin froze. After a string of botched assignments including his final mission (the defection of a Soviet scientist), David Perceval is being sent home. But before he can be transported the coldest winter descends on Europe. With extraction impossible, and the KGB searching for their lost scientist, Perceval must improvise through the frozen city to keep the Russians at bay.
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Image Presents the Next Chapter in Sina Grace's Graphic Memoir Library [PREVIEW]

Cartoonist Sina Grace returns with his most compelling and strongest tale to date. Chronicling a year of heartbreaks, writer’s block, career highs, emotional lows, and the emergence of a mystery illness, Nothing Lasts Forever is Grace’s unflinching exploration of how to pick up the pieces and find hope when everything falls apart.
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Aftershock Brings First-Ever Superhero Series with a Transgender Protagonist in 'Alters' [PREVIEW]

War between heroes and villains is being fought to a stalemate, with humanity becoming the collateral damage part of the equation, and the heroes know they are losing the war. In the middle of this conflict, a new threat seems to be emerging: the Alters. They are mutants – or perhaps they are some kind of ultimate end to our genetic road map. Whatever the case, they are met with fear, distrust, and prejudice. READ MORE

NEW RELEASES

May Top New Releases

Pix Volume 2: Too Super for School

IMAGE COMICS
9781534301566
SC, 6 x 9, $12.99
In Stores: 05/09/2017

Cinderella Serial Killer Princess

ZENESCOPE
9781942275558
SC, 9 x 5.75, $15.99
In Stores: 05/30/2017

Instrumental

Z2 COMICS
9781940878157
SC, 6.275 x 10.25, $24.99
In Stores: 05/23//2017

James Bond: Hammerhead

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
9781524103224
HC, 6.275 x 10.25, $24.99
In Stores: 05/16/2017

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