Comics for April 16 and news

Hunter’s Moon TP

The two-time GCA nominee gets a trade paperback this week.

Also this week:
Batman and the Outsiders #6. Cover by Braithwaite.
Tangent: Superman’s Reign #2 (of 12). Jamal Igle joins the book as regular penciller.
Perhapanauts #1. The first issue of the new series, now at Image.
The 99 #7
Archie & Friends #118. Written by Simmons.
Great Figures in History: Nelson Mandela GN

I had an unbelievably busy weekend, so I wasn’t able to write a Sunday Review. But I am a little more than a third of the way through The Hole, the graphic novel I told you about a few weeks ago, so I expect to finish it and write a review of it for next Sunday.

I won’t be able to attend the New York Comic-Con this year due to other plans, but I hope you have a great time if you’re attending. And don’t forget to bring your kids on Sunday, which will be Kids Day, an event made possible by Kids Comic Con founder Alex Simmons.

This year’s Eisner Award nominations are up. Complete list is here, but of interest to us:

Best Continuing Series and Best New Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, by Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens (Dark Horse)

Best Publication for Teens
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)

Best Reality-Based Work
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, by Percy Carey and Ronald Wimberly (Vertigo/DC)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Aya, by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Obrerie (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Writer
James Sturm, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)

Best Writer/Artist-Humor
Kyle Baker, The Bakers: Babies and Kittens (Image)

Best Lettering
Jared K. Fletcher, Catwoman, The Spirit (DC); Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm (Vertigo/DC)

Congrats to all the nominees. The Eisner Awards will be held July 25 during Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Here’s a new Raven Gregory interview.

First look at Samuel L. Jackson as the Octopus in Frank Miller’s The Spirit.

And oh, by the way - the votes for the Glyph Comics Awards are in. This year was an incredibly competitive race, and that is definitely reflected in the big winners. Expect a surprise or two.