This is the week when :01’s books arrive in comic shops, with six to choose from. I’ve already read and enjoyed Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by J.P. Stassen, and I’m looking forward to picking up my copy of Vampire Loves by Joann Sfar. I’m sure I’ll pick up more of them before all is said and done.
Tom Spurgeon has been interviewing :01 folks over at The Comics Reporter, including Mark Siegel, Grady (The Lost Colony) Klein, and Eddie (The Fate of the Artist) Campbell. Over at comics.212.net, Christopher Butcher has been reviewing :01’s spring line, having covered Lewis Trondheim’s A.L.I.E.E.E.N. and The Lost Colony so far.
You wouldn’t think I’d be the target audience for The Baby-Sitters Club (Graphix), but I’m definitely part of the target audience for pretty much any comic by Raina Telgemeier (unless she goes through a zombie phase, and even then I’d probably pick it up).
Neal Shaffer and Joe Infurnari’s Borrowed Time (Oni) starts a little slowly, but it’s got a very interesting premise. It’s got a nice Twilight Zone vibe to it.