Rocket Bomber - article - comics - publishing - 18 Graphic Novels (plus 4 other books of note) currently available 'e'

Sorry for the delay; and it looks like I came up 2 short. (there are some extras tacked on to the end for you)

Here’s the original post, with intro and disclaimer; let’s skip the nonsense and and just do this thing.

For those of you who don’t want to read the last post, I’ll just note that the ISBNs below correspond to the e-book version (smart pubs are issuing unique isbns to e-books, and smart retailers will use them) & also that the five titles I used as a teaser in the initial post are also included below.

My interest in trying to ‘sell’ you on e-books has significantly waned in the past week; not because I don’t believe in the format but because of the time it takes to write up (or even just cut-n-paste) the damn summaries and links. (this is time I could be spending on other essays and features, and my time is a very dear commodity at the moment)

I’ll give you a huge head start — these are titles available from both B&N and Amazon — but you’re going to have to run that last leg yourself.

if you really want a link, here: have some.

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‘08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail, Michael Crowley & Dan Goldman, Three Rivers Press (Random House), 9780307588722

Baltimore: Or, the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden, Random House, 9780307481917

Best of Callahan, John Callahan, Random House, 9780307482150

The Best of in the Bleachers: A Classic Collection of Mental Errors, Steve Moore, Grand Central (Hachette), 9780446562515

Cell Block Z; Ghostface Killah with Chris Walker, Marlon Chapman, & Shauna Garr; Grand Central (Hachette), 9780446550932

Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel, Lynda Barry, Simon & Schuster, 9780743212175

Dark Wraith of Shannara, Terry Brooks with Edwin David & Robert Place Napton, Ballantine (Random House), 9780307494740

Elk’s Run, Joshua Fialkov & Noel Tuazon, Random House, 9780307495099

Embroideries, Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon (Random House), 9780307522870

Epileptic, David B., Pantheon (Random House), 9780307522955

French Milk, Lucy Knisley, Simon & Schuster, 9781416588245

Funny Misshapen Body: A Memoir, Jeffrey Brown, Simon & Schuster, 9781439159293

Good-bye, Chunky Rice, Craig Thompson, Pantheon (Random House), 9780307485557

Impostor’s Daughter: A True Memoir, Laurie Sandell, Little Brown & Co., 9780316053426

Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka, adapted by Peter Huper, Three Rivers Press (Random House), 9780307717009

The Shiniest Jewel, Marion Henley, Grand Central (Hachette), 9780446542241

Vlad the Impaler, Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colon, Hudson Street Press (Penguin), 9781101150962

The World of Quest: Volume 2, Jason Kruse, Yen/Orbit (Hachette), 9780759529908
[Oddly, Volume 1 is not available as an ebook; Kurt, please fix this pronto.]

Also of interest:

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel, 2nd Edition, Nat Gertler, Alpha (Penguin), 9781101155615

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, David Hajdu, FSG, 9781429937054

Was Superman a Spy?: And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed, Brian Cronin, Penguin, 9781101045244

Comic Books 101, Chris Ryall & Scott Tipton, F+W, 9781440307904

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The Future is Now, the books are out there. Note that almost all of these are from big publishers — DC & Disney/Marvel may get left behind. But then again, if graphic-novels-as-e-books become a new way for ‘indy’, ‘arty’ graphic novels to reach a larger audience (if only because there is no spandex or manga competition), is this necessarily a bad thing?