Looking for a gift for the comics fan in your life? Wayne Markley has some suggestions including IDW’s Super Weird Heroes, Fantagraphics’ Prince Valiant, Marvel’s Epic Collections, and more!

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There are many new books available for pre-order at WestfieldComics.com. KC Carlson gives you a rundown of some of the best including FPG’s The Art of Ploog, DC’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Frank Miller Gallery Edition, IDW’s Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 2 1940-1942, Marvel’s Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus, and much more!

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Dynamite announces King, an epic comic book event that marks the 100th anniversary of King Features Syndicate. New miniseries starring Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, Prince Valiant, The Phantom, and Jungle Jim lead into this amazing event!

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KC Carlson looks at more books in the new Previews including Dark Horse’s Archie Archives Volume 10, Fantagraphics’ Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Volume 5: “Outwits The Phantom Blot”, and Marvel’s Marvel Masterworks: Human Torch Volume 1.

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KC Carlson looks at new collections in the current issue of Previews including Alan Moore & Steve Parkhouse’s The Bojeffries Saga from Top Shelf, Marvel’s Wolverine: Japan’s Most Wanted, and Titan’s The Simon and Kirby Library: Horror.

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Westfiled’s Wayne Markley writes about good books for kids including DC’s Showcase Presents: The Superman Family, Fantagraphics’ Prince Valiant collections, and Oni’s Courtney Crumrin.

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Westfield’s Wayne Markley takes a look at the current state of the comics industry.

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by Wayne Markley

I think it is very hard to truly name the world’s greatest comic publisher since there have been so many different publishers over the years and all of the publishers have their own goals and intended markets. But one publisher that has been around for over 35 years now has published arguably one of the most diverse line of books ever and some of the greatest comics of all time. That publisher is a tiny publishing house in the Pacific Northwest called Fantagraphics Books. Fantagraphics was founded by Gary Groth and Mike Catron, with Kim Thompson joining them a year later. Over time, Mike Catron would leave the company and Gary and Kim would move to California and later Washington State. Over the years, they have published everyone from the Brothers Hernandez to Dan Clowes to Joe Sacco to Chris Ware to everyone in between. It would be impossible to discuss everything they have published over the years, but I am going to spotlight a handful of their books to show how diverse their publishing plan is and to offer some suggestions of some of the best books they publish so you can give them a try if you are tired of super-heroes 24/7.

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by Wayne Markley

2009 has been a very interesting year in the comic book business. It has been a time of changes in both creative and the business ends of comics. There have been some excellent books and there have been a number of flops. Marvel and DC continued with their major epics (Dark Reign and Blackest Night) and superheroes dominated the comic book world. What follows are some random thoughts about the comics book industry in 2009. They are not in any particular order or topic. And they are all just my opinion and do not reflect the opinions of Westfield or anyone else. So away we go.

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