The latest Diamond Books Sales kit - for the month of July - is now available on the B2B files section.

DBD_JUL2011SalesKit.pdf


News and info:


This year Dark Horse is celebrating their 25th anniversary.

• Latest IndieBound graphic novel bestseller list for independent bookstores
- Scott Pilgrim & Walking Dead well represented on this list
http://news.bookweb.org/news/indie-comics-graphic-works-bestseller-list-3

TRUE BLOOD graphic novel from IDW on sale next Tuesday.

• New York Times bestsellers: Walking Dead (Image), Scott Pilgrim (Oni), Buffy: Slayer Tales (debut), Okko (Archaia, debut), Killer (Archaia, debut), Last Unicorn (IDW, debut), and Hetalia (TOKYOPOP)
- http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-02-13/paperback-graphic-books/list.html



Diamond's Notable titles:

Ape Entertainment



• KUNG FU PANDA: KUNG FU CREW - 978-1-936340-55-2

- Brand new stories. Movie opens May 26th.



Dark Horse



• ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: THREE WORLD WAR - 978-1-59582-702-9

- New title in this very successful sci-fi franchise.



• AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER – THE LOST ADVENTURES - 978-1-59582-748-7

- Collects stories previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine + 70 pages of new materials, totally 26 stories.

- New TV series (The Legend of Korra) in the works.

- The Art of Last Airbender was a hit for Dark Horse last year.



• CREEPY COMICS V1 - 978-1-59582-750-0

- New content. The collection of older materials (Creepy Archives) has been a New York Times bestseller for Dark Horse



• DEATHKLOK - 978-1-59582-738-8

- Based on the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim show METALOCALPYSE (and written by the show’s creator)



• FALLING SKIES - 978-1-59582-737-1

- Based on the upcoming DreamWorks/TNT TV series, produced by Steven Spielberg & starring Noah Wylie premiering in North America this June.

- Waiting to find out about int’l release details.



• SCARY GODMOTHER COMIC BOOK STORIES - 978-1-59582-723-4

- Brand new stories from award-winning cartoonist Jill Thompson, and well known to kids thanks to the Cartoon Network animated features.

- Includes a 19-pages activity book



• SUPERNATURAL NOIR - 978-1-59582-546-9

- Prose anthology from award-winning editor Ellen Datlow. Contributors includes Jeffrey Ford and Joe Lansdale.



• TROUBLEMAKER - 978-1-59582-722-7

- Trade paperback omnibus of the 2 hardcovers. Good value at $16.99 for 216 full-color pages.

Ø Marketing plan:

- Banner advertising on the Google content network and static, site-specific ads

- Facebook advertising

- Social media content features

- Blog features

- PR features pitched to comics and pop culture sites

- darkhorse.com home page graphics




Dynamite Entertainment



• VAMPIRELLA V1: CROWN OF WORMS - 978-1-60690-212-7

- The collection of older materials (Vampirella Archives) was a #1 New York Times bestseller



IDW



• ANGEL OMNIBUS V2 - 978-1-60010-968-3

- Collects the best-selling series



• DR WHO ELEVEN V1: THE RIPPER - 978-1-60010-974-4

- The first new graphic novel to feature the 11th doctor – Matt Smith

- New season to start this Spring + a new Dr Who magazine to launch in North America this April.



• I’M NOT THE BOSS, I JUST WORK HERE by Jonas Howard - 978-1-60010-976-8

- Prose business book by the owner of IDW.



• INFESTATION V1 - 978-1-60010-977-5

- IDW’s first ever cross-over event book, taking place within Transformers, GI Joe, Star Trek, Ghostbusters & others

- Compare to other cross-over universe titles such as ARTIFACT from Top Cow and CIVIL WAR from Marvel



• TRANSFORMERS: FOUNDATION - 978-1-60010-918-8

- Official prequel to TRANSFORMERS: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (movie opens July 1st)



• TRANSFORMERS: RISING STORM - 978-1-60010-919-5

- Official prequel to TRANSFORMERS: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (movie opens July 1st)



Image



• MARIJUANAMAN by Ziggy Marley - 978-1-60706-370-4

- A graphic novel about, er, Marijuanaman by Ziggy Marley, to go on sale 4/20. What else do you need know?

- Timed to coincide with new album (please pitch to music stores such as HMV Canada, HMV UK, Tower Records Japan…etc.)



Red 5 Comics (new publisher, from the people who used to run starwars.com and theforce.net). Their titles, including backlist, have not been available to the book market before.



• THE ABYSS - 978-0-9809302-1-4

- From the creator of the Star Wars parody film TROOPS.



• ATOMIC ROBO V1 - 978-0-9809302-0-7

- The reason we signed this publisher; this series was selected by YALSA Great Graphic Novel committee as one of the year’s best

- V2 thru 5 also listed.



• WE KILL MONSTERS - 978-0-9809302-7-6

- From the creators of Syfy Channel’s mini-series LOST ROOM



• ZMD: ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION - 978-0-9809302-9-0

- From the creators of the UNDERWORLD movie franchise



Sea Lion Books (new publisher)



• EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMPENDIUM - 978-0-9828186-8-8

- From famed Transformers artist Pat Lee, this is a hardcover art book about extraterrestrials.




Top Cow



• DARKNESS ACCURSED V5 - 978-1-60706-216-5

- New title to coincide with the new DARKNESS video game coming this August.



Zenescope



• DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S DINOSAURS & PREHISTORIC PREDATORS - 978-0-9827507-4-2