BE BEAUTIFUL (dist. by Central Park Media)
Sound of My Voice (May, $15.99) by Youka Nitta follows a group of anime voice actors in Tokyo. 25,000 first printing.
Celebrities (Aug, $15.99) by Kaoro Iwamoto. When Haruka Fujinami starts a new job, he finds himself strangely attracted to his tyrannical boss. 25,000 first printing.
COMICSLIT (dist. by NBM Publishing)
Bluesman, Vol. 2 (Mar., $8.95) by Rob Vollmar and Pablo Callejo tells of 1920s traveling bluesmen unwittingly involved in murder.
DARK HORSE
Concrete: The Human Dilemma (Apr., $14.95) by Paul Chadwick. The Eisner Award—winning writer/artist offers the latest in the Concrete series.
Hellboy: Strange Places (Apr., $17.95) by Mike Mignola. The latest collection in the film-adapted series takes Hellboy to Africa and the bottom of the ocean.
DC COMICS
Seven Soldiers of Victory Vol. 3 (Apr., $14.99) by Grant Morrison (The Invisibles, New X-Men) and various artists features the interwoven tales of Zatanna, Klarion the Witch Boy, Mister Miracle and others.
Superman Returns: The Movie and Other Tales of the Man of Steel (June, $12.99) by Martin Pasko et al. takes Superman from the ocean's depths to outer space in an attempt to save the world.
DC COMICS/CMX
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne Vol. 4 (June, $9.99) by Tanemura Arina. A new teacher discovers Maron's secret life, but is the teachertruly her ally?
DC COMICS/VERTIGO
Can't Get No (June, $19.99) by Rick Veitch follows one man's journey after 9/11 into the unknown heart of America.
Y: The Last Man—Paper Dolls (May, $14.99) by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Pia Guerra et al., is the sixth in the series, this time searching Australia for Yorick Browne's fiancée.
DC COMICS/WILDSTORM
Ex Machina Vol. 3: Fact vs. Fiction (Apr., $12.99) by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Tony Harris and Tom Feister, presents the adventures of a lone superhero running for mayor of New York City.
DEL REY MANGA
Pichi Pichi Pitch 1and ...2 (Apr., Aug., $10.95 each) by Michiko Yokote tell of mermaid princess Luchia's journey to retrieve her magic pearl.SchoolRumble 1and ...2 (Mar., June, $10.95 each) by Jin Kobayashi sketch Tenma Tsukamoto's high school romantic entanglements.
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The Fate of the Artist (Apr., $15.95). Author Eddie Campbell (co-creator of From Hell) investigates his own disappearance.
The Lost Colony, Book One: The Snodgrass Conspiracy (May, $14.95) by Grady Klein illuminates a group of citizens' attempts to guard a wealthy lost island from each other and the world. 40,000 first printing.
PANTHEON
Good-bye, Chunky Rice (May, $12.95) by Craig Thompson explores friendship, loneliness and loss in this tale of a turtle and his friend, a mouse deer. Advertising.5-city author tour.
VISIBLE INK PRESS
The Supervillain Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book and Hollywood Masterminds, Megalomaniacs, and Menaces (Aug., $34.95) by Gina Misiroglu with Michael Eury. After The Superhero Book comes this collection of the 350 most dastardly figures. Ad/promo.
VIZ MEDIA
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 6 (Mar., $9.99) by Hiromu Arakawa tells of brothers Alphonse and Edward Elric, powerful but damaged slaves of the military-alchemical complex.
Naruto, Vol. 9 (Mar., $7.95) by Masashi Kishimoto shares the adventures of an orphan who wants to be the next village champion.
