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SDCC '09 | Debuts, panels and more from Oni Press

Festering Romance

Oni Press has several books that will debut at the show next week: Festering Romance by Renee Lott, You Have Killed Me by Jamie S. Rich and Joëlle Jones, Wet Moon, Vol. 5: Where All Stars Fail to Burn by Ross Campbell and a limited black cover version of Wasteland: The Apocalyptic Edition. In addition, they'll have many different T-shirts, buttons and other goodies for sale at their booth.

A complete list of everything they'll have, along with their booth and panel schedules, can be found after the jump. (I didn't realize they were doing a graphic novel based on the TV show Psych).

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Everyone's a Critic: A round-up of comic reviews and thinkpieces

A Comic Studies Reader

* Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester talk about their latest book, The Comic Studies Reader, among a myriad number of other things, on the Inkstuds podcast.

* Speaking of podcasts, The Comics Journal has posted a panel discussion between Dark Horse editors Philip Simon and Carl Horn, Funimation’s Adam Sheenan and Japanamerica author Roland Kelts on the state of the manga and anime industries that took place during Sakura-Con in Seattle.

* There's a new site in town, Comic Book Critics, which collects reviews of various comics and then assigns them a score from 1-10 based on the consensus, a la Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.

* Mark Seigel and the rest of the First Second staff review the new Scott Pilgim book, comic book style!

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Scott Pilgrim vs. high demand

Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 5

As the minutes tick down to the start of New York Comic Con, cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley appears to be the man of the hour.

The much-anticipated fifth installment of his popular Scott Pilgrim series, Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe, debuted this week to positive reviews, and a string of release parties in New York City.

As Heidi MacDonald pointed out yesterday, demand for the new volume is so high that some retailers, and fans, are coming up short.

Twitter is, well, atwitter with praise for the book, reports of quick sellouts, and concerns about locating a copy. Rogues Gallery owner Randy Lander ended up without a copy for himself, while Isotope Lounge's James Sime jokingly considered renaming his email in-box as, "Save Me Scott Pilgrim." He teased: "What is going to happen when Obama is on the cover of volume 6?"

Although Amazon.com lists the release date for Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe as Feb. 18, the title already is No. 296 on its bestselling books list, and No. 5 in graphic novels (behind Watchmen and three volumes of Diary of a Wimpy Kid).

To top is all off, this morning's New York Times features a profile of O'Malley, who tells George Gene Gustines that he's looking forward to see what kind of reception awaits him at Comic Con.

If the response so far is any indication, convention-goers should expect long lines at the Oni Press booth, and a sea of shiny covers and "I (Scott) NY" T-shirts.

An early peek at Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe

From "Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe," by Bryan Lee O'Malley

For those of you who can't wait until tomorrow to get a peek at the fifth volume of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series -- Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe -- New York magazine has a six-page preview.