Neil Gaiman's American Gods Are Summoned on the Cover to January's PREVIEWS Catalog

Neil Gaiman's award-winning novel American Gods comes to comics in a new Dark Horse Comics series

The January edition of Diamond Comic Distributors’ monthly PREVIEWS catalog arrives in comic shops on December 28th and features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning March 2017.

You can get a look at the catalog now on the redesigned PREVIEWSworld website by checking out the site's sections that spotlight the Gems of the Month as well as the full catalog sections for Comics; Graphic Novels; Books; Magazines; Trading Cards; Apparel; Toys, Statues, and Models; Collectibles; and Games.

Front Cover: Dark Horse Comics' American Gods: Shadows JAN170096		Back Cover: IDW Publishing's March Trilogy Slipcase Set JAN170537

ON OUR FRONT COVER: P. Craig Russell and Scott Hampton bring an acclaimed Neil Gaiman novel to comics in Dark Horse Comics' American Gods: Shadows!

ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: IDW Publishing celebrates the National Book Award won by March, the graphic novel autobiography about the Civil Rights Movement by Representative John Lewis (D-GA)!

The January PREVIEWS Features:

Free Comic Book Day: Free Comic Book Day returns in 2017, and this month's PREVIEWS unveils the Gold and Silver Sponsor books as well as the Commemorative Artist t-shirt by The Fairly Odd-Parents' Butch Hartman and the Commemorative Artist poster by Black Panther: World of Wakanda's Afua Richardson.

How-to-Draw Month: Many PREVIEWS readers and comic book fans not only enjoy reading graphic literature, but want to learn all they can about the techniques and processes artists utilize to create comics and graphic novels. This month, PREVIEWS focuses on artistic tricks-of-the-trade, making it easy for aspiring artists to find how-to-draw books throughout this issue by marking them with a special icon.

Draw Your Own Hero Contest: To get readers in the mood for PREVIEWS's "How to Draw Month," PREVIEWS is running a contest in January where readers can create their own super-hero and potentially win a prize pack of How to Draw books! See page 266 of January's catalog for details or click here!

On The Flip Side — A new era begins for X-O Manowar in March as Valiant Entertainment's launch title relaunches with a new direction, and PREVIEWS talks with Valiant publisher Fred Pierce about what readers can expect from the new X-O Manowar and where the series is going!

Gems of the Month: January's PREVIEWS Gems of the Month include:

· Dark Horse Comics' American Gods: Shadows #1 and Rebels: These Free and Independent States #1
· DC Entertainment's Batwoman #1 and Savage Things #1
· IDW Publishing's Ghostbusters 101 #1
· Image Comics's Afar OGN and Royal City #1
· Marvel Comics' Iron Fist #1

CatBUZZ: PREVIEWS shines a special spotlight at some of the blockbuster books and products coming in March, including Gabby Rivera and Joe Quinones' America from Marvel Comics, an ongoing series starring fan-favorite character America Chavez of the Young Avengers and Ultimates. Plus, Jeff Lemire explores a family's secrets and pain in Image Comics' Royal City; the original Ghostbusters meet the Ghostbusters of 2016 in IDW Publishing's multiverse-spanning adventure Ghostbusters 101; Art Baltazar and Franco revisit Little Archie as part of Archie Comics' one-shot specials month; the world of Kim Newman's best-selling horror/alternate history series comes to comics in Titan Comics' Anno Dracula; Diamond Select Toys' unleashes the power of Thor from Walt Simonson's legendary run with their Marvel Milestones: Armored Thor Resin Statue; HEROCROSS brings the Star Wars Hybrid Metal Figuration line of action figures to American shores; and Paul Levitz's 75 Years of DC Comics is available from Taschen in a new slipcased edition. Readers and collectors will have these and many more products to look forward to this spring!

PREVIEWS Exclusive Apparel: Each month PREVIEWS offers comic book fans and pop culture aficionados a selection of t-shirts and other apparel that can only be found in your local comic shop! Netflix's hit series Luke Cage inspires two new shirts — the Luke Cage: "Genghis Connie's" Black T-Shirt and the Luke Cage: "Pop's Barber Shop" Gray T-Shirt. Plus, there is Key and Peele apparel and a split SHIELD/Hydra baseball cap! Refresh your wardrobe with these and many other products that you can find only through PREVIEWS and your local comic shop!

Indie Edge: PREVIEWS talks to Anthony Del Col about his upcoming book Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Big Lie from Dynamite Entertainment as well as his work on IDW Publishing's Kill Shakespeare and Dynamite's Sherlock Holmes vs. Harry Houdini, plus the comics that he's reading and enjoying today!

New Look for 2017: Beginning this month, PREVIEWS sports a new cover stock, an updated cover design, and new page layouts, giving the comic industry's venerable catalog a new look for a new year!

Plus: Staff Picks, the monthly Bestsellers Charts, and so much more!

All this awaits you in the January edition of PREVIEWS, which goes on sale at your local comic shop or specialty store on Wednesday, December 28th at its regular cover price of just $3.99!