FCBM4 Day 16

It's day sixteen of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Rob Monroe, who listed his five comics as:

1. Yotsuba&!
2. Batman
3. Battle Angel Alita
4. Uncanny X-Men
5. Invisibles

For Rob I have the first issue of Eat-Man, the futuristic manga by Akihito Yoshitomi that's been describes as Battle Angel Alita with super-powers.

For Rob's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Iron Man ashcan.

Rob's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
39 entries
32 free comics sent so far
15 days remaining

30,000 Comics!

It may not surprise you to know that I keep track of which comics I have (and how many) in a couple of database files. It may surprise you to find out—as it certainly did me—that a couple of weeks ago I passed the 30,000 mark in the number of comics I own!

Also interesting is that with a week of passing that milestone I also hit round-number counts on three publishers:

• 12,000 DC Comics
• 6,000 Marvel Comics
• 1,000 Dark Horse Comics

I should note that it took 28 years of comic book collecting to reach that number. It is surely too many. I'd like to cut that number down at least in half, but I can never find the time to go through the many boxes to figure out which to divest from the collection.

FCBM4 Day 15

It's day fifteen of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Steven Zacks, who listed his five comics as:

1. Criminal
2. Kick-Ass
3. The Boys
4. Iron Man
5. Batman

Steven seems like the right person to appreciate the first issue of Terror, Inc., the recent MAX series by David Lapham & Patrick Zircher.

For Steven's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Iron Man ashcan.

Steven's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
39 entries
30 free comics sent so far
16 days remaining

New Library Comics: Week of May 5, 2008

Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection last week:


Baltazar, Art. The cray-baby adventures / Chicago, Ill. : Electric Milk Comics, 1993- no. 1

Barrett, John. Gold digger : edge guard / San Antonio, Tex. : Radio Comix, 2001-2002. nos. 1-7

Bonzer : Australian comics 1900-1990s / Redhill South, Vic. : Elgua Media, 1998.

Marcy, Jason. Jay's days : my life as a cartoon / Frederick, Md. : Landwaster Books, c2001- vols. 1-2

La porte de l'amour. / Bruxelles : Siréas, 2004. nos. 1-2

Porte de l'amour. English. La porte de l'amour. / Bruxelles : Siréas, 2006. no. 3

Sensation comics. / New York, N.Y. : National Periodical Publications ; Secaucus, N.J. : Distributed by Lyle Stuart, c1974. No. 1. (Famous 1st edition : limited collectors’ bronze mint series ; no. C-30)

Spider-Man and Power Pack. / New York, N.Y. : Marvel Comics Group, 1984.

Suburban high life. / San Jose, Ca. : Slave Labor Graphics no. 1

Supina, Bob. Monster boy comics / San Jose, CA : Slave Labor Graphics, 1997- no. 1

Williams, J. R. Crap / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 1993- no. 1

Yambar, Chris. Chris Yambar's Mr. Beat adventures. / Youngstown, Ohio : Moordam Comics, 1997- no. 1

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FCBM4 Day 14

It's day fourteen of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Zach McMechan, who listed his five comics as:

1. Green Lantern
2. Walking Dead
3. Invincible
4. Avengers
5. X-Men

Since Zach likes both horror & super-hero comics, I'll be sending him the first issue of Simon Dark, the dark super-hero comic by Steve Niles & Scott Hampton.

For Zach's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Iron Man ashcan.

Zach's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
38 entries
28 free comics sent so far
17 days remaining

FCBM4 Day 13

It's day thirteen of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from William Burns, who listed his five comics as:

1. Lucifer
2. Top Ten
3. Iron Wok Jan
4. Fun Home
5. Hey Mister

This is a tough one, as William's picks are all over the map! So I'll take a chance and send him the first issue of Rumiko Takahashi's dark fantasy manga Mermaid Forest.

For William's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Uncle Scrooge ashcan.

William's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
36 entries
26 free comics sent so far
18 days remaining

Three to Read for Monday, May 12

* Grumpy Old Fan: Can’t tell the Crises without a scorecard, Part 1

* Redhead Fangirl: All the GIRL things

* Periscope Studio: Emerald City Comicon Haikus

Monday Morning Music

Yet Another Music Radio will be ending soon, if it hasn't already. I'd been broadcasting differently-themed set lists for a few years basically as a little vanity project. Not many people listened to it, although I did see a large uptick when I ran my Halloween- or Christmas-themed shows. But with Live365's recent significant hike in price to their broadcast packages, I decided to call it a day.

I'm still looking for something to take its place. In the meantime, I've created an account with muxtape at http://yetanothermuxtape.muxtape.com/ where I'll be uploading some of my current fave songs for your enjoyment.

FCBM4 Day 12

It's day twelve of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Rob McMonigal, who listed his five comics as:

1. Invincible
2. New Avengers
3. Concrete
4. Doom Patrol
5. Justice League

Rob says that he "kinda go[es] for team books in general". I'll send along the first issue of The End League, the end-of-the-world super-hero team comic from Rick Remender, Mat Broome & Sean Parsons.

For Rob's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Iron Man ashcan.

Rob's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
33 entries
24 free comics sent so far
19 days remaining

FCBM4 Day 11

It's day eleven of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Ted Melnick, who listed his five comics as:

1. Hellboy
2. Fantastic Four
3. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
4. The Spirit
5. Swamp Thing

Ted is a fan of the pop-horror of Hellboy and Swamp Thing, so I suspect he'll also like the original Cthulhu Tales anthology from Boom! Studios.

For Ted's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Iron Man ashcan.

Ted's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
32 entries
22 free comics sent so far
20 days remaining

FCBM4 Day 10

It's day nine of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Chuck Strode, who listed his five comics as:

1. Starman
2. JSA
3. Ex Machina
4. Astro City
5. Daredevil

As a fan of certain types of super-hero comics, I suspect that Chuck will enjoy the first issue of Red Menace by Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo, Adam Brody, Jerry Ordway & Al Vey.

For Chuck's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Iron Man ashcan.

Chuck's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
32 entries
20 free comics sent so far
21 days remaining