FCBM3 Day 31 part 5

It's day thirty-one of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month, and I've been giving away free comics all day long!

Today's fifth selected entry is from Mark Smith. The five comics that Mark says he likes are:

1. All-Star Batman and Robin
2. Death Note
3. The Walking Dead
4. Sin City
5. The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive

For Mark I have Living with Zombies #1, by C. Matthew Billman & Christopher M. Herndon. And I'm also throwing in a copy of Raven Chronicles #16 by Mark Chadbourn & Mark Bloodworth, just because one Mark deserves a couple of other Marks.

Mark's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Mark's comics should be in the mail within the next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
98 free comics sent so far
?? days remaining - stay tuned, there's more to come!

FCBM3 Day 31 part 4

It's day thirty-one of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month, and I'm giving away free comics all day long!

Today's fourth selected entry is from Derek Brown. The five comics that Derek says he likes are:

1. Green Lantern
2. Action Comics
3. Amazing Spider-Man
4. Justice Society of America
5. Astonishing X-Men

For Derek I have the kick-off issue to Marvel's other big event, the space-opera Annihilation Prologue #1, by Keith Giffen, Scott Kollins & Ariel Olivetti.

Derek's bonus comic is Star Wars Legacy #0.

Derek's comics should be in the mail within the next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
95 free comics sent so far
0 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 31 part 3

It's day thirty-one of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month, and I'm giving away free comics all day long!

Today's third selected entry is from Jennifer Howard. The five comics that Jennifer says she likes are:

1. Checkmate
2. Birds of Prey
3. Heroes for Hire
4. Justice Society of America
5. The All-New Atom

For Jennifer I have IDW's super-powered Gene Pool #1, by Marv Wolfman, Len Wein & Steven Cummings.

Jennifer's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Jennifer's comics should be in the mail within the next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
93 free comics sent so far
0 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 31 part 2

It's day thirty-one of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month, and I'm giving away free comics all day long!

Today's second selected entry is from Bill Zeiders. The five comics that Bill says he likes are:

1. Thunderbolts (Ellis version)
2. Detective Comics
3. The Maxx
4. The Amazing Spider-Man
5. Hellboy

For Bill I have the super-villain-with-a-twist comic The Black Plague #1, by Joe Casey & Julie Bax.

Bill's bonus comic is Star Wars Legacy #0.

Bill's comics should be in the mail within the next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
91 free comics sent so far
0 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 31 part 1

It's day thirty-one of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month, and I'm giving away free comics all day long!

Today's first selected entry is from Matt Golec. The five comics that Matt says he likes are:

1. Top Ten
2. Astro City
3. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
4. Earth X
5. Kingdom Come

For Matt we're going back a few years with Jemm, Son of Saturn #2-3, by Greg Potter, Gene Colan & Klaus Janson.

Matt's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Matt's comics should be in the mail within the next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
89 free comics sent so far
0 days remaining

New This Week: May 31, 2007

New comics on Thursday this week, so let's take a look at what might be good at the local comic shop tomorrow:


The Pick of the Week is Action Comics #850. The "anniversary" issue by Kurt Busiek concerns Superman's trip to the 31st century in search of Supergirl, and features art by the new Supergirl penciler Renato Guedes; which if you've seen Guedes' character studies for his upcoming gig on the Girl of Steel should leave you excited to see more.


In other comics:


Dark Horse have new collections of Conan (vol. 4), Fear Agent (vol. 2), and Penny Arcade (vol. 4); a new edition of the second Gunsmith Cats volume; and new issues of Hellboy: Darkness Calls (#2) and Usagi Yojimbo (#103).

DC have the first trade collection of 52; and new issues of Amazons Attack (#2), Blue Beetle (#15), Countdown (#48), Hawkgirl (#64), and Justice Society of America (#6).

Del Rey debut the new manga My Heavenly Hockey Club and have a new volume of Negima (vol. 14).

Dynamite bring back The Boys with issue #7, and have a collection of the first seix issues as well.

Houghton Mifflin have the paperback edition of Fun Home. (I would have named it the Pick of the Week, but I'm assuming that most of you have already read and appreciated it in hardcover; if not, now's the time to pick of one of the best comics of 2006.)

IDW have a new issue of Fallen Angel (#16).

Image have the final collected volume of Girls (vol. 4) and new issues of The Freshmen (vol. 2 #4) and Negative Burn (#11).

Marvel collect Alan Davis's Fantastic Four: The End into a spiffy hardcover; and have new issues of Daredevil (#97) and New Avengers Illuminati (#3).

Viz have several mangas, including a new volume of Nana (vol. 6).


Once again there's plenty of good comics to be had this week.

Carol Lay on Librarians

Carol Lay cartoons about the ker-fluffle over "scrotum" in the Newbery-winning The Higher Power of Lucky; then learns not to overgeneralize about librarians...

FCBM3 Day 30

It's day thirty of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Eve Thomas. The five comics that Eve says she likes are:

1. Birds of Prey
2. Noble Causes
3. Welcome to Tranquility
4. X-Factor
5. Castle Waiting

For Eve I have the first issue of Lea Hernandez's Rumble Girls: Silky Warrior Tansie; and I'm also throwing in issue #6 of Gina & Richie Prosch's Emma Davenport.

Eve's bonus comic is the Sandman #1 Special Edition.

Eve's comics should be in the mail later this week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
86 free comics sent so far
1 day remaining

FCBM3 Day 29.5

It's still day twenty-nine of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month; and I'm giving away more free comics!

Today's second selected entry is from James Yang. The five comics that James says he likes are:

1. Y, the Last Man
2. The Ultimates
3. The Walking Dead
4. Fables
5. Invincible

For James I have Boom!'s Pirate Tales anthology, because James just seems like the kind of guy who likes pirates.

James's bonus comic is The Goon #1 Special Edition (found it left over from last year!)

James's comics should be in the mail later this week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
83 free comics sent so far
2 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 29

It's day twenty-nine of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Steve Glosson. The five comics that Steve says he likes are:

1. Action Comics
2. Fantastic Four
3. Incredible Hulk
4. Superman/Batman
5. JLA

For Steve I have the first two issues of Walt Simonson's Orion.

Steve's bonus comic is Star Wars Legacy #0.

Steve's comics should be in the mail later this week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
81 free comics sent so far
2 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 28.5

It's still day twenty-eight of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month; and what do you know–I'm still giving away free comics!

Today's second selected entry is from Steven Lougheed. The five comics that Steven says he likes are:

1. Desolation Jones
2. Watchmen
3. SuperF*ckers
4. PopBot
5. Eightball

For Steven I have Negative Burn #39 by a host of creators, including Edvin Biukovic, Brian Bolland, Phil Hester, Darko Macan, John McCrea, Dave Taylor, and many others.

Steven's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Steven's comics should be in the mail later this week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
47 entries
78 free comics sent so far
3 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 28

It's day twenty-eight of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Skip Mann. The five comics that Skip says he likes are:

1. Sin City
2. The Crow
3. Witchblade
4. Hellsing
5. Astro City

For Skip I have the first four issues of Obergeist: Ragnarok Highway by Dan Joley, Tony Harris & Ray Snyder.

Skip's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Skip's comics should be in the mail later this week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
47 entries
76 free comics sent so far
3 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 27

It's day twenty-seven of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Marco Jurakovich. The five comics that Marco says he likes are:

1. Spawn
2. Marvel Zombies
3. Deadpool
4. JLA Classified
5. Civil War

For Marco I have the first issue of the new Omega Flight by Michael Avon Oeming & Scott Kolins; and also the first issue of Tag: Cursed by Mike Lieb & Chee.

Marco's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Marco's comics should be in the mail later this week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
47 entries
71 free comics sent so far
4 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 26

It's day twenty-six of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from James T. O'Donnell. The five comics that James says he likes are:

1. Justice League of America
2. All-Star Superman
3. New Avengers
4. Seven Soldiers
5. Promethea

For James I have Boom!'s Dominion #1, by Michael Alan Nelson & Tim Hamilton.

James's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

James's comics should be in the mail fairly soon. Enjoy!

Time is running short, but if you hurry you can still send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
46 entries
68 free comics sent so far
5 days remaining

Shameless Friend Promotion

Pal Jim Ottaviani has two graphic novellas coming out in July: Wire Mothers and Levitation. Both Comic Book Resources and Newsarama have interviews with Jim about his new books. And there should still be time for you to tell your friendly local comic store proprietor that you want a copy of each for your bookshelf!

FCBM3 Day 25

It's day twenty-five of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Doug Roberts. The five comics that Doug says he likes are:

1. Y, the Last Man
2. Marvel Zombies
3. Hellboy
4. Ultimate Fantastic Four
5. Buffy Season 8

For Doug I have Boom!'s Zombie Tales: Death Valley #2, by Andrew Crosy, Johanna Stokes & Rhoald Marcellus.

Doug's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Doug's comics should be in the mail fairly soon. Enjoy!

Time is running short, but if you hurry you can still send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
46 entries
66 free comics sent so far
6 days remaining

Whose Side Are You On?

What?
(via Steve)

FCBM3 Day 24

It's day twenty-four of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Dan Polley. The five comics that Dan says he likes are:

1. DMZ
2. Scott Pilgrim
3. Naruto
4. Usagi Yojimbo
5. Initial D

For Dan I have the first three issues of David Hutchison's Oz: The Manga adaptation.

Dan's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Dan's comics should be in the mail fairly soon. Enjoy!

Time is running short, but if you hurry you can still send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
46 entries
64 free comics sent so far
7 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 23.5

It's day still twenty-three of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month; and I'm still giving away free comics!

Today's selected entry is from John Reha. The five comics that John says he likes are:

1. The Invisibles
2. Scott Pilgrim
3. Wasteland
4. Sandman
5. Transmetropolitan

For John I have the first two issues of Moonshadow by J. M. DeMatteis & Jon J. Mouth.

John's bonus comic is Star Wars Legacy #0.

John's comics should be in the mail fairly soon. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
45 entries
60 free comics sent so far
8 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 23

It's day twenty-three of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Paul Abbamondi. The five comics that Paul says he likes are:

1. Bone
2. 30 Days of Night
3. Dork Tower
4. Fables
5. Grease Monkey

For Paul I have the first issue of Art Thibert's sci-fi humor comic Chrono Mechanics.

Paul's bonus comic is the Sandman #1 Special Edition.

Paul's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
45 entries
57 free comics sent so far
8 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 22.5

It's still day twenty-two of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month; but what the heck, let's give away more free comics!

Today's second selected entry is from Cody Dolan. The five comics that Cody says he likes are:

1. All-Star Superman
2. Y, the Last Man
3. The Goon
4. Birds of Prey
5. The Punisher

For Cody I have Conan #28, written by Kurt Busiek and guest-drawn by The Goon creator Eric Powell.

Cody's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Cody's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
45 entries
55 free comics sent so far
9 days remaining

New This Week: May 23, 2007

Based on the NCRL, here are some comics you may want to look at picking up at your friendly local comic shop tomorrow:


The Picks of the Week are two collected editions from Image: Casanova by Matt Fraction & Gabriel Bá; and Fell by Warren Ellis & Ben Templesmith. Both give you a great bang for your buck, densely packed narratives with great art.


In other comics:

Antarctic celebrate Gold Digger month, with Gold Digger #85, Gold Digger Peebo Tales Summer Fun Special #1, and the 2007 Gold Digger Swimsuit Special.

Boom! have the second issue of Cover Girl and the third issue of Fall of Cthulhu.

DC reissue Michael Fleisher's 1976 The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Volume One: Batman; put out the fifth volume of Megatokyo; and have new issues of Birds of Prey (#106), Countdown (#49), Hellblazer (#232), The Spirit (#6), Supergirl and the Legion (#30), and Testament (#18).

IDW have the seventh Legend of Grimjack collection.

Image have new issues of Elephantmen (#9), Gødland (#18), Madman Atomic Comics (#2), and Unique (#3).

Marvel collect BKV & Marcos Martin's very good Doctor Strange: The Oath and the quite-wonderful-you-should-be-reading-it Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane vol. 3; debut Marvel Adventures Iron Man; and have new issues of Captain America (#26), Criminal (#6), Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Annual #1), newuniversal (#6), She-Hulk 2 (#18), and Wisdom (#6).

Random House have a softcover edition of Joann Sfar's The Rabbi's Cat.

TokyoPop release a ton of manga, including a new volume of Beck (vol. 8).


That's plenty of comics to keep you busy reading over the holiday weekend!

FCBM3 Day 22

It's day twenty-two of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Peyton Blankenship. The comics that Peyton Blankenship says he likes are:

1. The Tick
2. Any DC character

Peyton says he's trying to 'jump-start' a collection, so I'll send him a little of the bwah-hah-hah super-hero action in Planetary Brigade #1-2 by Keith Giffen & J. M. DeMatteis (with a host of artists).

Peyton's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Peyton's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
43 entries
53 free comics sent so far
9 days remaining

New Library Comics: Week of May 14, 2006

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


Altuna, Horacio, 1941- Horacio Altuna : conversación, cuaderno de bocetos /Madrid : Sins Entido, c2005.

Aoike, Yasuko. From Eroica with love /La Jolla, CA : WildStorm, c2004- vol. 1

Bagge, Peter. Ken Weiner presents The wacky world of Peter Bagge ; Peter Bagge presents The wacky world of Ken Weiner. /Hoboken, N.J. : Bagge/Weiner, 1982.

Battaglia, Dino. La mummia /Grumo Nevano [Italy] : Grifo Edizioni, c2003.

Benz, Emily. Thread /[New York : Thread Comics, 2005-] no. 1

Binder, Otto O. (Otto Oscar), 1911-1975. English. 20,000 leagues under the sea /New York : Marvel Comics Group, 1976.

Choices : a pro-choice benefit comic anthology for the National Organization for Women /Oakland [Calif.] : Angry Isis Press, 1990.

Comic festival. /Toronto, Ont. : Legion of Evil Press, 2005.

Comics code illustrated /Hamtramck, MI : Not Available Comics, c1997.

Corman, Leela. Queen's day /Boston, MA : L. Corman, c1999.

Crumb, R. Uneeda comix /[Berkeley, Calif.] : Print Mint, c1970.

Crumb, Sophie. Belly Button comix /Amsterdam : Oog & Blik ; Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, [2002]- no. 1

--De ellas /Castalla, Alicante : Ediciones de Ponent ; Murcia : Región de Murcia, Consejería de Presidencia : Instituto de la Mujer de la Región de Murcia, 2006.

Feazell, Matt. Understanding minicomics : the art and science of stick figures /Detroit, MI : Not Available Comics, c1993.

Hoax. /Ann Arbor, Mich. : Mental Note Press, 2003-2005. nos. 1-4

Hughes, Rian. The science service /London : Acme Press ; Forestville, Calif. : Eclipse Comics, c1989.

Huizenga, Kevin, 1977- Or else. /Quebec, Canada : Drawn & Quarterly, c2004- no. 4

Kelly, Tim. Free summer franks : new and rare comics from the Zook and Max show /Lindenhurst, N.Y. : T. Kelly, c2003.

Matt, Joe, 1963- Peepshow /Montréal, Québec : Drawn and Quarterly, 1992- nos. 1, 4-5, 7, 10

MixxZine. /Los Angeles, CA : Mixx Publications, 1997- vol. 1 nos. 2-4

Miyuki, Takahashi. Musashi #9 /La Jolla, CA : Wildstorm Productions, c2005- vol. 1

Mome. /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005- spring/summer 2006

Nilsen, Anders Brekhus, 1973- Big questions. /Montreal, Quebec : Drawn and Quarterly no. 8

Nonaka, Eiji. Cromartie High School /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, 2005- vols. 2, 4

Nosotros somos los muertos. /Palma [Spain] : Inrevés edicions ; Madrid [Spain] : Ediciones sins edito, 1995- no. 12

Ōtsuka, Eiji, 1958- Madara /La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Productions, 2004. vol. 1

Paper museum. /Lawrence, Kan. : Jungle Boy Press, 2002- vol. 2 no. 1

Pekar, Harvey. American splendor /New York : Vertigo Comics, 2006- nos. 1-2

Prehistoric manifesto. /Cottage Grove, Or. : Trilobite Comics, 2004- nos. 2-3

Prism Comics : your LGBT guide to comics. /Atlanta, GA : Prism Comics, 2003- 2006 edition

Sakura, Tsukuba. Land of the blindfolded /La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Productions, 2004- vol. 1

Sally, Zak. Recidivist /Minneapolis, MN : La Mano, c2005. vol. 2

Seth, 1962- Forty cartoon books of interest : from the collection of the cartoonist "Seth." /[Oakland, Calif.] : Buenaventura Press, 2006.

Silva, Benedita da. Blood road and other stories /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 1997.

Takahashi, Rumiko. Rumic world. /San Francisco, CA : Viz Comics, c1989- nos. 1-2

Tooks, Lance. Lucifer's garden of verses /[New York] : NBM ComicsLit, [2004]-c2006. vols. 1-4

Top shelf (Marietta, Ga.) Top shelf. /Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions. no. 8

Toro, Grassa, 1963- Una casa para el abuelo /México D.F. : SM, c2005.

Twisted sisters 2 : drawing the line. /Northampton, Mass. : Kitchen Sink Press, c1995.

Utatane, Hiroyuki. Countdown : sex bombs /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, c1996.

Weirdo (Berkeley, Calif.) Weirdo. /Berkeley, Calif. : Last Ghasp Eco Funnies, 1981- nos. 1, 17-18, 24, 26, 28

Will Eisner /Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf Productions, 2005.

Wimmen's comix. /Berkeley, CA : Last Gasp, nos. 2-3, 7-11, 14-17

Young lust. /Berkeley, Calif. : Last Gasp, [1970]- nos. 6-7

Yui, Toshiki. Hot tails /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 1998- vol. 2

Zefiro, Sebastian. Striptease : stories /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 1998.

FCBM3 Day 21

It's day twenty-one of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Jack Hand. The five comics that Jack listed are:

1. Superman
2. Batman
3. Detective Comics
4. Superman/Batman
5. Amazing Spider-Man

Jack's a straight-forward super-hero fan, so I'm sending him Spider-Man Family featuring Spider-Man's Amazing Friends #1, with a new story by Sean McKeever & Chris Giarrusso; and classic Spidey stories from Kurt Busiek & Pat Olliffe, Peter Daivd & Rick Leonardi, and Fred Hembeck.

Jack's bonus comic is the Star Wars Legacy #0.

Jack's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
40 entries
50 free comics sent so far
10 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 20

It's day twenty of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Rick Philion. The five comics that Rick listed are:

1. Superman
2. Spider-Man
3. Hulk
4. X-Men
5. Fantastic Four

For Rick I have a Fantastic Fantastic Four Four-Pack: Fantastic Four #197 by Marv Wolfman & Keith Pollard; Fantastic Four #221 by John Byrne; Fantastic Four: First Family #1 by Joe Casey & Chris Weston; and Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #20 by Zeb Wells & Kano.

Rick's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Rick's comics should be in the mail sometime next week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
40 entries
48 free comics sent so far
11 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 19

It's day nineteen of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from John Thompson. The five comics that John listed are:

1. JSA
2. Fables
3. Hate
4. Buzzboy
5. 52

John like super-hero comics and Fables, so I think he'll be interested in the first two issues of Elementals, Bill Willingham's first major comics work.

John's bonus comic is the Sandman #1 Special Edition.

John's comics should be in the mail sometime next week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
40 entries
43 free comics sent so far
12 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 18

It's day eighteen of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Andrew Wales. The five comics that Andy listed are:

1. The Spirit
2. Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil
3. Bone
4. Family frendly books from Top Shelf (like Owly and Peanut Butter & Jeremy)
5. Iron Fist

For Andy I have Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield by René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo.

Andy's bonus comic is the Donald Duck Halloween Ashcan.

Andy's comics should be in the mail sometime next week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
37 entries
40 free comics sent so far
13 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 17

It's day seventeen of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Kristin Munson. The five comics that Kristin listed are:

1. Age of Bronze
2. Wonder Woman (Rucka)
3. Dawn
4. Top Ten
5. Box Office Poison

For Kristin I have The Brontës: Infernal Angria #1 by Craig McKenny & Rick Geary.

Kristin's bonus comic is the Sandman #1 Special Edition.

Kristin's comics should be in the mail sometime next week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
37 entries
38 free comics sent so far
14 days remaining

Batman vs. Ultimates Contest Winners

Way back in March I ran a contest where I asked you to choose which long-delayed comic would come out first: All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder #5 or Ultimates 2 #13.

Wouldn't you know it, they both came out on the same day!

So I'm picking one one winner for each choice (chosen randomly via coin flips):

The winner for All-Star Batman is Bill "madpuppy" Lamonica. Bill's prize package is: Batman Confidential #1, Superman/Batman #1, and Gotham Central #34.

The winner for Ultimates 2 is Scott of Polite Dissent. Scott's prize package is: New Avengers #1, The Mighty Avengers #1, and The New Avengers Illuminati: Secret History #1.


Gentlemen, just send me your postal address via email and I'll drop your comics off in the post to you forthwith.


Thanks to everyone who entered. And don't forget, anyone can enter for a chance to win free comics in our current Free Comic Book Month promotion!

FCBM3 Day 16

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

Today's selected entry is from Patrick Maliksi. The five comics that Patrick listed are:

1. Invincible
2. The Walking Dead
3. Daredevil
4. Death Note
5. Fell

For Patrick I have Chris Ryan and Ashley Wood's Zombies vs. Robots #1.

Patrick's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Patrick's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
35 entries
36 free comics sent so far
15 days remaining

New This Week: May 16, 2007

Based on the NCRL, here are some comics you may want to look at picking up at your friendly local comic shop tomorrow:


The Picks of the Week are All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder #5 and Ultimates 2 #13, comics long awaited by fanboys everywhere! Regular readers may recall that I recently ran a contest asking you to choose which of these long-delayed super-hero floppies would come out first; now they're both out on the same day! (Not sure what I'll do about prizes--probably give out 2, but I'm waiting to confirm that these comics actually hit shelves tomorrow...)


In other comics:

Antarctic have a new issue of Ninja High School (#149).

Archaia have a hardcover collection of the first Mouse Guard mini.

Boom! have the debut of Left on Mission, and new issues of Fall of Cthulhu (#2) and Hero Squared Ongoing (#6).

Dark Horse have new issues of BPRD: Garden of Souls (#3) and Conan (#40).

DC have Showcase Presents: The Flash vol. 1 (with the fine Carmine Infantino speedster art!); the Minx debut of Plain Janes; the CMX debut of Apothecarius Argentum; and new issues of Action Comics (#849), Batman (#665), Catwoman (#67), Countdown (#50), Ex Machina (#28), Fables (#61), Justice League of America (#9), and LoSH 31C (#2).

IDW have the trade collection of Spike: Asylum.

Marvel have a traed collection of Blade: Undead Again (Guggenheim & Chaykin make Blade a character worth reading); a hardcover for X-Factor: Many Lives of Madrox; a third oversized hardcover for Runaways; X-Men First Class Special by Jeff Parker and a group of talented guest artists; and new issues of Marvel Adventures The Avengers (#13), Ultimate Spider-Man (#109), Ultimate X-Men (#82), and X-Factor (#19).

Oni have a new issue of Local (#9).


Get your geek on this week and buy some comics!

Groo is Back!

Mark Evanier let's us know that Groo will be returning to the comics racks later this year! (via Mike)

2007 has seen the return of Groo, Gon, Yotsuba&!, Nexus... what's next, Miracleman?

FCBM3 Day 15

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

Today's selected entry is from Bill Boehmer. The five comics that Bill listed are:

1. Apocalypse Nerd
2. Nana
3. Fables
4. Mouse Guard
5. King City

Based on that eclectic mix, I have for Bill the first four issues of Rumiko Takahashi's manga fantasy Inu-Yasha: A Feudal Fairy-Tale.

Bill's bonus comic is the Donald Duck Halloween Ashcan.

Bill's comics should be in the mail by the end of the 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
34 free comics sent so far
16 days remaining

New Library Comics: Week of May 7, 2007

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


Allred, Mike (Mike Dalton) The golden plates /Lakeside, OR : AAA POP, c2006- vol. 1

The amazing adventures of the escapist /Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 2004. vol. 3

Azuma, Kiyohiko. Yotsuba &! /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga ; 2005- vols. 1-3

Baldazzini, 1958- She-dom : the awakening of Clara Rosenberg /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2001.

Black light angels. /Glebe, N.S.W. : Graber Hill, 1997- nos. 3-4

Castelli, Alfredo. Martin Mystery /Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Comics, 1999. vols. 1-2

Cherkas, Michael, 1954- The silent invasion /New York : NBM, c1988-c1989. vol. 2

Clugston-Major, Chynna. Blue Monday /Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2003- vol. 1

Collier, David, 1961- Portraits from life /Montreal : Drawn and Quarterly, 2001.

Comical funnies. /New York : Serious Old Buisnessmen Co., 1980-1981. vol. 1 no. 1

Drawn & quarterly. /[Montréal : Drawn and Quarterly Publications, c1990]- vol. 1 nos. 1-5, 8-9

Emond, Steve. Emo boy /San Jose, CA : SLG Pub., 2006- vol. 1

Fujita, Maki. Kid's joker /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, 2005- vol. 1

FurNation magazine. /Dallas, Tex. : FurNation Foundation, [2000]- nos. 1-7

Gallardo, Miguel. Makoki integral /Barcelona : Ediciones Glenat, 2002.

Gottlieb, Daphne, 1968- Jokes and the unconscious /San Francisco : Cleis Press, c2006.

Günther, Jürgen. Flitzi /Dresden : Holzhof Verlag, 2005.

Hino, Hideshi, 1946- Lullabies from hell /Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse Comics, 2006- vol. 1

Inuki, Kanako. School zone /Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse Comics, 2006- vols. 1-3

Ishinomori, Shōtarō, 1938- Kikaider code 02 /La Jolla, CA ; WildStorm, 2005- vol. 1

Itō, Junji. Museum of terror /Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse, 2006- vol. 1

Kakinuma, Hideki. Junk force : leave the planet and don't look back! /Fremont, Calif. : ComicsOne, 2003- vol. 1

Kobayashi, Motofumi. Apocalypse meow /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, 2004- vol. 1

Manabe, Shōhei. Dead end /Hamburg, Ger. ; Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, 2005- vol. 1

Mattotti, Lorenzo, 1954- Chimera /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics, c2005- vol. 1

Medda, Michele. Nathan Never /Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Comics, 1999. vols. 1-5

Mori, Kaoru. Emma /La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Publications, 2006- vol. 1

Nakanishi, Tatsurou. Dream gold : knights in the dark city /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, c2004- vol. 1

Park, Sung Woo, 1972- Now /Fremont, Calif. : ComicsOne, c2003. vol. 1

Peach-Pit. DearS /Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, c2005- vol. 1

Pictopia. /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, nos. 2-3

Pox. /St. Kilda, Australia : Unsafe Products, [1994]- nos. 2, 5

Pshaw! Smudges /Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf Productions, 2001.

Pulp (San Francisco, Calif.) Pulp : manga for grownups. /San Francisco, CA : VIZ Communications, c1997- vol. 1 no. 1, vol. 2 nos. 1-2, vol. 3 nos. 1-8

Sclavi, Tiziano, 1953- Dylan Dog /Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse Comics, 1999. vols. 1-4, 6

Soda, Masahito. Firefighter! : Daigo of Fire Company M /San Francisco, CA : VIZ, c2002- vol. 2

Takami, Kōshun. Battle royale /Los Angeles : Tokyopop, c2003-2006. vols. 1-4

Talking turkey. /Witham (PO Box 312, Essex CM8 3SZ) : Galaxy, 1991-1992. vol. 1 no. 1

Taniguchi, Tomoko, 1968- Aquarium /New York : CPM Manga, c2003.

Tin house : the graphic issue. /Portland, OR : McCormack Communications, c2006. vol. 8 no. 1 (#29)

Umezu, Kazuo. Insects /Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse, 2006.

Ware, Chris, 1967- Our second collected book of jokes /Oak Park, Ill. : Acme Novelty Co. ; Seattle, Wash. : Distributed by Fantagraphics, [c2001]

Yamazaki, Toru. Octopus Girl /Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse Comics, 2006- vols. 1-2

FCBM3 Day 14

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

Today's selected entry is from Brendan McKillip. The five comics that Brendan listed are:

1. From Hell
2. Fables
3. Sleeper/Criminal
4. Justice League of America
5. Detective Comics

For Brendan I have The Immortal Iron Fist #1 by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and David Aja, just about as fine of a martial-arts super-hero comic that you'll find these days.

Brendan's bonus comic is the Sandman #1 Special Edition.

Brendan's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
31 entries
29 free comics sent so far
17 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 13

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

Today's selected entry is from Robert Loy. The five comics that Robert listed are:

1. All New Atom
2. The Spirit
3. Madman Atomic Comics
4. She-Hulk
5. Boneyard

For Robert I have the first two issues of Double Image, featuring "The Bod" by Larry Young & John Heebink; and "Codeflesh" by Joe Casey & Charlie Adlard.

Robert's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Robert's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
31 entries
27 free comics sent so far
18 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 12

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

Today's selected entry is from Gary Small. The five comics that Gary listed are:

1. Teen Titans
2. Spider-Man
3. Supergirl
4. Punisher War Journal
5. Captain America

For Gary I have a blast from the past: Captain America #272 by J. M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck.

Gary's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Gary's comics should be in the mail sometime next week. Enjoy!

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

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

FCBM3 Day 11

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

Today's selected entry is from Mike Podgorski. The five comics that Mike listed are:

1. Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis
2. Firestorm
3. Incredible Hulk
4. Spider-Man
5. Fables

For Mike I have Shark-Man #1, an aquatic hero of a different sort from Ronald Shusett & Steve Pugh.

Mike's bonus comic is the Sandman #1 Special Edition.

Mike's comics should be in the mail sometime next week. Enjoy!

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

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

Quick Review: Cover Girl

My weekly package from DCBS seems to be delayed. But I have at least one of this week's comics in front of me, since Boom! was kind enough to send a review copy a couple of weeks ago:

Cover Girl #1 is as much fun as you'd expect coming from writers Andrew Cosby & "Beaucoup" Kevin Church. There's a c-list Hollywood star tough-guy wannabe who gets mixed up in a possible conspiracy, so the studio hires tough-as-nails female bodyguard to look after him. The art by R. M. Yankovicz is attractive while keeping the action moving and the story flowing. My only complaint is that the colors on a book like this should be brighter; this isn't a Vertigo book. I'm looking forward to reading more.

Rating: 3.5 (of 5).

FCBM3 Day 10

It's day ten of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from The Dane. The five comics that The Dane listed are:

1. Yotsuba&!
2. BPRD
3. Fables
4. Usagi Yojimbo
5. The Goon

For The Dane I have Cyclone Bill & The Tall Tales #1, Dan Dougherty's tale of rock and roll fantasy and tragedy.

The Dane's bonus comic is the Sandman #1 Special Edition.

The Dane's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

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

FCBM3 Day 9

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

Today's selected entry is from Rob Monroe. The five comics that Rob listed are:

1. Runaways
2. Batman
3. Robin
4. Punisher MAX
5. Y, the Last Man

For Rob I have Mike Baron's Detonator #1, an action movie in comic form from Mike Baron, Mel Rubi & Barb Kaalberg.

Rob's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Rob's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
28 entries
18 free comics sent so far
22 days remaining

New Library Comics: Week of April 30, 2007

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


Coover, Colleen. Small favors : girly porno comic collection /Seattle : EROS Comix, c2002- vols. 1-2

Drawn & quarterly. /[Montréal : Drawn and Quarterly Publications, c1990]- vols. 3-5

Lent, John A. Cartoonists, works, and characters in the United States through 2005 : an international bibliography /Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.

Love and rockets (Fantagraphics Books) Love and rockets. /Stamford, CT : Fantagraphics Books, 1982- vol. 2 no. 18

Mome. /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005- Fall 2005, Fall 2006

Sheinkin, Steve. The adventures of Rabbi Harvey : a graphic novel of Jewish wisdom and wit in the Wild West /Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub., c2006.

Shojo beat. /San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC vol. 1 nos. 1-6

Van Meter, Jen. Hopeless savages /Portland, Ore. : Oni Press, 2002- vols. 1-2

Wald, Eric. Girls, greed, guns & gore : the complete B-movie comix collection /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 1997.

Welcome back to-- the house of mystery : ten timeless tales by the top talents of terror! /New York : Vertigo/DC Comics, c1998.

FCBM3 Day 8

It's day eight of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Dave Prosser. The five comics that Dave listed are:

1. The Spirit
2. All Star Superman
3. Jonah Hex
4. Runaways
5. Empowered

For Dave I have Dusty Star #0, the punk sci-fi western by Joe Pruett & Andrew Robinson.

Dave's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Dave's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
27 entries
16 free comics sent so far
23 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 7

It's day seven of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Darroc Goolsby. The five comics that Darroc listed are:

1. She-Hulk
2. Futurama
3. The Brave and the Bold
4. Maintenance
5. Maakies

Darroc obviously enjoys comics with a sense of humor. So for him I have Marvel Adventures: The Avengers #12, the already-classic story of "Ego the Loving Planet" by Jeff Parker, Juan Santacruz & Raul Fernandez. Quite possibly the funniest comic of the year.

Darroc's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Darroc's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
25 entries
14 free comics sent so far
23 days remaining

Monkey Covers

Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover.

What do you need to make the perfect comic cover from 1940? A mad scientist, a damsel in distress, a gun-wielding manly hero, and a monkey-beast-thing. It's all on George Tuska's cover to Weird Comics #1!

(Standard disclaimer about monkey-beast-thing probably not really being monkeys applies.)

Image courtesy of the GCD. Click on the image for a larger version.

FCBM3 Day 6

It's day six of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Spencer Rosen. The five comics that Spencer listed are:

1. Astro City
2. Arrowsmith
3. Hellboy
4. Iron Man (Busiek)
5. Robin (Dixon)

I'm betting that Spencer will get a kick out of:

Iron Man: Hypervelocity #1 by Adam Warren & Brian Denham; definitely a modern-feeling book, but in the classic Iron Man mode (i.e. no silly post-Civil War leader of SHIELD nonsense).

Spencer's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Spencer's comics should be in the mail sometime next week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
25 entries
12 free comics sent so far
25 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 5

It's day five of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Ben DeRogatis. The five comics that Ben listed are:

1. The Invisibles
2. Fables
3. Ex Machina
4. Daredevil
5. Transmetropolitan

For Ben I have:

The Escapists #1, the origin issue by Brian K. Vaughan, Philip Bond and Eduardo Barreto.

Ben's bonus comic is the Sandman #1 Special Edition.

Ben's comics should be in the mail sometime next week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
22 entries
10 free comics sent so far
26 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 4

It's day four of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from William Burns. The five comics that William listed are:

1. Fell
2. Action Philosophers
3. The Preposterous Adventures of Ironhide Tom
4. Meat Cake
5. Criminal

I suspect that William will greatly enjoy:

Eddie Campbell's Deadface: Earth, Water, Air, Fire #2

William's bonus comic is the Sandman #1 Special Edition.

William's comics should be in the mail sometime next week. Enjoy!

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
19 entries
8 free comics sent so far
27 days remaining

Yet Another Music Moment: Retro Girl Groups

I've become enchanted this week with two UK-based female vocal trios, both of whom exhibit a retro feel.

The Pipettes take Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" and bring it kicking and screaming into the 21st century. (Except for one demo track) Their recordings are not yet available in the U.S.--their album is due on domestic shores in August--but thanks to the wonder of the musical tubes of the Internet you can listen to four tracks on Last.fm, hear the music streaming off their official Website or their MySpace page, or view a variety of their music videos in glorious low-rez on YouTube:

Here's their video for "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me":



And their video for "Judy," which has a visual comic book theme:



and you'll find plenty more on YouTube as well.

Not enough? You can watch an entire concert performance by The Pipettes at Fabchannel.com!


Going even further back in retro time we find The Puppini Sisters, a trio that channels the era of The Andrews Sisters on their just-released album Betcha Bottom Dollar. Besides singing classic WWII-era songs, they also bring their style to some fun covers, such as "Heart of Glass," "I Will Survive" and "Wuthering Heights."

You can hear a feature on The Puppini Sisters on NPR; hear several tracks on their MySpace page; and here's an excerpt from an in-store performance of "Heart of Glass":

FCBM3 Day 3

It's day three of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Lee Fanning. The five comics that Lee listed are:

1. Uncle Scrooge
2. Mickey Mouse
3. Batman Adventures
4. Flash
5. Justice League Adventures

Lee appears to be a fan of all-ages comics, so I've chosen:

Kana's Island #1, by Mark Page, billed by its creator as "The charm of a children's book in the form of a comic."

Lee's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition, which isn't an all-ages comic but does make use of characters from old fairy tales.

Lee's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

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

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