I see that my stats have jumped way up this afternoon, and I've discovered the reason is that Jessamyn over at librarian.net has linked to my little Ranganathan & Comics essay that I posted during National Library Week.
So hi and welcome! Have a look around. I'm a librarian, though as you might guess from its name this blog is mostly about comic books. I'm really a boring Engineering Librarian, but since our library recently started a comics & graphic novel collection, I'm a happy boy! I've been reading and collecting comic books for 30 years, and finally there's a merger betwen my profession and my obsession.
Thursday 5 May 2005
FCBM Day 5
It's day five of the YACB Free Comic Book Month!Today's entry comes from Mark Fossen. The five comics that mark listed are:
1. Planetary
2. Astro City
3. The Ultimates
4. Ultimate X-Men
5. The Authority
I'll be sending Mark ShockRockets #1, written by Astro City's Kurt Busiek & drawn by Stuart Immonen & Wade Von Grawbadger.
Mark also included a list for his 5-year-old daughter Cora, for whom he has recently introduced a few Super-Hero cartoons into her tv rotation. Cora likes Super Friends, Krypto, Teen Titans, and Justice League Unlimited, and likes to read the JLU comic and also Superman Adventures, particularly issue #21, which featured Supergirl ("she's read this so much, it's now missing the cover and is a ragged mess. The way comics should be.")
So I'll also be sending along for Cora a copy of Super Friends Special #1 from 1981, which reprinted two Super Friends stories by E. Nelson Bridwell & Ramona Fradon: "The Mystery of the Missing Monkey!" from Super Friends #19, and "Warhead Strikes at Gotham" feauring guest star Plastic Man from Super Friends #36.
And like all the selected entries, Mark will be receiving a copy of the 32-page Free Comic Book Day Preview Edition of Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani & Big Time Attic (Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon and Shad Petosky).
Mark's comics should be in the mail early 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:
58 entries
18 free comics sent so far
26 days remaining
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