Tuesday 22 May 2007

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

Casanova TPBased 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