FCBM Day 13

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

Today's selected entry comes from Derek Haas. The five comics that Derek listed are:

1. Atomika
2. Justice League Elite
3. Vimanarama
4. Livewires
5. Aztek Ace

For Derek I have 666 The Mark of the Beast #1, a Fleetway/Quality anthology reprinting British scifi/horror comics from 2000 AD. (It is Friday the 13th, you know!)

Like all the selected entries, Derek will also receive 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).

Derek's comics should be in the mail by 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:
82 entries
45 free comics sent so far
18 days remaining

FCBM Day 12.5

It's still day twelve of the YACB Free Comic Book Month, but I can't wait until tomorrow--I want to give away more comics!

Today's second selected entry comes from Ian Brill. The five comics that Ian listed are:

1. Love & Rockets
2. Or Else
3. Amazing Spider-Man by Ditko & Lee
4. Sleeper
5. Tokyo Tribes

For Ian I have chosen Broken Heroes #11 by The Filbäch Bros. This little-known comic featured the adventures of Captain Freebird, a 70s-era hippie/metaphysical hero trying to survive in the late 90s. Because with a spread like Ian provided, where else was I supposed to go?

Like all the selected entries, Ian will also receive 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).

Ian's comics should be in the mail by 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:
80 entries
43 free comics sent so far
19 days remaining

FCBM Day 12

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

Today's selected entry comes from Chris Brown. The five comics that Chris listed are:

1. Madman
2. Flaming Carrot
3. Hellblazer
4. The Goon
5. Green Arrow

For Chris I have the first 2 issues of Tomer & Asaf Hanuka's Bipolar. I especially enjoy the "Pizzeria Kamikaze" by Asaf with writer Etgar Keret, and I think that Chris will too.

Like all the selected entries, Chris will also receive 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).

Chris'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:
77 entries
41 free comics sent so far
19 days remaining

FCBM Day 11.5

It's still day eleven of the YACB Free Comic Book Month, but I can't wait until tomorrow--I want to give away more comics!

Today's second selected entry comes from Tara Martin. The five comics that Tara listed are:

1. Fables
2. Astonishing X-Men
3. Goodbye Chunky Rice
4. Love Fights
5. Owly

For Tara we have The Book of Ballads and Sagas #2 by Jane Yolen, Charles DeLint & Charles Vess.

Like all the selected entries, Tara will also receive 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).

Tara's comics should be in the mail by 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:
75 entries
38 free comics sent so far
20 days remaining

FCBM Day 11

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

Today's selected entry comes from Philip Flores. Philip writes seeking comics not for himself, but for his fiance: "I already get many more comics than I need. But I have been introducing my fiancee to the world of comics beyond Sandman. I've been having a fair amount of success, but I always welcome more suggestions. Five comics that she has particularly enjoyed are:"

1. PS238
2. Tales of the Beanworld
3. Hellboy
4. Global Frequency
5. Ultimate Spider-Man

For Philip's fiance I'll be sending the first two issues of Dark Horse's manga anthology Super Manga Blast. This will allow her to sample several manga series: Oh My Goddess, 3x3 Eyes, What's Michael?, Shadow Star, and Seraphic Feather.

Like all the selected entries, Philip will also receive 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).

The 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:
74 entries
36 free comics sent so far
20 days remaining

New This Week: May 11, 2005

Based on the NCRL list for this week's comics shipping from Diamond, here are a few things to look for at the local comic shop tomorrow:


The Pick of the Week is Desolation Jones #1. It's Warren Ellis & J. H. Williams III doing weird scifi covert ops stuff, which has the potential to be much fun.


In other comics:

Alias finally see a bunch of their debut titles hit the stands, with the first issues of Deal with the Devil, Elsinore, and Killer Stunts Inc. just 75 cents.

Ape Entertainment's Pan Gea one-shot has a definite Vaughan Bode vibe going for it.

Arcana have the first 100 Girls collection.

Dark Horse have the second issue of P. Craig Russell's Conan & the Jewels of Gwahlur.

DC have the final issue of Adam Strange (#8), just in time for the debut of the Rann/Thanagar War. The also have the final issue of Green Lantern: Rebirth (#6); the debut of Gail Simone & John Byrne on Action Comics (#827); and new issues of Fables (#37), Gotham Central (#31), JSA (#73), Majestic (#5), and Wonder Woman (#216).

IDW have the fourth issue of Grimjack: Killer Instinct.

Lightspeed have a new issue of Carla Speed McNeil's Finder (#36).

Marvel have new issues of Astonishing X-Men (#10), Mary Jane: Homecoming (#3), The Punisher (#21), and Ultimate Spider-Man (#77).

Shanda Fantasy Arts have a new issue of Shanda the Panda (#43).

Viper have the second issue of Oddly Normal.


Plenty of good stuff this week, so there's absolutely no excuse for buying the Superman: The Wrath of Gog collection, seeing as it contains the worst Superman comic ever.

FCBM Day 10

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

Today's selected entry comes from Brian Seidman. The five comics that Brian listed are:

1. Superman
2. The Outsiders
3. Teen Titans
4. Birds of Prey
5. Y, the Last Man

To this DC fan I'll be sending Resurrection Man #1 by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Butch Guice.

Like all the selected entries, Brian will also receive 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).

Brian'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:
69 entries
33 free comics sent so far
21 days remaining