New Library Comics: Week of October 17, 2005

Here are the comics we got in for our library collection last week:



Bertozzi, Nick. The masochists /Gainesville, FL : Alternative Comics, 2001.

Brown, Jeffrey (Jeffrey David), 1975- Be a man : the 'Clumsy' you wanted to see! : a novella /Deerfield, Ill. : Jeffrey Brown, [2002]

Brown, Jeffrey (Jeffrey David), 1975- Jeffrey Brown loves you but he is not 'in' love with you /[S.l.] : Jeffrey Brown, 2002.

Brown, Jeffrey (Jeffrey David), 1975- Maybe we could just lie here naked holding each other for a while but not have sex /[Deerfield, Ill.] : Jeffrey Brown, 2003.

Gilbert, Eve. Tits, ass & real estate : an autobiographical road trip through the other America /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2003.

Greenberger, David. Bern and Edwina /Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2001.

Hurd, Damon. The white elephant /Gainesville, FL : Alternative Comics, c2004.

Insidious tales #2 /Valley Stream, N. Y. : CFD Productions, 1995.

Kochalka, James. Fantastic butterflies /Brooklyn, NY : Highwater Books ; Gainsville, FL : Alternative Comics, c2002.

Koshi, Rikdo. Excel saga. 04 /San Francisco, CA : Viz, c2003.

Marcel, Swen. David : der Sexpertenbericht /Koln : Mattei Medien, 2003.

McKenney, Craig. The Brontes : infernal Angria Volume I : the great escape / Seattle : Headless Shakespeare Press, c1997.

Stromberg, Fredrik, 1968- Black images in the comics : a visual history /[Seattle, Wash.] : Fantagraphics, c2003.

Ueda, Hajime. FLCL /Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, c2003- v. 1

Willmarth, Susan. Prisoners of a hard life : women & their children /Northampton, MA : The Real Cost of Prisons Project, c2005.

Monkey Covers

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

"Welcome to buried Las Vegas! Once a playground for men—Now a sinister hunting ground for GORILLAS!"

God bless Jack Kirby, for giving us the cover of Kamandi #3 in 1978.

(standard disclaimer about gorillas not really being monkeys applies)

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

This Week on YAMB

Yes, after a long absence, I finally returned to posting on my other blog, Yet Another Media Blog. Here's what I was up to:

I discoverd what type of humor I have.

I looked at Time Magazine's Top 100 Novels list to see which of them I've read.

I found out about the Woodsongs Website, where there's lots of great free acoustic folk and Americana live performances to be viewed.

And I updated Yet Another Music Radio to a playlist especially for Halloween. Lots of good music to be heard, running over a large range of styles. Pop in sometime in the next week and give it a listen!

Linkblogging: Blogs That Love Comics

A handful of blogs I visit when I want a comic book blog pick-me-up:

Zilla and the Comics Junkies, where Zilla and the boys, recently returned to comics after a several-year absence, discover with amazement some of the things that we long-time comics readers take for granted.

Dial B for Blog, where everyday is a celebration of the joys of comics (with a strong emphasis on DC's Silver Age), like today's Ghost of the Giant Hand!

Redhead Fangirl, which is exactly as the title implies. She's a librarian too, so you know there's a lot of Batgirl/Oracle love.

Steve & Sara in Spain / Manga TP

Steve Lieber is not only known for being a great cartoonist and a fine gentleman, but also for his highly entertaining convention write-ups.

Steve has now posted on the Mercury Studios blog a summary of the trip that he and Sara Ryan took to the Salón Internacional Del Comic Del Principado De Asturias in Gijon, Spain.

Although the text of the write-up is relatively short, Steve makes up for it by including a host of entertaining photos, including this one of toilet paper with manga-inspired packaging:



Which inspires us to suggest a new slogan for an up-and-coming U.S. Manga Publisher:

Manga: It's The Sh!t

YAFL: Week 6 Results

Here are the results from week 6 of Yet Another Fantasy League:



Tomorrow Syndicate 60
Kickers Inc. 75

Power Pack 44
The Inferior Five 43

B.P.R.D. 57
www.rickgebhardt.net 52

Inferior 5 plus 6 70
Moon Knights 55

Nine Pound Hammers 70
The Maxx Squad 57

Danger Limited 60
Secret Six 86


Current Standings:

   Team                 W-L-T  Pct    Pts  Streak
   -------------------  -----  -----  ---  ------
1. Inferior 5 plus 6    6-0-0  1.000  443  W-6
2. Power Pack           5-1-0   .833  384  W-4
3. B.P.R.D.             4-2-0   .667  406  W-2
4. Kickers Inc.         4-2-0   .667  343  W-1
5. Nine Pound Hammers   4-2-0   .667  343  W-1
6. Secret Six           3-3-0   .500  425  W-1
7. Tomorrow Syndicate   3-3-0   .500  402  L-1
8. The Maxx Squad       2-4-0   .333  338  L-1
9. Moon Knights         2-4-0   .333  294  L-2
10.www.rickgebhardt.net 2-4-0   .333  280  L-1
11.The Inferior Five    1-5-0   .167  293  L-3
12.Danger Limited       0-6-0   .000  322  L-6

Week 7 Games:

The Maxx Squad (2-4-0)
vs.
Kickers Inc. (4-2-0)

Tomorrow Syndicate (3-3-0)
vs.
The Inferior Five (1-5-0)

Power Pack (5-1-0)
vs.
www.rickgebhardt.net (2-4-0)

B.P.R.D. (4-2-0)
vs.
Moon Knights (2-4-0)

Nine Pound Hammers (4-2-0)
vs.
Secret Six (3-3-0)

Inferior 5 plus 6 (6-0-0)
vs.
Danger Limited (0-6-0)

Good luck to all!


In my other Fantasy Leagues, I tied 68-68 in my friends & family league (2-3-1, seventh place); lost 82-48 in my public league (2-4-0, eighth place); and scored 221.45 points in my Pass & Kick league, remaining in third place but falling further behind the lead.

Castle Waiting Returns

Great news for those who like good comics: Linda Medley's Castle Waiting will be returning in 2006, coutesy of the fine folks at Fantagraphics. Both trade collections of the past issues, and a new series too. Heidi has the news over at The Beat (as well as correcting the mistakes in the PW story), and you'll surely be able to keep up with future news on Linda's own Website/Blog (where she clears up some other misunderstandings in the Fanta press release).