New Library Comics: Week of November 28, 2005

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


Emerson, Hunt. The big book of everything /London : Knockabout Comics, c1983.

Feuchtenberger, Anke, 1963- Mutterkuchen /Berlin : Jochen Enterprises, c1995.

Lecroart, Etienne, 1960- Ratatouille /Paris : Editions du Seuil, c2000.

Mr. Stocca. Les jours etrangers /Belgrade : REX / Samizdat B92, 2002.

Panter, Gary. Satiroplastic : [sketchbook facsimile] /Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the USA and abroad by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005- v. 1

Christmas Covers - December 5

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Comic Cover Advent Calendar. Just move your mouse over the image to reveal today's special Holiday comic cover. Click on the image to get a larger version.

Today's cover is from 1996: Artists Dan DeCarlo & Mike Sagara give us the cover for the Christmas-themed Shanda the Panda #14.

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 20 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

Christmas Covers - December 4

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Comic Cover Advent Calendar. Just move your mouse over the image to reveal today's special Holiday comic cover. Click on the image to get a larger version.

Ty Templeton's cover to The Batman and Robin Adventures #3 features The Riddler setting a Christmas Tree on fire--doesn't he know that you're not supposed to use real candles?

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 21 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

Other Christmas Covers

Over at Polite Dissent, Scott is doing a Comic Book Advent Calendar of his own, but his is more clever than mine, as he's using the issue number of each chosen comic to count down to December 25.

And I'm sure you're stopping in each day to Love Manga, where David & Immelda are using their advent calendar as a contest to give away a free manga volume every day until Christmas. Now that's getting in the holiday spirit!

Be sure to come back here to YACB on Monday as we debut a 'contest' of sorts of our own: our 2nd annual CBLDF fund drive.

Christmas Covers - December 3

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Comic Cover Advent Calendar. Just move your mouse over the image to reveal today's special Holiday comic cover. Click on the image to get a larger version.

Today's cover is from 1949: Marge's Little Lulu #18 features Lulu giving Santa a helping hand getting back up the chimney (perhaps he ate too many cookies?)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 22 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

YAFL: Week 12 Results

Here are the results from week 12 of Yet Another Fantasy League:



The Inferior Five 69
Kickers Inc. 73

Nine Pound Hammers 74
www.rickgebhardt.net 71

Danger Limited 85
Moon Knights 34

Secret Six 61
B.P.R.D. 45

The Maxx Squad 37
Power Pack 69

Inferior 5 plus 6 73
Tomorrow Syndicate 99


Current Standings:

   Team                 W-L-T  Pct   Pts  Streak
   -------------------  -----  ----  ---  ------
*1.Power Pack           9-3-0  .750  771  W-1
*2.B.P.R.D.             8-4-0  .667  774  L-2
*3.Kickers Inc.         8-4-0  .667  726  W-2
*4.Nine Pound Hammers   8-4-0  .667  715  W-4
 5.Inferior 5 plus 6    6-6-0  .500  788  L-6
 6.Tomorrow Syndicate   6-6-0  .500  779  W-2
 7.Secret Six           6-6-0  .500  776  W-1
 8.www.rickgebhardt.net 6-6-0  .500  614  L-1
 9.Danger Limited       5-7-0  .417  755  W-1
10.The Maxx Squad       4-8-0  .333  625  L-1
11.The Inferior Five    3-9-0  .250  625  L-4
12.Moon Knights         3-9-0  .250  586  L-1

Week 13 Games:

www.rickgebhardt.net (6-6-0)
vs.
Kickers Inc. (8-4-0)

Inferior 5 plus 6 (6-6-0)
vs.
The Inferior Five (3-9-0)

Nine Pound Hammers (8-4-0)
vs.
Moon Knights (3-9-0)

Danger Limited (5-7-0)
vs.
B.P.R.D. (8-4-0)

Secret Six (6-6-0)
vs.
Power Pack (9-3-0)

The Maxx Squad (4-8-0)
vs.
Tomorrow Syndicate (6-6-0)

Good luck to all!


In my other Fantasy Leagues, I continued my losing streak in my friends & family league, getting creamed 104-49 by my father (3-8-1, still seventh place); had another big loss in my public league (6-6-0, fell to seventh place); and scored a sad 248.95 points in my Pass & Kick league, which kept me in fifth place. In Fantasy Basketball I won 5-3-0 and moved up to fith place (14-16-2 overall).

Christmas Covers - December 2

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Comic Cover Advent Calendar. Just move your mouse over the image to reveal today's special Holiday comic cover. Click on the image to get a larger version.

Today's cover is from DC's Limited Collectors' Edition #C-43, a "Christmas with the Super-Heroes" tabloid. It features Superman filling in for Santa's reindeer, and an odd assortment of characters hitching a ride with Santa on the sleigh.

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 23 more 'get-ups' until Santa!