FCBM3 Day 24

It's day twenty-four of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Dan Polley. The five comics that Dan says he likes are:

1. DMZ
2. Scott Pilgrim
3. Naruto
4. Usagi Yojimbo
5. Initial D

For Dan I have the first three issues of David Hutchison's Oz: The Manga adaptation.

Dan's bonus comic is the Fables #1 Special Edition.

Dan's comics should be in the mail fairly soon. Enjoy!

Time is running short, but if you hurry you can still send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
46 entries
64 free comics sent so far
7 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 23.5

It's day still twenty-three of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month; and I'm still giving away free comics!

Today's selected entry is from John Reha. The five comics that John says he likes are:

1. The Invisibles
2. Scott Pilgrim
3. Wasteland
4. Sandman
5. Transmetropolitan

For John I have the first two issues of Moonshadow by J. M. DeMatteis & Jon J. Mouth.

John's bonus comic is Star Wars Legacy #0.

John's comics should be in the mail fairly soon. 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
60 free comics sent so far
8 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 23

It's day twenty-three of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Paul Abbamondi. The five comics that Paul says he likes are:

1. Bone
2. 30 Days of Night
3. Dork Tower
4. Fables
5. Grease Monkey

For Paul I have the first issue of Art Thibert's sci-fi humor comic Chrono Mechanics.

Paul's bonus comic is the Sandman #1 Special Edition.

Paul'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
57 free comics sent so far
8 days remaining

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

Based 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

New Library Comics: Week of May 14, 2006

Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection last week:


Altuna, Horacio, 1941- Horacio Altuna : conversación, cuaderno de bocetos /Madrid : Sins Entido, c2005.

Aoike, Yasuko. From Eroica with love /La Jolla, CA : WildStorm, c2004- vol. 1

Bagge, Peter. Ken Weiner presents The wacky world of Peter Bagge ; Peter Bagge presents The wacky world of Ken Weiner. /Hoboken, N.J. : Bagge/Weiner, 1982.

Battaglia, Dino. La mummia /Grumo Nevano [Italy] : Grifo Edizioni, c2003.

Benz, Emily. Thread /[New York : Thread Comics, 2005-] no. 1

Binder, Otto O. (Otto Oscar), 1911-1975. English. 20,000 leagues under the sea /New York : Marvel Comics Group, 1976.

Choices : a pro-choice benefit comic anthology for the National Organization for Women /Oakland [Calif.] : Angry Isis Press, 1990.

Comic festival. /Toronto, Ont. : Legion of Evil Press, 2005.

Comics code illustrated /Hamtramck, MI : Not Available Comics, c1997.

Corman, Leela. Queen's day /Boston, MA : L. Corman, c1999.

Crumb, R. Uneeda comix /[Berkeley, Calif.] : Print Mint, c1970.

Crumb, Sophie. Belly Button comix /Amsterdam : Oog & Blik ; Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, [2002]- no. 1

--De ellas /Castalla, Alicante : Ediciones de Ponent ; Murcia : Región de Murcia, Consejería de Presidencia : Instituto de la Mujer de la Región de Murcia, 2006.

Feazell, Matt. Understanding minicomics : the art and science of stick figures /Detroit, MI : Not Available Comics, c1993.

Hoax. /Ann Arbor, Mich. : Mental Note Press, 2003-2005. nos. 1-4

Hughes, Rian. The science service /London : Acme Press ; Forestville, Calif. : Eclipse Comics, c1989.

Huizenga, Kevin, 1977- Or else. /Quebec, Canada : Drawn & Quarterly, c2004- no. 4

Kelly, Tim. Free summer franks : new and rare comics from the Zook and Max show /Lindenhurst, N.Y. : T. Kelly, c2003.

Matt, Joe, 1963- Peepshow /Montréal, Québec : Drawn and Quarterly, 1992- nos. 1, 4-5, 7, 10

MixxZine. /Los Angeles, CA : Mixx Publications, 1997- vol. 1 nos. 2-4

Miyuki, Takahashi. Musashi #9 /La Jolla, CA : Wildstorm Productions, c2005- vol. 1

Mome. /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005- spring/summer 2006

Nilsen, Anders Brekhus, 1973- Big questions. /Montreal, Quebec : Drawn and Quarterly no. 8

Nonaka, Eiji. Cromartie High School /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, 2005- vols. 2, 4

Nosotros somos los muertos. /Palma [Spain] : Inrevés edicions ; Madrid [Spain] : Ediciones sins edito, 1995- no. 12

Ōtsuka, Eiji, 1958- Madara /La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Productions, 2004. vol. 1

Paper museum. /Lawrence, Kan. : Jungle Boy Press, 2002- vol. 2 no. 1

Pekar, Harvey. American splendor /New York : Vertigo Comics, 2006- nos. 1-2

Prehistoric manifesto. /Cottage Grove, Or. : Trilobite Comics, 2004- nos. 2-3

Prism Comics : your LGBT guide to comics. /Atlanta, GA : Prism Comics, 2003- 2006 edition

Sakura, Tsukuba. Land of the blindfolded /La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Productions, 2004- vol. 1

Sally, Zak. Recidivist /Minneapolis, MN : La Mano, c2005. vol. 2

Seth, 1962- Forty cartoon books of interest : from the collection of the cartoonist "Seth." /[Oakland, Calif.] : Buenaventura Press, 2006.

Silva, Benedita da. Blood road and other stories /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 1997.

Takahashi, Rumiko. Rumic world. /San Francisco, CA : Viz Comics, c1989- nos. 1-2

Tooks, Lance. Lucifer's garden of verses /[New York] : NBM ComicsLit, [2004]-c2006. vols. 1-4

Top shelf (Marietta, Ga.) Top shelf. /Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions. no. 8

Toro, Grassa, 1963- Una casa para el abuelo /México D.F. : SM, c2005.

Twisted sisters 2 : drawing the line. /Northampton, Mass. : Kitchen Sink Press, c1995.

Utatane, Hiroyuki. Countdown : sex bombs /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, c1996.

Weirdo (Berkeley, Calif.) Weirdo. /Berkeley, Calif. : Last Ghasp Eco Funnies, 1981- nos. 1, 17-18, 24, 26, 28

Will Eisner /Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf Productions, 2005.

Wimmen's comix. /Berkeley, CA : Last Gasp, nos. 2-3, 7-11, 14-17

Young lust. /Berkeley, Calif. : Last Gasp, [1970]- nos. 6-7

Yui, Toshiki. Hot tails /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 1998- vol. 2

Zefiro, Sebastian. Striptease : stories /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 1998.