I want to drop Green Arrow, but DC won't let me!

I've been reading Green Arrow on autopilot for some time now. With last week's end to the regular series I figured it would be a good place to stop, especially since I think that the upcoming GA/BC wedding is coming off as forced and completely ignores 25 years worth of character evolution with both Ollie & Dinah.

But then I see that Andy Diggle & Jock are doing the GA Year One mini-series. Certainly I can't pass up Diggle & Jock working together again! Fine, says I—I'll just read the mini and call it quits.

But now DC announces that the artist on the new Green Arrow & Black Canary series will be none other than Cliff Chiang. Curse you, DC—you know that I cannot pass up anything drawn by Cliff Chiang!

But if Chiang ever leaves as the regular artist, I swear I'm dropping the book...

FCBM3 Day 40 Redux

Bill Doughty informs me that's he already has Runaways, vol. 5, which was chosen for him in day 40 (rats--I almost made it entirely through FCBM3 without giving someone something they already had!) So instead I'll be sending him issues #8-9 of Larry Gonick's Cartoon History of the Universe, featuring the histories of India and China respectively.

Runaways, vol. 5 will instead go to Edgardo Ortiz Guzman, whose initial entry was received in early June and had been deemed too late. But it's Edgardo's lucky day! His five comics that he likes are:

1. Y, the Last Man
2. Ex Machina
3. Superman/Batman
4. Rising Stars
5. Robin

Final FCBM Statistics:
49 entries
111 free comics sent
0 days remaining

Monkey Covers

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

Here's Bob Oksner's cover to the very first issue of Angel and the Ape from 1968. I hate it when my Go-Go Girls go missing!

(Standard disclaimer about sitar-playing apes not really being monkeys applies.)

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

FCBM3 Day 40

The third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month concludes with day forty!

The final selected entry is from Bill Doughty. The five comics that Bill likes are:

1. All Star Superman
2. The Spirit
3. Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane
4. All-New Atom
5. Just about anything from Jeffrey Brown

For Bill I have the fifth collected digest volume of Runaways by Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona & Takeshi Miyazawa.

Bill's comic should be in the mail within the next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
109 free comics sent
0 days remaining

We're done! I'll be back in a few days with the traditional FCBM wrap-up. Thanks to everyone who entered!

FCBM3 Day 39

The third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month continues into extra time with day thirty-nine!

The penultimate selected entry is from Daniel Burk. The five comics that Daniel likes are:

1. The Invisibles
2. Promethea
3. Stray Bullets
4. Hitman
5. Deadenders

For Daniel I have the first three issues of the post-apocalyptic Wasteland by Antony Johnson & Christopher Mitten.

Daniel's comic should be in the mail within the next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
108 free comics sent so far
1 day remaining

FCBM3 Day 38

The third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month continues into extra time with day thirty-eight!

Our next selected entry is from Chris Long. The five comics that Chris likes are:

1. Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
2. All-Star Superman
3. Metal Men
4. Astonishing X-Men
5. Planetary

For Chris I have the first issue of Ian Carney & Garry Marshall's Axis Mundi.

Chris's comic should be in the mail within the next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
105 free comics sent so far
2 days remaining

FCBM3 Day 37

The third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month continues into extra time with day thirty-seven!

Our next selected entry is from Franco Ippolito. The five comics that Franco says he likes are:

1. Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
2. All-Star Superman
3. Metal Men
4. Astonishing X-Men
5. Planetary

For Franco I have the first issue of Doug Moench & Paul Gulacy's Epic sci-fi series Six from Sirius.

Franco's comic should be in the mail within the next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
104 free comics sent so far
3 days remaining