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What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
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New Library Comics: Week of October 30, 2006

Here are the comics we added to our library collection last week:


Cendreda, Martin. Bare foot riot : a sketchbook compilation /[Los Angeles] : Giant Robot Books, [2005]

Daly, Joe. Scrublands /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2006.

Disney comics : 75 years of innovation : the official anniversary book. /[United States] : Gemstone Publishing, c2006.

Edwards, Jonathan. Aunt Connie and the plague of beards /[London] : Les Cartoonists Dangereux, c1999.

Howlett, David. The complete Bad moon rising /[Canada] : Guerilla Press, [200-?]

Kim, Miran. The fallen /New York : NBM, c1999-

Ottaviani, Jim. Wild person in the woods /Los Angeles, CA : Orangutan Foundation International, c1998.

Minicomics Monday: SNAP!

I had a good time at SNAP! on Saturday and picked up a lot of cool stuff. I'll do some real reviews of some of the comics in later editions of Minicomics Monday, but here are some highlights:

Easily the coolest thing I got this year was the collected edition of Cool Jerk & Homo Gal, the early minicomic from Sean Bieri featuring the titular Defenders of Detroit's Cass Corridor. I first read these way back in library school when Sara came bounding into class one day, thrust a bunch of the minis into my hands and told me to read them. I laughed then, and I'm laughing now. Plus, for $3 collecting the six minis it's a good deal too.

Matt Feazell was there too of course with a couple new issues of The Amazing Cynical Man, and Pam Bliss had a couple new Kekionga Miniworks, including the oblong-shaped "The Smell of Midnight" featuring everyone's favorite werewolf librarian.

I'm also ready to add Suzanne Baumann to my list of area minicomicsers whose work is not to be missed, as I'm really enjoying her work and she's nice and friendly and really seems to enjoy her cartooning. I picked up both issues of her As Eavesdropped... and laughed quite a few times.

Matt, Sean, Suzanne & Pam shared the middle aisle with Jim Ottaviani (though I see him once a week or so at work) and the kids from the U-M School of Art & Design with the second volume of their Empty Pockets anthology.

But enough with the old faves--how about some new stuff?

I was very impressed by Max Ink and his chapbook series Blink. His art is very good--reminiscent in ways of Alex Robinson--and based on the pages-in-progress he had on hand for his fourth issue he keeps on improving. Plus Max was very friendly and professional; he had a free 10-page minicomic he was giving away and was drawing sketches on the back for people whether or not they bought any of his comix. If he wants to make the leap to 'regular' comics I have no doubt that he'd be a success.

I was pleasantly surprised by Tom Williams' S.P.B.: Rise! I didn't care much for Williams' early work, but this chapbook with its addition of a sepia-toned color scheme brings it to an attractive new level.

Biggest pleasant surprise was Josh Johnson and his new hardcover book The Spindletons. Gorgeous to look at. Johnson also does a lot of handcrafted books which are pretty to look at (though a bit pricey).

In all we spent a couple of hours there. (We being myself and Annette, our Art & Design librarian who was buying items for the library collection. It was quite amusing to see the range of reactions from sellers when she asked them for a receipt!) Once again the fine folks at Green Brain Comics did a great job of putting on a good comic art show. Here's hoping this becomes an annual event!

Monkey Covers

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

Gil Kane draws the cover illustrating "The Human Pet of Gorilla Land!", the feature story in 1959's Strange Adventures #108.

(Standard disclaimer about human-pet-keeping gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)

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

SNAP! Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Saturday November 4, is the 2nd annual SNAP! Comics Arts Festival in Dearborn, MI. I had a great time at last year's SNAP!, so if you're in the Southeast Michigan/Northwest Ohio area I encourage you to visit this year.

The guest list includes Matt Feazell, Sean Bieri, Pam Bliss, Jim Ottaviani, David Petersen, and many others.

Come support your local comix scene!

YAMR: Live!

To fill the gap between our Halloween Spooktacular and the upcoming Christmas Spectacular, this month Yet Another Music Radio is featuring a playlist consisting only of live tracks.

Over seven hours of music, including music by:

Abra Moore, Angie Paris, Antigone Rising, Asia, Barenaked Ladies, Belly, Ben Folds, Blondfire, Brandi Carlile, Bruce Cockburn, Bruce Hornsby, Burlap to Cashmere, Cat Stevens, Charlotte Martin, The Corrs, Damien Rice, Danielle Howie, Dave Grohl, Deanna Kirk, Dido, Enter the Haggis, Eva Cassidy, Evanescence, Fountains of Wayne, Barrison Starr, Guster, Indigo Girls, Jamie Cullum, Joss Stone, Kelly Sweet, Kim Richey, Kristy Thirsk, Loreena McKennitt, Los Lonely Boys, Lunik, Maura O'Connell, The Moody Blues, Moxy Früvous, Neil Diamond, Nelly Firtado, Oasis, Patty Griffin, Paula Cole, Phil Collins, Poi Dog Pondering, R.E.M., Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Rogue Wave, Rusted Root, The Sadies, Sam Phillips, Sarah Brightman, Sarah McLachlan, Shakira, Shawn Colvin, Sheryl Crow, Son Volt, The Sundays, Swing Out Sister, Tara MacLean, Tegan and Sara, They Might Be Giants, Tori Amos, U2, Vienna Teng, The Waifs, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Youssou D'Dour.

Over ninety live tracks for your listening enjoyment!

October was a huge month for YAMR, as the Halloween Spooktacular was a big hit. There were over 1000 streams just on Halloween Day! (A normal day has around 10 streams.) Probably back to normal numbers for November, but I suspect that things will pick up once I launch the holiday themed playlist for December.