CBLDF Fund Drive Reminder

There's less than a week to go in my Third Annual CBLDF Fund Drive, and so far only two people have donated. That means that eight more people need to donate to meet our goal. Remember, I'm matching your gift of $25, so stretch your dollars for freedom!

New Library Comics: Week of December 11, 2006

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


Baker, Kyle, 1966- Nat Turner /New York : Kyle Baker Pub., 2006. vol. 1

Davis, Andrew. Drain /Greenville, SC : Wide Awake Press, c2004.

Frost, Sean. Simon and the bitey, hurting pain /[Manchester, Mich?] : Sean Frost, c2002.

Frost, Sean. Simon and the book of job /[Manchester, Mich?] : Sean Frost, c2004.

Hiti, Samuel. Phenoms : mind over matter /[United States?] : La Luz Comics, c2003.

Kressbach, Karl. Delusion dispatch /[Grand Rapids, Mich.?] : Mental Note Press, c2003.

Siu-Chong, Ken. Darkstalkers : The rise of the dark ones /[California] : Capcom ; [Chicago], Devil's Due Pub., 2005- vol. 1

Southard, Nate. Drive /[Texas?] : Frequency Press, 2005.

Steckler, Ben T. Bee see! /York, PA : Ben T. Steckler, c2004.

Steckler, Ben T. Fresh hot pizza! /York, PA : Ben T. Steckler, c2004.

Steckler, Ben T. Peeps et beans : a sweet story /York, PA : Ben T. Steckler, c2004.

Steckler, Ben T. Take your licks! /York, PA : Ben T. Steckler, c2003.

Steckler, Ben T. Wo! not a motel Bible. Tomato now! : the gospel of the evil Dr. Palindrome /York, PA : Gideon A. Canoe, Dig?, 2005.

Steckler, Ben T. Your dick's too short to f**k with God /York, PA : Ben T. Steckler, c2003.

Tomassi, Debbie. Paint box : a colorful romance /Boston, Mass : Little, Brown & Co., c1998.

Christmas Covers - December 18

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 by Craig Rousseau & Wayne Faucher is from 1998's Impulse #45 and features Bart chasing down Santa. Back when Bart Allen was a fun, interesting character and not the yet another brooding, moper that he's become.

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


Just 7 more 'get-ups' until Santa!


(2005: Adventures of Superman #487)
(2004: Mutt & Jeff #32)

(Polite Dissent's 2006 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(Two newcomers this year: ShadZ and Brendan McKillip)

(Looking for a little Christmas cheer of your own? Tune in to free Yet Another Music Radio for our Holiday Music 2006 mix with over six and a half hours of seasonal songs.)

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Christmas Covers - December 17

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.

Art Baltazar draws today's Christmas cover for the 2000 Patrick The Wolf Boy Christmas Special!

(It's a balmy 50 degrees here today--nice, but hard to get into the Christmas Spirit! How do those of you in the South do it?)

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


Just 8 more 'get-ups' until Santa!


(2005: A Patty Cake Christmas)
(2004: Superman #165)

(Polite Dissent's 2006 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(Two newcomers this year: ShadZ and Brendan McKillip)

(Looking for a little Christmas cheer of your own? Tune in to free Yet Another Music Radio for our Holiday Music 2006 mix with over six and a half hours of seasonal songs.)

(Please support our Third Annual CBLDF fund drive!)
 

Christmas Covers - December 16

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.

It's Christmas in the Caribbean on the cover of Katy Keene #33!

(It's a balmy 50 degrees here today--nice, but hard to get into the Christmas Spirit! How do those of you in the South do it?)

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


Just 9 more 'get-ups' until Santa!


(2005: Bone Holiday Special)
(2004: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #76)

(Polite Dissent's 2006 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(Two newcomers this year: ShadZ and Brendan McKillip)

(Looking for a little Christmas cheer of your own? Tune in to free Yet Another Music Radio for our Holiday Music 2006 mix with over six and a half hours of seasonal songs.)

(Please support our Third Annual CBLDF fund drive!)
 

Friday Miscellany

ITEM! Over on TV Squad, Jay Black has a nice mini-essay: "In Defense of: Obsessive internet fanboys." Being a television blog he obviously focuses on television-related things, but it applies just as much to comics too I think.

ITEM! Somewhat related: Dave Snider dropped me an email about his new comic book-focused social encyclopedia: Comic Vine.

ITEM! Also related: my ongoing wiki obsessions: Comic Series Wiki, TVIV, TeeVeePedia.

ITEM! Since the Comics Weblogs Update-a-tron seems to have gone fallow--due to what would appear to be Yahoo!'s negligence in keeping blo.gs operating, I've switched over to using Google Reader to keep up with my comics blog reading. As with many things that Google does, it tends to hit the mark more often than it misses (at least imho).

ITEM! Don't forget the Third Annual YACB CBLDF Fund Drive. I'm matching your $25 donation!

Christmas Covers - December 15

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.

It's Judge Dredd vs. Giant Robot Santa on the cover of 2000 A.D. #763!

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


Just 10 more 'get-ups' until Santa!


(2005: Incredible Hulk #378)
(2004: Batman #45)

(Polite Dissent's 2006 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(Two newcomers this year: ShadZ and Brendan McKillip)

(Looking for a little Christmas cheer of your own? Tune in to free Yet Another Music Radio for our Holiday Music 2006 mix with over six and a half hours of seasonal songs.)

(Please support our Third Annual CBLDF fund drive!)