FCBM3 Day 17

It's day seventeen of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Kristin Munson. The five comics that Kristin listed are:

1. Age of Bronze
2. Wonder Woman (Rucka)
3. Dawn
4. Top Ten
5. Box Office Poison

For Kristin I have The Brontës: Infernal Angria #1 by Craig McKenny & Rick Geary.

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

Kristin's comics should be in the mail sometime next week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
37 entries
38 free comics sent so far
14 days remaining

Batman vs. Ultimates Contest Winners

Way back in March I ran a contest where I asked you to choose which long-delayed comic would come out first: All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder #5 or Ultimates 2 #13.

Wouldn't you know it, they both came out on the same day!

So I'm picking one one winner for each choice (chosen randomly via coin flips):

The winner for All-Star Batman is Bill "madpuppy" Lamonica. Bill's prize package is: Batman Confidential #1, Superman/Batman #1, and Gotham Central #34.

The winner for Ultimates 2 is Scott of Polite Dissent. Scott's prize package is: New Avengers #1, The Mighty Avengers #1, and The New Avengers Illuminati: Secret History #1.


Gentlemen, just send me your postal address via email and I'll drop your comics off in the post to you forthwith.


Thanks to everyone who entered. And don't forget, anyone can enter for a chance to win free comics in our current Free Comic Book Month promotion!

FCBM3 Day 16

It's day sixteen of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Patrick Maliksi. The five comics that Patrick listed are:

1. Invincible
2. The Walking Dead
3. Daredevil
4. Death Note
5. Fell

For Patrick I have Chris Ryan and Ashley Wood's Zombies vs. Robots #1.

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

Patrick'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:
35 entries
36 free comics sent so far
15 days remaining

New This Week: May 16, 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 All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder #5 and Ultimates 2 #13, comics long awaited by fanboys everywhere! Regular readers may recall that I recently ran a contest asking you to choose which of these long-delayed super-hero floppies would come out first; now they're both out on the same day! (Not sure what I'll do about prizes--probably give out 2, but I'm waiting to confirm that these comics actually hit shelves tomorrow...)


In other comics:

Antarctic have a new issue of Ninja High School (#149).

Archaia have a hardcover collection of the first Mouse Guard mini.

Boom! have the debut of Left on Mission, and new issues of Fall of Cthulhu (#2) and Hero Squared Ongoing (#6).

Dark Horse have new issues of BPRD: Garden of Souls (#3) and Conan (#40).

DC have Showcase Presents: The Flash vol. 1 (with the fine Carmine Infantino speedster art!); the Minx debut of Plain Janes; the CMX debut of Apothecarius Argentum; and new issues of Action Comics (#849), Batman (#665), Catwoman (#67), Countdown (#50), Ex Machina (#28), Fables (#61), Justice League of America (#9), and LoSH 31C (#2).

IDW have the trade collection of Spike: Asylum.

Marvel have a traed collection of Blade: Undead Again (Guggenheim & Chaykin make Blade a character worth reading); a hardcover for X-Factor: Many Lives of Madrox; a third oversized hardcover for Runaways; X-Men First Class Special by Jeff Parker and a group of talented guest artists; and new issues of Marvel Adventures The Avengers (#13), Ultimate Spider-Man (#109), Ultimate X-Men (#82), and X-Factor (#19).

Oni have a new issue of Local (#9).


Get your geek on this week and buy some comics!

Groo is Back!

Mark Evanier let's us know that Groo will be returning to the comics racks later this year! (via Mike)

2007 has seen the return of Groo, Gon, Yotsuba&!, Nexus... what's next, Miracleman?

FCBM3 Day 15

It's day fifteen of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Bill Boehmer. The five comics that Bill listed are:

1. Apocalypse Nerd
2. Nana
3. Fables
4. Mouse Guard
5. King City

Based on that eclectic mix, I have for Bill the first four issues of Rumiko Takahashi's manga fantasy Inu-Yasha: A Feudal Fairy-Tale.

Bill's bonus comic is the Donald Duck Halloween Ashcan.

Bill'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:
33 entries
34 free comics sent so far
16 days remaining

New Library Comics: Week of May 7, 2007

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


Allred, Mike (Mike Dalton) The golden plates /Lakeside, OR : AAA POP, c2006- vol. 1

The amazing adventures of the escapist /Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 2004. vol. 3

Azuma, Kiyohiko. Yotsuba &! /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga ; 2005- vols. 1-3

Baldazzini, 1958- She-dom : the awakening of Clara Rosenberg /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2001.

Black light angels. /Glebe, N.S.W. : Graber Hill, 1997- nos. 3-4

Castelli, Alfredo. Martin Mystery /Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Comics, 1999. vols. 1-2

Cherkas, Michael, 1954- The silent invasion /New York : NBM, c1988-c1989. vol. 2

Clugston-Major, Chynna. Blue Monday /Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2003- vol. 1

Collier, David, 1961- Portraits from life /Montreal : Drawn and Quarterly, 2001.

Comical funnies. /New York : Serious Old Buisnessmen Co., 1980-1981. vol. 1 no. 1

Drawn & quarterly. /[Montréal : Drawn and Quarterly Publications, c1990]- vol. 1 nos. 1-5, 8-9

Emond, Steve. Emo boy /San Jose, CA : SLG Pub., 2006- vol. 1

Fujita, Maki. Kid's joker /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, 2005- vol. 1

FurNation magazine. /Dallas, Tex. : FurNation Foundation, [2000]- nos. 1-7

Gallardo, Miguel. Makoki integral /Barcelona : Ediciones Glenat, 2002.

Gottlieb, Daphne, 1968- Jokes and the unconscious /San Francisco : Cleis Press, c2006.

Günther, Jürgen. Flitzi /Dresden : Holzhof Verlag, 2005.

Hino, Hideshi, 1946- Lullabies from hell /Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse Comics, 2006- vol. 1

Inuki, Kanako. School zone /Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse Comics, 2006- vols. 1-3

Ishinomori, Shōtarō, 1938- Kikaider code 02 /La Jolla, CA ; WildStorm, 2005- vol. 1

Itō, Junji. Museum of terror /Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse, 2006- vol. 1

Kakinuma, Hideki. Junk force : leave the planet and don't look back! /Fremont, Calif. : ComicsOne, 2003- vol. 1

Kobayashi, Motofumi. Apocalypse meow /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, 2004- vol. 1

Manabe, Shōhei. Dead end /Hamburg, Ger. ; Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, 2005- vol. 1

Mattotti, Lorenzo, 1954- Chimera /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics, c2005- vol. 1

Medda, Michele. Nathan Never /Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Comics, 1999. vols. 1-5

Mori, Kaoru. Emma /La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Publications, 2006- vol. 1

Nakanishi, Tatsurou. Dream gold : knights in the dark city /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, c2004- vol. 1

Park, Sung Woo, 1972- Now /Fremont, Calif. : ComicsOne, c2003. vol. 1

Peach-Pit. DearS /Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, c2005- vol. 1

Pictopia. /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, nos. 2-3

Pox. /St. Kilda, Australia : Unsafe Products, [1994]- nos. 2, 5

Pshaw! Smudges /Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf Productions, 2001.

Pulp (San Francisco, Calif.) Pulp : manga for grownups. /San Francisco, CA : VIZ Communications, c1997- vol. 1 no. 1, vol. 2 nos. 1-2, vol. 3 nos. 1-8

Sclavi, Tiziano, 1953- Dylan Dog /Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse Comics, 1999. vols. 1-4, 6

Soda, Masahito. Firefighter! : Daigo of Fire Company M /San Francisco, CA : VIZ, c2002- vol. 2

Takami, Kōshun. Battle royale /Los Angeles : Tokyopop, c2003-2006. vols. 1-4

Talking turkey. /Witham (PO Box 312, Essex CM8 3SZ) : Galaxy, 1991-1992. vol. 1 no. 1

Taniguchi, Tomoko, 1968- Aquarium /New York : CPM Manga, c2003.

Tin house : the graphic issue. /Portland, OR : McCormack Communications, c2006. vol. 8 no. 1 (#29)

Umezu, Kazuo. Insects /Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse, 2006.

Ware, Chris, 1967- Our second collected book of jokes /Oak Park, Ill. : Acme Novelty Co. ; Seattle, Wash. : Distributed by Fantagraphics, [c2001]

Yamazaki, Toru. Octopus Girl /Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse Comics, 2006- vols. 1-2