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

New This Week: June 13, 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 Pick of the Week is Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise #90. Not only is it the final issue of the popular, long-running series, but it may also mark the end of the self-published serial comic as a viable publication option.


In other comics:

Adhouse Books have The Aviary, a collection of Jamie Tanner's various minicomics and anthology pieces. If you've ever read any of them, you know you're in for a surreal treat (though I wouldn't recommend reading all 300+ pages at once!)

AiT/PlanetLAR have the first issue of Black Diamond.

Angry Dog Press have the sixth volume of their Potlach Project anthology.

Antarctic have the landmark 150th issue of Ben Dunn's Ninja High School.

Boom! have new issues of Dominion (#2) and Tag: Cursed (#4).

Dark Horse have a new issue of BPRD: Garden of Souls (#4) and the eigth volume of Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures.

DC have the first oversized hardcover volume of Jack Kirby's Forth World Omnibus; new collections for Fables (vol. 9) and Gotham Central (vol. 5); a Showcase Presents volume for The Atom; the fourth volume of Emma; the second Minx title, Re-gifters; and new issues of Countdown (#46), DMZ (#20), Fables (#62), Hawkgirl (#65), and StormWatch PHD (#8).

IDW collect Angel: Auld Lang Syne into a trade.

Image have a new issue of Noble Causes (#30) and a "pilot" issue of Elephantmen.

Marvel kick off their big summer crossover World War Hulk and also collect the whole Planet Hulk story into one massive hardcover. Also a massive hardcover is the second Fantasic Four Omnibus; not quite as masive is the Killraven hardcover collection. There's a seventh volume in the Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne series; a new Franklin Richards One-Shot; and new issues of Blade (#10); Kabuki Reflections (#8); and Punisher War Journal (#8).

TokyoPop have the second (and final) volume of Amy Kim Ganter's Sorcerers and Secretaries.

Viz have the third volume of Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs.


Plenty of comics to drop some coin on this week. Enjoy!

FCBM3 Day 36

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

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

1. Marvel Adventures The Avengers
2. The Flash
3. The Question
4. Hitman
5. Manhunter

For Martin I have the first issue of The Professional: Golgo 13 by Takao Saito.

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


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
103 free comics sent so far
4 days remaining

New Library Comics: Week of June 4, 2007

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


Berenstain, Adam. Last wish /Ithaca, N.Y. : Silver Bullet Comic Books, [2001]- no. 2

Campbell, Eddie. Little Italy /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 1991- no. 1

Cooper, Dave (David Charles) Dave Cooper's Underbelly : additional observations on the beauty/ugliness of mostly pillowy girls. /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, [2004?]

Frost, Sean. Johnny public /Manchester, Mich : Strang-Frost Productions, LLC, 2001- nos. 0-8

Hachigian, Jennifer Lynn. Lore /Burbank, Calif. : Ragdoll Cat, 1995- vol. 1 nos. 1-2

Hernandez, Gilbert. Luba's comics and stories /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2000- no. 8

Itchy planet. /Westlake Village, CA : Fantagraphics Books, 1988- no. 1

Justice League unlimited (Comic book) Justice League unlimited. /New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, c2004- no. 1

Kerosene : combustibile per la mente = Brain fuel. /Roma : Mare Nero, [199-?]- no. 6

Laugh in the dark. /Berkeley, Calif. : Last Gasp Eco-Funnies, c1971. no. 1

Legal action comics. /New York : Dirty Danny Legal Defense Fund, c2001- vols. 1-2

Limace. /[Berlin, Germany?] : Cénoukonlafé, [2004]- nos. 3-4

London, Bobby. Left-field funnies /San Francisco, Calif. : Apex Novelties, 1972- no. 1

May, Ted. It lives : comics /Portland, Or. : Sparkplug Comic Books, 2003- no. 1

Milk & wodka continental comic book. /Zürich, Switzerland : Milk & Wodka, 1999- no. 6

Mrongovius, Alice. Porridge /Fitzroy, Vic. : Bandit Fox, c1999.

Okazaki, Tsuguo. Justy /San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Communications, 1988-1989. nos. 1-9

Porcellino, John. King-cat comics & stories /San Francisco : Spit and a Half, [1989]- no. 63

Rizzotto, Max. Rina Fort : cronaca a fumetti : [la donna che passò alla storia come la belva di Via San Gregorio] /Levada di Ponte di Piave (Treviso) : BeccoGiallo, 2006, c2005.

Shirow, Masamune. Appleseed /Forestville, CA : Eclipse International, 1988-1991. vol. 1 nos. 1-3

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- Inu Yasha ani-manga. /San Francisco : Viz Media, c2006. vol. 18

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- InuYasha /San Francisco, CA : Viz, LLC, c2003- vol. 29

Takahashi, Rumiko. Lum : Urusei Yatsura /San Francisco : Viz Comics, 1989- nos. 1-8

Week, Jason. Dunce comics /[United States? : J. Week, 200-?]- no. 2