New Library Comics: August 2010

Here's a list of the comics we added to our library's collection in August:


Abel, Jessica. Drawing words & writing pictures : making comics : manga, graphic novels, and beyond / New York : First Second, 2008.

Anzai, Nobuyuki. MÄR : Märchen awakens romance v. 1 / San Francisco, CA : Viz, c2005-

Aushenker, Michael. Bound and gagged / Plymouth, Mich. : Iconografix, 1992

Beyer, David. Worthless comix no. 7 / Milwaukee, Wis. : Beyer Beware Productions, [200-?]-

Buttrick, Adam. Tim Tadabrucki and the falling light / [S.l. : s.n., 200-?]

CLAMP (Mangaka group) Clamp school detectives v. 1 / Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, 2003-

Crabb, R. L. The natural inquirer by professor Von Crabman no. 1 / Westlake Village, CA : Fantagraphics Books, 1989-

Demo el Yelmo. nos. 1-2 / Guadalajara : Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco, 2009-

Doxiadēs, Apostolos K., 1953- Logicomix / [Athēna] : Ikaros, 2008.

Fawkes, Ray. Possessions. Book one, Unclean getaway. / Portland, Or. : Oni Press, 2010

Grevioux, Kevin. Alius Rex no. 1 / La Mesa, Calif. : Alias Enterprises, c2006-

Helms, Andrew. Bombos vs. everything. v. 1 / Hamburg ; Los Angeles : Tokyopop, 2007

Hoshine, Ken, 1977- Macbeth / New York : Sparknotes, c2008

Iconografix special. no. 1 / Plymouth, MI : Iconografix, a division of Caliber Press, c1992.

Krosoczka, Jarrett. Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians / New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009

Laugh. no. 252 / New York : Close-up, Inc., 1946-1987

Love and romance. no. 15 / Derby, Conn. : Charlton Publications, c1970-

Martin, Amy. Bachelor girl no. 1 / [San Francisco, Calif. : Amy Martin, 2009-]

My mutant heart. / New York : Marvel Publishing, Inc., 2006

Neighly, Patrick. Subatomic / Baltimore, MD : Mad Yak Press, 2003

Paige profile no. 3 / Mount Prospect, Ill. : Paige Comics, 197-?-

Paley, Nina. Down 'n' out in Austin Texas : lonely tales from the Lone Star State / Austin, TX : Nina Paley, c1991

Piskor, Ed. Wizzywig vols. 1-3 / Munhall, Pa. : E. Piskor, c2008-

Pogo Possum. no. 7 1951 / New York, N.Y. : Dell Pub. Co., 1949-1954.

Prime cuts. no. 1 / Agoura, CA : Fantagraphics Books, 1987-

The Punisher summer special. no. 4 1994 / New York, NY : Marvel Comics, 1991-

Rich, Jamie S. Spell checkers v. 1 / Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2010-

Ross, Tiffany. Alien Dice. [Vol. 1], Days 0 and 1. / Cresbard, SD : Keenspot Entertainment, c2004

Scott, Thom. Motherless child / Princeton, WI : Kitchen Sink Press, c1992.

Starr, Jason, 1966- The chill / New York : DC Comics, c2009.

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes. / New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c1977.

Turner, James. Rex Libris no. 5 / San Jose : SLG Publishing, 2005-

Vigneault, François, 1960- Friends no. 1 / San Francisco, Calif. : Family Style Co., 2004-


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Self-Loathing Baboon Photo

Bizarro is brought to you today by Vacation Surprises.

Here are three jokes I really like; two new ones and one from 1998.

The basic idea for the baboon joke was sent to me by a reader. I really wish I'd thought of it. So perfect. My wife, CHNW, had heart surgery when she was 20 because one of her valves had been eaten away by a random infection. She needed to have the valve replaced and was offered either a mechanical one or a pig's valve. As regular readers know, she's an avid animal rights activist so you can imagine her response to the pig valve. She got a mechanical one, of course, and now ticks like a clock. When it's really quiet, you can actually hear it.

"Whack-A-Mirror" is based on the popular "Whack-A-Mole" arcade game. I love the self-loathing aspect. Not sure why, I guess because I hate myself sometimes. Don't we all? Please tell me you hate yourself sometimes, I don't want to be the only one. That would give me more reason to hate myself.

This final gag from the archives of Bizarro International Headquaters is a longtime fave of mine. I've seen a few takes on the "I can take that for you if you'd like to be in it" phenomenon, but this is among my favorites. In those days, I used to draw TONS of background on almost every cartoon. I do less of that now because I already work too many hours and the joke is the same either way. Even still, I draw more backgrounds than 99% of cartoonists, so I don't feel so bad. No mirror-whacking for me today.

Hair, Dating, Death

Bizarro is brought to you today by the 11th Commandment.

I'm back from my vacation and gosh darn it's good to see you. If I discover any cool pics from my trip, I'll be sure to post them. Just went to Florida to hang out with CHNW's dad, though, so it was pretty chill. It's really rare that I can sit around for a few days and do nothing.

I have a business trip out west next week, so I'm really slammed with deadlines. In addition to my regular unrelenting 7-cartoons-a-week schedule, I've got to do a book cover for my upcoming "Bizarro Heroes" book, which will be full of cartoons about super heroes and caped crime fighters of all kinds. I'm also supposed to do a promotional cartoon for a charity thing that King Features is doing and a couple of other things I can't recall right now. Guess I should have been writing these things down.

To some people, the life of a syndicated cartoonist may seem glamorous and fun, and it certainly can be, but I regularly work 7 days a week, at least 8 hours a day. It wears on me, just like any other job would. And no matter how stressed or tired I am, I have to come up with enough funny ideas to fill every day of my life until I retire. Just typing that sentence made my stomach hurt.

This cartoon about the couple arose recently when I found out about "speed dating." It's a real deal that people do, look it up. It makes sense in an odd, unnatural way, because all relationships play out to an end at some point, some sooner than later. Might as well get it over with, I suppose. What I've done here is to compress what usually takes a year or more into four sentences. If you can get a relationship past numbers one and two and still find some joy in it, you can avoid number four. Sometimes.

This old cartoon from my archives is one that has seriously dated itself. When I drew it, in 1996, people still carried "beepers." (More accurately called "pagers.") People under a certain age won't even know what those were. I thought I'd be happy to see them go because the beeping was an annoyance, but the electronic-super-fly-disco ringtones of today are even worse in my opinion.

Sorry to be a bit of a downer today. I'm overwhelmed with re-entry. Ugh.

Monkey Covers

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

Lance comes in for his annual dental check-up on the cover to Lancelot Link, Secret Chip #4 (1971).

(Standard disclaimer about chimps who are concerned about tooth decay not really being monkeys applies.)



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Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (+4). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth *
2 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
3 (+1). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
4 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
5 (-3). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
6 (-). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
7 (-). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
8 (+2). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
9 (-1). Walking Dead Volume 12
10 (+4). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
11 (+4). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
12 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
13 (-2). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
14 (-5). Kick-Ass
15 (+5). Watchmen
16 (-3). Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill
17 (+1). Blackest Night
18 (+9). Odd Is on Our Side *
19 (+2). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3
20 (-3). Lost at Sea
21 (-5). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
22 (+2). Green Lantern: Blackest Night
23 (+27). Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows
24 (-2). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight *
25 (+17). V for Vendetta
26 (-3). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
27 (-2). Batman: Year One
28 (+19). Blankets
29 (N). Garfield Potbelly of Gold: His 50th Book *
30 (-4). Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love
31 (+13). Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
32 (-2). American Born Chinese (paperback)
33 (-4). The Walking Dead Book 5
34 (R). Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
35 (R). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
36 (-2). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
37 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 2
38 (-7). The Arrival
39 (N). American Born Chinese (bargain paperback)
40 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
41 (-9). Batman: The Killing Joke
42 (-6). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
43 (R). Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 3
44 (R). Asterios Polyp
45 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 3
46 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
47 (R). Batman R.I.P.
48 (N). Cartoon Guide to the Environment
49 (-8). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
50 (-4). No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2)


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary:

* After ceding the top to Scott Pilgrim for a week, the new Wimpy Kid volume is back on top. Wimpy Kid is #19 on the overall chart; the SP volumes are at #29, 32, 34 & 39. Persepolis, the next on the C&GN list, is at #290 on the overall list.

* The rankings for American Born Chinese are all over the place, as there are so many different editions available.

* Highest debut this week is the pre-order for the latest Garfield collection. Wait, there have been 50 Garfield collections? That's a lot of lasagna!

* The other debut this week is Larry Gonick's Cartoon Guide to the Environment. It came out back in 1996, and Amazon helpfully tells me that I previously purchased it back in 2001. Anyone have any idea as to why it's popping up onto the chart now?

* Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows gets a large bump up the chart, no doubt due to the news that the property has been optioned for a tv series with Steven Spielberg attached as a producer.

* And for the curious: The last item on this list, No Future For You, ranks at #6,684 on the overall Amazon books list.

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