(Covers courtesy of the GCD. As always, with apologies to and admiration of Bully, the Little Stuffed Bull)
Monday, 4 July 2011
Holiday Ten of a Kind: She's a Grand Ol' Flag
(Covers courtesy of the GCD. As always, with apologies to and admiration of Bully, the Little Stuffed Bull)
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Monkey Covers
Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!Lex Luthor faces off against Gorilla Grodd on the cover of Action Comics #893 (2010) by David Finch and Richard Friend.
(Standard disclaimer about evil telepathic gorillas not really being monkeys applies).
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Saturday, 2 July 2011
Grimm Fairy Tales Wonderland Annual 2011 #1
CBR | English | 14.7 MB | 46 pages
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Friday, 1 July 2011
Amazon Top 50
Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.
1 (-). The Walking Dead Volume 14: No Way Out
2 (-). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle edition)
3 (-). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
4 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
5 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) *
6 (+3). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
7 (+3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
8 (-). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
9 (+3). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
10 (N). Toy Story: Return Of Buzz LightYear
11 (-5). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming
12 (+1). Batman: Year One
13 (+2). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
14 (N). Toy Story: Mysterious Stranger
15 (+9). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
16 (-2). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
17 (-6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
18 (+3). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
19 (+3). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
20 (-4). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth
21 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
22 (+8). V for Vendetta
23 (-5). Big Nate Out Loud
24 (+1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
25 (+4). Green Lantern: Rebirth
26 (+2). Watchmen
27 (+6). Batman & Robin Vol. 3: Batman Must Die!
28 (+6). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures
29 (-12). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 *
30 (N). Irredeemable, Vol. 6
31 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 13
32 (+14). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
33 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
34 (R). Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Solution
35 (+12). Daytripper
36 (N). Wizards Of Mickey Volume 1: Mouse Magic
37 (R). Hellboy Library Volume 4
38 (R). Naruto, Vol. 51: Sasuke vs. Danzo!
39 (-4). Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 2
40 (-21). Green Lantern: Brightest Day
41 (N). Black Bird, Vol. 9
42 (-10). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
43 (R). Be Good, Little Puppy: A Penny Arcade Book
44 (R). Uncanny X-Force: Deathlok Nation
45 (-7). X-Men: Second Coming
46 (R). Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red
47 (N). Donald Duck and Friends: Double Duck
48 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
49 (N). The Muppet Show Comic Book: Meet The Muppets
50 (R). American Vampire Vol. 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:
* The Walking Dead stays at #1 this week (and is #70 overall). Most of the rest of the top ten is dominated by The Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries.
* If you're wondering what all those Disney/Pixar/Muppets books from Boom! are doing on the chart, it's because they are all heavily discounted at 60% or more. Seriously, how could you not buy a copy of Roger Langridge's first Muppet Show collection for just $3.85?
* The only other debuts this week are the latest volumes of Irredeemable and Black Bird.
* If you are wondering why there will be very little change in the DCnU versions of the Batman and Green Lantern books, look no further than this chart; they're the only DC super-hero properties that appear.
1 (-). The Walking Dead Volume 14: No Way Out
2 (-). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle edition)
3 (-). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
4 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
5 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) *
6 (+3). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
7 (+3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
8 (-). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
9 (+3). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
10 (N). Toy Story: Return Of Buzz LightYear
11 (-5). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming
12 (+1). Batman: Year One
13 (+2). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
14 (N). Toy Story: Mysterious Stranger
15 (+9). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
16 (-2). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
17 (-6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
18 (+3). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
19 (+3). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
20 (-4). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth
21 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
22 (+8). V for Vendetta
23 (-5). Big Nate Out Loud
24 (+1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
25 (+4). Green Lantern: Rebirth
26 (+2). Watchmen
27 (+6). Batman & Robin Vol. 3: Batman Must Die!
28 (+6). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures
29 (-12). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 *
30 (N). Irredeemable, Vol. 6
31 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 13
32 (+14). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
33 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
34 (R). Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Solution
35 (+12). Daytripper
36 (N). Wizards Of Mickey Volume 1: Mouse Magic
37 (R). Hellboy Library Volume 4
38 (R). Naruto, Vol. 51: Sasuke vs. Danzo!
39 (-4). Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 2
40 (-21). Green Lantern: Brightest Day
41 (N). Black Bird, Vol. 9
42 (-10). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
43 (R). Be Good, Little Puppy: A Penny Arcade Book
44 (R). Uncanny X-Force: Deathlok Nation
45 (-7). X-Men: Second Coming
46 (R). Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red
47 (N). Donald Duck and Friends: Double Duck
48 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
49 (N). The Muppet Show Comic Book: Meet The Muppets
50 (R). American Vampire Vol. 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:
* The Walking Dead stays at #1 this week (and is #70 overall). Most of the rest of the top ten is dominated by The Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries.
* If you're wondering what all those Disney/Pixar/Muppets books from Boom! are doing on the chart, it's because they are all heavily discounted at 60% or more. Seriously, how could you not buy a copy of Roger Langridge's first Muppet Show collection for just $3.85?
* The only other debuts this week are the latest volumes of Irredeemable and Black Bird.
* If you are wondering why there will be very little change in the DCnU versions of the Batman and Green Lantern books, look no further than this chart; they're the only DC super-hero properties that appear.
Thursday, 30 June 2011
DC Relaunch Titles I Would Have Liked to See
Last week I ranked my interest in all fifty-two of the upcoming DC relaunch titles (aka DCnU). Seven of those I rated as 'Definitely No.' What titles would I like to have seen instead? Here are some possibilities:
Lois Lane, Ace Reporter
by Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover
Lois Lane is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the Daily Planet's number one reporter. So why does that country bumpkin Clark Kent always get those scoops on Superman? In between investigating corruption in Metropolis City Hall and bringing down criminal conspiracies, Lois is going to use all her journalism skills to uncover Kent's secret!
Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
by Tania del Rio
Fifteen-year-old high school student Amy Winston learns that she's really a warrior princess from the magical realm of Gemworld. Now she divides her time between defending Gemworld from the evil forces of Dark Opal and trying to pass American History and avoid the wrath of the queen bees in school. But which world will prove more treacherous? (Hint: it's probably high school).
Spoilers
by Bryan Q. Miller & Nicola Scott
Stephanie Brown has been Robin and Batgirl, but she still can't get the super-hero community to take her seriously! Now she's forming her own team of teenage girl super-heroes–including former Batgirl Cassandra Cain–and they're intent on making their mark in the world!
G.I. Robot
by Matt Kindt
SFC Jake Kanigher discovers a WWII-era robot in the basement of a secret military research facility. But what is Jake's hidden connection to the 70-year-old robotics program? He'd better find out soon, because now an unknown conspiracy is trying to capture the robot, and have Jake killed!
Challengers of the Unknown
by Kathryn Immonen & Tonci Zonjic
Trapped in suspended animation for fifty years, Ace, Red, Rocky, Prof and June awaken to find 2012 a bewildering world, but one that still has plenty of unknowns to challenge!
Stargirl
by Nick Spencer & Dean Trippe
On her fourteenth birthday, star athlete-in-the-making Courtney Whitmore inherits her late grandfather's Gravity Rod, which gives its user the power to control gravity and channel a mysterious Cosmic Energy. Now Courtney must choose between becoming a super-hero and training for the swim team; but with what she learns about her grandfather's connection to a mysterious Society of Justice, the choice may already be made for her!
Angel and the Ape
by Andrew Pepoy & Amy Mebberson
Angel O'Day is a can't-catch-a-break private investigator; Sam Simeon, Angel's new office-mate, is a comic book artist—and a gorilla! Together they make up the DCU's oddest of odd couples, exploring the wacky and hilarious side of the new DCU!
Lois Lane, Ace Reporter
by Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover
Lois Lane is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the Daily Planet's number one reporter. So why does that country bumpkin Clark Kent always get those scoops on Superman? In between investigating corruption in Metropolis City Hall and bringing down criminal conspiracies, Lois is going to use all her journalism skills to uncover Kent's secret!
Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
by Tania del Rio
Fifteen-year-old high school student Amy Winston learns that she's really a warrior princess from the magical realm of Gemworld. Now she divides her time between defending Gemworld from the evil forces of Dark Opal and trying to pass American History and avoid the wrath of the queen bees in school. But which world will prove more treacherous? (Hint: it's probably high school).
Spoilers
by Bryan Q. Miller & Nicola Scott
Stephanie Brown has been Robin and Batgirl, but she still can't get the super-hero community to take her seriously! Now she's forming her own team of teenage girl super-heroes–including former Batgirl Cassandra Cain–and they're intent on making their mark in the world!
G.I. Robot
by Matt Kindt
SFC Jake Kanigher discovers a WWII-era robot in the basement of a secret military research facility. But what is Jake's hidden connection to the 70-year-old robotics program? He'd better find out soon, because now an unknown conspiracy is trying to capture the robot, and have Jake killed!
Challengers of the Unknown
by Kathryn Immonen & Tonci Zonjic
Trapped in suspended animation for fifty years, Ace, Red, Rocky, Prof and June awaken to find 2012 a bewildering world, but one that still has plenty of unknowns to challenge!
Stargirl
by Nick Spencer & Dean Trippe
On her fourteenth birthday, star athlete-in-the-making Courtney Whitmore inherits her late grandfather's Gravity Rod, which gives its user the power to control gravity and channel a mysterious Cosmic Energy. Now Courtney must choose between becoming a super-hero and training for the swim team; but with what she learns about her grandfather's connection to a mysterious Society of Justice, the choice may already be made for her!
Angel and the Ape
by Andrew Pepoy & Amy Mebberson
Angel O'Day is a can't-catch-a-break private investigator; Sam Simeon, Angel's new office-mate, is a comic book artist—and a gorilla! Together they make up the DCU's oddest of odd couples, exploring the wacky and hilarious side of the new DCU!
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Awesome Comics You Should Read: The Video
Oh hey, here's my Ignite Ann Arbor 5 talk from back in February, "Awesome Comics You Should Read":
Presentation notes are here.
Presentation notes are here.
Monday, 27 June 2011
Turf #1-5
CBR | English | 5 Issues | 133 MB
New York, 1929. The height of prohibition. The cops turn a blind eye while the mobs run the city, dealing in guns, girls and illegal liquor. But the arrival of the mysterious Dragonmir Family from Eastern Europe with more of a taste for blood then booze co-incides with a series of brutal attacks on the gangsters themselves. As the gangs fall before the fangs, only handful of mobsters survive. But an unlikely alliance formed between tough guy Eddie Falco and a character from a LONG way from New York City – a long way from Earth in fact - offers the humans a glimmer of hope. As the strong willed young reporter Susie Dale from the Gotham Herald tries to survive in the middle of the maelstrom, and an ancient prophecy unfolds, no one can guess who’s going to win the battle for this particular slice of Turf.
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