New This Week: August 17, 2005

Based on the NCRL list for this week's comics shipping from Diamond, here are a few things to look for at the local comic shop tomorrow:


The Pick of the Week is James Turner's Rex Libris from Slave Labor. It's two-fisted librarian action--how can you go wrong?


In other comics:

Archie have a new issue of Sabrina (#69).

DC have new collections of Terra Obscura (vol. 2), Swamp Thing (vol. 2), JSA (vol. 9), and The Maxx (vol. 5); the debut issue of the Alan Moore-less Top Ten: Beyond The Farthest Precinct; and new issues of Authority: Revolution (#11), Birds of Prey (#85), Green Lantern (#3), Lucifer (#65), Manhunter (#13), and Seven Soldiers: Klarion the Witch Boy (#3).

Graphix have Chynna Clugston's new Queen Bee OGN.

Image have the second issue of Gødland and the fourth collected volume of Noble Causes.

Marvel have the Power Pack digest collection; the first Ultimate Spider-Man Annual; and new issues of Defenders (#2), New Thunderbolts (#11), and Ultimate X-Men (#62).

Pantheon have Joann Sfar's GN, The Rabbi's Cat.

Serve Man Press have The Runners: Bad Goods in a collected edition.

Speakeasy debut Rocketo.

TokyoPop have many many things, including the third volume of Dead End.


Hmmm, that appears to be it for this week. Kind of small, but I'm sure you'll find something to spend your money on (as long as it isn't the second Superman: For Tomorrow hardcover...)

FGNW Day 2: Daydream Lullabies & Remains

It's Day 2 of our Free Graphic Novel Week, celebrating one year of Yet Another Comics Blog.

The first of today's graphic novels up for grabs is Daydream Lullabies: A Billy Dogma Experience by Dean Haspiel. Here's how the publisher, Top Shelf, describes it:

Billy Dogma--the last romantic antihero--is so confused, his guns shoot everything but bullets. Jane Legit, Billy's career-driven girlfriend, questions his grip on reality, yet unconditionally encourages his imagination to foil The Under Color Cop, bamboozle The Human Barcode, escape The Loneliest Photobooth In The World, and tranquilize Dr. Eros, while trying to make ends meet in Trip City.

Today's second option is IDW's Remains by Steve Niles and Kieron Dwyer:

When the world goes mad, a blackjack dealer and an exotic dancer are mysteriously spared. But now they're trapped in Reno, surrounded by a veritable army of the undead - and with no idea what might wait for them beyond the city limits if they can escape. Are they the last man and woman on Earth? And if so, how long can they last?

To enter for a chance to win one of these graphic novels, simply do the following:

Send me an email with your name, your postal address, which graphic novel you want, and a sentence or two telling me why you want it. Please put 'FGNW' and the title of the graphic novel you want in the subject of your email.

You can enter once per day (but only once)--that means that you have to choose which of the two graphic novels you want. Also, you can only win once, so if you are picked you can't enter any more. But you can keep entering each day until you win. (You must be 18 or older and live in the United States.)

Entries must be received by 11:59 pm EDT, and the winners will be announced tomorrow morning. Then I'll announce the next two graphic novels, and this will continue all week.

(Full details, including the fine print, are available here.)

FGNW Day 1: Winners

The winners for Free Graphic Novel Week Day 1 are:

District X, vol. 1: Mr. M goes to Chris Brown. Chris writes that his reason is:

I've wanted to read District X for a while, but with my limited budget, I was going to get it through Inter-library loan (which I use QUITE a bit). But, man if I get get my hands on my very own FREE copy, that would be cool.

So I'll save Chris's library the ILL costs and send him his very own copy of District X to read.


The signed copy of The Sandman: Brief Lives goes to Brendan Creecy. Brendan's reason:

I've been reading your blog for awhile and I would like to enter your contest to win The Sandman. I just started reading this series at the recommendation of a friend and I would love to have volume 7 even though I'm not that far into it because I am pretty poor as of late. It's a great series, possibly one of my all time faves.

I'm always happy to help out a fellow comic reader who is down on his luck.


Congratulations to Chris and Brendan. For anyone keeping score at home, I only received five submissions for FGNW day 1, two for Distric X and three for Sandman, which is surprising. I figured that more people would want a chance to win a free graphic novel. Perhaps today's prizes (which I'll be announcing later this morning) will be more to your liking.

Also, I'd like to remind all entrants to please be sure to include your postal address and put 'FGNW' and the title of the graphic novel you want in the subject of your email. That'll be a big help to me. Thanks!