Self-confessed big-time James Kochalka fan Alan David Doane has started a blog devoted entirely to the indy-comix fave: KOCHALKAHOLIC!
Meanwhile, Jumbotron 6000's Jim McGrath has extended the deadline on his James Kochalka's Sketchbook Diaries, Vol. 3 giveaway contest to this Friday, so you still have time to enter.
Wednesday, 17 August 2005
FGNW Day 3: Genshiken & A Family Matter
It's Day 3 of our Free Graphic Novel Week, celebrating one year of Yet Another Comics Blog!
The first selection for today is Genshiken, vol. 1 by Kio Shimoku. Here's how publisher Del Rey describes this popular manga:
The second selection for today is Will Eisner's classic graphic novel, A Family Matter:
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.)
The first selection for today is Genshiken, vol. 1 by Kio Shimoku. Here's how publisher Del Rey describes this popular manga:It’s the spring of freshman year, and Kanji Sasahara is in a quandary. Should he fulfill his long-cherished dream of joining an otaku club? Saki Kasukabe also faces a dilemma. Can she ever turn her boyfriend, anime fanboy Kousaka, into a normal guy? Kanji triumphs where Saki fails, when both Kanji and Kousaka sign up for Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture.
Undeterred, Saki chases Kousaka through the various activities of the club, from costume-playing and comic conventions to video gaming and collecting anime figures–learning more than she ever wanted to about the humorous world of the Japanese otaku!
The second selection for today is Will Eisner's classic graphic novel, A Family Matter: In the span of twenty-four hours, the darkest family secrets are revelaed.
In the span of twenty-four hours, long suppressed memories surface--betrayal, abuse, greed, incest, and worse.
In the span of twenty-four hours, a strained family comes together, only to be torn apart.
In the span of twenty-four hours, witness a family that might live next door--or might even be your own.
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 2: Winners
The winners for Free Graphic Novel Week Day 2 are:
Daydream Lullabies: A Billy Dogma Experience goes to Roger Green. Roger writes:
Remains goes to Rick Gebhardt because, well, just read this:
Congratulations to Roger & Rick. Surprisingly, I only received four entries for Day 2--Come on people, what does it take to get you to send off an email for a chance at a free graphic novel? Maybe you'll like what I have for Day 3, which will be announced just a little later this morning...
Daydream Lullabies: A Billy Dogma Experience goes to Roger Green. Roger writes:
I'm someone who has gone from collecting comics to working in a comic book stores (FantaCo, Midnight Comics) for a decade to dropping the funny books cold turkey when I got my job as a librarian a dozen years ago. I've (most tentatively) become more interested in the art form, and so reading about someone with a tenuous grip on reality, trying to make ends meet - you know what librarians make - seems appropriate.I certainly do know what librarians make, and hopefully Billy Dogma will help push Roger back over the edge into comic-land.
Remains goes to Rick Gebhardt because, well, just read this:
I would really dig getting this graphic novel mailed to me as I am in love with zombies. Seriously, if I could have a zombie girlfriend that would marry me at a zombie wedding ceremony in a zombie church so we could make little zombie babies and have a zombie farmhouse with zombie chickens and zombie pets, I would be in heaven… zombie heaven. So until that happens, could I read that copy of Remains that you have?Rick, while at this point I'm starting to fear for your immortal soul, you are obviously in need of more zombies in your life, so Remains is yours!
Congratulations to Roger & Rick. Surprisingly, I only received four entries for Day 2--Come on people, what does it take to get you to send off an email for a chance at a free graphic novel? Maybe you'll like what I have for Day 3, which will be announced just a little later this morning...
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