Quick DC Crossover Reviews

Countdown #44
by Paul Dini, Adam Beechen, Carlos Magno & Jay Leisten

Countdown is quickly moving into disaster territory. Each week brings 20-odd pages of set-up, but any big event--like the Rogues killing The Flash--happen off panel in another book. I'm not one of those opposed to the Mary Marvel-gets-Black Adam's-powers storyline per se, but it takes up eight pages in this issue and not much happens. The Jimmy Olsen story holds some interest, but it's moving slowly. And I fear for poor Holly Robinson, a fave character stuck into this book and drawn like a supermodel. Finally, the back-up "History of the Multiverse" would probably be better served as links to WikiPedia. And who the heck ever wanted to see Monarch return?

Rating: 1.5 (of 5)


Amazons Attack #3
by Will Pfeifer & Pete Woods

In general I enjoy Pfeifer's writing; Finals is one of my favorite 'forgotten' Vertigo minis, and I'm enjoying his current work on Catwoman. So it's sad to see him struggling under the editorial plot hammer of Amazons Attack. Clearly there's a reason why everyone in this book is acting like a pod person, but by this point the plot and reasons need to be revealed and the story moving on to the next act. At least Peter Woods' art is pretty.

Rating: 2.5 (of 5)


Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1
by Geoff Johns, Ethan Van Sciver, & Dave Gibbons

Let's end on a high note: This is how you kick off a crossover. Sinestro gathers up the final members of his anti-Corps, including some nasty, evil villains, and the surprise big bad is revealed on the last page. This is prologue, but it's a prologue where things happen, secrets are revealed, and a sense of dread hang over it all. It gives a sense that this is going to be an important and exciting event, not because the marketers tell us it's going to be important and exciting, but because the story makes it so. Story-driven event comics? What a concept!

Rating: 3.5 (of 5)

New This Week: June 27, 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 the first volume of The Collected Toupydoops, Kevin McShane's modern take on Roger Rabbit. Good humor, interesting characters, and a few keen observations on the comics and movie industries.


In other comics:

Dark Horse have the first Buffy Omnibus and a collection of Dwight T. Albatross' The Goon Noir.

DC have the second Showcase Presents Batman volume; the Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Special; and new issues of Blue Beetle (#16), Countdown (#44), Jack of Fables (#12), and Supergirl and the Legion (#31).

Dynamite Entertainment have a new issue of The Boys (#8).

Fantagraphics have a new issue of Castle Waiting Vol. II (#7).

IDW have a new issue of Fallen Angel (#17).

Image have new issues of Invincible (#43) and The Walking Dead (#38); and the final issue of The Nightly News (#6).

Marvel have a digest collection of Ant-Man; the first issue of the regular X-Men: First Class series; the 200th issue of the adjectiveless X-Men; and new issues of Criminal (#7), Daredevil (#98), Marvel Adventures The Avengers (#14), She-Hulk (#19), Thunderbolts (#115), and X-Factor (#20).

Oni have a collection of the humorous Maintenance.

Viz have several manga tankobans, including the 10th volume of Hikaru no Go.

Vertical have the third and final volume of To Terra.


Should be something that strikes your fancy, yes?

New Library Comics: Week of June 18, 2007

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


Africa comics 2003 : antologia del Premio Africa e Mediterraneo = anthologie du Prix Africa e Mediterraneo. /Sasso Marconi (Bologna) : Africa e Mediterraneo : Lai-momo, 2004.

Armstrong, Robert. Mickey Rat /Los Angeles, Calif. : Los Angeles Comic Book Co., c1972- no. 3

Baker, Kyle. Nat Turner /New York : Kyle Baker Pub., 2006-2007. vol. 2

Baker, Kyle. The new Baker /Woodstock, N.Y. : Kyle Baker Publishing, 2003- no. 1

The book of Joe : the art of Joe Coleman /Los Angeles : Last Gasp/La Luiz de Jesus Press, 2003.

Breitkreuz, Laurie. A monk's tale /[Calgary, Alta.] : Konsequential Studios, 2002- nos. 1-3

Brunetti, Ivan. Misery loves comedy /Chicago, Ill. : Paisano Pub. Co., 1989- no. 2

Burgoon, Charles. Odd /Coldwater, Mich. : Ghost Train Press, [1994]- nos. 6-7

Crumb, R. Mr. Natural /San Francisco, Calif. : San Francisco Comic Book Co., c1970- no. 3

Crumb, R. The people's comics /San Francisco, Calif. : Golden Gate, 1972.

Crumb, R. The people's comics /Princeton, Wisc. : Kitchen Sink Enterprises, 1976, c1972.

Darcy, Dame. Meat cake /[Seattle, WA] : Fantagraphics Books, 1993- no. 15

Drippytown comics & stories. /Vancouver, B.C. : Drippytown Manufacturing Concern, 2001- no. 5

Espinosa, Rod. Neotopia /San Antonio, Tex. : Antarctic Press, c2003- no. 1

Fetch, Toc. The most Pope Joey /Woodstock, N.Y. : Abanne Ink, [2001]- vol. 3 no. 1

Fingerman, Bob, 1964- Monkey jank /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2000- no. 1

Gipi, 1963- Garage band /New York : First Second, 2007.

Howarth, Matt, 1954- Faith of the foe /Denver, Colo. : Fandom House, c1987.

Howarth, Matt, 1954- Fix /Providence, RI : Brave New Words, c1990.

Igort, 1958- Baobab : a graphic novel /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2005- no. 2

Ilano, Romy. Miromi /Berlin [Germany] : Romy Ilano, 2004- no. 1

Kochalka, James. American elf : the collected sketchbook diaries of James Kochalka, /Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, c2004-. vol. 2

Kurtzman, Harvey. Harvey Kurtzman /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2006.

Lutes, Jason. Houdini : the handcuff king /New York, New York : The Center for Cartoon Studies, Hyperion, c2007.

Maconi, Gianluca, 1977- I delitti di Alleghe : romanzo a fumetti /Ponte di Piave (Treviso) : BeccoGiallo, 2005.

Magnus, 1939-1997. Le centodieci pillole /Roma : Nuova Frontiera ; Collana Eldorado, [1986]

Mangamover. /Bromley, Kent : Boychild Productions, 2004- no. 1

Mauled! : True stories of people attacked at the zoo. /Hoboken, NJ : Manual Comics : House of Twelve Comics, c2003- no. 1

Mavric, Igor. Marcinelle, storie di minatori : cronaca a fumetti /Levada di Ponte di Piave (Treviso) : BeccoGiallo, 2006.

McFadden, David. McFadden's Funnies /Pittsburgh, Pa. : McFadden's Funnies, 1999- no. 101

Mineshaft. /Brattleboro, VT : Mineshaft, c1999- nos. 14, 16, 17

The 'Nam magazine. /New York, N.Y. : Marvel Comics, 1988- nos. 1-2

The new crew. /Massapequa, NY : Personality Comics, 1991- no. 1

O'Donnell, Peter. The Official Modesty Blaise /Granada Hills, Calif. : Pioneer Comics, 1988- nos. 1-5

Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- Memories /New York : Epic Comics, 1992- no. 1

Parisi, Paolo, 1980- Il sequestro Moro : cronaca a fumetti /Levada di Ponte di Piave (Treviso) : BeccoGiallo, 2006.

Pekar, Harvey. Another day /New York, NY : DC Comics, c2007.

Pekar, Harvey. Our movie year : American splendor : stories /New York : Ballantine Books, 2004.

Periphery. /Redondo Beach, Calif. : O-P-P, 2004- nos. 1-2

Schulz, Charles M. The complete Peanuts, 1963 to 1964 /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books ; New York : Distributed to the book trade by W.W. Norton, c2007.

Stevens, Karl. The natural selection /[Westminster, MA : Atom Publishing, 1998- nos. 1-3

Taniguchi, Jirō. The times of Botchan /Tokyo : Fanfare/Ponent Mon, c2005- vol. 3

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Phoenix /San Francisco, CA : Viz, c2003- vol. 10

Toffolo, Davide. Pasolini /Bologna [etc.] : Coconino Press, 2005.

Trondheim, Lewis. Mister I /New York : NBM ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2007.

Science Idol

The Union of Concerned Scientists is running Science Idol: The Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest. You are asked to vote on which of 12 science-related editorial cartoons is your favorite. Voting is open through July 23.

New Camera

I got a new camera this morning: a Canon PowerShot 1000 "ELPH". So now I can bore you all with photos like these of our comics and graphic novel collection here at the library:



One side of the graphic novel shelves. Mostly US stuff on this side.




The other side of the graphic novel shelves. Non-US stuff over here: Canada, UK, Europe, Asia.




Close-up of Tezuka's Buddha on the shelf, with annoyingly-placed spine labels.




Close-up of graphic novels.




Another Close-up

Monkey Covers

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

Detective Chimp is looking for clues on Brian Bolland's cover to Helmet of Fate: Detective Chimp #1.

(Standard disclaimer chimpanzee detectives not really being monkeys applies.)

Image courtesy of the GCD. Click on the image for a larger version.

FCBM3 Wrap-up

Free Comic Book Month 3 finally wrapped-up earlier this week (I suppose it should be "Free Comic Book Month-and-a-Half"!). Everybody who entered got a free comic! Participation was down this year with only 49 entries; correspondingly, the number of free comics I gave out was also down to just 111. Nearly all of the entires were new people who hadn't entered in previous years.

The postal increase in mid-May was brutal; sure the price of letters only went up a couple of cents, but the price for mailing comic-sized envelopes went up significantly more, and the Media Mail rate went up a whopping 34% (making it usually more expensive than first class for lighter-weight items like comics).

FCBM always brings increased traffic to the blog, and May 2007 was my biggest month yet. However, traffic overall has been way up in 2007, so the bump from FCBM3 wasn't nearly as pronounced as t has been in past years.

Now for my favorite part of the wrap-up, the list of most popular comics that were listed by entrants:

11 people: Fables

6 people: All-Star Superman; Y, the Last Man

5 people: The Spirit

4 people: Astonishing X-Men; Birds of Prey; Daredevil; The Walking Dead

3 people: Amazing Spider-Man; Astro City; Batman; Death Note; Ex Machina; Flash; Hellboy; Incredible Hulk; Invincible; Invisibles; Justice League of America; Justice Society of America; Robin; Runaways; Scott Pilgrim; Spider-Man; Superman/Batman; X-Factor

2 people: Action Comics; All New Atom; Bone; Castle Waiting; Detective Comics; DMZ; Fantastic Four; Fell; Hellsing; Hitman; Manhunter; Marvel Adv Avengers; Marvel Zombies; Planetary; Promethea; Punisher Max; Sandman; She-Hulk; Sin City; Superman; Top Ten; Transmetropolitan; Usagi Yojimbo

Plus another 95 titles listed by just one person each.

Thanks go out to everyone who linked to FCBM3, including: Rob, David, Shane, Johanna, Lyle, and Michael.

And of course thanks to everyone who entered!

New This Week: June 20, 2007

Based on the NCRL, here are some comics you may want to look at picking up at your friendly local comic shop tomorrow:

If you've been paying attention, it will come as no surprise that the Pick of the Week is Yotsuba&! vol. 4 by Kiyohiko Azuma. It's funny, it's adorable, it's smart, it's clever, and it's manga. What more do you want for your $10?


In other comics:

In addition to Yotsuba&!, AD Vision also have the 11th volume of Cromartie High School.

About Comics have Schulz's Youth in hardcover and paperback.

Alternative Comics have a new issue of Hickee (vol. 3 #3).

Amaze Ink/Slave Labor have a new issue of Wonderland.

Antarctic have a new issue of Gold Digger (#86) and the second issue of Gold Digger Peeba Tales Summer Fun Special.

Boom! have trade collections of Hero Squared and Tag.

DC have a second trade collection of Blue Beetle, and a first collection of Stars and Stripe (under the JSA Presents pre-title; it's a great all-ages super-hero title from before Geoff Johns got all dismemberment-happy); and new issues of The Brave and The Bold (#4), Catwoman (#68), Countdown (#45), Ex Machina (#29), Hellblazer (#233), Justice League of America (#10), Legion in 31C (#3), and The Spirit (#7).

Fantagraphics have the second issue of Richard Sala's Delphine.

Girl Twirl Comics have the seventh collection of Jane's World.

Image have a collection of Phonogram and the debut issue of Madame Mirage.

Kenzer & Co. have the eighteenth Knights of the Dinner Table Bundle of Trouble.

Maerkle Press have the fouth issue of the romantic super-hero comedy Love and Capes.

Marvel have the third digest of Jeff Parker's Marvel Adventures The Avengers, which has both the MODOC story and the Ego the Loving Plant story, making it the second-best collection you'll buy this week (after Yotsuba&!, of course). There's also a hardcover collection of Parker's X-Men: First Class; and new issues of Captain America (#27), Marvel Avengers Iron Man (#2), Spider-Man/Fantastic Four (#3--that Parker guy again!), and Ultimate Spider-Man (#110).

Viz have a ton of manga, including the debut of Gin Tama and the 30th(!) volume of Inu Yasha.


Go, buy Yotsuba&! You won't be sorry!

New Library Comics: Week of June 11, 2007

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


24 Hour Comics Day highlights 2006. /Thousand Oaks, Calif. : About Comics, c2004-

C'est bon anthology. /Malmö, Sweden : C'est Bon Kultur, 2004- nos. 1-3, 6

Hernandez, Jaime. Maggie and Hopey color fun / by Jaime Hernandez. /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, c1997.

Howarth, Matt, 1954- Keif Llama : gas war /Portland, OR : Oni Press, 1999.

Howarth, Matt, 1954- This is heat /Langhorne, Pa. : Howski Studios, 1983.

Jim (Seattle Wash.) Jim. /Agoura, CA : Fantagraphics Books, 1987- vol. 2 no. 1

Magnus, 1939-1997. Lo sconosciuto /Bologna [Italy] : Granata Press, 1991- nos. 1, 5, 15

Mineshaft. /Brattleboro, VT : Mineshaft, c1999- no. 19

Mod wheels. /Poughkeepsie, N.Y. : Western Pub. Co., 1971-1976. no. 12

Mome. /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005- Spring 2007

Myron Moose funnies (1971) Myron Moose funnies. /Los Angeles, Calif. : Myron Moose Comic Book Works, 1971-1973. no. 2

Soda, Masahito. Firefighter! : Daigo of Fire Company M /San Francisco, CA : VIZ, c2003- vol. 1

Stack, Frank. The new adventures of Jesus : the second coming /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2006.

I want to drop Green Arrow, but DC won't let me!

I've been reading Green Arrow on autopilot for some time now. With last week's end to the regular series I figured it would be a good place to stop, especially since I think that the upcoming GA/BC wedding is coming off as forced and completely ignores 25 years worth of character evolution with both Ollie & Dinah.

But then I see that Andy Diggle & Jock are doing the GA Year One mini-series. Certainly I can't pass up Diggle & Jock working together again! Fine, says I—I'll just read the mini and call it quits.

But now DC announces that the artist on the new Green Arrow & Black Canary series will be none other than Cliff Chiang. Curse you, DC—you know that I cannot pass up anything drawn by Cliff Chiang!

But if Chiang ever leaves as the regular artist, I swear I'm dropping the book...

FCBM3 Day 40 Redux

Bill Doughty informs me that's he already has Runaways, vol. 5, which was chosen for him in day 40 (rats--I almost made it entirely through FCBM3 without giving someone something they already had!) So instead I'll be sending him issues #8-9 of Larry Gonick's Cartoon History of the Universe, featuring the histories of India and China respectively.

Runaways, vol. 5 will instead go to Edgardo Ortiz Guzman, whose initial entry was received in early June and had been deemed too late. But it's Edgardo's lucky day! His five comics that he likes are:

1. Y, the Last Man
2. Ex Machina
3. Superman/Batman
4. Rising Stars
5. Robin

Final FCBM Statistics:
49 entries
111 free comics sent
0 days remaining

Monkey Covers

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

Here's Bob Oksner's cover to the very first issue of Angel and the Ape from 1968. I hate it when my Go-Go Girls go missing!

(Standard disclaimer about sitar-playing apes not really being monkeys applies.)

Image courtesy of the GCD. Click on the image for a larger version.

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

Quick Boom! Reviews

Let's take a look at some recent #1s from Boom! Studios (all comics $3.99 ea.):

From top to bottom, Salvador #1 (writers: Mark Polish, Michael Polish & Sebastian Jones; artist: Steph Stamb) look sand feels like a repurposed Silver Surfer proposal. A mysterious, silver-tinged, faceless humanoid falls to Earth, gliding on a couple of large feathers. In this wordless issue, full of many full-page splash panels, he just kind of glides around. It looks pretty, but it's over very quick and feels very derivative.


Also somewhat derivative, but this time overtly, is Dominion #1, a repackaging of Keith Giffen & Ross Richie's aborted Image series from a few years back. This time out the action moves from Australia to Chicago, courtesy of writer Michael Alan Nelson & artist Tim Hamilton. All over the city random people break out with barely controllable super-powers, apparently as a prelude to some sort of alien attack. Hopefully this time out the series will last long enough that we'll get a feel of what's going on.


Hunter's Moon #1, written by Oscar winner James L. White and drawn by Dalibor Talajic, is the story of a corporate mover-and-shaker who takes him estranged son on a rural hunting trip. But things veer into thriller territory when things go wrong. Having the main characters be an African-American family in what would typically be the domain of white protagonists is not only encouraging from a diversity point of view, but also brings race issues subtly into the mix. This is an effective first issue that leaves the reader wanting to see what happens next.


2 Guns #1 is one of the most effective first issues I've read in a while. The story starts off with what looks like an homage to Pulp Fiction, but quickly veers off in a multitude of direction. At the core there's an undercover DEA agent who ends up planning a bank heist, with motives that may or may not be entirely pure. Veteran writer Steven Grant shows that he's still got plenty of writing chops, and artist Mat Santolouco is with him every step of the way (and special notice for colorists from Popart Studios, whose bright colors help the story to pop off the page). The story if full of plot, action, and characterization, without ever feeling too rushed or condensed.

Ratings:
Salvador #1: 2 (of 5)
Dominion #1: 3 (of 5)
Hunter's Moon #1: 3.5 (of 5)
2 Guns #1: 4 (of 5)

(review copies of the above comics were provided by the publisher)

FCBM3 Day 35

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

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

1. Ex Machina
2. Sandman
3. anything by Grant Morrison
4. Planetary
5. Astonishing X-Men

For Doug I have the first issue of Metal Hurlant, which includes work by Alexandro Jodorowsky, Marc Riou, Kurt Busiek, Gérald Parel, Pierre Wazem, and Fred Beltran, among others.

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


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
102 free comics sent so far
5 days remaining

Monkey Covers

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

Nyoka the Jungle Girl escapes from a pair of pursuing primates on the cover of Zoo Funnies #13!

(Standard disclaimer about gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)

Cover courtesy of the GCD. Click on the image for a larger version.

My Super Speed Powers

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Originally uploaded by sukisuki

That's me in the green shirt, using my previously unknown super-speed to hand off a microphone at the MLibrary2.0 kick-off this morning!

Stan Lee in the Peoples Archive

A marketer from the Peoples Archive Website dropped by YACB central to let us know that Marvel legend Stan Lee is featured in an interview about his life on their Website. Broken up into bite-sized chunks, it would appear that anyone can view the less-than-YouTube-quality version free, but higher quality video requires a subscription to the site. Lee talks about not only his time at Marvel, but also his early life and his later business ventures.

FCBM3 Day 34

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

Today's selected entry is from Tyler Fritz. The five comics that Tyler says he likes are:

1. Star Wars X-Wing
2. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
3. X-Factor
4. Daredevil
5. Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD

For Tyler I have the first issue of the Epic space opera The Light and Darkness War by Tom Veitch & Cam Kennedy.

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


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
101 free comics sent so far
?? days remaining

Go Read: Rosemary Mosco

Canadian cartoonist Rosemary Mosco has put many of her minicomics online. They deal with birds and sometimes prehistoric animals. I quite like Mid-Cambrian Morning.

FCBM3 Day 33

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

Today's selected entry is from J. Marcos Alvarado. The five comics that Marcos says he likes are:

1. Invincible
2. Blue Beetle
3. X-Factor
4. Astonishing X-Men
5. Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

For this super-hero fan I have Jay Faerber's Noble Causes: First Impressions #1 with art by Billy Dallas Patton and Patrick Gleason.

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


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
100 free comics sent so far
?? days remaining

New Library Comics: Week of May 28, 2007

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


Abouet, Marguerite, 1971- Aya /Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York ; Distributed in the USA and abroad by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

Arf museum /[New York?] : Arf Books in association with Fantagraphics Books, c2006.

Bagge, Peter. Hate annual. /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books,. no. 6

Beasts! : a pictorial schedule of traditional hidden creatures /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2006.

Campbell, Eddie, 1955- Deadface : doing the islands with Bacchus /Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Comics, c1991. nos. 1-3

Cartoon Network block party. /New York, NY : DC Comics, c2004- no. 8

Corona, Marco. Reflections /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics : Coconino Press, c2006- no. 2

Cozmic comics. /London : H. Bunch. no. 5

Crum, Kel. Cornelia cartoons /Fairborn, Ohio : Dangerous Bird Productions, [200-?]- no. 5

David, Peter (Peter Allen) Fallen angel /San Diego, Calif. : IDW Publishing, 2005- no. 5

Defenders of Dynatron City. /New York, N.Y. : Marvel Comics, 1992- nos. 1-6

Doom Patrol (New York, N.Y. : 1987) The Doom Patrol. /New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, 1987-1995. no. 23

Fanzine enfermo. /[Spain?] : Nuevo orden, [200-?]- nos. 3, 7

Feldstein, Albert B. Tales from the crypt, volume 1, issues 1-6 /Timonium, Md. : Gemstone Publishing, c2006.

FLBLB. /Poitiers, France : FLBLB, [199-?]- no. 14

Flinch : the Vertigo horror anthology. /New York : Vertigo, c1999- nos. 1-4

Gay comix (Princeton, Wis.) Gay comix. /Princeton, WI : Kitchen Sink Enterprises, 1980- no. 2

Green Lantern special. /New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, 1988- no. 1

Gross, Allan. Doctor Cyborg /Orange, Calif. : Image Comics, 2004- vol. 1

H., Yves, 1967- Manhattan Beach, 1957 /Celje, Slovenia : SAF Comics, c2003.

The hacker files. /New York, NY : DC Comics, 1992-1993. nos. 1-12

Head, Glenn. Guttersnipe comics /[Seattle, Wa.] : Fantagraphics Books, 1994- no. 1

Hetero sapiens. /[Spain] : Epicentro, [200-?]- no. 6

Hoax (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Hoax. /Grand Rapids, Mich. : Mental Note Press, 2005- nos. 1-4

House of Twelve comics. /Jersey City, NJ : House of Twelve, 2001- nos. 1-2

Huddleston, Courtney. Decoy /Houston, Tex. : Penny-Farthing Press, 1999. nos. 1-4

Leamy, Catherine. Geraniums and bacon /[S.l.] : Bella Razor Press, 2002- nos. 1-3

Lewis, Mark. Bugboy /Fullerton, CA : Image Comics, 1998. no. 1

Marrs, Lee. Faultlines /New York : Vertigo, 1997. nos. 1-6

Mirsky, Robb. End of the line /[S.l.] : Scabie Nation Comix, [200-?]- no. 2

Moore, Alan, 1953- Halo Jones /[Tom's River, N.J.] : Quality Comics, [1987-1988] nos. 1-12

O'Neill, Dan, 1942- Dan O'Neill's comics and stories. /[San Francisco, Calif.] : Co. & Sons, 1971-1975. vol. 1 nos. 1-3

Parducci, Morgan. Heathen /Andalusia, Ala. : S. Parducci, [2001]- nos. 1-2

Parisi, David. Blanket rub /[Madison, Wisc.?] : Collect Drool Comics, [200-?]- no. 1

Root, Tim. Crappy comics /[Portland, Or. : T. Root, 200-?]- no. 3

Russell, P. Craig. The clowns : from the opera "I pagliacci" of Leoncavallo /Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Comics, c1998.

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- InuYasha /San Francisco, CA : Viz, LLC, c2003- vol. 28

Trần, Đức. Helter skelter /Lauderhill, Fla. : R.O.G. Heavy Industries, 1996- nos. 1-6

Wood, Brian. Demo /San Francisco, Calif. : AIT/Planet Lar, 2003-2004. nos. 1-12

Yeh, Phil. Frank the unicorn /Long Beach, CA : Fragments West, 1986- no. 1

Zograf, Aleksandar. Regards from Serbia /Atlanta, GA : Top Shelf, c2007.

FCBM3 Day 32

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

Today's selected entry is from Steve Myers. The five comics that Steve says he likes are:

1. Runaways
2. Fables
3. Marvel Adventures Avengers
4. Y, the Last Man
5. Manhunter

For Steve I have Rocket Raccoon #1, anthropomorphic outer space action in the mighty Marvel manner by Bill Mantlo, Mike Mignola & Al Gordon.

Steve's comics should be in the mail within the next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
48 entries
99 free comics sent so far
?? days remaining

FCBM3 Update

May may be over, but like last year FCBM will continue a bit longer!

Starting later today I'll continue giving away free comics to people who have already entered. However, I will not be accepting any more new entries.

Also, the bonus comics are all gone, so the selected entrants from here on out will only be receiving the comics based on their entries and not a bonus Fables or Sandman or Star Wars comic (sorry).

Stay tuned later today for the announcement of the Day 32 selectee!

Monkey Covers

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

Take Planet of the Apes, combine it with Alien Nation, and you get Ape Nation #1! (Cover by Dave Dorman.)

(Standard disclaimer about apes not really being monkeys applies.)

Click on the image for a larger version.

Which American Comics?

In yesterday's ¡Journalista!, Dirk hilights an 1.5-year-old post on Manganews, a translation of an essay by Yoshikazu Hayashida: "What makes Globalization of Japanese Comics Successful?" Go read it; I'll wait here...

Back? Okay!

The essay starts out well, with Hayashida making the accurate argument that the format of American serial comics (24- to 32-page monthlies, full-color, good quality paper) has driven the artform into a niche; whereas the Japanese standard format (large anthologies printed on the worst paper possible) has allowed manga to prosper and acquire a critical mass of content that is being exploited throughout the world.

There are historical reasons for this. At one time American comics were lengthier, had multiple stories per issue, etc. But as price pressures hit, American publishers struggled to keep the price at 10¢, lowering the page count (and ramping up the ad space) to keep the price of comics at a perceived sweet spot that could be afforded by children. In doing so they priced themselves right out of the newsstand and into comics specialty shops.

However, later in the essay, Hayashida goes off into flat-out wrong territory.

There is another reason why American comics stick to super heroes, aside from the page limit. It is because it is convenient for publishers to keep copyrights to themselves. Comics dealing with super heroes aren’t drawn by one author only. Numerous comic artists and writers draw the characters. The end result of this is that publishers insist that the creators can hold no copyrights. This an obstacle to the development of American comics and prevents improvements in quality.

I'm sure that this will come as news to comics creators like Dave Sim, Wendy & Richard Pini, Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird, Jeff Smith, Terry Moore, Chip Ware, Alison Bechdel, Sergio Aragones, Kevin Huizenga, Colleen Doran, Frank Miller, Brian O'Malley, etc.!

The statement that "publishers insist that the creators can hold no copyrights" is demonstrably wrong, even for the big two.

Hayashida makes the common mistake that American Comics = Super-heroes. They're not. Outside of comic specialty shops, they're not even in the majority.

Oddly, it was the exact same historical market conditions that led to the slimming and ghetoization of American comics which also led to the small-press and self-publishing movement. This movement has led not only to greater creative control and ownership, but also to great creativity and experimentation. I would argue that the past 30 years has seen at least as much experimentation and creativity in North American comics as in Japanese Manga (though admittedly my knowledge of the underground and art-manga movements in Japan is spotty at best).

While we're at it, let us put to rest the argument that there is no creativity or quality in corporate-owned super-hero comics. Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, Morrison's Doom Patrol, Gaiman's Sandman; all American corporate-owned comics, and all quite successful on both a creative and commercial level. Sure they are the exception rather than the norm, but they do exist and we'll continue to see the occasional gem surface.

The Japanese, North American, and European comic markets all took different paths of development over the past forty years. With the advent of globalization we're now seeing that divergent paths starting to cross again; a situation that I think will be beneficial to the art of comics as a whole. But to claim that one market is inherently more creative than another is sheer folly.

New Library Comics: Week of May 21, 2007

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


The Adventures of Robin Hood /Poughkeepsie, N.Y. : Western Pub., 1974-1975. no. 5

Allison, Will. Pervert club /San Antonio, Tex. : Radio Comix, 2003. vol. 1

Anarchy comics (Berkeley, Calif.) Anarchy comics. /Berkeley, Calif. : Last Gasp, c1978- nos. 1-2

Animerica extra. /San Francisco, CA : Viz Communications, vol. 1 nos. 1-2, vol. 2 nos. 1-2

Anno, Moyoko. Happy mania /Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, c2003- vol. 1

Arcade (Berkeley, Calif.) Arcade : the comics revue. /Berkeley, Calif. : Print Mint, 1975- vol. 1 nos. 1, 5

Asprin, Robert. Thieves' world graphics /Norfolk : Starblaze Graphics, 1985-1987. vol. 3

Athonk. Bad times story /Yogyakara, Indonesia : Athonk Productions, 1995- nos. 1-2

Atumoe! : el fanzine infinit8. /Madrid : Produkziones Infinitas, [2004]- no. 2

Azuma, Kiyohiko. Azumanga Daioh /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, 2003- vols. 1, 3-4

Baker, Kyle. The Bakers /New York : Kyle Baker Publishing, 2005- no. 1

The Barn of fear. /Irvington, N.J. : Comic Art Gallery, c1977. no. 1

Bell, Gabrielle. Lucky /Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly Books, 2006.

Blab! (Princeton, Wis.) Blab! /[Chicago, IL : Monte Comix Productions, c1986- no. 16 2006

Bodé, Vaughn, d. 1975. Cobalt 60 /Northampton, MA : Tundra Pub., c1992. no. 1

Butler, Chris. Tick-tock follies /San Jose, CA : Slave Labor Graphics, c1996.

Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1907-1988. Terry and the pirates /New York : Flying Buttress Classics Library, c1986- vol. 1

Chain. /Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Dept. of English ; Berkeley, Calif. : Distributed by Small Press Distribution, c2001. no. 8

Chaykin, Howard V. Black kiss /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, c2000.

Chiba, Jiro. The best of Sexcapades /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2004.

Chiba, Jiro. Were-slut /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2004.

Chin, Oliver Clyde, 1969- 9 of 1 : a window to the world /Berkeley, CA : Immedium Comics, 2002- no. 1

Cloonan, Becky. East coast rising /Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, c2006- vol. 1

Corona, Marco. Reflections /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics : Coconino Press, c2006- no. 1

Crumb, R. Big ass comics. /San Francisco : Rip-Off Press, c1969-1971. no. 2

Fearing, Mark. Cenozoic /Redondo Beach, Calif. : O-P-P, 2004- no. 1

Funabori, Nariaki. S&M university /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2003.

Geary, Rick. The case of Madeleine Smith /New York : NBM ComicsLit, 2006.

Griffith, Bill, 1944- Griffith observatory : the classic strips from 1977-1980 : with 16 previously uncollected pages /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c1993.

Grist, Paul. Burglar Bill /England : Dancing Elephant Press, p2003- no. 1

Hergé, 1907-1983. Coke en stock /Paris : Casterman, 1986, c1958.

Hergé, 1907-1983. L'affaire tournesol /Paris : Casterman, c1984, 1956.

Hergé, 1907-1983. L'étoile mystérieuse /[Tournai] : Casterman, c1974.

Hergé, 1907-1983. L'ile noire /[Tournai] : Casterman, 1984, c1956.

Hergé, 1907-1983. L'oreille cassée /[Paris] : Casterman, c1974.

Hergé, 1907-1983. Le secret de La Licorne /[Tournai] : Casterman, c1974.

Hergé, 1907-1983. Le temple du soleil /[Tournai] : Casterman, c1977.

Hergé, 1907-1983. Le tresor de Rackham le Rouge /[Paris] : Casterman, c1973.

Hergé, 1907-1983. Les 7 boules de cristal /[Paris] : Casterman, c1975.

Hergé, 1907-1983. Les bijoux de la Castafiore /[Tournai] : Casterman, c1963.

Hergé, 1907-1983. Les cigares du pharaon /Paris : Casterman, 1983.

Hergé, 1907-1983. Tintin au Tibet /[Paris] : Casterman, [c1960], 1991.

Hergé, 1907-1983. Tintin en Amérique /[Tournai] : Casterman, c1973.

Hergé, 1907-1983. Tintin et les picaros /[Tournai] : Casterman, c1976.

Hernandez, Jamie. Ten years of Love and rockets /Seattle : Fantagraphic Books, c1992,.

Himuro, Isao. Albert Einstein /Gardena, CA : Digital Manga Pub., 2006.

Hoke, Ahmed. @Large /Los Angeles : Tokyopop, c2003- vol. 1

Huizenga, Kevin, 1977- Curses /Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly Books, 2006.

Ishida, Ira. Ikebukuro West Gate Park /Carson, CA : Viz Media, c2004-2005. vol. 1

Jansson, Tove. Moomin : the complete Tove Jansson comic strip /Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York, NY : Distributed in the USA and abroad by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006- vol. 1

Jyuubaori, Mashumaro. Voice of submission /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2004.

Kaplan, Arie. Masters of the comic book universe revealed! /Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2006.

Kelly, Jake. Crosston /New York : J. Kelly, c2002.

Kondom. The best of The original bondage fairies /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2004

Kondom. The new bondage fairies : fairie fetish /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2003.

Kondom. The new bondage fairies /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2000- vol. 1

Kovik. Bazongas /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2002- vols. 2-3

Lee, Youngran. Lie to me /Jersey City, NJ : Net Comics, c2006.

The mammoth book of best new manga /New York : Carroll & Graf, 2006.

Mickey Mouse and Goofy explore energy conservation. /Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Educational Media Co., c1978.

Mickey Mouse and Goofy explore energy. /Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Educational Media Co., 1976.

Mome. /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005- Winter 2007

Moore, Alan, 1953- Big numbers /Northampton : Mad Love (P.O. Box 61, Northampton NN1 4DD), 1990- no. 1

Mora, Victor. Sunday : mi nombre es Sunday. /Barcelona : Ediciones Glénat, S.L., c2006.

Moriarity, Pat. Big mouth : cartoons /Seattle, Wash. : Starhead Comics, 1992- nos. 1, 3-4

Newmen. Secret plot /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2000- vols. 1-2

Nico. Sex Inc. /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 1998.

Nilsen, Anders Brekhus, 1973- Don't go where I can't follow /Montreal, Que. : Drawn and Quarterly, 2006.

Noomin, Diane. Canarsie creeps /[United States? : D. Noomin, 1974]

O'Malley, Bryan Lee. Scott Pilgrim /Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2004- vol. 1

Ogami, Wolf. Super taboo /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 1998- vols. 1-2

Ogami, Wolf. The best of Super taboo /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2004.

Rabindranath Tagore /Bombay : India Book House, c1993.

Saavedra, Scott. Dr. Radium battles Phill, King of the pill bugs! /San Jose, Ca : Slave Labor Graphics, 2004.

Sacher, J. And my also /[Canada?] : Meathaus, c2002.

Savage, Dan. Savage love, the comic. /Seattle, WA : Bear Bones Press, 1994- no. 1

Seth, 1962- Wimbledon Green : the greatest comic book collector in the world /Montreal : Drawn and Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

Shintani, Kaoru. Area 88 /Forestville, CA : Eclipse Comics ; San Francisco, CA : Viz Communications, c1987- nos. 1-5

Suzuki, Kōji, 1957- Dark water /Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, 2004.

Tagami, Yoshihisa. Horobi /San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Premiere Comics, 1990- pt. 1 nos. 1-3

Takahashi, Hiroshi. Worst /Carson, CA : Digital Manga Publishing, 2004- vol. 1

Tamaoki, Benkyo. Sex-philes /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2003-2004. vol. 1

Tanuma, Yuichiro. Princess of darkness /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2001.

TenNapel, Doug. Tommysaurus rex /Orange, CA : Image Comics, 2004- vol. 1

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Black Jack : operation down under /San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Comics, c1987.

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Black Jack : under the knife /San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Comics, c1987.

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Phoenix /San Francisco, CA : Viz, c2003- vol. 9

Thomas, Roy. The ring of the Nibelung /New York, NY : DC Comics, 1989- no. 1

The Tijuana Bibles : America's forgotten comic strips /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 1996- vol. 4

Usui, Yoshito. Crayon Shinchan /Fremont, CA : Comicsone, c2002- vol. 1

Van Lente, Fred. Action philosophers! : the lives and thoughts of history's A-list brain trust told in a hip and humorous fashion /Brooklyn, NY : Evil Twin Comics, 2006- vol. 2

Ware, Chris, 1967- Jimmy Corrigan, or, The smartest kid on Earth /Seattle, WA. : Fantagraphics Books, 1995.

Ware, Chris, 1967- Jimmy Corrigan, the smartest kid on earth /Seattle, WA. : Fantagraphics Books, [1995]

Ware, Chris, 1967- Jimmy Corrigan, the smartest kid on Earth /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, [1998]

Ware, Chris, 1967- Jimmy Corrigan, the smartest kid on Earth /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, c1997.

Ware, Chris, 1967- Jimmy Corrigan, the smartest kid on Earth /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, c1997.

Ware, Chris, 1967- The acme novelty datebook : sketches and diary pages in facsimile, 1986-1995 /Montréal : Drawn and Quarterly, 2005.

Ware, F. C. Scenes of early childhood. /Chicago : Acme Novelty, c2006.

Williams, Dylan. Reporter : Little black /[Portland, OR] : Sparkplug Comic Books, c2002.

Yaco, Link. Space chicks and businessmen, or, They came for sperm /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2000.

Yamamoto, Hideo, 1968- Voyeurs, Inc. /San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Communications, c2000- vol. 2

Yui, Toshiki. Misty girl extreme /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2003.

Yuki, Masami. Mobile police patlabor /San Francisco, CA : Viz Communications, 1998- vols. 1-2