FCBM7 Day 20

It's day twenty of the Seventh Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from William Burns. The five comics that William likes are:

1. Footnotes in Gaza
2. L'il Abner
3. Hellboy
4. Empowered
5. Sheba

And his other thing of interest is Anthony Trollope.

For William I have Wrath of the Spectre #1, which re-presents classic tales by Michael Fleisher & Jim Aparo.

And as a bonus comic, William gets a copy of A John Stanley Library Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Halloween Treat featuring Nancy and Melvin Monster.

William's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
20 entries
46 free comics sent so far
11 days remaining 

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (-). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
3 (+10). Batman & Robin Vol. 3: Batman Must Die!
4 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
5 (-1). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)
6 (+10). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star *
7 (+3). Big Nate Out Loud
8 (+3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
9 (-). The Walking Dead Volume 14: No Way Out *
10 (+4). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
11 (-5). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
12 (N). Castle: Deadly Storm *
13 (+8). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
14 (N). Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus - Volume 1 *
15 (+5). Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red
16 (+2). Batman: Year One
17 (-). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
18 (-10). Brightest Day, Vol. 2
19 (-7). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
20 (-15). Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus
21 (-14). Paying for It
22 (+3). V for Vendetta
23 (+8). Batman: The Killing Joke
24 (+8). Watchmen
25 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
26 (-). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
27 (-12). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
28 (-6). Big Nate Boredom Buster: Super Scribbles, Cool Comix, and Lots of Laughs
29 (+8). Walking Dead Volume 13
30 (-11). Y The Last Man Deluxe Book Five
31 (+5). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
32 (+7). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle edition) *
33 (-5). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
34 (R). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
35 (+15). Negima! 29: Magister Negi Magi
36 (R). Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown
37 (-10). The Arrival
38 (-9). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
39 (-1). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
40 (+2). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic
41 (-8). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
42 (R). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
43 (+2). The Cloud Searchers (Amulet)
44 (-13). Big Nate: From the Top
45 (R). Batman: Hush
46 (R). Walking Dead Volume 12
47 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
48 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
49 (N). Ultimate Comics: Doomsday *
50 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain


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 top debut this week is Castle: Deadly Storm, the Marvel-produced tie-in graphic novel for the television series. It doesn't come out until September, but got a big push at the start of the season finale earlier this week.

* Marvel also have the other debuts this week: Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus up at #14; and Ultimate Comics: Doomsday sneaking in at #49.

* Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus slips a good bit to #20 this week; but still, it's several week run in the top 10 is quite impressive for at $100+ book.