New This Week: May 25, 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 the new Gotham Central collection, Half a Life, collecting what in my opinion is the best story arc from an already very good series, by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark. (BTW, Gotham Central #6, the first issue in this collection, is still up for grabs as part of our Free Comic Book Month.)


In other comics:

AAA Pop have the second issue of Michael Allred's The Golden Plates, adapting the Book of Mormon.

AiT/PlanetLAR have the second collection of Tom Beland's True Story, Swear to God: This One Goes to Eleven.

Beckett have The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty collection.

DC have the first issue of the new Green Lantern series; new issues of The Adventures of Superman (#640), City of Tomorrow (#2), Hellblazer (#208), JLA (#114), Legion of Super-Heroes (#6), The Losers (#24); the final issue of Sleeper season 2 (#12); the second issues of two Infinite Crisis tie-ins: The OMAC Project and Day of Vengeance; and the debut of their new logo on the first issue of the awkwardly-named DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy, with sure-to-be pretty art from Jose-Louis Garcia-Lopez & George Perez.

Fantagraphics have the latest issue of The Comics Journal.

Image have the second issue of The Expatriate and the first issue of Girls by The Luna Brothers.

Kandora have the second issue of Barbarossa and the first issue of Jade Fire.

Marvel have the debut of Machine Teen; the conclusion of Peter David's first new story arc in Incredible Hulk #81; the debut of JMS & Mike McKone on Fantastic Four (#527); and new issues of Captain America (#6), Power Pack (#3), Runaways (#4), Spellbinders (#3), and Ultimates 2 #6).

NBM have the debut of Zorro.

TokyoPop have a new printing of the first volume of Paradise Kiss (it's got very nifty art and a halfway-decent story to boot).

Viper have the third collected edition of Dead at 17: Revolution.

Wizard have the conclusion of New West (#2) with pretty Phil Noto art.


Should be plenty of things for reading over the long holiday weekend!

FCBM Day 24

It's day twenty-four of the YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry comes from Nick Leggatt. The five comics that Nick listed are:

1. Supreme Power
2. Lucifer
3. Queen & Country
4. Hellblazer
5. Catwoman

For Nick I have Rex Mundi #0, the debut issue of the alternate history tale where magic is real and the Reformation never occured. It's by Arvid Nelson, Eric Johnson & Jeromy Cox.

Like all the selected entries, Nick will also receive a copy of the 32-page Free Comic Book Day Preview Edition of Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani & Big Time Attic (Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon and Shad Petosky).

Nick's comics should be in the mail sometime this week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
96 entries
70 free comics sent so far
7 days remaining

FCBM Day 23

It's day twenty-three of the YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry comes from Lesley Knieriem. The five comics that Lesley listed are:

1. Fables
2. Ultra
3. Global Frequency
4. We3
5. Rom, the Spaceknight ("I mean, how can you resist a hero based on a cheap Transformers-knockoff toy, who can utter lines like, 'Back, minions of Evil!' completely without irony?")

For Lesley I have My Faith in Frankie #1, the first issue of the should-have-sold-much-better-than-it-did comic by Mike Carey, Sonny Liew & Marc Hempel.

Like all the selected entries, Lesley will also receive a copy of the 32-page Free Comic Book Day Preview Edition of Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani & Big Time Attic (Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon and Shad Petosky).

Lesley's comics should be in the mail sometime this week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
96 entries
68 free comics sent so far
8 days remaining

New Library Comics: Week of May 16, 2005

Here are the comics we got in for our library collection last week:


Deitch, Kim. The boulevard of broken dreams /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphic Books, 1993- v.1

Delany, Samuel R. Bread & wine : an erotic tale of New York City /New York : Juno Books, 1999.

Hornschemeier, Paul. Return of the elephant /Richmond, VA : AdHouse Books, 2004.

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- Mermaid saga /San Francisco, CA : Viz. v.2

FCBM Day 22 / Monkey Covers

It's day twenty-two of the YACB Free Comic Book Month, and it's also Sunday, which as regular readers of this blog know means that it's Monkey Covers day. So let's give someone a comic with a monkey on the cover, shall we?

Today's selected entry comes from Jonno Crane. The five comics that Jonno listed are:

1. Spider-Man
2. Wonder Woman
3. Green Lantern
4. Supergirl/Batgirl (Ostrander)
5. X-Men

For Jonno I have today's Monkey Cover: Image Introduces... Primate #1, a 2001 one-shot special from Image & IDW, written by Beau Smith & Kevin Bernhardt and drawn by Mitch Byrd & Ryan Odagawa. The cover is by Michael Beck & Alex Garner.

Like all the selected entries, Jonno will also receive a copy of the 32-page Free Comic Book Day Preview Edition of Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani & Big Time Attic (Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon and Shad Petosky).

Jonno's comics should be in the mail early this week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
96 entries
66 free comics sent so far
9 days remaining

FCBM Day 21

It's day twenty-one of the YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry comes from James Arnoldi. The five comics that James listed are:

1. Superman (post-Crisis)
2. Kingdom Come
3. Justice League International
4. The Spectre (Ostrander)
5. New Gods (Kirby)

For James I have Blood of the Demon #1, the first issue of post-Crisis Superman architect John Byrne's version of Kirby's classic character (joined by Will Pfeifer & Nelson).

Like all the selected entries, James will also receive a copy of the 32-page Free Comic Book Day Preview Edition of Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani & Big Time Attic (Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon and Shad Petosky).

James's comics should be in the mail early next week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
95 entries
64 free comics sent so far
10 days remaining

FCBM Day 20

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

Today's selected entry comes from Susan Smith. Susan listed three comics:

1. Ultimate X-Men
2. Ultimate Spider-Man
3. Fables

And also gave some television shows that she likes: House, CSI, Law & Order SVU, American Dreams, and Joan of Arcadia.

For Susan I have the one-shot comic CSI: Thicker Than Blood #1 by Jeff Mariotte, gabriel Radriguez & Ashley Wood.

Like all the selected entries, Susan will also receive a copy of the 32-page Free Comic Book Day Preview Edition of Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani & Big Time Attic (Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon and Shad Petosky).

Susan's comics should be in the mail at the begining of the week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
94 entries
62 free comics sent so far
11 days remaining