New This Week: August 16, 2006

Sorry I'm a day late, but here are a few things to look for at your local comic shop this weekm, based on the NCRL list for this week's comics shipping from Diamond:


The Pick of the Week is Adventures in Oz from IDW, collecting several of Eric Shanower's original Oz adventures from the 80s and 90s. Good stuff.


In other comics:

Boom! have the first issue of the zombie-bashing Savage Brothers.

Clib's Boy Comics have the final pre-Image issue of True Story, Swear to God (#17).

Dark Horse have a new issue of Conan (#31) and another expensive Nexus Archives volume (vol. 4).

DC have a trade collection of the 70s Justice Society revival; the debut of Ennis & Robertson's Boys; and new issues of 100 Bullets (#75), 52 (week 15), Catwoman (#58), Hellblazer (#223), Manhunter (#25--buy Manhunter!), Shadowpact (#4), and Testament (#9).

IDW have the final Angel Spotlight one-shot: Conner.

Image have the debut of Phonogram and a new issue of Casanova (#3).

Marvel have new issues of Nextwave (#7), Runaways (#19), and Thunderbolts (#105). They may also have the Marvel Zombies HC (it's not on the NCRL, but is in my DCBS shipping list...)

Oni have the second issue of Wasteland.

Scholastic have the fourth color volume of Bone.

TokyoPop have the Star Trek Manga anthology (if your store didn't get it last week...)


Many good things to look for. Enjoy your new comics!

100 Comics Contest Results

It's time to announce the winners in the 100 Comics Giveaway Contest.

First, let me thank everyone who entered and shared their picks for an Undiscovered Gem. This part was a lot of fun. I hope that everyone reading learned about a new-to-them comic that they'll seek out.

Now on to the winners:

All winners were chosen randomly; I printed out the names on little slips of paper and had people in my tv group draw them out of a cup last night.

I received 22 eligible entries, so that means there are two runners-up prizes of five comics each.

The first runner-up is Martin M. The five comics he will be getting are:

All the Wrong Places #1
Childhood's End #1
Elk's Run #1
Lenore #11
The Norm #1

The second runner-up in TangognaT. The five comics she will be getting are:

Aquarium #1
Emma Davenport #1
Feather #1
Leave it to Chance #1
Mermaid's Dream #1

And now what you've all been waiting for, the winner of the Grand Prize 100 Comics Prize Package. The winner is... Jeff G.! Jeff will be receiving the following 100 Comics:

Advent Rising #1
American Century #1
American Century #2
The American Way #1
Amy Racecar Color Special #2
Aphrodiye IX #1
Apollo Smile #1
Athena Voltaire #1
Babyhead #1
Batgirl #1
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88
Battlestar Galactica #0
Bio-Booster Armor Guyver #1
Boneyard #10
Cartoon Network Action Pack #2
Cartoon Network featuring Cow & Chicken
Creed: Utopia #1
The Creeper #1
Cursed #1
Cyber 7 #1
Cyberfrog #1
Deal with the Devil #1
Dear Julia #1
The Devil's Keeper #1
Dirtboy #1
Donald Duck Halloween Ashcan
The Exec #1
First World #1
Flare #1
The Flying Friar
Ghost Rider #1
The Ghouly Boys #1
Hack/Slash: Trailers
Happydale: Devils in the Desert #1
The Hoon #1
Imperial Dragons #1
The Invisibles v. 3 #7
Ion #1
Jack & Jack #1
John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles #1
Jubilee #1
Just Imagine Stan Lee with John Byrne creating Robin
Just Imagine Stan Lee with Scvott McDaniel creating Aquaman
Justice League Adventures #7
Kamikaze 1946 #3
Killer Stunts, Inc. #1
Lethal Instinct #1
Lost Stories #3
Lunar Donut #4
Magneto Rex #3
Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects #1
Melby Comics #1
Mobile Police Patlabor #1
The New Avengers Annual #1
The New Invaders #0
The Next #1
Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #1
Nick Landime #1
Occult Crimes Taskforce #1
OMAC #1
Pantheon #8
Paper & Binding #1
Planetary Brigade #2
Raven #1
The Remarkable Worlds of Professor Phineas B. Fuddle #1
Robyn of Sherwood #2
RQW #1
Rune #1
Sabretooth Classics #10
Saffire #1
Sam and Twitch #14
Satyr #1
Scion #7
Shonen Jump #0
The Silent Invasion #5
Sixgun Samurai #1
Sol Bianca #1
Spirit & Image #1
Spirit of the Amazon #1
Star Wars: Legacy #0
Star Wars: Republic #80
Stardust Kid #4
Stark Raven #1
Steampunk #1
Superboy #64
Supergirl #40
Superman: The Man of Steel #94
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #14
Superosity #7
Tron #1
Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #1
Ultimate X-Men #1 (FCBD edition)
The Warlord #1
The Warlord #2
The Warlord #3
Way of the Rat #1
What Were They Thinking: Some People Never Learn #1
Wilderemere #1
Wizard in Training #0
Xenon #1

With all that variety, I figure that there must be something in there that Jeff will like!

(I should have the prize packages mailed off by the end of the week.)

Thanks again to everyone who participated. If you didn't win this time, be sure to check back to this blog regularly as I often run contests for free comics, including my big Free Comic Book Month in May.

New Library Comics: Week of August 7, 2006

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


5 o'clock shadow. /Ann Arbor, MI : M. Madden,. nos. 20-22

Blackburn, John. Coley running wild /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, [1997]- vol. 4

Cadelo, Silvio. The romantic flower /New York : Catalan Communications, c1990.

Coe, Sue, 1951- Sheep of fools : --a song cycle for five voices /Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, c2005.

Coleman, Joe. Muzzlers, guzzlers and good yeggs /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics, c2005.

Comics quarterly : CQ. /North Brighton, Vic. : Fine Art Comics,. 1999

Dirty stories. /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 1997- vols. 2-3

Fingerman, Bob. Finger filth /Seattle, WA : Eros, c1997.

Fonteriz. XXX women /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 1999.

Get bent! /York, PA : Ben T. Steckler,. no. 7

Hernandez, Gilbert. Birdland /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 1999, c1994.

Historietas de Walt Disney. /Mexico, D.F. : Organizacion Editorial Novaro. nos. 1013, 1014

Levis, Georges. Coffee, tea, or me? /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 1998, c1991.

Linterna Verde. /Mexico : Editorial Novaro,. no. 1280

Love and rockets (Fantagraphics Books) Love and rockets. /Stamford, CT : Fantagraphics Books, 1982- vol. 2 no. 15

Olexa, Steve. War fix /New York : NBM ComicsLit, c2006.

Schulz, Charles M. The complete Peanuts /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2004- vol. 5

Solano Lopez, F. (Francisco), 1928- The young witches /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 2000.

Tarsis, Brian. City of dreams : a tale of erotic fantasy /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 1996.

Thorne, Frank. The complete Ghita /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 2001.

Ware, Chris, 1967- Rusty Brown /[Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2005?]

Willingham, Bill. Ironwood /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, c 1997- vol. 1

Wright, Paul. Smelling a rat /London : Jonathan Cape, 2005.

Yui, Toshiki. Hot tails /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 1998- vol. 1

Two Years!

Today marks my two year blogiversary with Yet Another Comics Blog.

Um, Yay?

Anyway, the big event, the 100 Comics Giveway Contest, is still going on; you have until 6pm EDT today to get your entries in. I'll announce the winner tomorrow morning.

Undiscovered Gems Day 6

Here is today's batch of recommendations/entries for the 100 Comics Giveaway Contest; undiscovered gems of which you may not have been aware:


From Joshua G.:

My pick is Talent, a miniseries from Boom that is currently on its second issue... I think. The premise is that a man is on a airplane that crashes into New York harbor, he wakes up with the memories and skills (Talents) of everyone who was on the plane. He is now wanted in connection with the crash, with people thinking he is a terrorist. Additionally, some sort of mysterious and powerful organization wants him eliminated for reasons unknown. The art is bold (I don't really explain art well) and the storytelling has been great so far. I got this recomended by the guy at my local shop and it is not getting nearly enough support. I am hoping that if we can get enough backing, they may agree to expand it, rather than finish it in the 4(6?)-book arc they currently have planned. You should be able to find the minis at most stores at this point. My friend on the West Coast just recently had issue #1 released there, so I think it varies regionally.

From Gordon D.:

I don't know why more people aren't reading Rocketo - it's one of those genre-mixing books that doesn't feel cliche. Strong art and unusual coloring that pulls you into a far-future world that you have never seen; twists and turns that occur naturally; and just a very unique premise. This is one of those books that, once I got started, I now can't stop reading...and it's all thanks to Yet Another Comics Blog

From TangognaT:

My undiscovered gem is Chikyu Misaki by Iwahara Yuji - Misaki moves to her grandfather's house in a remote town near lake Hohoro. Life quickly becomes complicated when she discovers a legendary lake monster and deals with her repressed childhood memories. The sleepy town quickly fills with intrigue due to a kidnapped heiress, missing gold, and an airplane crash. The characters lives intersect in interesting ways, and the art is very cute.

From Matthew R.:

I'm a bit of a comics newbie, so this may not be as "undiscovered" as I think it is, but I'll go with Daisy Kutter. This was a four-part series from 2004, written by Kazu Kibuishi. I think it's available in a trade paperback, but I recently picked up the four issues from the back issue boxes at the comics shop I frequent. It's a western, but there are robots (which may be enough recommendation already). The main character is a woman who has retired from robbing trains. She's getting bored in her new role as a small town shopkeeper when she receives an offer to do one last job. The plot keeps things moving along, and the characterization and the pacing are great. It's just plain fun, with some nice character moments, some humor, and a few surprises. Plus, there are killer robots in the wild west-- what else do you need? (And, if it's okay to plug the place I shop at-- many thanks to Paula at Spy Comics in Federal Way, WA, for the recommendation.)

From The Dane:

There are so many great books out there that just simply have never found an audience that it's difficult to choose what should be chosen. I've thought quite a bit about it and have narrowed my recommendations to two books (both published, incidentally, by SLG): Sparks by Lawrence Marvit; Mister Blank by Christopher Hicks. Both books accomplish their goals marvelously in my view. Sparks offers a unique and touching narrative through a very common and cliched framework. The art isn't grand or particularly special, but it serves the story - and if Sparks is about anything, it's the story. Mister Blank on the other hand, offers wonderfully playful illustrations with the kind of bold lines that can really make a black-and-white book sing. Hicks is an amazing visual storyteller and the tale he tells here is some of the most fun I've ever had reading a book. If you haven't read either of these, I highly recommend taking the time to enjoy them for what they are: good comics.

Thanks to everyone above for your recommendations; you have all been entered into the drawing for the 100 Comics Grand Prize. There's still time for you to enter, but be sure to do so before Tuesday at 6pm EDT!

Feazell Comics Online

I'm sure the rest of the comics blogosphere already knows this, but I just discovered that the World Famous Comics site is posting old Matt Feazell mini comics onine: Not Available Comics.

Matt makes up part of the holy trinity of midwest mini comics creators; so you should go take a look and be prepared to be entertained!

New Library Comics: Week of July 31, 2006

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


Adams, Jonathan. Truth serum /[San Francisco?] : City Cyclops, [2005?]

Cadelo, S. (Sylvio) Mark-of-the-dog /New York : Catalan Communications, 1991.

Foley, Dan. Critturs : hairballs from Hell /Seattle, WA : MU Press, 1992.

Heavy metal. /[New York : HM Communications] (various issues ca. 1998–1999)

Hernandez, Jaime. Ghost of Hoppers /Seattle : Fantagraphics, 2005.

Herriman, George, 1880-1944. Krazy & Ignatz : 1937–1938 /Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, c2002-

Hornschemeier, Paul. The collected Sequential /Richmond, Va. : Adhouse Books, c2004.

King, Frank, 1883-1969. Walt & Skeezix : 1921 & 1922 /Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly Books ; New York : Distributed in the United States and abroad by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

Nunnemacher, John. Buffalo wings /San Antonio, Tex. : Antarctic Press, 1993.

Rege, Ron. The awake field /Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.

Turner, James. Nil /San Jose, Calif. : SLG Pub., c2005.