FCBM6 Day 28

It's day twenty-eight of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Isaac McKeithen. The five comics that Isaac likes are:

1. The Walking Dead
2. Green Lantern
3. Powers
4. Y, the Last Man
5. Batman and Robin

And his other thing of interest is the tv show Dexter.

For Isaac I have the first three issues of Paul Grist's Burglar Bill.

For Isaac's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Star Wars Halloween comic.

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


Current FCBM Statistics:
35 entries
85 free comics sent so far
3 days remaining

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
3 (-). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3 *
4 (+46). Wednesday Comics *
5 (+1). Instructions
6 (+1). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
7 (-3). Kick-Ass
8 (+10). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour *
9 (+10). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
10 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
11 (+5). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
12 (+10). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
13 (-). Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 5
14 (-3). The Walking Dead Book 5
15 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
16 (+15). The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel *
17 (N). Hellsing Volume 10
18 (-6). Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 2: 1982-1984
19 (+4). The Flash: Rebirth
20 (N). Negima! 26
21 (N). Naruto, Vol. 48 *
22 (-12). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
23 (-15). Wilson
24 (-7). Watchmen
25 (+23). Scott Pilgrim, Vol 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
26 (-5). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
27 (+5). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
28 (+16). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
29 (+10). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
30 (R). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
31 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 12 *
32 (+4). Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn
33 (N). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14) *
34 (R). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
35 (R). Treasury of the Lost Litter Box: A Get Fuzzy Treasury
36 (+3). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
37 (-32). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
38 (N). Scalped Vol. 6: The Gnawing
39 (R). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
40 (-7). Batman: Year One
41 (-17). Ex Machina, Vol. 9: Ring out the Old
42 (R). Marvel Encyclopedia
43 (-29). Batman: The Killing Joke
44 (R). Invincible Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1
45 (R). Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities
46 (-26). V for Vendetta
47 (-22). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
48 (-20). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
49 (N). Angel, Vol. 6: Last Angel in Hell



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:

* Wednesday Comics vaults way up from #50 last week to #4 this week. Meanwhile, last week's inexplicable rise of Persepolis proves to be just a momentary blip (don't worry, it will likely be back up in the top 10 in September...)

* Both Wilson & Crumb's Genesis fall out of the top 10, and rather sharply at that.

* There's a lot of volatility in this weeks' chart in general.

* Three manga make their chart debuts this week, the latest volumes of Hellsing, Negima! and Naruto.

Androcles and the Text Message

Bizarro is brought to you today by Talking Laundry.

I'm sure a lot of readers don't remember the story of Androcles and the lion, or, if you went to an average American public school, never learned it, so here is a summary: A runaway slave removes a thorn from a lion's paw, then years later is not eaten by said lion because he remembered the favor.

Now, suddenly, the bartender joke becomes oh so poignant and humorous. Let us chuckle together, shall we?

The moral of the story is, if you want to be a super rich cartoonist, start drawing cartoons that anyone can immediately appreciate, even hillbillies. (Alas, will the parade of reasons I'm not rich never end?)

Here's one that any boob with a cell phone and a Facebook page can get. That includes just about ever boob in the country, including me. Let the riches begin!

FCBM6 Day 27

It's day twenty-seven of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Paul S. The five comics that Paul likes are:

1. Caricature
2. The Dorman Beast
3. Private Beach
4. Arkham Asylum
5. Death: The High Cost of Living

And his other thing of interest is heavy metal music.

For Paul I have the first issue of Faker by Mike Carey & Jock.

For Paul's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Star Wars Halloween comic.

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


Current FCBM Statistics:
35 entries
81 free comics sent so far
4 days remaining

FCBM6 Day 26

It's day twenty-six of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Joseph Briggs. The five comics that Joseph likes are:

1. Batman & Robin
2. Marvel Two-in-One
3. Amazing Spider-Man
4. Daredevil
5. Maus

And his other thing of interest is wine.

For Joseph I have all four issues of Daredevil/Spider-Man by Paul Jenkins & Phil Winslade.

For Joseph's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Popeye Halloween comic.

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

There's less than a week left to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
35 entries
79 free comics sent so far
5 days remaining

Oh, I forgot to mention...

...the Kayli Boob Mouse Pads come in two flavors, "Salty Behemoth Intestines" and "Honey Sweet Kayli". You've already seen the the "Salty" flavor in my previous post...here's the "Sweet" flavor:

You might be wondering, "Has Kayli no shame?!"
The answer of course is, "No...no she doesn't."

You can tell when the manufacturer understands the needs
of their clients when they provide images like this one.

We had a few inquiries as to the pricing for the Kayli Boob Mouse Pads and after quite a bit thought, I believe that $40 is more than reasonable for such an awesome and functional bit of Genevieve's amazing art. However, for the Fanime 2010 show, we're offering it for the 'highway robbery' price of $35 each for all attendees. For readers of the blog, we're going to give one more discount...if you'd like to buy one of each, just tell us, "Hello, I'd like the Salty/Sweet Combo Meal, please," and you can get both flavors for the 'you're taking food from the mouths of my children' deal of $65!

P.S. We've received our table placement for Fanime...we'll be at T300/T301. See you all at the show!

- Joseph

Furless Snakes

Bizarro is brought to you today by The Dangers of Farsightedness.

Here's a pithy little cartoon about a homeless snake. The kind of snake I've drawn here is more like a constrictor, which I don't think actually care for pits, but drawing a tiny viper didn't seem right for the composition. I don't actually know much about snakes so feel free to educate me in the comments.

Also, I appear in the cartoon as the overly-hip hipster coming around the corner. Not my best (or most flattering) self portrait, but it works as another homage to Hitchcock.

Hey, here's something fun: I'm going to be doing some stage comedy and hosting at a movie premiere in LA soon. If you're in the area, come see me. The movie is a documentary about the cruelty of the fur industry, a subject I care a lot about, and both CHNW and I appear in the movie as interviewees. I haven't seen it yet, so I have no idea how we come off, but I'm hoping it is somewhere on the embarrassment scale below "devastating."

Below is the invitation poster. Read it, memorize it, print it out, then eat it. We can't afford to have this sort of thing fall into the wrong hands. Here's where all the cool kids are getting their tickets.

Click it to make it bigger and clearer. But then, you knew that.