Monkey Covers

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

G.I. Robot teams up with a giant gorillas to fight a pink pterodactyl on the cover of Weird War Tales #120 (1983) by Ross Andru and Klaus Janson.

(Standard disclaimer about giant gorillas who fight flying dinosaurs not really being monkeys applies.)

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

Gordo's Island in 3D!

Hey IITS Readers and Various Peoples,

I've been juggling various projects and trying to keep them afloat so I apologize for the lack of updates but I got a neat little treat for you today. My friend and ex-coworker, Alex Mathis, just recently sent me some screenshots of the model of Gordo's Island I contracted him to do for Project IITS. He said it's not done yet (artists, feh!) but it certainly is nice enough to show here. Enjoy!

P.S. The original concept is here.

- Joseph

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 (+18). Paying for It
4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
5 (-2). Batman & Robin Vol. 3: Batman Must Die!
6 (-1). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)
7 (+2). The Walking Dead Volume 14: No Way Out *
8 (-1). Big Nate Out Loud
9 (-3). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star *
10 (-). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
11 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
12 (+7). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
13 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
14 (-6). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
15 (+13). Big Nate Boredom Buster: Super Scribbles, Cool Comix, and Lots of Laughs
16 (+9). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
17 (-). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
18 (-2). Batman: Year One
19 (+7). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
20 (-5). Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red
21 (+11). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle edition) *
22 (+5). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
23 (-3). Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus
24 (+17). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
25 (-2). Batman: The Killing Joke
26 (R). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming *
27 (+11). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
28 (+9). The Arrival
29 (-5). Watchmen
30 (-12). Brightest Day, Vol. 2
31 (R). Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin
32 (R). Green Lantern: Rebirth
33 (R). Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 2
34 (R). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
35 (R). Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 4
36 (-14). V for Vendetta
37 (-8). Walking Dead Volume 13
38 (R). Astonishing X-Men Omnibus
39 (R). Negima! 29: Magister Negi Magi
40 (N). American Vampire Vol. 2 *
41 (N). Batgirl: The Flood
42 (-30). Castle: Richard Castle's Deadly Storm *
43 (+2). Batman: Hush
44 (R). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (kindle edition)
45 (+4). Ultimate Comics: Doomsday *
46 (R). The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin in America / Cigars of the Pharaoh / The Blue Lotus
47 (-14). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
48 (R). Superman: Earth One
49 (N). Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 7: My Monsters *
50 (N). Captain America: Man Out of Time *


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:

* It looks like Chester Brown's Paying for It will have some legs, as it jumps back up to the #3 slot this week.

* The only new books on the list this week come in near the bottom, with collections of American Vampire, Batgirl, Invincible Iron Man, and Captain America.

* Both Astonishing X-Men Omnibus and The Adventures of Tintin return to the list this week, both having not been seen here since back in 2010.

New Library Comics: April 2011

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


Bendis, Brian Michael. Halo. Uprising / New York : Marvel Pub., 2009

Benjamin, Paul, 1970- World of Warcraft. Shaman / Hamburg ; Los Angeles : Tokyopop, c2010

Crane, Jordan. Uptight. no.4 / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics, 2010.

David, Peter (Peter Allen) Halo. Helljumper / New York : Marvel Pub., 2010.

Fichera, Mike, 1969- Spider-Man saga / New York : Marvel Worldwide, 2010.

Fogel, Dan. Fogel's underground comix price guide supplement / [El Sobrante, CA] : Hippy Comix, Inc., 2010

A graphic cosmogony : 24 artists take on 7 pages to tell their tales of the creation of everything / London : Nobrow, 2010.

Grignon, Claude-Henri, 1894-1976. Séraphin illustré / Montréal : Les 400 coups, c2010

Hosler, Jay (Jay S.) Evolution : the story of life on Earth / New York : Hill and Wang, 2011.

Jodorowsky, Alejandro. The incal : classic collection / Hollywood, CA : Humanoids, 2010

Knaak, Richard A. World of warcraft . Mage / Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : Tokyopop/Blizzard, c2010

Lente, Fred Van. Halo. Blood line / New York : Marvel, 2010.

Loeb, Jeph. Hulk Vol. 1 Red Hulk/ New York : Marvel, 2009-

Loeb, Jeph. Hulk Vol. 2 Red & green / New York : Marvel, 2009-

Loeb, Jeph. Hulk Vol. 4 Hulk vs. X-force / New York : Marvel, 2009-

Loeb, Jeph. Hulk Vol. 5 Fall of the Hulks / New York : Marvel, 2009-

Miller, Frank, 1957- Frank Miller's Sin City 3. The big fat kill / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Books, 2005

Munroe, Jim, 1972- Sword of my mouth : a post-Rapture graphic novel / San Diego, CA : IDW ; [Toronto] : No Media Kings, c2010

Munroe, Jim, 1972- Therefore, repent! : a post-Rapture graphic novel / San Diego, Calif. : IDW, c2007

Neilson, Micky. World of warcraft : ashbringer / La Jolla, CA : Wildstorm, 2009

Ortega, Joshua. Gears of war / La Jolla, CA : Wildstorm, 2009

Ortega, Joshua. Gears of war. Book two. / La Jolla, CA : Wildstorm, 2010

Pak, Greg. The incredible Hulk. Vol. 2, Fall of the Hulks / New York : Marvel, 2010

Parker, Jeff, 1966- Fall of the Hulks. Red Hulk / New York, NY : Marvel, 2010

Parker, Jeff, 1966- Fall of the Hulks. The savage She-Hulks / New York : Marvel ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Pini, Wendy. Beauty and the beast : portrait of love / Chicago, IL : First Pub., 1989.

Platthaus, Andreas. Comics, Manga & Co. : die neue deutsche Comic-Kultur = The new culture of German comics / München : Goethe-Institut München, [ca. 2010?].

Potts, Phoebe. Good eggs : a memoir / New York, NY : Harper, c2010

Prough, Jennifer Sally, 1968- Straight from the heart : gender, intimacy, and the cultural production of shōjo manga / Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2011.

Satrapi, Marjane, 1969- Broderies / Paris : Association, [2003]

Sfar, Joann. The little prince / Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

Stetter, Moritz. Bonhoeffer : graphic novel / Gütersloh : Gütersloher Verlagshaus, c2010.

Wright, Rick. On the line : [the complete strips from The Guardian] / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, 2011

As always, this listing is available as an RSS Feed.

Monkey Covers

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

Lulu plays checkers with a monkey on the cover of Marge's Little Lulu #130 (1959).



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

Free Comic Book Month ending early

Sorry to say that Free Comic Book Month 7 is ending early; no more entries will be accepted. Also, this will likely be the last time I do Free Comic Book Month.

Over the course of seven years, I have given away 721 comics to 295 people. Hopefully you all have enjoyed your comics. It's been (mostly) fun, but all good things must come to an end.

FCBM7 Day 21

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

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

1. Silver Surfer
2. Batman and Robin
3. FF
4. Imposter's Daughter
5. Y, the Last Man

And his other thing of interest is Hitchcock movies.

For Joseph I have Gotham Cental #16 by Ed Brubaker & Greg Scott.

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

Joseph'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:
21 entries
48 free comics sent so far
10 days remaining