Nick Anderson on NPR

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson was on Fresh Air today; you can listen to the interview here.

(I haven't listened to it yet; just trying to pick up a little of the slack that Kevin Melrose left!)

New This Week: April 27, 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 one of my favorite comics, Gary Spencer Millidge's StrangeHaven #17 from Abiogenesis. Although since the trade collecting #13-18 will be out sometime this summer if you haven't yet read any StrangeHaven you may want to instead pick up the first two trade collections and go that route.


In other comics:

Abstract have issue #73 of Strangers in Paradise.

AiT/PlanetLAR have another OGN, Filler.

Antarctic have the third Neotopia pocket collection, plus Fred Perry stepping in for the first of three Ninja High Schools (#127).

Archie have a new issue of Sabrina (#66)

Dark Horse have the third volume of Club 9 and a new issue of The Escapist (#6).

DC have new issues of Hellblazer (#207), Legion of Super-Heroes (#5), Losers (#23), Otherworld (#2); Howard Chaykin in Solo (#4); and the final issues of Wild Girl (#6) & Human Target (#21).

IDW have the first issue of the new Jon Sable, Freelance series, Bloodline.

Image have the third and final Rising Stars collection and the promo-priced Invincible #0.

Marvel have new issues of Captain America (#5), Daredevil (#72), Kabuki (#4), The Punisher (#20), Spellbinders (#2), and Supreme Power (#16).

NBM have the Cryptozoo Crew Mothman Con Edition.

Pantheon have Marjane Satrapi's new GN, Embroideries.

And both TokyoPop & Viz have a ton of new manga volumes; dollar for dollar I think that they both have more product than Marvel or DC this week.

Meta Post

Posting may be a bit on the light side this week here at YACB (but as always you can catch updates on the Comics Weblog Updatatron 3000 XP). However, we are gearing up for a special event that will be announced on Friday...

Monkey Covers

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

From 1987, Brian Bolland features Congorilla on the cover of Swamp Thing Annual #3. Rick Veitch's story "Distant Cousins" not only features the golden ape, but also Gorilla Grodd, Angel & The Ape, and other various primates from the DC universe.

(standard disclaimer about gorillas not really being monkeys applies)

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

Happy Earth Day

Superman and Concrete wish you a Happy Earth Day!

(Images courtesy of GCD.)

Linkblogging

Too busy/lazy for propper blogging, so here's a little linkblogging to tide you over:

Ian has an idea for a tribute series, 1975 (scroll down...), which I would buy if it had the same caliber of talent as 1963 did. He also has a review of Or Else #2 that is longer and better than mine.

David evaluates the first volumes of Tramps Like Us & The Wallflower.

Johanna is celebrating her 1st blogiversary, but of course she's been writing intelligently online about comics for a lot longer than that!

Edit/Addition: Christopher reminds us why comics are awesome!

New Library Comics

Here is the listing of new comics & GNs added to the catalog over the past four weeks.

We're finally starting to get in some of the books we've actually purchased (most of the comics added so far have either been donated or transfered from other locations).

For a more-or-less complete listing of all the titles we have, this link will take you into our online catalog.