Wednesday, 11 January 2006

Waiting for the Trade

Y, the Last Man vol. 5Here are the comic series that I currently wait for the trade to get & read:

Fantastic Four
New Avengers
Amazing Spider-Man
Runaways
Spider-Girl
She-Hulk
Daredevil
Ultimate Fantastic Four
Lucifer
Y, the Last Man
The Losers
Hard Time
Invincible
The Walking Dead
various mini-series from Marvel & Oni

Usually I'm waiting for the trade either because I didn't start reading it in floppies, and once I've started with trades that's the best way to continue; or because I used to read it in floppies but I feel that it reads better as larger chunks.

How about you--what do you prefer to read in trades as opposed to floppies?

Tuesday, 10 January 2006

New This Week: January 11, 2006

Seven Soldiers of Victory, vol. 1Based 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 probably Seven Soldiers of Victory, vol. 1, by Grant Morrison & a host of artists. Unless of course you've been buying all of the 7S minis all along--in which case your Pick of the Week would be DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore. But then there's a good chance that you already have all of the stuff in that collection too. In which case you may opt for Wrapped in Plastic #75--the final (and oversized) issue of the critical David Lynch fan mag. Of course, you might not be a fan of David Lynch--so perhaps you'll go for the Youngblood Maximum Edition? (just kidding--even if it is completely redialogued by Joe Casey).


Let's see what else may be of interest:

Antarctic have the first issue of Gold Digger Color Remix, presenting the first GD mini in glorious color; and for more glorious GD in color there's the massive Gold Digger Gold Brick, vol. 4 which includes issues #26-50 of volume 3. They also have the first regular issue of Metadocs Type A.

DC have the debut of ElfQuest: The Discovery; 100 Bullets #68, Desolation Jones #5, DMZ #3, and Fables #45.

IDW have Angel: Old Friends #2.

Marvel have The Book of Lost Souls #4, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #8, New Thunderbolts #17, and She-Hulk 2 #4.


That's about it--a very light week.

Monday, 9 January 2006

New Library Comics: Week of January 2, 2006

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


Brown, Sam. Amazing rain /Brooklyn, N.Y. : Soft Skull Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2004.

James, Dan. The octopi and the ocean /Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2004.

YACB Bulletins

ITEM! Ever wonder what happened to ex-Quantum & Woody artist M. D. "Doc" Bright? In addition to illustrating one of the upcoming Untold Tales of the New Universe one-shots, he's created his own syndicated comic strip: Level Path. (via Steve Bennett)

ITEM! "We thought that American television was much better than it actually was because they didn’t send over any of the rubbish!" - Neil Gaiman, in an interview on 92Y Blog (via Tom). This used to be the case with Japanese manga here in the U.S.--until the last couple of years when, desperate for material, the publishers started licensing the cheap crap along with the good stuff, giving us a more accurate look at the range of quality in Japanese comics.

ITEM! Apparently Joe Q thinks that the market can support another ongoing Wolverine series. Because what everyone is clamoring for is another comic starring the most overexposed character of the past two decades.

ITEM! Over at The Great Curve, Tom Bondurant takes the opportunity of the occasion of the end of Superman to take a look back at the 20-year post-Crisis history of the enduring super-hero.

ITEM! The 2005 Nebula Awards preliminary ballot is available--as usual, I haven't read anything on it (yet...)

Sunday, 8 January 2006

Giant Tire

In honor of the return of Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, here's one of my favorite (non-monkey) covers:

Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #16

(Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #16 cover by Scott Shaw!)
(click to enlarge)


This of course being an homage to the famous War Wheel cover, and obviously inspired by this:

Uniroyal tire in Allen Park, MI

The 8-story tall giant Uniroyal tire in Allen Park, MI--just off I-94, where I see it every time I drive to the airport.

(Ah, insomnia--it makes a blogger post the oddest things...)

Monkey Covers

Y, the Last Man #35Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover.

Our second Monkey Cover of the year is also from one of my 2005 Favorites: Y, the Last Man #35 features Ampersand the monkey on a cover by Massimo Carnevale.


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

Friday, 6 January 2006

Yet Another Friday Question - Out of Print Manga

Which out-of-print manga do you think should be brought back in print?

My votes would be for Mai the Psychic Girl and all of the Moto Hagio stuff that Viz published way back when, like They Were 11 and A, A'.

What do you think?