New Library Comics: Week of November 20, 2006

Here are the comics we added to our library collection last week:


Bieri, Sean. Jumbo jape : a massive miniature collection one full decade in the making! : thrill to these comical masterworks /Hamtramck, Mich. : Sean Bieri, c2003.

Bieri, Sean. Overtime for business chimp /Hamtramck, Mich. : Sean Bieri, [200-?]

Boiled owl /[San Francisco] : [Boiled Owl], [1977?]

Broersma, Matt. Insomnia /Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books ; [Bologna, Italy?] : Coconino Press, c2005- no. 2

Campbell, J. Chris. Quitter /Greenville, SC : Wide Awake Press, c2003.

Cater, Donovan. Chucky : a 24 hour comic /Eastland, Muskegon, Mich. : Powernut Comics, c2004.

Cater, Donovan. Reg Maximum : inter-galactic real estate agent : a 24 hour comic /Muskegon, Mich. : Donovan Cater, [2005]

Cicerone, Michelangelo. Ozone Jones comics /[Dearborn, Mich.?] : M. Cicerone, c2003.

Espinosa, Rod. The courageous princess /San Antonio, Tex. : Antartic Press, 2000- vols. 2-3

Frost, Sean. A yearly treat /Manchester, MI : Hula Cat Comics, c2004.

Hiti, Samuel. The gallows noose /United States : La Luz Comics, c2004.

Miller, Jordan. Vikings are the new pirates /Ann Arbor, Mich. : Vikings Are the New Pirates, c2006.

Rebecca. Housewives and hot moms at play /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, 2002.

Speed tunnel. /[United States?] : [s.n.], [200-?]

Starr, Chelsea. Weird Bob /S[an] F[rancisco] : Kapow!, c2001.

Dave Cockrum, 1943-2006

As most of you have no doubt already read on other blogs, Dave Cockrum passed away over the weekend. (Tom Spurgeon unsurprisingly has the best rundown of his career.)

Most will remember Cockrum as the co-creator of the "All-New, All-Different X-Men," but I'll always best remember his work on the 70s-era Legion of Super-Heroes, and especially those funky costumes--why wouldn't teenage super-heroes of the future run around in their swimsuits? He also drew one of the greatest super-hero weddings ever, that of Bouncing Boy & Duo Damsel.

Monkey Covers

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

Today's cover comes courtesy of comics blogger extraordinaire Mike Sterling, who recommends the cover to Richie Rich & Jackie Jokers #19. It was one of the many Richie Rich comics his store got in a collection recently, and he says he thought of YACB as soon as he came across it. Thanks Mike!

(Standard disclaimer about giant apes not really being monkeys applies.)

A note: Monkey Covers will be going on hiatus for the next month or so as starting this Friday we'll have our annual Festival of Christmas Covers. Don't worry monkey fans, as Monkey covers will be back the last Sunday of the year.

Happy Thanksgiving

We here at YACB wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! Unless of course you're a turkey; in which case: RUN!


(Cover to The Adventures of Pipsqueak #36 courtesy of the GCD.)

Review: Pirate Tales #1

Pirate Tales #1
Boom! Studios, $6.99

Pirates, so they say, are the new zombies. And thus it makes sense that the company best known for its Zombie Tales anthologies would put together an anthology devoted to Pirate Tales.

As with most anthologies, it's a mixed mag. The most visually interesting story here is "The Walk," with each page being both a panel of the story and a section of the deck of the pirate ship. Unfortunately the story by Joe Casey (who is always hit-or-miss for me) doesn't do much for me. "Wolf on the Wave," by Johanna Stokes and Julia Bax, puts a female spin on an old-school pirate tale; and John Roers & Lee Carter's "Namesake" gives us a tale of modern-day high-seas piracy.

My favorite story of the lot is the last one, "Rum & Inspiration." The art by the always wonderful Fabio Moon is great as expected, and Christopher Golden turns in a solid story of pirates in a bar, with a twist at the end.

In all, another solid outing from the team at Boom!

Rating: 3 (of 5)

(A review copy of this comic was provided by the publisher)

Monkey Covers Extra

Matthew Hoffman, librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Primate Research Center, wrote in to tell me that last year their Webpage featured a rotating gallery of comic book covers featuring non-human primates. They've since moved on to featuring movie posters, but he's put together all of the featured covers from last year on a single page for your viewing enjoyment!

Mid-90s Inter-Company Crossovers That Never Were

Mid-90s Inter-Company Crossovers That Never Were.
#1 in a series?

Deathstroke vs. Deadpool



You just know that in 1994 this would've sold oodles of copies.

It might have gone something like this:

The Maggia hires Slade Wilson--aka Deathstroke, the Terminator--to take out Lex Luthor. After a near miss, Luthor hires Deadpool to pro-actively defend him by eliminating Deathstroke. Much combat ensues.