Friday Night Fights: Meriem vs. Velociraptor

From Cavewoman: Pangaean Sea #1 (2000). Story & art by Budd Root. (click pic for larger)

A classic? SCREEEE!

FCBM4 Day 30.5

It's still day thirty of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month; let's give away more free comics!

Our next selected entry is from Andrew Wales, who listed his five comics as:

1. Omega the Unknown
2. Iron Fist
3. Captain America
4. Avengers Classic
5. Phase 7

With Omega, I see that Andrew likes at least some of his super-hero comics with an indy flavor. So I'm sending him Superior Showcase #1, with stories about super-heroes by Nick Bertozzi, Mike Dawson & Dean Trippe.

For Andrew's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Iron Man ashcan.

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
47 entries
77 free comics sent so far
1 day remaining

Invisible Sex

Today's Bizarro cartoon is brought to you by Illusory Liaisons Motel. Hourly rates available.

I like this cartoon a lot for reasons I'm not entirely sure of. As pathetic as it is, the combination of two imaginary relationships with low enough self-esteem to invent them double-crossing you is funny to me. The ultimate defeatist.

There may also be an autobiographical element in this one. I caught my first wife cheating on me and it led to a divorce and the most difficult year of my life. In the midst of that storm the anguish seemed it would never end, but twelve years later, the episode has no more hold on me than the memory of a bad bout of flu. A valuable lesson learned.

Now all my imaginary friends are eunuchs and CHNW won't let me have a make-believe girlfriend, so I'm safe on all fronts.

FCBM4 Day 30

It's day thirty of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Jeff Erhart, who listed his five comics as:

1. Midnight Nation
2. The Witchblade
3. Sandman
4. Strange Detective Tales
5. Batman: Dark Victory

Jeff says that he's new to comics, so I'm betting that he hasn't yet read Brian K. Vaughan & Tony Harris's Ex Machina. So I'm sending him issue #21, the start of the "Smoke Smoke" story arc.

For Jeff's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Uncle Scrooge ashcan.

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
47 entries
75 free comics sent so far
1 day remaining

FCBM4 Day 29.5

It's still day twenty-nine of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month, and I'm still giving away free comics!

Our second selected entry for today is from Christopher Miller, who listed his five comics as:

1. Iron Man
2. Iron Fist
3. Secret Six
4. Platinum Grit
5. Defenders

For Chris I have Manhunter #15, the stand-alone issue featuring the secret origins of Manhunter's costume and weapons by Marc Andreyko with artists Javier Pina & Fernando Blanco; Stephen Sadowski & Andrew Pepoy; Sean Phillips; and Rage Morales, Bob Petrecca & Shawn Martinbrough.

(Remember, Manhunter gets a new lease on life next week when the acclaimed super-hero comic resumes with issue #31.)

For Chris's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Iron Man ashcan.

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
47 entries
73 free comics sent so far
2 days remaining

Slave Photos

Today's Bizarro is made possible by Human Arrogance. "We do it because we can. Deal with it."

The subject of this cartoon was suggested by my friends at PETA. New York City still has carriage horses stumbling through Central Park and these animals lead miserable lives. They live in concrete garages by night, on the streets among traffic by day. They never get a break until they are hit by a car and killed, which happens with sad regularity.

Some U.S. cities have outlawed this industry, as have London, Paris, Toronto, and even Beijing, and many people are trying to get the practice banned in New York City.

"But the sight of suffering horses pulling an old timey-time carriage is perdy," the tourists complain as they snap their pictures. "Buy a postcard," I reply, "Photoshop your gigantic selves into it, and let the horse have a life."

Animal abuse makes me cranky. We only do it because we can.

To be fair, I took carriage rides myself some years ago. I was so used to seeing these beautiful creatures moving through the streets that I took them for granted and assumed they were well cared for. Later in life, I began to see these situations through the animal's eyes and everything changed. They are slaves, pure and simple, and only treated well enough to keep them alive and working. No animal deserves that life, human or otherwise.

If you agree, here is a petition to ban carriages in NY.

FCBM4 Day 29

It's day twenty-nine of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Enrique Saldivar, who listed his five comics as:

1. Superman
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Swamp Thing
4. The Authority
5. Daredevil

Since Enrique is a Swamp Thing fan, I'll send him the first two issues of the Swamp Thing spin-off The Un-Men by John Whalen & Mike Hawthorne.

For Enrique's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Iron Man ashcan.

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

Current FCBM Statistics:
47 entries
71 free comics sent so far
2 days remaining