FCBM6 Day 18

It's day eighteen of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Falisha Weatherspoon. The five comics that Falisha likes are:

1. Wonder Woman
2. Batgirl
3. Huntress
4. Amazing Spider-Man
5. Deathstroke

And her other thing of interest is art.

For Falisha I have the mother-and-daughter super-heroes Firebirds one-shot by Jay Faerber & Andres Ponce, as well as Digital Webbing Presents #25 which also features a Firebirds story.

For Falisha's bonus comic, I'm sending her the Casper/Little Lulu Halloween comic.

Falisha'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:
30 entries
53 free comics sent so far
13 days remaining

FCBM6 Day 17

It's day seventeen of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from William Burns. The five comics that William likes are:

1. Incredible Hercules
2. Promethea
3. Peanuts
4. Groo
5. Dykes to Watch Out For

And his other thing of interest is The Office.

For William I have the first issues of Age of Bronze by Eric Shanower; and Planetary by Warren Ellis & John Cassaday.

For William's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Casper/Little Lulu Halloween comic.

William'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:
30 entries
50 free comics sent so far
14 days remaining

FCBM6 Day 16

It's day sixteen of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Justin Fain. The five comics that Justin likes are:

1. Astonishing X-Men
2. The Walking Dead
3. Chew
4. Incognito
5. Y, the Last Man

And his other thing of interest is world travel.

For Justin I have the first three issues of B. Clay Moore & Jason Latour's espionage thriller The Expatriate.

For Justin's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Popeye Halloween comic.

Justin'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:
30 entries
47 free comics sent so far
15 days remaining

FCBM6 Day 15

It's day fifteen of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Brandi Kenyon. The five comics that Brandi likes are:

1. The Walking Dead
2. Choker
3. Transmetropolitan
4. Barry Ween
5. Batman and Robin

And her other thing of interest is cooking and pottery.

For Brandi I have the first issue of Jimmie Robinson's girl-and-her-talking-gun comic Amanda and Gunn.

For Brandi's bonus comic, I'm sending her the Popeye Halloween comic.

Brandi'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:
30 entries
43 free comics sent so far
16 days remaining

Can I Die Yet?

Here's a look at Jody Macgregor's 100 Comics To Read Before You Die (via Tom Spurgeon) and whether I've read them or not.

Green = read it
Black = on the shelf, haven't read it yet
Red = don't own it, haven't read it yet

100. Why I Hate Saturn
99. The New Adventures of Hitler
98. From Hell
97. Palestine
96. Transmetropolitan
95. Maus
94. Ghost World
93. L'il Abner & The Bald Iggle
92. Action Philosophers!
91. A Lesson Is Learned But the Damage Is Irreversible
90. Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
89. Watchmen
88. Yotsuba&!
87. Understanding Comics
86. Enigma
85. Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others
84. The Sandman #25
83. Squee!
82. Tank Girl book 1
81. Death Note
80. Persepolis
79. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye
78. 30 Days of Night: Juarez
77. Bone
76. Harvey Kurtzman's The Jungle Book
75. Blankets
74. Yummy Fur
73. A Softer World
72. Y, the Last Man
71. V for Vendetta
70. The Perry Bible Fellowship
69. Nat Turner
68. X-Force #116-129
67. Bookhunter
66. Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
65. Killer Princesses
64. Scary Go Round
63. The Wallflower vol. 1
62. Crécy
61. Pogo
60. Lost at Sea
59. Nana
58. The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo
57. Little Nemo in Slumberland
56. Bolland Strips
55. Uzumaki
54. The Left Bank Gang
53. Dropsie Avenue
52. The Maxx #1-12
51. Midnighter #7
50. I Killed Adolf Hitler
49. Jar of Fools
48. The Sandman #19
47. The Nightly News
46. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
45. Green Manor
44. Kabuki: Metamorphosis
43. Disappearance Diary
42. Platinum Grit
41. Mushishi
40. Frank
39. Calvin and Hobbes
38. Pictures for Sad Children
37. Saga of the Swamp Thing vols. 1-2
36. Deff Skwadron
35. Dice Man #5: You Are Ronald Reagan
34. Stuck Rubber Baby
33. Fun Home
32. Dungeon: The Early Years
31. Castle Waiting
30. Runaways #1-18
29. Nextwave


(Will be updated as Macgregor adds to his list.)

FCBM6 Day 14

It's day fourteen of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Cardner Clark The five comics that Cardner likes are:

1. I Kill Giants
2. Fables
3. Sin City
4. The Umbrella Academy
5. The Unwritten

And his other thing of interest is strategic board games.

For Cardner I have the first issue of the new PunisherMAX series by Jason Aaron & Steve Dillon.

For Cardner's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Popeye Halloween comic.

Cardner'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:
29 entries
41 free comics sent so far
17 days remaining

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2 (-). Kick-Ass
3 (+3). Wilson
4 (+21). The Walking Dead Book 5 *
5 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
6 (+7). Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 2: 1982-1984
7 (-3). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
8 (R). Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 5
9 (+5). Instructions
10 (-7). The Flash: Rebirth
11 (+5). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
12 (+3). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour *
13 (N). The Talisman: Volume 1: The Road of Trials
14 (-6). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
15 (+6). Scott Pilgrim, Vol 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
16 (-5). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
17 (+1). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
18 (-1). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
19 (R). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
20 (+24). Watchmen
21 (-9). Invincible Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1
22 (-12). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
23 (+4). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
24 (-). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
25 (-18). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
26 (R). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
27 (+5). V for Vendetta
28 (+2). The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel *
29 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
30 (+4). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art *
31 (N). B.P.R.D. Volume 12: War on Frogs
32 (-1). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
33 (N). Odd Is on Our Side *
34 (-25). Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3 (Deluxe Edition)
35 (N). Dark Tower: The Battle Of Jericho Hill Premiere HC *
36 (-17). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
37 (-8). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
38 (-10). Treasury of the Lost Litter Box: A Get Fuzzy Treasury
39 (-17). Batman: The Killing Joke
40 (R). FoxTrot Sundaes: A FoxTrot Collection
41 (-1). Batman: Year One
42 (N). Walking Dead Volume 12 *
43 (R). Star Wars: Legacy Volume 8 - Tatooine
44 (-24). The Boys Volume 6 SC
45 (-22). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
46 (+2). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
47 (-12). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
48 (-2). Green Lantern: Blackest Night *
49 (-7). Hellboy Volume 9: The Wild Hunt
50 (R). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid



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:

* The big winner this week is Stephen King, with The Talisman debuting up at #1, and a new Dark Tower debuting further down the list

* Daniel Clowes' Wilson continues to be strong, climbing all the way up to #3.

* Also big this week is the Walking Dead; the 5th hardcover collection vaults way up to #4, and volume 12 in the softcover series debuts stealthily at #42.

* The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus I expect would be selling better if not for the fact that it's on long back order ("Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks" in Amazon parlance).

* Another dark horse to look for: Odd Is on Our Side is new graphic novel set in Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas series, written by Fred Van Lente and drawn by Queenie Chan.