Category: Event

We’re only a little over a week away from our “Not” Free Comic Book Day event on May 1st and 2nd and we’ve got some new details to share with you! First and foremost, this is not in any way a regular Free Comic Book Day, mostly because the comics are not free. There are no local artists or costumes, this is just a place holding event until August 14th, the day that FCBD has been moved to nationally.  You can even see the books that will be available then here. What will that FCBD look like? We don’t know yet, but we feel we’re heading in the right direction. We are working towards having Chris Claremont out but this is still in the planning stages. If it happens there will be an open autograph session for all the the 14th. We will likely have no more information on this until June 1st. The staff has told me that lots of people have been asking for additional details but at this point there are none. Please stay tuned until then...

We’ll jump right into it! Here’s the featured new releases for Wednesday, April 14th, 2021! MARVEL COMICS Chip Zdarsky has been writing some cool stuff lately, and he’s proven his knowledge of Marvel history with books like Spiderman Life Story. This week he starts a new four issue mini series where we see what would have happened if Peter never gave up the black suit and became Venom! Guardians of the Galaxy #13 debuts an all new line up and a new artist, with a story by Immortal Hulk’s Al Ewing! DC COMICS Over on the DC side, Tom Taylor begins a new five issue mini series with Batman The Detective #1 Bruce heads over to Europe with artwork by Andy Kubert! Joker’s new series continues in issue #2 as James Gordon plans to hunt down and kill the Joker once and for all.  The Super Sons are back in a new seven issue mini series by Peter J. Tomasi. INDIE COMICS The big indie book this week is Locke and Key Sandman Hell and Gone #1, and yup, Neil...

We’ve got some great news! We are again in talks with Chris Claremont to have him come out for Free Comic Book Day on August 14th, the new offical date for the event! Hopefully things will shape up enough by then for this to become a reality. We will keep at it and hope for the best! So what are we going to do this year on that first Saturday in May in lieu of Free Comic Book Day? Get ready for… NOT FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Not Free Comic Book Day will be an historic ‘event’ where (for the first time in our history) we will pull ALL the books out of our back room and storage locker and put them in the extra storefront (the one we usually use for FCBD 100 feet from the shop) at only $1.00 each. (50 cents each for 100 or more!) It’s got to be around 200 long boxes with a range of Marvel, DC and Independant. (especially independant, as these books are never stocked in the shop. We’ll even do this...

Before we start this week’s new releases it’s time again to say thanks for the tremendous amount of support you’ve given us this year. With the pandemic slowly pealing back a bit we’ve been doing great, and the only way for us to process that is to say thank you. I keep saying that the only real difference between 2020 and 2021 is that we have no illusion about doing events this year. Last year we kept laying out plans that never got to play out so this year we feel like we’ll just know when the time is right. That being said, Free Comic Book Day is being heald nationally on Saturday August 14th this year.  FREE COMIC BOOK DAY We do plan on having an event but it may look a bit different than it has in the past. We are likely looking at a scaled down and manageable event with a focus on the day portion. We’re keeping in contact with Chris Claremont and we will be ready to have him out if the opportunity presents itself....

While not a huge new comic week, this has to be the most interesting selection in 2021 so far! But first let’s talk about Winston World! Winston World has always been our three day sale to coincide with Wizard World downtown. We even ripped of their art style to hijack their social media presence. Well just because the circus isn’t coming to town doesn’t mean we can’t have a sale.  From Friday March 5th to Sunday March 7th we’ll have: 50% off ALL Back Issues! 10% off EVERYTHING else in the shop! (we do mean everything.) We’re not allowed to use the foyer during tax season but we’ll fill our counter space with as many $1.00 boxes as possible, 50 cents each for $1.00 or more. We’ll also keep refilling those dollar boxes all weekend!  Oh yeah! Winston ironically even made it into Cleveland.com this week too!  So on to that really interesting new comic book week! Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021! MARVEL COMICS The big book this week is super hot cover...

After a good start last week, we’ve got more DC Future State books hitting the new comic table. (we only had one copy of one book left by Sunday, but fear not, reprints are coming.) DC COMICS This week’s titles include: Dark Detective #1 (of 4) $5.99 This is the book featuring Bruce Wayne set in the near future with Gotham under the command of the Magistrate! Grifter back up story.  Future State Justice League #1 (of 2) $5.99 All the new incarnations of the classic heroes fighting together! Week two and we already get to see their personalities bouncing off each other! Justice League Dark back up as well. Future State Kara Zor-el Superwoman #1 (of 2) $3.99 Kara is all grown up and watches over the moon and it’s refugees.  Future State Teen Titans #1 (of 2) $3.99 The line up from Teen Titans Go (Robin, Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy and Cyborg) founded a school that was destroyed in an epic battle. Now they return to face the evil that destroyed the team. First print appearance of Red...