Category: Event

This one’s all about the status of Free Comic Book Summer 2020! We’ve  been deligently getting the Free Comic Books into everyone’s files, and opening up Saturdays to give away the remaining books. It’s worked out incredibly well, and keeps us busy each Saturday without being overwhelmed. Last week we even had Carol back in the shop to keep the customer count. This Saturday I’ll be hanging out at the shop and watching the occupancy! After consulting the staff we have decided it’s okay to move the free books into the shop on the glass counter when you first walk in. We’ll still keep the touchless hand sanitizer station outside so please use if before entering. If we reach capacity at any point I will step outside to regulate people going in and out. (This only happens rarely throughout the day if at all.) We know everyone is used to this from other stores but we will always thank you for your patience when it happens. Since I’m hanging out I’ll be digging out more stuff to give out FREE...

Just a quick one this week as I’m on the road! Joker War is heating up and is a great read. Batman #95, Batgirl #47 and Detective #1024 are all a part of it. Be sure to add crossovers to your file, or talk to a staff member about which ones you want. I’m ordering up but they’re selling out and UCS seems to have little to no reoder capabilities at this time. Empyre continues at Marvel with issue #2 as well as Empyre Avengers #1 and Empyre X-Men #1. Spider-Man starts a new story arc with a one shot that gives us some back story on the Sin Eater. (He’s kind of the guy who pissed Eddie Brock off enough to become Venom> The first Saturday of Free Comic Book Summer went great. There were no bigs lines and it was a slow trickle all day long, which is actually perfect. Wear a mask, sanitize your hands, and keep your distance! Oh yeah, if you don’t feel well, stay home! The books left over for the day go out...

Well, in case you haven’t heard, Free Comic Book Day is now Free Comic Book Day Summer! Free Comic Book Summer Free Comic Book Summer will now stretch out over nine weeks, with five to six books coming out each week. You can check here for a full list of what’s coming out and when! If you’re a file customer, no worries, we’ve got you covered. Come in the shop and fill out a checklist and we’ll have ten books of your choice dropped into your file over the course of the nine weeks. Other wise we’ll be releasing the rest of the books each Saturday starting at 10am. These books will be distributed right out side the shop so that we can control and maintain the amount of people allowed in the shop. You can take one of each book, so please do not browse through the copies, just pick them up and you’re good to go. Three things will keep everyone safe. Families should keep six feet apart on the chalk marks we’ll have lined up on the...

We’ve got a full week of new comics at the shop, with Marvels, DC’s and Small Press! Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, July 8th, 2020! DC COMICS As Batman heads into the Joker War, we’ve got two new books to get you there. If you read Batman #93 you understand why the Joker has become more powerful than ever. Issue #94 continues this revelation. We also have a new issue of Detective, prominently showcasing the Joker as well. For fans of DCeased, a new six issue mini series begins this week by the original team of Taylor and Hairsine! DC zombies! For the kids, there’s a new original DC Superhero Girls original graphic novel. There’s over 40 episodes of this show out there and they’re a big hit in our household. (We’ve been digging the recent-ish Justice League Action’s too.) MARVEL COMICS Over at Marvel we have another opening salvo for Empyre with Fantastic Four Empyre #0. Witness the end of the Kree/Skrull War! For fans of Hickman’s X-Men run, the first Marauders graphic novel is...

Happy 4th of July weekend! Marvel and DC only have new graphic novels this week, but Image and Robert Kirkman have filled the void with a NEW Walking Dead story and a NEW original graphic novel! 4th of July Sale First up, to help stimulate some sales this week in light of the lack of new comics, we will give 50% off back issues from Monday June 29th to Sunday July 5th! The Books To help comic book shops, Robert Kirkman has written a new Walking Dead Negan Lives comic! They provided us with the comics for free and they retail for $4.99, so every sale goes to help comic shops out during the pandemic! Classy move Kirkman! Supplies are limited so we’re limiting the book one per person, and if you had Walking Dead on your file we automatically put one aside for you. (so be sure to come in and get it.) They also timed this with the releases of Robert’s new ongoing title, Fire Power, which is sort of his take on the Iron Fist mythos. This...

It’s the first truly “full” new comic book week since the pandemic first shut us down in March! Here’s the featured new releases coming out this Wednesday, June 24th, 2020! DC Titles Green Lantern gets his own 80th Anniversary Special this week. All of these books have been super fun and we keep selling out and getting them back in. 100 pages and $9.99 with stories by Geoff Johns, the late great Dennis O’Neil and lots, lots more. Batman continues to be a great read as we head into the Joker War. It’s like this cover is almost pandering to the tragedy in Columbine. Yikes. We’ve been doing great with DC Black Label titles, and we’ve got two really good ones this week. Batman the Killer Smile is a one shot follow up to Joker the Killer Smile by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino, told from Bruce Wayne’s vantage point. Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey #2 (of 4) is written and drawn by Amanda Conner, so that should be all you need to know. Both books are for...