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Andrea’s Romantic Picks for 02.07.2024

Hey, Comic Shop Friends! First up, big news! Winston, and by default, the shop, is now on the ShopCats app! You can give Winston virtual scritches, log your visits to the shop, and add pictures of Winston! There’s also a map to help you find other shop cats in the area. My favorite thing is when I open the app, it tells me when there’s a shop cat nearby! Cats! Now onto the news you actually care about: It’s Take Your Mom to Work Day at CNJComics on Wednesday, February 14th! John’s going to bring Carol into the shop to hang out for her 80th (!) birthday! She’ll be here when the shop opens at noon and plans to stay until at least 4pm. (Maybe later, depending on how she feels.) Stop by and say hi! Coming up on Thursday, February 15th, it’s Late Nite Comics! We’ll be bringing out boxes and boxes and boxes of dollar stock, and because it’s the (day after) Valentine’s Day edition, we’ll be doing something special. Pull a valentine out of our bin and...

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Andrea’s Dead Picks for 01.31.2024

Hi Comic Shop Friends! We’re finally at the end of January! Did this month feel like three months to you too? It’s also a fifth Wednesday, so that means some annuals and specials to finish out the month, but first a little bit of shop news. Late Nite Comics will be Thursday, February 15th from 8pm to midnight! We’ll be bringing out a ton of dollar stock again, and maybe we’ll have some other discounts too! Ben will also be co-hosting the Lenora’s Midnight Rental Secret Screening at the Grog Shop on Wednesday, February 21st at 8pm! It’s gonna be a big one because it’s the one-year anniversary of the Secret Screenings, the Valentine’s Day show, and Rachel from the Grog Shop’s birthday! Stop out and join in the fun! Then, the day after that we’re heading to Pittsburgh for the annual ComicsPro meeting! We had a great time last year, and are looking forward to bringing back some exclusives for you guys! MARVEL COMICS Death is only the beginning. When Prodigy, Frenzy, Jubilee, Dazzler and Cannonball lost their lives,...

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Andrea’s Resurrection Picks for 01.24.2024

Oh, hello Comic Shop Friends, how’d you fare with the arctic blast? Luckily, it held out until we were closing up from Late Nite Comics last Thursday, but it was a slow weekend at the shop. So, to help clear out some more backstock and leftover dollar books, John put out small press back issue boxes for 25 cents each, along with a whole box of Wolverine dollar books! We’ll leave these out while we have room, so come get some great deals! 25-cent comics! How often do you see that?!? While we’ve had time this past week, we updated our Rec Wall! Now each row is its own theme, with our personal picks, creators we all enjoy, popular characters, and select universes. All of our recommendations are either first volumes of series, stand-alone or contained stories, so you can grab anything as a starting point. We’ll add some single issues for shared universes as we have them, like Energon and Ghost Machine (More on that one below!), or if there’s a new series we love, you can get started...

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Andrea’s Jackpot Picks for 01.17.2024

Hello Comic Shop Friends! Hopefully, you’re all staying warm inside reading comics. If you’re venturing out, we just got in a massive restock of statues! And a bunch of dollar stock is out on temporary tables in its new home! Also, this Thursday the 18th is Late Nite Comics! All dollar stock, over 60 long boxes, will be out at just 50 cents each! We’ll have a mix of Marvel, DC, and Small Press, and it’s all 50 cents! Back issues, including the wall, will be 50% off as well! Stop out from 8pm to midnight, enjoy some refreshments, and dig through a ton of books! MARVEL COMICS It’s Old Man Avengers in Chip Zdarsky and Daniel Acuna’s new six issue mini-series! The future of America is a world of prosperity, but freedom is only an illusion, with the Watcher Act and Terror Curfews. Steve Rogers no longer has the Super-Soldier Serum in him, and he’s living with a bad heart, a bad knee, and the rewritten history of former foes. The Avengers are long disbanded, with some dead, but...

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Andrea’s Bizarro Picks for 01.10.2024

Hi Comic Shop Friends! It’s another small-ish week, so we’re having a quiet start to the year at the shop, which is a nice break after a busy December. A couple of things coming up: Late Nite Comics is back! Thursday, January 18th from 8pm to midnight we’ll be pulling out dollar boxes, and those books will only be 50 cents each! Grab some deals and fill up your collection! You can’t beat 50 cent books!e We have a temporary setup until the new back issue bins are built, but dollar books are out in their new home! There are still a few action figures left, but that’s it, since we won’t be carrying action figures anymore. We will still carry statues, and Ben just did a reorder on those to fill the case back up! Ben is also co-hosting with Lenora at the Midnight Rental Secret Screening at the Grog Shop on Wednesday January 10th! Doors at 7 for an hour of vintage trailers and commercials, then the secret film starts at 8pm. Lenora finally got me with one...

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Andrea’s New Year New Picks for 01.03.2024

Happy New Year Comic Shop Friends! I hope everyone’s New Year resolution is to read more comics! We’re always happy to give you recommendations, and if you see that “100% unanimous staff pick” card on a book, you know it’s a winner. Hey, we have issues #1-4 of one of my favorite series in now! Some of my favorites from 2023: Tom King’s Wonder Woman, Daniel Warren Johnson’s Transformers, Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s Incredible Hulk, Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, Nights (Winner of the most boring title for the most interesting, weird story with well-written characters.), Poison Ivy, the western horror Canary, Canadian horror Dwellings, Guardians of the Galaxy, original slasher Harrower, video nasty inspired The Nasty, Klik Klik Boom (the trade paperback is out this week!), The Sacrificers, and Somna. The book I’m most looking forward to in 2024 is The Goon! One of my all-time favorite comics is returning for its 25th Anniversary in March! (Don’t worry, you’ll hear more about it when it’s out.) Watch this space for new dollar stock racks! Our Holiday sale has been...