Category: Updates

Andrea’s Clear Picks for 03.08.2023

Andrea’s Clear Picks for 03.08.2023

Hello Comic Shop Friends! It’s a smaller week for new comics, but we’ve got some March news to get to! The biggest thing first: We have a YouTube channel! We’ll post our Tuesday night Facebook Live videos each week after we’re finished streaming. So if you don’t use Facebook, you can keep up with what’s new every week! We won’t be checking YouTube video comments promptly, so the best way to request anything off the table is: Watch the Facebook Live video and comment there. Email the shop at info@cnjcomics.com with your requests. Call the shop at 216-252-0606. Here’s the link to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc6qIPM0SqNuNbJ3WeCXPug And even if you do watch us on Facebook, subscribe to our YouTube as well, as we may put up other videos. (And if you want to watch videos from over eight years ago. Clearly, we did not utilize YouTube.) On Sunday, March 12th, from 10 am to 4 pm, John will be set up at the Jeff Harper Show in Westlake. Stop out, visit his table, and say hi to Zoe since she’ll be...

Andrea’s Phantom Picks for 03.01.2023

Andrea’s Phantom Picks for 03.01.2023

Hi there Comic Shop Friends! We’re back from ComicsPro, full of information and ideas! We’re working on plans for Free Comic Book Day, too, inspired by the event, which you’ll hear more about in the future. We also had some ideas for the Short Box King so that he will be making another appearance soon . . . Here’s the CNJ team with event organizer Marco (in the middle) with a couple of his behind-the-scenes team, taken at the charity auction. The highlights for me were the Cartoonist Kayfabe roundtable, and Kyle and I being teamed with friends of the shop from Books with Pictures in Portland, OR, and Laughing Ogre in Columbus, OH. I came back tired and inspired! And now that we’re caught up on sleep, we’re ready for this week’s new releases! MARVEL COMICS This limited series is set in different eras of Tony Stark’s life, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Iron Man. Writer Murewa Ayodele and artist Botun Akande tell a new story in each issue with Kaiju battles, alien invasions, rescue missions, and more. This...

Andrea’s Nameless Picks for 02.22.2023

Andrea’s Nameless Picks for 02.22.2023

Hello, Comic Shop Friends! Not much news this week as we’re getting prepared for our trip to Pittsburgh for Comics Pro, but it’s a big week of books, and the table is packed! We, of course, are always putting out new back issues, so look at those when you stop in too! MARVEL COMICS Another Sins of Sinister tie-in starts this week! Immoral X-Men begins with the Quiet Council of Sinisters not interested in following Sinisters’ orders anymore, and now have their own agenda for the world. And the galaxy. They were written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Paco Medina. Betsy Braddock is questless and country-less. Britain doesn’t want a mutant menace carrying the shield of Captain Britain, and she doesn’t even wear the flag. When a Fury ends up on Earth-99476, and Britannica Rex summons the Captain Britain Corps, a new threat shows up to end all Captains Britain! Writer Tini Howard and artist Vasco Georgiev have a fresh take on the character and the Braddock family. Frank Castle makes his debut in Amazing Spider-Man #129, as Spider-Man...

Andrea’s Nightcrawling Picks for 02.15.2023

Andrea’s Nightcrawling Picks for 02.15.2023

Hi Comic Shop Friends! First, a reminder that Late Nite Comics is this Thursday, the 16th! We’ll stay open until midnight and put out forty boxes of ALL DC books from the 60s to the present for $1 each! These have not been out before, and John says there are some gems, so come by and take a look. And all back issues (except the wall books) will be 50% off! Another reminder, if you missed the letter in your file, is that the 10% off file discount ended on the 13th, and as John goes over the 2022 books, the more he sees that it was a necessary move.  We will still have the 25% off back issues discount every day! Also, at the end of the month, John, Ben, Kyle, and I are heading to Pittsburgh for the ComicsPro retailer summit so we can make connections to keep the shop awesome, and while we’re away: Raf will be returning! He’ll be in for a few days to help out, so come in and catch up with him! MARVEL...

Andrea’s Harrowing Picks for 02.08.2023

Andrea’s Harrowing Picks for 02.08.2023

Hello Comic Shop Friends! One more week until Valentine’s Day, so come in and pick up a gift for your loved ones or for yourself! (Don’t tell my husband, but I got him a new Junji Ito book.) We’ve also been adding new back issues, and John did a wall rerack this past Sunday, so there’s new stuff to check out. (Ben’s face is the reaction to John Shearer mentioning Red Room while I was trying to get a pic.) We’ll also be doing Late Nite Comics on Thursday the 16th from 8 pm to midnight! DC fans can look forward to 40 new long boxes that have never been through from the 60s to the present! It’s always a good time, so stop by and see what you can find in the $1 boxes! MARVEL COMICS Bishop has started a War College on Krakoa to train teams of mutants to defend the island and keep mutant kind safe, but a training exercise with Armor, Surge, Aura Charles, Cam Long, and Amass goes awry when Andrea and Andreas Von Strucker...

Andrea’s Bloody Picks for 02.01.2023

Andrea’s Bloody Picks for 02.01.2023

Happy February Comic Shop Friends! Or should I say Happy Hallow-tines Day? Because we are rich with new horror-themed books this week! But first, we are still working through new collections, so check the wall and new back issue boxes on the counter. John’s last wall re-rack sold fast! Ben restocked that wall three times that day! Also, John did a huge Manga restock. You may have seen the pictures on Facebook of stacks and stacks of new stuff, but here’s a closer look at some of it: Cat shelf! This wall is well-stocked now! Huge Junji Ito restock! This is the only manga I’ve read because it’s weird horror stuff. And more! MARVEL COMICS This one is giving me classic Buffy vibes, but with Blade! The Daywalker has a daughter, Brielle Brooks, and she’s just starting to develop her part-vampire powers while also dealing with teachers, friends, and the new kid who just transferred from New Orleans. Written by Danny Lore with art by Karen S. Darboe. Writer John Jennings and artist Valentine De Landro’s Silver Surfer: Ghost Light...