Author: johnwoods

As you may know, every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day at the comic shop! We get a full shipment of new merchandise and comics and give the shop a new energy each week. While awesome, it can also be intimidating to new customers. We’re going to fix all that this week! We’ve made an easy access cheat sheet to seven cool things you can jump right into with a release date of 11-6-2013! So for potential new customers, lapsed customers looking for a way back in, or our beloved regulars who just want to know the score, here’s eight things you should be checking out this week!  ONE: Amazing X-Men #1! The X-men titles have just finished a two month long crossover. Here’s a new X-title you can just jump into featuring the return of fan favorite Nightcrawler and staring the likes of Wolverine, Storm and Firestar and Iceman! (remember them as Spider-Man’s Amazing Friends from the 80’s cartoon?) Written by fan favorite Jason Aaron and drawn by Ed McGuinness, who’s known for his high energy action panels, this...

Cleveland beer pairing event connects hops and heroes By Douglas J. Guth Beer is meant to be versatile as it is diverse, providing complementary experiences when enjoyed with a variety of foods. Carol and John’s Comic Book Shop recently teamed with Great Lakes Brewing Company for another kind of crossover, one that paired six different GLBC craft beers with a like number of comic books. The hops-and-heroes hook-up was hosted by GLBC in its tasting room on Cleveland’s near west side. About 80 comics-and-beer enthusiasts were in attendance as CNJ owner John Dudas and pub brewer Joel Warger presented hand-picked beers and books connected by theme, flavor and personality. Guests at the Oct. 22 shindig received  swag including a six pack of the selected brews along with their associated comics. Classing up the proceedings was Brad Ricca, a professor at Case Western Reserve University and author of Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster—the Creators of Superman. Coinciding with Cleveland Beer Week, the affair was the first of its kind in Cleveland. With both industries carrying...

October has been a crazy month, and it’s not quite over yet! This Monday, October 28th is Carol and John’s Comic Book Shop’s 23rd anniversary in business! We’re very grateful to you, our customers, for all the support through the years. I’m personally also very thankful to my staff, who time and time again outdo themselves both at events and at regularly keeping the shop flowing on a daily basis. We are proud to say this has been our best year is business ever. As a thank you to you, we’re be giving 50% off ALL back issues on this day (Yes all, even Marvel NOW and DC New 52) and 20% off ALL Graphic Novels and Hardcovers! Take advantage of it and enjoy the discount on this really cool day for us. (And now for you too!) So what do we have going for the month of November? First off we’ll be at Akron Comicon On Saturaday, November 9th! We rarely do shows as it never benefits us to take inventory out of the shop, our primary showplace. But...

It’s almost the time of year again! HALLOWEEN COMICFEST is coming to CNJ Comics on October 26th! What is Halloween Comic Fest? It’s like a miniature Free Comic Book Day but you have to be in costume to get free comics! All day on Saturday, October 26th from 10am to 7pm you’ll be able to come into the shop and strut your stuff in your costume! Everyone in costume will get to pick out twelve (12) free comic books from the one’s made special for the day! Books like My Little Pony, Sesame Street, Spider-Man, Thor, Batman and more!     Check out the full list of comic books here: www.halloweencomicfest.com We’ve got a lot of books to give away but as always come early for the best selection!Last year we were able to capture some really awesome pictures of everybody, one of which even won a national costume contest! (congrats to Joker Keith Miller!) Check out the album on Facebook H E R E. This year we’ve got a great new backdrop and a professional photographer from noon till 4pm,...

Hey Everybody! It’s Ben! We’re at it again! Batman: Arkham Origins has been on the horizon as one of the last major releases for this generation of video game systems. Come celebrate with Carol and Johns Comics Shop & Kamm’s Plaza GameStop and get your Dark Knight video game fix for the Xbox 360 and PS3. On Thursday October 24th at 10pm both GameStop and the Comic Shop will be open for business! We will both be promoting the new Batman game and Batman merchandise as well as upcoming games and comics. The game itself will release and be available for pick-up at GameStop at midnight! At GameStop you can finish paying off your game’s pre-order and participate in trivia with cool prizes. Details on pre-paying and getting your number for your game pickup can be found there. (216) 251-0118 At Carol and Johns we have all of our Batman related merchandise, comics and graphic novels 20% off for the two hours we’re open! Holy Batman! We’ll also have a few very recognizable guest stars stopping by so bring your cameras and keep ’em handy. (ie come...

Comic Book and Beer Pairing Event with Carol and John’s Comic Book Shop and Great Lakes Brewery! Pairing up All-Star Superman #1 with Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold Lager (one is 75 years old and the other is 25!)? How about Captain America #1 with Great Lakes Eliot Ness Amber Lager (Both were true heroes from the Golden Age)? Or how about drinking a Great Lakes Nosferatu Imperial Red Ale while enjoying an issue of Batman: The Long Halloween (both meant to be enjoyed in the fall season)? Carol and John’s Comic Books (CNJ Comics) and Great Lakes Brewing Company (GLBC) team up to for Cleveland Beer Week to bring you Cleveland’s first Beer and Comic Book Pairing event! Sound crazy? This summer at The Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Revolution Brewery’s beer and comic panel filled up all seats and the standing room floor, turning people away at the door. This is the first time this type of event has been attempted in Cleveland. “If you can talk informatively about two subjects, then you’ve got something there. Like beer and comics,” says Carol and John’s Comic Shop owner John Dudas. To add to the credibility of the event, author and Case Western Reserve University teacher...