Author: johnwoods

Happy April Comic Shop Friends! We’re getting closer to Free Comic Book Day and will have more information about that coming soon! It’s only a month away now, so mark your calendars for Saturday, May 6th! Coming up this month is Late Nite Comics on Thursday, April 20th, from 8 pm to midnight! We’ll have another 40 long boxes of dollar stock out for you to hunt through, 50% off back issues, and a special guest, Chad Bilyeu. He’s the creator of Chad in Amsterdam and The Re-Up, which you can find on our local comics wall. He’ll have a table during Late Nite, selling his comics, so stop by to check that out! As always, you can find more information about upcoming events on our Facebook page, website, and Tuesday night videos, now on Facebook and YouTube! MARVEL COMICS Following the events of the 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes film, this new series, written by David F. Walker with art by Dave Wachter, takes place in 2015, after the ALZ-113 virus has run rampant across the...

Hi Comic Shop Friends! Happy Spring! And Happy Winston World Weekend! This Friday through Sunday is Winston World, a three-day long sale to coincide with Fan Expo Cleveland going on from March 24 – 26th! (It used to be Wizard World.) We’ll be offering 50% off ALL back issues, as well as 10% off EVERYTHING else in the shop. We like to give a reason for out of town visitors to stop by the shop while they’re here. (We also need another reason to feed Winston’s ego.) Also, here’s the link to buy tickets for the Cleveland Fan Expo: MARVEL COMICS Reprinting Avengers #9, this Marvel facsimile presents the introduction of Wonder Man! Before he was an Avenger and Hollywood action star, Simon Williams was a brilliant inventor turned dangerous foe, with his ionic powers making him strong enough to go toe to toe with the Avengers! Stephen Strange is back, and Jed MacKay and Pasqual Ferry begin a new chapter in Doctor Strange’s life. Demons have your soul? Dragons, elves, trolls, and whatnot in your city? Haunted garbage monster?...

Hi Comic Shop Friends! First up, shop news and events, then on to this week’s new books! John says, “Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Jeff Harper show this past Sunday! Zoe worked her first show and we did great! (Like good enough to have beer at Late Nite Comics this month!)” Speaking of beer and Late Nite Comics: this Thursday, the 16th, St. Pat’s Eve, from 8pm to midnight is Late Nite Comics again! (I feel like this one came up fast.) We’ll have some Irish beer for you to enjoy while you shop! We’ll have 40 long boxes of dollar stock that have never been out before! Including Marvel, DC, and Indie/Small Press books! We’ll also have 50% off back issues, including the wall! (Except for a very small batch of Silver Age X-Men we just got in.) Here’s a link to buy tickets for the 2023 Cleveland FanExpo happening the same weekend as our Winston World sale! John will be there with his family shopping for Funko Pops and whatnot. Friday, March 24th through Sunday, March...

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...

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...