Author: johnwoods

Hello Comic Shop Friends! How psyched are you for Fantastic Four: First Steps this Friday? It looks like it’s going to be fantastic! (Haha.) We are blessed with comic book films this month! I’m loving all the 1960s-themed promotion Marvel is doing! It’s a smaller week for new books, so it’s a great week to set aside some time and come shop our sale! Starting this Thursday! It’s our annual Not at Comic Con Sale! From Thursday the 24th through Sunday the 27th we’ll have 50% off all back issues, including the wall! You can take 10% off everything else in the shop, so grab those supplies you need! The foyer will be stuffed with dollar stock, and if you get 100 or more they will only be 50 cents each! August 3rd, John will be set up at Neo ComicCon! This will probably be the only show he’s doing this year, so mark your calendars! MARVEL COMICS If you haven’t picked up the movie tie-in primer comic for Fantastic Four: First Steps, we have more in stock now! (There’s...

Hi Comic Shop Friends! How about that Superman movie? I’ve got a new crush, and it’s Clark Kent! But we’re not here to talk about that, you all want to hear about comics! Our big ‘NOT-AT-COMICON’ Sale is right around the corner! Everyone left behind gets to enjoy one of our biggest sales of the year! From Thursday, July 24th through Sunday the 27th, we’ll have 50% off ALL back issues including the wall! We’ll have 10% off everything else in the shop, including supplies, which are rarely on sale. We will also fill the foyer with dollar stock, everything we’ve got, and make them 50 cents each for a hundred or more. We’ve got some really great stuff in inventory right now, so make the most of this opportunity. A reminder that there is no Late Nite Comics this month, this sale takes the place of that. Thank you as always for your support! On August 3rd from 10am to 4pm we’ll be set up at NeoCon. John said this will likely be the only show the shop will...

Happy Superman weekend Comic Shop Friends! The shop has been featured on multiple local news outlets, TV and print, and here are a few links to check out: First, Cleveland.com has a write-up about John’s massive Action Comics backdrop! Cleveland comic shop offers Superman photo op to celebrate new movie Second, an article about planning a Superman-themed trip in Cleveland, with a blurb about the shop! Superman Fans’ Ultimate Cleveland Trip Planner Third, here are some events happening around the city this weekend! 6 Cleveland events to celebrate Superman’s return to the big screen “The foyer attached to the shop will be open from Wednesday July 9th to Wednesday July 16th so you can take your own pictures in there. Bring a friend or you can use a tripod we have set up. There’s a smaller car for kids but parents please keep an eye on those kiddos and make sure they’re being gentle with everything. We’ll have free Superman comics to give away too, so you can make a fun outing out of it. Again, all we ask is...

Hi Comic Shop Friends! Are you excited for Superman? We are! Check out what John has been working on: “Here’s something I’ve been slowly working on for the Superman movie this month. It’s coming together way better than I expected, too. There’s a lot going on around town so we wanted to do something that was decisively comic book in nature, like building an 11-foot-tall interactive Action Comics #1 photo backdrop! Some assembly still required but it will be ready in the foyer next to the shop from July 9th to the 16th, so movie release weekend. It barely fits in there! (I also made a smaller car for kids to be able to hold.) We’ve been hoarding Superman comics from FCBD and Superman Day this year, as well as the new reprint of Krypto’s first appearance, so everyone stopping in those days will be able to grab some free comics as well! Honestly, all I ask for my efforts is that anyone posting their pictures on socials gives us a little shout out if they feel so inclined. Truth,...

Hi Comic Shop Friends! I hope you’re staying cool, and staying inside reading comics. This heat is making it hard to be motivated, so this will be a short newsletter. First, just announced! We’ll be hosting one of Genghis Con’s Drawing Club nights! August 21ST from 7 to 10pm, during Late Nite Comics! Details from their post: “Presenting the first ever Genghis Con Drawing Club! Dig out your art supplies and brush off that sketchbook, we are meeting up this summer to draw and count down the days til Genghis Con!! Dates so far: Come out in August for some drawing and dollar diving! MARVEL COMICS Collecting X-Men: From the Ashes #7 – 12 in print for the first time, X-Men: Demons and Death follows Havok and Omega Red’s journeys from Krakoa into the X-Factor and Sentinels series. In “Don’t Sound Like No Sonnet”, Havok is barely alive, held together by demon skin grafts from the Goblin Queen. To end his suffering, demon K’yrb takes Alex to Limbo to undo the botched necromancy affecting him. But Madelyne has a secret...

Hi Comic Shop Friends! A couple of updates before we get to the new comics. You may have heard that while on vacation at the Dirty Dancing filming location, Carol broke a femur. Carol is doing well post-surgery, but because she’s in another state, John is working out getting her back home this week. John thanks everyone for their kind words, and as he says, “We had a good run before she fell in the evening. We even got her out to the dried-up lake where Johnny Castle did the lift in the water, so she stood on the exact same cinder blocks Patrick Swayze stood on in the scene.” That does mean that John will not be at this month’s events that he was looking forward to.  Send some good vibes for a safe trip back home for them, and a great recovery for Carol! So, John won’t be co-hosting this Wednesday’s Midnight Rental Secret Screening, but Ben will still be there! Stop out to the Grog Shop at 8pm for a surprise movie! Doors at 7pm, only $10!...