You wait for it all year… as you do all of our other cool events (even the ones we just started this year) and now here it is!  FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! First off, we’re proud to announce Cleveland Action Brewery’s FCBD 2012 Ale Commemorative Edition! The First 90 people to step up to the bar at the midnight party (of age) will get one. Free! Then you can keep the sweet bottle! We’ll also be selling sweet lithographs that we made up for only 5 bucks! It’s a great way to show support of FCBD and they’re really cool too. Available now! Limited Print run! We’ve recieved confirmation that the 501st and the Rebellion Legion will be making the scene to provide you with sweet photo ops while you wait in line. Check them out at www.501st.com and www.rebellegion.com ! We’ve gotten a good dozen Cleveland Artist to do sketch cover for FCBD! We’ll be hanging them up for viewing for all of FCBD then raffling them off! These artist are true supports of FCBD and we’ll be posting their names and websites...

  Just a reminder to even my non comic book friends, one of the last gifts Harvey Pekar left us was this final work on Cleveland. It comes out in Hardcover this Wednesday. We’ll have 50 copies on sale at the shop. I hope to sell them all just to say we got them out there. Worth the trip.

The first ever TAKE YOUR KID TO THE COMIC SHOP DAY!     In the tradition of taking your kid to work with you, CNJ’s is having our first open house for our distinguished customers 12 and under!   You know you go to the comic shop every Wednesday, so why not bring the kids this week! Or maybe you don’t come in every Wednesday but have been waiting for the right time to introduce your kids to comics! This is it! In Celebration of Zoe’s first birthday she’ll be hanging out in the shop all day handing out freebies to all the kids! We’re also giving 20% off all graohic novels in our kids section along with 50% off back issues for the day! That includes our special kids section of back issues! Free Comics! Kid Friendly discounts! Other surprises! And I think Carol is promising…cupcakes! Please come visit us on this day with any child in your life and help us celebrate Zoe’s first year!   As always kids in costume get the most schwag! It’s like a primer...

Avengers Vs. X-Men Party Details!! On Tuesday, April 3rd from 8pm to 10pm we’ll be having our early release party for this summer’s biggest event, Avengers VS X-men #1!  With Stories and art by Marvel’s best! Jason Aaron! Brian Bendis! Ed Brubaker! Matt Fraction! Jonathan Hickman! John Romita Jr.! Oliver Coipel! Adam Kubert! Copies of Issue #1 will be on sale at 8pm! A day early! We’ll have Regular covers, Blank Variant covers, and exclusive Team Party Variants for BOTH X-men AND Avengers! All At cover price!  We’ll also have other variants for sale along with a raffle to win the super rare Avengers VS. X-men Stegman Variant! ($100-$200 value!)  Super cool Romita Variants will go to winners of costume contest for 12 and under and 13 and over! Judged by CNJ staff! Everyone entering will get a pin showing their alligance! Either an “I stand with the X-men” pin or a “I stand with the Avengers” pin. (True collectors may have both, but no fence walking in the shop! This is war!) Everyone will also receive a FREE Avengers...

Our thoughts and prayers go out to those families and friends affected by the incident at Chardon High School on February 27th, 2012  

Jim G and John D will be off for Dallas on Thursday for the yearly ComicsPro meeting and conference! What is ComicsPro?  “ComicsPRO is the only trade organization for direct-market comic book retailers. ComicsPRO’s goals are not that different from trade organizations in other industries: to promote advocacy, education, and opportunity for their members. As a small business, you face many challenges without a lot of support. Joining ComicsPRO makes you part of a group facing — and overcoming — many of the same challenges. ComicsPRO allows you, as a small business, to receive benefits that are often only available to much larger groups, including discounted credit card rates and deals on health insurance. But the most important goal of ComicsPRO is to provide a voice for the often overlooked concerns of direct-market retailers.”