Boxing Week

Its that time of year again when all that's on everyones mind is"What's on sale".

First off, I will be closed on Tuesday-Christmas Day, and Wednesday-Boxing Day. Its the only time all year that I take two days off together. But I will be open at 11:00 on Thursday for the first of 4 days of sales. Each day will be a different door-crasher special.
The first 10 customers each day will be entitled to a special offer.
THURSDAY- A FREE copy of Hulk or Spiderman Encyclopedia.
FRIDAY - Any 2 Marvel Legends figures for $5.00 each
SATURDAY - DC Digest comics( J.L.U. Scooby-Doo and Titans) $2.00 each, Limit of 3
SUNDAY - Buy one-get-one Free Pokemon or Yu-GI-OH booster packs. Limit of 3
Not mentioned on the ad is that I will be doing a buy 2 get 1 free offer on all paperbacks and hardcovers on the shelves. As usual the lowest price of the 3 will be the Free book.

Remember that all RED TAG items, already priced ridiculously low, will be up to 50% off from Thursday-Sunday next week.
PLUS anyone stocking up on supplies will get a FREE comic box(small) with the purchase of 200 comic bags and boards.

Closed For Snow Day

I'd like to apologize to anyone who braved the weather today only to find me closed. I've been fighting a terrible cold all week and decided with the snow and such that today would probably be better spent at home recuperating.
Please let me know next time you are in if you missed me today, I'll give you a nice deal as an apology and thank-you for your support.
ROB

RECOMMENDATIONS

Continuing my list of books you should be reading, you know Walking Dead is great because it pushes FABLES to the number two spot. Basically the premise of Fables is that all the fairy tale characters are real and used to live in their own realm in the Homelands, in a dimension outside ours. I say used to, because due to an evil conqueror known only(at first) as the Adversary, they have had to flee to safety in our world. The first storyline is genius as it involves a fairly mundane murder mystery, which helps ground the characters in a real world situation making it easier for us to relate to them.

Due to the fact that we are basically already familiar with the characters,(anyone who's ever read a children's tale knows most of the ones we've met ) less time needs to be spent on introductions every time someone new enters the story. Despite a cast numbering in the hundreds, the story moves along quickly.

The main book has since spawned a spin-off, Jack of Fables. Jack of course is a popular name in fairy tales, and this one character is the composite of all the heroes who share that name. I normally hate when a book spits out a character to run in its own title,(this usually just serves to divide the readership) but this time it works well as the main comic has turned towards a more serious storyline, while the Jack adventures remain more light hearted and tongue-in-cheek.

Well written, well drawn, fun month after month, I heartily recommend Fables and Jack of Fables to anyone who comes in the store looking for a great fantasy to read.

REVIEWS

I'm not sure why, but I've always been a little afraid of posting reviews of comics and/or books up here. Considering its my job to sell you these things, you'd think the more info you get the easier it would be for you to make a decision regarding what's good. And that's probably my problem, the worry that just because I think something is good doesn't neccessarily mean any of you will. But with the season for giving now firmly upon us, I feel I should give you all some ideas for what to give to the loved ones in your reading circle( or perhaps just to treat yourself).

I've seen a lot of these top ten type things done and they always run in reverse order, but Bobby don't play that way. I'm going to start you off with my fave right off the bat.

WALKING DEAD
I just have to say I'm still amazed at how well this book reads after the second or third time and I still add the newest issue to the top of my must read stack every time it comes in. There's been times I'm tempted to change the name of the store to Walking Dead & More considering how many copies of the trades I go through every month. No matter what a customer asks for in a read, I always seem to end up steering them to this title, and I can't think of a single time I've sold someone the first volume and not seen that same person back in less than a week to pick up the next( and sometimes every volume available). The world record has to be 40 minutes. A fellow was in just last Tuesday, and apparently got partway home on the subway while reading volume 1 and turned around and came back to the store, and the first words out of his lips was" I need to know what the hell happens next"
My good friend Chuck was in the store yesterday and commented he's never read it because he's not into zombie comics. Well Chuck I know what you're getting for Christmas now and let me assure you this isn't just a zombie story. I don't have the words to describe how well written the characters are in this book. In fact I think what helps me sell it is the part of my speech where I just start stammering and my pauses between words get longer as I search for a way to say, " This is the best freakin comic I have ever read" And 4 years in, I still count the days until the next issue arrives. Let me just say in closing that the title of the book doesn't refer to the zombies.The survivors of whatever the hell caused this, are themselves The Walking Dead.

More Reviews to come + check out the review section of the on-line store.

http://shop.comicsnmore.ca/online/reviews.php?osCsid=26e1ed3410f7b145492af18692f9d89e