Saturday, May 31, 2008

ANNIVERSARY SALE

I dropped a hint a few weeks back about an upcoming sale, and more than a few people have been asking me lately just what I had in mind. First of all I was a little worried about setting plans in motion after getting the notice from the city about upcoming sidewalk repairs. Turns out that the area in front of my store won't be affected, so plans are back on.


SATURDAY JUNE 21st will mark the 21 st anniversary of my opening the store. Basically to celebrate this I will be having the biggest sale of the stores history. Everything in the store will be available in this massive deal.


BUY ANY ITEM IN THE STORE, GET A 2ND ITEM OF LESSER PRICE FOR 21 CENTS.



That's right,
buy a pack of cards for $4.00, get another for 21cents.

Marvel cards, Pokemon, Chaotic, Yu-GI-OH, Magic, hockey,
ALL cards





Buy an action figure for $15.00, get another for 21 cents.

Marvel Legends, DC Direct, Manga
Hulk, Batman, Inu-Yasha,
ALL figures.








Buy a hardcover book for $50.00, get another for 21cents.

Archives, Essentials, Showcases, Manga, Digests
Walking Dead, Superman, X-Men, Naruto,
ALL books




BUY ANYTHING IN THE STORE AND GET A 2ND ONE FOR 21 CENTS.


The more you spend, the more you save.

If the weather is nice I'll also be putting some tables outside full of 21 cent comics, 21cent posters and lots of bargain toys and paperbacks.

Sunday the fun will continue with Heroclix demos featuring the new Batman easy start boosters, everyone who plays can get FREE figures or win a prize.

SATURDAY JUNE 21st 10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.

Monday, May 26, 2008

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY

Yes, the new comics will be in store and on the shelves when I open at 11:00 this Wednesday, as usual.

Yes, this means most Canadians will be reading their comics a full day before American fans. This on a week full of high profile releases. As such, I implore everyone to exercise discretion when posting reviews and comments. Its not like the Americans have ever spoiled a story for us when they got them early.

For instance, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men. The wrap issue to Joss Whedon and Cassaday's fantastic(yet terminally delayed) run on the only X title not to be mixed in with all the X-over confusion and event specials of the last 3 years. I'm sure the last page of this book will be blogged unto death by Thursday morning.

I just hope that a decent percentage of the readers stick around for the Warren Ellis run beginning in a couple months. Marvel really should have gotten ahead on this one and had issue #25 ready to ship a week or two after the special to minimize drop-off.

How about the first issue of Final Crisis. I know most fans are joking that they hope this really is the last Crisis, but all hype aside, this is one of the highest pre-order comics I've ever had at the store. Even starting the series with Hal on the cover has bumped sales a little because for some strange reason, Marvel fans like Green Lantern. I'd never been sure why, but to be honest I was never a big reader of his as a kid, and it wasn't until the recent releases of Archive, and now Showcase, editions that I've learned what a whiner Hal was back in the day. Many of his early stories are so riddled with angst filled thought ballons that you could almost imagine they were crafted by Stan Lee.

This series has Grant Morrison at the helm however, so you can expect almost anything to happen (and it probably will). Lets just hope it all makes sense in the end, not like Seven Soldiers.



Marvel 1985 gives us the premise of the Marvel heroes and villains exploding thru to the "real" Universe. The title could be significant as that was the year in which the tail end of Marvels memorable series Secret Wars debuted. I can only assume that with the type of cosmic powers that ran rampant through that epic series that dimension hopping would not be unthinkable.

The story deals primarily with the young boy featured on the cover being "Earth Prime's" last defense against super-powers suddenly appearing in a world totally unprepared for them.

The biggest news about this series however is the recent rumours that it somehow will connect with Mark Millar's current run on Fantastic-Four and his upcoming "Old Man Logan" arc of Wolverine.

The other major release this week is the first volume of the Starman Omnibus. Being a collection of material more than a decade old,there is no worries of spoilers with this item. But its still a fantastic product that is more than worth its price. Starman was one of those rare series that fit firmly in the DC universe but always felt more like a Vertigo title. Writer, James Robinson seemlessly fit disparate elements from decades of DC history into a seemless whole that was an enjoyable read from start to finish. I especially loved his development of a previous second string villain like the Shade, into a fully realized being with more personality than most title characters.

Robinson will be starting his run on Superman soon, and I'd like to stress that anyone who turns down this series because they've never liked Superman before, may be missing out on a real gem.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

What did he say?

Sometimes I wonder if the writers pay any attention to what they have their characters saying.

I mean thats Kyle saying that. This is the guy who found his girlfriend packed into his fridge. He's just flown through a mess of body parts. And he makes a comment about packing it in the freezer. Yeesh!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

FREE COMIC DAY Wrap-up

Well another Free Comic Day has come and gone, and I must say even with the less than perfect weather it was fairly steady traffic all day. Of course I completely forgot I had the camera ready behind the counter to grab shots as the day progressed. It wasn't until things quited down for a bit around 1:00 that I got snapping.
The majority of customers were parents with young ones who seemed thrilled at the prospect of getting something fun and readable into their kids hands. As usual I limited people to 3 comics each, mainly out of an effort to make sure the kids were really looking over the selections and thought about what they were taking.

No surprise that the most popular choices were Jughead and Sonic, but we also went through quite a few Owly,(a lot more pre-schoolers in the crowd this year). X-Men and Superman were nearly all gone by end of the day as well.

I spent the next few days trying to get the shop back in order, and sorting out leftover Free Comics into bundles for the various schools and libraries that put them to great use the rest of the year. The schools are especially happy to get giveaway items for their Fun Day events. Speaking of Fun Days, I will have a table or two at the Earl Haig event coming up Saturday May 24th and probably Wilkinson on the 31st. I'll be bringing more Free Comics (some from previous years) as well as lots of bargain books and maybe even some odds and ends(toys,games,etc.) that have been cluttering up my storage for too long.
Come out to these events and help support your local schools.

Friday, May 2, 2008

FREE COMIC DAY is here at last.


Yes its true, the big day is finally here. The store will open at 10:00 tomorrow and start giving comics away to everyone who wants some. As in the past I will be limiting customers to their choice of 3 comics. This will help insure that their will be plenty to last the day.
Unfortunately it looks like the weather isn't going to go along with the rest of my plans. I usually try to set up some tables outside full of bargain stuff, cheap comics, posters and such to make the day a little more special and still keep it less crowded in the store itself. The day looks to be quite wet and chilly however, so everything will be confined to the store.
There will still be lots of Free Comics for everyone to choose from, and even some in-store specials. For example I've got a box or two full of great kids digests, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and a lot of the D.C. cartoon network stuff( Scooby-doo, Titans Go! etc.) for $3.00 a piece(thats over 50% off ).

I'm hoping the skies will be clearer, and the air a little warmer for Sunday, so I can put some 50cent comics out front.

PLUS, keep your eyes on this site for news of the big 21st anniversary sale coming up on JUNE 21st. Everything in the store will be available for 21cents,(I'm kidding) or am I???

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