22nd ANNIVERSARY SALE

Well it looks like its that time of year again. Hard to believe 22 years have passed since I opened the door to my own comic shop for the first time.
The sale will be 1 day only on SATURDAY JUNE 27th
This time around I will be continuing the theme started last year, with a 22cent sale.
Basically with any paperback or hardcover you purchase, you can get a 2nd one for only 22 cents.(obviously the lower priced book will be the 22 cent one).
Also everything else in the store will be 22% off.
CARDS, TOYS, GAMES, STATUES, BACKSTOCK, EVERYTHING, AT 22% OFF.
For example, all the buck comics in the right side bins(as you enter the store) will be only 78 cents each.
SUPER SPECIAL, if the weather cooperates, I will be putting the amazing 10cent comic table out front. All comics in the boxes out front will be only 10 cents each .. OR... 22/$1.00.
That's less than a nickel each.

Please be here on SATURDAY JUNE 27th to help me celebrate 22 amazing years.

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY- JUNE 3rd

BATMAN and ROBIN #1.... Morrison and Quitely.... Still not sure how they expect to get this out regularly, but damn I got a lot of pre-orders on this one. The only problem is people keep referring to it as All-Star Batman and Robin.

Its not an all-star title. This Batman and Robin continues from Morrisons run on the regular Batman title and takes place after the events of Battle for the Cowl. It's in continuity,(an even bigger problem for a book that will have trouble shipping regularly).

Oh yeah, and there's some others comics this week too.

Punisher Naked Kill sounds like a neat One-shot special, as Frank has to take out a building full of bad guys with nothing but ...office supplies?

And Ultimate Spider-Man (along with the rest of the Ultimate universe) comes to an end. It was a great run, but don't worry, the whole Ultimates world restarts in a few months after some Requiem(i.e rehash) issues.

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WARNING! The Buffy comic this week has no actual Buffy content that I am aware of. This is a Tales of the Vampires One-shot special. Still looks nice, but I'm really worried about regulars grabbing this one up and wondering whats going on when they get it home and read it.

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For more vampire action, check out the Captain Britain Annual. Megan fights her way back from hell just in time to help against Dracula's conquest of England. This extra-size issue will also go some ways to explaining the magic of the Marvel Universe England.

I'm going to miss this title a lot more than Ultimate Spidy.

Lots more stuff coming next week. Check it all out at http://shop.comicsnmore.ca/online/

THE NEW COMICS ARE HERE!!!

I don't care what the other websites say!!

The new comics for this week are in today on Wednesday as usual. I've already had about a dozen calls from customers asking if the new comics are in, and a few who even acted like I was lying to them when I said yes. Even one of my distributors called me this morning and was surprised I was busy working on the new delivery.

The only holiday that will effect the delivery schedule this year is Canada Day, and that's only because the holiday is actually on the Wednesday.

Its a pretty big week too, with a great mix of titles. As an added incentive to come in on this rainy day, I've put out a stack of Marvel Masterworcks hrdcvrs on the front table, on sale for only $35.00 each.

WEDNESDAY MAY 27th

Dark Horse Comics first hit the big time back in the '90s with Aliens #1, time to try it again.

If the Free Comic Day entry was any sign, it should do well.

DC gives us another Final Crisis Aftermath, Ink #1, this time centered on the new Tatooed Man who came to Black Lightning's rescue in Final Crisis. This was probably one of the best Final Crisis One-shots , so I'm looking forward to this one.

Is Batman Alive? Read the Gotham Gazette #1 to find out.(I'm betting its just Dick).

The Hood seemed like just a petty crook with a gimmick, until Bendis got his hands on him. Dark Reign Hood #1 could actually be interesting to see what he has in mind for him. (Don't confuse it with Muppet Robin Hood also out this week,they're very similiar books :))

(Hey when I put a smiley face in a bracket it looks like I have 2 chins! Oh yeah, never mind.)

Last Days of Animal Man seems to be set in the future, and the title gives us all the description we need. I remember when the original Animal Man series first started, and was amazed at the number of Marvel regulars who picked it up. Might have just been the Bolland covers though. Good thing Bolland is doing the covers again.

Check out the shipping list at the on-line store for the rest of this weeks books.

FREE COMIC DAY WRAP-UP

Yeah I know this seems pretty late, but it always takes a while to wind down from these events.

I still have to set up a date for the anniversary sale sometime in June.

Free Comic Day seems to get busier every year, which is kind of the point. There was a bit of a line-up, so I had to open a little earlier than planned.

It was great to see so many new faces, and a ton of youg kids, some even in costume.

Even with pre-bagging the freebies, it was still kind of hectic, and that was inside the store. The 10cent sale outside drew a huge crowd that continued through the day(until the weather got a little rainy). Still managed to sell more than 3,000 comics though.

We still have some free comics left over, and as in previous years will give away different ones each week as we work through the leftovers making up assortments to donate to school fun fairs and charity events.

DMZ

Written by Brian Wood;
Art by Wood and Riccardo Burchielli; Cover by Wood

From indie comics icon Brian Wood (Demo, Channel Zero, GLOBAL FREQUENCY) and up-and-coming Italian artist Riccardo Burchielli (John Doe) comes DMZ, the series about the ultimate embedded war journalist trapped in a most unlikely war zone: the streets of New York City.
In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining seas, coming to a standstill at the line in the sand — Manhattan or, as the world now knows it, the DMZ.
Matty Roth, a naive young man and aspiring photojournalist, lands a dream gig following a veteran war journalist into the heart of the DMZ. Things soon go terribly wrong, and Matty finds himself lost and alone in a world he's only seen on television. There, he is faced with a choice: try to find a way off the island, or make his career with an assignment most journalists would kill for. But can he survive in a war zone long enough to report the truth?



A truly brilliant story and wonderful art pull you in and won't let go.


A movie desperately needs to be made of this series, if you could keep idiots from referencing Escape From New York when they talk about it.


Brian Wood also writes the excellent series Northlanders, another story about manVS.manVS environment...only 1000 years earlier.

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY

Its no news to regular comic fans that this Saturday May 2nd is Free Comic Book Day. But FCBD http://www.freecomicbookday.com/ is not about regular comic fans. Sure its a chance to pick up a couple of free books that may interest you, and most shops that participate in the event hold some sort of sale that day.

But the main purpose is to promote the comic book art form to those who may not be as enlightened as the rest of us.

Tell as many friends as possible. Anyone with kids in your social circle should definitely be brought into the loop. Help spread the word that comics are still around, they are great entertainment value, and fun and educational at the same time.

I will be encouraging as many customers as possible to read the Free comics they get this Saturday, and then pass them along to someone else. Maybe just leaving one behind on the TTC on your way home, could bring one more customer into a comic store with a craving for these funnybooks we all love so much.

At Comics & More,the giveaway will be handled a little differently this year. In years past, I simply put stacks of the various comics out for people to pick through and choose the ones that interested them.

The problem was the confusion, and mess this caused in the store.

This year, all the comics I'm giving out have been randomly bundled into grab bags(in 3 age appropriate categories), and as customers leave the store, they get one of these bags to take with them.

Sure some people may not like all the selections in their bag(each bag should have 5-6 comics), but from experience, most people show up in groups, sometimes with up to a dozen kids in tow. It should add a little to the fun, getting kids to look through their bags and trade amongst themselves after they leave the store.

I think a big part of the hobby that has been lost over the years is the actual collecting and trading among friends. This randomness to the giveaway may encourage more of that.

Plus I can add stuff other than comics to the bags. Most will have a Wolverine poster(promoting the movie) as well as assorted loose packs of various superhero and gaming cards.

Aside from the Free comics, if the weather permits, I will have some tables of

10/$1.00 comics outside, and the bargain table at the front of the store will be loaded with paperback and hardcovers at up to 70% off. At the back of the store will be a table loaded with all-ages appropriate books at 20% off cover price.