Hiya, folks,
if you are a librarian at a school or at a public library, we’d like to give you a copy of Renegade Arts’ graphic novel “The Loxleys & the War of 1812″. It’s a spiffy hardcover that has great art and lots of historical information on this somewhat forgotten part of Canadian history! AND 20% off on all comics and graphic novels!
We have a couple dozen in stock and librarians can drop in on Sunday between 11am and 5pm to get a FREE copy for their library!
to mark the release of Parker: The Martini Edition, we thought something should be done that was a little more than a book signing. As the oversized slipcased hardcover is titled “The Martini Edition”, why not a martini party with a 1960s theme? Nathan booked a jazz trio, the Foggy Goggle was secured as the location, special martini glasses were commissioned and we were set:
We decorated the place with large prints of Darwyn’s work and the staff of the Foggy Goggle looked like they walked off the set of Mad Men. They also put together a swanky drink menu of cocktails such as Manhattans, Sidecars and more classic 60s era drinks. Several people drove from New Brunswick for the event! A great time was had by all – thanks to our special guests Darwyn and Marsha and the evening would not have been a success without the great help of the Strange Adventures crew and the wonderful folks at the Foggy Goggle, the Greg Hann Trio, Power Promotions for their fine and timely work in getting the martini glasses, and all the folks who bought Martini Editions!
Get your copy of Parker: The Martini Edition! Makes a great gift and it’s available wherever fine books are sold.
DCU relaunch!
as you probably have read or heard by now, DC
is relaunching most of their Super-hero Universe titles
this September. Batman #1, Superman #1, etc.
For a brief rundown on the first issues coming your way
in September, we put together an 8 page newsletter that
goes through all 52 series. Copies of the newsletter are
available at the Halifax store now and will be in Fredericton
next week (dang postal strike!).
You can also view it on-line here:
http://homepage.mac.com/strangeadventures/nuDC.pdf
or right-click on the link and download the pdf to your computer.
If you are interested in getting ALL 52 of the first issues, we are offering
a prepaid deal: all 52 #1s comes to about $160 plus tax. We are
offering all 52 #1s for $100 plus tax if you prepay by July 31st.
A SMALL SECTION OF OUR STOCK-ROOM IN HALIFAX. WE HAVE TOWERING STACKS OF COMICS WAITING TO BE GIVEN OUT ON FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! RIGHT NOW, I FEEL LIKE A MOUSE IN A MAZE WHEN I GO BACK THERE.
ITEM!: FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
MAY 2ND – THIS SATURDAY! BE THERE OR BE SAD! FOR MORE INFO ON THE EVENT, CLICK HERE OR CALL YOUR LOCAL STRANGE ADVENTURES!
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ITEM!: HOLY DOPPELGANGER!
I AM A UK MUSICIAN:
HTTP://WWW.SOUNDCLICK.COM/BANDS/DEFAULT.CFM?BANDID=946759
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ITEM!: LOGAN OUT OF ORDER!
MARVEL COMICS HAS ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO THE PUBLISHING TIMELINE OF WOLVERINE
MARVEL WILL RELEASE WOLVERINE #73 BEFORE WOLVERINE #72, THE CONTINUATION OF MARK
MILLAR AND STEVE MCNIVEN’S “OLD MAN LOGAN” STORYLINE. ISSUE #73 WILL ARRIVE ON
MAY 13, WHILE ISSUE #72 WILL GO ON SALE MAY 20.
THIS IS DONE BECAUSE ISSUE #73 FROM WRITERS JASON AARON & DANIEL WAY AND ARTISTS
ADAM KUBERT & TOMMY LEE EDWARDS FEATURES THE START OF TWO TWO-PART STORIES FOCUSING
ON THE CHARACTER, THUS PROVIDING THE PERFECT JUMPING ON POINT FOR NEW READERS THE WOLVERINE
FILM COULD HELP PRODUCE. BOTH STORIES WILL BE CONCLUDED IN THE PAGES OF WOLVERINE #74,
SCHEDULED TO LAND IN STORES ON MAY 27.
THE “OLD MAN LOGAN” STORYLINE CONTINUING IN MAY 20’S WOLVERINE #72 WILL NOW CONCLUDE
IN A GIANT SIZE OLD MAN LOGAN SPECIAL
ALSO JUST ANNOUNCED ARE NEW PRINTINGS FOR WOLVERINE #66 4TH PRINTING, WOLVERINE #67 3RD PRINTING,
WOLVERINE #68 3RD PRINTING, WOLVERINE #69 2ND PRINTING, AND WOLVERINE #70 4TH PRINTING.
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ITEM!: PARKER PREVIEW!
IN THE PREVIEWS CATALOGUE THAT ARRIVES THIS WEEK, THERE IS ONE BOOK YOU SHOULD TAKE A GANDER AT….
“THE HUNTER” BY RICHARD STARK, ADAPTED INTO COMIC FORM BY DARWYN COOKE. CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW.
IN THE LATE 1960S, WRITING UNDER THE PSEUDONYM RICHARD STARK, DONALD WESTLAKE CREATED AND USED THE COMPLEX CHARACTER OF PARKER IN AN ENDURING SERIES OF CRIME NOVELS. NOW EISNER AWARD-WINNING WRITER/ARTIST COOKE (NEW FRONTIER, THE SPIRIT) BRINGS THE JARRING CRIMINAL AND HIS STORIES TO COMICS, BEGINNING WITH THE HUNTER.
FROM THE PREVIEW, YOU SHOULD GET A TASTE OF DARWYN’S SIGNATURE STORYTELLING STYLE, THIS TIME BEING UTILIZED TO SEAMLESSLY TELL INTRODUCE READERS TO THIS CHARACTER AND HIS WORLD.
THE HUNTER IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE ON JULY 29.
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ITEM!: IPHONE…FIND COMICS!
THERE’S AN IPHONE APP UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COMIC SHOP LOCATOR SERVICE! HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=PIGILKPWX54
THAT’S THE NEWS…..AND I AM OUT OF HERE
SOLD OUT! WE ARE ALL OUT OF THE OBAMA COVER OF SPIDER-MAN. MARVEL IS PRINTING A NEW EDITION THAT WE WILL HAVE NEXT WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21ST. THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING AT 3PM AND ONE COPY PER PERSON. SORRY, WE ARE NOT PUTTING ANY ASIDE. WEDNESDAY WE ARE OPEN TIL 8PM AND WE SHOULD HAVE PLENTY TO GO AROUND.
A CROCHETED SPIDEY ARTIST J. BONE MADE FOR ME AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT. HE IS VERY AWESOME! CHECK OUT MORE OF J.’S YARN GOODNESS HERE
THE MEDIA RUSH HAS BEGUN AND THE PHONE CALLS HAVE STARTED…IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T HEARD, SPIDER-MAN MEETS BARACK OBAMA IN THE NEW ISSUE OF SPIDER-MAN THAT COMES OUT THIS WEEK. #583 IS THE ISSUE NUMBER. MARVEL KIND OF MESSED UP WITH THIS LATEST BUZZ-WORTHY COMIC, IN MY OPINION. WE, THE COMIC BOOK RETAILERS, WERE GIVEN NO NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL EVENT COMING IN THIS ISSUE AND THAT MARVEL WAS PRODUCING A VARIANT COVER SHOWING OBAMA (ON THE LEFT WITH THE BLUE BACKGROUND). MARVEL DOES MANY VARIANT COVERS THAT SHOP OWNERS CAN ORDER IF WE QUALIFY BY JUMPING THROUGH SEVERAL HOOPS – ORDER MORE OF 583 THAN 575 AND YOU CAN ORDER 1 FOR EVERY 25 OF THIS COVER, ETC., ETC. SOMETIMES WE QUALIFY AND SOMETIMES WE DON’T. THIS TIME WE DID, BUT ARE ONLY GETTING A FEW OF THE OBAMA COVERS. THE FIRST PRINTING HAS A BLUE BACKGROUND. THE REGULAR EDITION IS SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, WITH PETER PARKER ON THE COVER AND THE SECOND PRINTING, WHICH SHOULD BE RELEASED ON JAN. 21ST IS SHOWN BETWEEN THEM, IT’S THE SAME AS THE VARIANT COVER BUT HAS A YELLOW BACKGROUND. THE SAME INTERIORS ARE IN ALL ISSUES. PETER PARKER GOES ON A DATE IN ONE STORY AND IN THE OTHER, PARKER IS ASSIGNED BY THE DAILY BUGLE TO COVER THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION AND, OF COURSE, SOME BAD DUDES SHOW UP SO PETER HAS TO JUMP INTO ACTION AS SPIDER-MAN.
WE’VE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT THE ISSUE, AS THE NEWS HAS HIT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, CANADA A.M. AND JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER MEDIA OUTLET. HEY, IT IS KIND OF COOL. THE NEW PRESIDENT IS A COMIC BOOK FAN AND COLLECTOR (SPIDER-MAN AND CONAN) SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR MARVEL TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS. I JUST WISH THEY PUT OBAMA ON THE COVER AND DID AWAY WITH THE VARIANT NONSENSE. IF YOU ABSOLUTLEY MUST HAVE ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTS OF THE OBAMA COVER, CHECK EBAY , WE MAY HAVE SOME AFTER COVERING OUR PRE-ORDERS AND DEFINITELY WILL HAVE THE SECOND PRINTING THAT ARRIVE THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY.
WE DO NOT ENCOURAGE SPECULATING IN COMICS AS AN INVESTMENT. IN MOST CASES, YOU DON’T RECOUP YOUR INVESTMENT IF YOU BOUGHT A COMIC PURELY FOR PROFIT. HOWEVER, IF YOU BUY COMICS TO READ AND ENJOY, YOU GET MORE THAN YOUR MONEY’S WORTH EVERYTIME!
