ITEM!: after hours sale and more
The Halifax Strange Adventures is holding an after hours sale next Tuesday, December 8th from 7pm to 9pm. (Fredericton will be holding one the week after, check with Derek and Jason for info.)
All new comics and books at US price (that’s a 10% saving!) and no tax store-wide (that’s another 5 to 13% savings!) and a few specials that you’ll have to be there to find out about!
AND!
Halifax comics account holders who have picked up everything in their subscription file on or before Dec. 8th can take part in a special sale on Tuesday, Dec. 8th during regular store hours – 10am to 6pm. It’ll be the same deal as the after hours sale with a few extra deals thrown in! Only account holders whose comic files are clear are eligible to take part. (No new comic accounts may be opened until Dec. 9th)
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ITEM!: Hark! A vagrant
Kate Beaton, the cartoonist behind the strip “Hark! A Vagrant” will be signing copies of her book “Never learn anything from history” and there will be a limited edition print given to the first batch of fabulous folks who attend!
Friday, Dec. 11th from 5 to 7PM
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=193573668189&mid=1829061G354ae2ebG8543a7eG7
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ITEM!: Lamps in a box!
We just received our first shipment of these nifty lamps from California!
Spider-man, Surfer, Cap and more!
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ITEM!: Coastal Gift Guide
the latest issue of the Coast has their holiday gift guide and they cover comics:
The Best Books and Comics of 2009
What could be a better gift than a selection off our list of the Best Books and Comic of 2009, compiled by our lit lovers?
By Sue Carter Flinn, Rachelle Goguen, Carsten Knox and Mike Landry
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ITEM!: present face!
Garfunkel and Oates have a wonderful and funny new song about the gift-giving season. It’s pretty cute.
Present Face: the holiday epidemic that affects us all
more »
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ITEM!: Where Monsters Dwell
They dwell on the radio and on the interwebs…. and you can tune into the show on CHSR-FM and via the web at wheremonstersdwell.ca
Event: Episode 78
“Zom-Ben Strikes…again!!!”
9 December at 21:30
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ITEM!: Birdhouse
Birdhouse is a book that is part tragedy, part romance and part fairy tale. A servant attempts to poison the aged and despised King, and the King’s only daughter despairs of life in the castle. She longs to return to a town she once visited, but she is forbidden to step outside of the castle walls. Her only hope falls on an absent-minded servant hired to do construction.
With his help, she hopes to recapture the freedom she so briefly felt. With a fairy-tale-like setting, combined with modern themes of isolation, obligation, and longing, Birdhouse is a magical debut graphic novel from Vernon White. You can watch a trailer for Birdhouse HERE.
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ITEM!: This American Drive
Invisible Publishing is holding a “THIS AMERICAN DRIVE READING/PARTY/GIVE-AWAY!!!” on 18 December at 6:30PM at The Company House, downtown Halifax. Come and meet Mike Holmes, the cartoonist behind This American Drive and the weekly True Story strip in the Coast.
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=186248210948&mid=1821155G354ae2ebG851dac8G7
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ITEM!: Ellis says
From Warren Ellis: “I have here the sizzle reel for your new favourite TV show. It’s OCEAN’S ELEVEN. The Sixties original. In space. With Sean f***ing Pertwee. Devised by old crony Mike Sizemore, directed by Steve Barron. It’s called SLINGERS.” This is the link to the sizzle reel. Go and watch it now. (The bit with the gun cracks me up.) And this is the SLINGERS category on Mike’s blog. All kinds of interesting stuff there.
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ITEM!: The (new) League
My new favourite TV show, since Slingers isn’t on yet, is a new
comedy on FX about a group of friends and their fantasy football
league. You don’t need to know football to enjoy it and it’s pretty darn funny. Check it out here.
