The shooting in Tucson, Arizona over the weekend, which left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a coma and six others dead, has been universally condemned by almost every sane person. On the not-so-sane side, Travis Corcoran, the president of Heavy Ink, an online comic book retailer based in Arlington, Massachusetts, had a different message: “1 down,…
This is a longbox full of random comics. Your local comic book store has tons of them– various stuff he’s picked up and hasn’t filed yet, or overstock that he couldn’t sell, or low grade books, what have you. My father used to go to Port Comics, a little store off of exit 64 of…
In an effort to promote its upcoming SAVAGE BEAUTY comic title (debuting in February from Moonstone and Captain Action Enterprises, LLC), Moonstone released a Savage Beauty themed Diamond Previews short order form today!! Just print it out or fill it in if you’re computer savvy enough, place your order, and send it to your comic…
Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour was released last night at midnight in select locations and is already at #16 on Amazon’s best seller lists. According to Oni Press, over 150 comic shops all over the United States and Canada participated in early release parties. Oni said fans had “midnight releases to all day shindigs, costume contest,…
Tis the season to order Lone Justice, Volume 1— so do it today when you go to the comics store! Tell them that you want it, and to make sure they order it! And for retailers: If you order 3 copies of Lone Justice TPB, you’ll get one free copy of Frankenstein Mobster Book 1:…
Yep, it’s Free Comic Book Day in comic stores all over the planet.* To check out participating locations, in the US and around the world, where fans will be able to get a range of free comic books, including titles for kids, from sponsors go to store locator section of www.freecomicbookday.com. Free Comic Book Day…
Available today in the finest comic book stores you frequent, The Pilgrim #1 from Mark Ryan and Mike Grell can now be yours! Weaving together true timelines from WWII and the present day, The Pilgrim is a tale of war and the supernatural, drawing on the history of the occultism used by both British and…
Forgive me if this one gets a little personal. My very long-time friend, comics store pioneer Joe Sarno, died today from a fall that followed a severe, long-standing illness. A long-time science fiction fan dating back to the 1950s, Joe started The Fantasy Collectors of Chicago in 1969, a comics-oriented pop culture club. It was…
Yes, I was there. (You probably didn’t recognize me.) My general feeling is that this was the best Knights of Columbus show I ever attended. If you’re of a certain age, you probably went to a convention like this a few times when you were young. Lots of fans, lots of comic book dealers, lots…
The continuing printed adventures of John Gaunt and friends. Available at finer comic book stores nationwide.
Back in the days before direct sales and specialty shops overwhelmed comic book sales, you couldn’t find a new comic book on the newsstands to save your soul. The theory was, nobody buys magazines between Christmas and New Years Day, and even now “weekly” magazines like Time and Newsweek skip that week. The fact was,…
PSYCH is one of the gems of the USA Network and we get you an all access pass to go backstage and meet the cast and creators starting today. Plus DISTRICT 9 slithers to the top of the box office, DC loses a chunk of Krypton in court and it’s a great week to go…
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