Sunday, August 23, 2015

Hello, all--


We need to chat a little bit more about the upcoming BIKE RACE. We’ve had a lot of folks say to us that they plan on just skipping coming in the week the bike race is happening. As a small business that’s a bit scary for us-- not many places can weather the hit of a sizable chunk of their clientele not coming in all at once. And the cool part is, you won’t have to skip it! Most of the bike races happen daily between about 11am and 3pm, and the powers that be are saying the minute the race is concluded the roads will open back up. We are going to stay open later for that week to give people the chance to get in here, so hopefully most of you can work with us and pop in around the insanity.

Here’s the link again for the schedule, take a minute to look around, and look at the road closures: http://navigate.richmond2015.com/navigate/

Now let’s talk about VARIANT COVERS. We have to tweak how we order and deal with these items somewhat, as there is a mounting wave of glut and we are not going to surf it to the depth they’re being offered in coming months. When 3rd tier Marvel debuting books have 10 different covers being solicited, well, we think it’s getting excessive. Moving forward we are going to be much tighter on our variant ordering, and what we need from interested parties is timely, proactive communication. If you see a cover in which you are interested, tell us! As soon as possible! We will be able to tell you about both our ability to get in this variant and our ability to hold it for you.

Last Call:
PAYBACKS (Dark Horse): From the creative team that brought us the great BUZZKILL, this one’s about super powered debt collectors that go after deadbeat super heroes. These guys match the quality of their high concepts with top notch follow-through, well worth your attention!
D4VE2 (IDW): Continuing from the original gem about a desk-jockeying robot with dreams of violent glory!
TOKYO GHOST (Image): Contender for one of the biggest books of the year: master storytellers RICK REMENDER and SEAN MURPHY team up for high-octane science fiction!
AGENT CARTER SHIELD 50TH ANNIVERSARY (Marvel) One of several one-shots celebrating the venerable government agency.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE (Marvel) Threatened to be published for over a decade and finally here! By Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale
VOLTRON: FROM THE ASHES (Dynamite): Kinda implies some sort of renewal, eh?

SHIPPING! Here’s what’s coming at you WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26:
ADVENTURE TIME #43  3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 04 GRAVEYARD SHIFT 15.99
ANT-MAN LAST DAYS #1     3.99 Not sure why this one’s getting a new #1 just for its Secret Wars tie-in… maybe something to do with a lil’ movie that just came out?
AQUAMAN #43 3.99
ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 16  10.99
BATGIRL #43 2.99
BATMAN 66 #26 2.99
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT GENESIS #1 (OF 6)   2.99
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT GENESIS #1 (OF 6) VAR ED  PI
BETTY & VERONICA #277    3.99
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #15 3.99
BOOK OF DEATH FALL OF NINJAK #1   3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 05 TOMORROW SOLDIER 19.99
CAPTAIN BRITAIN HC VOL 01 BIRTH OF LEGEND 39.99
CAPTAIN MARVEL AND CAROL CORPS #3     3.99
CAPTAIN MARVEL AND CAROL CORPS #3  VAR   PI
CHARLES BURNS LIBRARY SC VOL 02 BIG BABY 16.95
CHICAGO HC   24.99
CIVIL WAR #3     3.99
CIVIL WAR #3 VAR     PI
CONAN THE AVENGER #17 3.50
COWL TP VOL 02 THE GREATER GOOD     14.99
CRIMINAL TP VOL 02 LAWLESS     14.99
CYBORG #2 2.99
CYBORG #2 VAR ED   PI
DEAD DROP #4 (OF 4)   3.99
DEADPOOLS SECRET SECRET WARS #4 (OF 4)     3.99
DEATHSTROKE #9 2.99
DIRK GENTLYS HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY #3 (OF 5) 3.99
DOCTOR WHO 2015 FOUR DOCTORS #3 (OF 5)    3.99
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #489   9.99
DRIVE #1 (OF 4) 3.99
E IS FOR EXTINCTION #3     3.99
E IS FOR EXTINCTION #3 HENDERSON VAR    PI  
EAST OF WEST #20 3.50
EFFIGY TP VOL 01 IDLE WORSHIP     14.99
FIGHT CLUB 2 #4  3.99
FIVE GHOSTS TP VOL 03 MONSTERS & MEN 14.99
FLASH #43 3.99
GHOSTBUSTERS GET REAL #3 (OF 4) 3.99
GODZILLA IN HELL #2 (OF 5) 3.99
GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT #8 2.99
GRAYSON #11 3.99
HANK JOHNSON AGENT OF HYDRA #1     3.99  A day in the life of a low level grunt in an evil organization bent on world domination.
HANK JOHNSON AGENT OF HYDRA #1 WALSH VAR  PI
HARLEY QUINN #19 3.99
HE MAN THE ETERNITY WAR #9 2.99
HELLBOY IN HELL #7 2.99
IMAGE GIANT SIZED ARTIST’S PROOF ED WALKING DEAD #1 19.99
INHUMANS BY PAUL JENKINS AND JAE LEE TP  34.99
INVISIBLE REPUBLIC TP VOL 01 9.99
IRON FIST LIVING WEAPON TP VOL 02 REDEMPTION 17.99
JLA GODS AND MONSTERS #3 (OF 3) 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #3
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK TP VOL 06 LOST IN FOREVER 16.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #3 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #3 VAR ED  PI
KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICE OMNIBUS ED TP  19.99
LADY MECHANIKA #0 (OF 5) 1.00
LOW #9     3.50
LUMBERJANES #17 3.99
LUMBERJANES #17 1:20 COPY VAR   PI
MAGNETO #21     3.99
MARVEL PREVIEWS SEPTEMBER 2015    1.25
MARVEL SELECT PUNISHER AF 24.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE ALL NEW AVENGERS ASSEMBLE DIGEST T 9.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS #10 2.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES #3     3.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES #3 VAR    PI
MAXX MAXXIMIZED #22 3.99
MICKEY MOUSE #3 3.99
MODOK ASSASSIN #4 (OF 5)     3.99
MULAN REVELATIONS #3 (OF 4) 3.99
MUNCHKIN #8 3.99
MY LITTLE PONY PAGEANTS & PONIES TP 7.99
NEW MGMT #1    3.99
NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP 34.99
NIJIGAHARA HOLOGRAPH HC   29.99
OLD MAN LOGAN #4     3.99
OVER THE GARDEN WALL #1   3.99  Man, this was a great cartoon! Looks like the comic is poised to be pretty great as well.
OVER THE GARDEN WALL #1 1:10 VAR  PI
OVER THE GARDEN WALL #1 1:20 VAR  PI  
PASTAWAYS #6 3.99  
PLANETARY TP VOL 04 SPACETIME ARCHAEOLOGY 17.99
PREVIEWS #324 SEPTEMBER 2015   3.99
PREZ #3 (OF 6) 2.99
PRIEST & BRIGHTS QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 01 KLANG 19.99
PRINCELESS BE YOURSELF #3 (OF 4) 3.99
RAGNAROK #6 3.99
RASPUTIN #8     3.50
RETURN OF LIVING DEADPOOL TP 16.99
ROCHE LIMIT CLANDESTINY #4 3.50
RUMBLE #6     3.50 One of my favorites, back from a short hiatus! Great time to check it out!
RUNLOVEKILL TP VOL 01     9.99
SCALPED HC BOOK 02 DELUXE EDITION     29.99
SHERLOCK HOLMES 7 PER-CENT SOLUTION #1 (OF 5) 3.99
SHIELD #9 5.99
SINESTRO #14 2.99
SIXTH GUN VALLEY OF DEATH #3 (OF 3) 3.99
SNOWDEN GN 16.95
SONIC SUPER DIGEST #13    4.99
SONIC UNIVERSE #79   3.99
SONS OF THE DEVIL #4     2.99
SPAWN #255 2.99
SPIDER-WOMAN #10     3.99
SPREAD #9      3.50
STAN LEE CHAKRA THE INVINCIBLE #2 2.99
STAR WARS LANDO #3 (OF 5) 3.99
STAR WARS LANDO #3 (OF 5) MAYHEW VAR   PI
STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION RISE OF SITH TP 34.99
STRATFORD ZOO MIDNIGHT REVUE PRESENTS MACBETH GN  12.99
STRINGERS #1 (OF 5) 3.99
SUNDOWNERS TP VOL 02  14.99
SUNSTONE OGN VOL 03     14.99
SUPERMAN #43 3.99
SURFACE TENSION #4 (OF 5) 3.99
SWORDS OF SORROW PANTHA JANE PORTER SPECIAL 3.99
SWORDS OF SORROW SONJA JUNGLE #2 (OF 3)    3.99
TEEN TITANS #11 2.99
THEY’RE NOT LIKE US #7     2.99 One of my favorites, back from a short hiatus! Great time to check it out! Deja vu!
THIEF OF THIEVES #30     2.99
TITHE TP VOL 01 14.99
TMNT CASEY & APRIL #3 (OF 4)    3.99
TOMORROWS #2 (OF 6) 3.99
TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ANIMATED #2 3.99
UNCANNY AVENGERS TP VOL 01 COUNTER EVOLUTIONARY 17.99
USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 04  24.99
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 24 LIFE AND DEATH     14.99 Just in time for the new spinoff tv show!
WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES #722
WAYWARD TP VOL 02     16.99
WE ARE ROBIN #3 3.99
WE ARE ROBIN #3 VAR ED  PI
WE CAN NEVER GO HOME #4 (OF 5)     3.99
WHERE MONSTERS DWELL #4 (OF 5)     3.99
WOLVERINES TP VOL 04 DESTINY 15.99
X-MEN 92 #3 NAKAYAMA VAR   PI
X-MEN 92 #3     4.99
X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 09 DEAD HAND 14.99
ZODIAC STARFORCE #1 3.99 A group of teenage girls are the only thing between us and monster armageddon!

That’s it for now, see you soon!
PKG/VC

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Hello, all--


First off I’d like to welcome back all the VCU folks making their way back into the city, as well as  the shop. If you haven’t checked out comics since you left in May, here’s what you missed:: Batman’s a robo-bunny, Dr. Doom controls the Marvel Universe, and Brad Pitt and Billie Dee Williams characters are competing for the best selling comic otherwise. Weird times, eh?


Last call! Our orders are about to lock on the following debuting titles-- subscribers, you know the drill! Tell us want you want to ensure we order enough!
MIRROR’S EDGE: EXORDIUM (Dark Horse) Prequel to the upcoming video game, written and drawn by folks that worked on the game!
ANGRY BIRDS: SUPER ANGRY BIRDS (IDW) You’re going to have to tell us if you want this, we do not plan on ordering much. If any.
ATOMIC ROBO & THE RING OF FIRE (IDW) Back, and at new publisher IDW!
TET (IDW) War and romance, in a book Garth Ennis is super stoked about.
FASTER THAN LIGHT (Image) Near future sci-fi about Earth’s first manned trip into outer space!
HEAD LOPPER (Image) Andrew Maclean turned a lot of heads with his breakthrough GN Apocalyptigirl. Here he returns to one of his earlier self published favorites about a grizzled old barbarian warrior. Looks awesome!
JOURNEY: STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS: SHATTERED EMPIRE (Image) A canon prequel to the upcoming movie, written by Greg Rucka. Yep, this’ll do well.
QUAKE: SHIELD 50TH ANNIVERSARY (Marvel) There’s gonna be a bunch of these one shots spotlighting a different SHIELD member.
TYSON HESSE’S DIESEL (Boom!) Coming of age sci fi fantasy by (duh) Tyson Hesse!
ALICE COOPER VS. CHAOS (D.E.) Does Alice Cooper still have multi-media appeal enough to star in a comic? You tell me, subscribers.


SHIPPING! Here’s what’s arriving WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19:
1872 #2     3.99
ADVENTURE TIME FIONNA & CAKE CARD WARS #2 (OF 6)   3.99
ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 01 14.99  
AGE OF ULTRON VS MARVEL ZOMBIES #3     3.99
AGE OF ULTRON VS MARVEL ZOMBIES #3 FRANCAVILLA VAR  PI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #4     3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #4 DELLOTTO VAR   PI
ANNIHILATOR HC VOL 01   24.99 Proving Grant Morrison is as vital a talent now as he was 20 years ago, and finally collected! A must-read.
ARCHIE #2   3.99
ARMOR WARS #4     3.99
ARMY OF DARKNESS ASH IN SPACE TP   19.99
ASTRO CITY #26 3.99
AVENGERS WORLD TP VOL 04 BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT 19.99
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT #7 3.99
BATMAN YOU CHOOSE YR STORIES SUPER-VILLAIN SMACKDOWN 6.95
BATMAN YOU CHOOSE YR STORIES TERRIBLE TRIO 6.95
BIRTHRIGHT #10 2.99
BIZARRO #3 (OF 6) 2.99
BLACK CANARY #3 2.99
BLACK CANARY #3 VAR ED  PI
BLACKLIST #2  3.99
BOOK OF DEATH #2 (OF 4)    3.99
BPRD HELL ON EARTH #134 3.50
BRAVEST WARRIORS TP VOL 05 14.99
BTVS SEASON 10 #18    3.99
BURNING FIELDS #7 (OF 8) 3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 05 TOMORROW SOLDIER 19.99
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MIGHTY DEFENDERS #2 (OF 2)     3.99
CAPTAIN MARVEL TP VOL 03 ALIS VOLAT PROPRIIS 12.99
DAREDEVIL EPIC COLLECTION TP WIDOW’S KISS 34.99
DARK HORSE PRESENTS 2014 #13 4.99
DC COMICS DESIGNER JAE LEE SER 1 BATMAN AF 24.95
DC COMICS DESIGNER JAE LEE SER 1 CATWOMAN AF 24.95
DC COMICS DESIGNER JAE LEE SER 1 SUPERMAN AF 24.95
DC COMICS DESIGNER JAE LEE SER 1 WONDER WOMAN AF 24.95
DC SUPER HEROES BATMAN YR TP ATTACK OF MAN-BAT 5.95
DC SUPER HEROES SUPERMAN YR TP DARK SIDE OF APOKOL 5.95
DEATH HEAD #2 (OF 6) 3.99
DISCIPLES #3     3.99
DISNEY ROSA DUCK LIBRARY HC VOL 03 TREASURE UNDER 29.99
DOCTOR FATE #3 2.99
DOCTOR WHO 2015 FOUR DOCTORS #2 (OF 5)   3.99
DONALD DUCK #4 3.99
DOOMED #3 2.99
EMPOWERED TP VOL 09    17.99
EMPTY ZONE #3     3.50
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #9   3.99
FAIREST TP VOL 05 THE CLAMOR FOR GLAMOUR     14.99
FATHOM BLUE #3  3.99
FICTION #3 (OF 4) 3.99
GEORGE ROMEROS EMPIRE OF DEAD ACT THREE #4 (OF 5) 3.99
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #217 3.99
GIANT DAYS #6 (OF 12) 3.99
GOD IS DEAD #41     3.99
GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT TP VOL 01 WE DO NOT SLEEP 14.99
GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS TP VOL 06 STORMING THE 14.99
GREEN LANTERN THE LOST ARMY #3 2.99
GROO FRIENDS AND FOES #8 3.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY BEST STORY EVER TP 14.99
GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE #3     3.99
GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE #3 YOUNG CONNECTING VAR  PI
GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #10 3.99
GUNNERKRIGG COURT HC VOL 05 REFINE 26.99
HARLEY QUINN & POWER GIRL #3 (OF 6) 3.99
HELLBREAK #6     3.99
HEXED #12 3.99
HIP HOP FAMILY TREE #1   3.99 The award-winning series of graphic novels becomes a serialized format monthly comic! So happy to see more indy comics with staples these days.
HOUSE OF M #1     3.99 One of the last big Secret Wars titles to debut, featuring a reality in which Magneto, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch rule the roost.
HOUSE OF M #1 ASRAR VAR    PI
HOUSE OF M #1 KEOWN INHUMAN 50TH ANNIV VAR   PI
HOUSE OF M #1 MOLINA PROMO VAR    PI
HOWARD THE HUMAN #1     3.99
HOWARD THE HUMAN #1 CONLEY VAR   PI   
INFERNO #4     3.99
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR FOUR #8 2.99
INVADER ZIM #1 2ND PTG   3.99
INVADER ZIM #2   3.99
INVINCIBLE #122 2.99
ISLAND #2     7.99
IVAR TIMEWALKER #8   3.99
JASON IF YOU STEAL HC  29.99 Any time Jason, one of the most powerful voices in modern comics, comes out, it’s worth your time to check it out.
JLA GODS AND MONSTERS #2 (OF 3) 3.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE #43 3.99
KANAN #5 3.99
LOKI AGENT OF ASGARD #17     3.99
MAD MAGAZINE #535 5.99
MAD MAX FURY ROAD MAX #1 (OF 2) 2ND PTG     4.99
MANIFEST DESTINY #16     2.99
MARTIAN MANHUNTER #3 2.99
MARTIAN MANHUNTER #3 VAR ED  PI
MARVEL SELECT DAREDEVIL AF   24.99
MEGA MAN #52   3.99
MEGA MAN TP VOL 08 REDEMPTION    11.99
MOX NOX HC  14.99 I’ve been loving Joan Cornella’s webcomics for a while now, very happy to see a print collection!
MS MARVEL HC VOL 01 34.99
MU ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS DIGEST TP VOL 02 9.99
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #33
NAMES TP     16.99
NANJING THE BURNING CITY HC   24.99
NEW VAMPIRELLA #13    4.99
OH KILLSTRIKE #4 (OF 4) 3.99
POSTAL #6   3.99
POWER UP #2 (OF 6) 3.99
PRINCELESS RAVEN PIRATE PRINCESS #2   3.99
PRINCESS UGG TP VOL 02 15.99
PUNISHER WELCOME BACK FRANK TP 24.99
RAI #9   3.99
RAT QUEENS #11     3.99
REVIVAL #32     3.99
RICK & MORTY #5    3.99
ROBIN SON OF BATMAN #3 3.99
ROBIN SON OF BATMAN #3 VAR ED  PI
RUNAWAYS #3     3.99
SAMURAI JACK TP VOL 04 WARRIOR KING   19.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #206     3.99
SECRET SIX #5 2.99
SECRET WARS JOURNAL #4 (OF 5)     3.99
SECRET WARS SECRET LOVE #1     4.99 All I know, is that Michel Fiffe (Copra) is writing and drawing a DAREDEVIL/TYPHOID MARY story that I will probably treasure forever.
SECRET WARS SECRET LOVE #1 CAMPION VAR  PI
SENSATION COMICS FEATURING WONDER WOMAN #13 3.99
SILK #6 3.99
SIMPSONS COMICS #223 2.99
SPACE DUMPLINS GN HC VOL 01 24.99
SPACE DUMPLINS GN VOL 01 14.99 CRAIG THOMPSON’S FULL COLOR ALL AGES SCIENCE FICTION. Let that sink in for a sec.
SPIDER-VERSE #4     3.99
SPIDER-VERSE #4 MAYHEW VAR   PI  
STAR WARS #8 3.99
STAR WARS #8 CASSADAY VAR  PI
STAR WARS #8 CHISTOPHER ACTION FIGURE VAR   PI
STRAIN NIGHT ETERNAL #12     3.99
STRAY BULLETS SUNSHINE & ROSES #7     3.50
STRAY BULLETS TP VOL 03 OTHER PEOPLE     19.99
SUNNY SIDE UP GN 12.99
SUPERMAN HC VOL 06 THE MEN OF TOMORROW 24.99
SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #20
SWORDS OF SORROW VAMPIRELLA JENNIFER BLOOD #4   3.99
TEEN TITANS GO #11 2.99
TMNT AMAZING ADVENTURES #1   3.99 For the kids! It’s about time, too.
TMNT ONGOING #49    3.99
TRANSFERENCE #2     3.99
TRANSFORMERS WINDBLADE #6 3.99
TREES #12     2.99
ULTRAMAN GN VOL 01  12.99
UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL TP VOL 01 SQUIRREL POWER 15.99
WEIRDWORLD #3     3.99
WEIRDWORLD #3 MOORE VAR   PI
WELCOME BACK #1   3.99  
WOLF #2     3.50
WONDER WOMAN #43 3.99
X-MEN AGE OF APOCALYPSE TP VOL 01 ALPHA 34.99
X-TINCTION AGENDA #3     3.99
X-TINCTION AGENDA #3 BENGAL VAR    PI  
YOUNG TERRORISTS #1     6.99  The next probably hit from the rising Black Mask Studios, who aren’t publishing a single turkey recently.


That’s it for now! See you soon!
PKG/VC