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HAPPY BOXING DAY!

The Beguiling, Little Island, and Page & Panel’s

Boxing Day Sale 2015!

Well hello! If you’re reading this, you’re probably one of the folks who eagerly anticipates this mailing, coming as it has for years on Christmas Eve, detailing all of the great special deals we’ll be unveiling on Boxing Day. So, we hope you have (or had) a great holiday, and we’ll see you on the morning of the 26th at 11am.

Boxing Day Sales!

Phase 01: Everything except back issues: Dec 26 – Dec 29
Pages 02: Back issues and wall books: Jan 2 – Jan 5
PLUS: Page & Panel: The TCAF Shop, Boxing Day SpecialsDecember 27th through December 31st. Scroll to the bottom for details!

The short version: Only 2 weeks of sales are planned!

So we’re doing something a little different this year! We’ve been doing a long run of sales for the past few years, but this year, your window is a lot tighter, and the discounts are great!

Also, in other years we’ve done deep discounts on single issues in the weeks going into January & February. This year we’ve been discounting some of that same inventory into the space above Little Island, which we call “The Longbox Archipelago.” If you have not checked this out you really owe it to yourself! This space is closed on December 26th, but will be open during Little Island’s regular business hours thereafter. Ask at Little Island’s front desk to be shown in. And as always, keep your eye on the mailing list for further details…!

BOXING DAY GROUND RULES

  • Bring your own bags! Save the environment!
  • We reserve the right to refuse sale of any item to any customer for any reason.  We probably won’t do this, but this is a straightforward disclaimer in case there’s any dispute about what is or isn’t on sale.
  • Out-of-print items (books/comics/etc.) are generally exempt from sale pricing. Determination of ‘out of print’ is at The Beguiling’s sole discretion. Ask at the counter if you’re unsure.
  • Anything put on hold prior to Boxing Day is entirely exempt to sale pricing.
  • Sales cannot be combined with other specials or sales.
  • “Regular Price” is determined as ‘Whatever the book would sell for not on Boxing Day, whether that’s U.S. Cover Price, Converted Canadian Cover price, Canadian Cover Price, or Sticker Price.
  • Items released in December 2015 or later are not eligible for sale. Determination for eligibility will be made at the cash register, at our sole discretion.

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Phase 01: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS, NOT BACK-ISSUES
Dates: Sat Dec 26, 11am-7pm, through Tues Dec 29, 2015
@ The Beguiling & Little Island Comics
(Back issue bins, wall books, variants completely unavailable during this time.)

  • General sale, 20% off of almost everything, including in-print books, comics, and graphic novels, plus anime, toys, art books, smut, & more. At Little Island & The Beguiling.
  • THE BIG SALE: Beguiling 2ND Floor: 50% OFF ALL HARDCOVERS! You read that right! That includes regular hard covers, absolutes, artist editions, omnibuses, all of it! Some will already have been marked down more than 50% and that will be the price. Second Floor Only!
  • Beguiling & Little Island: 40% off any comics the originally appeared in a Newspaper! From Peanuts to Pogo, The Spirit Archives to Hagar The Horrible, get your classic strip collections!
  • Beguiling: Main Floor Art Books on the back wall, 50% off! Tattoo Books 25% off!
  • Little Island Comics: All Picture Books are Buy 2, Get 1 Free (of equal or lower price).
  • Amazing Door-Crasher Specials, while supplies last (see list below)
  • No discount on back issues, ‘wall books’, or variant covers. Please do not come for these items until January 2nd. They will be inaccessible, with other stuff on top of them.
  • Does not include items released after December 1, 2015

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BACK ISSUE BINS and WALL BOOKS and VARIANTS will not be browseable at this time. They are not on sale, they aren’t even really FOR sale. We are sorry, but we’re focusing on other product during this part of the sale, and we need the space and attention for other things. Thanks!

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Door Crashers @ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street
Pricing Valid December 26 through December 29, 2015.
ONE COPY PER BOOK, PER CUSTOMER

First Floor Books & Discounts:

  • Art Books on the back wall, 50% off! Tattoo Books 25% off! Newspaper strip collections 40% off!
  • Worn Fashion Journal – Was $29.95, NOW: $8
  • Adrian Tomine’s Shortcomings, either HC or SC: Was $18.85-$22.95, NOW $10ea!
  • Scott McLeod’s The Sculptor HC Signed Bookplate Edition: Reg: $34.50, NOW $15!
  • Paul Pope’s 100% HC: Was $45.99, NOW: $20
  • Jesse Reklaw’s Couch Tag – Was $37.50, NOW: $20
  • Frederik Peeter’s Koma – Reg $39.95, NOW: $20
  • SPECIAL! Frank King’s Walt & Skeezix Volumes 1-5 SET: Was $200,NOW $100 (only 2 sets available!)
  • Juxtapoz: All issues NOW $3!

Second Floor Books:

  • Beguiling 2ND Floor: 50% OFF ALL HARDCOVERS! Some will already have been marked down more than 50% and that will be the price. Second Floor Only!
  • SPECIAL: UDON Entertainment Art Books & Graphic Novels: Buy 1, get 1 free! Does not combine with other discounts.
  • SPECIAL: Grant Morrison’s Zenith Vol 1 & 2
    – Was $28.99ea, NOW: Both for $20! 
  • Alan Moore’s UNEARTHING Ltd. Ed. HC, reg $99, NOW $20
  • Batman: Harley and Ivy: Was $18.99, NOW $5
    – The Paul Dini & Bruce Timm classic, for only five bucks!
  • Dave McKean’s Pictures that Tick TP, reg: $27.50, NOW: $10
  • Diggle & Jock’s SNAPSHOT: Normally $17.50, NOW $10
    – A great mini-series by the creators of The Losers that flew under the radar for a lot of people.
  • Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Spider-Man TP NOW $5ea
    – The original ultimate trades! Not the “Ultimate Comics ___” or Ultimate-Edition versions. Volumes will be clearly marked in store.
  • SPIKE: Into the Light, Was $24,95, NOW $5
  • Ed Brisson’s Comeback: Was $14.99, NOW $5
    – Another great, missed series! Sci-fi Crime Noir from Canada’s Ed Brisson, published by Image Comics. Great read!
  • Black Kiss 2, Was $21.99, NOW $10
    – Not really that available in Canada, thanks to some very disturbing sex! Thanks, Howard Chaykin!
  • Wasteland (Oni Series): Various softcover volumes, NOW $5ea
    – A great sci-fi series that ended this year, we’re keeping the HCs in stock, so we’re clearing out the TPs.
  • Blue Estate Complete HC, was $39.99, NOW $15
  • Morning Glories HC Editions: Were $49.99ea, NOW $10
  • Mnemovore HC: Was $33.50, NOW, $10
  • Rocketeer HC, various IDW Volumes, were $24.95ea NOW, $5
  • Joe Hill’s The Cape: 1969: Was $30.50, NOW $5!
  • Fairest HC: In All The Land: Was $31.99, NOW $10
  • Special: $10 UDON Entertainment Art Books: Choose from UDON’S ART OF CAPCOM VOLUME 2, DARKSTALKERS GRAPHIC FILE, EYES OF BAYONETTA, STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN, RESIDENT EVIL 5, ROBOT 5,
    HATSUNE MIKU GRAPHICS 1 & 2

All this, plus even more can’t-miss specials in store! Runs Dec 26-29.

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December 30 (Weds): New Comic Book Day!
December 31 (Thurs): Open 11am-4pm for NYE!
January 1 (Friday): Closed

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Phase 02: WALL COMICS, BACK ISSUES

Dates: Sat Jan 2, 11am-7pm, through Tues Jan 5, 2016
@ The Beguiling:
– Wall books (i.e.: Back Issues $20 or over) 30% off sticker price.
– Back issue bins (i.e.: Back issues under $20) 50% off sticker price.
– Variant Covers (i.e.: Variant Cover Boxes behind 2nd floor cash) 75% off sticker price or $5, whichever is higher.
– This sale does not continue in any form after January 5th, 2016.
– Does not include items released after December 1, 2015
@ Little Island: Select spot sales may continue. See in-store for details.

Alright that’s it for The Beguiling and Little Island!

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Boxing Day @ Page & Panel!

December 27th to December 31st
@ Page & Panel, The TCAF Shop, 789 Yonge St.

Page & Panel is having its first-ever Boxing Day sale this year! Page & Panel matches the opening dates of Toronto Reference Library, in general, so it will NOT be open on Boxing Day (December 26th). It’ll open up on the 27th though, and the sale runs the 27th through the 31st.
  • General Sale, 20% off almost all in-stock items at the shop!
  • 30% off all 2016 Calendars and Organizers! Includes Moleskin, Tintin, Moomin, and even the BRAND NEW KATE BEATON 2016 PONY TEA TOWEL! WOW!
  • 30% off all SHFiguarts Super Mario Bros. Figures
  • SPECIAL: 25% off Secret Loves of Geek Girls, this Christmas season’s bestselling book at Page & Panel!
  • Word Balloon Academy Sketchbooks – $5!
  • MASSIVE: Special sale on the Green JIRAIYA “PRIEST” SWEATSHIRT. Now only $40 (regularly $100), but only sizes L and XL left in stock.
  • Does not include items release on or after December 1st, 2015.
Important, New Product

NOW AVAILABLE: Kate Beaton’s 2016 “Fat Pony” Tea Towels!

Hey there! The Beguiling, Little Island, and Page & Panel got together with our good friend Kate Beaton to do a brand new Tea Towel for 2016! Following on the great success of the Little Red Riding Hood Tea Towel from last year, this year’s Calendar Tea Towel features the titular Pony from Beaton’s bestselling children’s book The Princess & The Pony from Scholastic!

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The Tea Towel is 100% cotton and runs $18 plus tax. It’s available now at all three shops. Thanks, Kate!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

General, Important

THIS SUNDAY: The Comic Book History of Beer Book Launch & Author Talk!

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EVENT: The Comic Book History of Beer Book Launch
With author Jonathan Hennessey!
Sunday, October 4th, 5pm-7pm
@ Page & Panel, 789 Yonge St. (Enter from Yonge St. doors)
Free to attend

Page & Panel: The TCAF Shop is thrilled to welcome Jonathan Hennessy, writer and researcher of the brand new graphic novel THE COMIC BOOK STORY OF BEER for the official Toronto Book Launch! Join Jonathan at Page & Panel on Sunday, October 4th, at 5pm, for a talk and signing!

This book has been getting RAVE reviews from NPR, Huffington Post, Food Republic and more, and it’s a fascinating subject too! Hopefully you can make it out for the event.

Please note, unfortunately no beer will be served on the premises. But! An official ‘after party’ will happen just down the street (location TBC) where we can all enjoy the fruits of the labours of the fine brewers who inspired this book’s creation.

The Comic Book Story of Beer is now available for sale at The Beguiling and Page & Panel.

 

Important, Original Art Store

NEW IN THE ART STORE: Marian Churchland (8house) and Brandon Graham (King City)!

The Beguiling is proud to announce that it will begin selling the original comics artwork of

Marian Churchland
(Beast, 8house)

Brandon Graham
(King City, Prophet, Multiple Warheads)

Original Art Sales Begin Today, July 1st
Including the brand-new 8house #1: Arclight, released today
http://store.beguilingoriginalart.com

8houseArclight01-2x3-300July 1st: The Beguiling is proud to officially announce that it is now representing the original comics art sales of acclaimed Canadian comics creator Marian Churchland, and creator and Canadian transplant Brandon Graham in its art store. This announcement happily coincides with the release of the pair’s newest collaborative effort, 8house #1: Arclight, published today by Image Comics, with originals from the issue already available for sale at http://store.beguilingoriginalart.com/.

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Brandon Graham is probably best known for his signature graphic novels King City and Multiple Warheads, which he wrote and illustrated, and for his reimagining of the Image comic Prophet, which he wrote and drew along with a top team of international artists. His newest projects, the anthology-series Island (launching later this month) and the open-world speculative-fiction series 8house (debuting today) continue to deliver everything his fans have come to love about his work, and then some!

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Joining Brandon for the debut of 8house today is the supremely talented artist Marian Churchland. Creator of the original graphic novel Beast for Image comic, Churchland has also contributed art to series including Elephantmen, Northlanders, Madame Xanadu, and is also co-creating the upcoming series From Under Mountains, due to debut in September 2015.

Speaking of 8house, Marian Churchland has fully illustrated the first two issues of the series, and has made almost all of the original artwork for the first issue available for sale! In addition, Churchland has provided art from several personal projects, and her work on Vertigo’s Northlanders, and it is all currently available in the art store. Brandon Graham has provided a selection of pages from his projects including King City, Multiple Warheads, Prophet, and more, which are now available for sale.

So head over to http://store.beguilingoriginalart.com/ to see all of the available pages by both of these fantastic artists, and look forward to seeing even more in the weeks to come!

The Beguiling would like to thank Robin McConnell of Inkstuds for all of his help getting the art together. Check out his regular podcast at http://www.inkstuds.org/, it’s great, and Chris is on it occasionally.

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Events, Important

Nathalie Atkinson (Globe & Mail) to interview Jill Lepore at The Secret History Of Wonder Woman Event December 11

nathalie-headshotThe Beguiling is proud to welcome arts writer, film critic, and Globe & Mail columnist Nathalie Atkinson as the special guest interviewer for our event, The Secret History of Wonder Woman, with author Jill Lepore. Atkinson will delve into the incredible revelations in Lepore’s exciting new work of comics history, in what is sure to be an exciting event!

As a reminder, this event is now Thursday, December 11th, moved from its original date of one day earlier. Full information about the event below!

The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Toronto Book Talk with author Jill Lepore
Interviewed by The Globe & Mail’s Nathalie Atkinson
Thursday, December 11th, 2014, @ 7PM
@ The Merril Collection, 239 College Street (Inside the Lillian H. Smith Library)
Free to attend

Sponsored by The Friends of The  Merril Collection, The Beguiling, and Random House Canada

secrethistoryofwonderwomanThe Beguiling, The Friends of the Merril Collection, and Random House Canada, are proud to present author Jill Lepore, who will discuss her new book, The Secret History of Wonder Woman in Toronto! Lepore will speak on the book, and be interviewed by The Globe & Mail’s Nathalie Atkinson, at the Merril Collection of Science Fiction on Thursday, December 11 in the Merril Collection reading room, on the 3rd floor of the Lillian Smith branch at 7PM.

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Important, New Product

Items are now in stock! Pre-Order: MASSIVE X OPENING CEREMONY Apparel Line

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The Beguiling is happy to announce that we will begin carrying limited quantities of the new wave of gachi-muchi manga-inspired clothing produced by MASSIVE X OPENING CEREMONY, featuring the artwork of JIRAIYA. We can only carry a limited number of copies of these awesome pieces of apparel in-store, so we’re accepting pre-orders between RIGHT NOW and this MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH. This is a great way to guarantee you get what you want…!

All orders are for in-store pick-up only. If you need your order shipped, visit the MASSIVE online store.

All apparel is available in sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, and XXL. Prices will be the same as the MASSIVE x OPENING CEREMONY online store but in Canadian funds instead of U.S. funds.

E-mail chris@beguiling.com with your name, e-mail address, phone number, and the name and size of each item you would like. Orders larger than $100 will require a 50% deposit. Check out the full list of items below!

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BEST COUPLE MUSCLE TEE – OCxMASSIVE – $55.00

Jiraiya’s Best Couple are back! His famous gachimuchi lovers Asakichi (朝吉) and Seiji (清次), seen previously on the original Jiraiya Sweatshirt, make their return in the form of a breezy muscle tee.

Soft crewneck T-shirt printed all over. Available in sizes XS-XXXL.

Artwork by Jiraiya (児雷也) for MASSIVE.

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