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Win tickets to see HELTER SKELTER this Friday!

HELTER SKELTER
Co-presented by The Toronto Japanese Film Festival
& The Beguiling Books and Art

Screening Friday, June 14th, at 9:15pm
@ The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
6 Garamond Court, Toronto, ON M3C 1z5
(Don Mills & Eglinton)
18+ | Buy Tickets Online

The Beguiling is a proud supporter of The Toronto Japanese Film Festival, opening this Thursday at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. Please visit their website at: http://jccc.on.ca/torontojff/

The Beguiling will be co-presenting the Friday, June 14th screening of HELTER SKELTER, a live-action paen to beauty, sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, and based on the manga by Kyoko Okazaki (岡崎 京子). If you want to win passes to this screening, keep reading!

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WIN ONE OF 10 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO SEE HELTER SKELTER THIS FRIDAY!

For a chance to win one of 10 pairs of tickets to this screening, send an e-mail with your name, daytime telephone number, and “OKAZAKI” in the subject line to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Thursday, June 13th, at 12pm (noon). Winners will be drawn and contacted at that time.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

  1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “OKAZAKI”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
  2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of beguiling dot com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
  3. Entries must be received before Thursday June 13th at 12pm.
  4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
  5. One entry per household/phone number.
  6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.

ABOUT HELTER SKELTER:

Director:Mika Ninagawa
Writer: Kyoko Okazaki(manga), Arisa Kaneko
Stars: Erika Sawajiri, Kaori Momoi, Kiko Mizuhara, Kozue Yoshikawa, Mieko Harada and Shinobu Terajima
Genre: Suspense Drama
Release Type: North American Premiere
Year of Release: 2012
Film Length: 127 min
Restricted 18

In this wildly over-the-top and unique piece of sensationally visual cinema, dangerously beautiful superstar model LiLiCo has the world at her feet. She also has a secret: she owes her entire ‘perfect’ body to plastic surgery. When a naturally gorgeous new talent arrives on the scene, LiLiCo’s reign is threatened – but this is just a precursor to her startling physical and psychological collapse. Erika Sawajiri’s controversial and terrifying central performance was nominated for a Japanese Academy Award prize.

Based on the popular manga by Kyoko Okazaki and directed by fashion photographer Mika (Sakuran) Ninagawa, Helter Skelter is a crazed, provocative and hallucinogenic tour-du-force. Starring Erika Sawajiri,  Kaori Momoi, Kiko Mizuhara, Kozue Yoshikawa, Mieko Harada and Shinobu Terajima (nominated for best supporting actress).

ABOUT THE TORONTO JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL

tjff-poster-frontThe Toronto Japanese Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the finest Japanese films that have been recognized for excellence by Japanese audiences and critics, international film festival audiences and the Japanese Film Academy. TorontoJFF acts as a forum to connect Canadian audiences, Japanese filmmakers, industry professionals and supporters. The festival is a bridge between the Japanese film industry and the Canadian/North American film industry and distribution professionals.

For many films, TorontoJFF is the first step to broader recognition and appreciation by North American and Canadian audiences. The second Toronto Japanese Film Festival will be held at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre between June 13th and 27th, 2013. Programming will again address popular genres such as historical (samurai) jidaigeki, contemporary dramas and comedies, pop culture manga-based action thrillers, art house fare, children’s and anime films. All films will be Canadian or Toronto premieres with the exception of some special screening events.

At TorontoJFF we choose films that reflect the tastes of Japanese audiences, those celebrated by the Japanese Academy Awards, as well as films recommended by the community as those they would like to share with Canadians. In other words, we believe our film project has been “programmed by Japan.”

More at http://jccc.on.ca/torontojff/

 

FREE SCREENING: PING PONG, based on the manga by Taiyo Matsumoto – June 6

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The Japan Foundation, The Beguiling, and The Toronto Comic Arts Festival Present

“Ping Pong”
The live action film based on the manga by Taiyo Matsumoto
Thursday, June 6, 6:30 pm
@ The Japan Foundation, Toronto, 131 Bloor St. W., 2nd Floor of the Colonnade
Admission: Free
Reservation required: http://www.jftor.org/whatson/rsvp.php

Film Language: In Japanese with English subtitles

pingpong_postersAs a part of its presentation of “The World of Taiyo Matsumoto” gallery show, The Japan Foundation, The Beguiling, and The Toronto Comic Arts Festival are pleased to present an intimate screening of PING PONG, a live-action film based on the manga by Taiyo Matsumoto.

Join Curator Christopher Butcher as he gives a brief introduction to the film and the manga that it’s based upon, including how the film may have changed the course of Matsumoto’s career!

“The movie has some of the feel of a good graphic novel and offers a lot of Japanese pop pleasures as well. The images are eye-catching and highly colorful, the pacing is fast, and the story and the characters are simple, grabby and archetypal.” -Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

This is a really fun movie, and I’m going to try to put together a very cool presentation based on the adaptation of the film. I hope you’ll come out to see it (and hey, RSVP to guarantee a space!).

– Chris @ The Beguiling

 

BOOK LAUNCH: Michael DeForge and Patrick Kyle’s New Work

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Michael Deforge Debuting LOSE #5 and VERY CASUAL
Patrick Kyle Debuting NEW COMICS #1
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013, 7pm-9pm
@ The Central, 603 Markham Street
https://www.facebook.com/events/175576765941499/

Presented by Koyama Press, The Beguiling, and TCAF

All are invited to the official Toronto launch of new work by hometown heroes Michael DeForge and Patrick Kyle! The boys will be forced on stage to discuss these new works and their impressive young careers with TCAF’s Christopher Butcher. Books New And Old available at the event!

VERY CASUAL: New from Mr. Michael DeForge after a very successful preview at TCAF. VERY CASUAL is an important new collection of DeForge’s short works, including the Doug Wright Award-winning SPOTTING DEER–it is basically impossible to get everything DeForge does, so get this handy and attractively designed compilation! $15

LOSE #5: The latest installment of Deforge’s one-man anthology, featuring 3 awesome self-contained short and more, you basically absolutely need this, come get it. $8

NEW COMICS #1: 3 all new stories by Patrick Kyle (Black Mass, Distance Mover). Awesome stuff. $8

These works as well as a selection of previous releases by these fine gentlemen will be available for sale at this event. We hope to see you there!

UPDATED: Geneviève Castrée launches SUSCEPTIBLE @ Little Island Comics!

THE EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO LITTLE ISLAND COMICS (742 Bathurst). See you at 7pm!
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SUSCEPTIBLE Book Launch & Talk
with author Geneviève Castrée
Monday, February 18th, 2013
7:00pm @ LITTLE ISLAND COMICS, 742 Bathurst
Free to attend

http://www.facebook.com/events/446235965441778/

The Beguiling is proud to present Susceptible, the important new graphic novel from Geneviève Castrée.

Susceptible is the story of Goglu, a daydreamer growing up in Quebec in the ’80s and ’90s with a single mother. From a skillful artist comes a moving, beautiful story about families, loss, and growing up. Whether she’s discussing nature versus nurture or the story of her birth, Castrée imbues her storytelling with a quiet power and a confidence in the strength of imagery.

We think this is one of the most important graphic novel releases of the season, from an enormously talented young Canadian cartoonist. Best of all, we’ve been told her presentation from the book is excellent, so we hope you’ll be able to make it out for this.

For more information on exactly what this graphic novel is all about, please visit  the Drawn & Quarterly blog.

Praise for Geneviève Castrée

“With mesmerizing honesty Castrée resurrects the obscenely disorienting turning points of a childhood, the ones that haunt a person for a lifetime. After reading the last page I closed the book and wept a little bit about its simple, perfect ending.” –Miranda July, authorofitchoosesyouand noonebelongsheremorethanyou

“[Castrée] offers three connected minimalist fables dreamily portraying a young woman’s reactions to depression, domesticity, and mother hood in delicate watercolors that, thanks largely to her keen graphic skills, made them whimsical without being cloying.” –Booklist

“[Castrée’s work], illustrated in a delicately watercolored style that suggests Richard Scarry in the throes of an Edward Gorey obsession, is an episodic meditation on love, belonging, and personal identity. The visual metaphors for depression and home will break your heart; the care taken with their rendering will join the broken pieces back together on every page.” —The Austin Chronicle

About the Author

Geneviève Castrée was born in Québec in 1981. Sometimes interdisciplinary, she is mostly known for her work as an illustrator and cartoonist. Impatient and lazy, Geneviève never officially studied “art”. She has made a few books and has had a few exhibitions in places such as Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Japan. Geneviève Castrée lives and works in the Pacific Northwest. She also has a music project called “Ô PAON”

Promotion: Add HELHEIM to your Pullfile for a buck!

Oni Press has a new, full-colour, ongoing series launching in early March, and we think that our regular comics customers are going to dig it. It’s called HELHEIM and it’s by Cullen Bunn (Deadpool, Sixth Gunand Joelle Jones (Fables, Dr. Horrible). It’s about a group of brave warriors in ancient times defending themselves against unspeakable horrors. That’s the book trailer for it above…!

We think you’ll dig this (we also think you’d really dig SIXTH GUN too).

So here’s the deal: If you have a pull-file at The Beguiling, and you add HELHEIM to your pullfile, we’ll sell you the first issue for just a dollar. That’s 75% off cover price! The only rules are that you have to pick up (or have delivered) the first issue by the end of March, and you have to at least try the second issue.

It’s not easy to launch an ongoing comic series as an indy publisher, and Cullen and Joelle are two very talented creators that we’re happy to support, so why not give this one a shot? Hey, it’s only a buck.

You can add HELHEIM to your pullfile next time you’re in, or by e-mailing chris@beguiling.com.

– Chris

 

Junko Mizuno Silkscreen Posters – Warehouse Find!

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Wow, are you guys in for a treat or what!? We just unearthed some very rare Junko Mizuno silkscreen posters in the warehouse! These are large posters, screened with up to 6 colours, produced by Junko Mizuno and Vacuum Records. We thought they sold out years ago, but we found some and if you’ve been looking for that rare Mizuno print/poster to own, this is it!

We’ll be putting these in the online art-store on Monday, so if you can make it into The Beguiling this weekend you’ll have first-crack at them.

They are currently selling for $200 each.

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TATSUMI – Screening at TIFF January 25th (CONTEST)

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Good news, everyone! The critically acclaimed film TATSUMI is returning to Toronto, in a  screenings at TIFF Bell Lightbox running from Friday January 25th through Thursday January 31st. Details on the film and tickets are now available at http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiffbelllightbox/2013/2330006101.

Directed by Eric Khoo, TATSUMI is the innovative exploration of the life of comic author Yoshihiro Tatsumi, creator of Gekiga (“serious pictures” as opposed to Manga, which means “funny pictures”). Adapting his most renown period short stories, set in the time period following World War II, and incorporating elements of Tatsumi’s own life from the memoir A Drifting Life, TATSUMI is a fascinating, uniquely animated and performed film that has drawn ravesat Cannes, Dubai, Rotterdam, and around the world.

As you may remember, The Beguiling and TCAF partnered with Reel Asian Film Festival in November for a screening of this film, and I was a little disappointed to have missed it (I was in Japan for Kaigai Manga Festa at the time). I’m personally really stoked that this film is back and at TIFF, and I hope everyone who missed its previous screening will get a chance to come out for this one.

Oh, and of course, all of Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s graphic novels adapted into this film are currently available for sale at The Beguiling, including The Push Man, Abandon The Old In Tokyo, Good-Bye, A Drifting Life, and Black Blizzard. We also have his post-A Drifting Life book, Fallen Words!

Check out the trailer for TATSUMI below, and just past that look for a special contest!

CONTEST: WIN TICKETS TO SEE TATSUMI AT TIFF!

The Beguiling and TIFF Bell Lightbox are teaming up to give three lucky people run-of-engagement passes for two to see TATSUMI between January 25th and 31st.

Want to win? Here’s what you need to do:

For a chance to win, make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling Mailing List and send an e-mail with your name, daytime telephone number, and “BLACK BLIZZARD” in the subject line to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Friday, January 25th at 11am. 3 winners will be drawn and contacted from all valid entries at that time. Their first name may be announced on the website.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

  1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “BLACK BLIZZARD” and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
  2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup in the upper-right-corner of this on the front page of beguiling dot com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
  3. Entries must be received before Friday, January 25th, at 11am.
  4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
  5. One entry per household/phone number.
  6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.

Good luck!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

BOXING DAY PHASE 02 @ THE BEGUILING

THE BEGUILING BACK ISSUE SALE!
Boxing Day Sale Phase 02: Thursday January 3rd to Tuesday January 8th

It is the sale that you may have been waiting ALL YEAR FOR, the great big back-issue sale! If you like old comics, we’ve got deals for you! We’ve also changed stuff up this year, so please read the below carefully!

GROUND RULES

  • Bring your own bags! Save the environment! We’re happy to sell you 5c bags, but we’ve only got small ones left.
  • 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.
  • 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 onBoxing Day,’ whether that’s U.S. Cover Price, Converted Canadian Cover price, Canadian Cover Price, or Sticker Price.
  • Items released in December 2012 or later are not eligible for sale. Determination for eligibility will be made at the cash register, at our sole discretion.

SALE PRICING EXPLANATION

If you’ve been by the store this year, you’ll know that this has been a banner year for us in picking up great collections, including a ton of strong silver age books. Sales on our older comics are bizarrely stronger than ever before. Also, following last year’s BoxingDay Sale, we did an overhaul of all of our behind-the-counter books and marked down everything that remained by 20 to 50%, so prices are already lower than last year’sBoxing Day. With that in mind, here’s how the sale is breaking down:

BEHIND-THE-COUNTER BOOKS (WALL BOOKS)

This year we’ll be breaking down the discount based on the original printed cover price. We’re doing it this way because there is so much fresh material in the bins—some has been there for less than a month.

Cover Price: Discount
10 cent comics: 10% off sticker price
12 & 15 cent comics: 20% off sticker price
20 cent comics and up: 30% off sticker price

In addition, all Dell/Gold Key behind the counter will be 30% off regardless of cover price, and all Will Eisner’s The Spirit newspaper sections will be 30% off as well.

BACK ISSUE BINS & MAGAZINE BINS

50% off Comics & Magazines $15 and under.
30% off Comics & Magazines $15.01 and over.

Most back issues in the back issue bins ($15 and under) will be 50% off their stickered price, but there are a few bin-books that will be only 30% off. This discount also applies to magazine overstock bins, and recent and older Twomorrows Magazines.

SMUT:

50% off printed English-language smut in the back issue bins.
That’s right, all of our comics smut from the fine folks at Comic AG, Eros, Radio Comix, Class Comics, Etc.? All of it is 50% off the sticker price! Must be 18 or older to purchase.

UNDERGROUNDS:

25% off sticker price.
The only real exemption in the back-issue bins are Undergrounds, and they’ll be going for 25% off, which is still a great deal…!

“VARIANT COVERS:”

– All Variants stickered at $39.99 or lower are now $5.00
– All Variants stickered at $40 or more are now 30% off

No variants released in December 2011 or later will be eligible.

TREASURY BOOKS

– 25% off of the already intensely marked-down sticker price!

50 CENT BIN SALE:

“50 Cent Bin Comics” are now 25 cents each, with the purchase of 50 comics or more. That’s 50 comics for $12.50, a great deal! In addition, we’ll be cycling the 50 cent been stock several times throughout the sale.

SETS SALE:

Comic Sets are now 20% off the sticker price.

See you Thursday!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

BEGUILING BOXING DAY SALE

Wednesday December 26, 9am-6pm
until Monday January 31st, 11am-5pm

Again this year we’re expanding our Boxing Day Sale to both The Beguiling and Little Island Comics, and starting the festivities at 9am!  We’re open crazy-early!

As is traditional, we’re doing different sales on different weeks, so please read the below carefully. Oh, and we encourage you to take notes on what the sale items will be from this mailing, so you can remember exactly what you wanted from the shop!

NEW COMIC DAY: Wednesday December 26th
Lots of new comics! Includes: Amazing Spider-Man #700, Aquaman #15, Avenging Spider-Man #15.1, Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #4, Crossed: Badlands #20, Deathmatch #1, Eerie Presents: El Cid HC, Hip Flask: Ourborous, Justice League #15, Mara #1, Star Wars Omnibus: Clone Wars V3 TP: The Republic Falls, The Shadow Special #1.

Phase 01: Weds December 26, 9am-6pm until Monday December 31st, 11am-5pm
General sale, 20% off mostly everything. Tons of deep-discount door crasher specials. No discount on back issues, “Wall Books,” or variant covers.

January 1st: Closed

January 2nd: New Comics Day (no sales on this day).

Phase 02: Thursday January 3nd until Tuesday January 8th.
Back issues on sale! Wall books on sale! Variants on sale! More blanket sales! A more detailed e-mail covering these sales will come next week!

New Comics Day January 9th, no sales on this day.

PHASE 03: January 10th to January 28th
Single issue over stock blow-outs! New comics every week! Different publishers every week! Plus other stuff! More detailed e-mails covering these sales will arrive in your inbox in the coming weeks.

BOXING DAY SALE PHASE 01

Wednesday December 26, 9am-6pm until Monday December 31st, 11am-5pm
(Back issue bins, wall books, variants completely unavailable during this time.)

GROUND RULES

  • Bring your own bags! Save the environment! We’re happy to sell you 5c bags, but we’ve only got small ones left.
  • 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 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 2012 or later are not eligible for sale. Determination for eligibility will be made at the cash register, at our sole discretion.

BACK ISSUE BINS and WALL BOOKS and VARIANTS will not be accessible until Thursday, January 3rd. 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!

THE BIG SALE:

The Beguiling & Little Island Comics: 20% Off Almost Everything
The Beguiling & Little Island Comics will be offering a straight 20% off of almost everything* in both stores. This includes comics, graphic novels, manga, art books, doujinshi, toys, shirts, DVDs, comics sets, 50 cent bin, postcards and greeting cards, etc.

*Exceptions: Back Issue Bins, Wall Books, Variants (as mentioned, these will be on sale later), Original Art, and all items released in December 2012 or later are exempt from sale pricing.

Door Crashers @ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst Street
ONE COPY PER BOOK, PER CUSTOMER

Hope Larson’s A Wrinkle in Time: was $21.95, now $15
David Nytra’s The Secret of the Stone Frog: was $17.00, now $10
Dave Roman’s Astronaut Academy: was $10.95, now $5
All Babymouse and Squish books: 40% off

PLUS: There will be bins of specially marked $1, $2, and $5 books for sale! The deepest discounts in the store will be there!

Door Crashers @ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street
ONE COPY PER BOOK, PER CUSTOMER

MARVEL NOW! ISSUE #1 STARTER SET – $10 (reg $42)
Get the first 12 new MARVEL NOW #1s for less than a buck each! Jump on board Marvel’s relaunch! Includes A Plus X #1, All New X-men #1, Avengers #1, Captain America #1, Deadpool #1, Fantastic Four #1, Ff #1, Indestructible Hulk #1, Iron Man #1, Thor God Of Thunder #1, Uncanny Avengers #1, X-men Legacy #1.

OMNIBUS EDITIONS!
New X-Men Omnibus: was $125, now $75
The Hole of Tank Girl: was $114, now $75
X-Statix Omnibus Vol 1: was $125, now $75

ART COMIX!
Adrian Tomine’s Shortcomings: was $18.95, now $10
Chester Brown’s Ed The Happy Clown, was $24.95, now $15
Eddie Campbell’s The Lovely Horrible Stuff: was $14.95, now $10
Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland: was $21.99, now $10

WEBCOMICS!
Adventures of Dr. McNinja Night Powers Volume 1: NOW $10
Anime Club (Gunshow): NOW $10
Achewood: Worst Song Played on Ugliest Guitar: NOW $10
Penny Arcade v3 (Warsun Prophecies): NOW $2
Questionable Content Vol 1: NOW $10

CLASSIC REPRINTS!
Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Captain America vol 1: was $29.99, now $5
Simon & Kirby Superheroes: was $62, now $30.

MANGA!
Nausicaa Volume 1: was $12.99, now $5
Slam Dunk Volume 1: Was $8, now $1
Until Death Do Us Part Manga 1, was $18.99, now $10

VERTIGO GRAPHIC NOVELS!
Aaron and Ahmed: was $24.99, now $5
Fables 1001 Nights of Snowfall HC: was $19.99, now $5
Grant Morrison’s Kill Your Boyfriend: NOW $3
David Lloyd’s Kickback: was $12.99, now $5
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Vol 1 HC, was $19.99 now $5

GENRE COMICS!
Amazing Screw On Head (Mignola): was $17.99, now $5
Criminal Macabre: The Iron Spirit: was $19.99, now $5
Holy Terror: was $30, now $10 – Watch a popular comic creator’s descent into madness for a price you can’t beat!
Modern Warfare: Ghost: was $17.99, now $5
RASL VOL 1-4: was $63, now $40! – Save nearly 40% on the complete, awesome, oversized edition of RASL. Why wait for the pocket edition when you can get the oversized edition for the same price?
Stephen King’s “N” was $19.99, now $5
True Blood HC Volumes 1-3: was $24.99 each, now $10 each!

MARVEL SUPERHEROES!
Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Box: was $29.99, now $5 – A very expensive Astonishing X-Men collection from Warren Ellis, now at a crazy-great price.
Chaos War X-Men: was $16.99, now $2
Chaos War: was $19.99, now $8
DESTROYER (Robert Kirkman): was $19.99: now $5
Girl Comics: was $19.99, now $5
Marvel 5 Ronin: was $16.99, now now $3
Marvel Zombies 5: was $19.99, now $5

DC SUPERHEROES!
Batman: Imposters: was $14.99, now $3
Green Lantern: In Brightest Day: was $19.99, now $3
Superman vs. Aliens: NOW $1
Superman/Batman: Selected volumes NOW $5 each

All this, plus even more can’t-miss specials in store!!

See you at 9am on the 26th!

– Chris @ The Beguiling