Holiday Hours Update: Wednesday Shipping Delay!

Well, unfortunately it looks like we’re not going to get through the holiday season with the shipping schedule intact. New books are now arriving to the store Wednesday, December 28th in the morning at some point, which means they won’t be out on the racks for sale until the afternoon. While we will be counting, sorting, pulling, and racking them as quick as possible, if you’re a new comics customer you might want to swing by on Wednesday in the later afternoon. Sorry folks, we thought we had it sorted out but it’s out of our hands.

We’re also closing on Boxing Day at 5pm.

Holiday Schedule.
Normal hours unless noted.

Mon Dec 26: 9am-5pm. Open early! Close early! BOXING DAY!
Weds Dec 28: 11am-9pm. Regular hours, new books in the afternoon.
Sat Dec 31: 11am-6pm. Closed early.
Sun Jan 1: Closed
Mon Jan 2: Back to Normal
Weds Jan 4: Regular hours, no shipping delay.

We’ll update this page and the front page of the site as soon as have any changes.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Boxing Day Sale 2011 – December 26 @ 9am – Phase 1

BOXING DAY 2011 @ THE BEGUILING

Phase 01: December 26, 9am-6pm. December 27: 11am-7pm.
 
It’s Boxing Day! And it’s bigger (and earlier) than ever! We’re opening at 9am, and we’re expanding to TWO STORES this year, with great Beguiling Boxing Day Specials at The Beguiling (as you’ve come to expect) and at Little Island Comics! They’ve got a little bit more elbow room over there, and we’re going to take advantage of it by having more Boxing Day specials than ever before over at Little Island! 
 
As is traditional, we’re holding our Boxing Day sales starting December 26th, and continuing through the rest of December and January. Different stuff on sale all the time, incredible door crasher specials on the 26th, and much more!
 
ALSO: We get a lot of people coming in the store every year, saying things like “uh I read about a special on the mailing but I can’t remember…”. We encourage you to take notes! Sales will be posted in store, but you probably don’t want to try and read 10 pages of sale info twice. Read carefully below!
 
PHASE 01: Monday December 26 & Tuesday December 27
Door Crashers, Comics, Graphic Novels. (Back issues and wall books will be unavailable during this time.)
 
NEW COMIC DAY: Wednesday December 28
No sales this day _at all_. We will be very busy unpacking the Wednesday order. Sorry!
 
PHASE 02: Thursday December 29 to Sunday January 8
Back issues on sale! Wall books on sale! More blanket sales! A more detailed e-mail covering these sales will come next week!
 
PHASE 03: January 9 to January 31
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.
 
SALE PHASE 01: Monday December 26, 9am-6pm & Tuesday December 27, 11am-7pm
(Back issue bins completely unavailable during this time.)
 
GROUND RULES
  1. Bring your own bags! Save the environment! We’re happy to sell you 5c bags, but we’ve only got small ones left. 
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Anything put on hold prior to Boxing Day is entirely exempt to sale pricing.
  5. Sales cannot be combined with other specials or sales.
  6.  “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.
  7.  Items released in December 2011 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 will not be accessible until December 29. 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 SALES:
 
BEGUILING STUFF @ LITTLE ISLAND COMICS, 742 Bathurst
Little Island Comics will feature an assortment of spot sales on graphic novels, t-shirts, essentials, showcases, and more. Sales items will be restocked daily with new product, as product sells. Check back frequently, and look for updates roughly coinciding with Beguiling updates.
 
– Little Island Sale: 20% off all regularly priced books and merchandise at Little Island Comics
– Select Marvel Essential and DC Showcase Volumes: $5 each! *
– 5-10 bins of “50% off” Marvel/DC/Dark Horse/Image graphic novels * 
– T-Shirt Blow-out: $10 each. Webcomics, Various Styles and Sizes *
 
* This is regular Beguiling stock that we are making it easier to browse at Little Island! It will not all be all ages appropriate.
 
 
@ THE BEGUILING, 601 Markham Street:
 
DOOR CRASHER SPECIALS:
This year we are offering an amazing selection of DOOR CRASHER SPECIALS! 
The first 5 of each of these books sold will be $1 EACH!  
All of the remaining copies will be $5 EACH! 
$1 books will be marked. Limit of 5, $1 books per person. Limit of 1 of each $1 book per person. All books will be stacked on the second-floor back issue bins.
 
– Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm HC – Regularly 19.99
– Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born HC – Regularly 24.99
– Deadpool Corps: Prelude SC – Regularly 14.99
– Fate of the Artist SC – Regularly 17.95
– Greatest Shazam Stories Ever Told – Regularly 24.99
– Green Lantern Corps: Emerald Eclipse HC – Regularly 24.99
– Green Woman HC – Regularly 24.99
– Hellblazer: India – Regularly 14.99
– Hellboy Vol 1: Seed of Destruction – Regularly 17.95
– Neverwhere – Regularly 19.99
– Overstreet Comic Book Guide SC – Regularly 29.95
– Popgun Vol 3 – Regularly 29.99
– Savage Sword of Conan Vol 6 – Regularly 19.95
– Warren Ells’ RED – Regularly 14.99
– Watching the Watchmen HC – Regularly 39.95
 
 
FIRST FLOOR SALES:
 
NEW THIS YEAR: MAIN TABLE 50% OFF: It’s a massive table of 50% off items! We’re going to clear off the main tables at the store, and put out a huge (and rotating) selection of product that we will be offering for 50% off the regular price! Individual items on this table will not be mentioned in this email, so make sure to come by and check it out!

We want to stress: These aren’t bad books! Most are quite good, some are great! We just ordered a few too many–maybe this year, maybe last–and so we’re thinning them out a bit because (you may have noticed) we REALLY need the room.

 
– 20% off “Regular Price” on All First Floor books and comics, including Graphic Novels, Books, Erotica, Prose, Strip Reprints, Etc.
 
– All French-language and Japanese-language product in the store is 10% off the sticker price. This includes manga, art books, doujinshi, etc.
 
 
Second Floor:
 
– SPECIAL! DC Archives and Marvel Masterworks – Regularly $50 to $55, NOW: $25 EACH!
 
– “Vertigo Crime” Graphic Novels, HC or SC – Regularly $15-$20 NOW:  $5 EACH!  (These will be clearly marked in store to avoid confusion since the Vertigo Crime branding is pretty generic).
 
– Bone: Colour All-In-One Edition, Limited Edition Box Set – Regularly $350 NOW: $250. Limited to 3 copies at this discount. Subsequent copies will sell for the regular price, less the regular discount of 20%.
 
– 20% off regular price on rack comics from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, Vertigo, Indies, etc. (Excludes December 2011 releases, back-issues, and wall-books.)
 
– 20% off “Regular Price” on all in-print second floor trade paperbacks & manga. This includes Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, Indies, Etc. (Excludes December 2011 releases, out of print or “used/vintage” products.)
 
– All Japanese-language and French-language product in the store is 10% off the sticker price. This includes manga, art books, doujinshi, etc., including newly-arrived materials!
 
– DVD BLOWOUT: All Anime DVD and general interest DVD: Buy One DVD, get 10% off! Buy 2 DVDs, get 20% off! Buy 3 DVD’s, get 30% off! Buy 4 DVDs, get 40% off! (Single discs, box-sets, adult material. One package, whether single-disc or multi-disc, counts as ‘one DVD’.)
 
– TOYS: All toys are 10% off sticker price.
 
– SPECIAL! MILK & CHEESE Vinyl Toy Set! Regular Price $74.95, Now $25!
 
 
SINGLE BOOK DEEP DISCOUNTS
 
We’ve got some amazing deals on some really great books that we happen to have a little too much inventory on, so we’re hoping you can help us out with that. NOTE: Quantities may be limited on some items, but we have tried to ensure at least 10 of each listed special will be available. All books are on the 2nd floor.
 
Adventures of Doctor McNinja: Night Moves – Regularly $19.99, NOW: $10
– One of the funniest comics on the market right now, he’ll cut you open and sew you back up. 
 
Buffy: Tales HC – Regularly $29.99, NOW: $10
– This oversized HC collects Tales of the Slayers, Tales of the Vampires, and 200 pages more Buffy goodness including lots of rare Joss Whedon-written short material. 
 
Fables: Covers HC, by James Jean HC – Regularly $50, NOW: $20
– A tonne of gorgeous art by James Jean, including process materials and more? For $20? We must be completely insane.
 
Frank Miller’s Holy Terror – Regularly $30 NOW: $15
– Come on, you know you’re at least curious.
 
Grant Morrison’s 18 Days HC – Regularly $24.99, NOW: $10
– The great unproduced Grant Morrison comic/screenplay/film/what-have-you, with the complete script, production art, and more! A really neat HC book for 10 bucks.
 
Invincible Compendium – Regularly $64.99, NOW: $35
– So you’re all big Walking Dead fans, but you like your superheroes to have a MARVEL or DC up in the corner on the cover. Let me assure you, INVINCIBLE is the s#it, and this book contains the first NINE volumes of the series for 65 bucks… on any other day. Boxing Day? 35 bucks.
 
Motel Art Improvement Service – Regularly $19.99, NOW: $10
– This really surprising, solid graphic novel from Jason Little debuted at TCAF this year and was unfairly overlooked in the deluge of great graphic novels. For $10 you really can’t go wrong, check it out.
 
Thor Omnibus Simonson – Regularly $125, NOW: $50
– All five of the softcover collections of Simonson’s THOR, one big Omnibus HC, fifty bucks. Don’t miss out.
 
MANGA DEALS:
 
Tatsumi Short Story Collections Set – NOW: $45 EACH for 3 books!
– Yoshihiro Tatsumi is officially The Beguiling’s favourite manga creator. The three short story collections by Tatsumi, “The Push Man and Other Stories,” “Abandon The Old In Tokyo,” and “Good Bye,” are must-own graphic novels. Now, in advance of the SCs coming this spring, get the HC editions for just $15 a pop!
 
Genkaku Picasso 1-3, by Usamaru Furuya – Regularly $9.99 each NOW:  $10 for the set!
– Get all three volumes of TCAF guest Usamaru Furuya’s excellent Shonen Jump series for just $10! 
 
Lychee Light Club, by Usamaru Furuya – Regularly $21, NOW:  $10
– Not for the faint of heart, this is one of my favourite, and one of the most disturbing graphic novels of the year. Don’t miss out.
 
Mega Man Megamix Vols 1-3 SET, by ARIGA – Regularly $12.95 each, NOW: $10!
– This is a surprisingly awesome manga series, and it features Mega Man. If you’re reading any of the shonen action series, give this a try… you’ll be surprised how much you love it.
 
 
That’s it! Some amazing discounts on specific books, great discounts on everything else, and everyone goes home with some wonderful reading material! Enjoy, and we’ll see you at 9am on Boxing Day!
 
– Chris @ The Beguiling

Fresh From Japan: Moe Art Books! Haruhi, K-On, and More!

We’ve just received a huge shipment of new material from Japan, and boy, is it awesome! Included amongst all of the art books, doujinshi, manga, and other awesome stuff? CUTE GIRL ART BOOKS! All of your adorable moe girl favourites in lush, beautifully printed artbook format. Haruhi and friends, the girls from K-On, even ass-kicking characters like the cast of Shakugan no Shanna! A huge assortment can be found on the second floor.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Fresh From Japan: H*talia Yaoi Doujinshi!

We’ve just received a huge shipment of new material from Japan, and boy, is it awesome! Included amongst all of the art books, doujinshi, manga, and other awesome stuff? Hetalia Yaoi Doujinshi! BL, yaoi, echhi, call it what you will, we’ve got a ton of it in stock featuring all kinds of pairings! Are you a UK/USA fan? US/Japan? Italy/Italy? We’ve got it, adding to our already healthy selection of available doujin. Look for them in a clearly marked box on the second floor.

Also available? A bunch of new Hetalia art books! Oh my!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Fresh from Japan: Amazing Manga Artbooks!

We’ve just received a huge shipment of new material from Japan, and boy, is it awesome! Included amongst all of the art books, doujinshi, manga, and other awesome stuff? Art books! Tons and tons of art books! Including manga/illustration books from Taiyo Matsumoto, Range Murata, Katsuya Terada, and dozens more! Come check them out on the second floor.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Fresh From Japan: Video Game Artbooks! Kingdom Hearts, Disgaea, and more!

We’ve just received a huge shipment of new material from Japan, and boy, is it awesome! Included amongst all of the art books, doujinshi, manga, and other awesome stuff? Video game artbooks! Original illustrations, art, and designs that went into making your favourite games, plus advertising and illustration art! We have way more books than are show here too, so come in and check out the whole selection! Second floor.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Fresh From Japan: N*ruto Yaoi Doujinshi!

We’ve just received a huge shipment of new material from Japan, and boy, is it awesome! Included amongst all of the art books, doujinshi, manga, and other awesome stuff? We’ve got a whole new batch of awesome new yaoi doujinshi based on the Naruto series. All of it is “18+” for… various reasons. You can find it all in a clearly labeled box on the second floor, near our normal doujinshi selection. Prices vary.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Now in Stock: PROJECT H!

Good news, smut lovers! Just in time for the holidays we have three high-quality hentai manga for the discerning “aficionado.”

Shocking Pink by Yasuiriosuke
Fed up with how the world is being run, Ryuubi decides to do something about it. She is determined to rule it herself! (With sexy results.)

Three P by Hiroshi Itaba
Sizzling hot college co-eds, Reika, Sara, and Mizume, are looking for more than just a quickie from their men. (With sexy results.)

Embrace & Bloom by Kuon Michiyoshi
Shige feels like the luckiest guy in the world. His girl Mayu is short, cute, and… uh, “well-endowed.” Shige is obsessed with her “assets,” but it turns out Mayu wants more than just a quick fondle. (With sexy results.)

All three can be found on the second floor for $17.95 — U.S. cover price! Usually this kind of material is met with a steep markup but we have cut a deal with Project H to ensure a steady supply of their books. We’ll have all their forthcoming material early and in “deep” stock from now on! There’s never been a better time to love sexy results!

Signed Books Update: Worton & Anderson

While the holidays press ever onwards we’re actually holding up in terms of great stock on hand, regardless of what you’re looking for! In particular, while some of our signed books are getting very thin on the ground we’re pleased to report that so far everything remains in stock… but we’d hurry if you want signed copies of Death Ray, Meta Maus, and Hark, A Vagrant! if we were you.

We’ve even added three more books to the list!

Sand and Fury: A Scream Queen Adventure, by Ho Che Anderson: A story of blood, of sex, of death—of sound and retribution. It opens as a girl by the side of a desert road accepts a ride from a stranger. How could she know that behind that wheel sits the angel of death? Of course, even the angel of death once had a life. During that life, death was a successful business woman, with a great career and an even greater future. It’s true she could be a little cavalier with her innate gifts; she had, after all, broken the heart of everyone who had ever loved her. Signed by Ho Che Anderson.

SKIM, by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki: “Skim” is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls’ school in the early ’90s. When her classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself — possibly because he’s (maybe) gay — the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. It’s a weird time to fall in love, but that’s what happens to Skim when she starts meeting secretly with her neo-hippie English teacher, Ms. Archer. But then Ms. Archer abruptly leaves the school, and Skim has to cope with her confusion and isolation while her best friend, Lisa, tries to pull her into “real” life by setting up a hilarious double-date for the school’s semi formal. Suicide, depression, love, homosexuality, crushes, cliques of popular, manipulative peers — the whole gamut of teen life is explored in this poignant glimpse into the heartache of being 16. Signed by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki.

The Klondike, by Zach Worton. Drawn in an inviting, engagingly detailed style, The Klondike is the story of The Klondike gold rush which shook the Yukon on the eve of the twentieth century and stands today as the defining era in the taming of North America and especially Canada’s Great North. The history of how a handful of colorful characters sparked the largest mobilization of gold seekers in history is brought vividly to life in this debut graphic novel by cartoonist Zach Worton. Notes and introductory texts accompany each chapter, and a thorough, illustrated index of all the key players in the gold rush, as well as a glossary featuring notes about “How to Pan for Gold” and tips on how to spot the differences between “fool’s gold” and the real thing complete the book. Signed by Zach Worton


– Chris @ The Beguiling