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It’s FREE COMIC BOOK DAY this Saturday!

Hello folks!

I just wanted to drop in to remind you that this Saturday, May 1st is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY at participating comic book stores around the world. That means that if you drop by your local comic shop chances are they’ll be giving away specially designed comic books to get you reading and enjoying the medium, or maybe reading books that you’d never tried before.
At The Beguiling we’ve been participating in this industry-wide event since the first year, and in recent years we’d really been going all out by having creator signings, events, working with libraries and more. This year? We’re gonna scale back on all of that because, frankly, all of our energies are going into NEXT weekend’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
But yeah, we’re totally participating this year too! If you come by The Beguiling between 12pm and 6pm on Saturday May 1st, we’ll hook you up with some great free books. If you want a Preview of that’s available, you can head to http://freecomicbookday.com, and take a look at the list there. We’ve decided to carry about 75% of the books this year in big quantities, anything that we like, stock, and support in store… and we should have a great selection of books from previous years as well. If you’re one of those folks that needs EVERY free comic book day book though, we’ll be having a contest for you too. Details when you show up. 🙂
Oh, and just as an enticement to our regular customers who might need a little incentive to bring a friend or offspring by the store for free comics (and really, isn’t that incentive enough?), we’ll be having a sale: 50% off back issue bin comics (doesn’t include “wall-books”).
Alright! Sorry I left this so late in the game, it’s been busy around here getting ready for TCAF. We hope to see you out with friends and family in tow this Saturday!
– Chris @ The Beguiling
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Now In Store: DAN CLOWES’ WILSON

Hey folks! We’ve just received Dan Clowes’ highly anticipated new hardcover graphic novel, Wilson, which will make its official debut next week at The Toronto Comic Arts Festival. We’ve got it available for early sale though, ready for you to come in and grab a copy.

In Wilson, Clowes uses a series of vignettes in a variety of styles to tell the story of the titular character with his trademark honesty and humour. The comic book release of the year in all quarters. Available on both floors, $23.95.

– Christopher
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ANNOUNCE: Kill Shakespeare Signing Friday April 23!

KILL SHAKESPEARE #1: Book Signing
Friday, April 23rd, 5pm-7pm
@ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street
FREE


Meet creators Connor McCreery, Anthony Del Col, Andy Belanger, and Kagan McLeod this Friday as they sign the brand-new first issue of their comic series KILL SHAKESPEARE, on the very anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth…!
– Chris @ The Beguiling


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Shipping April 14th, 2010

The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.

Click here for the complete list:/100414shipping.txt

A few quick pics:
FEB100959 Kill Shakespeare #1 3.99
FEB100960 Kill Shakespeare #1 10 Copy Mcleod Incv 6.00
We’ll be making an event announcement about this imminently.
FEB100923 Mome GN Vol 18 14.99
Always a good day when there’s a new MOME.
FEB100905 Olympians GN Vol 02 Athena Grey Eyed Goddess 9.99
I liked the first graphic novel in this line, looking forward to this one.
DEC090263 Other Lives HC 24.99
This, I believe, is a brand new original hardcover graphic novel from Peter Bagge…!
FEB100907 Prime Baby TP 6.99
Collecting American Born Chinese creator Gene Yang’s strip from the New York Times Magazine.
JAN100911 Prince Of Persia Before The Sandstorm TP 9.99
The prequel to the upcoming summer blockbuster, with art by Todd McFarlane I believe?
FEB100116 Brightest Day #0 3.99
The next year-long DC event kicks off here!
FEB100154 Doc Savage #1 3.99
Meanwhile, the DC pulp-heroes line begins with this modern take on Doc Savage.
– Christopher
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NEW BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED! Ooku, Real, Genshiken

Hey folks! We’ve just received some great new manga from Viz, a new novel from Del Rey, and a new graphic novel from Sterling!

New Viz Manga!
Dragonball Z VizBig Edition Volume 7
Gestalt Volume 6
Kingyo Used Books Volume 1
Ooku Volume 3
Real Volume 8
Slum Online (Novel)
Stories of Ibis (Novel)
Vagabond VizBig Edition Volume 7
New Del Rey!
GENSHIKEN: RETURN OF THE OTAKU Light Novel
New Sterling!
Homer’s The Odyssey! Adapted by Mucci, Caldwell, and Lacy
All that and much more in store…!
– Chris @ The Beguiling
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ANNOUNCE: James Sturm, In Conversation at Miles Nadal JCC May 6th

JAMES STURM, IN CONVERSATION
With special guest Miriam Libicki (jobnik!)
Thursday, May 6th, 2010, @ 7pm (Doors at 6:30pm)
Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave, at Bloor St. W.
FREE TO ATTEND
Presented by The Toronto Comic Arts Festival and Drawn & Quarterly, in association with the Miles Nadal JCC.
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is pleased to announce a fantastic reading by and discussion with one of the Featured Guests of the 2010 Festival, James Sturm! Best known to Torontonians as the creator of the acclaimed graphic short story The Golem’s Mighty Swing (now available in the collection James Sturm’s AMERICA) and Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules, Sturm returns in celebration of his brand new graphic novel, Market Day, and will read and present from this new work on Thursday, May 6th, at 7PM at The Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre.
MARKET DAY is a timeless tale of how economic and social forces can affect a single life: An expectant father named Mendleman has his life goes through a massive upheaval when he discovers he can no longer earn a living doing the work that defines him. As the realities of the market place sink in, Mendleman unravels. Sturm draws a quiet, reflective and beautiful portrait of Eastern Europe in the early1900s–bringing to life the hustle and bustle of an old-world market place on the brink of the Industrial Revolution.
Joining Sturm on stage will be British Columbia-based artist Miriam Libicki. Libicki, an American Jewish girl from a religious home, enlisted in the Israeli Army one summer against everyone’s best advice. Many qualities seem to make her unsuited for IDF life: her Hebrew isn’t great, she is shy and passive, and she has a tendency to fall in love with anything that moves. Libicki turned her experiences into the graphic novel series jobnik!. Libicki will be discussing her body of work including jobnik!, and her contributions to the academic work The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches.
Both artists will have prepared audio/visual presentations, and will participate in a moderated Q&A with the audience. Market Day, jobnik!, and other works by both Sturm and Libicki will be available on site for purchase courtesy of The Beguiling Books & Art.
This event is part of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, being held Saturday May 8th and Sunday May 9th at the Toronto Reference Library in Toronto, Canada. For more information on TCAF events, please visit http://www.torontocomics.com.

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EVENT: ‘The Rabble of Downtown Toronto’ Launch

Jason Kieffer Presents His Latest Comic Book
The Rabble of Downtown Toronto
With Host Dave Lapp (Drop-In)
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 — 8 PM
The Central (603 Markham St.)

http://jasonkieffer.com
http://torontorabble.blogspot.com

Jason Kieffer’s most recent book, The Rabble of Downtown Toronto, hasn’t been without controversy. This book launch should provide a fantastic insight into the work, and will consist of a presentation by Kieffer, and an onstage interview. RABBLE is a book that raises many questions about homeless and disadvantaged persons in Toronto, and this is certainly a great opportunity to have those questions answered.
The evening will be hosted and Jason will be interviewed on stage by Dave Lapp, author of the graphic novel DROP-IN. DROP-IN is Lapp’s autobiographical account of working with disadvantaged youth in Regent Park.
– Chris @ The Beguiling
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NEW YEN MANGA – Yotsuba 8, Nightschool 3! PLUS: Hope Larson’s MERCURY

Hey folks! We just received a whole whack of new manga from YEN PRESS, including the much-demanded YOTSUBA&! Volume 8, the first volume of the Spice & Wolf Manga, and Svetlana (Dramacon) Chmakova’s NIGHTSCHOOL Volume 3! Here’s the list:

Cirque Du Freak Manga Volume 5
Nightschool Volume 3
One Thousand and One Nights Volume 10
Pig Bride Volime 4
Spice $ Wolf Manga Volume 1
Spiral Volume 11
Yotsuba&! Volume 8
Oh, and since we’re posting, here’s the new anime releases for this week:
You’re Under Arrest: Fast & Furious DVD
Eureka Seven: Goodnight Sleep Tight Reg/Blu Ray
Hayate Combat Butler Part 4
Scrapped Princess DVD Set
In addition, Salamander Dream, Gray Horses, and Chiggers creator Hope Larson’s brand new graphic novel MERCURY has just arrived! Mercury is the story of two girls in Nova Scotia, separated by one hundred and fifty years and the magical secret that connects them.
Published by Simon & Schuster’s Athenium line, the book is a hefty 236 pages for $12.99, and is available on both floors of the store.

– Chris @ The Beguiling