City: NORTHAMPTON
State: Massachusetts
Country: US
|
|
|
|
Friday, June 20, 2008
|
Hello everyone! Here's our update for Thursday, June 19, 2008.
This Saturday, June 21st, is FREE RPG DAY! We'll be giving away samples from over a dozen different publishers. Look in UPCOMING EVENTS for more details.
We also have our usual sections for this week's NEW COMICS and Graphic Novels, recent GAMING arrivals, UPCOMING EVENTS both in the store and in the larger community, what's ON eBAY (including info on some beautiful used graphic novels), and an in-depth REVIEW of a favorite comic or game.
New COMICS This Week:
ALIENS OMNIBUS TP VOL 04 $24.95
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 557 $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 563 $2.99
AMERICAN DREAM 4 (OF 5) $2.99
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL 9 $3.99
ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES 12 (OF 12) $2.99
ANNA MERCURY 2 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99
ASTONISHING X-MEN TP VOL 04 UNSTOPPABLE $19.99
-The X-Men are off to protect the Earth from its destruction at the hands of the Breakworld, and one of them won't be coming back. When it's all over, nothing will ever be quite the same. Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's final arc on Astonishing X-Men.
ATOMIC ROBO TP VOL 01 $18.95
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS 8 $2.99
BATTLE ROYALE ULTIMATE ED HC VOL 03 (OF 5) (MR) $24.99
BATTLE VIXENS GN VOL 13 (OF 13) (MR) $9.99
BETTY & VERONICA 236 $2.25
BIRDS OF PREY 119 $2.99
BLOOD BOWL 1 (OF 5) KILLER CONTRACT CVR A $3.99
BOMB QUEEN V 2 (OF 6) (MR) $3.50
BRAVE AND THE BOLD 14 $2.99
CATWOMAN 80 $2.99
CHECKMATE 27 $2.99
CONAN BORN ON THE BATTLEFIELD SC $17.95
CTHULHU TALES 3 CVR A $3.99
DAN DARE OVERSIZED UK HC VOL 01 $13.99
DARKNESS VS EVA 4 (OF 4) (MR) $3.50
DC SPECIAL CYBORG 2 (OF 5) $2.99
DC WILDSTORM DREAMWAR 3 (OF 6) $2.99
DEAD SPACE 4 (OF 6) $2.99
DMZ 32 (MR) $2.99
DOCK WALLOPER 5 (OF 5) $2.99
DUST TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99
DYNAMO 5 TP VOL 02 MOMENTS OF TRUTH $14.99
ETERNALS BY NEIL GAIMAN TP $24.99
EVERYBODYS DEAD 4 $3.99
EX MACHINA 37 (MR) $2.99
FALLEN ANGEL IDW 27 (MR) $3.99
FALLEN MOON DATEN NO TSUKI GN (MR) $12.99
FIRST BORN AFTERMATH (ONE SHOT) $3.99
FLASH 241 $2.99
FRUITS BASKET ULTIMATE EDITION VOL 03 (OF 4) $14.99
GEORGE R R MARTINS WILD CARDS 3 (OF 6) HARD CALL $2.99
GHOST RIDER 24 $2.99
GOTHIC AND LOLITA BIBLE VOL 02 (OF 6) $19.99
GREEN LANTERN HC VOL 02 THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR $24.99
GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL 8 (OF 8) $3.50
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY 2 $2.99
HELLBLAZER 245 (MR) $2.99
HERCULES 2 (OF 5) (MR) (NOTE PRICE) $2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES 118 SI $2.99
IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD 30 $2.99
IRON MAN TP HAUNTED $26.99
JOHN WOOS SEVEN BROTHERS TP VOL 01 HICKMAN CVR (MR $14.99
JUNJO ROMANTICA GN VOL 06 (OF 9) (A) $12.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 22 $2.99
KICK ASS 1 DIRECTORS CUT (MR) $3.99
LOVE AND CAPES 7 $3.95
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS 25 $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS TP VOL 06 MIGHTY DIGEST $7.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ILIAD 7 (OF 8) $2.99
MEGAS 4 (OF 4) (MR) $2.99
MMW SGT FURY HC VOL 02 $54.99
MY INNER BIMBO 5 (OF 5) (MR) $2.99
NAOKI URASAWAS MONSTER TP VOL 15 $9.99
PET SHOP OF HORRORS TOKYO GN VOL 02 (MR) $9.99
POCKET FULL OF RAIN SC $19.99
-This multifaceted anthology collects over 25 stories from the first decade of Jason's career, including his remarkable calling card, the novella-length thriller "Pocket Full of Rain," which has never before been published in English. This book reveals a young cartoonist experimenting with styles and paying tribute to his cartooning heroes, croquet-playing nuns, sentient cacti, autobiographical drunken escapades, lists of people who deserve to die, and a color gallery featuring God cheating at Trivial Pursuit.
POSTAGE STAMP FUNNIES HC $9.95
PROJECT KALKI 2 (OF 4) (MR) $2.99
PS238 32 $2.99
PUNISHER 58 (MR) $2.99
PVP TP VOL 05 PVP TREKS ON $14.99
RAMAYAN 3392 AD RELOADED 6 (OF 7) (RES) $2.99
RASL 2 $3.50
-Jeff Smith's cool new SF series continues. Rasl, the hard-drinking, dimension-hopping art thief, discovers that he's in a lot more trouble than he realized.
RED SONJA 34 $2.99
REICH 3 (MR) $3.00
REX MUNDI DH ED 12 $2.99
SAFEST PLACE GN $12.99
SAIYUKI RELOAD GN VOL 08 (OF 8) (MR) $9.99
SCALPED 18 (MR) $2.99
SCOOBY DOO 133 $2.25
SECRET INVASION FANTASTIC FOUR 2 (OF 3) SI $2.99
SHADOWPACT TP VOL 03 DARKNESS AND LIGHT $14.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE FLASH TP VOL 02 $16.99
SIMPSONS COMICS 143 $2.99
SPARKS 1 (OF 8) $2.99
SPIRIT 18 $2.99
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC 30 EXALTED PART $2.99
STAR WARS LEGACY 25 $2.99
STAR WARS LEGACY TP VOL 03 $17.95
STREETS OF GLORY 5 (OF 6) (MR) $3.99
SUNSHINE SKETCH TP VOL 01 $10.99
SUPER FRIENDS 4 $2.25
SUPERMAN BATMAN 49 $2.99
TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN 4 (OF 12) $2.99
TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE 5 (OF 6) $2.99
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED TP VOL 03 $7.99
TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT CYCLONUS $3.99
TRINITY 3 $2.99
TRINITY BLOOD RAGE AGAINST THE MOONS NOVEL VOL 03 $9.99
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR 55 $2.99
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR TP VOL 10 GHOSTS $15.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN 95 $2.99
UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE TP $17.95
-In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was,"To save the world." These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. This volume collects the first six-issue series, as well as out-of-print short stories, and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Gabriel Bá, James Jean, and Gerard Way.
UN-MEN 11 (MR) $2.99
WAR IS HELL FIRST FLIGHT PHANTOM EAGLE MAX 4 (OF $3.99
WARHAMMER CONDEMNED BY FIRE 2 (OF 5) CVR A $3.99
WELCOME TO NHK GN VOL 07 (OF 8) (MR) $9.99
WIZARD ANIME INSIDER 58 OURAN HS HOST CLUB CVR $4.99
WOLVERINE 66 DWS $2.99
WORLD OF WARCRAFT 8 $2.99
X-FACTOR 32 DWS $2.99
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 10 WHYS AND WHEREFORES (MR) $14.99
-Yorick Brown's long journey through an Earth populated only by women comes to a dramatic, unexpected conclusion in this final volume, by Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra.
YOSHITAKA AMANOS MATEKI THE MAGIC FLUTE HC $29.95 New GAMES this week:
Classic Battletech: Blake Ascending $ 34.99
- Blake Ascending: A Jihad Compilation is an omnibus reprint of the Dawn of the Jihad and Jihad Hot Spots: 3070; the first two source books in the seminal Jihad plot line.
Horus $34.99
-Horus uses a unique combination of tile and card play to create a delightfully casual yet engaging game with surprising strategic and tactical depth. Players attempt to guide the flow of the mighty Nile, and expand their influence so they can one day unite Egypt. Beautifully designed tiles feature ancient hieroglyphics, and the playing pieces evoke the deities of this fascinating culture. Horus is easy to learn and play, but is full of intrigue and player interaction.
Still in stock: Changeling:Lords Of Summer, Savage Worlds Sundered Skies RPG, the new Mongoose edition of Traveller, the pulp/horror RPG Trail of Cthulhu, as well as the Stunning Eldritch Tales supplement, and for White Wolf's Exalted RPG, Dreams Of The First Age BOX SETand The Underworld. We have also got the new versions of ACQUIRE and Risk2210 A.D. Resized.
We have boosters, fat packs, theme decks and tournament packs for the brand new Magic The Gathering expansion set Shadowmoor, first of two in a series. We also have boosters and theme decks for Tenth Edition, Lorwynand Morningtide, as well as boosters for Time Spiral, Planar Chaos, Future Sight, and Coldsnap. We still have starters and boosters for D&D minis new Dungeon of Dread set, as well as the older War Drums, Angel Fire, Underdark, Night Below, Unhallowed and Desert of Desolation sets. We have boosters, starters and box sets for Heroclix, including DC Crisis, DC Icons, Justice League, Mutants & Marvels, Avengers, Hellboy, Invincible and Sentinels.
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition:
Player's Handbook $34.95
Dungeon Master's Guide $34.95
Monster Manual $34.95
GIFT SET (all three books in one slipcase) $104.95
H1 Keep On The Shadowfell $29.95
Sticking with 3.5? We will continue to carry the D&D 3.5 core books for as long as they remain available. We will also gladly special order any and all 3.5 expansions (Complete Books, Monster Manuals, etc.) for as long as we can get them. Also, Paizo publishing will continue to publish and support rules and supplements using the OGL 3.5 rules system through their Pathfinder RPG line.EVENTS:
FREE RPG DAY: This Saturday, June 21, here in the store, we'll be trying all kinds of cool RPGs here in the store, with lots of cool stuff to give away, including a new Fourth Edition D&D adventure from Wizards of the Coast. Sick of hearing about the new D&D? Come in and try something different, including Traveller, Hollow Earth Expeditions, Trail of Cthulhu, and more. Everyone who comes in may take home one of our free sample games. Take part in one of our game demos, and you can take home more. We'll be running game demos at Noon & 7:00 PM.
Modern Myths Book Club: On the last Thursday of every month at 7 PM, we host a comics discussion group. NEXT WEEK, we'll be reading and talking about The Rabbi's Cat, Joann Sfar's quirky tale of a cat who wants to become Jewish.Refreshments will be served. Thursday, June 26, 2008, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Art Class:Cartooning & Anime--two week long summer classes, one for ages 6-10 and the other ages 11 and up, taught by Lahri Bond. July 7-11, 2008, at the Amherst Community Arts Center. Scholarships available through a Xeric Foundation grant. For more information, call 413-253-9265 or click on the ACAC website.
Board Game Night every Saturday: Join us for a wide range of European-style board and card strategy games. Newcomers welcome! We'll provide the games and teach the rules, but you can also bring your favorites. Every Saturday from 7:00 - 11:00 PM.
Western Mass Comics Creators Group: 1st Tuesday night of every month. Join other local comics creators, amateur and professional, for an informal roundtable of ideas, tips, and hopefully, inspiration! Newcomers (published and non-) always welcome. Meetings usually begin at 7 PM.Next meeting: July 1st
Looking further ahead, our next Bargain Comics Sale will begin on July 24 with the Northampton Sidewalk Sale, we'll be setting up a big booth once again this year at Connecticon August 1-3, 2008, and we'll be celebrating our sixth anniversary on September 12.Current eBay Listings:
No auctions for the CBLDF on our eBay Storethis week, but we also have sets of used graphicnovels, used RPGs, and sets of comics & manga, up at our store, as well. We have over a hundred newly acquired graphic novels on the shelf in our Used Section. Two particular highlights, which are also up on eBay: Absolute Dark Knight and Absolute Sandman Volume 1, both in beautiful condition, both available for only $69.99.Featured REVIEW:
Girl Genius, by Phil & Kaja Foglio, 6 volumes so far, $10.00 to $21.99, published by Studio Foglio. RECOMMENDED.
Girl Genius is a story of adventure, romance, and mad science, played mostly for laughs. The heroine of this ongoing webcomic, Agatha Heterodyne, is the long lost heir to a great house of heroes and mad scientists (called Sparks). Since her parents disappeared, Europe has fallen into chaos, with civil war held back only by the armies of Baron Von Wulfenbach, a one-time Heterodyne loyalist. She's grown up in a small town, and nothing extraordinary has ever happened to her, until the day the Wulfenbach armies take over. Then Agatha's on the run through the wilderness, leaping from one exciting frying pan into the next fire.
Phil Foglio has been drawing funny and interesting comics for over 20 years now, from the old gaming strip What's New, to several mini-series for DC, including Plastic Man, Stanley & His Monster, and Angel & The Ape, to his own Buck Godot: Zap Gun For Hire stories. Girl Genius shares with those series a fantasy adventure sensibility that's mostly a light-hearted romp with lots of humor, but that has serious undercurrents adding engaging depth to the characters.This is a great series for anyone who enjoys Order Of The Stick, Fables, A Distant Soil, or Strangers In Paradise.
--Michael D.As always, please let us know if you have questions or we can help with anything, just e-mail us at modernmyths(at)aol.com, or feel free to IM if you see us online at AOL.
Thanks, and see you in the store!
-Michael Dow
Modern Myths, LLC
4:54 AM
Powered by  | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|