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FCBD@Cosmic Comix! Part Three!

April 25th, 2012 at 3:00 pm - Sales & Events - Leave a comment

FCBDFREE COMIC BOOK DAY (FCBD) is now ONE week away! Give or take two or three days. So it’s time for FCBD@Cosmic Comix Part Three! It’s the third in our series of posts designed to tell you exactly what you can expect to find at Cosmic Comix & Toys on that most excellent of days.

In FCBD@Cosmic Comix Part One, we gave you the first taste. I don’t want to spoil the fun before you click back to find out for yourself but a small part of it is 25% OFF EVERYTHING IN THE STORE! In FCBD@Cosmic Comix Part Two, we told you a little more. All I can say about that is… snake eyes! Or maybe… box cars! I don’t know all the lingo.

What could we possibly add to all that stuff to make our celebration of Free Comic Book Day the best in the area? Well, let me tell you.

1) DOOR PRIZES! We’ll be counting every single person who walks through the door on FCBD and we’ll be giving out door prizes on a regular basis! How about an Avengers movie poster? Or a Free Comic Book Day T-shirt??

Quarter2) FREE COMIC BOOK DAY RAFFLE! We’ve got five Avengers/Invaders hardcovers to give away. Each one a $40 value! All you need to do for a chance to win one of them is fill out a raffle ticket and give it back to us! Just like that! And the best part is, entering is totally free!

3) 25¢ COMICS! "Whaaaa? I thought you only broke out the 25¢ comics for special occasions?" That’s right! And no occasion is more special than this! We’re gonna set up DOZENS of long boxes, each one chock full of comics, out in front of the store. All for a quarter each!

It’s one of our most popular events at Cosmic Comix and we just couldn’t hold out any longer. You saw in this week’s Whiz Bang how we were just aching to get those suckers out there for you. And that was just a small taste! Maybe only one fourth of the total number of boxes we have. That’s right, a QUARTER OF THE QUARTER BOXES is all you saw this week!

It’s gonna be a blast, I assure you. Let me direct your attention to this photo, which was taken at a recent Free Comic Book Day right here in Cosmic Comix!

FCBD 2010

Look for the final wrap-up installment of FCBD@Cosmic Comix next week!

Best Covers of the Day – Wednesday, Apr. 25

April 25th, 2012 at 11:01 am - Best Covers of the Day - One comment

Star Wars: Blood Ties #1If I’d been so inclined this week, I think I could have put together a column that included no less than a DOZEN covers. Just some fine, fine work out there. Makes me want to write another weepy sentimental column like last week’s. I mean, did you see that Daredevil cover? Very slick. And it didn’t even make the cut! (Which I’m sure I’ll hear about in the comments.) Plus we got several more of those Avengers Art Appreciation variants, including an excellent one that paid homage to caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. So what am I leading off with? Star Wars, suckers.

STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES
BOBA FETT IS DEAD #1

Cover by Chris Scalf

You know, I’ve often enjoyed skipping ahead to the final pages of a Dick Francis novel or an Encyclopedia Brown mystery to see exactly whodunit or what the big revelation is at the end. I just don’t have the patience to hold out. I mean, my God! What do they expect us to do, read an entire book??

And here enters Boba Fett is Dead #1. Thank you, Dark Horse, for putting the final page not only early on in the story but on the front freakin’ cover! That’s my kinda story. "Boba Fett is dead. The End." Drama! Action! Adventure! All in four words!

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