Thanks to you guys, we had a record-breaking attendance Black Friday at Cosmic Comics! Showing up to any retailer before six a.m. makes you a trooper. Showing up to a comic shop before six a.m. makes you a certified Bad Ass Mouther !, so shout-out to the seventy-five or so of you who waited in the cold on Black Friday. We saw more faces in the store this Black Friday … [Read more...]
Nerd Girl’s Guide to Manga for the American Comic Reader
In the back room of the shop today, I came across a magazine highlighting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's new library guide for understanding manga. Specifically, the title is CBLDF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices. The cover of the magazine has a wonderful full-color piece of CLAMP art from the lauded series Chobits in which Chi is holding a … [Read more...]
Larime Taylor Fascinates with A Voice in the Dark Issue1
Disable writer, artist and A Voice in the Dark Issue 1 creator Larime Taylor does some very nice work. Psychological thrillers are definitely a thing I love. I love wondering if what I think is happening is actually part of reality, or just in the imagination. Larime Taylor poses an age old question: Are you born that way, or were you made that way? And, more importantly: … [Read more...]
Cosmic Comics to give away Iron Man #1 for Free Comic Book Day!
Yes Virginia, there IS a Free Comic Book Day and COSMIC COMICS has a number of great prizes to give away - starting with IRON MAN # 1 from May, 1968! In IRON MAN, Marvel Comics and Stan Lee gave the world one of the most original and realistic concepts in the history of Comic Books and 50 years later he's still going strong! With the new IRON MAN movie debuting and COSMIC … [Read more...]
What New Comics We’re Reading
New Comics for September 12th, 2012 The Phoenix is hot, hot, hot Avengers vs X-Men is nearing its end. Avengers vs X-Men #11 is sure to please with only 1 issue left in the summer blockbuster story. Brian Michael Bendis returns for this over sized issue. All the major players in the X-Men universe are not involved. We as readers will just have to wait for the … [Read more...]
What We’re Reading
Before Watchmen: Rorschach Begins this week. Rorschach, portrayed has a fascist and existing in the shadows and filth of the city in Moore and Gibbon's original Watchmen, is the darkest of all the Watchmen characters. Brian Azzarello is the writer of this 6th Before Watchmen Mini-Series exploring the dark Anti-Hero. Azzarello is one of the best crime writers in comic books … [Read more...]
Once a Thief…Gambit #1 Review
Gambit #1 Review "Once a Thief..." Marvel lets loose another main book for a minor character of a strong, super powered group. Gambit now has his own book following the extremely strong showing of Hawkeye last week. In Gambit #1, your favorite cajun Remy LeBeau has a little business to attend to, business that has nothing to do with the X-Men. Crashing a party meant for … [Read more...]