12 Reasons to Die Ghost Variant!

Twelve Reasons to Die #1 Chapel Hill Comics Exclusive Cover!

Chapel Hill Comics is proud to announce that as part of our 10th/35th anniversary celebration, we will offer an exclusive CHC cover to the new Ghostface Killah comic, 12 Reasons to Die, as well as a super-limited variant signed by Ghostface.

UPDATE: MAY 8, 2013: There is also a Ghost Variant for 12 Reasons, which was top secret until it shipped! We have it, and the Chapel Hill Comics cover available in the shop, and at our webstore!

Here’s the press release, in which our esteemed boss is quoted:

Black Mask Studios, RZA, and Ghostface Killah are partnering with local comic shops along Ghost’s upcoming tour route to release ‘Tour Variant’ editions of the 12 REASONS TO DIE comic. The Tour Variant edition will feature an exclusive cover that ties in directly with the visuals of the album, and each store’s allotment of books will be branded with the store’s logo.

Each store will also receive a small number of ‘Ticket Variants.’ Limited to a pressing of only 150 copies, the Ticket Variant is autographed by Ghostface and gets the owner of the comic into Ghost’s local concert for free.

12 REASONS TO DIE hits stores on May 8th.

“There’s already a huge crossover between the worlds of comics and hip-hop, and I’m excited to be a part of the Tour Variant program. It should be a great opportunity to introduce hip-hop heads who might be new to comics to all the great storytelling we have to offer as a medium,” said Andrew Neal, owner of Chapel Hill Comics.

“Working with Black Mask means we’re supported by people who are actively trying to put our books in front of new readers, get new people in comic shops, and make people who would never step into comic shops find our stuff. It’s especially great to be doing the limited tour variants and the street team promotions for our book. The hip-hop community is both underappreciated and underrepresented by comic companies and it’s nice to be working with Black Mask to change that,” said 12 REASONS TO DIE writer Matthew Rosenberg.

All this stuff will go on Sale on Wednesday, May 8 at Chapel Hill Comics! For folks who want to order copies, here’s the link to our web store!

Twelve Reasons to Die #1 Signed Variant, signed by Ghostface Killah (also pictured: Ghost signing)!

Twelve Reasons to Die #1 Regular cover A

Twelve Reasons to Die #1 Regular Cover B

Folks seem to like knowing what we sell well, so here’s a list of our top ten selling books of 2013!

1. A WRINKLE IN TIME : Hope Larson’s adaptation of the Madeleine L’Engle book was our champ this year. We hosted Hope for our biggest signing ever in October, and sales kept up all year thanks to fantastic reviews. It’s really good!

2. KING CITY : Here’s another book for which we had a signing. Writer and artist Brandon Graham rolled through at the end of October and signed and sketched stuff for folks, but we had already sold a bunch of these guys thanks to the tireless efforts of the boss, who never shuts up about it (it’s about a martial arts master whose weapon is his cat, and it’s 400 pages for twenty bucks [there he goes again]).

3. DARTH VADER AND SON : This one, featuring funny drawings of Darth Vader & Lil’ Luke by Jeffrey Brown, just sold itself.

4. HARK A VAGRANT : Our second-best-selling book last year hits the top ten again. What can I say? You got Marvel stores, DC stores, and then we’re a Kate Beaton store!

5. AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER: THE PROMISE PART 1 : Children and tumblr enthusiasts converged on the store to purchase these books with the continuing adventures of a bald guy and some kind of yak (sorry, I don’t watch much TV)!

6. SAGA VOL 01 : Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples are making great comics, and they’re selling fantastically well. Do you like outer space hipster parents? We do too, and so does everyone else!

7. PROPHET VOL 01: REMISSION : Another book written by our pal Brandon Graham (as mentioned above in the King City entry). Pulpy outer space monster fights and more, with great art by Simon Roy, Farel Dalrymple, Giannis Milogiannis, and Brandon!

8. AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER: LOST ADVENTURES TP : More Avatar, y’all! This is the first book they released, which collects a bunch of short stories from Nickelodeon magazine.

9. WALKING DEAD VOL 01: DAYS GONE BYE : I guess the most popular cable TV show of all time works pretty well as an advertisement for the comic!

10. AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER VOL 02 PROMISE PART 2: ibid.

There you go!