When my sister and I were kids we use to read our encyclopedias. We always got excited when we would stumble across cool experiments or fun facts or strange stories about historical people. But golly, all the boring stuff we had to sift through just to find anything good… The Dangerous Book for Boys would have been the perfect book for us and we were girls!

“Go outside and find something to do!” our mother would shout. If we had had this book we could have said “Okay! Let’s build a go-cart or a tree house, or start a fire with a magnifying glass, or grow some rock crystals!” There is so much fun stuff in this book for kids to do.

Parents will appreciate this book also, as there are bits about manners and even essential grammar lessons. Also practical advice on girls and how to listen to and compliment them. Bravo!

Kids, if it is a rainy day, then let us learn about clouds or dinosaurs, or any of the great wonders of the world, make a splint a broken leg or sling for a broken arm. Even learn how to stitch up a cut on a dog. Dangerous indeed!

So, if you know any children, former children, or people who still like to play, give them The Dangerous Book for Boys!

– Vanessa
Chapel Hill Comics

Here are the titles scheduled to arrive next week on Thursday, August 6!  (New comics will be arriving on Thursday rather than Wednesday this week due to the holiday on Monday!  No worries, though; we’ll be open seven days a week!)

COMICS AND MAGAZINES
30 DAYS OF NIGHT RED SNOW #1    $3.99
ACTION PHILOSOPHERS #9 THE LIGHTING ROUND    $2.95
ALL NEW ATOM #15    $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #544 OMD    $3.99
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST WRAITH #3 (OF 4)    $2.99
ARCHIE #578    $2.25
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #182    $3.69
BLACK CANARY WEDDING PLANNER    $2.99
BOYS #10 (RES) (MR)    $2.99

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #6    $2.99

Season 8 continues with a story that focuses on Faith!  Can Brian K. Vaughan knock it out of the park like Joss Whedon did?  I’ll give you a hint: Runaways, Y the Last Man, Doctor Strange: the Oath, Pride of Baghdad, and Ex Machina!

CAPTAIN AMERICA CHOSEN #1 (OF 6)    $3.99
COUNTDOWN 34    $2.99
DAREDEVIL BATTLIN JACK MURDOCK #4 (OF 4)    $3.99
DARK XENA #4    $3.50
DETECTIVE COMICS #836    $2.99
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS WRAP CVR #2 (MR)    $3.99
DUST #2 (OF 2) (MR)    $3.99
EVA DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON ONE SHOT    $4.99
EXILES #98    $2.99
EXTERMINATORS #21 (MR)    $2.99
FAKER #3 (OF 6) (MR)    $2.99
FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK #3 (OF 4)    $2.99
FRANK FRAZETTAS DEATH DEALER #4 (OF 6) (MR)    $3.99
GI JOE SPECIAL MISSIONS THE ENEMY    $5.50
INCREDIBLE HULK #110 WWH    $2.99
INFINITY INC #1    $2.99
IRON & THE MAIDEN #2    $3.99
IRON MAN ENTER MANDARIN #1 (OF 6)    $2.99
JONAH HEX #23    $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #37    $2.25
LIONS TIGERS & BEARS VOL 2 #4 (OF 4)    $2.99

LOBSTER JOHNSON THE IRON PROMETHEUS #1 (OF 5)    $2.99

LUCHA LIBRE #1    $5.99
MADAME MIRAGE #2    $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #31    $2.99
METAL GEAR SOLID SONS OF LIBERTY #11    $3.99
METAL MEN #2 (OF 8)    $2.99
MIDNIGHTER #11    $2.99
MS MARVEL #19    $2.99
NEW EXCALIBUR #23    $2.99
NEW WARRIORS #4 CWI    $2.99
NIGHTWING #136    $2.99
OUTSIDERS #50    $2.99
PAINKILLER JANE #3    $3.50
PLAGUE O/T LIVING DEAD WRAP CVR #4 (OF 6) (MR)    $2.99
SCALPED #9 (MR)    $2.99
SHANNA SHE-DEVIL SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #2 (OF 4)    $2.99
SHE-HULK 2 #21    $2.99
SHONEN JUMP OCT 07 #58 (C: 1-0-0)    $4.99
SNAKEWOMAN VOL 2 TALE OF THE SNAKE CHARMER #3 (MR)    $2.99
SORROW #1 (OF 4)    $2.99
STAR TREK KLINGONS BLOOD WILL TELL #5    $3.99
STAR TREK YEAR FOUR #2    $3.99
STEVE NILES STRANGE CASES #1    $2.50
STRANGE EMBRACE #4 (OF 8) (MR)    $2.99
SUPER VILLAIN TEAM UP MODOKS 11 #3 (OF 5)    $2.99
SUPERGIRL #21    $2.99
TRANSFORMERS MEGATRON ORIGIN #3    $3.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #490    $2.99
VERONICA #183    $2.25
WHITE TIGER #6 (OF 6)    $2.99
WOLVERINE #57    $2.99
Y THE LAST MAN #58 (MR)    $2.99

GRAPHIC NOVELS, BOOKS, MANGA
13TH SON WORSE THING WAITING TP (RES) (C: 0-1-2)    $12.95
BATMAN GOTHIC TP NEW EDITION    $14.99
CHECKMATE VOL 2 PAWN BREAKS TP    $14.99
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL TP (MR)    $15.99
DARKNESS VOL 6 DEPTHS OF HELL TP (C: 0-1-2)    $14.99
DEATH VALLEY VOL 1 TP    $14.99

DMZ VOL 3 PUBLIC WORKS TP (MR)    $12.99

The first two volumes were great, and I haven’t had a chance to catch up on the monthly issues, so I’m excited about this one.  If you’re not familiar, the series is set in Manhattan, which is the demilitarized zone between factions in the next US civil war.  Fantastic.

GUNSMITH CATS OMNIBUS VOL 3 TP (C: 1-1-2)    $16.95

HELLBOY VOL 7 THE TROLL WITCH & OTHERS TP (C: 0-1-2)    $17.95

I loves me some Hellboy.  This has the short stories from the Dark Horse Books of Horror, as well as the Makoma series with Richard Corben and a new Hellboy story by Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell!   Oh, I feel faint!

HOPE NEW ORLEANS VOL 1 GN    $18.95

This is a benefit book for the Southeast Louisana Chapter of the Red Cross.  Local Creator Alex Wilson has a piece in here, so check it out!

JACK KIRBYS FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL 2 HC    $49.99

I feel faint.  More of Jack Kirby’s 70’s stuff?  Oh gosh.  I’m going to be reading this week’s comics for the next month.  Have I ever highlighted this many books before?  Anyway, I love Darkseid, so I’m ecstatic to see this coming.

LOVERS FLAT GN    $12.95
MISS FURY TP (C: 0-1-2)    $25.00
MPD PSYCHO VOL 2 TP (MR) (C: 1-1-3)    $10.95
MS MARVEL VOL 2 CIVIL WAR TP    $14.99
OH MY GODDESS VOL 6 TP RTL (C: 1-1-2)    $10.95
PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MONSTERS HC (C: 1-1-2)    $12.95
PROCESS RECESS 2 PORTFOLIO SC (MR)    $29.95
PUNISHER MAX VOL 8 WIDOWMAKER TP (MR)    $17.99
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL VOL 1 CIVIL WAR TP    $14.99

SENTENCES THE LIFE OF M F GRIMM HC (MR)    $19.99

While I’m more familiar with the oeuvre of MF Grimm’s buddy MF Doom (”Only in America could you find a way to earn a healthy buck/ And still keep your attitude on self-destruct”) but I want to read this just the same.  It’s a hip-hop autobiography released by Vertigo, and from the preview I’vve seen the art by Ronald Wimberly looks good.  Check it out!

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ARCHIVES VOL 5 TP (C: 0-1-2)    $7.49
SPIDER-MAN FAMILY BACK IN BLACK DIGEST TP    $8.99
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION THE DOMINATOR WAR TP    $14.99
SWORD OF THE ATOM TP    $19.99

OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE
DC HEROCLIX JUSTICE LEAGUE BOOSTER PACK (NET) (C: 1-1-2)    $9.99
DC MINIMATES WAVE FIVE ASST (NET)    $9.99

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Hello, everyone!

First of all, I want to take a minute to welcome the students, staff, and faculty of UNC back to town. We’ve already seen a ton of you over the last week, and hope to see many more as you get resettled in town!

Next, I’d like to mention that we are still collecting money to donate to the ASPCA and the Hero Initiative in memory of our friend Mike Wieringo.

We have had a fantastic response already, and due to the fact that folks who want to donate are still coming in every day, we’re going to leave the collection box out a while longer.

Anyone who gives a donation will receive a copy of the Dynamic Forces Premiere: Tellos Prologue comic. This is a a great issue to introduce you to Mike’s art if you aren’t already familiar with it.

More about Mike Wieringo:
http://www.chapelhillcomics.com/content/?p=163

Thanks a lot,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

I think we missed getting last week’s Shipping this Week list online, and for that I apologize.  There was some great stuff, though, from the first issue of the new Mouse Guard series, to Ashley Wood’s Zombies vs. Robots hardcover, to a Katsuhiro Otomo art book, to the Colossal collection of Todd Dezago and Mike Wieringo’s Tellos.  Here’s the stuff scheduled to arrive this week:
COMICS AND MAGAZINES
30 DAYS OF NIGHT EBEN & STELLA #4 (MR)    $3.99
52 AFTERMATH THE FOUR HORSEMEN #1 (OF 6)    $2.99
ACTION COMICS #855    $2.99
AMAZONS ATTACK #6 (OF 6)    $2.99
AMERICAN VIRGIN #18 (MR)    $2.99
AMORY WARS #3 (OF 5)    $2.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #5 CWI    $2.99
BATMAN ANNUAL #26 HEAD OF THE DEMON    $3.99
BLACK PANTHER #30 CWI    $2.99
BOMB QUEEN IV #1 (OF 4) (MR)    $3.50
BONDS #1 (OF 3)    $3.99
BRIT #1    $2.99
CONAN #43 (MR)    $2.99
COUNTDOWN 35    $2.99
COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE #1 (OF 8)(CD)    $3.99
DEE SNIDERS STRANGELAND SEVEN SINS #1 (OF 4) (MR)    $3.99
EMILY THE STRANGE VOL 2 DEATH ISSUE #1    $3.50
EX MACHINA MASQUERADE SPECIAL (MR)    $3.50
FALL OF CTHULHU MAVILLAIN CVR A #5    $3.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #549 CWI    $2.99
FORGOTTEN REALMS HALFLINGS GEM SEMEIKS CVR A #1    $5.50
GENE SIMMONS DOMINATRIX #1    $3.99
HACK SLASH SERIES HAUN CVR B #4 (MR)    $3.50
HELLBLAZER #234 (MR)    $2.99
HELLBOY DARKNESS CALLS #5 (OF 6)    $2.99
HUNTERS MOON #3 (OF 5)    $3.99
KISS 4K #3    $2.99
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #130    $4.99
LAST FANTASTIC FOUR STORY    $4.99
LOCAL #10 (OF 12) (MR)    $2.99

MICE TEMPLAR #1    $3.99

I can pretty well guarantee you haven’t gotten enough mice with swords yet.  Mouse Guard is great, and you love the Redwall novels, but you want more, right?  Well, here it comes.  I highly recommend Mice Templar by Mike Oeming.  It’s a lot of fun.  We are very lucky to be living during the mice-with-swords renaissance.

OUTSIDERS FIVE OF A KIND WEEK 5 GRACE WONDER WOMAN    $2.99
PREVIEWS VOL XVII #9 (Net)    $2.70

PUNKS THE SUMMER COMICS SP (MR)    $4.99

This is awesome.  It’s a one-shot comic featuring punk rockers made out of clip art with the heads of Abe Lincoln, a dog, a hand, and… a skull, I think?  I read it a few months back, and it’s very cool.  Check it out.

SILVER SURFER REQUIEM #4 (OF 4)    $3.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #179    $2.25
SPIDER-MAN ONE MORE DAY SKETCHBOOK OMD    $2.99
TALES FROM THE CRYPT #2    $3.95
TEEN TITANS #50 (NOTE PRICE)    $3.99
TEEN TITANS GO #46    $2.25
TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT OPTIMUS PRIME    $3.99
TRUE STORY SWEAR TO GOD IMAGE ED #8    $2.99
USAGI YOJIMBO #105    $2.99
WALKING DEAD #41 (MR)    $2.99
WARHAMMER 40K DAMNATION CRUSADE CVR A Of(6)    $2.99
WASTELAND #11 (MR) (NOTE PRICE)    $3.50
WETWORKS #12    $2.99
WITCHBLADE TAKERU MANGA SUMITA CVR A #7    $3.99
WIZARD MAGAZINE SPIDER-MAN ONE MORE DAY QUESADA CVR #192 (C:    $5.99
WONDER WOMAN #12 (AA)    $2.99
WORLD WAR HULK X-MEN #3 (OF 3) WWH    $2.99

GRAPHIC NOVELS, MANGA, BOOKS, SHMOOKS
ASIADDICT GN (MR)    $15.00
ASTHMA GN (MR)    $17.00
BATMAN BATMAN AND SON HC    $24.99
BATMAN SECRETS OF THE BATCAVE TP    $17.99
BECK MONGOLIAN CHOP SQUAD VOL 9 GN (OF 19) (MR)    $9.99
CABLE DEADPOOL VOL 7 SEPARATION ANXIETY TP    $17.99
CHANCE IN HELL HC (MR)    $16.95
COMPLETE BITE CLUB TP (MR)    $19.99
DC TOP COW CROSSOVER CLASSICS TP    $14.99
DEVILISH GREETINGS KRAMPUS POSTCARDS ARTBOOK    $18.95
DRIFTING CLASSROOM VOL 7 TP (MR) (C: 1-0-0)    $9.99
ESSENTIAL DAREDEVIL VOL 4 TP    $16.99
GOTHIC SPORTS VOL 2 GN (OF 3)    $9.99
HELLO ME PRETTY GN    $15.00
HULK AND POWER PACK PACK SMASH DIGEST TP    $6.99
INCREDIBLE CHANGE BOTS GN (C: 0-1-2)    $15.00
INUBAKA CRAZY FOR DOGS VOL 4 TP (C: 1-0-0)    $9.99
JEREMIAH HARM VOL 1 TP    $14.99
KAT WHO WALKED IN BEAUTY PANORAMIC DAILIES OF 1920 HC    $29.95
LIFE VOL 6 GN (OF 9) (MR)    $9.99
LOOKING GLASS WARS HATTER M PX HC    $24.99
MANHUNTER VOL 3 ORIGINS TP    $17.99
MEAN GN    $16.95
NEGIMA VOL 15 GN (MR)    $10.95
NINJA SCROLL TP    $19.99
NOTHING BETTER VOL 1 TP    $15.00
POISON THE CURE VOL 1 GN    $9.00
PRINCESS RESURRECTION VOL 2 GN (MR)    $10.95
RAVE MASTER VOL 25 GN (OF 35)    $9.99
SHAMAN WARRIOR VOL 4 TP (C: 1-1-2)    $12.95
SHIKI TSUKAI VOL 1 GN    $10.95
SHUGO CHARA VOL 2 GN    $10.95
SHUTTERBOX VOL 4 GN (OF 4)    $9.99
SPELL GN    $12.95
STOLEN HEART GN    $12.95
SUNFLOWER GN    $12.95
SUPER SPY GN (C: 0-1-2)    $19.95
TANGENT COMICS VOL 1 TP    $19.99
TOKYO IS MY GARDEN GN (RES) (MR) (C: 0-1-2)    $18.99
TSUKUYOMI MOON PHASE VOL 8 GN (OF 12) (MR)    $9.99

DOLLIES
FONE BONE PLUSH TOY (C: 0-1-3)    $12.95
MARVEL ZOMBIES MINIMATES BOX SET (C: 0-1-4)    $19.99
REACTIVATED SER 3 SUPERFRIENDS ACTION FIGURES    $15.99
SPIDER BOOM 4IN PINK VERSION CLIP ON PLUSH (C: 1-1-3)    $13.00
SPIDER BOOM 8IN PINK VERSION PLUSH (C: 1-1-3)    $25.00

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

First of all, here’s the link to our previous post on our friend Mike Wieringo.

We will be collecting money starting today at the store to make donations to the ASPCA and the Hero Initiative as requested by Mike Wieringo’s brother Matt. If you’ve got an extra buck or two when you come in, throw it in the box, and we’ll send it along in Mike’s name.

I just remembered that we still had copies available of the following Mike Wieringo comic: the DF Premiere Tellos Prologue. We will be giving away copies with any donation while supplies last. We started the day with 60 or 70 copies, so who knows how long they’ll last. The comic includes a 10 page Tellos comic by Todd Dezago and Mike Wieringo, and 12 pages of sketches and interviews. It’s a great introduction to the world of Tellos, if you’ve never read it. Please consider donating any amount at the store to receive one of these fine comics.
If you’d rather donate individually, their websites are:

http://www.aspca.org
http://www.heroinitiative.org

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Hello there,

Those of you who frequent comic book news sites will already know this. For those of you who don’t, I have bad news.

Comic Book artist and personal friend Mike Wieringo died suddenly of a heart attack this Sunday. He was 44 years old.

Mike was a fantastic and popular artist, and the nicest guy I’ve ever known.

We will be collecting money starting today at the store to make donations to the ASPCA and the Hero Initiative as requested by Mike’s brother Matt. If you’ve got an extra buck or two when you come in, throw it in the box, and we’ll send it along in Mike’s name. If you’d rather donate individually, their websites are:

http://www.aspca.org
http://www.heroinitiative.org

We currently have at our website a remembrance of Mike which includes some photos and links to other remembrances:

http://www.chapelhillcomics.com/content/?p=163

(I didn’t realize when I was working on it that I had managed to label the post as private, but if you tried to view it before, you can see it now.)

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

I learned earlier today that my friend Mike Wieringo died this weekend. Lots of folks who shop with us know Mike’s work. Over the years he was the penciller on lots of great comics, from the Flash, to Superman, to the Fantastic Four, to his and Todd Dezago’s creator owned fantasy series Tellos.

I can’t claim to have been as close a friend as others who have posted elsewhere online, but I wanted to share my thoughts of Mike, just to let folks know that we haven’t just lost a great comic artist, we’ve lost a truly kind, gentle, and wonderful man.

I met Mike when I was 19 or 20; I was working for Dan Breen, back when he owned the business and it was called the Second Foundation Bookstore. Mike came in with some of his studiomates, picked out some books, and came to the register. I noticed his name on his credit card, and was dumbstruck: Mike Wieringo was my favorite comic book artist, and I had no idea he was local! I introduced myself and stated that I loved his work, and played it pretty cool. I didn’t want to seem like too much of a fanboy.

Mike Wieringo with a fan at Free Comic Book Day in 2003.

Mike was great. He was kind, humble, and very appreciative of the fact that I was a fan. Having seen him interact with lots of people over the years, I know now that he would have been just as nice to me if I had gushed at him about his work.

Over the years, Mike was a consistent customer in the store, and I was a consistent fixture behind the register. Over the course of the fifteen years that I went from a part time summer clerk to the owner of the store, I always enjoyed talking to Mike every time I saw him in the store. Even if I was completely bogged down in orders or bookkeeping in the office, I always made a point to come out to see Mike if I heard his voice.

At some point I started to think of Mike more as a friend than a customer or colleague in the industry.

Mike reading a comic by Claude, one of our regular customers.

He was always fun to talk to: sometimes he’d hang out in the store for 45 minutes or an hour before mentioning that he needed to get back to his work. We talked about my plans for the store, his upcoming projects, our cats, the last season of Deadwood, all kinds of stuff.

He was very generous with his time: He did a couple of signings in the store despite his frequently crushing work schedule, and each time stayed longer than scheduled to meet the demand of fans who wanted signatures and sketches. We have a lot of customers who are young kids, and lots of them brought their own comics for Mike to read at the last signing we had. He read them all and was very encouraging and complementary to the kids who drew them.

He loved comics: Mike was maybe the most omnivorous comic reader I’ve ever encountered. We shared interests in several artists, and would both gush over them when a new book came out. Despite the fact that Mike was a comics professional, he never stopped being a fan.

He loved animals: If you looked at Mike’s personal work, you’d know this without ever speaking to him. He considered his cat Charlie his best friend. He was a vegetarian, and while his health was certainly a concern, part of the reason was that he simply loved animals too much to eat them.

He was the kindest, most gentle person I knew: I don’t know what more to say about this; it’s hard to pick an example because his kindness and friendliness were present in every single conversation I ever had with him.

I miss Mike.

Links (The high traffic volume is causing database errors at Newsarama and seems to have affected Mike’s site too, so try back later if you can’t get through now):

Newsarama Story: Mike Wieringo Passes Away.

Mike’s brother Matt will be posting updates at Mike’s website: MikeWieringo.com

Remembrance by Mike’s friends:
Mark Waid, Todd Dezago, and Karl Kesel
Scott Kurtz
Jeff Parker
Jamar Nicholas
A lot of folks loved Mike, so I’m sure I’m missing people here.

Mike and me.

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

These are the titles scheduled to arrive this Wednesday, August 15!

COMICS AND MAGAZINES
ACTION COMICS #854 (CD)    $2.99
AMAZONS ATTACK #5 (OF 6)    $2.99
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST QUASAR #2 (OF 4)    $2.99
AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #55    $2.99
ARMY @ LOVE #6 (MR)    $2.99
BLACK CANARY #4 (OF 4)    $2.99
BOOKS WITH PICTURES #6 (OF 6)    $2.95
BOOSTER GOLD #1    $3.50
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #6    $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #29 CWI    $2.99
CATWOMAN #70 (AA)    $2.99
CHECKMATE #17    $2.99
COUNTDOWN 37    $2.99
DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 3 MANIAK CVR A #3 (OF 12)    $3.50
FATHOM KIANI #3    $2.99
FLASH #231    $2.99
FRIDAY THE 13TH PAMELAS TALE #2 (OF 2) (MR)    $2.99
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #23    $2.99
GI JOE STORM SHADOW #3    $3.50
GRIFTER MIDNIGHTER #6 (OF 6)    $2.99
HELLBLAZER #235 (MR)    $2.99
HIGHWAYMEN #3 (OF 5)    $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #12 (NOTE PRICE)    $3.50
KILLING GIRL #1 (OF 5) (MR)    $2.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #5    $2.25
LOVELESS #19 (RES) (MR)    $2.99
MAINTENANCE #4 (MR)    $3.50
MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #2    $2.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED TREASURE ISLAND #3 (OF 6)    $2.99
NEW X-MEN #41    $2.99
OUTSIDERS FIVE OF A KIND WEEK 3 THUNDER MARTIAN MANHUNTER    $2.99
PROGRAMME #2 (OF 12)    $2.99
RED PROPHET TALES OF ALVIN MAKER #10 (OF 12)    $2.99
REX MUNDI DH ED #7    $2.99
RIPCLAW PILOT SEASON #1    $2.99
ROBIN #165    $2.99
SCARFACE DEVIL IN DISGUISE #2 (MR)    $3.99
SHADOWPACT #16    $2.99
SHRUGGED #6    $2.99
SIMPSONS COMICS #133    $2.99
SPAWN #170    $2.95
SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #4    $4.99
SPIKE SHADOW PUPPETS #3    $3.99
SUB-MARINER #3 (OF 6) CWI    $2.99
SUPER VILLAIN TEAM UP MODOKS 11 #2 (OF 5)    $2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #39    $2.99
TERROR INC #1 (OF 5) (MR)    $3.99
THOR 2ND PTG COIPEL VAR #1    $2.99
TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #157 (C: 0-1-2)    $5.95
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #112    $2.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #16    $3.99
ZOMBIE HIGHWAY DIRECTIONLESS (MR)    $3.99

BOOKS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, MANGA
ATELIER MARIE AND ELIE ZARLBURG ALCHEMIST VOL 1 GN (OF 5)    $9.99
BALTIMORE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER & VAMPIRE PX HC (C: 0-1-2)    $39.95
BETTY BLUES GN (C: 0-1-2)    $10.00
BIZENGHAST VOL 3 GN (OF 5)    $9.99
BOMBOS VS EVERYTHING VOL 1 GN (OF 3)    $9.99
CATWOMAN ITS ONLY A MOVIE TP    $19.99
DOG AND WATER DEFINITIVE ED HC (MR)    $19.95
DP 7 CLASSIC VOL 1 TP    $24.99
EXPENDABLE ONE VOL 2 BOOB VS BOOBS GN (MR)    $11.95
FALLEN ANGEL IDW VOL 3 TP    $19.99
FLASH GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD    $19.99
FRUITS BASKET VOL 17 GN (OF 22)    $9.99
FUMI YOSHINAGAS TRULY KINDLY GN (MR) (C: 1-0-0)    $9.99
GIRL GENIUS VOL 6 SC (C: 0-0-1)    $21.95
GOOD AS LILY    $9.99
INITIAL D VOL 27 GN (OF 32)    $9.99
IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD TP (JUL068577)    $14.99
KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE VOL 20 TP    $11.99
LIFE AFTER BLACK BARRON STOREY THE JOURNALS HC (C: 0-1-2)    $49.00
LOVE MODE VOL 6 GN (OF 11) (A) (C: 1-0-0)    $9.99
LOVE PISTOLS VOL 2 GN (OF 4) (A) (C: 1-0-0)    $9.99
LOVELESS VOL 6 GN (OF 7) (TKP) (MR)    $9.99
ME2 VOL 1 GN (OF 3) (MR)    $9.99
MISSING KAMIKAKUSHI NO MONOGATARI VOL 1 GN (OF 3)    $9.99
MUGEN SPIRAL VOL 2 GN (OF 2) (C: 1-0-0)    $9.99
NARCOLEPTIC SUNDAY GN (MR)    $14.95
NEW AVENGERS VOL 6 PREMIERE HC    $19.99
NEWUNIVERSAL VOL 1 EVERYTHING WENT WHITE PREM HC    $19.99
PEACE MAKER VOL 1 GN (OF 6) (MR)    $9.99
PIN UP WINGS HC (MR) (C: 0-1-2)    $30.00
ROAD TO HELL TP (APR068181)    $12.99
ST LUNATIC HIGH SCHOOL VOL 1 GN (OF 2)    $9.99
THE LIST ILLUSTRATED NOVEL (MR) (C: 0-1-2)    $15.95
UNDERTOWN GN    $9.99
WE SHADOWS GN    $9.99
WILL EISNERS SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL 22 HC    $49.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS VOL 3 SWIFT AND TERRIBLE PREM HC    $19.99
X ISLE VOL 1 TP    $14.99
YOKO TSUNO VOL 1 ON THE EDGE OF LIFE TP (C: 0-1-2)    $9.99
YUBISAKI MILK TEA VOL 5 GN (OF 7) (MR)    $9.99

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Here are the comics that are scheduled to arrive Wednesday, August 8!

In addition to these titles, we’ve had the following books in stock from other distributors for a while now:

CROOKED LITTLE VEIN by Warren Ellis

We’ve had this in stock since its release date a couple of weeks ago, and it’s very entertaining. If you are a Warren Ellis fan, you’ll enjoy his first novel!

HISTORY DUDES: ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
HISTORY DUDES: VIKINGS

Entertaining history books about dudes in the past!

POSTCARDS: TRUE STORIES THAT NEVER HAPPENED

I had a chance to read this before it was published, and enjoyed it quite a bit. This is an anthology of short comic stories based on old found postcards.

BLEACH VOLUME 20
NAOKI URASAWA’S MONSTER 10

Two of our most popuar manga series! Monster is fantastic. I actually voted for it in the “Best Continuing Series” category in the Eisners. I need to put together a review for the site. Really, it’s great!

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

If you’ve managed to miss picking it up, we have it in stock!

Alright, on to the forthcoming books:

COMICS AND MAGAZINES
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #11 $2.99
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST WRAITH #2 (OF 4) $2.99
ARMY OF DARKNESS FROM ASHES #1 $3.50
AVENGERS CLASSIC #3 $2.99
BAD PLANET #1 NEW PRINTING (OF 6) (MR) $2.99
BAD PLANET #2 (OF 6) (RES) (MR) $2.99
BATMAN #667 $2.99
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #8 $2.99
BATMAN STRIKES #36 $2.25
BERLIN #13 (MR) $3.95
BEST OF THE WEST #62 $6.95
BLACK ADAM THE DARK AGE #1 (OF 6) $2.99
BLADE #12 $2.99
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #128 (MR) (C: 1-0-0) $2.99
BOYS #9 (RES) (MR) $2.99

BPRD KILLING GROUND #1 (OF 5) $2.99

BPRD is now a continuing series, even though it is broken up into miniseries. This makes it the best continuing series from Dark Horse, DC, Image, or Marvel, in my opinion. It’s even better than Hellboy (which it spun off from), at this point. I love BPRD. I love the stories, I love the art, I love the monsters, and I love the characters. WIN.

CASANOVA #8 (MR) $1.99
CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #2 $4.99
COUNTDOWN 38 $2.99
COVER GIRL #4 (OF 5) $3.99

CRIMINAL #8 (MR) $2.99

Criminal just won the “Best New Series” Eisner, and deserved it. A fantastic crime book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.

DAREDEVIL #99 $2.99

DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #1 3RD PTG LEE WRAPAROUND VAR (OF 7) $3.99
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #2 3RD PTG LEE VAR (OF 7) $3.99
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #3 2ND PTG ROMITA JR VAR (OF 7) $3.99
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGERS GUIDEBOOK $3.99

We actually have all seven issues of Stephen King’s Dark Tower in stock right now, but these reprints ensure we’ll have them even longer, for your enjoyment. If you’ve been waiting to read the comic until all seven issues are out, now’s the time! Read them and get ready for the next series, which is scheduled to begin in February 2008!

DEADMAN #12 (MR) $2.99
DMZ #22 (MR) $2.99
DRAW #14 (C: 0-1-2) $6.95
DYNAMO 5 #6 $3.50
EXILES #97 $2.99
FABLES #64 (MR) $2.99
FANTASTIC FIVE #3 (OF 5) $2.99
GEN 13 #11 $2.99
GHOST RIDER #14 $2.99
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #26 $3.50

GLISTER #1 $5.99

A new ongoing comic series by Andi Watson, writer and artist of Skeleton Key, Love Fights, Slow News Day, and many other fine comics, as well as the writer of Clubbing! This is a great little story about a little girl and a haunted teapot. Once again, I’ve had a chance to read the full issue, and I thoroughly recommend it. His art has a really nice loose quality in this comic that I haven’t seen before. Very nice.

GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE #3 (OF 6) $2.99
GREEN LANTERN #22 $2.99
GREEN LANTERN 2ND PTG #21 $2.99
HEDGE KNIGHT 2 SWORN SWORD #3 (OF 6) $2.99
INCREDIBLE HULK #109 WWH $2.99
INDIA AUTHENTIC UMA #4 $2.99
JACK OF FABLES #13 (MR) $2.99
JLA CLASSIFIED #41 $2.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MAN IN THE IRON MASK #2 (OF 6) $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #33 $2.99
NEW AVENGERS TRANSFORMERS #2 (OF 4) $2.99
NEW EXCALIBUR #22 $2.99
NICOLAS CAGES VOODOO CHILD TEMPLESMITH COVER #2 (MR) $2.99
NOVA #5 $2.99
OMEGA FLIGHT #5 (OF 5) CWI $2.99
OUTSIDERS FIVE OF A KIND WEEK 2 KATANA SHAZAM $2.99
POWERS #25 (MR) $3.95
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #10 CWI $2.99
RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS WRATH OF THE TITANS #2 (OF 4) $3.50
RED SONJA #25 $2.99
SABRINA VOL 2 #87 $2.25
SADHU THE SILENT ONES #1 (MR) $2.99
SHONEN JUMP SEP 07 #57 (C: 1-0-0) $4.99
STAR WARS LEGACY #15 (C: 1-0-0) $2.99
STAR WARS REBELLION #9 (C: 1-0-0) $2.99
STORMWATCH PHD #10 $2.99
TEDDY SCARES VOL 2 $6.95
TOYFARE 10TH ANNIVERSARY ED CVR #122 (C: 0-1-2) $4.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN #85 $2.99
UNCLE SCROOGE #368 $7.99
UN-MEN #1 (MR) $2.99
WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #683 $7.99
WORLD WAR HULK FRONT LINE #3 (OF 6) $2.99
X-FACTOR #22 $2.99
YOULL HAVE THAT ONE SHOT $3.25

GRAPHIC NOVELS, MANGA, BOOKS
100 BULLETS VOL 11 ONCE UPON A CRIME TP (MR) $12.99
24 NIGHTFALL TP $19.99
ALAN MOORE THE COMPLETE WILDCATS TP $29.99
AVENGERS EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES 2 HC $24.99
BLACK METAL VOL 1 GN (MR) $11.95
BLAME VOL 9 GN (OF 10) (MR) $9.99
CANT WIN WITH YOU VOL 1 GN $12.95
CHUNCHU GENOCIDE FIEND VOL 1 TP (C: 1-1-2) $10.95
CLIVE BARKERS GREAT & SECRET SHOW VOL 2 TP $19.99
COMPLETE JON SABLE FREELANCE VOL 7 TP $24.99
DUMMYS GUIDE TO DANGER VOL 1 TP (MR) $11.95
DUNGEON PARADE VOL 2 TP DAY OF THE TOADS $9.95

This is a fantastic series. It’s a funny animal dungeons and dragons type thing that is both parody and completely serious somehow. Great drawing, great colors, great story and jokes. Even with all the other great stuff coming out this week, Dungeon is what I’ll read first!

ESSENTIAL DAZZLER VOL 1 TP $16.99
EYESHIELD 21 VOL 15 TP (C: 1-0-0) $7.99
GHOST RIDER VOL 2 LIFE & DEATH OF JOHNNY BLAZE TP $13.99
HAVE YOU SEEN THE HORIZON LATELY SC (MR) $19.95
INVINCIBLE VOL 3 ULTIMATE COLL HC $34.99
LANKHMAR BOOK 2 SWORDS AGAINST DEATH NOVEL (C: 1-1-2) $12.95
LAST CALL VOL 1 GN (MR) $11.95
LORI LOVECRAFT VOL 2 MY BLACK PAGES TP (MR) $14.95
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 6 DIGEST TP $6.99
NAKED ARTIST..AND OTHER COMIC BOOK LEGENDS GN (NOV068416) $11.95
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION ANGELIC DAYS VOL 6 TP $9.99
NOSATSU JUNKIE VOL 3 GN (OF 7) $9.99
POP JAPAN TRAVEL ESSENTIAL OTAKU GUIDE GN $9.95
PRETTY FACE VOL 1 TP (C: 1-0-0) $7.99
SHOUT OUT LOUD VOL 5 GN (OF 5) (A) (C: 1-0-0) $9.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS ADAM STRANGE VOL 1 TP $16.99
STAR WARS EPISODE I PHANTOM MENACE PHOTO COMIC TP (C: 1-1-3) $9.95
STREET FIGHTER ALPHA VOL 2 GN (OF 2) $12.95
STYLE SCHOOL VOL 1 TP (C: 0-1-2) $14.95
SUPERMAN CHRONICLES VOL 3 TP $14.99
TACTICS VOL 2 GN (OF 8) $9.99

TRIPWIRE 2007 ANNUAL (C: 0-1-2) $14.95

This looks interesting. Tripwire Magazine has become an annual book, and this issue is supposed to be full of exclusive Hellboy stuff, like an exclusive interview with Mike Mignola. Exciting!

VAULT OF MICHAEL ALLRED LTD ED HC $34.99
WOMEN OF MARVEL VOL 2 TP $24.99
WORDS OF DEVOTION VOL 1 GN $12.95
X-MEN SUPERNOVAS HC $34.99
ZOMBIE TALES VOL 1 TP $14.99

TOYS
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA SER 1 ACTION FIGURES $15.99

Wow, it looks like another good week!

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics