SALE REMINDER
This Friday, Halloween, from 10am until 6pm is our enormous Halloween Sale! Come get lots of stuff at great prices (books and graphic novels are BUY TWO, GET ONE FREE!) so we don’t have to enter it into our new Point of Sale system next week!
PARTY PICTURES
Pictures from our big Grand Opening Party are up now. Check them out! They are accessible from the front page of chapelhillcomics.com or right here:
24 HOUR COMICS
We’ve only had a chance to scan in two of the 24 Hour Comics so far, but we do have those online now for your viewing pleasure. Check them out! They’re available on chapelhillcomics.com or here’s the direct link:
October 18, 2008 was 24 Hour Comic Day. Artists gathered all over the world to attempt to create 24 pages of comics in 24 hours. Here are some of the results from Chapel Hill Comics. More will be forthcoming, just as soon as we have the time!
Fight Scene by Eric Knisley. A superhero parody by our pal Eric Knisley, co-creator of Mickey Death. It’s great!
Our Grand Opening Party was great, and for those of you who couldn’t make it, or for those of you who did make it and want relive it over and over again in your head, here are the pictures! We’ve split them up into two albums, and here’s a video of some of the fun as well! Links to the photos are below the video.
Welcome to Part Two of the photos from the Chapel Hill Comics Grand Opening and Halloween Party!
Magic Shaun works the crowd.
The aforementioned crowd.
Magic Shaun working his, well, his magic! Photo by Selena Beckman-Harned.
How did he do that?
Heather helps Shaun with a trick.
Magic Shaun takes time for a photo with the Brothers Neal. Astute observers will notice that by this point in the evening, the Beast has turned into a prince comic book man. Photo by Jacob Neal.
Meanwhile, our witch has transformed into a masked bandit. Here she is getting ready to steal Luke from an Obama yard sign! Photo by Jacob Neal.
The High Dollar Hot Dogs!
This was a great performance. They had lots of folks singing along with them on Folsom Prison Blues.
Here’s a view from further back!
And even further back! Preparations for the costume contest are underway. Photo by Eric Knisley.
Eager costume contest participants waiting for their chance at the stage. Photo by Selena Beckman-Harned.
Meanwhile, Hillary is doing some research she maybe should’ve done a while back. Photo by Selena Beckman-Harned.
During the kids’ costume contest, we listen to what Yotsuba has to say.
The contestants make their cases while I keep on truckin’. Photo by Selena Beckman-Harned.
This would be the party where I was momentarily deafened by the applause for Tiny Batman, the resounding winner of the costume contest! Second prize went to the Doctor, and third was a tie between the Klingon and Jango Fett. Photo by Selena Beckman-Harned.
One photo of Tiny Batman is never enough.
Man, Hillary is Creepy there, huh? You can’t see her outfit in this photo, unforunately, but Obama Yard Sign took the prize for best adult costume! Sub Zero and Scorpion placed second, and Harley and Ivy were third. Photo by Charlotte Walton.
Frankie, Amelia, and Keith, who all made off with good stuff in the Scream if you Want Free Stuff part of the evening.
Buddies!
Some late-night ghoulish arrivals receive their free Halloween Comics from my favorite pirate (formerly a bandit [formerly a witch]) (Anyone in costume who didn’t get Halloween Comics, just let us know!)
The Pagan Hellcats Take the stage for the last performance of the evening.
Dave the Mailman!
The crowd starts to head home. Bye, Ben! Photo by Jacob Neal.
Half the current staff of Chapel Hill Comics checking things out.
After the party ends, the bros bro for a few minutes. What a great party! Photo by Jacob Neal.
There you have it, folks! I hope these photos convey some of the excellence of the party if you didn’t make it. Don’t cry if you couldn’t come, though, we’ve got more great events coming up in the future!Click Here to check out the first batch of photos!
Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Thanks for checking out the photos from our Grand Opening (and Halloween) Party! We had a great time! Photos were taken by Andrew Neal, Vanessa Neal, or Erin Spectacular for Chapel Hill Comics except where noted. Check it out:
The front of the store, all ready for action. Photo by Charlotte Walton.
The sandwich board which proclaimed our partious intent. Photo by Charlotte Walton.
You can’t have a big party like this without balloons! Photo by Charlotte Walton.
Pumpkins carved by my brother and me. Creepy, huh? Photo by Charlotte Walton.
Kitty came down from the stage to make room for the performers. Photo by Eric Knisley.
Some of the treats provided by our good friends at Adhouse, Dark Horse, DC, Marvel, and free copies of Eric Knisley’s 24-Hour Comic, which was created in this very room the week before!
Folks grub down on food provided by Mediterranean Deli. Photo by Jacob Neal.
Maxing, relaxing. Mingling, chewing. Photo by Jacob Neal.
A lovely witch greets folks as they enter, and Snake and Bacon (Stars of Tales Designed to Thrizzle) pose for a photo op!
The witch meets a young pupil from Hogwart’s.
Grapes and a, well, animal? Ma’am, could you turn around?
No, that doesn’t exactly clarify things. She’s definitely a mammal, though!
Chapel Hill Comics alumnus Matt talks it out with our pal JKD.
A Klingon and a grown man read comics. If Kirk had tried this, he wouldn’t have had nearly as much trouble out of those Klingons. Photo by Jacob Neal.
Thalia, Amelia, A dude who just popped into the picture from nowhere, and Erin!
Just to let you know: if you ever see Sub-Zero and Scorpion hanging out somewhere, get them to breakdance for you. It’s worth it.
Mister Babbit came dressed as your humble narrator, which was hilarious. We all knew who he was immediately. It was probably the intelligent look he affected, or maybe the rock hard abs.
And since there couldn’t be two Andrew Neals at the same party, this Andrew Neal put on his Beast suit. Photo by Charlotte Walton.
Here are the titles we are scheduled to receive on Wednesday, October 29, 2008! This includes comics, graphic novels, and other stuff from Diamond, our primary comic distributor, but does not include other comics, books, and other fine items which we receive throughout the week from other distributors, and direct from publishers.
COMICS AND MAGAZINES
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #575 $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1 $3.99
ARCHIE #590 $2.25
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #193 $3.69
ASTONISHING X-MEN GHOST BOXES #1 (OF 2) $3.99
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #9 $2.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #18 SI $2.99
BOYS #24 (MR) $2.99
CAPTAIN ACTION #1 MYCHAELS CVR (C: 0-1-2) $3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA THEATER OF WAR OPERATION ZERO POINT $3.99
CHECKMATE #31 $2.99
COMICS JOURNAL #293 $11.99
CTHULHU TALES #7 CVR A $3.99
DAREDEVIL #112 FOREMAN ZOMBIE VAR $2.99
DC UNIVERSE DECISIONS #4 (OF 4) $2.99
FINAL CRISIS RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS #1 $3.99
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS NIGHT WITCHES #1 (OF 3) $3.50
HECTOR PLASM DE MORTUIS ONE SHOT $5.99
HELLBOY IN THE CHAPEL OF MOLOCH ONE SHOT $2.99
I WAS KIDNAPPED BY LESBIAN PIRATES OUTERSPACE #5 (OF 6) $3.95
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #19 $2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #122 $2.99
JACK OF FABLES #27 (RES) (MR) $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #26 $2.99
KICK DRUM COMIX #2 (OF 2) $5.99
KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND NEW PTG (MR) $5.99
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #144 $4.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #47 $2.99
MADAME XANADU #5 (MR) $2.99
MARVEL 1985 #6 (OF 6) $3.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #41 $2.99
MARVEL APES #4 (OF 4) $3.99
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT ULTIMATUM $2.99
MCCAIN THE COMIC BOOK $3.99
NO HERO #2 (OF 7) (MR) $3.99
NORTHLANDERS #11 (MR) $2.99
NOVA #18 SI $2.99
OBAMA THE COMIC BOOK $3.99
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #7 (OF 7) $2.99
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS VOL 02 THE SUPREMACY #0 (MR) $1.00
RANN THANAGAR HOLY WAR #6 (OF 8) $3.50
REIGN IN HELL #4 (OF 8) $3.50
REX LIBRIS #13 $3.50
SAVAGE #1 (OF 4) $3.50
SAVAGE DRAGON #139 $3.50
SECRET INVASION #7 (OF 8) YU VAR SI $3.99
SECRET INVASION THOR #3 (OF 3) SI $2.99
SECRET INVASION X-MEN #3 (OF 4) SI $2.99
SHEENA DARK RISING #1 FRANCHESCO CVR B $3.50
SKAAR SON OF HULK #4 $2.99
SOLOMON KANE #2 (OF 5) $2.99
SPAWN #185 $2.95
SPIKE AFTER THE FALL #4 (OF 4) $3.99
STAR WARS LEGACY #29 VECTOR PART 10 OF 12 (C: 1-0-0) $2.99
SUPERMAN #681 NEW KRYPTON $2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #53 $2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN VS VAMPIRES WEREWOLVES #2 Of(6) $2.99
SWORD #12 (MR) $2.99
TEEN TITANS #64 $2.99
TERRY MOORES ECHO #7 $3.50
THOR #11 $2.99
TRINITY #22 $2.99
ULTIMATE CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL #1 $3.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #127 $2.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3 $3.99
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #6 (OF 12) $2.99
WASTELAND #21 (MR) $3.50
WIZARD MAGAZINE #206 SECRET INVASION $5.99
WIZARD MAGAZINE #206 SPIRITS SCARLET JOHANSSEN CVR $5.99
WOLVERINE ANNUAL #2 ROAR 2ND PTG VAR (PP #837) $3.99
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #8 $2.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #29 XOS 3 $2.99
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #12 $2.99
WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER #2 (OF 4) $3.99
X-FORCE #8 $2.99
X-MEN FIRST CLASS GIANT SIZE SPECIAL #1 $3.99
YEN PLUS MAGAZINE #4 NOV 2008 (C: 0-1-2) $8.99
BOOKS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, MANGA
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SC $19.99
ARCHIE AMERICANA SER TP VOL 09 BEST OF 90S BOOK 1 $11.95
BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP $14.99
BATMAN DEATH MASK COLLECTED EDITION $9.99
BOTTOMLESS BELLY BUTTON SC $29.99
CRYPTICS TP $17.99
CTHULHU TALES TP VOL 02 WHISPER OF MADNESS $15.99
DEADWORLD CHRONICLES GN VOL 01 (MR) $15.99
EMPOWERED TP VOL 04 (MR) (C: 0-1-2) $14.95
ESSENTIAL MARVEL HORROR TP VOL 02 $16.99
GHOST TALKERS DAYDREAM TP VOL 02 (C: 0-1-2) $10.95
GREEN LANTERN IN BRIGHTEST DAY TP $19.99
HELLBLAZER FAMILY MAN TP (MR) $19.99
JIM BUTCHERS DRESDEN FILES HC (C: 0-1-2) $19.95
JOKER HC $19.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA THE NEXT AGE TP $14.99
LOEG BLACK DOSSIER TP $19.99
MORESUKINE GN (C: 0-1-2) $15.95
NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE TP VOL 02 I KICK YOUR FACE $14.99
OR ELSE #5 (MR) $4.95
PARASYTE GN VOL 05 (OF 8) (MR) $12.95
PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION (MR) $14.99
REX MUNDI TP VOL 05 VALLEY AT END OF WORLD (C: 0-1-2) $17.95
ROADKILL JIM KOWALKSI ADVENTURE GN (C: 0-1-2) $9.95
SCREAMLAND TP VOL 01 $16.99
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL HC (C: 0-1-2) $19.95
SPIDER-MAN TP A NEW GOBLIN $12.99
TOKEN $9.99
TRANSFORMERS ARMADA TP VOL 01 $19.99
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR TP VOL 11 SALEMS SEVEN $12.99
ULTIMATE IRON MAN II PREM HC $19.99
VIOLENT MESSIAHS TP VOL 01 THE BOOK OF JOB $24.99
WATCHING THE WATCHMEN PX HC (C: 0-1-2) $50.00
WILL EISNER SPIRIT POP UP GRAPHIC NOVEL (C: 0-1-2) $34.95
X-MEN TP MESSIAH COMPLEX $29.99
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 04 SAFEWORD (MR) $12.99
DOLLS AND ANTI-RAIN DEVICES
MARVEL LEGENDS MIGHTY MUGGS FIG ASST 200804 (C: 1-1-3) $19.99
UMBRELLA ACADEMY UMBRELLA (C: 0-1-2) $29.99
Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Post Category: New This Week Posted by Neal @ 4:28 pm, October 26th, 2008
Chapel Hill Comics is getting ready to join the rest of the 21 st century by adding a computerized point of sale system to the store. And since we’re going to have to add everything in the store into the computer by hand in early November, we are giving our customers a treat: A huge sale on Friday, October 31, from 10am until 6pm!
Come buy our books so we don’t have to scan them in! The discounts will be just about as big as they were at our moving sale, because it’ll help us just as much this time to have fewer books in the store! See the discounts below!
GRAPHIC NOVELS, MANGA, BOOKS:
BUY TWO, GET ONE FREE!
CERTAIN HIGH DOLLAR BOOKS (ABSOLUTE EDITIONS, ETC.):
WILL BE MARKED DOWN INDIVIDUALLY 20% - 50% OFF!
ALL UNFRAMED POSTERS
25% OFF!
TOYS AND TRADING FIGURES (UGLYDOLLS NOT INCLUDED):
BUY TWO, GET ONE FREE!
MAGNETS
$2 EACH!
COMIC SUPPLIES
20% OFF!
TRADING CARDS AND GAME CARDS
20% OFF!
CHAPEL HILL COMICS T-SHIRTS AND BASEBALL CAPS
FREE WITH $50 PURCHASE: NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL SIZES!
OTHER ITEMS MAY BE MARKED DOWN INDIVIDUALLY!
We’ll only be open until 6pm on Halloween, since the town starts closing downtown streets at 8pm in preparation for the Halloween festivities. Please come by and get cheap stuff, either as a Halloween treat for yourself, or even as a way to stock up on presents for the holidays! Come in costume for free Halloween comics!
Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Chapel Hill Comics is proud to present one of the fine comics created at our third annual 24 Hour Comic Day event on October 18, 2008!
Doctor Rational and Muldoon the Mystic in… FIGHT SCENE
by Eric Knisley
Eric completed the 24 pages of his comic in under 20 hours. For those of you who are interested in the technique of a 24 Hour Cartoonist, he pencilled all the pages first, then went back and inked them. The result was impressive, to say the least! Astute readers may notice that there are only 23 image files, but that’s because pages 12 and 13 are a double page spread! Enjoy!
This past Saturday was 24 Hour Comics Day and we had a lot of fun here at Chapel Hill Comic! We had 19 different participants with 9 successfully completing the challenge, which is to write and draw a 24-page comic in 24 hours! Here are some images from the event!
Saul and Eric getting down to business.
Kevin and Max hard at work!
Saul, Eric, Kevin
Big Boss Neal talking to a reporter from 1360 WCHL. That’s what I do when I talk to a reporter? Really? Look at my foot!
Zack, Wayne, Michael, Drew working it out.
Amelia and Gracie plotting their next moves.
Can someone please tell me the next time I’m speaking to another human not to do this?
Media darling Saul Zimet speaks to Eric Martin of WCHL. Click here to listen to Saul and me on the radio!
I think this one was from around 4am. Left to right: Keith’s foot, Eric, Saul, Henry, Ben, Max, Harry, Isaac!
Henry, Harry, Isaac, Max, Andy
The lovely and talented Vanessa reads a comic by Saul!
This is the part where Eric drew so fast you couldn’t see his hand. That’s how you do a 24 Hour Comic, folks!
This is the part where I irritated everyone by taking pictures!
This is the part where no one has gone off the deep end yet.
This would appear to be the part about the house.
And here’s where Keith tries desperately not to watch Eric dance. It’s hard to pull your eyes away from the sheer majesty of it, but Keith somehow managed.
Ben working on comics about bubbles or something. Photo by Eric Knisley.
Saul is trying to draw a straight line, but the fisheye lens is screwing everything up. Photo by Eric Knisley!
Henry! Photo by Eric Knisley.
Thalia , probably talking about some old movie or something. Photo by Eric Knisley.
And here are a few panels from my comic, Waffles and Strudels in Thanks for the Dismemberies. I only did 14 pages, but they were spectacular, let me tell you. We’ll post full comics from several of the participants later this week, so stay tuned!
Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
CHAPEL HILL COMICS
GRAND OPENING PARTY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 25
6PM UNTIL THINGS SLOW DOWN
(We normally close at 9pm,
but will probably be open until 10 or 11)
APPROXIMATELY 6PM UNTIL IT’S GONE: Food provided by Mediterranean Deli, Dessert provided by Sugarland, Beer provided by Chapel Hill Comics. Parents, be at ease; IDs will be checked for beer. This is a classy joint.
APPROXIMATELY 7PM: Magic performed by Magical Shaun. Magical Shaun was the winner of the Best Teen Close-Up Magician Award in 2006 at the McBride School of Magic and Mystery in Las Vegas in 2006,and has performed at Kidzu Children’s Museum, Raleigh First Night, and many other venues!
APPROXIMATELY 8PM: A performance by acclaimed participants in the East Coast-West Coast Ukulele band feud, the High Dollar Hot Dogs!
APPROXIMATELY JUST AFTER THE HOT DOGS:Halloween Costume Contests! Two separate contests for kids and adults. You will be judged by your fellow party-goers so bring it for real! We will have some great prizes, including merchandise and gift certificates, and free Halloween comics for everyone in costume!
MAYBE 9PM OR SO? More music! Chapel Hill Comics is please to announce the first official appearance of Cool Snow Globe Explosion!
Special thanks to the following folks for sponsoring our party:
Adhouse Books!
CD Alley!
Dark Horse Comics!
DC Comics!
Marvel Comics!
Mediterranean Deli!
Sugarland!
Time After Time Vintage Thrift Store!
Magical Shaun
Magical Shaun as Harry Potter
High Dollar Hot Dogs
Pagan Hellcats
Zombicatures by Brendan Wenberg and Ethan Wenberg
Please come down to the store to celebrate with us! Whether you found us last week or have been shopping at Chapel Hill Comics since since it was Second Foundation Bookstore, or even the original Foundation Bookstore, our customers are the reason we’re able to grow and improve, and we love you for it!
Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
