Author Archives: Marsha

Wow! What an amazing Free Comic Book Day! Thank you everyone for coming out. We gave away several thousand free comics!  It was truly a very busy but a happy day for all. Kudos to our face painter Joan and our caricature artist Jason who did outstanding work. We had a lot of happy kids and adults:)  Thank you, also, for the generous donations of comics for the troops. We are just packaging up the last 2 boxes. We have shipped over 500 comics to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and I’m sure they will really enjoy the reading. … Continue reading →

Hey Everybody, It is hard to believe we are just a few days out from Free Comic Book Day 2010. I reviewed all that we have planned on last week’s blog, and it is up on our site, but I thought I’d just review the time of events.  The face painter will be here from 11am to 2pm, and the caricature artist will be here from 2:30pm to 5pm.  We are open 10am – 6pm. We mentioned that we would be having big discounts, but here are the details! The more you spend, the better the discount.  Spend $20.00 or more on … Continue reading →

Hey Everybody, We are 11 days out from Free Comic Book Day so I’m going to take a moment to make sure you all know about what we’ve got planned.  Please note that we have the details up on the Free Comic Book Day link on the front page of our site.  Last year’s face painting artist was such a huge success that she will be back! If you haven’t seen the pictures, she does fantastic work.  She will paint superhero masks between 11 am and 2 pm but has to leave promptly at 2 so come early if you … Continue reading →

Hey Everybody, Another week and another several hundred comics priced, graded and put out for sale! As we speak Alan is preparing to post our newest selection of CGC graded Golden Age comics on eBay!  The first 5 of these graded books go up today under seller AMGiroux.  Included are Submariner #14 from 1944 in VF/NM 9.0 (the second best CGC copy in existence!), Green Hornet #16 from 1944, (also the second best CGC copy in existence), at F+ 6.5, Captain Marvel Adventures #35, from 1944, in 8.5 VF+, Captain Marvel Adventures #48, from 1945 in VF 8.0, and Marvel … Continue reading →

Hey Everybody, This is a big week in new comics!  Blackest Night #8, the finale, is finally here!  In celebration we were able to acquire more of the Blackest Night Lantern Rings!  We will be offering all the rings, all colors, including the original black ones starting tomorrow at a special rate of 2 for $1.00!  We are also getting a fantastic Blackest Night Poster! We are just over a month away from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!  Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 1st and we are going to be throwing a huge FCBD Party this year!  Watch for … Continue reading →