Wed. Thanksgiving SALE!

This Thanksgiving we are thankful for you, our wonderful loyal customers. So our Thank You pre-Thanksgiving SALE is 20% off all Back Issue Comics. This includes consignment, and comics from the back room, in display cases, on the walls, in the boxes etc. This offer is for Wed. 11/24/10 from 10 am until 8 pm so be sure to stop by the store tomorrow! Continue reading

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50% off Instant Collections!

Huge 50% off SALE on all our  INSTANT COLLECTIONS!  These are 5 to 15 year runs (discounted to begin with) of titles, all bagged, boarded and in a storage boxes ready to go.  Titles include Thor, Fantastic Four, Flash (1-110), Web of Spiderman ( 1-130) Warlord (2-133) and more. Most are in VF condition.  These are perfect gifts for the new collector and a great way to start collecting a new title. These books are 50% off until Christmas, while supplies last. Continue reading

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Fresh Eyes on Old Books #10 by Dan!

Now it’s time for me to read some more old stuff and use excessive amounts of exclamation points!!! Let’s! Do! This! Fantastic Four #64 from 1967 This is a Kirby comic.  There’s no better way to describe what comes from this issue.  A combination of weird blocky robots, the Fantastic Four being fantastic, and the Inhumans lead to an exact representation of what Jack Kirby did for the medium.  It has the main evidence of Kirby’s styles in the huge drawings of machinery, Kirby dots, and big splash pages of action.  Not to mention that it’s a lot of fun.  … Continue reading

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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #10 By Dan!

Oh holy crap!  We’ve already done ten of these?  Can you believe it? My Top Five (The Five Best Comics of the Week) Batman Inc. #1 Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Yanick Paquette Any comic that starts with the lines “Where are my hands?” and gets replied with “They are in Hell! Waiting for the Rest of you!” really is immediately sold to me.  Let’s be real here folks, you knew I was going to like this.  And dear God did I ever.  It had basically everything I wanted right from the sweet JG Jones cover (not pictured).  It was in … Continue reading

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Food Drive! Free Comics for Canned Food!

Our local food banks are really suffering this year. Please help All About Books and Comics help St. Mary’s Food Bank feed the homeless, and the working poor.  All About is hosting a Canned Food Drive for St. Mary’s Food Bank Monday 11/22 through Wednesday 12/15.  For every can of food you donate, you can take ONE FREE COMIC from the discount comic room.  Your donations are really needed and appreciated.  Thank you and happy Holidays! Continue reading

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