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Stop by and see us on Saturday, October 26th from 11 AM - 4 PM and meet with creator of the excellent Dark Horse graphic novel Holler, Jeremy Massie! Jeremy’s memoir of playing alt rock in the ‘90s in rural Virginia is loud, hilarious, and moving, and if that isn’t enough incentive to pick it up, we’ll also be offering an instant $5 gift certificate good on anything in the store to everyone that picks up a copy!

We also have a limited number of the Trick or Read 2024 titles that will be available for FREE while supplies last on Saturday!

Stephen’s So-Called Emo Life!

• Mr. McMahon - though I’ve never paid a ton of attention to wrestling, I’m fascinated by the personalities behind it, and this Netflix documentary gave me just enough to scratch that itch. But I doubt I’ll start watching any of their events the way I watched the entire NASCAR season after watching Dale Jr.’s Full Speed doc this time last year.

• Yankees in the World Series - I’m both ecstatic and terrified of the wave of anxiety, remembering back to their last trip in 2009 and punching couch cushions and losing my cool when things were going badly.

I’m currently in our room at the Toy Story Hotel in the Toyko Disney Resort taking a break from our day at DisneySea, so I’m going to keep it brief, but after the 14 hour flight over here, it’s been the trip of a lifetime!

For a little Emo Life from the trip, I read the first quarter of Jason Pargin’s new book I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom, I watched Drop Dead Gorgeous, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and D2: The Mighty Ducks, and I listened to the Sincere Engineer album Cheap Grills. Somewhere along the way I also slept about 4 hours.

This Saturday, September 21st, we’ll be celebrating Batman Day 2024! Stop in and pick up FREE previews of the original Batman Long Halloween #1, the brand-new Joker the World original graphic novel, and the all-ages Batman Family Adventures. We’ll also have the exclusive reprints of the excellent Batman/ Elmer Fudd Special by Tom King & Lee Weeks, Batman’s first appearance in Detective Comics #27, and the final collaboration between Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale in Batman Long Halloween Last Halloween #0 available for purchase. On top of that, we’ll have creator appearances from Chris Giarrusso & Brian “Smitty” Smith so you can get a sketch of your favorite Bat Family memeber or rogue, and we’ll be running a Buy 2 Get 1 FREE sale on everything in the store except for new comics and supplies!

If you’re like us and just can’t wait for the fall’s biggest new releases of the fall, you can go ahead and pre-order them right here on this very site! DC’s All-In Special #1 lays the groundwork for the Absolute Universe featuring Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman, G.I. Joe finally joins Transformers as the third flagship book of the Energon Universe, Star Wars moves into storytelling beyond Return of the Jedi, and Ducktales joins Darkwing Duck in Dynamite’s Disney Afternoon!

So now that I’ve gotten myself into Star Wars Outlaws, I can say it’s one of my favorite takes on the franchise in years! A great mix of sneaking around and just blowing people away with your blaster, unlimited freedom to roam and make your own story, great mini games for slicing and hacking. The only thing I’m surprised by is that you’re locked into playing as Kay Vess and not able to create your own character, but that’s usually my least favorite part of any RPG, so I’m not really complaining!

Next week’s new releases are headlined by the relaunch of Wolverine, which includes the Patrick Gleason Adamantium foil variant pictured above!

For those of you that have been patiently waiting all year for us to bring back the Warehouse Sales, the wait is over this weekend at the Concord store! Shop more than 50 long boxes of $1 comics from the back rooms of all three locations! The hours of the warehouse will be Friday, August 30th, Saturday, August 31st, and Monday September 2nd 11 AM - 5 PM and Sunday, September 1st 12 PM - 5 PM!

Stephen’s So-Called Emo Life!

• Star Wars Outlaws - this new game snuck up on me! Time to pre-order it on my X-Box for tomorrow!

• Star Trek Lower Decks - I’m rewatching the whole series getting ready for the final season in October, and Carly’s been watching along with me and really enjoying it!