04:49 pm - What's New for Saturday, November 29, 2008.
Hello everyone! Here's our update for Saturday, November 29, 2008.
We hope all our customers had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.
Our next new comics shipment will be delayed to Thursday, 12/4.
Comics the following week will ship on Wednesday, 12/10, as normal.
As we head into the holiday shopping season, we'd like to remind you all that we offer Gift Certificates in any amount, and we also have Wish Lists, soyou can help your friends and family get you the comics and games that you don't already have.
This week we have our usual sections on NEW COMICS and Graphic Novels, recent GAMING arrivals, UPCOMING EVENTS, what's ON eBAY, and an in-depth REVIEW of a favorite comic or game.
New COMICS This Week:
AMERICAN ELF VOL 03 SKETCHBOOK DIARIES OF JAMES KO $19.95
ARCHIE #591 $2.25
AVENGERS INVADERS #6 (OF 12) $2.99
AVENGERS THE INITIATIVE TP VOL 02 KILLED IN ACTION $19.99
BATMAN #681 RIP (NOTE PRICE) $3.99
BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #7 (OF 12) $2.99
BATMAN RULES OF ENGAGEMENT TP $19.99
BERSERK TP VOL 26 $13.95
BIRDS OF PREY #124 $2.99
BLUE BEETLE #33 $2.99
BRIT #10 $2.99
BRUCE THE LITTLE BLUE SPRUCE HC $9.99
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #19 $2.99
-It's slayer versus slayer with the existence of the future at stake. Buffy's cross-time caper concludes at last.
CAPTAIN AMERICA #44 $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA PREM HC VOL 03 DEATH CAPT AMERICA $19.99
CHRONICLES OF DR HERBERT WEST #2 (OF 6) $2.99
COMICS FOR IDIOTS BLECKY YUCKERELLA GN (MR) $11.99
COMICS JOURNAL #294 $11.99
DAREDEVIL #113 $2.99
DMZ #36 (MR) $2.99
DRAFTED #12 $3.50
END LEAGUE #6 $2.99
FANTASTIC WORLDS OF FRANK FRAZETTA HC $29.99
FLASH GORDON #3 $3.99
FORTEAN TIMES #243 $11.99
FRESHMEN YAOI GN VOL 01 (MR) $12.95
FUTURAMA COMICS #40 $2.99
GALAXY QUEST GLOBAL WARNING #4 $3.99
GANKUTSUOU GN VOL 01 $10.95
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS NIGHT WITCHES #2 (OF 3) $3.50
- Outgunned by the enemy and scorned by their own side, the Night Witches are a flight of women pilots, sent to defend Stalingrad from the advancing Nazis. Based on real events. Garth Ennis excels at writing war comics, and this is one of his best. First issue still in stock.
GHOST RIDER DANNY KETCH #2 (OF 5) $3.99
GLAMOURPUSS #4 $3.00
GREEN LANTERN CORPS RING QUEST TP $14.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #7 $2.99
HANKY PANKY GN VOL 01 (MR) $12.95
HAWKMAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 $49.95
HEROES HC VOL 02 VARIANT EDITION $29.99
HULK #8 $2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #123 $2.99
JACK OF FABLES #28 (MR) $2.99
JSA KINGDOM COME SPECIAL THE KINGDOM #1 $3.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #48 $2.99
LIVING CORPSE #6 $2.99
LOVERS & SOULS GN (A) $12.95
MADAME XANADU #6 COVER A (MR) $2.99
MAN WITH NO NAME #5 $3.50
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #42 $2.99
MESMO DELIVERY GN VOL 01 (MR) $12.50
MOUSE GUARD WINTER 1152 #4 (OF 6) $3.50
-After a long delay, David Petersen's smash hit fantasy story continues, with the guardsmice separated, surrounded by enemies, and lost in the dark.
MS MARVEL #33 $2.99
NEW AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 08 SECRET INVASION BOOK 1 $19.99
NEW WARRIORS #18 $2.99
NORTHLANDERS #12 (MR) $2.99
NOVA #19 $2.99
PREVIEWS VOL XVIII #12 (NET) $4.50
PROOF #14 $3.50
REIGN IN HELL #5 (OF 8) $3.50
ROCKY GN VOL 02 STRICTLY BUSINESS $12.95
RUNAWAYS 3 #4 $2.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #141 $3.50
SCHOOL RUMBLE GN VOL 11 $10.95
SCOOBY DOO #138 $2.25
SECRET INVASION INHUMANS #4 (OF 4) $2.99
SECRET INVASION X-MEN #4 (OF 4) MD $2.99
SHE-HULK 2 #35 $2.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS SGT ROCK TP VOL 02 $16.99
SIMPSONS WINTER WINGDING #3 $4.99
SISTA SAMURAI #0 (OF 3) $2.00
SKAAR SON OF HULK #5 $2.99
SLOTH TP (MR) $14.99
SONIC X #39 $2.25
SOUNDS OF LOVE GN VOL 01 (OF 2) (A) $10.95
SPACE RAOUL GN VOL 01 $8.95
-Hilarious adventures of a crotchety British space captain, who will get around to saving the universe... if we appreciate him enough.
STAR WARS LEGACY #30 VECTOR PART 11 OF 12 $2.99
SUPERMAN #682 NEW KRYPTON $2.99
TALES TO SUFFICE #1 $3.95
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #53 (MR) $2.95
TEEN TITANS #65 $2.99
TEZUKAS BLACK JACK TP VOL 02 $16.95
THOR MAN OF WAR $3.99
TIGER TIGER TIGER GN $14.95
TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #5 $3.99
TRANSHUMAN #4 (OF 4) $3.50
TRINITY #26 $2.99
TRUE BELIEVERS #5 (OF 5) $2.99
TSUBASA GN VOL 19 $10.95
ULTIMATE HULK VS IRON MAN TP ULTIMATE HUMAN $15.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #128 $2.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN #98 $2.99
UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE LTD ED HC $79.95
UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS #1 GABRIEL BA CVR $2.99
-Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba team up again. The Umbrella Academy has saved the world, but the house they were raised in is destroyed. One member is bedridden, the side of her head held together with tape; and another has lost her voice, the source of her power. Now that they’ve fulfilled their destiny, does the Umbrella Academy have any future at all?
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #2 (MR) $2.99
WALKING DEAD #55 (MR) $2.99
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #7 (OF 12) $2.99
WARHAMMER 40K EXTERMINATUS #5 (OF 5) CVR A $3.99
WASTELAND #22 (MR) $3.50
WELCOME TO HOXFORD #4 $3.99
WET MOON GN VOL 04 (MR) $14.95
WILDCATS #5 $2.99
WIZARD ANIME INSIDER #63 GUNDAM 00 CVR $4.99
WIZARD MAGAZINE #207 GOLD JUSTICE LEAGUE CVR $5.99
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #9 $2.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #30 XOS 5 $2.99
WONDER WOMAN #26 $2.99
X-FORCE #9 $2.99
X-MEN LEGACY PREM HC VOL 02 SINS OF FATHER $24.99
X-MEN LEGACY TP VOL 01 DIVIDED HE STANDS $15.99
New GAMES this week:
New releases:
Because of the Holiday, we did not receive a new games order this week. We should be receiving more goodies next week.
Regular Stock Items:
Modern Myths is a full-service game story as well as a comics store, and we carry a wide assortment of board, card and role playing games. We range from new games like Aces & Eights, Scion, Traveller, Trail of Cthulhu, and Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition to old favorites like Warhammer, Warhammer40K, Palladium and Unknown Armies. For board and card games, too, we run the gamut, from Settlers of Catan, Munchkin,Carcassonne, and Guillotine to Blokus, Chessand Go. We also carry boosters and starters for a few collectible games, including Magic The Gathering, Heroclix, Star Wars minis, Axis and Allies minis, and Dungeons & Dragons minis.
"But what if you don't have it?" I hear you cry. Let me assure you: if it's in print, we will gladly order it for you, at no extra cost. Moreover, we do game orders at least once a week, so if it's available, you won't have to wait long, either. (And, yes, this applies to paints and minis from Games Workshop, as well.)
D&D Third Edition note: While we still have a few in stock, third edition books are now officially out of print. We have, and will continue to buy, 3.5 books in the used section, all in good condition, some of which are also on eBay. If you are looking for new material, but don't wish to switch to fourth edition, check out the new Pathfinder RPG from Paizo.
EVENTS:
Modern Myths Gaming Table Google Calendar. To see if our table at the back of the store is available for an event, or just see what we have going on here at the store, add "Modern Myths Gaming Table" to your list of Google calendars. If you'd like to reserve our space, email us at MODERNMYTHS (at) AOL (period) COM.
Modern Myths Book Club: Our book club has been meeting every month since January of this year. Now Mike I has written the first in what will be a regular series of write-ups of each meeting.
"Book Club Report 11/20/08: While our book club meetings usually happen on the last Thursday of every month, this month that day happens to fall on Thanksgiving, so we met a week early, on November 20th. We had a decent sized turnout, seven people in attendance to discuss Carla Speed McNeil’s Sin Eater, the first story arc of her ongoing series Finder. It being a short (and for many of us very busy) month, not everyone had a chance to finish reading the book, though many in the group had read it in the past, so we still found we had plenty to talk about.
We all expressed a real appreciation for Ms. McNeil’s ability with characterization and setting. We then went on to discuss the storytelling approach used in Sin Eater. Finder takes place in a very vibrant, detailed science fiction world (to describe which the creator has coined the term “aboriginal SF”). Sin Eater, however, does little to ease the reader into the world, and doesn’t give much explanation describing the way it works. Rather, it jumps right into the story with little exposition, leaving the reader to try and fill in the blanks on their own. Some in the group expressed frustration at this technique, while others enjoyed the challenge and mystery of piecing things together. Good points were made on both sides of the discussion
The group then turned to discussing the art. We were all impressed at how quickly Carla Speed McNeil’s art improved. It certainly wasn't bad in the beginning of the book, but even just a few chapters in you can see a marked improvement in her technique and an increase in her confidence to tackle more complex compositions. We also discussed the similarities we saw between her art and that of Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise) and Dave Sim (Cerebus).
To wrap up the meeting, we decided as a group that for our next book we’ll be reading The Adventures Of Luther Arkwright by Brian Talbot. We also decided that since the last Thursday of December is Christmas, and since the week before would likely be a very busy time for many of us and (hopefully) for the store, that we will skip December and meet next on the last Thursday of January, the 29th. Please join us in 2009!
-Mike I.
Western Mass Comics Creators Group: Meeting NEXT TUESDAY, December 2nd, 7:00 PM. You can join other local comics creators, amateur and professional, for an informal roundtable of ideas, tips, and hopefully, inspiration! Newcomers (published and non-) always welcome. For more info, contact Scott Sheaffer by email: KMacAlp (AT) aol (PERIOD) com. Meeting regularly on the first Tuesday night of every month.
Board Game Night every Saturday: Join us for a wide range of European-style board and card strategy games. Newcomers welcome! We'll provide the games and teach the rules, but you can also bring your favorites. This and every Saturday from 7:00 - 11:00 PM.
Introduction To Illustration: Instructor and local creator Lahri Bond will teach the basic concepts and methods of illustration for all sorts of projects, including comics. At Holyoke Community College. Classes begin January 26, 2009. Registration is ongoing and space is limited.
Around The Valley:
This is a new sub-section, for regular events happening in our area.
Pioneer Valley Chess Club meets every Saturday at 1 PM at the Forbes Library in Northampton. For information on chess groups in our area, click here.
Current eBay Listings:
Again, because of the holiday, we did not add any new items to our eBay Store. We will add more great deals soon, and we will shortly have an exciting announcement to make. Tune in next week. We still have our regular selection of action figures, used graphic novels, used RPGs, and sets of comics & manga. All of these items remain available both online and here at the store.
As always, we hope that you will give generously to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
Featured REVIEW:
ARMY @ LOVE by Rick Veitch & Gary Erskine. Volumes 1 and 2 are available in paperback for 9.99 and 12.99, respectively. Army @ Love continues in the monthly 6-issue miniseries “Army @ Love: The Art Of War”</o:p> Army @ Love is a current war satire in the style of M*A*S*H. Written by Rick Veitch and drawn by Gary Erskine, the series takes place in the not-too-distant future, in the fictional Middle-Eastern country of “Afbaghistan,” where the United States has been waging a seemingly-endless war on terror for several years. The army’s department of “Motivation and Morale” is run by a former soda company marketing executive who’s main job is to sell the armed services experience to the country’s youth as a culture of extreme sports, fun technology, and hedonism. Between (and often during) bouts of intense combat, Army @ Love’s soldiers unwind by turning the Afbaghistan countryside into a frat house. Part Catch-22, part Animal House, and part soap-opera, Army @ Love is subversive, sexy, and just flat-out hilarious. Recommended for anyone in need of a laugh over our country’s place in the world and the effect of perpetual military action on the culture at large. MATURE READERS.
Mike I.
As always, please let us know if you have questions or we can help with anything, just e-mail us at modernmyths(at)aol.com, or feel free to IM if you see us online at AOL.
Sorry this issue is late. I normally write it on Thursday, but since I visited my family the holiday, I'm doing it today. Sorry for any inconvenience, and look for next week's offering at the usual time.
Thanks, and see you in the store!
-Michael Dow
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