NOW IN STOCK: Used Shoujo Manga Anthologies!
Posted Monday, November 23, 2009
Hey Shoujo manga fans! Want a whole heap of Japanese shoujo manga? Look here! We recently picked up a collection of about 20 Japanese-language shoujo manga anthologies from 2000-2002, including Ribon, Sho-Comi, and others. We're selling them off for the bargain-basement price of just 3 bucks a pop.
Not Shown: We picked up a bunch of tankoubons too. Mostly Japanese-language collections by Yu Watsae, but some other neat stuff in there too. We priced them at a buck-or-less, and bundled some into sets. Improve your Japanese! Impress your friends! Or just get the really nice, Japanese-printed editions! For $1!
Located on the second floor, above the magazine rack.
NOW IN STOCK: Street Angel TPB
Posted Sunday, November 22, 2009
In advance of next month's AFRODISIAC collection by Jim Rugg and Brian Maresca, the fine folks at SLG publishing have put the phenomenal STREET ANGEL trade paperback back into print...! This new printing has all of the same great content as the first one, but it's now on a heavier coated ("shiny") paper. It's an excellent read, one of my fav comics of the past few years. Creator Jim Rugg is also a regular fixture here in Toronto at TCAF. It retails for about 15 bucks, and is on both floors of the store.
Oh, and, that AFRODISIAC collection I mentioned? Chris Pitzer at Adhouse Books sent me a digital preview of that book and it is going to utterly kick ass. It is easily one of the best-designed books of 2009, and the content his pretty hilarious too. Don't miss it--or Afrodisiac's first appearance in Street Angel--this winter.
It's Tim Burton's Tragic Toys! Featuring Tim Burton's Oyster Boy, Stain Boy, Toxic Boy, Pin-Cushion Queen, and more! Each of the four different box sets contains 3 PVC figures straight from the mind of Mr. Burton, and retails for just $15.99. They can be found on the second floor.
We don't normally carry toys, statues, or figures here at the store, but we had a number of requests for these and made an exception. It is the holidays, after all.
NOW IN STOCK: Solipsistic Pop #1
Posted Saturday, November 21, 2009
All the way from London, England, comes this fresh new indy comics anthology. Solipsistic Pop is a beautifully-printed collection of comics surveying the contemporary UK indy-comics scene. It features the full-colour anthology, a full-colour newspaper-style comics pullout, and two bound-in mini-comics, all for just $25. You can find out more about the included work and contributors at http://solipsisticpop.com/.
Also Shown: The Factoids Of Life is the new collection of collaborative mini-comics effort Amazing Facts... and Beyond! by Kevin Huizenga (Ganges), Dan Zettwoch (D&Q Showcase), and Ted May (INJURY). It's very, very good stuff. Also a cute little Kevin H. mini!
Shipping November 25th, 2009
Posted Friday, November 20, 2009
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds.
Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.
NOW IN STOCK: The Cartoonist, Jeff Smith Documentary DVD
Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009
Hey folks! The much-anticipated documentary The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics, is now in stock at The Beguiling. We just got it in so unfortunately I haven't seen it myself yet, but I've heard good things and Jeff Smith himself seems pretty pleased with it.
The 76 minute documentary is an extensive profile on Smith including interviews and other footage, and also includes interviews with Smith's contemporaries Scott McCloud, Colleen Doran, Harvey Pekar, Paul Pope, and Terry Moore. The DVD also features two bonus features, a complete recording of Jeff Smith being interviewed by Scott McCloud at Ohio State University, and a separate 10 minute interview on RASL.
Outsiders #24 - Violet Ring
Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Ugh. I totally made a mistake. The Violet Lantern Ring comes with Outsiders #24, not Teen Titans. My apologies, and anyone who picked up Outsiders today (November 18th) and didn't get a ring, come by and we'll hook you up. Sorry for the trouble.
Shipping November 18th, 2009
Posted Monday, November 16, 2009
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.
NOW IN STOCK: Marc Bell's HOT POTATOE and Line Gamache's POOF!
Hey Art Comix Fans! Have we got a deal for you... not one but TWO brand-new books for your enjoyment have arrived here at The Beguiling safe & sound. It's Marc Bell's new works collection HOT POTATOE from Drawn & Quarterly, and Line Gamache's POOF! from Conundrum Press.
Hot Potatoe is, as D&Q describes it, "Part art monograph, part comics collection, HOT POTATOE is filled with mixed media cardboard constructions, watercoloured drawings, altered found texts and Bell’s most intense, dizzying comics from the contemporary avant-garde comics anthologies – Kramers Ergot and The Ganzfeld." We were supposed to have received our orders of this last week, but due to a shipping snafu we didn't Quite get'em. They are in-stock now, though, and ready for purchase. $44.95, main floor.
Meanwhile, POOF! is Line Gamache's follow-up to the acclaimed "Hello, Me Pretty!" from Conundrum. Gamache is a Quebecois visual artist and underground cartoonist, and her newest work is an epic artist's saga about inspiration and the creative process. $15, main floor.
Did someone say Green Lantern rings?
Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009
As part of their promotion for the mega-popular Blackest Night crossover, DC comics has gone ahead and produced power rings in all of the colours of the rainbow, to match all of the new lanterns they've introduced. We're going to be giving them away free with the purchase of their related Blackest Night crossover titles. Here's the list:
Red Lantern Ring - Free with Justice League of America #39 - In-store Nov 25th
Orange Lantern Ring - Free with Booster Gold #26 - out now
Yellow Lantern Ring - Free with Doom Patrol #4 - out now
Green Lantern Ring - Free with Blackest Night #5 - In-store Nov 25th
Blue Lantern Ring - Free with Adventure Comics #4 - out now
Indigo Lantern Ring - Free with R.E.B.E.L.S. #10 - out now
Violet Lantern Ring - Free with Outsiders #24 - out now
Black Lantern Ring - Free with Blackest Night #1 (still in stock!) - Out now
EDIT: I totally made a mistake. The Violet Lantern Ring comes with Outsiders #24, not Teen Titans. My apologies, and anyone who picked up Outsiders today (November 18th) and didn't get a ring, come by and we'll hook you up.
After all of the rings have come out, we're going to see how many we have left and then think about selling them individually or in sets, for folks that just want the rings but not the comics.
Rings are available on the second floor at the cash register when you're ringing out.
NOW IN STOCK: Vagabond 30, Oishinbo 6, Pluto 6, more!
Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Just arrived! We've got a bunch of great new manga AND a novel AND an artbook from Viz, and a couple of other new releases too. No Go Go Monster from Taiyo Matsumoto yet, but I can only assume that this means that it'll be in any day now.
Now In Stock: The Art of Gentleman's Alliance: Arina Tanemura Illustrations Battle Royale Novel (New Edition) Case Closed v32 Fullmetal Alchemist v21 Kekkaishi v19 Oishinbo v6: The Joy of Rice(!) Pluto v6 Vagabond v30
PLUS: Alex Rider: The Graphic Novel: Skeleton Key The Marvel Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded 70th Anniversary Edition
Shipping November 11th, 2009
Posted Monday, November 09, 2009
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.
You know who doesn't put out a lot of comics? Al Columbia. The initiated are already familiar with--and largely in awe of--Columbia's work, and this is the first major release in... geeze, it might be his first 'graphic novel' release? Comics, art, storybook pages, sketches, and much more. His recent acclaimed outings in MOME were just a taste of what this book has to offer. Don't miss it!
SEP090803 Hot Potatoe HC 39.95
Also skirting the line between comics and fine art and everything in-between, HOT POTATOE is a new collection of work by Marc Bell, published by Drawn & Quarterly. It's a lovely oversized book, a treat for fans and an easy introduction to all that Bell has to offer to newcomers.
JUL090054 Usagi Yojimbo HC Yokai 14.95
JUN090605 Criminal Deluxe Ed 49.99
Both of these fine books were announced by Diamond as shipping last week, which is frustrating because Diamond didn't ship them to Canada until this week. Still, this is a brand new, full colour original hardcover graphic novel featuring Usagi Yojimbo, and a sterling collection of the popular new crime series by Brubaker and Phillips, so hopefully no one minds TOO much waiting an extra week to get them.
SEP090395 Sky Doll Doll Factory U.S. Exclusive Claire Wendling Var #1 (of 2) 5.99
This is the U.S. translation of the Skydoll guidebook/artbook/storybook, with a brand new cover by illustration and animation favourite Claire Wendling. Either you have no idea what I'm talking about, or this is a book you've been waiting years to buy... or buy again!
SEP090628 Supergod #1 (of 5) 3.99
Warren Ellis' new superhero project. Lots of early interest in this one.
SEP090966 Tank Girl Skidmarks #1 (of 4) 3.99
This is one of a couple of new mini-series by the new TANK GIRL team of creator Alan Martin and Artist Rufus Dayglo! We were lucky enough to have Dayglo in town for a signing a few months back and he showed me some of the pages for this--looks fantastic! All y'all Tank Girl fans, make sure to come by this week! We ordered a bunch but it's HIGHLY UNLIKELY that we'll ever be able to get a re-order on this one as it's from a British publisher.
JUL090344 Beast GN 15.99
Finally, this one's a bit of a shot in the dark for me but it looks pretty solid. It's an original graphic novel by a relative newcomer named Marian Churchland (she illustrated a few issues of Elephantmen and a 'Conan' one-shot), but the art looks brilliant and evocative. I'm gonna give it a go myself, give it a flip. Interview/Preview here: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22450
New Anime In Stock: Nana, Naruto, Honey & Clover and more...
Hey folks, normally we don't mention the new anime arrivals here on the blog, but we'd had a lot of people asking us why we hadn't received any new Viz anime in a while, specifically popular series' like the Nana and Honey and Clover box sets. Well, long story short, we're now good to go on that front and we've got tons of new Viz anime in stock. Here's the list:
Shojo Beat:
Nana: Uncut Box Set 1 (Eps 1-11.5)
Honey and Clover Box Set 1
Shonen Jump:
Bleach The Movie 2: The Diamond Dust Rebellion
Death Note Box Set 1
Death Note Box Set 2
Hunter X Hunter Box Set 2
Hunter X Hunter Box Set 3
Naruto Uncut Box Set 12
Naruto Uncut Box Set 13
Naruto Uncut Box Set 14
Naruto Uncut Box Set 15
Naruto Uncut Box Set 16
Naruto Uncut Box Set 1 Repriced Edition, now only $39.95
Viz Pictures:
Death Note: L: Change the WorLd Movie (Live Action)
Happily Ever After (Live Action)
New People Artist Series 001: Traveling With Yoshitomo Nara
Smut Restock: Hot Cider Press
Posted Friday, November 06, 2009
Following up on this week's theme of smutty additions to the store, we came across a random box while cleaning today and found a whole whack of furry smut from the fine folks at Hot Cider Press that we thought we were sold out of. So while supplies last we have copies of the following:
The Best of Club Stripes: Private Exhibition, $30.00
The Best of Club Stripes: Strange Bedfellows, $30.00
Cocktails: Summer Special 2008, $17.00
Cocktails: Winter Special 2008, $15.00
All of these books are located on the second floor in the "adult" back issue bins.
NOW IN STOCK: Claire Wendling's DAISIES Sketchbook
Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009
We're pleased to announce that we've finally received copies of the new Claire Wendling sketchbook, Daisies. We're retailing it for $20, and it's available on both floors. It is, as you might imagine, lovely.
NOW IN STOCK: Hardcore Gay Comics Porn from CLASS COMICS!
Hey readers! The fine folks over at CLASS COMICS have shipped us all of their newest releases, a plethora of beautiful new (and restocked) gay comics. Titles include:
In The Blink of an Eye #1, by HvH
The Initiation #1, by Robert Fraser and Joseph Hawk
The Initiation #2, by Robert Fraser and Joseph Hawk
Naked Justice: Beginnings #1, by Fillion, Shemyaza, Mott
Porky #3, by Logan
Rapture #3, by Fillion
Sworn #1, by Evans and Silvano
Plus, as a special bonus all of these new Class Comics come bagged with free bookmarks featuring all of your favourite titles and characters!
Class Comics single issues are located on the second floor, on the new rack and in the back issue bins.
TCAF @ Speakeasy's Annual Comic Book Show This Thursday Night!
Posted Monday, November 02, 2009
TCAF @ SpeakEasy’s Annual Comic Book Show
Thursday November 5th, 8pm-Midnight The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen West Second Floor Lobby PWYC/$4 Suggested
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival will be among the exhibitors at SpeakEasy's Comics Show this week, in advance of the next Festival May 8th and 9th 2010. The SpeakEasy show is an eclectic mix of Toronto comics artists and organizations displaying original comics work. TCAF will be exhibiting (and selling) it's posters from 2003-2009, and will have a gallery of original poster and promotional art from esteemed artists including Marc Bell, Darwyn Cooke, Evan Dorkin, James Jean, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Seth and more...!
The complete list of exhibitors at the SpeakEasy comics show includes:
Matthew Daley Ian Daffern, Freelance Blues DMF Comics & Elsewhere Media, Chris Hatzopoulos & George Todorovski George Michael Faust Gibson Quarter Lamin Martin The Toronto Comic Arts Festival Awesome Marcus Ninja, Joel Buxton & Shane Heron rutz (a.k.a. Ruth Tait), Talking Pictures David James Ben Rivers Dale Camus Greg Dunford, Cyberpunkcomics.com Shane Kirshenblatt Freefall Entertainment The Joe Shuster Awards
For more information on SpeakEasy Toronto, including upcoming events, please visit http://www.SpeakEasyTO.com.
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.
Shipping October 28th, 2009
Posted Monday, October 26, 2009
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.
A new one-shot featuring the popular Hellboy character.
AUG090199 Astro City Astra Special #2 (of 2) 3.99
I have a feeling that a lot of our Astro City regulars missed the first issue of this mini, but we've got plenty in stock.
AUG090086 Blackest Night #4 (of 8) 3.99
Slllllowly slipping from its monthly schedule, but everyone seems to be enjoying the series!
AUG090118 Detective Comics #858 3.99
A SECOND arc featuring artwork by the irrepressible J.H. Williams III, and after this one that'll make 7 consecutive months of his work. We're all spoiled.
SEP090868 Jennifer Love Hewitts Music Box #1 3.99
This week, this is going to be someone's favourite comic.
AUG090129 Superman Secret Origin #2 (of 6) 3.99
Dug the first issue of this, the next pairing of Geoff Johns and Gary Frank on Superman.
AUG090708 Tribute Michael Jackson King Of Pop 3.99
He'll live on in our hearts forever.
AUG091135 Bob Dylan Revisited Illustrated 24.95
Huh.
JUL090019 BPRD TP Vol 11 Black Goddess 17.95
Much requested lately.
JUL090984 Fat Freddys Cat Omnibus 29.99
A handsome companion to last year's Freak Brothers Omnibus!
SEP090639 Freakangels HC Vol 03 27.99
SEP090640 Freakangels HC Vol 03 Ellis & Duffield Sgn Ed 39.99
SEP090638 Freakangels TP Vol 03 19.99
The new collection of the popular online comic strip.
AUG090544 Kabuki TP Alchemy 24.99
Kabuki fans: Look for a special-sale in-store on the hardcover edition of this fine collection this Wednesday.
SEP090805 Key Moments From The History Of Comics SC 10.00
Yay!
JUL090848 Red Snow HC 24.95
Diamond is shipping the new Gekiga manga from D&Q, which I STILL haven't found time to read.
JUL090645 Rockpool Files GN 6.95
Yeah.
JUN090267 Sandman The Dream Hunters HC 24.99
This is the collection of the recently-released P. Craig Russel adaptation of the prose story that Neil Gaiman wrote for Yoshitaka Amano to illustrate. Got all that? Anyway, it's perfectly lovely.
JUL090373 Sword TP Vol 03 Earth 14.99
Loooootts of people asking when this would be coming out. Way more than I was expecting, that's for sure. I may not have ordered enough of this for Wednesday. There's more coming next week anyway, but if you absolutely need it Wednesday, come early.
APR090829 Comics Journal #299 11.99
We're finally getting the remainder of our order on this special issue of The Comics Journal, which includes all kinds of excerpted pages from that awesome-sounding anthology-project-that never was.
Also: With the closing of Grey Region a few weeks back, we've experienced a high volume of new customers, which we're thrilled about! Thanks! Unfortunately that has meant quick sell-outs of some popular titles like Uncanny X-Men and the recent House of Mystery Annual amongst many others. We'd like to assure you that, as much as is possible, we're on top of the situation and restocking previous week's sell-outs as fast as we can get them, with lots of stuff coming back in this week (check the full list for details).
As always, we're happy to do special orders for customers, holds, pullfiles, and more. Just ask any of the store's employees to help you out.
Did You Know? Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009
So the teen adventure movie The Vampire's Assistant is opening this weekend in theatres. It's an adaptation of the popular Cirque Du Freak novels for tweens and teens (commonly referred to as "YA"), but an earlier adaptation of the novels was in manga form. Adapted a few years back (and already a bestseller in Japan), the Cirque Du Freak manga is adapted from the original novels by Takahiro Arai, and it's pretty good... and faithful to the novels to boot.
Yen Press is releasing the manga in English, and we've got the first three books in stock for $10.99 each.
There are a ton of graphic novel adaptations of popular novel series making it to shelves, but these were far ahead of the curve and about as "authentic" a manga adaptation as you're likely to get. If you're curious about the movie or are looking for a suitably spooky gift for a younger reader, make sure to check these out.
Shipping October 21st, 2009
Posted Monday, October 19, 2009
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.
New Viz Manga: 20th Century Boys & More
Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009
We just got some new Viz manga!
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD: The new book by Inio Asano, author of Solanin. I'm totally hyped for this one, and happy to see it released. Make sure not to miss it!
20TH CENTURY BOYS V5: What more needs to be said? The next awesome volume in the series from Naoki Urasawa. If you've ever been curious about manga but "aren't really a fan", this is definitely a series for you. Check it out!
Plus:
DEATH NOTE NOVEL 2: L: CHANGE THE WORLD INUBAKA V14 REAL V6 VAGABOND VIZBIG V5
An Embarassment Of Manga Riches: RED SNOW
Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009
A good day for great Japanese comics has gotten even better, with the arrival of RED SNOW by Susumu Katsumata. Published by Drawn & Quarterly, Red Snow is the latest in their reprints of classic Gekiga manga from the 1960s and 70s that has seen excellent collections like Yoshihiro Tatsumi's The Push Man and Other Stories and Seiichi Hayashi's Red Colored Elegy. I had almost forgot this was coming out, and now here it is and it's made my whole day.
By the by, this was solicited with a different cover (pictured to the right), so when you come looking for it at the store make sure you look for the new cover, pictured above.
Shipping October 14th, 2009
Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009. There is no delay because of the Thanksgiving Holiday. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.
JUL091099 Battle Angel Alita Last Order TP Vol 12 9.99: Savvy Beguiling Customers know that we've had this one for a few weeks now, the newest installment in the incredibly popular Battle Angel Alita series. Actually, this one is easily in our top-5 bestsellers at the store, even after 22 volumes, (10 original, 12 "Last Order"). Anyway, we're getting even more this week, and hopefully a restock on the out-of-stock volumes soon.
AUG090981 Akira Kodansha Ed GN Vol 01 24.99
AUG090982 Ghost In Shell Kodansha Ed GN Vol 01 26.99
The long, long, long out of print Dark Horse editions of AKIRA make their triumphant return this week, courtesy of their Japanese publisher Kodansha (now doing business directly in North America). I'm pretty excited to have these perennial, evergreen titles back in print. Here's hoping that Kodansha does a nice job on the design and packaging (and reprint quality!).
Oh, and GITS is back as well, though we've had that in stock pretty-consistently for 10 years now.
MAR090226 Absolute Death HC 99.99: Your Absolute Sandman collection isn't complete without it!
AUG090968 Act-i-vate Primer HC 24.99: This popular webcomics collective gets a fancy-schmancy hardcover collection of beautiful, original comics material (and not found online either). If you're the type of person who just wants a great anthology full of beautiful work, this one's for you.
AUG090226 Air TP Vol 02 Flying Machine 12.99
AUG090574 Daredevil Return Of King TP 17.99
AUG090666 Hatter M The Looking Glass Wars TP Vol 02 Mad With Wonder 14.95
JUL090286 Heavy Liquid TP New Ptg 24.99
It's a whole bunch of "the next volumes" in popular ongoing trade paperback series', as well as a new printing of Paul Pope's awesome HEAVY LIQUID trade paperback.
JUL091247 Art Of Osamu Tezuka God Of Manga HC 40.00: While this one isn't the first western-produced artbook on a Japanese manga-ka, this is the first from a non-manga publisher, and apparently it's a damned-good book. As I mentioned at the time in my Previews Review, " Tezuka’s colour-work doesn’t really get the play it deserves, and his art in general is often as breathtaking as his storytelling. I’m really hoping this book delivers the goods because with Tezuka there really is a ton of ground to cover." And early reviews are very, very positive indeed. Good stuff!
JUL090284 Blood And Water TP 14.99: This is an early work by Judd Winnick, before all of the superhero stuff, and I promise you it's a hell of a lot better than most of the rest of his output. Granted, it's vampires, and I know some people feel that the Vampires are a little played out. But seriously? I remember really enjoying it at the time, and it's got fantastic art by the totally under-rated Tomm Coker. Make sure to give it a flip this week if you're in the store.
JUN091213 Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania SC 37.99: It's a Japanese artbook full of the pretty boys from Final Fantasy 7, what more could you want?
JUL090845 Fixer & Other Stories TP 19.95: This is a "complete" collection of Joe Sacco's Bosnian war stories, originally collected as the two hardcovers THE FIXER and WAR'S END. At $20 it's an amazing deal and a brilliant read, a must-have in any good graphic novel collection.
JUL090867 Mome GN Vol 16 Summer 09 14.99: New Mome!
AUG090669 Odysseus The Rebel GN 12.95: This is a sort of weird, sort of neat retelling of the Odyssey. Originally serialized online, it's got a disarming cartoony style and surprising cadence. I was honestly having a little trouble read it online, I'm glad to be getting a print edition.
AUG090416 Pride & Prejudice Prem HC 19.99: Marvel actually did a pretty straight-ahead adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, cleverly packaged as a sort of contemporary women's fashion/lifestyle magazine. The hardcover continues that packaging trend nicely. Nice, idiosyncratic art on this one as well, a welcome change from the Marvel house style.
JUL090864 You Are There HC 26.99: New Jacques Tardi, the second of Fantagraphics' new reprints.
AUG090527 Deadpool #900 4.99: It's the debut of the THIRD Deadpool ongoing series, with a square-bound 80 page book of original material. It will then count down from 900. Yeah.
AUG090299 Hector Plasm Totentatz (one Shot) 5.99: So the first one-shot was actually really well-received here at the store, particularly among other artists and comics creators. We're happy to have the first one in stock, just in time for this new one-shot by the same creator (and just in time for Halloween too!). For more info check out the website at http://invincible.110mb.com/Hector/Plasm.htm
AUG090232 House Of Mystery Halloween Annual #1 4.99: Lots of customer interest in this one, a stand-alone tale in Vertigo's new House of Mystery series featuring an amazing array of guest-artists including Luca Rossi, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Amy Reeder Hadley, Mark Buckingham and Kevin Nowlan, Mike Allred and more.
AUG090367 Walking Dead #66 2.99: Any week with Walking Dead is a good week.
ANNOUNCE: Comics & Graphic Novels at The International Festival of Authors
Posted Friday, October 09, 2009
The International Festival of Authors (IFOA) October 22nd to October 31st @ Harbourfront Centre, Queen’s Quay http://readings.org
The International Festival of Authors is on its way once again, and we’re happy to see another great collection of comics and graphic novels creators included in the programming this year, including Seth, R. O. Blechman, Kean Soo, Lynn Johnston, Ian Rankin, Denise Mina, and Eoin Colfer. The Beguiling is proud to be participating in this great event once more, and we’ll have a mini-store on-site at Harbourfront Centre for the duration of the festival with many works by these authors and a great selection of other comics, graphic novels, and prints.
Here’s a quick overview of the comics-related programming at this year’s IFOA, organized by date:
Mark Askwith interviews Eoin Colfer Thursday October 22nd, 8:00pm Friend-of-The-Beguiling Mark Askwith interviews the creator of the Artemis Fowl series of YA books (now in graphic novel form!) on the release of his installment of The Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy series, And Another Thing…, continuing the series by the late Douglas Adams.
Lynn Johnston reads Farley Follows His Nose Tuesday October 27th, 10:30am The creator of the popular and recently-retired comic strip For Better Or Worse reads her new children’s book, featuring one of the beloved characters from the book.
Denise Mina reads Still Midnight Tuesday October 27th, 1pm Denise Mina wrote three arcs of Hellblazer! What more do you need? This popular author will be reading from her new work, and participating in a panel discussion about Scottish writers. See website for more info. Ian Rankin hosts this reading.
Ian Rankin reads The Complaints Wednesday October 28th, 8pm Ian Rankin, author of the new graphic novel Dark Entries: Hellblazer in the Vertigo Crime line will be reading from his new prose work.
Kean Soo reads Jellaby: Monster In The City Thursday October 29th, 10:30am The creator of Jellaby and co-editor of Flight reads his new graphic novel.
R.O. Blechman reads Talking Lines and Seth reads George Sprott (1894-1975) Saturday October 31st, 12:00pm New Yorker cartoonist R.O. Blechman reads from his new D&Q-published book Talking Lines, and Seth will read from his new graphic novel George Sprott. The readings will be followed by a joint interview of both cartoonists by The Walrus’ Sean Rogers.
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Tickets range in price around the $10 mark, and are available from http://readings.org and at the Harbourfront box office.
Happy Thanksgiving! We're closed!
Posted Thursday, October 08, 2009
Much like the LCBO (the only store I shop at other than The Beguiling) we'll be closed on Monday, October 12th. Technically it's Thanksgiving, but honestly we all just kinda need a day off. So, we're sorry, but we hope that you also have Monday off, and enjoy all of the comic books already on your bookshelves and in your collections.
We'll be open again Tuesday October 13th, at 11am.
REMINDER: Abby Denson's DOLLTOPIA launch next Friday!
Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Abby Denson's DOLLTOPIA Book Launch and Party! Featuring Abby Denson and Matt Loux Friday, October 16th, 2009, 6pm-8pm @ The Central, 603 Markham Street FREE
Mini-comix Queen Abby Denson will be releasing her new full-length graphic novel DOLLTOPIA this fall, and The Beguiling and publisher Green Candy Press are teaming up to throw a party!
DOLLTOPIA is the story of a group of dolls that are tired living the factory-set, cookie-cutter existences that their owners and makers have laid out from them… and revolt! They seek DOLLTOPIA, a place where a doll can be a doll. It’s a mature rumination on the nature of identity, individuality, and making a mark in a society that tends towards sterility and monoculture, told in the style of a Todd Haynes biopic.
The evening’s event will include a reading and presentation from Abby Denson on DOLLTOPIA, the official release of the graphic novel from Green Candy Press, and Abby’s even been bringing awesome gourmet cupcakes to all of her tour stops for everyone who attends! Also joining the evening presentation will be Abby’s good friend and graphic novelist Matt Loux! Matt is the author of the Oni Press graphic novel SIDESCROLLERS (which fans of Scott Pilgrim will enjoy!), and his most recent series are the (really, really good) young readers graphic novels SALT WATER TAFFY. The third volume is the brand new The Truth About Dr. True, and Matt will be signing copies and presenting from this work!
The event is a bit of an early one, starting at 6pm right next to The Beguiling at THE CENTRAL, on the main floor! Hopefully you can come out for the event!
For more on the DOLLTOPIA tour, check out Abby's site at www.Abbycomix.com!
Congratulations to The Beguiling's Tory Woollcott, who was profiled alongside her new graphic novel Mirror Mind in today's Toronto Star. Tory's an employee who came to us through being a dedicated and enthusiastic TCAF Volunteer, and her graphic novel's a good one. She's also had three (3!) separate launches for the book, for different audiences... something a lot of indy and self-pub'd creators should think about!
KING CAT: John Porcellino In Toronto Autobio comics legend at The Beguiling touring MAP OF MY HEART! Wednesday, 07 October 2009, 7pm-10pm @ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street, Toronto, Canada FREE http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109815885562
Join us in welcoming autobio comix legend John Porcellino, author of the KING-CAT series of comics, to his first Toronto! Porcellino will be celebrating his 20th anniversary of making comics, and touring his new graphic novel MAP OF MY HEART, now in store!
Porcellino is touring cross-country in support of this new work and his wonderful back-catalogue of material. The Toronto stop will include doing an all-new audio/visual presentation of his work, and the author will be signing and sketching for fans.
Porcellino has been writing, drawing, and publishing minicomics, comics, and graphic novels for over twenty-five years. His celebrated self-published series King-Cat Comics, begun in 1989, has inspired a generation of cartoonists. Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man, a collection of King-Cat stories about Porcellino’s experiences as a pest control worker, won an Ignatz Award in 2005, and Perfect Example, first published in 2000, chronicles his struggles with depression as a teenager. King-Cat Classix, published in 2007, is a comprehensive overview of the zine's first fifty issues, and Thoreau at Walden, is a poetic expression of the great philosopher’s experience and ideals. According to cartoonist Chris Ware, "John Porcellino's comics distill, in just a few lines and words, the feeling of simply being alive."
This is a fantastic creator in his first Toronto visit… we sincerely hope that Toronto’s cartooning community will come out and show him a warm welcome…!
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Note: This event will actually be happening across the street from The Beguiling, at Rocco's Plum Tomato's PLUM ROOM. Enter off of Markham Street, behind the main restaurant. We've been giving the Beguiling's name/address for this event because it's a little confusing to give directions to this spot. So yeah, it'll be a big, comfortable space. Come on out!
Shipping October 7th, 2009
Posted Friday, October 02, 2009
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.
SPECIAL: AUG090241 SWEET TOOTH #2 (MR) 2.99 The second issue of Jeff Lemire's excellent new Vertigo series SWEET TOOTH drops this week, a seemingly magical-realist take on the post-apocalypse. To celebrate the release of this book and give props to our buddy Jeff, we've got a special deal for you, one week only: If you buy SWEET TOOTH #2, we'll give you a copy of SWEET TOOTH #1 for free. That means all you latecomers can catch up on the series for the price of the second issue, and anyone who already picked up #1 can get a copy to lend to friends, give away, or just leave on the rack (if you don't really want an extra copy).
Make sure to check it out!
MAR094248 A DISTANT NEIGHBORHOOD GN VOL 01 23.00
APR090822 SUMMIT OF GODS GN VOL 01 (OF 5) 25.00
What's that? Why, it's two new graphic novels (manga) by Taniguchi Jiro, author of The Walking Man and The Ice Wanderer. Taniguchi is one of my favourite manga-ka, and I find his work tremendously inspiring... not to mention incredibly accomplished. Really, he's doing stuff on an entirely different level to most manga-ka, hell to most comics creators in the entire world. A Distant Neighborhood is considered his masterwork, and now that it's available in English expect me to recommend it non-stop to all who will hear: It's pretty great stuff, you should buy it. Also available is another Taniguchi work, Summit of the Gods, which I haven't read but... it's Taniguchi. I mean... yeah. Really. AWESOME.
JUL090583 CRIMINAL SINNERS #1 (MR) 3.50
Yay! Criminal starts again this week! Don't miss out...!
JUL098291 STRANGE TALES #1 (OF 3) 2ND PTG PAUL POPE VAR (MR) 4.99
AUG090509 STRANGE TALES #2 (OF 3) (MR) 4.99
AUG090510 STRANGE TALES #2 (OF 3) RED HULK VAR (MR) 4.99
I dug the first issue of this collection of indy-comix all-stars doing stories featuring their fav Marvel characters. This second issue continues along with the strip I've been waiting for since more-or-less the series was announced, Jim STREET ANGEL/PLAIN JANES Rugg doing Brother Voodoo. If you've read any of Rugg's awesome Afrodisiac stories you know you're in for a treat.
Oh, and surprisingly enough Brother Voodoo actually gets his own ongoing series starting this week as well. Apparently he is the new Sorcerer Supreme!
Other items of note...
JUN090027 GRANDVILLE HC 17.95
This is the new original graphic novel by Bryan Talbot, author of the Luther Awrkright series and the incredibly popular Alice In Sunderland. We were fortunate enough to have Mr. Talbot through town on his tour for Alice, and when he mentioned that his next major project was going to be a detective story told with talking animals, we were perhaps a little skeptical. But this looks surprisingly good, check it out.
JUN090257 PETER & MAX A FABLES NOVEL HC (MR) 22.99It's a novel, based on Fables. They've been running previews in the back of the comic books for the past few months now.
AUG090511 ASTONISHING X-MEN #31 2.99
It's the first issue of the relaunch of Warren Ellis' Astonishing X-Men run, now with Phil Jimmenez on artistic duties to ensure it should stay on something resembling a schedule.
AUG090106 BATMAN AND ROBIN #5 2.99
I honestly expected quite a few more people to drop the series with Frank Quitely off the artistic chores... I was proven very wrong. Bumped the orders back up and no quick sell-out of #5. Sorry folks.
JUL098323 CHEW #2 4TH PTG (MR) (PP #886) 2.99
JUL098325 CHEW #4 2ND PTG (MR) (PP #886) 2.99
We've got all of these still in stock, btw, in various printings. Since folks seem to love this mini (I thought it was pretty solid myself) we've comitted to keeping every issue in stock as long as we can. So feel free to try it out and get caught up, it looks to continue going strong for a while!
JUL090703 CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD LAST BATTLE #1 (OF 6) (MR) 3.99
JUL090704 CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD LAST BATTLE #1 (OF 6) WRAP 3.99
New Garth Ennis, sequel to the first series. Not the same thing as Ben Templesmith's WormWood Gentleman Corpse.
AUG090458 DAREDEVIL #501 2.99
FWIW Daredevil fans, the recently released DARK REIGN: DAREDEVIL: THE LIST #1 actually takes place between issue #500 (Brubaker's last ish) and this one (Andy Diggle's first ish) and is pretty essential if you're going to be reading it. Just a heads-up.
AUG090463 DOCTOR VOODOO AVENGER OF SUPERNATURAL #1 3.99
That's right, it's the Doctor Voodoo ongoing series! I am actually surprisingly interested in this one. New Avengers fans should probably give this one a good long look.
AUG090285 HAUNT #1 2.99
New from Todd McFarlane. And Robert Kirkman. And Ryan Ottley. And Greg Capullo.
AUG090301 I SELL THE DEAD (ONE SHOT) 4.99
This one looked like one of the most interesting books I'd seen from Image in a while, a one-shot about two graverobbers that notice some of their purloined corpses are coming back to life. Yeah, ZOMBIES, I know some of you are kind of sick of 'em, but a good story is a good story regardless of genre. Anyway, turns out it's based on (or an adaptation of) an indy film with the original creators involved, and it's adapted by the guy who did the beautiful-looking GUERILLAS comic from Image, so why not?
JUL090399 KING CITY #2 2.99
It's the second issue of an amazing series! First issue still in stock! Bonus material!
AUG090454 X-MEN VS AGENTS OF ATLAS #1 (OF 2) 3.99
All you X-men fans take note: Agents of Atlas is a pretty darned-good series, and you should read it. Hopefully this two-issue crossover with the X-Men will convince you of that very fact...!
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There are more than 100 new comics this week, dozens and dozens of graphic novels, dozens and dozens of trade paperbacks and graphic novels, and probably a ton of stuff not on this list. It's a great week!
So we've got a winner in our Kid Koala: The Slew LIVE contest, and it is one Ryan D. from Toronto. Ryan has won a pair of tickets to see Kid Koala, DJ P. Love, and the former Rhythm Section of Wolfmother, perform a rocking over-the-top soundtrack to a movie that never will be. Congrats to Ryan, and thanks to everyone who entered!
But Don't Fret! There are still tickets available to this great show on Saturday, hit the link up top to pick one of 'em up.
More About The Slew:
A couple of years back Eric San (aka Kid Koala) and Dylan J. Frombach (aka Dynomite D) were approached to soundtrack a new documentary feature film that was in production. The duo worked for a long time on the psych rock-influenced score, only for the filming to collapse and any release to be canned. Although the film may never see the light of day, its music is about to be brought to life on stage, courtesy of Kid Koala, Dynomite D, DJ P-Love, and the former rhythm section of Wolfmother.
Kid Koala and co. are touring across Canada and the U.S. with this performance, so make sure not to miss out! You can check the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111045709155 to see when they’ll be near/in your town!
Shipping Septemebr 30th, 2009
Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.
JUL091141 Book Of Genesis Illus By Robert Crumb HC 24.95
The book of the week could only be this massive new collection of comics from R. Crumb, the single largest release of original work in his career. An adaptation of the Book of Genesis might not be to everyone's tastes... but hey, neither is Crumb's work (although we strongly suggest that folks get on board with the latter). But the work is gorgeous, we've seen a great preview and strongly recommend you check this one out.
AUG090198 Astro City Astra Special #1 (of 2) 3.99 Taking a short, two issue break from the massive DARK AGES arc, we get the first of two Astro City specials.
JUN090765 Die Hard Year One #1 3.99 Yup, that's a prequel to the DIE HARD movies, in comics form.
JUL090757 Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep #4 (of 24) 3.99
This has proven incredibly popular for us, even though it's a fairly unique format for a story.
JUL090153 Green Lantern #46 (blackest Night) 2.99
Since a number of people asked for it...
JUL090539 Shang-chi Master Of Kung-fu Black & White One-shot 3.99
Something a little different from Marvel...!
JUL090343 Sky Pirates Of Neo Terra #1 2.99 A new anime/video game-esque style mini-series from Camilla D'Errico and image comics. Full colour too.
AUG090003 Previews #253 October 2009 4.50 AUG090004 Marvel Previews October 2009 Extras 0.99 It's a Previews week...
APR091097 Illustration Magazine #27 15.00 Another new issue of Illustration, though a little late.
APR091046 Tezukas Black Jack TP Vol 06 16.95 JUN091097 Tezukas Black Jack TP Vol 07 16.95 Fantastic!
FEB090241 Absolute Promethea HC Vol 01 99.99
This is just about the best format for this material I could envision. As much as I like JH Williams' work on Detective Comics right now, his considerable skill was put into the service of a much more complex narrative on Promethea, and I think it rose to the occasion. Good stuff.
AUG090907 Best American Comics HC 2009 22.00 This year's guest editor? None other than Black Hole creator Charles Burns! He joins series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden for, hopefully, another excellent collection of comics.
AUG091192 Boilerplate Historys Mechanical Marvel HC 24.95 Steampunky!
MAY090057 BtVS Season 8 TP Vol 05 Predator & Prey 15.95 Jeez, there's just a ton of graphic novels out this week, and for every taste and audience. Buffy continues to bring in fans of the show (diehard, new, or lapsed...) and this fifth collection has been hotly demanded by fans.
JUL090259 High Moon TP Vol 01 14.99 Print collection of the popular Zuda webcomic.
JUL090639 Johnny Cash I See A Darkness GN 17.95 Apparently this is a very good eurocomics biography of The Man in Black, with stark black and white art. I wasn't terrible impressed with the likeness on the cover on this one, but the overall effect is nice. Looking forward to checking this out.
JUL090730 Logicomix GN 22.95 This one's actually already in store, and it's neat as all heck. Math and logic in comics form.
AUG090885 Prison Pit SC Book 01 12.99 New Johnny Ryan...
JUL090874 Refresh Refresh GN 17.99 Excellent new graphic novella from First Second.
AUG091052 Sherlock Holmes Hounds Of Baskervilles GN 14.95 The first of many, many Sherlock Holmes graphic novel projects to see print between now and the release of the movie.
JUN090248 Sleeper Season 2 TP 24.99 And with the publication of this book, the complete SLEEPER arc (including POINT BLANK and SLEEPER SEASON 1) is now back in print. Ed Brubaker's found some great success with his new crime series' CRIMINAL and INCOGNITO, and deservedly so. We definitely recommend this one.
JUL090885 Trotsky HC 16.95 I actually don't remember what this is, but who doesn't want a graphic novel about Trotsky, amirite?
JUN090040 Umbrella Academy TP Vol 02 Dallas 17.95 Fiiiiiinally. We've still got the complete run in stock in singles, but so many people came to Umbrella Academy with the collected edition that they've been waiting for this second trade paperback for a while. It's finally out this Wednesday, enjoy!
Seth Designed A Parade Float
Posted Friday, September 25, 2009
Everyone now has a very good reason to visit the Niagara Wine Festival this Saturday.
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Niagara Welcomes the Wine King of Dominion City!
Wine King Float in the Niagara Wine Festival Parade Saturday 26 September
Wine King Float and Dominion on display in The Show Room Wed 30 Sept - Sat 21 Nov Opening Reception Fri 16 Oct at 8pm
This year's Niagara Wine Festival Parade will have twice the royalty. Since 1952, the Grape King has ruled over the festival, but in 2009 the Wine King of Dominion City will join the parade on a float of his own. The Grape King needn't worry about a battle for supremacy, however, the Wine King character and the community of Dominion are fictional creations of renowned Canadian cartoonist Seth.
Artist members of the Niagara Artists Centre, with the support of the Brock Centre for the Arts, have teamed with Seth and RENDER* to create a parade float from far away Dominion City, the fictional setting where Seth's stories take place. The float features the Wine King, a rotund wine lover about ten feet high, and a gathering of cartoon grape minions. Marching with the Wine King will be members of the Royal Orders of Connoisseurs and Aficionados, costumed performers of the Suitcase In Point theatre company along with students from Brock University. Among the performers will be two human-sized bottles of Megalomaniac and Henry of Pelham winesthe Good Stuff, meeting the expectations of a connoisseurs taste.
After the parade the float will be parked in The Show Room of the Niagara Artists Centre. Exhibited with it will be a scale model of Dominion City as well as historic images of the grandest days of the Grape & Wine Festival Parade. "The three things are a good fit," says NAC Director Stephen Remus. "Dominion is a throwback to the hay days of fifty years ago. A sense of those times that escapes nostalgia is pervasive in Seth's world. I think the Wine King offers us an opportunity to celebrate the history of our parade without being sentimental".
Born in Clinton, Ontario, Seth began work as a cartoonist in the mid 1980s. After over twenty years of artistic output, he's created a number of graphic novels and strips (including Clyde Fans, Wimbledon Green, and George Sprott), had his work featured three times on the cover of The New Yorker, contributed a twenty-five issue serial for the New York Times Magazine, and exhibited his Dominion City at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The exhibition component of the exhibit at NAC is being toured by RENDER and was curated by Andrew Hunter.
The Wine King Float and Dominion City will be on view in NAC's newly renovated Show Room from Wednesday 30 September until Saturday 21 November. There will be an opening reception for the exhibition on Friday 16 October starting at 8pm.
* A program established in 2006 to shift the University of Waterloo Art Gallerys focus to innovation. render.uwaterloo.ca
We have a winner(s): WOTS Graphic Novel Prize Pack!
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner in our "WOTS" graphic novel prize package! Everyone congratulate Johnathan G. of Banff, AB, who walks away with 10 great Canadian comics and graphic novels from authors and artists who will be exhibiting at this weekend's The Word On The Street literary festival in Toronto, Canada.
But wait, there's more!
Because Johnathan's from out of town, we figured we'd give away one more prize-package of 10 books to someone here in Toronto as well, to make sure they went out and got'em all signed by the artists at this weekend! So our secret random second grand prize winner is Jennifer L. of Toronto! Yay!
* CTON’s Super A-maze-ing Year of Crazy Comics, by Clayton Hamner (Owlkids) * Dinosaur Comics: Your Whole Family Is Made Out Of Meat, by Ryan North (Quack!) * Essex County (Collected Edition), by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) * Galaxion Vol.1: The Jump, by Tara Tallan (Helikon Comics) * I’m Crazy, by Adam Bourret (Self-published) * Mirror Mind, by Tory Woollcott (Self-Published) * Quarter-Life Crisis Vol. 1, by Evan Munday (Self-Published) * Sword Of My Mouth #1, by Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerrard (IDW ) * Therefore, Repent!, by Jim Munroe & Salgood Sam (NMK/IDW) * The War at Ellsmere, by Faith Hicks (SLG Publishing)
The Beguiling and The Word On The Street would like to thank all of our author and publisher sponsors for donating these books, and everyone who entered.
BONUS: You've still got at least one more chance to win a Comics & Graphic Novels prize package from WOTS! This Saturday's Joe Shuster Awards will feature a prize-pack giveaway where all JSA attendees are elligible! More on the Awards at: http://joeshusterawards.com/.
BONUS: You've still got until Monday to enter to win tickets to see Kid Koala in Toronto, performing the new stage show THE SLEW. Click here for details.
A couple of years back Eric San (aka Kid Koala) and Dylan J. Frombach (aka Dynomite D) were approached to soundtrack a new documentary feature film that was in production. The duo worked for a long time on the psych rock-influenced score, only for the filming to collapse and any release to be canned. Although the film may never see the light of day, its music is about to be brought to life on stage, courtesy of Kid Koala, Dynomite D, DJ P-Love, and the former rhythm section of Wolfmother.
We’ve got 2 tickets to see this once-in-a-lifetime performance, and considering how Koala blew up the house just before TCAF, this is gonna be a hell of a show.
Here's how to enter the contest:
1) Make sure you're subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list! Winners must be subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list to win. You can subscribe via the front-page of http://www.beguiling.com.
2) Send an e-mail with "KID KOALA THE SLEW" and your name in the subject line, and your name, e-mail address, and phone number in the message body, to chris@beguiling.com. The address you send the e-mail from must be the same as the one subscribed to The Beguiling's Mailing list.
3) E-mails must be received by Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 12:00pm (Noon) EST.
4) Winners will be randomly drawn from all valid participating e-mails. Winners will be contacted by e-mail by 6pm on Monday, September 28th, 2009.
5) No purchase necessary, void where prohibited. Limit 1 entry per household.
- Kid Koala and co. are touring across Canada and the U.S. with this performance, so make sure not to miss out! You can check the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111045709155 to see when they’ll be near/in your town!
The Word On The Street Literary Festival is coming up this weekend, and it will feature a full day of great comics and graphic novels programming! Now you couold win a fabulous prize package of work by our WOTS authors, a smorgasbord of 10 great Canadian comics and graphic novels! The Prize Pack includes:
CTON’s Super A-maze-ing Year of Crazy Comics, by Clayton Hamner (Owlkids)
Dinosaur Comics: Your Whole Family Is Made Out Of Meat, by Ryan North (Quack!)
Essex County (Collected Edition), by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
Galaxion Vol.1: The Jump, by Tara Tallan (Helikon Comics)
I’m Crazy, by Adam Bourret (Self-published)
Mirror Mind, by Tory Woollcott (Self-Published)
Quarter-Life Crisis Vol.1, by Evan Munday (Self-Published)
Sword Of My Mouth #1, by Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerrard (IDW )
Therefore, Repent!, by Jim Munroe & Salgood Sam (NMK/IDW)
The War at Ellsmere, by Faith Hicks (SLG Publishing)
Here’s how you can win this great package of books!
1) Make sure you're subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list! Winners must be subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list to win. You can subscribe via the front-page of http://www.beguiling.com.
2) Send an e-mail with "TWOTS" and your name in the subject line, and your name, e-mail address, and phone number in the message body, to chris@beguiling.com. The address you send the e-mail from must be the same as the one subscribed to The Beguiling's Mailing list.
3) E-mails must be received by Thursday, September 24th 2009, at 12:00pm (Noon) EST.
4) Winners will be randomly drawn from all valid participating e-mails. Winners will be contacted by e-mail by 6pm on Thursday, September 24th 2009.
5) No purchase necessary, void where prohibited. Limit 1 entry per household.
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Thanks to Owlkids, Top Shelf, SLG Publishing, and the authors for donating these books!
Just arrived! We've got a bunch of great new manga AND a novel AND an artbook from Viz, and a couple of other new releases too. 
In The Blink of an Eye #1, by HvH
Hey customers! We've just received the following Yen Press manga titles!
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD: The new book by Inio Asano, author of Solanin. I'm totally hyped for this one, and happy to see it released. Make sure not to miss it!
A good day for great Japanese comics has gotten even better, with the arrival of RED SNOW by Susumu Katsumata. Published by Drawn & Quarterly, Red Snow is the latest in their reprints of classic Gekiga manga from the 1960s and 70s that has seen excellent collections like Yoshihiro Tatsumi's The Push Man and Other Stories and Seiichi Hayashi's Red Colored Elegy. I had almost forgot this was coming out, and now here it is and it's made my whole day. 
AUG090981 Akira Kodansha Ed GN Vol 01 24.99
The International Festival of Authors (IFOA)
Mark Askwith interviews Eoin Colfer
Lynn Johnston reads Farley Follows His Nose
Denise Mina reads Still Midnight
Ian Rankin reads The Complaints
Kean Soo reads Jellaby: Monster In The City
Abby Denson's DOLLTOPIA Book Launch and Party!
Congratulations to The Beguiling's Tory Woollcott, who was profiled alongside her new graphic novel 
Kid Koala @ The Mod Club
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner in our "WOTS" graphic novel prize package! Everyone congratulate Johnathan G. of Banff, AB, who walks away with 10 great Canadian comics and graphic novels from authors and artists who will be exhibiting at this weekend's The Word On The Street literary festival in Toronto, Canada.
