Toth’s contributions to the comics medium are not widely known among casual fans. He did much of his comics work outside the current mainstream of superhero comics, concentrating instead on such subjects as hot rod racing, romance, horror, and action-adventure. His stint on Disney’s Zorro is highly regarded and has been reprinted in trade paperback form several times and there are two volumes of The Alex Toth Reader published by Pure Imagination which focuses on his work for Standard and Western publishing, but otherwise the bulk of his shorter stories can be difficult to locate. Nonetheless, he is widely regarded as an “artist’s artist” and is often lumped among such greats as Will Eisner and Jack Kirby as one of the undisputed masters of the sequential storytelling medium.
Make sure to check out his featured section of graphic novels at Hijinx in our Fiction and Literature section.
Children of the Atom
Maybe it's something in the water, but Hijinx customers have started developing strange new powers and abilities. Gaze in awe at the Levinson brothers, who will be starting soon at an upscale prep school for gifted youngsters in the Westchester NY area.
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Now buying used books
Graphic Novels and General Books
That's right, Hijinx is always buying used Graphic Novels, comic strip collections as well as general books (yes, the kind without pictures!) so bring down a stack to sell or trade for new comics and books. Fiction, non-fiction, biographies, fantasy, horror, hardcover or paperback, technical books and more, we are buying it all!
2009 will be my second year helping out the geniuses in training in the Willow Glen High School Robotics team prepare a bot to compete in the FIRST Robotics League challenge. This is no simple "battlebots" competition. The kids have just a few weeks to design and build their bots to particpate in tele-operated as well as fully autonomous challenges. Check out the video above to see the crazy challenge for 2009.
If you'd like to help the team with a donation of tools, technical books or useful part, you can bring them by Hijinx any time. If you'd prefer to donate money, you can use the following link:
Yes, I know times are tough, but consider the following facts. First of all, these kids will be the ones paying off our massive debts for many years to come. And they'll also be the ones solving the problems that previous generations have been unwilling or unable to solve. Schools don't have shop class or auto shop like they did when I was in school, and for some the robotics team is the only place they get to use real tools and solve problems with them. The world needs engineers more than ever before!
I was tempted to title this post X-Men on X-Mas Eve but not doing so is my gift to the world this year. Just in case you still don't get it, new comics will be for sale on Wednesday, December 24th also known as Christmas Eve, so come on by, we'll be open until 8 O'Clock for you last minute shoppers!
