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Sat, 26 Feb 2005
Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Will Eisner Spirit of Retailing Award
The Will
Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award is given out each year at
the San Diego Comicon. My friend and fellow retailer Joe Ferrara of
Atlantis
Fantasy World in Santa Cruz has sent out a call for nominations.
If you know of any worthy comic shop that has "done an outstanding job of supporting the comics art medium both in the community and within the industry at large ", then fill out this handy nomination ballot and you can send it in to the nice folks in San Diego.
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Thu, 17 Feb 2005
Sin City Movie Website now online
The website for the Sin City Movie is now up and running. It's got lots of fancy flash-toys to play with, and lots of pictures and tidbits.
If you're not already hip to Frank Miller's Sin City, now is the perfect time to get caught up. Fresh new printings of the graphic novels the movie is based on are back in stock at both Hijinx locations. Come and get 'em while the gettin's good!
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Mon, 14 Feb 2005
Fans of Johnny Ryan's Angry Youth Comics include some pretty great cartoonists. Prepare to be offended.
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Fri, 11 Feb 2005
For those of you that care, I've created a store picture page so folks can see the glory that is Hijinx Willow Glen.
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Thu, 10 Feb 2005
not that there's anything wrong with that...
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Wed, 09 Feb 2005
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005
Some of the volumes had been colorized for the French market, but it looks like they'll be undoing that injustice with the new printings. I only have a few copies of Torpedo in stock at the Willow Glen store, but you can bet we'll be all over the new editions as soon as they're available.
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The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is an important organization that helps protect the rights of folks in the comics industry. Read here about how they managed to free the book pictured above after it was seized as an illegal bootleg item, despite the obvious satirical nature of the piece and the constitutional protection for such works.
If you've got a few spare bucks lying around, you might want to donate them to the CBLDF on this page. It's tax deductible, and I promise the money will be put to good use.
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Bumperboy is an fun, all-ages minicomic I first encountered at the Alternative Press Expo. It has a real innocent feel, but is also engaging with a keen sense of design backing the whole thing up. Highly recommended!
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Thu, 03 Feb 2005
I've dined with the Media Elite
Ok, so it was only a sandwich at a Diamond Comics retailer summit meeting, but even then I could tell Eric Kirsammer wasn't your average comic shop owner. For one thing, his shop Quimby's had a sign designed by Chris Ware, one of my favorite cartoonists. For another, they carry a bigger quantity of zines and minicomics than I've even heard of, let alone can afford to showcase in my puny stores.
What I didn't realize was that it made him one part of the Chicago Media Elite and an Alt-press svengali. God do I want someone to call me a svengali. Just once.
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Brian Wood's appearance at Hijinx Downtown was successful on every level that counts. We all had fun, sold lots of Demo books, and made new fans as well as connecting with existing fans.
Keep watching this space for more events and signings at Hijinx. I've got some wacky plans for the summer, so get ready for our next salestravaganzathon, it'll be a doozy!
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