#comicsarebooks

[worldscollideca]

...on a Wednesday, these are the fine things you will find from #imagecomics . trade paperbacks of Mirka Andolfo’s UNNATURAL, Ray Fawkes UNDERWINTER, the charitable 24 PANELS anthology which is in aid of those stricten by the Grenfell Towers disaster. with too many great contributors to name here. and lastly the DELUXE Edition of INJECTION, the scifi occult shamanic futurist mystery from Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire. incredible stuff in large format with gangloads of extras. #injection #warrenellis #declanshalvey #jordiebellaire #rayfawkes #underwinter #mirkaandolfo #unnatural #tpb #lcs #newcomicsday #comicsareforeveryone #comicsarebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqbb_gJgJAY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w2py5o2sxyz3

[frogkingart]

Heavy stuff. Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco #comicsarebooks #nonfiction

[thebookdragon217]

August was the start of branching out into some new and long lost genres. I was so happy to find this #ownvoices gem written by Puerto Rican afro-latinx Vita Ayala at my local @forbiddenplanet. It's a story about an estranged brother and sister and a dark underground world. I can't wait to check it out. QOTD: Do you read comics? Would you go into dark underground world to rescue your estranged sibling? ******SYNOPSIS: On the night of the biggest storm in New York City history, Elysia Puente gets a call from her estranged little brother Angel, terrified, begging for help. When the call cuts out suddenly, despite the bad feelings between them, Ellie rushes into the night. Finding his broken phone in front of a barricaded subway station, Ellie follows echoes of her brother into the sinister darkness of the underground, desperate to find him before it’s too late. #readlatinx #afrolatinxcomicwriter #pridebooks #queerwriter #boricua #weneeddiversebooks #ownvoices #readcarribbean #comicbooks #book #booksandsunsets #readmorelatinx #submerged #vitaayala #vaultcomics #bookstagram #bookdragon #nerd #bookworm #booklover #bibliophile #comicsarebooks #comicsisreading (at Middle Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFu-w1J6YQ/?igshid=zy1bzotjdlvw

[post-post-modern-man]

#Currentlyreading "Delusional" by #FarelDalrymple #graphicnovels #books #comicsarebooks #comics #comix #literature #inspiration #alternativecomics #indiecomics #notmyart

[worldscollideca]

a hige restock just arrived. BERSERK, Urasawa'a 20th Century Boys, DID YOU HEAR WHAT EDDIE GEIN DONE?, by Eric Powell. and lots more. #comicsarebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CTPoN5YLMCv/?utm_medium=tumblr

[worldscollideca]

Defend your right to read! Banned Books Week is upon us again and this pamplet from The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund shows what to do, what to read and which books have faced the most controversy. #cbldf #bannedbooksweek2017 #comicsareforeveryone #comicsarebooks #resist

[worldscollideca]

today apparently biography day, and of the translated French variety. top of the list is Mathilde Ramadier's SARTRE. such a loving and insightful examination of the philosophical and literary titan. Not to be outdone NBM Graphic Novels has also brought us ELVIS by Le Hénanff-Chanoniat. IDW follows with another Eurobook, CALAMITY JANE by Perrissin and Blanchin. Brush up on some history this week. Sound smart for your friends! #comicsarebooks #comicsareforeveryone #mathilderamadier #anaisdepommier #nbmgraphicnovels #idw #elvis #calamityjane

[worldscollideca]

The Oshawa Public Library is putting on a Comic Book Day event on July 15. They are looking for creators and makers. Check out their Website , Instagram or email them. #oshawapubliclibrary #opl #comicsarebooks #oshawa #mclaughlinpubliclibrary

[worldscollideca]

8 and 1/2 months and already a fan. never too soon to start reading to the little ones! #wonderwoman #comicbookmoms #comicsarebooks #ww #dc #galgadot #pattyjenkins #rebirth #williammoultonmarston

[worldscollideca]

Job well done. Two more comics freed from the tyranny of slabbing. check out the liberation video on our youtube channel here http://youtu.be/AxD_9lePxlg #comicsarebooks #cgc #cbcs #marvelcomics #daredevil #frankmiller #jackkirby #kingofcomics #justsaynotoslabbing

[worldscollideca]

storing mini comics is always a pain. this is never so obvious than after TCAF. Fortunately a very creative friend crafted this sweet Kamala Khan storage box to keep all those little books safe. Thx C. #minicomics #comicsruleeverythingaroundme #msmarvel #marvelcomics #comicsarebooks #TCAF #torontocomics #johnnysampson #totalfuckup

[worldscollideca]

Valiant hates readers.

Is there a reason Valiant doesn’t want people to read their books? They’ve hired name writers: Kindt, Lemire, VanLente and more. They have gone to great lengths to resussitate and improve their classic characters. The books look good. They read well. But twice now they have pulled stunts that while presumably designed to generate interest, only serve to shut readers out from their stories. So clearly the priority here is to cater to speculators, investors and other CGC lovin’ weaselbags.  Apparently the braintrust at Valiant Entertainment thinks it is a better business model to suck up to the kind of people who care only about quick profit; collector scum that buy in large quantities and then lock the books away while waiting for paper to turn to gold.

Meanwhile the reader’s devotion is rewarded with a shrug of the shoulders and an unspoken taunt, “if you really wanted it you’d buy 50 copies yourself to get the chase issue.” or the equally charming “c’mon it’s only triple the price..” And let us not even mention the special level sets of this X-O Manowar Is it that these stories are some manner of elite gnostic gospel that regular fans don’t deserve or can’t understand? Something that only the non-literate horders can understand? #comicsarebooks but they are treated like stocks and bank notes. I thought we were past this people!

While chase variants and the like are still a semi-regular phenomenon  the folks at Valiant should especialy be aware of that dark part of American Comics publishing history where over production and speculation caused the crash of the industry, costing many a LCS their businesses , because it was their book TUROK; Dinosaur Hunter #1 in all it’s chrome foiled glory that serves as the tombstone to the Gimmick Era of comics, almost immediately precipitating the doom that was to come. First they made the Legend of the Geomancers only available to stores at a rate of 1 for every 50 copies of Book of Death ordered. straight up, i don’t order 50 total Valiant books ina given month, never mind of one title, a cross over/event at that. For the half dozen regular subscribers we have to the Valiant line, they were decidely non-plused when they heard the news. and i certainly wasnt ordering 300 copies of a book that sells 6 just to complete the story. that is larcenous and insane. It’s galling to regularly see exclusive variant covers flogged to the bigtime stores,but i’m sure they order and sell enough to justify this financially and it’s just alternate covers, merely a curiousity,not anything essential.

But to now be presented with the idea that a particular store is going to get actual story (I have since been corrected by Valiant’s Atom Freeman, that the exclusive content is not in fact unique story pages) that no one else is getting, This is utterly enraging. And not to seem partial by just taking aim at the publisher, I am equally if not more furious with Collector’s Paradise  for participating in this elitist extortion of the fan base. They should also be thoroughly ashamed of themselves and are disrespecting all the other LCS’s in their community and the industry at large. This is pure irresponsible greed. Hopefully all of their contemporaries and colleagues shun them and cease doing any sort of business with this store that clearly puts itself above its peers and cares only for the immediate cash grab and not the long term health of the business. I think the shelf space we devote to Valiant currently is to be better used to promote a compant that cares about their books as books, wants people to read their efforts and doesn’t just treat their buyers/readers as faceless wallets, or with such contempt for them as this exhibits. When next in our store expect to see more BLACK MASK, AFTERSHOCK, DARK HORSE or some other real comic company to be occupying that shelf space that the disingenuous Valiant no longer deserves.

[worldscollideca]

it’s not quite local but it’s 100% indie! CATACUMBA is a monsterific horror comic from Brazilian artist/writer KIKO and his Kikomics imprint! it’s got a dose of Francavilla with a dash of Peter Bagge stirred up into some serious SouthAm horror stew! $15! #kikomics #catacumba #tictoctom #forlocalsonly #downtownoshawa #independentcomics #comicsarebooks #comicsareforeveryone #scumbagbookclub (at Worlds Collide) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsBiM6Ugre0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=znrzg7fq68yx

[worldscollideca]

some Amalgam comics, some more Savage Sword of Conan and a few Marvel Movie mags came our way today! #lcs #newoldcomics #savageswordofconan #conan #darkclaw #rampaginghulk #comicsarebooks (at Worlds Collide)

[worldscollideca]

Lights is coming to Oshawa. The multi talented singer/songwriter and now comic book creator will be performing Sept 14 at The Regent Theatre. ...and the next person who comes in and buys a copy of Lights’ graphic novel SKIN & EARTH gets a pair of tickets to the show! #lights #skinandearth #dynamiteentertainment #lcs #comicsareforeveryone #comicsarebooks (at Worlds Collide)

[worldscollideca]

DC’s Young Animal has reignited with hype new takes on their existing titles and introduced another fab iteration of a classic character with the new title ETERNITY GIRL. they all feature stunningly bright and energetic art and wondrously wacky and surprisingly deep storytelling from some of comics’ best talents. Check em out! #dc #younganimal #gerardway #doompatrol #cavecarsonhasacyberneticeye #cavecarsonhasaninterstellareye #shadethechanginggirl #shadethechangingman #cecilcastellucci #beckycloonan #marleyzarcone #michaelavonoeming #michaeloeming #jodyhouser #motherpanic #motherpanicAD #eternitygirl #kideternity #sonnyliew #charliechanhockchye #magdalenevisaggio #nationalperiodicalpublications #comicsarebooks