Announce: Jeff Lemire's SWEET TOOTH Launch
Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010
PLEASE INCLUDE IN YOUR EVENT LISTINGS JEFF LEMIRE’S SWEET TOOTH
Book Launch Party Wednesday, May 5, 2010 – 7:30pm
@ The Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College St.
FREE TO ATTEND Presented by The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto Public Library, The Beguiling, and DC Comics/Vertigo WWW.TORONTOCOMICS.COM  TORONTO, Ontario – The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is gearing up to take Toronto’s comic book and graphic novel fans by storm on Saturday May 8th and Sunday May 9th, and they’re please to announce their first satellite event! Featured TCAF guest and award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire will be will be premiering the first book of his new monthly post-apocalyptic
sci-fi comic book series Sweet Tooth: Out of the Dark Woods, at a special event on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010—just days before TCAF!
Set in a grim, post-apocalyptic future (that looks suspiciously like Southern Ontario…) Sweet Tooth Volume 1: Out of the Dark Woods is an epic road-trip science fiction graphic novel, sure to be equally enjoyed by fans of Lemire’s haunting Essex County Trilogy and contemporary superhero and sci-fi comics. The Book Launch will take place at the Lillian H. Smith Library, home to the prestigious Merril Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, a non-circulating library collection which includes a vast selection of graphic novel material. The event starts at 7:30pm sharp in The Lillian H. Smith Library auditorium, 239 College St. (just east of Spadina Ave.) with doors open at 7pm. The event will be hosted by SPACE’s Mark Askwith, and feature a reading, interview, and Q&A session with the audience. Jeff Lemire will be signing and sketching in advance copies of Sweet Tooth Vol.1: Out Of The Deep Woods, available for sale on-site a full week before its official in-store release! In addition, the event will feature a display of over 50 pieces of original artwork from Sweet Tooth, including interpretations of Sweet Tooth’s world and characters by renowned Toronto and international cartoonists including Jeffrey Brown, Matt Kindt, Ray Fawkes, and Noel Tuazon! Following the evening event there will be an after-party and mixer for comics fans and neophytes alike at O’Grady’s Pub, 171 College Street (Just down the street from the Lillian H. Smith Library). Jeff Lemire’s complete catalogue of work, including Sweet Tooth, The Nobody, and The Essex County Trilogy, will be available for purchase at the event courtesy of The Beguiling Books & Art (www.beguiling.com). PRESS
Please submit all interview requests, press inquiries, and press accreditation requests to contact@torontocomics.com or call Christopher Butcher, The Beguiling, at 416-533-9168. ABOUT JEFF LEMIRE
Jeff Lemire is the multi-Eisner, Shuster, Doug Wright and Harvey Nominated author of The Essex County Trilogy from Top Shelf Publishing. His most recent graphic novel is the original work The Nobody, published by DC Comics / Vertigo. Jeff Lemire’s current project is the monthly post-apocalyptic sci-fi comic book series Sweet Tooth from DC Comics/Vertigo. He lives and works in Toronto with his wife and young son. ABOUT SWEET TOOTH "Spellbinding and offbeat . . . emotionally charged." — USA TODAY "A grabber from the get-go..." — THE ONION The first five issues of Jeff Lemire's acclaimed new series introduce Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid who was raised in isolation following a pandemic that struck a decade earlier. Now, with the death of his father, he's left to fend for himself . . . until he meets a hulking drifter named Jepperd, who promises to help him. Jepperd and Gus set out on a post-apocalyptic
journey into the devastated American landscape to find 'The Preserve,' a refuge for hybrids. Published by DC Comics/Vertigo, CDN$11.99. For Mature Readers. ABOUT THE TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is a celebration of comics and graphic novels—and their creators—that takes place annually in Toronto, Canada. The next TCAF is Saturday May 8th and Sunday May 9th 2010, at Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street. The 2010 Festival will feature some of the biggest and most respected graphic novelists in Canada and in the world, including Daniel Clowes (Eightball, Ghost World), Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth), Dash Shaw (Body World), James Sturm (Golem’s Mighty Swing, Market Day), and Jim Woodring (Frank). For more information visit http://www.torontocomics.com.
NEW VIZ! NEW YEN!
Posted Tuesday, March 09, 2010
 We just got a bunch of new Viz books, including my most-anticipated release of the week, Ristorante Paradiso by Natsume Ono. Check it:
Dorhedoro v1 Fushigi Yugi VizBig Edtion v5 Hot Gimmick VizBig Edition v4 Inubaka v15 Ristorante Paradiso Rurouni Kenshi VizBig Edition v9
We also rec'd a ton of new manga and manwha from the good folks at Yen Press:
Angel Diary v11
Antique Gift Shop v10
Bamboo Blade v4 Bunny Drop v1 Kieli Novel v2 Melancholy of Haruhi Susumiya v5 Nabari No Oh v3 Raiders v2 So Cool v6 Sumomomo Momomo v3 Time and Time Again v2 Very Very Sweet v6 With the Light v6
You're So Cool v6
Check it out!
- Chris
Gary Panter Presentation at OCAD March 25th!
OCAD is having Gary Panter in to speak! Awesome! And seating is limited so make sure to get to the event early...
Gary Panter
Part of the Faculty of Design Speaker SeriesThursday March 25, 2010, @ 6:30pmThe Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) Auditorium FREE
Brooklyn-based illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician Gary Panter is the mind behind the elaborate, quirky, Emmy Award winning set designs for the kid’s TV show Pee Wee’s Playhouse. Possibly the most influential graphic artist of his generation, Panter’s creative influence extends far beyond the realms of illustration. His work has been described as era-defining, earning him the monikers “King of Punk Art” and “King of the Preposterous.” He is described by Chris Bor of ARTINFO as, “A creator whose work comfortably straddles the worlds of painting, commercial art, illustration, cartoons, underground comix, and music,” and who, “tackles all of his projects with visionary punk panache.”
Panter’s artwork has appeared on record covers for Frank Zappa and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He created the children’s playroom inside the Philippe Starck-designed Paramount Hotel in New York, and his animation series Pink Donkey and the Fly are featured on the Cartoon Network’s website. He is the creator of Jimbo, a “post-nuclear punk-rock cartoon character” whose adventures were first chronicled as a comic strip in the ’70s Los Angeles hardcore-punk paper Slash, and later in RAW magazine. Jimbo has also been published by Zongo Comics, founded by Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening.
In 2000, Panter received the Chrysler Design Award recognizing his wide-reaching influence and mainstream success. From 2005 to 2007 his work was featured in the touring exhibition Masters of American Comics alongside that of such comic luminaries as Elzie Segar (Popeye), Chester Gould (Dick Tracy), Charles Schultz (Peanuts), Jack Kirby (Captain America), Harvey Kurtzman (founding editor of MAD magazine), Art Spiegelman (Maus) and others. His 2-volume monograph Gary Panter was published by Picturebox in 2008.
All are welcome; admission is free. Limited seating available; guests are advised to arrive early.
Panter’s talk is generously sponsored by TD Insurance Meloche Monnex.
OCAD Auditorium
100 McCaul St.
Toronto, Ontario
416-977-6000 x 462
www.garypanter.com
Free
Shipping March 10th, 2010
Posted Monday, March 08, 2010
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010. 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.
The Beguiling Recommends...
It's a very Canadian week for new releases. Here are three new books by Canadian creators, starting off with a special deal:  JAN101074E Ghost Projekt #1 (Of 5) 3.99A new mini-series from Oni Press featuring art by Steve Rolston! Oni has done a free overship on this issue for us, and we want to pass the book onto folks who really want to read it. So here's what we've got for you:
Buy any Oni Press graphic novel this week (including Scott Pilgrim, Resurrection, Love as a Foreign Language, Queen & Country, Whiteout, whatever!) and get a free copy of GHOST PROJECKT #1! Limit one per person, offer valid until March 16th 2010.
Here's what the Oni website has to say about Ghost Projekt:
"U.S. Weapons Inspector Will Haley has seen his share of scary stuff. When your job routinely involves donning a hazmat suit, grabbing your Geiger counter and jetting into sometimes-hostile territory, “scary” feels almost normal. But when the alarm sounds at an abandoned Soviet facility, Haley, along with Russian “operativnik” Anya Romanova, must track a stolen weapon unlike any they've encountered before. What is the “Dosvidanya” project… and are they too late to stop it?"
Whoo! Check it out.
JAN101129F Street Fighter Legends Ibuki #1 (Of 4) A Cvr Dogan 3.95
JAN101130F Street Fighter Legends Ibuki #1 (Of 4) B Cvr Axer 3.95
Our friends over at UDON have the first issue of their new series drop this week, a little earlier than planned. We were going to do a signing for this one but the schedule got thrown out of whack... sorry guys! On the positive side though, we're hoping to get writer Jim Zubkavich in at some point to sign our shelf copies, and (fingers crossed) we may even have some special copies too.
As for the story? It's an action comedy about a teenage girl ninja named Ibuki, her would-be rival karate-champ Makoto, and an arrogant male ninja that keeps getting in the way. Plus, lotsa kicking.
If you've ever been inclined to try an issue, check this one out, it's a good one.
DEC090967E Annotated Northwest Passage Tp 15.99
This is the new softcover edition of the big (and beautiful) hardcover collection of Scott Chantler's NORTHWEST PASSAGE, a rollicking adventure yarn set in the days of fur trading and guns and forts and all that kinda fun stuff. Who knew history could be fun?
Check it out for yourself at Oni's 31 page preview of the book:
Recommended!
 DEC090863E Sand And Fury: A Scream Queen Adventure Sc (Mr) 16.99KING creator Ho Che Anderson has a brand new Scream Queen book, SAND AND FURY. Ho's work always looks good, and I'm personally pretty happy to see this one as he'd been talking a few years back about getting out of the comics game entirely...! Check out these quotes, this work is already getting some remarkable press!
"In Sand & Fury, Ho Che Anderson has done what I would have previously regarded as impossible. He’s found the illegitimate child of Faulkner and Lovecraft buried alive in a paranoiac’s terrified vision of the desert of the American Southwest... in a grave uncovered by the shriek of his own degenerate perversion of a banshee, for fuck’s sake." – Howard Chaykin
"Anderson’s blocky figures and Expressionistic use of caricature are augmented by processed period photography, an approach that calls to mind the minimalist abstractions of Frank Miller. The characters are frequently depicted in high-contrast shadow, wherein features become flattened and skin colour is often difficult to determine. The resulting aesthetic is striking and symbolic." — The Guardian
...and here's what Fantagraphics has to say about it:
Sand & Fury is a story of blood, of sex, of death — of sound and retribution. It opens as a girl by the side of a desert road accepts a ride from a stranger. How could she know that behind that wheel sits the angel of death?
Of course, even the angel of death once had a life. During that life, death was a successful business woman, with a great career and an even greater future. It’s true she could be a little cavalier with her innate gifts; she had, after all, broken the heart of everyone who had ever loved her.
And then, one day, the monster entered the woman’s life and changed everything forever.
Inspired by the work of filmmakers like David Lynch and Dario Argento and cartoonists like Richard Sala and Charles Burns, a spiritual cousin to Roman Polanski’s Repulsion and The Tenant, Sand & Fury is at once an homage to those classic horror sources and a contemporary romantic thriller, drawn in a stark, chiseled, expressionistic line that evokes modern attitudes and classic terror at the unknown and unknowable.Download a PDF excerpt containing the first 10 pages of the story (1.9 MB).
--
Also this week is the first volume of the TWILIGHT manga, but more on that later.
- Chris @ The Beguiling
JEFFREY BROWN IN TORONTO APRIL 26TH!
Posted Friday, March 05, 2010
Customers and friends! It's been 3 long years and like 6 book releases since our friend Jeffrey Brown has been to Toronto, and we're pleased to announce that the dryspell is over! Jeffrey Brown, author of Clumsy, Incredible Change-Bots, Cat Getting Out Of A Paper Bag, Funny Mis-Shapen Body, and the brand-new UNDELETED SCENES will be in Toronto April 26th, for an event sponsored by The Beguiling, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and Toronto Public Library's KEEP TORONTO READING month!
This is a completely free event, and all you gotta do is hop on the subway to North York station (it's on the Yonge line, for downtowners that never go north of Bloor). It's going to be a really fun event, with a great reading/presentation and a chat, signing, and sketching and Jeff's a really funny, engaging speaker. Jeff isn't scheduled for TCAF this year either (timing!) so if you wanna come see him and hang out, you've got one kick at the can. :)
 Graphically Speaking: Jeffrey Brown's UNDELETED SCENESMonday, April 26, 2010 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm FREE TO ATTEND
Part of the Keep Toronto Reading Festival. Presented by The Toronto Comic Arts Festival and The Beguiling
Jeffrey Brown, one of the most celebrated autobiographical cartoonists of the past 10 years, returns to Toronto to celebrate the release of his newest graphic novel Undeleted Scenes. Brown is best known for his “Girlfriend Trilogy” of graphic novels including Clumsy, Unlikely, and AEIOU, from Top Shelf, and his recent works for Simon & Shuster’s Touchstone Books line including Funny Misshapen Body and Little Things. In addition, Brown’s popular Cat Getting Out of a Paper Bag is on its fourth printing for Chronicle Books, and last year Brown directed an animated music video for pop-rockers Death Cab for Cutie.
Undeleted Scenes collects all of Jeffrey Brown’s short stories and non-fiction pieces created since the release of Clumsy into one 352 page book, including little-seen and rare material. Brown will be on-hand to talk about the unique challenges of creating soul-bearing autobiography in comics, his development as a cartoonist and storyteller, and blurring the line between fact and fiction.
Graphically Speaking: Jeffrey Brown's Undeleted Scenes is presented in partnership with The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, a week long comics event culminating in a two-day exhibition at Toronto Reference Library, May 8th and 9th 2010. For more information please visit http://torontocomics.com.
Horribleville! Wizzywig! New Viz!
Posted Wednesday, March 03, 2010
 Man do we have some great new books! As you know we're constantly getting in titles that aren't available from more obvious sources, and this week we got two really awesome books.
First up is the third volume of WIZZYWIG, a fictionalized biography of Kevin Mitnick, probably the most infamous computer hacker in history. In WIZZYWIG Mitnick becomes "Kevin Phenicle" but his story is no less compelling. Even if you have no interest in computers or hacking, this really is a fascinating look at human nature and a surprising part of our not-too-distant history. Author Ed Piskor is really doing something special here, check it out. Volume 3 is $15, and all volumes are currently in stock.
 Next up: HORRIBLEVILLE, by KC Green, published by New Reliable. What to say, what to say? It's hilarious and dark, the first collection of the popular webcomic that's sort of a rollicking fictionalized autobiography that features the author and the antrhopomorphisized voices in his head. KC Green is also a guest at TCAF this year! We're super-excited to have him, and you can get a head-start on everyone else by picking up for $10.
Finally, we got a small bunch of new VIZ manga today, as well as some new DVD;
New From Viz: Dragon Ball Z VizBig Edition v6 Arata V1 Detroit Metal City v4 Inu Yasha v46 Switch v13
New DVD and Anime Stuff Fables Novel: Peter & Max - Audiobook Edition The Mindscape of Alan Moore - New Lower Price! $14.95 Bleach: The Bount - Season 4 Box Set 2 Bleach Anime DVD v25 Bleach Anime DVD v26 Naruto Shippuden v6 Naruto Shippuden v7 Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths Reg Edition Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths Blu-Ray
- Chris @ The Beguiling
- Christopher
Shipping March 3rd, 2010
Posted Monday, March 01, 2010
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010. 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.
Invincible Iron Man #1 - Marvel's Greatest Comics Edition - $1.00 Always wanted to read Matt Fraction's IRON MAN series but weren't sure where to start? One week only, we'll be giving away a copy of Invincible Iron Man #1 FREE with any other purchase. It's a solid and enjoyable series, particularly geared to folks who enjoyed the first Iron Man movie and are anticipating the second. (If you only want the comic, it's just $1.)
The Beguiling Recommends:
NOV090207 Planetary HC Vol 04 24.99 Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! The final collection of Planetary! (SC this fall, sorry kids). We ordered... not exactly light on this, but not exactly heavy on it either, since almost no one had preordered it (holding out for the softcovers, I assume). If you want one maybe come by on Wednesday for sure.
DEC090594 Strange Tales HC 29.99
Marvel collects last year's pretty-awesome three issue STRANGE TALES mini-series featuring the likes of Peter Bagge, James Kochalka, Paul Pope, Michael Kupperman, and dozens more creators! Also includes Bagge's "Megalomaniacal Spider-Man" one-shot, and a bunch of extras. Designed by Chip Kidd. Should be an easy, automatic purchase.
DEC091017 Tezukas MW Softcover 19.95
Now available in an inexpensive softcover edition is MW by Osamu Tezuka, one of the most bugfuck-nuts manga I've ever read. Seriously, a product of its time in the best way. Cannot recommend highly enough, even if you don't like manga. It's like a mangasploitation movie, if that makes any sense to you.
NOV090785 Unlovable HC Vol 02 22.99
The second charming volume of Esther Pearl Watson's diary comics... Tragicomedy at its finest.
JAN100517 Girl Comics #1 (of 3) 4.99
This is Marvel's 3 issue mini featuring stories created entirely by a bunch of top-flight female comics creators. There are some great artists and authors in this one, and for my money I've found Marvel's anthology minis to be a lot more enjoyable than their main line (on the whole). Don't let the title scare you off, fellas.
Notable Books This Week...
JAN100182 BtVS #33 Twilight Pt 2 (of 5) Jeanty Cvr 2.99 JAN100181 BtVS #33 Twilight Pt 2 (of 5) Jo Chen Cv 2.99 NOV090048 BtVS Season 8 TP Vol 06 Retreat 15.99 Big Buffy news this week, as the identity of the villain TWILIGHT whose been plaguing the gang since issue 1 is finally revealed, and it's a doozy. Also this week is the next trade paperback in the series, for the folks following the series in that format.
JUN090743 Crossed #9 (of 9) 4.99- Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows's truly disturbed survival horror comic CROSSED finally concludes, and I think I speak for all of The Beguiling's staff when I say we haven't sold a comic this hilariously repulsive since Battle Royale, with its penis-monsters and characters being fucked-to-death. So, bravo, Mr. Ennis and Mr. Burrows.
JAN100862 Kevin Smith Green Hornet #1 3.99 JAN100863 Kevin Smith Green Hornet #1 25-copy Segovia B&w Incv 15.00
JAN100920 Green Hornet #1 Campbell Green Cvr DF 8.00 JAN100924 Green Hornet #1 Cassaday Surprise Cvr DF 8.00
Apparently, they've turned Kevin Smith's unproduced Green Hornet film into a comic book series.
JAN100332 Sparta Usa #1 (of 6) 2.99 This is a new 6 issue sci-fi/social commentary mini by David Lapham (Stray Bullets). The first issue is actually really good, I was totally surprised by it.
JAN100524 Stephen Kings N #1 (of 4) 3.99
Marvel's adaptation of a Stephen King short story.
OCT090488 Ultimate Comics Avengers #5 3.99
Finally arriving, just in time... JAN100547 Ultimate Comics New Ultimates #1 3.99 ... for the next mini-series to start up.
--
- Chris @ The Beguiling
CONTEST: Win Passes To See PERSEPOLIS at The NFB
Posted Thursday, February 25, 2010
Persepolis Screening
Thursday, March 4th, 7:30pm
@ The NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St (@ Richmond)
Tickets $6 at the door
The Beguiling is proud to be a sponsor of the NFB’s screening of PERSEPOLIS this Thursday, March 4th at 7:30pm. PERSEPOLIS is the outstanding and visually innovative animated film based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. A poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, this is a rare opportunity to see it on the big screen.
But wait there’s more!
The Beguiling and The NFB have teamed up with Toronto’s alt-weekly NOW Magazine to offer a great contest! You can win tickets to the March 4th screening of PERSEPOLIS as well as a Great Graphic Novels Gift Pack, including copies of:
The Complete Persepolis, Embroideries, and Chicken with Plums, all by Marjane Satrapi Fun Home by Alison Bechdel The Photographer by Emmanuel Guibert and The Eternal Smile by Gene Yang and Derek Kirk Kim.
- Chris
McSWEENEY'S 33 - Back In Stock
Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2010
We have just received our second and most likely final shipment ofMcSweeney's Issue #33: The San Francisco Panorama.
Here's what Chris had to say about it when we sold out of it IN ONE DAY a few weeks ago:
It's a model for newspapers of the future. A 112 page broadsheet full colour newspaper (with 16 giant pages of comic strips by Tomine, Ware, Clowes), a 112 page magazine, and a 96 page "books section". 320 pages of content for $19.95, wrapped up in a lovely resealable plastic bag. It's pretty amazing. Here's the description from the McSweeney's Site:
McSweeney's Issue 33
The San Francisco Panorama
Issue 33 of McSweeney’s Quarterly will be a one-time only, Sunday-edition-sized newspaper—the San Francisco Panorama. It'll have news and sports and arts coverage, and comics (sixteen pages of glorious, full-color comics, from Chris Ware and Dan Clowes and Art Spiegelman and many others besides) and a magazine and a weekend guide, and will basically be an attempt to demonstrate all the great things print journalism can (still) do, with as much first-rate writing and reportage and design (and posters and games and on-location Antarctic travelogues) as we can get in there. Expect journalism from Andrew Sean Greer, fiction from George Saunders and Roddy Doyle, dispatches from Afghanistan, and much, much more.
Check out some more images from the Panorama here.
- Chris @ The Beguiling
New Viz & Del Rey Manga
Posted Tuesday, February 23, 2010
 We've got new Viz! Check it out:
Bleach v30 Bo-BoBo v3 Cactus' Secret v1 Dinosaur King v1 Gin Tama v17 Hone & Clover v9 Love Com v17 One Piece v34 One Piece v35 One Piece v38 (Sorry, we were shorted some!) Prince of Tennis v36 Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventure v6 Rasetsu v4 SA v15 Shaman King v27 Skip Beat v20 St. Dragon Girl v6 Tegami Bachi v2 Ultimate Muscle v25 We Were There v9 Wild Ones v9 Yuyu Hakusho v19
In addition, we received two Del Rey Titles a little early as well:
Negima v25 Panic x Panic v1
- Chris @ The Beguiling
Shipping February 24th, 2010
 The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010. 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.
Click here for complete list:/100224shipping.txt
SPECIAL! ONE DAY ONLY! THOR #607 IS JUST $1!
On Wednesday, February 24th from Open to Close, we will be offering Thor #607 (Regular Cover) for just $1. It's a SIEGE tie-in! It's the first issue of a new arc! Something big might happen in it!? But it's just a buck this Wednesday. Afterwards it will return to the standard price of US$2.99. First come, first served. Limit two per person.
- Chris @ The Beguiling
P.S.: If we've got time I'll try to go through the list for some recommendations this week.
Spring Events
Posted Wednesday, February 17, 2010
...so we've booked three events for March/April, but we can't really announce any of them yet. I just wanted to mention it somewhere, because they're all so different from one another, and so neat. We're pretty stoked.
Until we can make an official announcement, I recommend you keep the evenings of March 31st, April 23rd, and April 26th free. :)
- Chris @ The Beguiling
CONTEST: Win tickets to see DEFENDOR this Thursday, Feb 18th
Posted Monday, February 15, 2010
Hey folks! We're having a contest EXCLUSIVE to subscribers on our mailing list. It's to win double-passes to the new movie DEFENDOR, staring Woody Harrelson as a guy who thinks he's the superheroic defender of Hamilton (heh!). To win, make sure you're signed up to The Beguiling Mailing List (there's a sign-up box on the upper-right corner of this page). Here are the contest details:
BEGUILING’S DEFENDOR CONTEST
We’re giving away 5 double passes to see DEFENDOR on Thursday, February 18th at 7:00pm in downtown Toronto. For a chance to win, send an e-mail with your name, telephone number, and BEGUILING DEFENDOR in the subject line to chris@beguiling.com before Tuesday, February 16th at 11:59pm. Winners will be drawn and notified on the morning of Wednesday February 17th.
RULES & REGULATIONS: Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and "BEGUILING DEFENDOR". Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling's mailing list. Entries that don't meet these conditions will be discarded. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win. One entry per household/phone number. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, etc. THE THEATRE IS OVERBOOKED TO ENSURE CAPACITY. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY. SEATING IS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED BASIS. PASS DOES NOT GUARANTEE ADMISSION.
ABOUT DEFENDOR: Reality intersects with delusion in the mind of Arthur Poppington (Oscar-nominee Woody Harrelson), a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as Defendor and combs the city streets at night in search of his arch-enemy, Captain Industry. In his attempts to combat crime and bring down this drug and weapons dealer who he mistakenly blames for the death of his mother, Defendor ends up befriending a young prostitute, Katerina Debrofkowitz (Kat Dennings). Armed with unconventional weapons of mass confusion, and aided by his new friend, Defendor proves that everyone is capable of making a difference as he puts his life on the line.
Trailer: http://www.alliancefilms.com/en/34/trailers/play_trailer/12357/default_high/D/0/
--
- Chris @ The Beguiling
Shipping February 17th, 2010
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010. 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.
Click here for complete list: /100217shipping.txt
...a couple of announcements
- Comics are in fact shipping this Wednesday. Despite Family Day and President's Day, there is no delay this week.
- Due to an order-entry error, last week we ended up really, really short on copies of:
DEC090045 BPRD King Of Fear #2 (of 5) 2.99
DEC090150 Secret Six #18 (blackest Night) 2.99 Our replacements are arriving this week.
- I don't know if you know this, but it was snowing like CRAZY last week in the northeastern United States. So much so that our biggest distributor, Diamond, was actually closed for a bunch of the week. Consequently this is one of the smallest ship-weeks we've ever had. It'd be a good week to try a new book, and we'll be racking a bunch of recent releases that we recommend in with this week's new books.
The Beguiling Recommends:  NOV090779 Almost Silent HC 24.99 - Hey look, it's a collection of 3 different graphic novels by Norwegian cartoonist Jason that have been out of print for a very long while. Includes Tell Me Something, Meow Baby, the Frankenstein-thriller You Can't Get There From Here, and the hilarious and harrowing zombie story The Living and The Dead. Easily our pick of the week.
DEC090274 Joe The Barbarian #2 (of 8) 2.99
- Liked the first issue, hoping for a little more meat outta this one.
DEC090685 Ignition City HC Vol 01 27.99 DEC090686 Ignition City HC Vol 01 Dual Sgn Ed 49.99
DEC090684 Ignition City TP Vol 01 19.99
- Three different flavours of Warren Ellis's space-pulp homage.
DEC090575 Kick Ass Prem HC 24.99
DEC090576 Kick Ass Prem HC Dm Ed 24.99
- It's finally out, congrats!
NOV090061 Mesmo Delivery GN Vol 01 9.99
- This is the new Dark Horse edition of the spectacular-looking graphic novella by Rafael Grampa, about two truckers getting into some serious trouble. Visually stunning.
DEC090875 Skim GN 12.95
- Oh neat, this is the week that non-Canadian stores get exposed to SKIM, the phenomenal debut graphic novel from Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki. I... hope... that most Canadian customers have already read this poignant little story about first love, but if not, here's another reminder to check it out.
--
- Chris @ The Beguiling
(Late) Shipping February 10th, 2010
(Sorry this is late. This week's shipping list to follow)
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010. 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.
Click Here for the complete list: /100210shipping.txt
The Beguiling Recommends:
OCT090906 King Special Edition HC 34.99 - This is a gorgeous new edition of Ho Che Anderson's modern classic. Now complete with all of the material cut from previous releases restored and a huge catalogue of never-before-seen art. Really good, important book. Check it out. DEC090151 Batman And Robin #8 2.99- Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart turn in another lovely looking issue.
DEC090342 Choker #1 3.99
- A new detective/noir series illustrated by FELL co-creator Ben Templesmith. If you've really been missing Fell, you should definitely check this one out.
DEC090266 DMZ #50 3.99 - It's a special one-off issue of DMZ, in the vein of those Transmetropolitan collections of columns by Spider and illustrations by a top-flight assortment of artists. Tons of great contributors on this one, and a good issue to check out even if you've never read DMZ before.
DEC090176 Human Target #1 (of 6) 2.99
- Tying into the new television series.
OCT090912 Chocolate Cheeks GN 16.99
- New one from YIKES! creator Steve Weissman
OCT090300 Hellblazer Pandemonium HC 24.99
- Hellblazer!
NOV090881 Little Nothings GN Vol 03 Uneasy Happiness 14.95
DEC090617 Nextwave Agents Of Hate TP Ultimate Collection 34.99 - Finally, all of NEXTWAVE in one fantastic book!
NOV090939 Biomega GN Vol 01 12.99
- New manga from BLAME! and Wolverine SNIKT! creator Nihei features a bear with a sniper rifle. Good stuff.
- Chris @ The Beguiling
When a book looks this good you can only call it AFRODISIAC
Posted Friday, February 12, 2010
I can't recommend this enough. Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca have created possibly the coolest thing you will ever own for less than 16 bucks.
-Parrish
NEW Yen Press Manga
Posted Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Just arrived from Yen Press:
13th Boy v3
Black God v8
Goong v8
Hero Tales v2 - By Fullmetal Alchemist creator Hiromu Arakawa
Higurashi When They Cry: Curse Killing Arc v2
Legend v7
Sarasah v3
Soul Eater v2
Sugarholic v3
Tena on S-String v2
Zombie Loan v8
- Chris @ The Beguiling
NEW VIZ! 20TH CENTURY BOYS VOL 7!
Posted Tuesday, February 09, 2010
We just got new manga!
20th Century Boys Volume 7
Bokurano Ours Volume 1
Gestalt Volume 5
Shakugan No Shana Volume 5
Yay!
- Chris
Shipping February 3, 2010
Posted Wednesday, February 03, 2010
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010. 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.
Click Here for the complete list:/100203shipping.txt
BIG SHIPPING ADVISORIES THIS WEEK:
#1: We are getting all of our replacement copies of BATMAN & ROBIN #7 by Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart that we were shorted last week. Thanks for your patience.
#2: There was a truck crash between the printers and the distributors, and a bunch of Marvel Comics were wrecked... or almost wrecked. Every store in Canada is only getting about 80% of the quantity of Marvel Comics that they ordered this week, with the other 20% coming in next week. So we're getting everything on the shipping list, just not our full orders, unfortunately. We should have enough to cover pullfiles and most customers as we do order extra copies of all books, but we feel it's important to inform you ahead of time.
Thanks!
- Chris @ The Beguiling
JUST ARRIVED: New Viz Manga!
Posted Friday, January 29, 2010
 We've just received copies of the following new manga:
B.O.D.Y. V8
Baby & Me V18
Beast Master V2
Biomega V1 - The new series by the creator of BLAME! and NOISE! and Wolverine: SNIKT! and as you can see, it looks Totally Badass.
Black Bird V3
Crown Of Love V1
D.Gray-Man V16
Dinosaur King V1
Eyeshield 21 V30
High School Debut V13
Hikaru No Go V18
Hoshin Engi V17
Kaze Hikaru V16
Knights Of The Zodiac (Saint Seiya) V28
Legend Of Zelda V9
Magic Touch V6
Muhyo & Roji'S Bureau Of Supernatural Investigation V15
Naruto V47
Nora: The Last Chronicle Of Devildom V9
One Piece V29
One Piece V31
One Piece V33
(Yes, we're aware we are missing v30 & v32)
Otomen V5
Pokémon Adventures V5 (2nd Edition)
Record Of A Fallen Vampire V8
Slam Dunk V8
Ultimo V1
Vampire Knight V9
Waqwaq V3
Yu-Gi-Oh! R V3
(Late) Shipping January 27th, 2010
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010. 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.
Click Here for the complete list:/100127shipping.txt
Shipping Advisory: Diamond shorted us almost all of our copies of Batman & Robin #7, by Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart. We are scheduled to receive replacements this coming Wednesday, February 3rd.
- Chris @ The Beguiling
Final Stage of Backissue Sales!
Posted Thursday, January 28, 2010
 All our overstock issues from companies other than Marvel and DC including: Image, Dark Horse, Avatar, Boom Studios, Dynamite, IDW, Oni Press, and many more are on sale this week. That's well over 5,000 single issues in 14 long boxes!
Same deal as the previous weeks:
Single comics will be 50% off U.S. cover price
OR
Buy 10 or more comics for $1 each
OR
Buy 50 or more comics for 80¢ each!
For detailed rules see the previous post
The End of an Era - Barefoot Gen Concludes
Posted Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Congratulations to Keiji Nakazawa and Last Gasp Publishing, who this week completed the English-language release of the groundbreaking manga Barefoot Gen. Originally serialized beginning in 1973, the story is a the slightly-fictionalized biography of author Keiji Nakazawa and his experiences as a young man caught in the Hiroshima bombings of 1945. It's a harrowing first-person account of the bombings and the tragedy, a powerful anti-war work and a must-read.
A very early English translation of Barefoot Gen Volume 1 was released in North America in 1976, making it one of the first manga to appear in English. Though the first 4 books of the series had seen print in various editions over the following 30 years, in 2005 Last Gasp committed to publishing the complete 10 volume series in English (in a matching trade-dress!), for the first time. This January they completed that goal, and English-language manga is richer for the experience.
All 10 volumes are currently in stock on the second floor, and priced at about $15, give or take the exchange rate.
- Chris @ The Beguiling
New Yen Press Manga
Lots of new Yen Press manga volumes arrived today inculding the first volumes of four new series! All available on the second floor new manga spinner rack.
Black Butler vol. 1
Black God vol. 7
Cat Paradise vol. 3
Cirque Du Freak vol. 4
Loan vol. 1
One Fine Day vol. 1
Oninagi volumes 1 & 2
-Parrish
Alan Moore's 25000 Years of Erotic Freedom
Posted Tuesday, January 26, 2010
 Alan Moore's new book 25,000 Years of Erotic Freedom surveys the history of pornography and argues that the success and vibrancy of a society relates to its permissiveness in sexual matters. Moore covers not only a huge stretch of time but a broad sweep of representative art including statuary, painting, woodblock printing, painting and more. The 94 page hardcover is as much art book as essay with thick glossy paper and full page or even double page spreads of atwork at every flip.
25,000 Years of Erotic Freedom can be found with the new releases on the second floor of The Beguiling for $29.50
-Parrish
New Icarus adult manga!
Posted Tuesday, January 19, 2010
You look at this cover and think “That looks pretty dirty” but really, really you have no idea how dirty it is. I mean, you just have to buy it and see. Mad, mad, crazy filthy.
On sale upstairs at The Beguiling for $23.95
-Parrish
kozyndan's Unknown Portraits
 Extraordinary Los Angeles based art duo kozyndan have a new 150 page hardcover art book containing the entirety of their four year Unknown Portraits art series out. The often whimsical and magical graphite portraits are inspired by the contents of an old photo album discovered in a Venice Beach thrift shop. Many of the images are accompanied by short stories they have inspired written by other artists including Torontonians Mariko Tamaki, Nick Flanagan and Maggie MacDonald.
Unknown Portraits is in stock on both floors of the Beguiling for $25.
-Parrish
BOXING DAY SALE: PHASE 03: DOLLAR COMICS!
Posted Friday, January 15, 2010
We've got a lot of recent overstock, comic books from the last few years and we need to get rid of them! So for the next three weeks (not counting Wednesdays) we'll be putting tons of overstock comics on sale, Marvel the first week, DC the second week, and everything else on the third week. Here's that schedule again: Part 1: MARVEL: Thurs Jan 14 to Tues Jan 19
Part 2: DC/VERTIGO: Thurs Jan 21 to Tues Jan 26
Part 3: IMAGE/DARK HORSE/MISC: Thurs Jan 28 to Tues Feb 2 There'll be at least a dozen boxes of comics every week, and the deals get progressively better as you buy more comics! Here are the deals: Single comics will be 50% off U.S. cover price
OR
Buy 10 or more comics for $1 each
OR
Buy 50 or more comics for 80¢ each! RULES: 1. We reserve the right to refuse sale of any item to any customer for any reason.
2. We will probably not do this, but you'd be amazed at the number of people who insist that certain things are on sale when they're clearly not, so yeah, rule #1.
3. Anything put on hold or special-ordered prior to Boxing Day is entirely exempt to sale pricing.
4. Sales cannot be combined with other specials or sales.
5. Items released in December 2009 or later are not eligible for sale. This includes certain pre-made sets. Determination for eligibility will be made at the cash register, at our sole discretion. All December/January books should be removed from the boxes, but we may miss some. We apologize in advance. THE SALE IS ON NOW! -- - Chris @ The Beguiling
P.S.: If you were subscribed to the mailing list, you would've gotten this message yesterday! Sign up in the upper-right corner of the homepage at http://beguiling.com.
New Stuff: Latvian Mini-Comics!
Posted Wednesday, January 13, 2010
We've just received a really neat shipment of books, mini-comics from Latvia! These comics are affiliated with the Latvian comics magazine "KUS". They're just totally neat, and worth looking at.
We've got Baltic Comics Magazine #1, #3, and #4 and KU, which is a neat looking foldout book, sort of like a map that's also comics.
$4 a piece, available on the main floor.
- Christopher
NEW VIZ MANGA: Pluto 7, Oishinbo 7, Vagabond 31, Not Simple! MORE!
 So apparently it is the single greatest day of manga releases ever. Viz has shipped us a bunch of their new January product, including some of our bestselling AND fan-favourite manga. Here's the complete list!
All My Darling Daughters (1 shot), by Fumi Yoshinaga Case Closed 33, by Gosho Aoyama Fullmetal Alchemist 22, by Hiromu Arakawa Not Simple, by Natsume Ono Oishinbo 7: Izakaya, by Kariya & Hanasaki Pluto 7, by Naoki Urasawa Real 7, by Takehiko Inoue Rin-Ne 2, by Rumiko Takahashi Vagabond 31, by Takehiko Inoue Vagabond Vizbig 6, by Takehiko Inoue Yukikaze (novel), by Kambayashi
So, yeah, it is just, just awesome.
- Christopher
Shipping January 13th, 2010
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010. 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.
It's a pretty small week for comics this week, but at least regular titles seem to be shipping again. Here's a few of the titles I think are worth looking out for on the rack:
NOV090829 Angel #29 3.99 - This is the second issue of Bill (FABLES) Willingham's run on the title, which seems to be flying under a lot of peoples' radars. Worth checking out.
NOV090850 Ghoul #2 3.99 - Also from IDW, the second issue of Bernie Wrightson's new series. How often do you see a new Bernie Wrightson series?
SEP090566 Terry Moores Echo #18 3.50 - Lots of people have been asking about this one. It looks like the series will almost be back on time after this issue.
NOV090241 Unwritten #9 2.99 - The first trade paperback collection of this new Vertigo ongoing series, a mediation on Harry Potter and the nature of stories, came out last week and I read the whole thing cover to cover. It's really solid, maybe even surprisingly so. If you've been looking for a Vertigo book to add to your monthly reading, particularly if you're an old Books of Magic fan, give this one a go. It's really well-written, with well-suited art.
NOV090841 Weekly World News #1 3.99
NOV090843 Weekly World News B&w Newspaper Edition #1 3.99
- For reals, they're doing a Weekly World News comic book.
OCT090298 Human Target Chance Meetings TP 14.99 - Speaking of Vertigo series', Peter Milligan's Human Target was one of my favourites while it ran. Striking art, a wonderfully complex storyline, just good stuff all around. This new trade paperback collects both the original 4-issue mini AND the stand-alone graphic novel that served as an epilogue, and launched the ongoing, all for just $15. Highly recommended.
JUL091012 Lola HC 14.95 - This is a new one from J. Torres, a ghost-story for young adults. Looking forward to it.
NOV090626 No Hero TP 19.99 - Warren Ellis' most recent over-the-top hyper-violent superhero series gets a collection. It's kinda like Bratpack?
NOV090797 Olympians GN Vol 01 Zeus King o/t Gods 9.99 - This looked great! Apparently it's also available in softcover. It's a retelling of the birth of the Greek Gods and Zeus deposing Chronos, with lovely art by George O'Connor. If you're a mythology fan take a look.
JUL090950 Torpedo HC Vol 01 24.99 - Whoa! I almost didn't see this. This is IDW's collection of Alex Toth's TORPEDO comics, apparently designed by Darwyn Cooke. Looking forward to getting a look at this one.
--
- Chris @ The Beguiling
Shipping January 6th, 2010
Posted Monday, January 04, 2010
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010. 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.
Click here for the complete list: /100106shipping.txt
Beguiling recommends... soonish!
- Chris
NOW IN STOCK: Order Of The Stick Books!
Posted Wednesday, December 30, 2009
 We've been trying to restock for a while now, but it looks like they're finally back in! ORDER OF THE STICK is the name of a very funny webcomics series about the characters in a "fantasy role playing game", though they're fairly self-aware and love to break the fourth wall. Check it out at http://www.giantitp.com/Comics.html, and if you're a gamer (active or lapsed) you'll find lots to laugh about.
The webcomics are available as graphic novels as well, with 4 volumes collecting stand-alone online adventures of the party, and 2 completely-original-to-the-books stories, also completely stand-alone. It's easy to pick up and read, and laugh, and enjoy, and we've just gotten a bunch of the books in stock, including 3 we've never had before!
Order of the Stick: War & XPs (New!) Order of the Stick: Don't Split The Party (New!) Order of the Stick: On The Origin of PC's Order of the Stick: Start of Darkness (New!) Order of the Stick: No Cure For The Paladin Blues
The books all range in price from about $19 to about $30, depending on thickness, full colour, etc. They just arrived today, and they're on the second floor with the other webcomics stuff.
- Chris @ The Beguiling
Just Arrived: New Del Rey Manga
 It's not a "Full" new comic book day, but if you're a manga fan we've got a little treat for you. Del Rey just sent us three new manga volumes, a last-minute gift for new years...!
Negima!? Neo Volume 4 Fairy Tale Volume 9 Ninja Girls Volume 2
All 3 volumes are currently in stock, and retail for the U.S. Cover price of $10.95 each.
- Chris @ The Beguiling
Shipping December 30th, 2009
Posted Tuesday, December 29, 2009
 Hey there,
The only book shipping this week is Blackest Night #6.
There's a few other variants and a free calendar and stuff, but yeah, Blackest Night #6.
We're going to do a special sale on the new comics rack, where all previous Blackest Night crossover issues are going to be just $2 each, so if you want to catch up (or follow-up on that $1 Blackest Night #1 you picked up!) you can do that for cheap!
Awright, peace-out on 2009 y'all. See you tomorrow!
- Chris @ The Beguiling P.S.: Boxing Day sale STILL ON. Lotsa good stuff, still available, for cheap!
BOXING DAY SALE DETAILS
Posted Thursday, December 24, 2009
BOXING DAY SALE BOXING DAY IS HERE! Our one big sale of the year has returned, and it's going to last for more than 2 weeks, with all kinds of special deals! Each phase of our sale will have a different focus, with lots of new items put on sale to emphasize all of our stock. Here's a quick outline, with the full list of Phase 01 sales below: PHASE 01: December 26th to December 31st, 2009 (General Sale, back issue bins completely unavailable during this time.) PHASE 02: January 2nd to January 6th, 2010 (Back Issues! Wall Books!) PHASE 03: January 7th to ? (Special Sales, back issue bins completely unavailable during this time.) -- STARTING BOXING DAY:
PHASE 01: December 26th to December 30th, 2009
(Back issue bins completely unavailable during this time.)
GROUND RULES 1. We reserve the right to refuse sale of any item to any customer for any reason.
2. We will probably not do this, but you'd be amazed at the number of people who insist that certain things are on sale when they're clearly not, so yeah, rule #1 ("no, the original art is not 50% off".). Honestly, none of us can remember having to do this. We're good people, deep, deep down. Deep.
3. Out-of-print books, comics, anime, statues, etc, are exempt to sale pricing.
4. Anything put on hold prior to Boxing Day is entirely exempt to sale pricing.
5. Sales cannot be combined with other specials or sales.
6. "Regular Price" is determined as 'Whatever the book would sell for not on Boxing Day,' whether that's U.S. Cover Price, Converted Canadian Cover price, Canadian Cover Price, or Sticker Price.
7. Items released in December 2009 or later are not eligible for sale. Determination for eligibility will be made at the cash register, at our sole discretion. ALSO: BACK ISSUE BINS and WALL BOOKS will not be accessible until January 2nd. They are not on sale, they aren't even really FOR sale. We are sorry, but we're focusing on other product during this sale and we need the space and attention for other things. GENERAL SALE ITEMS: First Floor:
- 10% off "Regular Price" on All First Floor books and comics, including Graphic Novels, European Albums, Books, Erotica, Prose, Strip Reprints, Etc.
- Lots of door-crasher specials on individual books! (See list below) Second Floor:
- 10% off "Regular Price" on All new second floor comics and trade paperbacks including Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, Manga, recent single issue comics, Japanese Art Books, Magazines, Etc. (Note: Does not include any Buffy comics/trade paperbacks. Does not include back-issues, wall-books, or any "used/vintage" products. Sale items will be clearly marked in store.)
- Marvel Hardcover Blowout: Select Marvel Hardcovers $10 each or 3 for $20, with tons of new titles added on Boxing Day!
- Comic Sets Under $50 are 50% off: All store-made comic sets with a sticker price under $50.00 are now half-price.
- T-Shirts: Buy 3, get 1 free: Buy 3 t-shirts and get 1 t-shirt of your choice of equal-or-greater value for free! All T-Shirts will be out on the bins and easy to browse too!
- Lots of door-crasher specials on individual books! (See list below) DVD SPECIALS:
- DVD 10% off: All New DVD/Anime (singles and box-sets) 10% off sticker price
- DVD 'Bundles' 20% off: All of the store-made 'Bundles' of DVDs will be 20% off their sticker price.
- CLEARANCE ANIME: Boxes of deep-discount anime, including a couple boxes at $1 EACH. - Justice League: The New Frontier DVD (2 disc edition) – Was $24.95, NOW $20: The animated film inspired by Darwyn Cooke’s DC: The New Frontier!
- Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher DVD (2 disc edition) – Was $19.95, NOW: $5: This is a great, fun little cartoon from some dudes who ended up working for Pixar, I believe. Tons and tons of bonus features too. Seriously, totally worth the $5.
- Fantastic Four/Silver Surfer Complete Collection DVD-ROM – Was $39.95, NOW: $20: Get a DVD with every issue through 2006 of The Fantastic Four comics and The Silver Surfer Comics, LEGALLY, for just $20. Probably the best deal of the whole day. -- SINGLE BOOK DEEP DISCOUNTS & SINGLE MANGA DEEP DISCOUNTS:
We've got some amazing deals on some really great books that we happen to have a little too much inventory on, so we're hoping you can help us out with that. Some of these are brand new, some are warehouse finds, but they're all good deals! NOTE: Quantities may be limited on some items, but we have tried to ensure at least 10 of each listed special will be available. BOOKS:
The Collected Doug Wright: Was Cdn$39.95, NOW: $20 with the purchase of any other book written and drawn by Seth. It's a great, great book, and everyone should own one. LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER. Batman RIP HC, - Was U.S.$25, NOW: $10 - Grant Morrison's shocking conclusion to the first half of his Batman run sees Batman worn down to his very core. If you skipped out on this one now's the perfect chance to pick it up on the cheap. Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul HC - Was U.S.$29.95, NOW $5: You heard us right! We're selling the Morrison/Rucka Batman HC for just five bucks. We gave a ridiculous door-crasher special to the Marvel fans with Spider-Man for $5, so we figured we'd do a DC one as well at $5. Merry (late) Christmas! Comic Wars - $1: If you want to read a business book about some of the insane comic book stuff that went down in the 90s, particularly with regards to Marvel, then it is just a dollar. Eternal Smile - Was Cdn$18.95, NOW: $10 - We really like this one, a collection of three short stories by AMERICAN BORN CHINESE creator Gene Yang and TCAF guest Derek Kirk Kim. Fortune and Glory HC - Was U.S.$35, NOW $15 - Brian Michael Bendis is now best-known for his work on Marvel's New Avengers and Ultimate Spider-Man, but back in the day he wrote and drew this autobiographic graphic novel about his journey to Hollywood, and, eventually, Marvel. Pretty good stuff. God Save The Queen HC - Was U.S.$19.99, NOW: $8! - Lucifer writer Mike Carey joins with painter John Bolton for an original graphic novel about punk-rock and faeries. And it's $8! Hellblazer: The Family Man TPB - Was U.S.$19.99, NOW $10 - This collection of early Jamie Delano Hellblazer is the perfect read for people who like Hellblazer. Hellblazer: Dark Entries HC, by Ian Rankin - Was U.S.$19.99, NOW: $10 - This book sold gangbusters for us but, flat out, we just ordered too many. Our ordering mishap is your Boxing Day gain! THE HELM - Was $14.95, NOW $4: This Dark Horse mini-series reads a bit like Jack Black starring in a superhero/swords and sorcery comic. By Hardison and Sears. It's not for me, but for $4 it might be for you. HI-FRUCTOSE Collected Edition Box Set - Was $50, NOW $30: The special box set edition of the Hi-Fructose book contains a 250 page hardcover, five deluxe edition art prints, a papercraft toy, a sewing template, and a lovely slipcase. We're now pricing it at 10 bucks BELOW the standard edition Hi-Fructose book, which doesn't have all the fancy extras. What a steal, art-lovers! Matt Wagner's Art of Grendel HC - Was U.S.$39.95, NOW $15: Released this year, this is a complete retrospective of creator Matt Wagner's art on the popular Grendel series, alongside contributions from Paul Pope, Dave Johnson, Tony Harris, and more. Odds Off , by Matt Madden - NOW $5 - Chris here, I actually really like this graphic novel. It's a pretty straight-forward little read about a group of friends in their mid 20s sort of interacting and bouncing off of one another and coming to realizations about their lives. It's a really surprising little read, and recommended, and hey it's now only $5. Penny Arcade Volume 2 & 3 - Was U.S.$12.95, NOW: $5 EACH! - The print collections of Gabe & Tycho's Penny Arcade webcomic from Dark Horse are completely out of print, and likely to remain so for a little while now. So why not pick up one of these collections for just five bucks? Or both! It's about video games! Rapunzel's Revenge - Was Cdn$16.99, NOW: $10! - This surprising Young Adult graphic novel features a girl hero, a great boy sidekick, and a fairy-tale turned on its head mixed with a western. The sequel book, Calamity Jack, is available now so why not pick up the first part for just 8 bucks? By Hale, Hale, and Hale. Shazam's Greatest Stories - Was U.S. $24.99, NOW: $10 - $10 for 250 pages of Shazam, exactly as advertised. Spider-Man: Election Day - Was $29.99, NOW $5! - Remember when that Spider-Man Obama cover came out and people jacked up the price and that was hella-lame? Well now you can get that story, plus 200+ pages of other comics (that are actually pretty good, with like JRJR art!) for the same price as that Obama cover comic shoulda been. Oh, and it's got Obama on the cover too. Five Dollars. (There's a DC Batman HC on for $5 too, see above!) Superman In World's Finest Comics Archive Volume 2- Was $59.99, NOW $15!! - You're reading that correctly. 200+ pages of DC Archives' Golden Age Superman for $15. Superman: New Krypton Vol 2 HC - Was U.S.$24.99, NOW $10 - Another ordering error where you save! The Surrogates Special HC Edition - Was U.S.$75, NOW $37 - The Surrogates is the original comic series by our pals Rob Vendetti and Brett Weldele, that was then adapted into a film. As we all know, sometimes adaptations aren't the same thing as the original works, and so in that spirit we heartily recommend you THE SURROGATES. This massive oversized HC collects both volumes of the series, now on sale for the price of buying the two softcovers separately. Limit One Per Household. Teenagers From Mars - Was $22, Now $8: One of the most interesting and punk-rock books in years from Spears and G., it's about two kids in a small town that bans comic books, and then they blow up a Wal-Mart. Uncanny X-Men: The New Age Volume 1 - Was U.S.$12.99, NOW $5! - So this version of the team already doesn't exist, but seriously? Art by Alan Davis and Olivier Coipel. That's all you need to know. Y The Last Man: Oversize HC Edition Volume 2: Was U.S. $29.99, NOW: $15 - Ordering error, or clever ruse to trick you into buying the first volume at full (U.S. Cover) price? Does it matter? ZOT! The Complete B&W Series Omnibus - Was Cdn $26.95, now: $15 - So this is really, really good, and it maintains its quality across all 600 pages. McCloud knew what he was doing. I highly recommend it. Totally worth $27, but a must buy at fifteen bucks. MANGA: Abandoned (The), by Ross Campbell - Was $10, NOW: $5. Awesome one-shot zombie book. Black and white and red. From the creator of WET MOON. Totally worth the five bucks. East Coast Rising Volume 1, by Becky Cloonan - Was $10, NOW: $3!!!: Unfortunately this awesome series doesn't look like it's gonna come to an end. But this first volume is SUPER fun, so if you just wanna read something and not worry about the ending, this is 3 bucks well spent. FLCL Novel Vol 1, by Yoji Enokido - Was $10, NOW $5: A considerably more straight-forward and easy-to-understand version of the awesome, awesome anime series. Sorta like the cliff's notes version. Fujoshi Rumi Vol 1, by Natsumi Konjoh - Was $12, NOW - $5: A guy falls in love with a girl who is in LOVE with yaoi comics, and the girl is CONVINCED that the guy isn't in love with her, but with his (male) childhood friend. Hijinx ensue! Older teen, Shoujo. Gankutsuou Vol 1, by Mahiro Maeda and Yra Ariwara - Was $11, NOW $5: A manga adaptation of the acclaimed anime, this one has a really unique art style and the story—about the Count of Monte Cristo and generations of revenge and steampunk and I think vampires? It's 'cracktastic' as the kids say. Older Teen, Seinen. Gimmick! Vol 1, by Youzaburou Kanari & Kuroko Yabuguchi - Was $10, NOW $5: This collection of one-off short stories about a special effects and make-up master is a little bit A-Team and a little-bit Kindaichi Case Files. I just read the volume one and it's surprisingly good! Check it out for five bucks. Older Teen, Seinen. Gosick Novel Vol 1, by Kazuki Sakuraba - Was $10, NOW $5: The light novel series based on the popular manga, A gothic murder mystery with a cute anime girl heroine. GUNDAM: MS Gundam Lost War Chronicles Vol 1 - Was $10, NOW $5: A brand new Gundam series, set in the earliest times of the original Gundam universe. Teen, Shonen. HEAVEN!! Vol 1, by Shizuru Seino - Was $10, Now $5: I really dug the author's previous series, Girl Got Game, and thought this first volume of Heaven was a pretty fun read. Implausible shoujo romance, ghosts, the whole 9 yards. Teen, Shoujo. Hellgate London Vol 1, by Arvid Nelson and JM - Was $11, Now: $5: Based on the "hit" videogame. A prequel and original story from the game. Older Teen. Imadoki Vol 1, by Yu Watase - Was $10, NOW $5: Probably my favourite Yu Watase series, this is about a plucky girl determined to make friends and solve problems at a preppy boarding school where shameful secrets are swept under the carpet. Awesome drama. Older Teen, Shoujo. Kaze No Hana Vol 1, by Ushio Mizta - Was $11, NOW $5: "Four years ago, Momoka Futami lost her parents and her memory in a mysterious accident. Returning to Mitsuragi City for the first time since that fatal day, Momoka is thrust into a battle with a bizarre monster in an alternate world! Eventually reunited with friends and family she no longer remembers, she learns of a local legend about a corrupt god sealed away long ago by a rival god who, in turn, bestowed eight swords on eight Mitsurugi warriors to help protect the seal. But when Momoka is presented with one of these swords and declared as its rightful owner by the head of the Mitsurugi family, she finds the turn of events hard to believe, not least because she's unable to unsheathe her own weapon! Is she really one of the legendary warriors or just a pretender to the sword?" Seriously, this is why I don't usually type out the plot synopses for these, that's ridiculous. I'm sure it's less ridiculous if you read the book, but OMG that is ridiculous. Still, five bucks. King of the Lamp Vol 1, by Takano Shigematsu - Was $11, NOW $5: A girl rubs a magic lamp and an attractive man comes out of it. Older Teen, Shoujo. Lights Out Vol 1, by Myung-Jin Lee - Was $10, NOW $5: An action-filled romantic comedy for teenagers. Fans of SCHOOL RUMBLE or stuff like that should dig it. Teen, Shonen. Mamotte Shugogetten Vol 1, by Minene Sakrano - Was $13, NOW $5!: This collection of the popular shoujo-esque series features cute girls, dumb boys, fantasy and adventure, more than 400 pages of story (two volumes in 1). Teen, Shoujo (technically shonen, but no one would be able to tell the difference). MUSEUM OF TERROR Vol 1, by Junji Ito - Was $14, NOW $5!: >From the creator of Beguiling favs GYO and UZUMAKI comes MUSEUM OF TERROR, a fat (372+ pages) collection of horror short stories by horror master Junji Ito, including many of his famous TOMIE short stories. If you only buy TWO comics from this list, make sure Junji Ito's MUSEUM OF TERROR is the other one! Adult, Seinen. Notenki Meomors Novel, by Yasuhiro Takeda - Was $10, NOW $5: So we all know the dude who did Evangelion went nuts, now read the story behind the anecdote! This is an infamous tell-all account of anime studio Gainax, from their founding through to Eva. Adult, Novel. Octopus Girl Vol 1, by Toru Yamazaki - Was $13, NOW $5!: Probably the best comic on this list for non-manga readers, this is BALLS OUT CRAZY. Gross-out humour of the highest order, and hilarious. Seriously, if you only grab one comic from this list, make it OCTOPUS GIRL Vol. Adult, Seinen. Paradise Kiss Vol 1, by Ai Yazawa - Was $10, now $5!: We're not going to lie, volumes 2-5 of this series are basically out of print. We have a bunch of volume 1s left. But seriously, it's my favourite shoujo series of All Time. Pick it up, track down the rest, you won't be sorry. Older Teen, Shoujo/Josei. Phantom Dream Vol 1, by Natsuki Takaya - Was $10, NOW $5!: Another new series from the creator of FRUITS BASKET, this one is kinda like a shoujo BLEACH. Older teen, Shoujo. Rahxephon Vol 1, by Takeaki Momose - Was $10, Now $5: Originally release juuuuust after Evangelion, we've got giant robots, reluctant pretty-boy heroes, and angel wings aplenty. Older Teen, Shonen. RIP, by Mitsukazu Mihara - Was $10, NOW $5: From the queen of Goth Loli comics comes this one-shot story about angels and devils and heaven and hell. Gothy! Older Teen, Shoujo. Lots more Mihara manga in stock too. Seduction More Beautiful Than Love Vol 1, by Lee Hyeon-Sook - Was $10, Now $5: An older romance series aimed at young women, about the many loves of a new highschool teacher. Older Teen, Josei. Star Trek The Manga: Kakan Ni Shinkou - Was $10, NOW $5: OMG Star Trek manga. In this volume of short stories set in The Original Series universe, shit goes nuts, manga style. The Third Vol 1, by Ryo Hishino - Was $9.99, NOW $5: Cute girl with gun and swords fights robots and stuff. Popular anime attached. Older teen, Shonen. Tsubasa: Those With Wings Vol 1, by Natsuki Takaya - Was $15, NOW $5: Fruits Basket Creator Takaya returns with this fantasy love story. Older teen, shoujo. Walkin' Butterfly Vol 1, by Chihiro Tamaki - Was $11, NOW $5: Amazing Older Teen manga about an awkward girl who finds her true self. Older teen, shoujo/josei. Wasted Minds Vol 1, by Vanessa Satone - Was $12, NOW $5: Original English Language manga collecting the web-serialized comic. Older teen. -- All right! Thanks for reading, and we'll see you at 11am for boxing day! - Chris @ The Beguiling
R. CRUMB GENESIS IN STOCK! OPEN TIL 9PM!
Posted Wednesday, December 23, 2009
 We just received like 3 or 4 cases of R. Crumb's Genesis, the 'book of the year' according to almost every big media outlet. We'd been out for nearly a month and, if the calls we'd been getting were any indication, every other store in the city was out as well. BUT WE HAVE THEM NOW. In-stock, main floor, come get'em.
(For those not in the know, Underground Comics Legend R. Crumb has adapted the entire first book of the bible into graphic novel form. It is amazing, to say the least.)
Further to that, we're open til 9pm tonight (Wednesday December 23rd) for your shopping pleasure, and Christmas Eve until 6pm.
We have hundreds of great last minute gift ideas, at all price points, come let us help you if you're light on ideas and out of time.
Merry Christmas!
- Chris @ The Beguiling
Beguiling Holiday Hours!
Posted Monday, December 21, 2009
Okay, I’ll try to be as clear as possible about this, because it’s a little confusing (sorry!). We are open normal hours and with normal operations, except for the following: Wed Dec 23: 11am-9pm Open Late/NEW COMICS ON THIS DAY!*
Thu Dec 24: 11am-6pm (Closed Early for Christmas Eve)
Fri Dec 25: Closed
Sat Dec 26: 11am-7pm BOXING DAY
Wed Dec 30: NO NEW COMICS** - Comics will not ship this week at all.
Thu Dec 31: 11am-5pm (Closed early for New Year’s Eve)
Friday January 1st, 2010: Closed!
- After that, back to Normal. * Dec 23: This Wednesday, there are In Fact NEW COMICS shipping on Wednesday. It’s not even like it’s a light week or anything. A BUNCH of new comics are shipping. See previous post for info. New Sacco! Complete ALEC by Eddie Campbell! **Dec 30: So the week between Christmas and New Years, Diamond has decided not to ship new comics at all. That said, a couple of companies are making new books available on that day (shipping them early with instructions to hold): Marvel has a Hulk book and a SIEGE preview, DC has BLACKEST NIGHT #6, some self-publishers have declared it “Indy Comics Week”, etc. We’re also supposed to get Joe Sacco’s newest that week. So, expect us to have lots of new products that week, but that big Wednesday haul of superhero books is being delayed until the first week of January. Any questions, e-mail us! - Chris @ The Beguiling
Shipping This Week: December 23rd, 2009
 COMICS ARE SHIPPING THIS WEEK! The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, December 23rd, 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.
Click here for the complete list: /091223shipping.txt
The Beguiling Recommends...
AUG098185 Dodgem Logic Magazine #1 (pp# 890) 3.99: We are finally getting this, and lots of copies of it too. So please stop calling, asking if we're getting it. We love Alan Moore too, but we are at the mercy of international shipping.
JUL091081 Alec SC Years Have Pants Life Size Omnibus 35.00: We were all waiting on pins-and-needles to see if this much-anticipated collection of ALL of Eddie Campbell's autobiographical comics would make it out before the end of the year. It has! Buy it!
OCT090662 Chimichanga #1 3.00: Eric THE GOON Powell's new ongoing series, full of Eric Powelly goodness.
SEP090823 Unclothed Man In 35th Century Ad HC 19.99: Dash Shaw's BRAND NEW original graphic novel, full colour, from Pantheon.
OCT090011 Hellboy Bride Of Hell One Shot (osw) 3.50: New Hellboy oneshot drawn by Richard Corben. Slam-dunk? Yes.
Also of note:
OCT090952 Angel #28 10 Copy Virgin Frison Incv 8.00 OCT090953 Angel #28 20 Copy Denham Incv 15.00 - We're getting the variants on Bill Willingham's Angel run that started last week, this week. OCT090009 BtVS Willow One Shot (osw) Jo Chen Cvr 3.50- Joss! OCT090468 Captain America Reborn Who Will Wield The Shield 3.99- No, Reborn is not over yet. We're sure Marvel is very sorry about this scheduling cock-up. OCT091056 Last Days Of American Crime #1 (of 3) A Cvr Maleev 4.99 - Lots of folks asking about this one. OCT090810 Wall-e #1 2.99 - Hey, how about that, Wall-E in comic book form (this is actually the second issue, after #0).
JUL091035 Charleys War HC Vol 06 Underground & Over The Top 19.95 - Long delayed. OCT090788 Irredeemable TP Vol 02 16.99 - First trade paperback still in stock, just $9.99. OCT090822 Kiss Kompendium First Comp Coll HC 75.00 - Wait til you see this thing, it's MASSIVE. Contains Every KISS Comic. All of'em. SEP090992 Mega Man X Official Complete Works SC 39.99 JUL091090 Megaman Official Complete Works SC 39.99 - Two new artbooks featuring the blue bomber. SEP090822 More Than Complete Action Philosophers TP 24.99 - Now all three AP trades in one massive collection, with bonus material. OCT090377 Olympus TP Vol 01 14.99 - First Second's new Greek Mythology series. SEP090824 Sublife GN Vol 02 7.99 - Second volume of John Pham's one-man anthology series, spinning out of MOME. Awesome stuff, don't miss it. SEP090188 Supergirl Cosmic Adventures In The Eighth Grade TP 12.99 - For the kids, a really solid little mini-series. Probably make a great last-minute gift.
- Chris @ The Beguiling
|
|
Find out about sales, events and more! Subscribe (or unsubscribe) to our mailing list:
|
|
TORONTO, Ontario – The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is gearing up to take Toronto’s comic book and graphic novel fans by storm on Saturday May 8th and Sunday May 9th, and they’re please to announce their first satellite event! Featured TCAF guest and award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire will be will be premiering the first book of his new monthly post-apocalyptic
Now available, it's Pixel Socks! Spinning out of our friend R. Stevens's 
