Comic day!  Loads o’ good books today!  New Secret Invasion - Astonishing X-men - Hellboy - Angel After the Fall - Fantastic Four and more!!  Even the Watchmen trade is back in stock this week!  That Watchmen trailer really got you guys all amped up!!  That is all we have to say this week.  We’re unusually tired right now and that makes it difficult to write something worth reading.

>> SHIPPING THIS WEEK: August 13th, 2008

August is going to be a bit quiet for one main reason - September is going to be freakin’ HUGE!!  Not one, not two, but THREE massive and unique events in one month!

• Wednesday September 3rd - DUNNY SERIES 5 PreRelease Party!!  Get your Dunnys one day early with all of the prizes and fun you’ve come to expect from our joint parties with the Kidrobot!
• Saturday September 20th - MUNNYOCALYPSE!!  The biggest and best DIY show in the southeast!  This one is going to be double plus good so be sure to check out the details and enter your custom MUNNY!
• Saturday September 27th - STAINBOY!!  Celebrate the release of the newest artbook from Rock Poster Art Superstar Greg Reinel!  BONUS!  This event is
  also the release party for the new Stainboy limited edition Jamungo Blow Up Doll!!

We hope to see all of you every week of September!  The remainder of this year is packed with events so be sure to keep your eye out for new posts, newletters and all that communication goodness.

Happy Comic Day Ya’ll!  Today’s shipment lacks any heavy hitters but features a ton of smaller titles and a few mini-series.  This is certainly a Batman week with Dark Knight releasing in just a few days!  So we’ll highlight Batgirl.  This new six issue series will take Cassandra on an intense, personal journey involving friends, family and foes!

>> SHIPPING THIS WEEK: July 16th, 2008

New muzak at the Bot for our in-store customers!

Bird & The Bee-Please Clap Your Hands ep
Chambao-Con Otro Aire
Cut Copy-In Ghost Colour
Hanne Hukkleberg-Rykestrasse 68
Chris Joss-Teraphonic Overdubs
Ladytron-Velocifero (also Live at Firestone TONIGHT!)
The Mary Onettes-self titled debut
Mates of State-Re-Arrange Us
Presets-Apocalypso
Ting Tings-We Started Nothing

For those of you that shop in-store, we have a sweet selection of new music to enrich your life.  Suck on these:

Atmosphere-When Life Gives You Lemons…
Be Your Own Pet- Get Awkward
BIPP-French Synth Compilation
Disjokke-Staying In
El Perro Del Mar-From The Valley
Goldfrapp-Seventh Tree (Limited Edition)
Jamie Lidell-Jim
Long Blondes-Couples
M83-Saturdays=Youth
Peter Moren (of Peter Bjorn and John)-Last Tycoon
Rosin Murphy (Ex-Moloko singer)-Overpowered
Portishead-3rd
Robyn-Robyn
Yelle-Pop Up
Black Kids-I’m Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You

Super product alert! We just got in the new BambooZoo blind box and they are our favorite series of the year! Oh, cute monsters … how we love you. You will adore every design in this series and there are plenty to choose from! Also, we opened up 8 boxes in a case for our display and got 8 different figures. We always appreciate a good case break down!

Come in the shop and see the BambooZoo in person or grab them from our online store today!

Oh my goodness, that restock took too long but they are finally back in stock in all of their Ugly glory!! We have the standard size in all flavors including a few new ones.  Little Uglys are also back with some cool limited edition variant colors!  Get em’ while they’re hot!  Note: Currently in-store online.  Online stock will be added soon.

If you didn’t already see, Dark Horse released an incredible artbook this week for the super rock poster artist, Greg “Stainboy” Reinel! The book has everything! Tons of massive full color pages, graphics that will make your parents blush, and an affordable price! To celebrate this release, Greg was kind enough to give us a great selection of Stainboy apparel, signed and numbered mini-prints and massive screen prints! We will be giving these away to random customers placing orders through our website! Have it shipped to your location on the globe or, for local customers, click “Hold for Pick-up”! If you are lucky enough, you can be a big winner! Look at you, winner!!!  Why don’t you bust out your Nutrajet CD’s and purchase Vicious Intent!

Get Vicious Intent: The Rock ‘N’ Roll Art and Exploitation of Stainboy Reinel HC NOW!!

Ooh-LaLa! The French Dunny party was fun! Out of all of our shows in the past 3 years, we have never seen food go so freakin’ fast! You don’t know how many croissants, truffles and cheese platters you guys went through! Wow!! Thanks to everyone who braved the rain and traffic to attend the fun! Also, thanks to Pete for the lovely mix of French music!! Wanna see pictures? Sandra managed to take a few that you can view after the cut!

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We really love Abe.  He’s all like “I can swim really good and I’m like the Creature from the Black Lagoon named after Abe Lincoln!” and we’re all like “That is awesome!  The Creature is awesome and you’re a cool looking guy!”  Just based on that alone, you should check out Abe’s solo book The Drowning #1!  Out this week!  What else is out?  Check the list, yo.

>> SHIPPING THIS WEEK: February 6th, 2008