So did you make it in for the bargains?

And thus concludes Comix Connection's Halloween Sale 2010! Did you manage to get in and score some bargains? Did you see the crazy costumes? Did you get the Super Special Secret Coupon? Most importantly, did you get your FREE GOLDENBERG'S PEANUT CHEW (contains nuts)?

Here are some photos from Comix Connection - Mechanicsburg:

FIRESTORM! Great costume!

Real armor! Too cool!

Magneto selects an oldie but goodie!

The Boyces! Carol, I have no idea what happened to your prop apple pie. All we can find is the dish. (THANKS!) Oh and the Sullen Teen costume on the right was SPOT ON!

By the way, thanks for the brain, Lori.

Phillies Phanatics never die...

Bat-Chef is preparing to whip up some awesome Dark Knight grub!

An entire van full of zombies.

The best Robin EVER!

Spider Jerusalem wielding a bowel disruptor.

We will announce the winners of the Fabulous Food Drive on Monday! Thanks to everyone who donated canned food for needy Pennsylvanians! You guys and gals rock!

Now go eat some trick-or-treat candy or pop some popcorn and settle in to watch WALKING DEAD tonight at 10PM on AMC!

It all starts TODAY!

In case you've been in a coma and have just woken up, TODAY IS YOUR LUCKY DAY because it's the first day of COMIX CONNECTION'S ANNUAL HALLOWEEN SALE!

Behold the goodness:

TODAY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30th, 2010
TOMORROW, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 2010

BOTH DAYS:

ALL BACK ISSUES IN THE BINS: $1.00 EACH!
ALL 2/99¢ COMICS: 10¢ EACH!
ALL COLLECTED EDITIONS, GRAPHIC NOVELS AND BOOKS: 20% OFF!
ALL STATUES, TOYS, T-SHIRTS, GAMES AND POSTERS: 20% OFF!
ALL OLDER BACK ISSUES ON THE WALL: 25% OFF!

WEAR A COSTUME, GET AN ADDITIONAL 5% OFF ALL SALE ITEMS! (REAL costumes, please!) A FREE PACKET OF ZOMBIE BLOOD TO ANYONE IN A ZOMBIFIED COSTUME (while supplies last!)

Most importantly:
WE WILL BE GATHERING CANNED FOOD DONATIONS FOR THE YORK RESCUE MISSION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK AND HAVING A FABULOUS PRIZE DRAWING - FOR EVERY CANNED FOOD ITEM YOU DONATE, YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE ENTRY INTO THE CONTEST! CLICK HERE to view prize list!

And of course:
FREE GOLDENBERG'S PEANUT CHEWS! 'NUFF SAID!

SEE YOU AT THE STORES!

For every can of food

For every canned food item donated tomorrow and Sunday during Comix Connection's Annual Halloween Sale, you get one entry into our Fabulous Prize Drawing!

And here are the prizes:

• One in-stock T-shirt (your choice)
• One DC Graphic Novel for $20.00 or less, your choice - no cash back
• One Marvel Graphic Novel for $20 or less, your choice - no cash back
• Ten $5.00 Comix Connection Gift certificates
• Ten "Get Five Comics Out Of The Bins FREE", your choice
• One Comic Character Pub Glass, your choice
• One Free Comic Book Day Tote Bag
• One Action Figure for $20.00 or less, your choice - no cash back
• One Set of All Nine Green Lantern Blackest Night/Brightest Day rings

All donations benefit the York rescue Mission and the Pennsylvania Food Bank!

LET'S FILL THOSE BARRELS PEOPLE!

Oooh, I almost forgot... we're also having an awesome SALE on Saturday and Sunday!

This could very well be

the greatest zombie song ever:



You're welcome. Happy Halloween!

BIG SALE THIS WEEKEND BOTH STORES CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!

Whawhawha WHAT?

Did that guy just CHOP A CAT IN HALF?



Japanese Spider-man is way better than American Spider-man!

Join us on Saturday and Sunday

For COMIX CONNECTION'S fabulous GOLDENBERG'S PEANUT CHEW WEEKEND, Saturday, October 30th and Sunday, October 31st!

Old school wrapper, the way Bill remembers it. Philadelphia's finest!

Yes, ONLY AT COMIX CONNECTION will you receive a fresh, yummy Goldenberg's peanut Chew ABSOLUTELY FREE all weekend (while supplies last) when you visit either Comix Connection location!

New look, same amazingly delicious taste!

Did you know that Goldenberg's Peanut Chews were originally invented as a high energy/high protein soldier's ration in 1917? No? Then CLICK HERE to read the Wiki page about the Official Snack Candy of Comix Connection, and CLICK HERE to visit the official Just Born Candy website to check out all the cool Peanut Chew Products!


Oh yeah, I almost forgot, it's also COMIX CONNECTION'S ANNUAL HALLOWEEN SALE TOO! Most stuff is on sale, all bin comics will be $1.00 each, if you bring canned food for the York Rescue Mission and the Pennsylvania Food Bank you will be entered in a prize drawing (one entry each can of food donated), there's an extra discount if you come in a (real) costume, and if you come in a zombiefied costume, you will get a pouch of ZOMBIE BLOOD free! Be there as Zombie Cher!

CLICK HERE for Halloween Sale details!

Remember this?

Sadly, I do.

Goodbye, Sony Walkman cassette player

That's right, it's the end of an era. Read more HERE.

And HERE'S an overview of the Sony Walkman at 30... man I'm getting old. Guess I'll have to get me one of them newfangled WIIPODS or whatever they're called to listen to my John Phillips Sousa on.

Only one more week

That's right, it's only one more week until Comix Connection's annual Halloween Sale!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30th, 2010
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 2010

FEATURING:

ALL BACK ISSUES IN THE BINS: $1.00 EACH!
ALL 2/99¢ COMICS: 10¢ EACH!
ALL COLLECTED EDITIONS, GRAPHIC NOVELS AND BOOKS: 20% OFF!
ALL STATUES, TOYS, T-SHIRTS, GAMES AND POSTERS: 20% OFF!
ALL OLDER BACK ISSUES ON THE WALL: 25% OFF!

WEAR A COSTUME, GET AN ADDITIONAL 5% OFF ALL SALE ITEMS! (Please give your costumes a bit of effort to qualify for the additional 5% discount. A funny hat and makeup is not enough!) A FREE PACKET OF ZOMBIE BLOOD TO ANYONE IN A ZOMBIFIED COSTUME (while supplies last!)


And most importantly:

WE WILL BE GATHERING CANNED FOOD DONATIONS FOR THE YORK RESCUE MISSION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK AND HAVING A FABULOUS PRIZE DRAWING - FOR EVERY CANNED FOOD ITEM YOU DONATE, YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE ENTRY INTO THE CONTEST! Stay tuned for prize list!

FINALLY:

FREE GOLDENBERG'S PEANUT CHEWS! 'NUFF SAID!

I know I've posted this before, but still

I know I've put this up on the website previously, but it still amazes me. Go watch this top-notch stop-motion gem:



Pretty amazing, eh? And 'tis the season!

Just in case you live under a rock in a cave with no internet access

DC COMICS and MARVEL COMICS are lowering some comic prices to $2.99 starting in January 2011... read more by clicking.


(Wait. If you don't have internet access, how can you read this?)

Manager Jared's Weekly Matchup Poll Semi-Finals #3

This is 3rd battle in the very serious Semi-Final Battles! Have you been voting?
If you have then you probably noticed how close the battles have been, as we've narrowed the players to only the best. Green Lantern has traveled the universe over and has seen things that other heroes can only dream of. Will his powers and experience be enough to best Dr. Doom, who has traversed the mystical realm and gained insight to magical powers unknown to man? Let's find out!

VOTE!

Green Lantern's Abilities: The power ring's most distinctive effect is the generation of green, solid-light constructs, the precise physical nature of which has never been specified. The size, complexity, and strength of these constructs is limited only by the ring-bearer's willpower; whatever the wearer imagines, the ring will create.

Dr. Doom's Abilities: Genius-level intellect, powered armor, skilled scientist and sorcerer, mind transferral.

Online Surveys & Market Research

Don't forget to tell us why you voted the way you did in the comments section! Its easy, free, and commitment free!

(Descriptions of characters powers retrieved from Wikipedia.)

Obligatory "Carve A Virtual Jack-O-Lantern" Post

CLICK HERE!

Manager Jared's Weekly Matchup Poll Semi-Finals #2

THE END IS NIGH!

In our first Semi-Final battle Batman has come out to an early lead and it's not looking good for the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. There is still time to vote for the characters you love, as the battles last a month. A month is a long time for an arena style fight you say? Well this is the world of fiction; in fact, it's a sub-realm of fiction, where you the fan decides who would win. So I need your help again to determine who would better who in battle.

Two heavy hitters enter the arena. Who will leave standing?

Thor's abilities: Superhuman strength, speed, durability and longevity (via the golden apples of Idunn) Abilities via Mjolnir:

* Flight
* Energy absorption & projection
* Weather manipulation
* Dimensional transportation
* Electric manipulation

Martian Manhunter's abilities: Superhuman strength, speed, durability, longevity, stamina, invisibility, intangibility, senses, intelligence, regeneration, flight.

*Telepathy
*Molecular manipulation
*Martian vision.

Both are aliens to Earth but in different ways. One is a god and one is a Martian.

VOTE!

Online Surveys & Market Research

Don't forget to tell us why you voted the way you did in the comments section! Its easy, free, and commitment free!

(Descriptions of characters powers retrieved from Wikipedia.)

Found on Metafilter

Metafilter is one of my favorite places to visit on the internet. What is Metafilter? Why, it's a member-created "Community Weblog" of The Best Of The Web! For a one-time fee of $5.00, you can become a member and post your internet finds to the front page where all the other members can read and comment. The topics are limitless and the amount of entertainment and wonder I've gleaned from Metafilter dwarf that which I've gotten from all other sites on the Internet combined. Don't want to spend five bucks? Well, you can still go there and read. Read posts like THIS ONE on How To Measure The Speed Of Light With Your Microwave. Metafilter rocks.

Brian Keene invades DC COMICS!

Our old pal novelist Brian Keene (the man who put Bill Wahl into the Marvel Universe in DEAD OF NIGHT: DEVIL SLAYER, and made Ned Senft a Leader of Lepers in THE LAST ZOMBIE) invades DC Comics, with two items coming to the shelves this month.


First up, Brian will have a story in DCU Halloween Special 2010 featuring Superman and The Demon!


Then Brian pens DOOM PATROL #16 (which sadly will NOT feature Manager Jared Wolf as previously reported) with art by Keith Giffen! Read all about both HERE on Brian Keene's website!

Let your Friendly Neighborhood Comix Connection Counter Monkey know you want copies of these senses-shattering stunners in the Brian Keene tradition! Maybe if you ask him nice-like he'll sign them.

Nothing happening in York today?

I DON'T THINK SO!

Come on out to the YORK BOOK & PAPER FAIR at the Holiday Inn & Convention Center by the West Manchester Mall today between 9:00AM and 4:00PM and check out the variety of books, magazines, pulps, vinyl records, ephemera and much much more!

Don't forget to stop by the Comix Connection booth and feast your eyes on some fabulous Silver Age comic goodies! Some of these babies were destined to debut at the Baltimore Comic-Con, but it was just not meant to be! Be the first on your block to ogle these awesome specimens of comical funnybook goodness!

As an added bonus, we will be giving out Special Comix Connection Convention-Goers Coupons that are good in either location for a month. See booth staff at the York Book & Paper Fair for details!

Who says there's nothing to do in York today? NOT US!

An amazing book

If you're a fan of STAR WARS, you should really check out the new coffee-table book The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back... it's loaded with incredible behind-the-scenes photos of the filming of EMPIRE, like this:

And this:

CHECK OUT THOSE MATTRESSES! TOO COOL!

Read all about it HERE!

Just plain amazing. Whenever I marvel at the longevity of STAR WARS and remember how being a fan in 1978 often brought ridicule upon my head, I just smile and think: THE GEEKS WON! Star Wars is deeply entrenched in our popular culture and that couldn't make me happier!

BONUS: An interview with Boba Fett himself, Jeremy Bulloch, who once visited Comix Connection along with David Prowse!

It all happens this weekend

That's right, it all happens this Saturday, October 16 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the YORK BOOK & PAPER FAIR, held at the Holiday Inn & Convention Center right beside the West Manchester Mall!

If you like books, pulps, magazines, comics, records and other paper ephemera, then the York Book & Paper Fair is just what you need! Check out the list of the vendors and their wares HERE!

Comix Connection will be there with an assortment of Silver Age Comic goodies that we didn't get to flog at the Baltimore Comic-Con this year... there's a lot of cool comics that will be making their debut at our booth, so don't forget to stop by!

As an added bonus, anyone who pops by our tables will be able to grab one of our Special Convention-Goers Coupons that will be valid at either Comix Connection location! See you there!

THEY'RE COMING TO GET YOU BARBARA!

Well, no they're not. Actually what I mean to say is COME ON IN AND GET THE BARGAINS, BARBARA (or whatever your name is)!

It's that time of year again... time for the

Annual Comix Connection Halloween Sale!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30th, 2010
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 2010

FEATURING:

ALL BACK ISSUES IN THE BINS: $1.00 EACH!
ALL 2/99¢ COMICS: 10¢ EACH!
ALL COLLECTED EDITIONS, GRAPHIC NOVELS AND BOOKS: 20% OFF!
ALL STATUES, TOYS, T-SHIRTS, GAMES AND POSTERS: 20% OFF!
ALL OLDER BACK ISSUES ON THE WALL: 25% OFF!

PLUS:

WEAR A COSTUME, GET AN ADDITIONAL 5% OFF ALL SALE ITEMS!
(Please give your costumes a bit of effort to qualify for the additional 5% discount. A funny hat and makeup is not enough!)

A FREE PACKET OF ZOMBIE BLOOD TO ANYONE IN A ZOMBIFIED COSTUME (while supplies last!)

ADDITIONALLY:

WE WILL BE GATHERING CANNED FOOD DONATIONS FOR THE YORK RESCUE MISSION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK AND HAVING A FABULOUS PRIZE DRAWING - FOR EVERY CANNED FOOD ITEM YOU DONATE, YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE ENTRY INTO THE CONTEST! Stay tuned for prize list!

FINALLY:

FREE GOLDENBERG'S PEANUT CHEWS! 'NUFF SAID!

SIMPSONS BANKSY

SIMPSONS BANKSY:



More on Banksy HERE or ckick HERE to view some of his work. (WARNING: Some of Banksy's images may be disturbing to some people.)

UNCANNY X-FORCE DAY Prize Winners announced!

Thanks to everyone who came to the stores all weekend and entered our latest fabulous prize giveaway in honor of UNCANNY X-FORCE DAY! Without further ado, here's the list of the WINNERS...

From Comix Connection - York:

Vince Gomez - UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 Liefeld variant

Justin Lehman - UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 Crain variant

Darren Wildasin - UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 Campbell variant

James Andrews - UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 blank variant

Brandon Kraft - $5 gift certificate

Austin Burton - $5 gift certificate

Hector Rivera - Any in-stock T-shirt, your choice

Annie Rull - Any Marvel Graphic Novel/Collected Edition/Trade Paperback $20 or less

And from Comix Connection - Mechanicsburg:

Linda Nelson - UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 Liefeld Variant

Clifford Beam - UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 Crain Variant

Ethen Cline - UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 Campbell Variant

Jennifer Starliper - UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 blank variant

Eric Morgan - $10 Gift Certificate

Ryan Schreffler - Any in-stock T-shirt, your choice

Carol Boyce - Marvel Graphic Novel/Trade Paperback/Collected Edition of $20 or less

Winners, you should have received your phone calls by now... come and get your prizes!

The rest of you? Keep trying! We have lots of neat stuff happening for our upcoming Comix Connection Annual Halloween Sale... stay tuned for details!

The saddest news ever

Well, maybe not, but still sad. As you may have read, Manager Jared was scheduled to make an appearance in the Brian Keene-penned DOOM PATROL #16. Unfortunately, this is not to be. I'll let Brian tell it:

Although the creative team was excited about Jared's gruesome cameo, and although his severed head was originally drawn as Evil-Robotman's hood ornament, higher powers ultimately balked at using his likeness. So look for Jared to die in an upcoming issue of The Last Zombie instead!

Don't let this stop you from checking DOOM PATROL #16 out... it's still chock full of BRIAN KEENE GOODNESS!

One More Week!

Until the York Book & Paper Fair!

Do you like old books, paper ephemera, vinyl records, vintage paperbacks, pulp magazines and comic books? Then look no further than the York Book & Paper Fair! Now located at the Holiday Inn Conference Center at 2000 Loucks Road RIGHT BESIDE THE WEST MANCHESTER MALL!

Comix Connection will be set up with a wide array of older comic books that we didn't get to take to the Baltimore ComicCon this year! These are not the same cool goodies that we have currently on display in the York store... it's a ton of great comics!

***LOOK FOR OUR SPECIAL COUPON HANDOUT!*** (You have to be at the York Book & Paper Fair to get one!)

Check out the York Book & Paper Fair's website HERE!

So come on out next Saturday, October 16, 2010 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and rummage through paper history. You never know what you might find!

October Winner!

I recently got this in my IN-BOX:

While I was stalking Stephen King in Bangor last week I made sure to have on my Comix Connection shirt, just in case he needed to know somewhere cool to buy comics, or if he called the cops and I got on the news or something. Anyway, I thought it was at least seasonally appropriate.
-Michele

COOL BEANS! I love it!

Let's see...

Level of difficulty: 8/10

Creativity and imagination: 7/10

PICKING THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR TO STALK STEPHEN KING, PLUS NOT GETTING ARRESTED, WHICH COME TO THINK OF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT PUBLICITY, BUT ANYWAY: +10 POINTS

Your NO(YES)-PRIZE:

a TEN DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE!

Come and get it Michelle!

And the rest of you can learn all about the ongoing Comix Connection T-shirt contest HERE!

Comix Connection is now on FOURSQUARE!

That's right! I finally worked out all the kinks and you can now check in at both Comix Connection locations on FOURSQUARE! What is FourSquare?

Foursquare is a location-based social networking website, software for mobile devices. Users "check-in" at venues using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific application. They are then awarded points and sometimes "badges."

You can read more HERE!

And when you're in the stores, don't forget to CHECK IN!

The Mayor Of Comix Connection gets 10% OFF ALL PURCHASES!

For Comix Connection - Mechanicsburg:


For Comix Connection - York:




HAVE FUN, and CHECK IN!

TODAY IS UNCANNY X-FORCE DAY!

Can't you just feel the excitement?


Check out the new Marvel Comics series UNCANNY X-FORCE, starring Wolverine, Fantomex, Deadpool, Archange and Psylocke!

In the jaw dropping finale of the critically acclaimed Second Coming, sacrifices have been made and now, the savior of mutankind will rise! After the devastation from Bastion's forces, the X-Men must band together and rebuild, but one group has other plans! When a secret society resurrects the feared villain Apocalypse, Wolverine's brand new black-ops team is the only strong enough to take him down - by any means necessary. Be the first to get in on the non-stop, explosive action this October as Rick Remender and Jerome Opena bring you the all-new ongoing series, UNCANNY X-FORCE!

Read more HERE!

UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 hits the stores today so why not give it a shot? What else makes this UNCANNY X-FORCE DAY? Well, come on in from today through Sunday October 10th and enter to win a bunch of swell prizes, including rare UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 "variant cover" comics! Prize drawing winners will be notified on Monday! No purchase necessary, one entry per person per day.

ATTENTION: DUE TO BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, THERE WILL BE NO DOUGHNUT HOLES AVAILABLE. We will have a selection of Altiods Curiously Strong Mints (peppermint flavor) on a first-come, first-served basis. Sorry to disappoint.

UPDATE 8:49AM: WE'VE FREED UP SOME FUNDS FROM THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT FUND AND HAVE ACQUIRED DOUGHNUT HOLES IN BOTH STORES! COME AND GET 'EM!

Manager Jared's Weekly Matchup Poll Semi-Finals #2

THE END IS NIGH!

So with each week we come nearer to the end. We have big names entering into the semi-finals, but only a few will leave. We have names like Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Thor and more! And it's all because you voted it that way. So keep on voting as the temperature rises and a few heroes fall!

This is a huge bout as it will surely eliminate one of two absolute favorites.

SPIDER-MAN VS. BATMAN! There are walls to crawl and plenty of room for batarangs to fly.

Batman's Abilities: High human strength and peak conditions. Genius-Level Intellect. Skilled hand-to-hand combatant.

Spider-Man's Abilities: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and durability. Accelerated healing factor. Ability to cling to most surfaces. Able to shoot extremely strong and durable spider-web strings from wrists. Precognitive spider sense. Genius-Level Intellect.

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Don't forget to tell us why you voted the way you did in the comments section! Its easy, free, and commitment free!

(Descriptions of characters powers retrieved from Wikipedia.)

UNCANNY X-FORCE DAY is THIS WEDNESDAY!

That's right, this Wednesday, October 6th is UNCANNY X-FORCE DAY at Comix Connection! Check out this awesome trailer from Marvel about the upcoming UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 which will make it's debut at both stores this Wednesday:



Did you watch it until the end? Did you catch what Wolvie said their first mission was? Holy mackerel! Get your copy on Wednesday and see how well THAT plays out! (Read more about UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 right HERE!)

Additionally, we will be holding drawings for the various "variant cover" versions of UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 and other prizes*. There might even be... FREE DOUGHNUT HOLES! You never know.

*No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. No matter where you go, there you are. Hi mom!

I for one

welcome our new Magnetic Putty overlords:



Read more about it HERE!

Putty is now one step closer to sentience. Just saying.

A new potentially habitable planet has been discovered... shall we call it Earth 2?

Looks like we may have new neighbors:

After years of saying habitable exoplanets are just around the corner, planet hunters have finally found one. Gliese 581g is the first planet found to lie squarely in its star’s habitable zone, where the conditions are right for liquid water.

Read more HERE.

There's gotta be a better name for it than "Gliese 581g" though... any suggestions?

Hey cabana boy, the ice in my Mai-Tai has melted again!

It's really simple science, folks:

LAS VEGAS (Sept. 28) -- Las Vegas resorts have long vied to be known as the hottest place in town. But that's not such a great distinction for Vdara, a 10-month-old Strip hotel-condo where a "death ray" of strong Nevada sunlight reflects off the concave, all-glass facade and onto sections of the pool deck throughout the day.

Read the entire story HERE!

It's not very portable for a Death Ray, but still.