Yellow Dot Sale - The Last Days

Today, the Yellow Dot Sale reaches new highs (or is that lows?) as all the Yellow Dot Sale Items hit and astounding 80% OFF!

It's crazy! Get in here already and haul some of this stuff home!

And remember, the final day of the Yellow Dot Sale is TOMORROW from Noon until 5PM, when everything is an insane 90% OFF!

Comix Connection's Holiday Food Drive - Just Two Days Left To Make a Difference

This is it, folks! We're coming down the home stretch for this year's Comix Connection Holiday Food Drive and things are looking great! We're at a total of 2216 pounds of food so far donated by all of you, which means 3000 pounds is within reach!

LET'S DO THIS, PEOPLE! HELP US GATHER 3000 POUNDS OF FOOD TO HELP NEEDY CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIANS!

Remember:

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU MAY SELECT ONE COMIC FROM OUR BACK ISSUE BINS, ABSOLUTELY FREE, YOUR CHOICE!

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE ENTRY INTO OUR COMIX CONNECTION FOOD DRIVE 2011 PRIZE DRAWING (WITH MORE PRIZES BEING ADDED!)

FOR EACH STORE:
GRAND PRIZE - $100.00 Shopping Spree!
SECOND PRIZE - $50.00 Shopping Spree!
THIRD PRIZE - $25.00 Shopping Spree!

1 food item = 1 contest entry + 1 free bin comic!

Yellow Dot Sale Cracks the 70% Barrier!

That's right, as of TODAY, all Yellow Dot Sale Items are a ridiculous 70% OFF!

Come in and see all the awesome items at rock-bottom prices! At this discount, this stuff won't last forever!

Comix Connection's Holiday Food Drive winds up Sunday!

That's right, Comix Connection's Annual Holiday Food Drive wraps up at 5PM on Sunday January 1st 2012, so bring in some food items and get some free comic books!

Remember:

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU MAY SELECT ONE COMIC FROM OUR BACK ISSUE BINS, ABSOLUTELY FREE, YOUR CHOICE!

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE ENTRY INTO OUR COMIX CONNECTION FOOD DRIVE 2011 PRIZE DRAWING (WITH MORE PRIZES BEING ADDED!)

FOR EACH STORE:
GRAND PRIZE - $100.00 Shopping Spree!
SECOND PRIZE - $50.00 Shopping Spree!
THIRD PRIZE - $25.00 Shopping Spree!

1 food item = 1 contest entry + 1 free bin comic!

Thursday Yellow Dot Sale - Let's KIck It Up A Notch, Shall WE?

OK, all Yellow Dot Sale Items are now 60% OFF!

Grab the goodies while you can!

Wednesday Highlights 12/28/11

IN ADDITION TO today's ongoing YELLOW DOT SALE, which features all Yellow Dot Items now at a whopping 50% OFF,



here's a selection of cool stuff on the shelves this week at Comix Connection:

ANGRY BIRDS KNOCK ON WOOD GAME

-AQUAMAN #4

-ARCHIE #628 (ARCHIE MEETS KISS PT 2 )

BATMAN, GREEN LANTERN, SUPERMAN, and WONDER WOMAN INSIGNIA CAN COOLER

-CAPTAIN AMERICA #5 + CAPTAIN AMERICA #6 in the same week!

DC COMICS BATMAN CHICKS PINT GLASS

-DC COMICS INSIGNIA 4PC PINT GLASS SET

DC COMICS WONDER WOMAN THIRSTY PINT GLASS

-GAME OF THRONES #4

GUMBY 16OZ PUB GLASS

-JOE HILL THE CAPE #3

JUSTICE LEAGUE PIXELS CANDY, JUSTICE LEAGUE SPECIAL EDITION LOLLIPOPS

-PREVIEWS #280 JANUARY 2012

-SUPERMAN #4

SUPERMAN ICE CUBE TRAY

-SUPERMANS GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE ARCHIVES Hardcover Book VOL 01

-TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MICRO SERIES #2 MICHELANGELO

WOMEN OF THE DCU SER 3 ZATANNA BUST

-X-MEN SCHISM Hardcover Book

and so much more! Come on in and see all the new stuff and check out the Yellow Dot stuff too... there's always things being added to the pile!

YELLOW DOT SALE CONTINUES!

TODAY all Yellow Dot Sale Items are a gigantic 50% OFF!

It's crazy! Get in here and grab some bargains already!

Less than a week to go!

And don't forget the fabulous Comix Connection Food Drive 2011... our previous total was 1948 pounds of food, but we've gotten word that the last batch sent along to the York Rescue Mission was an additional 268 POUNDS! That puts us at a temporary grand total of 2216 POUNDS OF FOOD, plus both stores' donation bins are almost full again! (Lori herself probably brought another 150 pounds! We're well on the way to the New Updated Goal of THREE THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD!

We have until Sunday January 1st at 5PM to hit that number... won't you help?

Remember:

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU MAY SELECT ONE COMIC FROM OUR BACK ISSUE BINS, ABSOLUTELY FREE, YOUR CHOICE!

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE ENTRY INTO OUR COMIX CONNECTION FOOD DRIVE 2011 PRIZE DRAWING (WITH MORE PRIZES BEING ADDED!)

FOR EACH STORE:
GRAND PRIZE - $100.00 Shopping Spree!
SECOND PRIZE - $50.00 Shopping Spree!
THIRD PRIZE - $25.00 Shopping Spree!

1 food item = 1 contest entry + 1 free bin comic!

STARTS TODAY!

The Comix Connection Yellow Dot Sale 2011 starts today:

TODAY, December 27th -->>take 40% OFF all specially selected "Yellow-Dotted" Items


And don't forget the rest of the week:

Wednesday, December 28th -->> 50% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items
Thursday, December 29th -->> 60% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items
Friday, December 30th -->> 70% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items
Saturday, December 31st -->> 80% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items
Sunday, January 1st -->> 80% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items

Come on in and check out the cool deals...

Announcing the RETURN OF THE YELLOW DOTS SALE!

Well I hope everyone had a great Christmas and ate lots and lots of goodies ( I had standing rib roast, pickled herring, roasted parsnips and Brussels sprouts, 16-year-old single-malt scotch, 18 different Christmas cookies, German chocolate, a Pepsi-Cola with High Fructose Corn Syrup, a bagel with cream cheese and lox, scrapple, four candy canes and a fistful of Rolaids.) How was your holiday? I hope you all got as fortified as I did because you're gonna need the energy to go through all the amazing bargains at Comix Connection's YELLOW DOT SALE 2011!


Starting tomorrow Tuesday December 27th and running through Sunday January 1st, select merchandise at both stores had been thrown in a pile and slapped with YELLOW DOT STICKERS! What do YELLOW DOT STICKERS do?

Behold:

Tuesday, December 27th -->> 40% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items

Wednesday, December 28th -->> 50% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items

Thursday, December 29th -->> 60% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items

Friday, December 30th -->> 70% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items

Saturday, December 31st -->> 80% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items

Sunday, January 1st -->> 90% OFF all "Yellow-Dotted" Items

It's crazy! Stop in and check out all the cool stuff that got the YELLOW DOT treatment! Books! Collected Editions! Toys! Statues! Games! Other Neat Stuff! Bring in those Comix Connection Gift Cards (or cash of course) and go bananas!

Which are also yellow!

Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!

Comix Connection is closed today for the Christmas holiday!

Luckily Comix Connection will be open at 10:00 AM on Monday, December 26th!

Stay tuned for the RETURN OF THE YELLOW DOTS SALE which will run from Tuesday, December 27th through Sunday, January 1st with progressive discounts on select items starting at an uncanny 40% OFF and ending at an amazing 90% OFF! Keep your eyes peeled!

Just how nerdy is YOUR tree?

Longtime fan Chris Yother sent this along to me, and I think it's perfect for Christmas Eve! Behold the NERDIEST CHRISTMAS TREES EVER:



And this:

CLICK HERE to see all of them. They're amazing! Thanks for the link, Chris!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Comix Connection's Holiday Food Drive Update!

We just got some more numbers in for the Food Drive we've been hosting this holiday season, and things are really looking GREAT, everyone!

OK, previously we had a total of 822 pounds of food items donated by all you swell folks. Today I got some more info... on 12/14 a load of 446 POUNDS was picked up in Mechanicsburg and today an additional 680 POUNDS was gathered! That puts the total at ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT POUNDS OF FOOD! Which means we officially need only FIFTY-THREE POUNDS of food donated to crack the 2000 pound barrier! Keep those donations coming folks, and by the way YOU ARE ALL AWESOME! Thanks so much... I really think this type of thing helps a LOT of Central Pennsylvanians and can make a difference in peoples' lives. You guys and gals are top-notch in my book! And hey, it's not too late to contribute! We're running this through January 1st, so BRING US SOME FOOD ITEMS to benefit the York Rescue Mission and the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank!

BRING IT ON!

C'mon Popeye, spare us a couple cans of spinach!

Bring us (at least two months in-date) food items like

Canned cranberry sauce
Canned fruits & vegetables
Boxed stuffing mix
Instant mashed potatoes
Canned yams or sweet potatoes
White rice
Condensed soup (15.5 oz)
Boxed cereal (15 oz)
Oatmeal, grits or Cream of Wheat
Pancake mix & syrup
Juice & powdered drinks
Coffee (beans or ground)
Salad dressings
Ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise
Peanut butter & jelly
Spaghetti sauce & pasta
Salt, pepper, sugar and sugar substitute packages

(Donation suggestions, courtesy of the York Rescue Mission!)

Remember:

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU MAY SELECT ONE COMIC FROM OUR BACK ISSUE BINS, ABSOLUTELY FREE, YOUR CHOICE!

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE ENTRY INTO OUR COMIX CONNECTION FOOD DRIVE 2011 PRIZE DRAWING (WITH MORE PRIZES BEING ADDED!)

FOR EACH STORE:
GRAND PRIZE - $100.00 Shopping Spree!
SECOND PRIZE - $50.00 Shopping Spree!
THIRD PRIZE - $25.00 Shopping Spree!

1 food item = 1 contest entry + 1 free bin comic!

We've got TEN DAYS to go... dare I think that maybe, just maybe we can gather THREE THOUSAND POUNDS of food? Who's with me?

The future is NOW!

Check this out:



Read more about it HERE!

I love living in the Future!

Wednesday Highlights 12/21/11

OK, just in time for all your last minute Nerd shopping needs, look what's on the shelves at Comix Connection this week:

-BATMAN #4

-BATMAN INCORPORATED LEVIATHAN STRIKES #1

BATMAN UNIFORM, FLASH LOGO, GREEN LANTERN LOGO, SPIDER-MAN EYES WONDER WOMAN UNIFORM 16OZ TRAVEL MUG W/LID

BIG BANG THEORY SOFT KITTY PLUSH

RESTOCK -->> CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLLECTION MAGAZINE #11 JEAN GREY PHOENIX, #15 THOR, #56 DEADPOOL

CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLLECTION MAGAZINE #160 BLACKHEART, #161 THE PUPPET MASTER, SPECIAL ODIN LARGE FIGURE

-D&D BOOK OF VILE DARKNESS

-DARK SHADOWS #2

DC BLACKEST NIGHT FIGURE COLLECTION MAGAZINE #15 LYSSA DRAK, #16 ARISIA

RESTOCK -->> DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLLECTION MAGAZINE #45 HARLEY QUINN, #94 HOURMAN,

#95 BATGIRL, SPECIAL MR MXYZPTLK/BATMITE

DC UNIVERSE ONLINE STATUE HARLEY QUINN

DOCTOR WHO PERSONALIZE YOUR SONIC SCREWDRIVER

-GHOSTBUSTERS ONGOING #4

-INCREDIBLE HULK #3

-INVINCIBLE #86

-JUSTICE LEAGUE #4

-TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #5

TRANSFORMERS DEATH OF OPTIMUS PRIME (ONE SHOT)

TRUE BLOOD LOGO BEER MUG, MUG and PINT GLASS

-UNCANNY X-FORCE #19

-WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #3


And much much more, so come on in and FILL THOSE STOCKINGS! (And bring some food items to donate... you get to pick free comics for each item PLUS you get entered in our Fabulous Prize Drawing! Help us help fellow Central Pennsylvanians to have a better holiday season!)

Origin Issue: Charlie Roberts

Our old pal Charlie Roberts was profiled recently over at The Scoop:

I didn't realize I was a collector until I had a moment of truth experience. Warning: the following may not be suitable for young readers:

At age nine in 1954 I had a few older comics and enjoyed reading comic strips, but hadn't considered myself a collector. I was coming home from a friend's house on a hot summer afternoon, and noticed a comic book lying on a neighbor's lawn. There, gleaming in the sun, was Dell’s Four Color# 335 (Francis The Talking Mule) from 1951, the first issue. As I got closer, something seemed askew...

Read the entire thing HERE!

Charlie Roberts is also a very funny guy, by the way!

Counter Monkey Video 5 - Women of the DCU

Counter Monkey Video 5 - Ladies of the DCU:



Special thanks to all of our assistant voice actors. You know who you are -- don't worry, we're not going to tell!

On track to a ton

The annual Comix Connection Holiday Food Drive is well on track to a ton of food. So far we have had 303 pounds of food donated to the York Rescue Mission and 212 pounds of food donated to the Central Pennsylvania Food bank for a running total of 515 pounds of food. This may not sound too huge but there has already been another giant load picked up at each store AND the barrels are near full again, which means we have four more loads uncounted! I figure there was at least another 500 pounds of food or more in those two loads, plus at least a couple hundred pounds at the stores now, so we're possibly at 1200 pounds or more at this point. We have fourteen more days to hit the 2000 pound mark... please donate! As the Rescue Mission and the Food Bank get back to us with exact numbers, I'll post them here. C'mon people, let's do this!

Remember:

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU MAY SELECT ONE COMIC FROM OUR BACK ISSUE BINS, ABSOLUTELY FREE, YOUR CHOICE!

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE ENTRY INTO OUR COMIX CONNECTION FOOD DRIVE 2011 PRIZE DRAWING (WITH MORE PRIZES BEING ADDED!)

FOR EACH STORE:
GRAND PRIZE - $100.00 Shopping Spree!
SECOND PRIZE - $50.00 Shopping Spree!
THIRD PRIZE - $25.00 Shopping Spree!

1 food item = 1 contest entry + 1 free bin comic!

Let's break the ONE TON barrier!

BONUS: Longtime fan Tom Hayes donated a stack of review-copy DVDs he had as bonus prizes, so add that to the Prize Vault!

UPDATE 12/19/11: Ned said that the latest pile sent to the York Rescue Mission was an additional 307 pounds, which by my back-of-the-envelope estimate puts all of us at 822 POUNDS, plus we're still waiting to hear back from the Central PA Food Bank for one load, PLUS the bins at both stores are at least half-full already! C'MON EVERYONE, WE CAN DO THIS! BRING US YOUR CANS!

Jim Lee Free Comic Book Day 2012 T-shirt revealed!

From Diamond Comics' website:

(BALTIMORE, MD) — (December 13, 2011) — DC Entertainment and Diamond Comic Distributors unveiled today a custom design for 2012’s Free Comic Book Day t-shirt, illustrated by legendary artist and DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Jim Lee. The image features the Justice League, as seen in the bestselling comic book series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Lee.

The shirt will retail for $14.99 (SM-XL), $17.99 for (XXL) and will be on sale in comic shops on April 11, in advance of Free Comic Book Day on May 5. It will be solicited in January 2012's Diamond PREVIEWS catalog, and customers are encouraged to preorder with their local comic shop by January 18.

The illustration by Lee is an homage to a classic piece of Justice League art by José Luis García-López.

"It's an honor to have Jim Lee design 2012’s FCBD Commemorative T-shirt," said Free Comic Book Day spokesperson Leslie Bowser. "Jim’s artwork featuring the Justice League from DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 will certainly entice a lot of current fans. And it’s all for a good cause, as all proceeds go to our marketing efforts to spread the word about FCBD to new customers."

The FCBD Commemorative Artist T-Shirt is a growing tradition, with a new artist providing artwork for the special design each year. This year’s shirt is a follow-up to the first two commemorative T-shirts, which featured artwork from Darwyn Cooke and Sergio Aragones in 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Look for more FCBD news and updates on the FCBD website, www.freecomicbookday.com.; become a fan at Facebook, www.facebook.com/freecomicbook; and follow us on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/freecomicbook.

If anyone would like one of these awesome shirts, please let your Friendly Neighborhood Comix Connection Counter Monkey know as soon as possible!

Just in case you haven't seen this yet number 382

George Takei of STAR TREK fame weighs in on a simmering feud between STAR TREK and STAR WARS fans and attempts to broker a Star Peace by directing our attention to another threat:



Too funny.

KEEP THOSE FOOD DONATIONS COMING!

The annual Comix Connection Holiday Food Drive is still charging along and so far all of you have donated a HUGE HUGE HUGE amount of edible goodies for those in need! (As soon as I get the weights from York Rescue Mission and the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, I'll post the total up here!)

Just so you know, the deal is still the same:

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU MAY SELECT ONE COMIC FROM OUR BACK ISSUE BINS, ABSOLUTELY FREE, YOUR CHOICE!

FOR EACH FOOD ITEM DONATED, YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE ENTRY INTO OUR COMIX CONNECTION FOOD DRIVE 2011 PRIZE DRAWING (WITH MORE PRIZES BEING ADDED!)

FOR EACH STORE:
GRAND PRIZE - $100.00 Shopping Spree!
SECOND PRIZE - $50.00 Shopping Spree!
THIRD PRIZE - $25.00 Shopping Spree!

That's right, 1 food item = 1 contest entry + 1 free bin comic! What's not to like? BRING US SOME FOOD TODAY SO THAT WE CAN BREAK THE ONE TON OF FOOD BARRIER AGAIN!

Wednesday Highlights 12/14/11

JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS! Man, there is a SLEDFUL of goodies on the shelves this week, just in time to fill those Christmas Wishlists!
Behold:

ABSOLUTE PROMETHEA HARDCOVER VOLUME 03

ARKHAM CITY BATMAN T-SHIRT
ARKHAM CITY JOKER T-SHIRT
ARKHAM CITY STAFF T-SHIRT

-AVENGERS X-SANCTION #1

BATMAN ARKHAM CITY SERIES 1 ACTION FIGURES

CARNAGE USA #1 (plus free mini-poster!)

RESTOCKS: CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURE COLLECTION MAGAZINE FIGURES #13 DAREDEVIL, #15 THOR, #38 SHE HULK, #39 MYSTIQUE, #41 INVISIBLE WOMAN, #42 NIGHTCRAWLER, #52 LIZARD, #56 DEADPOOL, SPECIAL THANOS --->; DC SUPERHERO FIGURE COLLECTION MAGAZINE FIGURES #19 NIGHTWING, #50 HUNTRESS

-DOCTOR WHO DALEK WIND UP

-DOCTOR WHO TARDIS WIND UP

ESSENTIAL RAWHIDE KID VOLUME 01

FABLES VOLUME 16 SUPER TEAM

-GREEN LANTERN SERIES 5 ACTION FIGURES

MARVEL HEROCLIX INCREDIBLE HULK BOOSTERS

-ROCKETEER ADVENTURES HARDCOVER BOOK VOL 01

-SPONGEBOB COMICS #6

-STAR WARS AGENT OF THE EMPIRE: IRON ECLIPSE #1

THE STRAIN #1 (only $1.00!)

-WALKING DEAD #92

WALKING DEAD VOL 15

-WITCHBLADE #150

-WORLD OF WARCRAFT TRADING CARD GAME 2011 FALL CLASS STARTER DECKS

and much much more!

So come on in, gift-givers and pick up something your favorite Comic Geek will love!