Nightmare fuel

I'm a pretty tolerant man, but I really really hate this stuff:

This one looks like it was made from parts found in the morgue.

Wait, why does this boy have a hole in his back?!

If there's one thing that gives me the freaking creeps, it's ventriloquist dummies.

They found the other butcher shop clerks buried under Jenkin's sycamore tree.

(Ask me about the one antique dummy at that auction years ago that wouldn't stop looking at me... no matter where in the room I moved to. Brrrr.)

WAIT, HIS LIPS REALLY AREN'T MOVING!

Anyway, HERE'S a Flickr dump of pictures of more ventriloquist dummies than I can safely handle... have fun.

Hold me.

I'll be sleeping in the corner of my room with the lights on and two machetes in my hands...

Wednesday Highlights 5/30/12!

OK fanboys and fangirls, here's another installment of WEDNESDAY HIGHLIGHTS, the highlight reel of cool things on the shelves at Comix Connection this week... BEHOLD:

-AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #39

-ANIMAL MAN ANNUAL #1

-BATMAN ANNUAL #1 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

BATMAN DEATH BY DESIGN DELUXE EDITION HARDCOVER BOOK

CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLLECTION MAGAZINES THUNDERBIRD, DRACULA and AVALANCHE

DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLLECTION MAGAZINE ELASTI-GIRL, STARGIRL, and GOLD

DOCTOR WHO DALEK YOU WILL OBEY MUG

-DOCTOR WHO DONT BLINK WHITE T-SHIRT

-DOCTOR WHO KEEP CALM IM THE DOCTOR MUG

-GRIM LEAPER #1 (OF 4)

-NAUGHTY & NICE GOOD GIRL ART BRUCE TIMM SOFTCOVER BOOK

-PREVIEWS #285 JUNE 2012

SQUA TRONT #13

STAR TREK TNG DOCTOR WHO ASSIMILATION #1

-STAR WARS BLOOD TIES BOBA FETT IS DEAD #2

-WALKING DEAD #98

-WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #11 AVX

-X-MEN LEGACY #267 AVX


And there you have it... whatcha waitin' for?

Decades-long mystery SOLVED!

Thanks to our pals over at Hake's Americana Auctions!

Now... who IS that guy?

Please take a moment today

And thank The Fallen for what they have so selflessly given up so that you can enjoy today.


Thank you.

Texting? They were doing that 100 years ago!

Think texting is a phenomenon of the modern world? Think again:

In their conversations telegraphers use a system of abbreviations which enables them to say considerably more in a certain period of time then they otherwise could. Their morning greeting to a friend in a distant city is usually “g. m.,” and the farewell for the evening, “g. n.,” the letters of course standing for good morning and good night. The salutation may be accompanied by an inquiry by one as to the health of the other, which would be expressed thus: “Hw r u ts mng?” And the answer would be: “I’m pty wl; hw r u?” or “I’m nt flg vy wl; fraid I’ve gt t mlaria.”

Read the entire article HERE!

I want this

I recently ran across this photo of an astonishing library:


so I did some research and discovered it's the Public Library of Cincinnati, Ohio, built in 1874. I'd love to poke around those dusty shelves... such a wondrous place!

We're open on Memorial Day!

That's right, both Comix Connection locations will be open on Memorial Day 2012, Monday, May 28th from 10AM until 5PM, so eat a few grilled meat products, get your first sunburn of the season and stop on in for some comic book goodness when the relatives start to work on your nerves (and you just know they will!) We'll be here for you.

Bonus History Lesson: CLICK HERE to learn all about Decoration Day (or Memorial Day as you young whippersnappers would have it.)

EPIC SLINKY!

On a treadmill!



You're welcome.

Wednesday Highlights 5/23/12

Hey sports fans! Here's a brief list of just some of the cool items gracing the shelves at Comix Connection this week:

ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN ARCHIVES hardcover book VOL 01

ALL STAR WESTERN #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

-ASTONISHING X-MEN #50

BATMAN INCORPORATED #1

-BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

BEST OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG hardcover book

-Buffy The Vampire Slayer SEASON 8 LIBRARY hardcover book VOL 01 LONG WAY HOME

DIABOLIQUE #10

GRAGON UGLYDOLL 12IN PLUSH

HOBBY JAPAN APRIL 2012

-JOE HILL THE CAPE hardcover book

-MIGHTY THOR BY MATT FRACTION softcover book VOL 01

MIND MGMT #1

RESIDENT ALIEN #1

-SECRET AVENGERS #27 AVX

STAR WARS DARTH VADER GHOST PRISON #1 (OF 5)

-ZORRO RIDES AGAIN softcover book VOL 01

What can we say? It's a geek bonanza! Come on in and partake of the goodness!

WALKING DEAD Season Three teaser!

Here you go:



Can't wait!

For some reason this just makes me laugh and laugh

I don't know why:



And I LIKE dubstep!

Best YouTube comment:

DROP THE BASTE

A HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Manager Jared's Avengers!

I drew the Avengers...poorly. But I drew them out of sheer excitement and I thought I'd share with all of you. Iron Man's hand is backwards, but it was overlooked because of the flurry of passion, unstoppable.

Who knew?

I thought this was cool:



Read the entire article HERE!

The Doctor puppet (doll?)

I thought this was pretty cool:


More found HERE!



Fun!

Alternate movie posters!

Check out these awesome alternate movie posters from the Mondoarchives website:




There are so many cool ones!








View them all HERE!

(Hat tip to longtime fan Todd Sheffer!)

Wednesday Highlights 5/16/12

Well, here we are again with another veritable cornucopia of Pop Culture Goodness... here's a brief look at just a few of the cool items gracing the shelves at Comix Connection this week:

-ADVENTURE TIME #4

ARE YOU MY MOTHER A COMIC DRAMA hardcover book

-AVENGERS #26 AVX

-AVENGERS ACADEMY #30 AVX

-AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 (OF 12) AVX

-AVX VS #2 (OF 6

BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD KIT

-BIRDS OF PREY #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

-CATWOMAN #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

CATWOMAN VOL 01 THE GAME

CLASSIC MARVEL CHARACTERS FANTASTIC FOUR #5 DR DOOM

COVER GIRLS OF THE DC UNUVERSE - RAVEN STATUE

-DANCER #1

DOCTOR WHO EXPLODING TARDIS 1000PC JIGSAW PUZZLE

-EERIE ARCHIVES VOL 10 hardcover book

-GREEN LANTERN VOL 01 SINESTRO hardcover book

-ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #37

-JUSTICE LEAGUE #9

-MANHATTAN PROJECTS #3

-NIGHTWING #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

-RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

SAGA #3

-SHADOW #2

-UNCANNY X-MEN #12 AVX

How's about THEM apples? And that's just the tip of the Neat Stuff iceberg! Come on in and check this stuff out for yourself!

Chimpanzee riding on a Segway!

Does what it says on the can:



You're welcome.