Walking Dead Midnight Release – Oct 8th

Walking Dead Midnight Release Event! This Tuesday, October 8th from 11:30pm to 12:30am!

To celebrate the release of Walking Dead #115 Image Comics is letting us sell the book early at midnight! If you love Walking Dead but haven’t been following the comic, now’s the time to stop in the shop as the biggest issue in Walking Dead’s 10 year history is coming out! This book will have multiple covers, all at the amazing cover price of only $2.99! There will also be a limited variant that was available only to shop’s having a special midnight event!

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Walking Dead #115 Midnight Variant

There will also be ten interlocking variants that make up a giant image of various moments from Walking Dead history!

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There will also be a standard cover and a blank cover for drawing sketches on!
Buy wait, there more! We’ll also have copies of the Walking Dead Tyreese Special #1 (just in time for the show’s Season 4 premiere on October 13th!) AND The Walking Dead #1 10th Anniversary Edition! This book will feature the first issue of Walking Dead in color for the first time ever along with a lot of extra’s!

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We’ve also decided to make this night an Image Comics Appreciation Night! Since Walking Dead is Image Comics most popular title, but they also publish so many other great titles, we have a deal for you on that night that’s too good to be true! Buy ANY Walking Dead Graphic Novel that night a receive twelve (12) different Image #1 issues! Here’s the list:

  • Super Dinosaur #1 (Kirkman’s all ages title!)
  • Peter Panzerfaust #1 (Peter Pan World War 2 mash up!)
  • Morning Glories #1 (Nick Spencer!)
  • Mind The Gap #1
  • Great Pacific #1
  • Bedlam #1 (Nick Spencer’s Joker deconstruction!)
  • Revival #1 (Tim Seeley!)
  • Chew #1 (John Layman’s cult hit!)
  • Thief Of Thieves #1 (Robert Kirkman and Nick Spencer!)
  • Manhattan Projects #1 (Jonathon Hickman!)
  • Fatale #1 (Ed Brubaker!)
  • Saga #1 (Brian Vaughn and the second best selling indie comic!)

No Joke! Buy one $14.99 Walking Dead Graphic Novel and get all 12 books! 12 amazing books you should be reading anyway! Even if Walking Dead is the only comic you’ve ever known, here’s a chance to branch off and become the coolest kid in class!
We’ll also have a few cool live raffles, and a huge selection of Walking Dead Pop Fun figures!

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So stop by this Tuesday night! We know it’s late (and a Tuesday) but we’ve given you as much reason as we can to come out! We’ll all be there desperately reading the new issue together!
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Quick heads up on a few more events this month:

CNJ Comics has been selected by Cleveland Magazine as one of the best things about Cleveland! We’ll be set up at their Best Of Cleveland Party On Friday, October 11th!
http://www.clevelandmagazine.com/bestof/index.html
It’s pricey, but check out the all star line up of Cleveland small business talent that will be there!

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On Tuesday October 22nd at 7pm CNJ Comics will be pairing up with Great Lakes Brewery for Cleveland Beer Week for “Hops and Heroes”. We’ll actually be there with Pub Brewer Joel Warger and Author Brad Ricca pairing beers with comic books! Elliot Ness and Captain America? Superman and Dortmunder? How about The Massive and Edmund Fitzgerald?! $35 bucks gets you six 5 oz samplers, a special GLBC CNJCOMICS Pint glass, a six pack sampler to go and the six comic books to go with it! Comic Book and Beer Pairing panels have been filled to capacity at conventions all over the country! Get in on the first one in Cleveland! Highly recommended!
http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/events/3085

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Last but not least, the return of Halloween Comic Fest all day on Saturday, October 26th! Lots more info to come but start getting the costumes ready for you and those kids! Cosplayers get ready to strut your stuff and dress to impress! Halloween Comic Fest is like free comic book day but you’ve got to be in costume to get free books! Special comics are made just for the day and we’ve got a new photo op backdrop so you’ll be able to capture that picture in style! (get yourself and your kid’s picture up on our Facebook Page, get free comics books and candy, get to see other really cool costumes! What could be better on Halloween!)
http://www.halloweencomicfest.com/Home/1/1/78/1138

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Whew. And I thought villains month was rough. But October represents the right blend of family – party – beer – costumes – zombies – awards – star wars,  that we love to be a part of!
We’ll see you soon at the comic book shop!