Category Archives: Wonderful

Emerald City Graphic Novel Sale!

By admin | Published: September 3, 2010
Because of  Labor Day, new comics won’t arrive until Thursday — and you know what THAT means: SALE!!!  SALE!!!  SALE!!! New comics will arrive Thursday the 9th instead of Wednesday the 8th. And that means our “Wednesdays That New Comics Don’t Arrive” SALE! On Wednesday, September 8th, buy one trade paperback / graphic novel, and get one of [...]
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Have we told you about how great D&D is? Newsletter 8/27/10

By admin | Published: August 27, 2010
We told you about DC Vertigo’s UNWRITTEN, and we told you about Marvel Comics’ SHIELD.  And you know what?  We think some of you just may be listening…. So NOW we’re here telling you about Dungeons & Dragons.  What?  Oh, yeah — THAT Dungeons & Dragons: the tabletop roleplaying game.  This is NOT your father’s D&D [...]
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Darwyn Cooke is back with more Parker! Rec. Reads for October

By admin | Published: August 24, 2010
We are just so excited about a new Darwyn Cooke graphic novel that we could just pee! (but we won’t — we’ll probably just squeal like little girls for a while) (. . . you know, we’re just digging a hole for ourselves here. Peeing OR squealing isn’t really in keeping with the manly action of Darwyn [...]
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“This is the end, my only friend . . . the end.” Newsletter 8/20/10

By admin | Published: August 20, 2010
It is of endings we speak, this week!  Every comic book and graphic novel we’re featuring this week is either the last issue, or thematically deals in some way with “last,” or endings, or death.  We’re just a big bowl o’ sunshine this week, ain’t we?! ————————————– Comics ————————————– Click here for comics expected next Wednesday (opens in new [...]
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Hey, have we told you lately how great Unwritten is?

By admin | Published: August 13, 2010
Unwritten is the next great DC Vertigo comic book series, and the second story just came out in a graphic novel this week!  It collects seven issues of the comic for only $12.99! Here’s a little background on the series: Tommy Taylor is the boy wizard who’s the hero of a hugely popular series of novels that [...]
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“There is no dark side of the sun, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark….”

By admin | Published: August 6, 2010
Dungeons & Dragons Role-Playing Game: Dark Sun The Campaign Setting book and the Creature Catalog are here! Don’t know what Dark Sun is? Well, here’s Wikipedia to help you out: “Dark Sun is a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting featuring the fictional desert world of Athas. The Dark Sun campaign setting was released in 1991 (for 2nd Edition [...]
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Whatever Happened To . . . ?

By admin | Published: July 30, 2010
Paradise Island?  It’s destroyed! Bruce Wayne?  He’s a cowboy! The Man of Tomorrow?  He’s fighting his final battle! The Caped Crusader?  He’s dying again and again at the hands of his Rogue’s Gallery! The 4th Doctor Who?  He’s become a scarf-a-licious action figure! Read all about them below…. ————————————– Comics ————————————– Click here for comics expected next Wednesday (opens in new window) Featured Comic Books: WONDER [...]
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Recommended Reading for September

By admin | Published: July 27, 2010
Look at all this amazing talent, and their new comics, in September: Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Incognito Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s Kick Ass Darwyn Cooke on Weird War Tales Zack Whedon’s Serenity: Shepherd’s Tale Mike Mignola with new material in The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects David Petersen’s Mouse Guard: The Black Axe O. M. G!!!  We [...]
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Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour is at The Emerald City!

By admin | Published: July 23, 2010
The final volume of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley arrived this week!  Finish the story in comics before you experience it at the movies! Also this week: Larry Hama returns to continue the G.I. Joe comics from Marvel in the 1980’s!  IDW continues the original numbering of the series — the [...]
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“You have to believe we are Magic”: Emerald City Newsletter

By admin | Published: July 16, 2010
THE MAN WITH THE GETAWAY FACE: A PRELUDE TO THE OUTFIT IDW Publishing and award-winning creator Darwyn Cooke are pleased to announce an exclusive prelude to The Outfit, the second of Richard Stark’s Parker novels that Cooke is adapting. Cooke’s initial Parker release, The Hunter, has been a critical and popular success, appearing [...]
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