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HelloOnce upon a time this would of course be New Comics Day &WILL be again one dayIn the meantime...Hope your as anxiety free as one can be in this new reality.Everyone here is doing fine and we...
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Hello Everyone!First up…WE MISS YOU!Now you may have read about the current state of the comic market but just to bring everyone up to date here is the statement that Diamond UK put out recently.Take a...
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Hello!Well what can I report after yesterday’s Government roadmap recommendations?Well we now know that June 1st is the earliest that retail will have a phased opening and I would expect that larger...
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Hello againHope your all safe and ALERT! as we creep towards our reopening and the UK supply chain for new comics back to some semblance of normality.Since I last posted Diamond have announced that...
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Hi everyone it's another Comic Delivery!As mentioned last week Diamond UK are shipping every two weeks for the foreseeable future so below are all titles that have been released and we have...
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Hello again! Well we are getting very close to our reopening so I think it's about time that you had our solid plans in one place so here we go!(Wow! When we open it would have been 3 months almost to...
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NEW COMICS EVE!
HELLO ALL!Well it's been a while almost 3 months to the day since we opened the doors to you but goodness it feels forever.I spent a couple of days last week setting the shop up for trading safety and...
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Fire Power by Robert Kirkman & Chris Samnee
“I’ve learned all I can… down there.”The problem with launching a new series is that it’s extremely hard to get new readers invested in a new character and story over just one issue. Even a writer as...
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Summer Spirit by Elizabeth Holleville
“I never said I didn’t want to grow up.”What is it with lazy Summer family holidays that lends itself to a meditative state of assessment of one’s life? It’s a rest point in the year that, if you’re...
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The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine
“I will spank YOUR ass!!”Few sequential artists manage to capture everyday life with such a simple sense of realism and yet, considering the supposed absence of “style”, still manages to be instantly...
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Paying The Land by Joe Sacco
“What is the worldview of a people who mumble no thanks or prayers, who take what they want from the land and pay it back with arsenic?”There’s a moment in Paying The Land (Jonathan Cape) when someone...
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The Winter of the Cartoonists by Paco Roca
“These are rough times to have dreams.”Imagine a time when comics were such big business that a handful of creators who were tired of not owning the rights to the work they produced, the editorial...
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Folklords by Matt Kindt and Matt Smith
“The once upon a time is real. Trust me.”Are we all familiar with the troupes of Tolkienesque fantasy worlds of trolls and elves and quests? Are we tired of them yet? Of course not, apart from the...
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Little Bird by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram
"Choose your life carefully, Little Bird."Ahhh that exciting, sometimes infuriating alchemy in comics regarding what illustrations bring to the writing. A good story is a good story, but excellent art...
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Seance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
“I’m not ready to let go of the things that make me happy.”There’s a touch of magic in Seance Tea Party (RHGraphic) and it's not just with the inclusion of ghosts and fairies; it's in how it takes deep...
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Venus In The Blind by Junji Ito
“It’s because that creepy woman just licked me.”The horror genre must be a tricky one for the comics medium. Compared to a movie, comics can’t do sudden shocks, or build tension as easily with those...
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Gamayun Tales II: An Anthology Of Modern Russian Folk Tales by Alexander Utkin
“I will give you the fire… but you must give me something in return. Something valuable.”Folklore tales can feel like a series of odd, logic-defying events where the focus is on what peculiar thing...
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Lightfall Book One: The Girl And The Galdurian by Tim Probert
“You seem like the curious type. That makes for a good adventurer.”Ready for ancient forces and the threat of eternal darkness? This time it's in the form of a charming new series called Lightfall...
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LOCKDOWN ETIQUETE from Thursday 5th NovemberOh Hello again!So we all find ourselves in a familiar and yet slightly, dare I say marginally awesomely different position this lockdown in that there is NO...
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!Thank you all for being frankly lovely during this annus horribilis, the year when we haven’t been able to open our doors for a heart ache inducing 1/3RD of the year-still...
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Oh this is sooooooo 2020!News just in regarding next weeks New Comics delivery, this has just been sent to us from Diamond UK.Dear Retailers,I had hoped for more of a positive email to finish off the...
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Hello!HAPPY NEW YEAR!Unfortunately, these are all the titles shipping into the UK from Diamond that we are goingto receive for collection on Wednesday (read the last post for more details on...
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New Comics are still shipping every week, available for collection from 11am Wednesday's.We can Paypal you with an invoice or you can phone with payment details.To find out what shipped and to...
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WELCOME BACK!!
So just in time for the last days of the Easter break, we'll be fully open again as of Monday 12th April. Opening hours are: Monday - Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday 11am-5pmIf you follow us on Instagram,...
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Stephen Bamford
Stephen Bamford, the manager of Dave’s Comics died suddenly on 21st march. Having previously worked at a comic shop in Crawley, Stephen joined Dave’s Book Exchange in 1997 with the role of opening a...
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