Weekly Shiplist for Wednesday, 24 April 2019

REMINDER!!! The 2019 Boston Kids Comics Fest will be on THIS Saturday, 4/27/2018 from 10am to 5pm at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, MA. The MYP is a sponsor and Tony Davis is one of the organizers of this event!

https://bostonkidscomicsfest.wordpress.com/

Shortages

CANNONBALL GN (MR)
ELDER SISTER-LIKE ONE GN VOL 03 (MR)
FANGORIA VOL 2 #3
ONCE OUR LAND BOOK TWO #3
RICK & MORTY VS D&D BOX SET

Weekly Shiplist for Wednesday, 24 April 2019

2000 AD PACK MARCH 2019
ACTION COMICS #1010
ADVENTURES OF THE SUPER SONS TP VOL 01 ACTION DETECTIVE
AGE OF X-MAN X-TREMISTS #3 (OF 5)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #20
AMBER BLAKE #2
ARCHIE MILESTONES DIGEST #2
ART OF PLOOG HC VOL 02
ASCENDER #1 (MR)
AVANT-GUARDS #4 (OF 12)
AVENGERS #18 WR
AVENGERS EDGE OF INFINITY #1

BACKSTAGERS TP VOL 03

(W) James TynionIV, Sam Johns (A) Various (CA) Veronica Fish

The Backstagers are back in (stage) blacks for a festive collection of Valentine’s Day and Halloween stories! Join Jory and the rest of the Backstagers as they wrestle with anti-Valentine crusades, totally creepy phantoms (NOT of the opera), and the ever present magic of the backstage world in this romantically spooky third volume of the hit series.

Reuniting the Prism Award-winning team of writer James Tynion IV (Detective Comics, Justice League) and artist Rian Sygh, along with shorts written by James Tynion IV and Sam Johns, and illustrated by a variety of fan-favorite artists including Brittney Williams (Goldie Vance), Caitlin Rose Boyle (Jonesy), Katy Farina (Steven Universe), Savanna Ganucheau (Bloom), and more, these holiday tales will fill your heart with love, spooky spectres, and chocolate. Lots…and lots…of chocolate.

BATGIRL #34
BATMAN & THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MANGA TP VOL 02
BATMAN BEYOND #31
BLACK PANTHER #11
BLACK WIDOW #4
BOOKS OF MAGIC #7 (MR)
CERTAIN MAGICAL INDEX GN VOL 17 MANGA
CODA #11 (OF 12)
COMICS EASY AS ABC HC
COMICS REVUE PRESENTS APR 2019
CRIMINAL #4 (MR)
DARK RED #2
DC PREVIEWS #13 MAY 2019
DETECTIVE COMICS #1002
DIAL H FOR HERO #2 (OF 6)

DIARY OF AWESOME FRIENDLY KID HC ROWLEY JEFFERSONS JOURNAL

(W/A) Jeff Kinney

Greg Heffley has been chronicling his middle school years in thirteen Diary of a Wimpy Kid journals… and counting. Now it’s time for readers to hear from Greg’s trusty best friend, Rowley Jefferson, in a journal of his own. In Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid, Rowley agrees to take on the role of biographer, recording his pal’s life story because one day “Greg is going to be rich and famous and he says everyone will want to know his whole life story so they can make movies about him and stuff.” But it turns out Rowley is a poor choice for the job, and his “biography” of Greg says more about himself than it does about his best friend. Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid offers readers a new way to look at the Wimpy world, one fans won’t want to miss!

DICK TRACY DEAD OR ALIVE TP
DICK TRACY FOREVER #1
DIE #2 4TH Printing (MR)
DIE #2 4TH Printing (MR)
DIE #3 3RD Printing (MR)
DOCTOR STRANGE #13
DOOMSDAY CLOCK #5 (OF 12) FINAL Printing
DOOMSDAY CLOCK #6 (OF 12) FINAL Printing
EXORSISTERS TP VOL 01
FANTASTIC FOUR #9
FIGHT CLUB 3 #4 (MR)
FIREFLY #5
FIREFLY UNIFICATION WAR HC VOL 01
FISSURE TP VOL 01 (MR)
FLASH #69
FORGOTTEN QUEEN #3 (OF 4)
FREEDOM FIGHTERS #5 (OF 12)
FULL BLEED COMICS & CULTURE QUARTERLY HC VOL 03
GARFIELD ORIGINAL GN VOL 06 MONDAY WOULDNT END
GHOST TREE #1
GI JOE SIERRA MUERTE #3
GIANT SUPER CEREBUS ANNUAL #1 (OF 1)
GODDESS MODE #5 (MR)
GOT PLAYING CARDS
GRACE BASED ON JEFF BUCKLEY STORY GN
HELLBOY PLAYING CARDS
HEROES IN CRISIS #8 (OF 9)
HULKVERINES #3 (OF 3)
INJUSTICE 2 TP VOL 04
INVADER ZIM #42
INVISIBLE KINGDOM #2
IRONHEART #5
JESSICA JONES MPGN TP PURPLE DAUGHTER
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #406
JUGHEAD HUNGER VS VAMPIRONICA #1
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #10
KONOSUBA GOD BLESSING WONDERFUL WORLD GN VOL 08
LITTLE GIRLS TP
LIVEWIRE TP VOL 01 FUGITIVE
LOLLIPOP KIDS #5
MAE VOL 2 #6
MAN-EATERS #8
MARVEL ACTION AVENGERS TP BOOK 01 NEW DANGER
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #4
MARVEL PREVIEWS VOL 04 #22 MAY 2019
MARVEL RISING #2 (OF 5)

MEMOIRS OF BOOK THIEF GN

(W) Alessando Tota (A) Pierre Van Hove

Paris, the 1950s. Daniel Brodin – bibliophile, book thief, self-proclaimed poet – enters the heated atmosphere of the Cafe Serbier, home of the Parisian literati. Daniel impulsively puts himself forward for a poetry recitation. Under pressure, he recites not one of his own surrealist poems but an obscure piece of Italian verse he’s certain no one will know. It’s plagiarism, but it’s a triumph. Daniel’s recital marks his entrance into the Parisian avant-garde: a band of cultured rogues and pseudo-revolutionaries for whom life is a playground for art and planning a robbery has as much value as writing a book. In this milieu, the wine is good and the girls are beautiful. But can success last if it is founded on plagiarism and theft?

MIDDLE SCHOOL MISADVENTURES GN
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #38
MIGHTY THOR 3D #1 POLYBAGGED WR
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #42
MR AND MRS X #10
MURCIELAGO GN VOL 10 (MR)
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER MAGNET 4-PACK
NAOMI #1 FINAL Printing
NAOMI #2 FINAL Printing
NEIL GAIMAN AMERICAN GODS HC VOL 02 MY AINSEL
OGRE GODS HC VOL 02 HALF BLOOD (MR)
PHANTOM COMP DAILIES HC VOL 15 1957-1958

PHOEBE & HER UNICORN GN VOL 09 UNICORN BOWLING

(W) Dana Simpson (A/CA) Dana Simpson

A unicorn in bowling shoes is quite a STRIKE-ing sight. But for nine-year-old Phoebe Howell, it’s just another fun outing with her best friend, the illustrious unicorn Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. This unique and magical friendship is at the heart of the ninth Phoebe and Her Unicorn collection, which includes adventures such as writing original songs, publishing rival news websites, and making a summer visit to the exclusive Camp Shimmerhorn. Life with a unicorn BFF is not without its challenges, however, and whether it’s homework, friction with classmates, or talent show jitters, Unicorn Bowling is full of amusing, heartwarming reminders that when the going gets tough, the tough get sparkling!

PLAGUE DOKTOR GN (MR)
PREVIEWS #368 MAY 2019
PRINCELESS BOOK 8 PRINCESSES #1
PUNK MAMBO #1 (OF 5)
QUEEN OF BAD DREAMS #1 (MR)
QUICK & EASY GUIDE TO QUEER & TRANS IDENTITIES
REALM #13 (MR)
REDNECK #19 (MR)
RIVERDALE SEASON 3 #2
RUNAWAYS #20
SCARLET TP VOL 01 (MR)
SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE #112
SEX TP VOL 06 WORLD HUNGER (MR)

SHARE YOUR SMILE RAINAS GUIDE TO TELLING YOUR OWN STORY HC

(W) Raina Telgemeier (A/CA) Raina Telgemeier

Get ready to journal and learn to tell your own story with Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times-bestselling creator of Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts! Have you ever thought about telling your own story, whether it be true or imagined? Are you interested in writing, drawing, or both? If the answer is yes, this fun, colorful, and interactive journal is for you! With guidance from Raina herself, brainstorm ideas, make lists, paste in personal photos, and use your imagination like never before to create your own stories. For additional inspiration, behind-the-scenes info from Raina’s own comics-making adventures is featured inside. Plus, a special preview of of Raina’s next graphic novel, Guts, is included!

SHURI TP VOL 01 SEARCH FOR BLACK PANTHER
SILENCER #16
SKYWARD #12
SMOOTH CRIMINALS #5 (OF 12)
SPIDER-MAN FAR FROM HOME PRELUDE #2 (OF 2)
STAR TREK WAYPOINT SPECIAL 2019
STAR TREK YEAR FIVE #1
STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA #31
STAR WARS GALAXYS EDGE #1 (OF 5)
STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION EMPIRE TP VOL 05
STAR WARS VADER DARK VISIONS #3 (OF 5)
STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #27
STINKY SC NEW Printing
SUPERGIRL TP VOL 01 THE KILLERS OF KRYPTON
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #5
TEASING MASTER TAKAGI SAN GN VOL 04
TERRIFICS #15
THANOS #1 (OF 6)
TIMOTHY TOP GN BOOK 02 YELLOW WHALE
TMNT ONGOING #93
TRUE BELIEVERS AVENGERS FOREVER #1
TRUE BELIEVERS STAR WARS DARTH VADER #1
TRUE BELIEVERS STAR WARS ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS #10
TRUE BELIEVERS STAR WARS SKYWALKER STRIKES #1
TUROK #3
UMBRELLA ACADEMY PLAYING CARDS

UNSTOPPABLE WASP TP UNLIMITED FIX EVERYTHING

(W) Jeremy Whitley (A/CA) Gurihiru

Back by popular demand, it’s Nadia Van Dyne – the Unstoppable Wasp! With the backing of Janet Van Dyne, the original Wasp, there’s no problem the Agents of G.I.R.L. can’t solve! But Nadia’s team of girl scientists isn’t the only acronym-toting science organization out there – and when A.I.M. strikes, Nadia and the Genius In action Research Labs answer the call! But who is A.I.M.’s new super-powered lieutenant? How does this fearsome foe know Nadia? And what does A.I.M.’s plan have to do with Nadia’s father, Hank Pym? Plus: A girls’ night out for Nadia and Jan! G.I.R.L. prepares for its big science-expo debut! And Nadia meets her match in the form of a returning fan-favorite female fighter! But there’s only one mission on Nadia’s mind: fix everything! Collecting THE UNSTOPPABLE WASP (2018) #1-5.

VENOM #13 WR
VENOM BY DONNY CATES TP VOL 02
WALK THROUGH HELL #9
WAR OF REALMS UNCANNY X-MEN #1 (OF 3) WR
WARNING #6 (MR)
WARNING TP VOL 01 (MR)
WE DIG WORMS SC
WICKED & DIVINE #43 (MR)
WILD STORM #22
WOLVERINE LONG NIGHT ADAPTATION #4 (OF 5)
WONDER WOMAN #69


(A) = Adult Readers
GN = Graphic Novel
HC = Hardcover
(MR) = Mature Readers
OGN = Original Graphic Novel (never released as issues)
SC = Softcover
TP = Trade Paperback
YR = Young Reader

Thank you!
Million Year Picnic
99 MT Auburn ST downstairs
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-492-6763

Author Talk Back Series featuring Vita Ayala

The Author Talk Back Series featuring Vita Ayala is this Thursday, September 6, 2018, 5:00-8:30 PM at the Isabella Stewart Museum! And it’s FREE!

Vita Ayala
Thu, September 6, 2018
5:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans Way
Boston, MA 02115

Description

Join Finesse Lit for our first Author Talk Back featuring comic book writer Vita Ayala!

Vita Ayala is a queer Afro-Latinx writer out of New York City, where they live with their wife and cat sons. They have written for DC, Dark Horse, Image, Marvel, and Valiant Comics, and have creator owned work through Black Mask Studios (THE WILDS) and Vault Comics (SUBMERGED). They’re non-stop, like Hamilton!

Event is free. Check in table opens at 5pm, the talk kicks off around 6pm. Please arrive on time — space is limited!

For more information on parking and directions, go here.

NOTE: The Million Year Picnic is not affiliated with this event. We just think Vita’s cool.

Two Signings!

WE HAVE TWO SIGNINGS COMING UP!!!

LB Lee Signing
Date: Saturday, 28 July 2018
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Here at the MYP!

Local author/artist, member of the Boston Comics Roundtable, and regular workshop presenter at the Boston Comics Workspace, LB Lee will be at our store on Saturday 28 July 2018 for a signing. LB has been making mental health comics since 2007 and their work is used by mental health providers in four different states!

LB has TWO new books! One is FLIGHTS OF REALITY: Ten years of sci-fi, fantasy, and genre-busters, ranging from the silly to the Biblical. Roughly 150 pages and thirty stories of illustrated short fiction. Buy the paper book for $22, or nab the ebook for $11.

The other is only available digitally: CULTIPLES #2: The Fandom Cults of Draven: A history of twenty years of fandom cults, including Harry Potter, the Matrix, the X-Files, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, all perpetrated by one multiple system. Ebook only; $12.

LB’s website: http://healthymultiplicity.com/loonybrain/

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Tony Sedani Signing
Date: Saturday, 4 August 2018
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Here at the MYP!

It’s been 5 years since Return to Rander debuted on the indie comic scene and to commemorate it creator, writer and artist Tony Sedani has put together a 300 page complete edition that brings all content new and old into one full experience. The western inspired mystery now has extra chapters to bring more depth to the story as well as loads of short stories that will bring you closer to all of the characters in the Return to Rander world.

In 2018, Tony got a LOT of work published:
The Tick Free Comic Book Day Issue (comic) writer/artist Back-Up Story
Return to Rander 300 page complete edition (comic) Creator / writer / artist
All-Star FUBAR (comic) short story artist
Skin Deep #2 (comic) co-creator/artist
Last Day – (comic) Variant Cover Artist
Tales to Enlighten (comic) Legends of the Coke Knight Artist

Tony’s website: http://www.tonysedani.com

Announcements & Local Events for June 2018

We are NOT AFFILIATED with any of the following, but they all seem like cool local stuff for us to support.

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Boston Magazine is doing their annual Best of Boston Readers Poll & they FINALLY have an entry for Comic Shops! And we’re not on it. BUT, you could write us in! Or vote for your favorite! Thank you.

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/best-of-boston-readers-poll/

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Scout Magazine‘s Honored Nominations for their Cambridge edition is a Google form. They don’t have an entry for comic shops, but you could put us in under Bookstores!

https://goo.gl/forms/YFGducJ2W0117PGl2

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Being True LGBTQ Comics Anthology Kickstarter is LIVE!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/586200780/being-true-lgbtq-comics-anthology

Being True is a comics anthology celebrating LGBTQ life and identity! Our stories combine fiction and nonfiction and span all genres.

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Personal Comics Workshop
Thursday, June 7
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
The Brookline Public Library, 361 Washington Street, Brookline
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/personal-comics-workshop-tickets-46225475642

Receive an introduction to comics-making from concept to inking from author/illustrator Jonathan Todd. Jonathan will share with you:
• Exposure to zine-style autobiographical and personal comics i.e. drawing comics about personal experiences and thoughts, such as the work of Ms. Gabrielle Bell (https://www.patreon.com/posts/13518637)
• How to break down a scene from their story into panels using thumbnail sketches
• How to clearly letter a comics page
• How to pencil a page
• How to ink a page, including exposure to brush and ink and pen and ink
*For ages 10 – 18 *
*Generously provided through the Sperber Fund*

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Learn Something New: Understanding Comics
Monday, June 18
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
The Public Library of Brookline – Brookline Village, 361 Washington Street, Brookline
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learn-something-new-understanding-comics-registration-45005946999

Comics are their own storytelling format and can tell all kinds of stories. Whether you pour over the Sunday comic strips, read stacks of Japanese manga, or settle in with the latest graphic novel memoir, there is a title for you. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Scott McCloud’s landmark text Understanding Comics, a guide to how comics work written in the format. Everyone from new comics readers to long-time enthusiasts are invited to join the library’s resident comics expert Robin Brenner to learn how to decode visual cues, read in between the panels, and understand how this hybrid medium engages our brains.
This event is part of the Learn Something New series. Generously sponsored by the Library Trustees.