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Keep some time open on Memorial Day (Monday 5/28), we’re having a big blowout sale! Opening at 10AM, closing early at 4PM, here’s what’s going on:

10AM-12Noon: Early bird blowout! All items off the rack a whopping 30% off! (items on hold retain price)
12Noon-2PM: Great savings ( Read more... )

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Hello, all…

You know, all things considered, it’s a pretty good time to be a fan of comics, and genre fiction in general. Comics haven’t been this good in a decade or better, with tons of diverse, quality product coming out. On TV, did you ever expect to see a number of genre ( Read more... )

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Hello, all…

A quick one this week, as I don’t want to interrupt you collectively hanging out with your respective Moms. Not much else to report, anyhoo.

TOP 5 PICKS for books coming out this week!
1. MISERY LOVES COMEDY HC: Ivan Brunetti’s long awaited new collection of funny ( Read more... )

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Hello, all…

Busy, busy times for Velocity Comics. This summer sees our fuller expansion into CHOP SUEY 2 in Carytown after our biggest FREE COMIC BOOK DAY celebration ever, which is just one day after the opening of SPIDER-MAN 3 and the GALLERY 5 ASIAN ART SHOW in which we’re ( Read more... )

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It’s an exciting week for comics and for Richmond, as the 2007 EISNER AWARDS nominations were just announced, and we had an amazing showing locally. I’d like to congratulate the following friends of Velocity for the following nominations:
*Dash Shaw, for MOTHER’S ( Read more... )

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Hello, all…

Not much in the way of super-exciting announcements this week, so I’ll try to be brief before going into the ship list.

DRAW WATCHMEN! Win $100 of store credit! The due date’s been EXTENDED to ensure we get all the top notch entries I’m sure you’re working on. The ( Read more... )

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So we’ve been debating and cataloging the consensus for top 5 covers of the week since the beginning of the year, and it just dawned on me to put ‘em up here to open up the debate. Here they are, let us know what you think!

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Hello, all…

My coffee hasn’t quite kicked in yet so I don’t know how on my game I’ll be for this newsletter. Be gentle with me.

GRINDHOUSE! Go see it! It’s out!

BIG! We have a huge announcement to make regarding our growing relationship with CHOP SUEY BOOKS: we will be greatly ( Read more... )

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Hello, all…

We’re going to be closed next Sunday, April 8th. You’d think it’s to commemorate the release of GRINDHOUSE, but it’s actually for something called “Easter“. It seems people like to get together with their families and stuff on that day, so I was convinced to close up ( Read more... )

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We have a winner! We’ve tallied all the votes, and he are the top 3 vote-getters in our DRAW! WOLVERINE VS. ______________ all-out art war:
#3: Guitar Zero by Matt Deans
#2: Thugs by Dan August
#1: Moby Dick by Stephen Loveluck!
Congrats to Steve for a very close race ( Read more... )