Avengers Day Party (this) Weds. May 19

Marvel is relaunching all of their Avengers titles, and the new #1 comes out Wednesday! Now, Those-In-The-Know must be thinking “Big Whoop, don’t they do that like every other month??” Yes, yes they do — but hey, we’re always lookin’ for an excuse to have fun and give deals, so why the hell not! We’ll be opening @ 11am, and the first 25 people who pick up the new Avengers book will get a FREE Limited Edition Print (aka Fancy Poster), available ONLY at the Avengers Day Party! Also: Everyone who buys that #1 will get FREE STUFF; the catch there is that the freebies they receive will be determined by a spin of THE WHEEL OF MADNESS — could be good, could be…not-so-good. And there’s always the chance of having to eat a Ritz Bitz from 2003… Plus: What would a comic party be without DEALS?? Our special discount for that day will be 25% OFF ALL AVENGERS-RELATED ITEMS (New-This-Month stuff excluded.) But this isn’t just Avengers comics, it’s everything that has to do with anyone who was EVER an Avenger (which we discovered is almost all of the Marvel Universe) So that Spider-Man Statue, Hulk T-shirt, Captain America poster, etc. etc. etc. will ALL be 25% off all day! And since we’re hosting one of these parties, Marvel hooked us up with crazy deals on some Variant Edition comics, which we’ll have on sale @ 80% OFF!!! We’ll brainstorm the next day or two and see if we can’t cook up a few more neat ideas to make this, without a doubt, the GREATEST AVENGERS DAY EVER!! haha. — Wade

INCOME TAX SALE!!

People are starting to get their tax returns, so we figure why not give them a great excuse to dispose of some of that “disposable” income ;)

Friday, Feb. 5 & Saturday, Feb 6:

Take 30% OFF YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE!!
(New-This-Month Items Excluded)

Treat yourself to some graphic novels, statues, apparel, wall books, or anything else — at a nice discount!

PLUS:
the return of SILENT AUCTIONS!!
Bidding starts Friday at Noon, ends Saturday night @ 10pm!

The Santa Spidey Saga

An epic tale of greed, bravery, and savings, as told in 5 commercials for our Black Friday & Saturday Sale.

Halloween Costume Contest & Sale

Dear Reader, You are hereby invited to attend the 75th annual Wade’s Comic Madness Halloween Costume Contest & SAAAAAAAALLLE this Friday & Saturday, Oct. 30-31 from 12-10PM. Featuring: a Sale! 30% off all spooky, scary, and/or creepy items. If you can make a case for an item being spooky, creepy, or scary, you get the deal. (So basically, all issues of Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder will be on sale.) a Costume Contest! Gift certificates will be awarded in the following categories:

• Best Superhero
• Best Kids
• Goriest
• Sluttiest (Brandi’s idea, obviously)
• Most Idiotic
• BEST OVERALL = $100!

Saturday Oct. 3rd is 24 Hour Comics Day!

24 HOUR COMICS DAY!
THIS SATURDAY, Oct. 3, we’ll be open
24 HOURS STRAIGHT with crazy sales & events!

From 12 Noon on Saturday until 12 Noon on Sunday:
50% OFF EVERYTHING!!!!
(the only exclusions are New-This-Month Items)

24-HOUR ART CHALLENGE: Can you draw a 24-page comic in 24 hours? Give it a shot!

TATTOO PARTY!! Sue & Juan from Amber’s Blue Velvet will be
tattooing at The Madness from 3pm-9pm — get that sweet Moon Knight ink you’ve been thinking about!

If you are in the market for some custom VAMPIRE FANGS, Bump In The Night Creations will be happy to oblige after 6pm.

A 24HCD tradition: COFFEE CHALLENGE at 9:30pm!

LIVE MUSIC: Sci-Fi Rock Band IGOR’S EGG will be playing from 10:30pm-Midnight!!

THE MAIN EVENT: At 12 Midnight, we’ll commence the 1st Annual
“WHO WANTS TO BE THE MAYOR OF THE MADNESS” TOURNAMENT!!
Competitors will battle in contests such as Super-Heroes 101, The Short-Box Dash, Comic Madness Trivia, and Bag’n’Board Speed Challenge! The ultimate winner will be crowned Mayor and receive:
an official “MAYOR OF THE MADNESS” sash!
20% off everything for the ENTIRE YEAR!!
and be referred to as Mr. (or Ms.) Mayor!

ANYONE and EVERYONE is welcome to join the fun!!!!!!!!

Also, hardcore band WRONG ANSWER will be playing @ 12:30am (until about 12:35 when the police shut us down ;P)

Then somewhere around 2am, we’ll break out the cards for a little Acey-Deucey action — maybe I’ll win enough cash to pay off the fines!

Throughout the day, we’ll be having tons of FUN STUFF and GIVEAWAYS; don’t miss it!!

Any questions, give us a call @ 215.946.9381 or email wade@comicmadness.com

ONE WEEK — TWO EVENTS!!

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11th:  We are hosting a MARVEL 70TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY at our shop — event runs from 9pm-11pm (yes, a weird time, but that’s when Marvel had them scheduled ;) ) There will be lots of fun stuff and giveaways, and to celebrate the occasion we’ll be offering attendees 25% OFF ALL MARVEL PRODUCTS! [Excluding New-This-Month Items] So that’s not just comics, but also 25% off all Marvel toys, hardcovers & TPBs, t-shirts, statues & busts, et cetera — anything Marvel!! Plus:  we’ll have a special early release for two new comics: THE MARVELS PROJECT #1 & MARVEL COMICS #1: 70TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION as well as an exclusive 70TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY VARIANT (supply on that one is limited.) Come on out — what else d’ya have to do on a Tuesday night?? haha.

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If you’ve been to any of the previous 24-Hour events, you…

If you’ve been to any of the previous 24-Hour events, you know you’re gonna wanna be there.

If you HAVEN’T yet, here’s why you should:

THE 24-HOUR COMIC CHALLENGE:
Can you write and draw a 24-page comic all by yourself in 24 hours? Many have tried; some have succeeded.
Give it a shot — what’s the worst that can happen (aside from sleep deprivation, dizziness, headaches, cramping, hallucinations, extreme paranoia, paralysis, temporary blindness, and possible death) ?

THE DEALS:
50% OFF EVERYTHING IN THE STORE (excluding new-this-month items; sorry, jerks).

If you’re not so good at math, that means HALF OFF.
This is huge.

There will also be door prizes, raffles, giveaways, Silent Auctions, and FREE COMICS!!

THE WARM-UP:
COFFEE CHALLENGE!!! This is a 24HCD tradition, and if I’m keeping track right, I don’t believe there’s ever been one where someone DIDN’T vomit.
(I guess that’s a selling point?)

THE MAIN EVENT:
JELLO WRESTLING!!!!!!! That’s right, sports fans, this will be the grudge match to end all grudge matches: NICK “MAN-MOUNTAIN” WASKIE versus ASHLEY “THE BEAST FROM THE EAST”, um, EAST!!! (yeah, that’s her last name.
) This will be a No-Holds-Barred match — and I hate ta tell Waskie, but I think Ashole just got in those brass knuckles she bought off the internets…

As you can imagine, as the night goes on, thing will only get crazier — I’m pretty sure we’ll be able to put the WHEEL OF CHALLENGES to good (or evil) use…
who knows, we might have some Acey-Deucey, we might have some Jim Plagman — shit, we just might have BOTH AT THE SAME TIME!!!!

THE BOTTOM LINE:
This is a time not to be missed by fans of comics or FUN in general!
…or fans of ridiculous shit, insomnia, puke, Poison Donuts… . .


Begins Saturday at NOON and runs all the way until noon on SUNDAY!

Lastly, let’s mention that that day also kicks off our annual HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST! It runs from Saturday the 18th all the way until Halloween night, the 31st — come dressed up any time during that period and get MORE FREE COMICS and chances to win Gift Certificate Prizes for the following categories:
Most Original; Best Kids Costume; Most Scarifying; Best Comic-Related; Worst Costume; and Best Overall!
PLUS: We’re holding our first-ever PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST, running the same dates!

Hope ta seeya then!!
- - W.
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Sunday, Sept. 21: FIELD DAY OH-EIGHT, MUTHAS!!!

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Fred was kind enough to organize this year’s installment of FIELD DAY — similar to the grade school event, ‘cept fer the fact that we’re all old and brittle now, and the complaints of SORENESS that will inevitably continue on into subsequent weeks.

But whatev, it’s fun, free…and lots of other good stuff that I’m too tired to write about presently; point is, YOU SHOULD GO.

Okay, you think about that and ah’m gonna hand the mic over to Fred’s post.
Seeya Sunday!
- - W.
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Hosted By: Fred Kerner
When: Sunday Sep 21, 2008
at 11:00 AM
Where Tyler Park
101 Swamp Road
Newtown, PA 18940
United States
Description:
Fred Kerner

Fred writes: I’ll probably blast these out more frequently as the event approaches. We need excitement. Feel free to invite anyone who’s not a bigger jerk than Nick Waskie.

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mm, that’s pretty fuckin’ cold — I’d like to apologize on Fred’s behalf for the rude comment regarding Waskie’s supreme jerkiness; I’m sure that there’re PLENTY of bigger jerks than Nick, such as… ummm… …welll, there’s…uhhh…Okay, I can’t think of anybody off-HAND, but — but there’s GOTTA be SOMEbody, right? Right????

[[crickets]]

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