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Free Comic Book Day 2019

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UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE!

THERE WILL BE SNACKS!

AND we’ll have reps on behalf of the Detective Pikachu movie and the Brightburn movie distributing complimentary promotional items in celebration of Free Comic Book Day between 10:30am and 12pm!!!

Saturday, 4 May 2019 is #FreeComicBookDay (#FCBD2019)!!!

MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU!!!

Jay Kennedy will be signing at the shop from 10am-noon!

AND we’re having a big BIG SALE! 15% off young adult/kid graphic novels!!! 20% off back issues from the open bins (not the wall though, sorry), & 20% off all NEW comics!

End of the Year Sale 2018!

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Dear Picnic family & friends:

Happy Holidays to all! Thanks to everyone who read Kelly’s missive and came out to shop here in the last weekend before Christmas! We had a wonderful closing weekend. Still, we are running behind where we need to be, so we are going to end the year with a giant sale. Starting Thursday, December 27 and running through Monday, December 31 almost everything in the store — new comics, graphic novels, regular back issues, t-shirts, cards — will be 40% OFF. There will be a few exceptions: books in your sub folder are still 20% off; back issues behind the counter will be 20% off; and any existing special orders or books or books on hold won’t be discounted. Other than that, if something isn’t in a box in the store, it will be discounted 40%.

As we conclude our 44th year in Harvard Square, it is impossible not to notice how rapidly the Square is changing. Another business seems to close or move every other week. Tess, Crema Cafe, Tealuxe, Vision House — all shuttered. Urban Outfitters is closing its doors in early January. In the short run there is less and less to bring people to this side of the Square.

So, The Picnic is going to try to keep rolling with the punches and adapting to the new retail landscape. We are going to greatly increase our online presence. We are already listing back issues on Etsy and hope to have old comics, graphic novels, and undergrounds up on both eBay and Amazon in the next couple of months. We are sitting on thousands of Silver Age comics, rare undergrounds, out-of-print graphic novels, imported horror magazines, and foreign language comics; and we are going to try to find a way to get it all up on E-commerce sites and our own website. And, for as long as we can, we are going to keep cramming as much wonderful stuff as we can into this tiny space of ours. 

Also, we are going to take some time to celebrate our 45th anniversary in 2019! I’m hoping we can invite friends both old and new to come celebrate with us!

All the best,
Tony
The Million Year Picnic
99 Mt Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-492-6763

Come Buy With Us!

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Hey there folks,

We hope that you are having a great holiday season and we’d like to ask a favor.

Things have been a bit slow for us around the shop and we’d appreciate it very much if you could stop in and do some of your holiday gift shopping with us.

We’ve got some things on sale (see below). And we’ve got some back issues packaged up according to story lines that we’re selling for cheaper than their trade paperback counterparts. Plus, Tony is always bringing in interesting back issues from our warehouse, so there’s some turnover there.

We are loaded with lots of trade paperbacks and hardcovers for both kids and adults. We’ve been adding to our biographical section with books in hardcover like Monet: Itinerant of Light (other art biographies include Gauguin: The Other World and Vincent on van Gogh); Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo (about the Canadian pianist who was a child prodigy); Economics in Wonderlandd by former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich; Run For It: Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom; Billie Holiday; and Thoreau: A Sublime Life.


Plus, we have plenty of copies of the trade paperback Mad About Trump from the writers and publishers of MAD Magazine if you want to delight (or annoy) your relatives.

We have quite a few DC & Marvel omnibuses and hardcovers at 40-50% off. If you like Ms Marvel written by G. Willow Wilson, you may also enjoy one of her earlier books, Cairo, for $9.99 in softcover (regularly $17.99) and $10.99 in hardcover (regularly $24.99). We have The Authority volume 2 by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely in hardcover for $14.99 (regularly $34.99). And we have Django Unchained hardcovers for $9.99, regularly $24.99.

And we have some special signed books, including signed copies of Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi (a featured guest at this year’s MICE: The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) and various fairy tale retellings by Metaphrog. We also have a very special deal we made so that we are only one of two shops in the United States with signed and numbered bookplates for SATANIA, the new NBM book written by Fabien Vehlmann and illustrated by a couple of friends of the Million Year Picnic, Kerascoët.

Kerascoët is the pen name of the charming couple Marie Pommepuy and Sebastien Cosset. You may have met them during their signing at the Million Year Picnic or during their attendance as special guests of MICE in October of 2016. Kerascoët is also known for the books Beautiful Darkness, Beauty, Miss Don’t Touch Me, and their work on the Dungeon series. They also illustrated Malala’s Magic Pencil by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning young author Malala Yousafzai.

Finally, a note to our friends who are subscribers. If you haven’t been into the store in a few months, picking up your subscription before the end of the year would be a GREAT holiday present to us, your friends at the Million Year Picnic.

Weekly Shiplist for Wednesday, 22 November 2017

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Shortages

ARAKAWA UNDER THE BRIDGE GN VOL 01
DOCTOR CROWE #4 (OF 4)
IF ANTHOLOGY 2017 GN
LARKS KILLER #4

Weekly Shiplist for Wednesday, 22 November 2017

2000 AD PACK OCT 2017
ACTION COMICS #992
ALL NEW GUARDIANS OF GALAXY TP VOL 01 COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
ALL NEW WOLVERINE #27 LEG
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #13 LEG
ANGEL SEASON 11 #11
ANGELIC #3
ANIMOSITY EVOLUTION #2 (MR)
ASTRO CITY #49
BATGIRL #17
BATMAN BEYOND #14
BATMAN YEAR TWO 30TH ANNIVERSARY DLX ED HC

BATTLE ANGEL ALITA DELUXE ED HC VOL 01 | Preview

(W) Yukito Kishiro (A/CA) Yukito Kishiro
After more than a decade out of print, the original cyberpunk action classic returns in glorious 400-page hardcover deluxe editions, featuring an all-new translation, color pages, and new cover designs! In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer Kunst. In a place where there is no justice but what people make for themselves, Alita decides to become a hunter-killer, tracking down and taking out those who prey on the weak. But can she hold onto her humanity as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust?

BETTY AND VERONICA VIXENS #1
BLACK PANTHER #167 LEG
BLUE BEETLE #15
CABLE #151 LEG
CAPTAIN MARVEL #126 LEG
CAVEWOMAN QUIVER #1 (A)
CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN BY JACK KIRBY TP
COPPERHEAD #16
DAMSELS TP VOL 02
DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE AGAIN TP
DEMON HELL IS EARTH #1 (OF 6)
DEPT H #20
DETECTIVE COMICS #969
DOCTOR STRANGE AND SORCERERS SUPREME TP VOL 02 TIME AFTER TIME
DOCTOR WHO 10TH YEAR THREE #11
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #518
DOOM PATROL #9 (MR)

DOOMSDAY CLOCK #1 (OF 12) | Preview

(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Gary Frank
DC Comics presents to you a 12-issue maxiseries from the critically acclaimed team of writer Geoff Johns, artist Gary Frank and colorist Brad Anderson. You are not prepared for what lies ahead within these pages, good readers.

DR RADAR (STATIX) #1
ELEANOR & THE EGRET #5
ELEPHANTMEN #79 (MR)
ETERNAL EMPIRE TP VOL 01
FLASH #35
FORLORN FUNNIES #1 (MR)
FUBAR 5TH ANNIV ED GN (MR)
GAME OF THRONES CLASH OF KINGS #6 (MR)
GENERATION X #9
GENIUS CARTEL #4 (OF 5) (MR)
GFT GRIMM TALES OF TERROR VOL 3 #10

GIANT DAYS 2017 SPECIAL | Preview

(W) John Allison (A/CA) Jenn St-Onge
Join Esther, Susan and Daisy as the spend Christmas in a very “Love Actually” London in this tribute to the films of Richard Curtis.

GLITTERBOMB FAME GAME #3 (MR)
GOD COMPLEX #2 (MR)
GOLD DIGGER #248
GOLD DIGGER SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #25
GOTHAM CITY GARAGE #4
GREGORY SUICIDE HC
HAPPY HOUR IN AMERICA #1
HARLEY QUINN #32
HELLBLAZER #16
I AM GROOT TP
IMAGINARY FIENDS #1 (OF 6) (MR)

INFAMOUS IRON MAN TP VOL 02 ABSOLUTION OF DOOM | Preview

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Alex Maleev
Think you’ve seen Victor Von Doom vs. Reed Richards battles before? Well, you’ve never seen anything like this! The Richards from a dead reality is no Mister Fantastic. He calls himself “The Maker” – and his ultimate plans for this world are far more insane than anything Doctor Doom ever attempted! Now, Doom – as the Infamous Iron Man – is the only one who can stop the mad Maker. Victor is the hero? Reed is the villain? It’s a world gone mad! And as the impossible task of redeeming himself to the Marvel Universe begins to overwhelm him, the truth about Victor’s reincarnated mother is revealed! With enemies on all sides, how can Victor continue to carry on the legacy of Iron Man when the legacy of Doom haunts him at every turn? Collecting INFAMOUS IRON MAN #7-12. Rated T+

INFERNOCT #2
INVADER ZIM #25
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #594 LEG
JAMES BOND SOLSTICE ONE SHOT
JIM HENSON POWER OF DARK CRYSTAL HC VOL 01 (OF 4)
JIMMYS BASTARDS #5 (MR)
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #389
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #19
KAMANDI CHALLENGE #11 (OF 12)
KIKIS DELIVERY SERVICE PICTURE BOOK HC GHIBLI (CURRENT PRINTING)
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #249
LARKS KILLER #4 (OF 7)
LUKE CAGE #167 LEG
LUMBERJANES #44
MADE MEN #3 (MR)
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #21
MONSTERS UNLEASHED #8 LEG
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #25 LEG
MOTOR GIRL #10 (OF 10)
NEO PARASYTE M GN (MR)
NICK FURY TP DEEP COVER CAPERS VOL 01
NIGHTWING THE NEW ORDER #4 (OF 6)
PAUL KIRCHNER BUS HC VOL 01 NEW Printing
POPEYE CLASSICS ONGOING #64

PRINCELESS TP VOL 06 MAKE YOURSELF PART 2 | Preview

(W) Jeremy Whitley (A/CA) Emily Martin, Brett Grunig
When last we left Adrienne Ashe she was cornered in a snowed in cave with two of the knights who’ve been hunting the mysterious knight who they are about to discover is actually her! When last we left Bedelia Smith, she was putting herself between their friendly dragon Sparky and her giant and dangerous dragon mother. When last we left Devin Ashe he was leading a team of new friends through the most dangerous forest looking for the deadliest knight who is believed to have captured or killed his mother. Are you ready?

PUNISHER PLATOON #3 (OF 6)
RAT QUEENS #6 (MR)
REDNECK #7 (MR)
RIVERDALE (ONGOING) #8
ROYALS #11 LEG
SAUCER STATE #5 (OF 6)
SAVAGE DRAGON #228 (MR)
SHADOW #4
SHERLOCK FRANKENSTEIN & LEGION OF EVIL #2 (OF 4)
SILLY SYMPHONIES HC VOL 03 COMP DISNEY CLASSICS 19
SILVER SABLE WILD PACK #36 LEG
SNOOPY HC
SNOTGIRL #8
SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #24 LEG
SPONGEBOB COMICS #74
STAR WARS #39
STAR WARS DARTH VADER DARK LORD SITH TP VOL 01 IMPERIAL MACH
STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #10
SUICIDE SQUAD #30
SUPERMAN AMERICAN ALIEN TP
TEEN TITANS #14
THANOS #13 LEG
TMNT GHOSTBUSTERS II #4
TOMB RAIDER SURVIVORS CRUSADE #1 (OF 4)
TORCHWOOD THE CULLING #2 (OF 4)
TUROK #4
ULTIMATES 2 TP VOL 02 ETERNITY WAR
UNDERWINTER FIELD OF FEATHERS #2 (MR)
UNSOUND #6 (OF 6)
VAN HELSING VS THE WEREWOLF #5
WALKING DEAD MAGAZINE #22
WALT KELLY PETER WHEAT COMP SERIES PX HC

WALT KELLY PETER WHEAT COMP SERIES TP VOL 01 | Preview

(W) Walt Kelly, Thomas Andrae (A/CA) Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly’s Peter Wheat comics are renowned for their humor, artistic flair and appeal to both children and adults. The Peter Wheat comic books are extremely rare and have never been collected as a series before, due to their scarcity and rarity. Between 1948 and 1951, Kelly drew thirty-five issues of The Adventures of Peter Wheat, a 16-page comic book given away to bakeries to promote Peter Wheat bread. The stories were fairy tales starring Peter Wheat, an elf-sized boy who lived in a hollow tree on the edge of a wheat field where he and the Little Folk battle Dragonel, Queen of the Hornets. Reprints the first 16 complete Peter Wheat comic books; in-depth essay by comics historian and Walt Kelly expert Dr. Thomas Andrae; afterword by Trina Robbins. Available in Softcover and a PREVIEWS Exclusive Hardcover edition.

WAR STORIES #25 (MR)
WAYWARD #25 (MR)
WEIRD LOVE #21
WINNEBAGO GRAVEYARD TP
WONDER WOMAN #35
WONDER WOMAN THE GOLDEN AGE TP VOL 01
WORMWOOD GOES TO WASHINGTON #3 (OF 3)
X-MEN BLUE TP VOL 02
X-MEN GOLD #16 LEG
X-O MANOWAR (2017) #9

Thank you!
Million Year Picnic
99 MT Auburn ST downstairs
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-492-6763
https://www.themillionyearpicnic.com