Thanks to Mark Evanier for the link!

We are having a

SIDEWALK SALE!!!

On Saturday October 26, we’ll be cracking open the vaults (well okay it’s really just the door to our back room) and bringing out more than 15,000 comics ranging from the 1960s to 2012, and we’ll have them on our front sidewalk on sale

 5 for a dollar!

And we’re not just talking about thousands of copies of Spider-Man 2099 #1 and Team America #2, but comics *you* really would like to read and own!

There will also be a lot of graphic novels on sale 50% off!

Come check it out! There’s going to be so many great comics at an incredibly low price that you’ll swear we’ve lost our minds!

All of the people have gone home. The streamers are down. The trash cans are emptied. The music and dancing have stopped.

But…The sounds of unicorns still echo in these rooms. The artwork and comments still fill the “Grafitti Wall” in the hallway. The presence of unicorns on these grounds will be felt forever. And why shouldn’t they be? After all, unicorns come in the front door every single day. They come seeking all manner of comics, from Adventure Time issues to the Zomnibus paperback. The seek the perfect mini for their Savage Worlds campaign, and the latest Arkham Horror expansion. Their needs and likes are as varied and unpredictable as everyone else.

And that’s kind of the point, isn’t it? That women and girls are just as into comics and games as men and boys are?

In 1933, Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics, considered to be the first true American comic book, was published. And comics have been loved by both male and female readers ever since. That’s where the slogan “Occupying Fandom Since 1933″ on this year’s Unicorn Party commemorative bag of candy came from. The unicorns have been here all along. They’re not a myth.

The unicorn Parties started out as being about awareness. To let people know women and girls love this stuff too. Now it’s much more than that: It’s a celebration. Unicorns will continue to multiply, and we’ll be here every day to welcome them into our fandoms. And every year, we will continue to celebrate them!

This year’s Unicorn Party raised $211.23 for Refuge House, so far. Any bags of candy sold the rest of the week will continue to add $2.75 per bag to that total.

We also have 3 winners of our drawing:

3rd Prize $10.00 Gift Certificate goes to Ticket #369361 (no contact info)

2nd Prize $25.00 Gift Certificate goes to Ticket #369287 Lara Diaz

1st Prize $50.00 Gift Certificate goes to Ticket #369379 David Mason

Bring your ticket to claim your prize!

We’re going to have some custom candy made for us and we need to pick the flavor by noon tomorrow!

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Open normal hours!

I’m going to use this post as a place to list various announcements and information about this year’s Unicorn Party. Updates will periodically be added to the bottom of the post, so keep your eyes peeled!

This year we will once again be donating 10% of all proceeds to Refuge House, whose mission is to “provide direct services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and to their children and families, as well as to eliminate such violence through community education and public advocacy.” Click on the link above for more information.

While the Unicorn Party is dedicated to celebrating the female fans creators and characters, everyone is welcome to attend, female, male, or transgendered. The event is family friendly, so bring your kids, parents, siblings, cousins, grandparents, great-aunts-three-times-removed, whomever!

There will once again be some food vendors present, and this year we are glad to welcome Lofty Pursuits’ ice cream bus to their number!

We are also going to spotlight local female artists and artisans who wish to sell their wares in front of the store! If you know of (or are!) a local woman or girl who makes stuff, have her e-mail us to let us know she is interested.

We’ll have fliers ready this weekend for those of you who’d like to be part of our “street team” and post them around town.

UPDATE: Flyers are ready, for those of you who want to print them out yourself

Unicorn party flyer 2013 COLOR

Unicorn party flyer 2013 Black and White

Anyone who wants some to hand out can also pick them up in the store!

UPDATE: At 8:00 we will be pleased to present a fiery performance by Tallahassee Tribal Bellydance!

UPDATE: The Alliance Jiu Jitsu dojo that moved into the old Video Warehouse building has given us permission to let party-goers use their parking lot tonight!

It’s that time of year again, time for our annual Unicorn Party!

“What’s a Unicorn Party?” you ask?

The short version: It’s an event dedicated to celebrate, showcase, and appreciate all of the women and girls out there in comic and gaming fandom in particular, and female geek culture in general!

The long version can be found in this post from two years ago.

So it pleases me to announce that this year’s Unicorn Party will be held at our store on Saturday September 28, from 7:00 PM until… who knows? Last year people were having such a good time they stayed until 11:30!

Save the date and tell your friends!

Not only will we be open our normal hours (11 AM until 7 PM) this Independence Day, but I’d like to encourage board gamers with no other plans to come take advantage of our tables for the day!

• @petersagal They’re next to the armored banana hammocks. in reply to petersagal 2013-05-30
• A tweet of mine from 2010 was just favorited by a bot. oO 2013-05-30
• @ChrisEliopoulos I seen tablecloths at some of them fancy-pants risterants. in reply to ChrisEliopoulos 2013-05-30
• @kateleth “I’m getting too old for this crap.” “I’m even older, shut up.” in reply to kateleth 2013-05-30
• If I could #ReplaceSongTitlesWithBoobs I’d never leave the house! #Rimshot #ThanksForComing #TryTheVeal 2013-05-30
• What’s Brown and Sticky? A stick.What’s Grey, Old and Rocky? Sylvester Stallone. 2013-05-30
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Who wants them all?

Click below to see a smattering of more covers.

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• I got my annual message from @SJGames:
  Happy birthday to you
  Happy birthday to you
  The Illuminati are watching
  Everything that you do
  Fnord! 2013-05-23
• @matt_sturges Every screenwriter should get a Bechdel Pop Quiz after each script is turned in. in reply to matt_sturges 2013-05-23
• #tweeliketheoppositegender TWEE! TWEE! TWEE! (As opposed to the male TWEE! TWEE! TWEE! See the subtle difference?) #StupidHashTag 2013-05-23
• Posted without comment: http://t.co/YA7OzapFjq 2013-05-23
• I just bought a boatload of silver age DCs. Nothing in high grade, but a lot of great stuff. 2013-05-23
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Schedule normalcy has been achieved.

I repeat, normalcy has been achieved.

Anything you can’t deal with now is therefore your own problem.

Normal hours, too!

• @GailSimone Beware the Vibracons! in reply to GailSimone 2013-05-19
• Dinosaurs Attack #1! It’s like Mars Attacks, except, dinosaurs! Subs +3. 2013-05-19
• Judge Dredd Classics #1. Hrm. Subs +2. 2013-05-19
• Wizards & Robots one-shot. Not Wizards VS. Robots, it’s WIzards AND Robots, w/ time-travel! And it’s by @iamwill, so there’s that. Subs +2. 2013-05-19
• My Little Pony Digest-Size #1 says, “Special 6×9 Edition for Kids!” Was I not supposed to sell the larger ones to kids? Uh-oh! 2013-05-19
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• @ryanag123 And my video response: http://t.co/v5um8h37LK in reply to ryanag123 2013-05-09
• @GWillowWilson That’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in weeks! in reply to GWillowWilson 2013-05-09
• @GailSimone “Golly Miss Molly” in reply to GailSimone 2013-05-09
• @HighCritic Nor colonic books. in reply to HighCritic 2013-05-09
• @HighCritic All our books are canonical, except for the ones by Bendis. in reply to HighCritic 2013-05-09
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I have to go change my pants now.