 SOUTHTOWN
STAR PROFILES LOCAL BUSINESS ....The
Thursday February 10th 2011 edition of the
SouthtownStar newspaper profiled a local
businessman who has successfully opened and
operated a business in the Chicago Southland
for over 16 years. In that time this business
has grown for 800 to 1600 to 3200 square feet
and become an institution in the 19th Ward of
the City of Chicago. The business was the
dream of a man who started out running
Chicago's first Comicbook store south of the
Loop way back in the late 1970's and even
though he's a little grayer and older than
those "salad days", the "doorway nexus
to an infinite alternate realities" still
burns inside him. You can read the full story
of Comicbookman and his Alternate Reality
at.....
https://southtownstar.suntimes.com/lifestyles/3469113-423/comic-book-guy-has-dream-in-store.html.
While it won't answer every question it will
flesh out some of the facts from the fiction! |
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Posted: 021111
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 3149
AT FOURTEEN....Just
a line to let you know that this month we're
marking our 14th year here at the intersection
of 111th and Kedzie (3149 West 111th Street)
in the heart of beautiful downtown
Mt.Greenwood.
We first moved to this 1600 square foot
location (3149) in December of 1996 after
outgrowing our first 800 square foot location
at 10641 South Pulaski, just two years after
our opening there on August 20th 1994
(Founder's Day!). Since then we've expanded
next door (3147) and doubled our size in this
location from 1600 square feet to 3200 square
feet in August of 2001.
While other stores have moved, downsized or
closed all together in that time we've managed
all this continuity of location and expansion
due entirely to our customers. So, whether you
only stop in occasionally or we see you every
week here at Alternate Reality...Thank You for
making us Chicago’s Best Comicbook Store! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 121310
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 NEW
LOOK....Anyone
who knows me realizes I don't let a lot of
dust settle under my feet. I am constantly
moving things around not for the sake of
doing, but instead because I find new ways to
make things wok correctly. Over the last few
weeks I have been re-jiggering the front page
of the site in order to streamline it's look
and be more "up front" with what's going on
inside. The fruits of my labor are here but
not as yet finished (are they ever, he asked
rhetorically?) Hopefully you will find this
layout easier to use and more interactive. One
thing I will be trying to do is daily updates
on Reviews and News. Bo usually sends me
enough material that this shouldn't be a
problem. Check back regularly, There should be
something new here everyday!
So let me know if you like it, or if you
don't! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 020109
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 THIS
TUESDAY....Not going to make an endorsement,
not going to tell you who to pick and I'm not going to try to bend your ear and
twist your arm. It is not my place in this forum to sway or grind an opinion on
national politics. I AM going to encourage you to do one thing on Tuesday and
that's VOTE. You should every election year, but this year its more important
than ever before. Whichever candidate you prefer it doesn't mean a thing if you
don't get up off your chair and vote. Every vote counts. It's your
responsibility as a citizen. It'll make you feel big and strong. Whatever works,
JUST DO IT! Set your clock early (polls open at 6AM) and make your self
heard. And if you don't? Well then you lose your right to bitch over the next
four years!
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 110508
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 SCREWED
AND TATTOOED....As many of you know,
a bunch of titles from last week (101508) did not ship to
Alternate Reality last week because the box containing them "FELL OFF THE
TRUCK"! Just about all of these MIA titles will be arriving this Wednesday
(102208) and we will
be treating them as NEW COMICS all this week long!
However the bad news is we are being "Screwed and Tattooed" on
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #573 both the REGULAR and the
COLBERT VARIANT covers. Marvel and Diamond sold out in pre-orders so no
replacement copies of this title are available. Marvel will most likely do a
2nd PRINT and if so we will offer it to all our Subscribers at cost. Of course
I do not expect anyone to sit around hoping a currently non-existent2nd print
happens (especially since most would want a 1st Print in the 1st Place!)
All I can do is apologize to all of you for this screw up on our
distributor's part. Totally missing an important title like AMAZING SPIDERMAN
absolutely ridiculous but what can we do? |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 101908
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 ANNIVERSARY
ADD ON FACEBOOK...A
few weeks ago on August 20th we celebrated the
store's 14th anniversary with our yearly four
day Sale-A-Bration. I usually mark the store's
anniversary by announcing some change or
addition at the store. Last year I instituted
five "upgrades" to the store; everything from
expanded discounts to changes in store hours. This year
I've again taken the opportunity of the
store's Anniversary to make a few additions
and as you have probably guessed the
biggest one
concerns Facebook. It's the second largest
social-networking site on the inter-web (after
"Myspace.com") and it is a great way to keep
in daily contact with friends.
I resisted a Facebook presence for a long time
because I just didn't see the point with this
website in existence. But once I surfed around
on Facebook I quickly realized that many of
you will check in on your Facebook page almost
daily but stop by here maybe once a week
(which is cool since social-networking is not
the point here). This revelation happened at
about the same time of our
anniversary and since then the store has had a Facebook
presence which has grown to over 360 "friends" to
date. Many of you who already have Facebook
accounts are on our "friends" list and already
know all this. Many more of you who do not
have a Facebook page received e-mails with the
store's invitation to join a few weeks back.
If you didn't get an invite from us and you
want to see what all the fuss is about just
click on the icon above and set yourself up. It's
free and "Alternate Reality-Comicbooks" will be
glad to be your first and your best-est new
friend! Oh, I also set up a Myspace page but
that site compared to Facebook is really
difficult to navigate and "network" on.
And before I forget I also upgrades a few
other things around the store. I've doubled the size
of the store's "Kidz Corner" and brought
back ART SUPPLIES (Blue Line Pro pages) to our
"SUPPLY CORNER". Both additions for
our Anniversary! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 090808
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 IT'S
A NEW COMIC ALIGNMENT OF SALE-A-RAMA SALE...Hey
gang it's "So when are you gonna have a sale?"
time again and we have a doozy this week!
Wednesday is New Comic day and Founder's Day
(because it's the 20th). The combination of
the two makes it ALIGNMENT DAY and as we all
know that mean's 20% OFF EVERYTHING (includings
Wednesday's New Stuff) IN THE STORE ALL DAY
LONG!
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! August 20th is our
Anniversary (hence the reason for a
"Founder's Day Sale" every 20th). Each year we
have FOUR multi-day store-wide SALE-A-BRATIONS
and one of them is for our Anniversary this
week. So Wednesday 082008 thru Saturday 082308
save BIG on just about everything in the
store. How Big? Click
HERE
to find out (hey, use your mouse, this trip's
taken long enough.) |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 081708
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THIS
JUST IN-UPDATES!...Got a little behind over
the last week or so but the current update should more than make up for it..
Between Friday 080108 and Sunday 080308 the following updates have been posted
to the website:
-SHIPPING:
All four 080608 SHIP-SHAPE pages including
KIDS
CORNER,
REORDERS
and
OUT
OF PRINT
plus the missed
073008
SHIPSHAPE page to the
ARCHIVES
-NEWS: Grand total of 34 COMIC NEWS
stories and a new "THIS JUST IN" section added to this front page (look below)
-MOVIE REVIEWS: Good Old JR's reviews of both
THE
DARK KNIGHT and
WANTED
films.
-COMIC
REVIEWS: Bo has 17 new reviews of comics
that have shipped out over the last few weeks.
-EISNER'S:
We posted the nominees for this year weeks ago and at San Diego the winners were
announced and the complete list is posted now.
-STORE CALENDAR: It's a new month and as we do each month the
THIS MONTH,
NEXT MONTH
and the
LAST MONTH
pages are all updated for the appropriate months.
Additionally, the Counter on the far left side of this page has also been fixed
this weekend (it has kept the count over the intervening weeks but wouldn't
display it). I've listed all these UPDATES (with additional links) to show not
only the number of updates that have been posted over this three day period but
to ensure that you will be able to find them. I've talked to some customers at
the store recently who have had problems finding some of these links or were not
aware of some of these regular features here at MYALTERNATEREALITY.COM. Please
be aware that even if I didn't include the links in this box you could still
access then just by looking around on this FRONTPAGE. So keep checking the site
because we really do update constantly! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 080308
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 CHRISTMAS
COMES TWICE THIS WEEK...The combination of
the calendar and being
closed on Sundays is once again affecting this month's Founder's Day Sale yo
YOUR benefit.
This coming Sunday is the 20th, Founder's Day, and the STORE WILL BE CLOSED.
Does that mean Founder's Day Sale is off for this month? NOPE! Saturday the 19th
everything in the store will be 19% OFF and on Monday the 21st everything will
be 21% OFF. So this weekend you can save twice as we celebrate our monthly
anniversary! (And if you look at the calendar
this will be the LAST double Founder's Day celebration until SEPTEMBER 2009, so
make the most of it!)
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 071308
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 MEET
KISS ME COMICS IN STORE THIS SATURDAY...They were here
last a few years back and the folks form Kiss Me Comics make their return
appearance to Alternate Reality this Saturday. Producers of a variety of
independent comic titles for all tastes has been their mission since day one and
they are currently celebrating the re-mastering of many of their earlier out of
print books. So stop by the store this Saturday between 11am-5pm and meet some
of the artists and writers behind Serenade, Excessive Force, Siren's Song and
other great titles. You can find out more about Kiss Me Comics at their website
HERE. |
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COMIC WEDNESDAY/NEW COMIC THURSDAY...Because
of NEW COMIC THURSDAY this week hours are shuffling around just a little at the store
this week. NO
COMIC WEDNESDAY we'll be open from 11AM to 7PM while NEW COMIC THURSDAY we'll be
in bright and early at 8AM and be open until 8PM (just like on any other
Wednesday). Mark it down. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 070708
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 OPEN
SUNDAY, CLOSED MONDAY, THURSDAY COMICS...Because
of the Memorial Day Holiday this weekend, we will once again have altered
Sunday/Monday hours. We will be open Sunday (052508) from 11AM-4PM for your
shopping convenience, Sunday is also the last day you'll be able to do any
ADVANCE ORDERING from this months PREVIEWS Catalog. Monday Memorial Day (052608)
we will be closed in observance of the holiday. Because of the holiday NEW COMIC
THURSDAY will once again rear it's ugly head this week |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 070108
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 WIZARDWORLD
TIX ON SALE NOW...For the sixth year
Alternate Reality is once again selling WIZARDWORLD TICKETS through the store.
As in past years you can buy your tickets in advance here and not only avoid the
lines but also get a coupon for a FREE Variant give-away comic and get in
an hour earlier on Friday and Saturday (9AM with your ticket for those days). Once again
Alternate Reality Subscription Service (ARSS) subscribers can one again purchase
their tickets at a discount price. Tickets are on sale at the store now through
Saturday June 28th. |
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WIZARDWORLD 2008
TICKET INFORMATION |
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TICKET DAY/TIME |
TICKET PRICE |
ARSS SUBSCRIBERS |
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PREMIERE
PASS WEEKEND TICKET, JUNE 26th-29th |
$53.00 |
$48.00 |
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FRIDAY, JUNE
27th (9AM-6PM) |
$28.00 |
$25.00 |
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SATURDAY,
JUNE 28th (9AM-7PM) |
$28.00 |
$25.00 |
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SUNDAY, JUNE
29th (10AM-5PM) |
$28.00 |
$25.00 |
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Children
10 and under get in FREE when accompanied by a paying adult with a free
CHILD PASS ticket
(Available at the store.)
PREMIERE PASS ticket holders only can attend the convention Thursday
062608 from 4PM to 7PM.
Friday & Saturday doors open for General Admission at 10AM, Advance
Ticket holders get in at 9AM. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 060308
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 BACK
IN THE SADDLE AGAIN...After an absence of
too-to long "GOOD OLD JR" has returned to semi-weekly movie reviews here at the
website. For the past year or so JR has been snowed under with work and special
projects from both home and his regular job (the one that pays his bills) , We
both knew this bottle neck of work and responsibilities was coming and would
preclude any regular review work on his part; all though he has hardly been
totally absent from this space during that time. But now his schedule is
cleared, his time freed up and he is back with insightful reviews on the first
two big films of the summer so far: IRON MAN and SPEED RACER. So welcome back
sir, it's good to have you in the mix again.
And before I forget congrats to JR on his first major nod from outside this
website. If you purchased a copy of AMELIA RULES VOL 04 WHEN THE PAST IS A
PRESENT trade paperback (either the hardcover or soft cover editions) the
publishers pulled a quote from one of JR'S KIDS CORNER reviews of the Amelia
Rules comic for that trade. You can find his review quote on the back cover at
the top of the quotes. Very cool.
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman" Davis
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Posted: 051708
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ADVANCE ORDERING BEGINS...
It's been a long time in
coming but the ADVANCE ORDERING (AO) section of the website finally is up and
running (the main link in the upper left corner of the screen), Beginning this
month (and hopefully from now on every month) you'll find discounts of up to 35%
OFF on 100's of items from the current months PREVIEWS catalog. Right now
Apparel, Cards, Games, International items, Toys and Video lists are all up.
That's the good news. The bad news is THERE IS NO AUTOMATED SHOPPING CART. So if
you want to order either call the store or stop in and we can take care of you.
Now that this section is up and running (so to speak) expect it to evolve over
the coming weeks and months. Like the store itself I like tinkering with the
basic layout of this site, and AO will be no exception. Look for sections to be
added and reformatted as time goes on. One thing that will not change are the
savings you'll find there every month. So look around and let me know what you
think!
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Posted: 050508
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 HAPPIEST
DAY OF THE YEAR RETURNS THIS SATURDAY...That's
right this Saturday (050308) marks the return FREE COMICBOOK DAY at Alternate
Reality. Since the first FCBD in 2002 we have celebrated the event each year by
giving away 1000's of free comics to all our customers. As with previous years
this Saturday there will be over 40 DIFFERENT, ABSOLUTELY FREE titles for the
taking and all you have to do is show up! While we've ordered 1000'S of copies
of these comics please be aware supplies are not UNLIMITED and all the books are
available on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVED basis. (ARSS Subscribers, get FCBD pull cards back to me
if you haven't yet!) The comic book is a true American
art form and this is the one day each year when we can
all celebrate the fun of comics!THE
HAPPIEST DAY OF THE YEAR IS THIS SATURDAY, MAY 3rd!
DOORS OPEN AT 10am
(30 minutes earlier than usual)
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together, some stores give away only a title or two, and
some chains make you scavenger hunt all their stores to
get all the titles. Only ALTERNATE REALITY gives you all
the books, in one location absolutely free! |
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Posted: 043008 |
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FOUNDERS
DAY FUBAR THIS WEEK...The calendar and being
closed on Sundays is catching up with me for this month's Founder's Day Sale.
This coming Sunday is the 20th, Founder's Day, and the STORE WILL BE CLOSED.
Does tat mean Founder's Day Sale is off for this month? NOPE! Saturday the 19th
everything in the store will be 19% OFF and on Monday the 21st everything will
be 21% OFF. So this month instead of giving the sale a miss we are doubling it
to cover the day before and the day after! (And if you look at the calendar
we'll be doing this again in July, the next time the 20th falls on a Sunday.)
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Posted: 041308 |
 NATIONAL
BASEBALL CARD DAY IS SATURDAY MARCH 29TH...And
if that's news to you, it was to me too until
Saturday afternoon (032208). I was going
through some promotional material from Topps
and found my NBBCD poster and propaganda
relating how the 29th is the BIG DAY! This is
the 2nd NBBCD, the first was in 2006
(apparently it's not a yearly event) and it is
patterned along the lines of FREE COMICBOOK
DAY. Like FCBD I'll have free packs of
baseball cards for everyone who shows upon the
29th. These packs are developed by Major
League Baseball and the Major League Players
Association in conjunction with Topps and
Upper Deck specifically for NBBCD! The packs
will contain cards featuring the likes of:
Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, Derek Jeter, Ken
Grigffey, Jr, Albert Pujoles, David Wright and
others. So stop by the store Saturday and get
a free pack of limited edition cards and take
part in our National Baseball Card Day Sale (detials
of which will be revealed Saturday, giving me
time to figure out what I'm going to do!)
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HUGE
SELECTION & GREAT PRICES...If
you've been to the store over the last month
you may have noticed 200 plus more comic
titles (or facings) up in the same amount of
space. During February we cul-de-sacked the
comic section of the store (just like we did
for trade paperbacks last October) and
re-racked all these new walls with an
additional 200+ new facings for comics.
Marvel, DC, Indy comic and the "Kidz Corner"
areas have all increased in size by about 50%.
That means as of now there are over 550
facings for comics at the store (not including
the NEW THIS WEEK wall). Since we stock each
facing with an average of 5 months of a
title's current run, that means whenever you
come to the store you can peruse through a
minimum of 2800 different current to recent
issues (and who knows how many actual number
of comics) at any given time. And that's just
comics! In recent weeks similar upgrades and
expansions have been made to our Gaming
Section too. So don't forget, ALTERNATE
REALITY gives you not just great prices but
huge selection as well! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 030108 |
 A
RARE ALIGNMENT OF EVENTS...As regular
customers know the 20th of every month is "Founder's Day" here at Alternate
Reality. It's the one day out of each month that EVERYONE is guaranteed a
20% discount on all their purchases. Well, this Wednesday is the 20th and it is
also NEW COMIC DAY. When the calendar aligns both these events on the same day
(usually only twice a year) we call it ALIGNMENT DAY. So stop by this Wednesday
(022008) and get 20% OFF everything INCLUDING this week's brand new stuff PLUS
40% OFF Wendesday's Magnificent 7 "1st Day Sale" titles. |
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Posted: 021608 |
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DELAYS,DELAYS,DELAYS...The
fates have conspired against me this week to
throw the site into limbo. Between everyone
(except me) being sick at home with the flu
that's going around, Friday's snowstorm,
broken internet connections and the usual
delay around Previews Order time this site has
been unattended for over a week. As you will
see by the current updates I'm whipping things
back in order but it will take another day or
so to get things back up to speed. SHIP-SHAPE
will not be updated until sometime late on
Monday (020408) so in the meantime read the
reviews I've posted up and check out the
updated calendar pages for
THIS MONTH.
Sorry for the delay folks but as John Belushi
said in the Blues Brothers" movie: "IT'S NOT
MY FAULT I SWEAR TO GOD!!!" |
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Posted: 021008 |
 ESSENTIAL
SALE IS BACK...This
Thursday/Friday/Saturday (012408-012608) the ESSENTIAL SALE for MARVEL &
DC'S cornerstone trade paperback series
returns.
During those days you can save
35% OFF on all our MARVEL MASTERWORKS and DC
ARCHIVE EDITIONS. Additionally, you can also
save on all our MARVEL ESSENTIAL and DC
SHOWCASE soft covers editions which will be
marked down to only $9.99 each! These are the
trades that comic libraries are built on and
this sale is your chance to pick them up
cheap! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 012108 |
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SUNDAY/CLOSED MONDAY...If you've looked at
the calendar you might have noticed FOUNDERS DAY is this Sunday (January 20th).
But wait, we're also closed on Sundays. Hmmmmmmmmm...OH WAIT! The Martin Luther
King Holiday is Monday and since we're open on Sunday's when there is a holiday
closing in the week...BAM! Open Founder''s Day Sunday and closed on MLK
Holiday Monday. We'll be here Sunday form 11AM to 4PM and EVERYTHING will be 20%
OFF all day long. |
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Posted: 011408 |
 HERO
OF THE MONTH IS THE HULK...Now that all the
shipping delays and holidays are out of the way let me take a breath and remind
you that the HERO OF THIS MONTH at Alternate Reality for January is the HULK.
That means all comics, books trades, action figures and anything else featuring
the jade giant (or scarlet starting this week) is 20% OFF everyday for everyine
through the 31st of the month! No other store save you more than Alternate
Reality |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 010808 |
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FRIDAY
THIS WEEK THEN WEDNESDAY...Just a reminder
that NEW COMICS will go on sale for this week on FRIDAY (010408) at 8AM! New
comics next week are back on their regular WEDNESDAY schedule just FIVE DAYS
LATER ON 010908! As always here at ALTERNATE REALITY, both dates will have seven
"1ST DAY SALE" titles discounted at 40% OFF and all the new comics for
each week will be discounted at 15% OFF for all of that week (or in the case of
this week, 5 days). HAPPY 2008! |
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Posted: 010108 |
 MIDNIGHT
MADNESS SATURDAY...This Saturday
(122207) we're having our first ever midnight Christmas hours at the store.
We'll open at our normal time of 11am and 13 hours later we'll close at
MIDNIGHT! So if your running out of time and not sure you'll make all your stops
before Christmas we've just given you six more hours on Saturday night to shop
until you drop. And if you can't make it Saturday Night remember we will also be
open again SUNDAY (122307) from 11am-4pm for your shopping needs. |
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Posted: 121907 |
 HOLIDAY
HOURS...I am writing this on Friday night of
121407 so let me preface what you are about to read with this caution: THERE IS A
POSSIBLE
FOOT OF SNOW COMING BY SUNDAY AM, I MIGHT NOT BE AT THE STORE SUNDAY SO CALL
(OR CHECK THE SITE) FIRST BEFORE
VENTURING OUT. Anyway I mention this because according to the
STORE CALENDAR this Sunday will be the first of
several Sundays in a row the store will be open. Since Christmas is coming
(well, duh) and the store will be closed both Christmas Day and New Year's Day
we will be picking up the next three Sundays for your shopping pleasure. Look
for us to be open on: 12/16, 12/23 & 12/30 from 11am to 4pm each of these days
(weather permitting). |
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Posted: 121407 |
 SAVE
20% ON ALL WONDER WOMAN ALL MONTH...Half way
through last month (111107 to be exact) we began our "HERO OF THE MONTH SALE"
with that "stupid moron" Green Lantern (check out the laugh out loud ALL STAR
BATMAN & ROBIN #8 for Hal Jordan's Frank Miller mental downgrade). Well it's a
new month and this time we're featuring that brass balled, man-hating Amazon:
Wonder Woman (again check out previous issues of ASB&R!) So between now and New
Year's Eve you can save 20% on anything Wonder Woman related in the store. No
minimums, no restrictions, no gimmicks and brought to you by no other store than
ALTERNATE REALITY! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 120107 |
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NEW
COMIC THURSDAY REMINDER..."Yes, Virginia, New
Comics on Thursday this week." This one crept up and took me by surprise last
Wednesday. New comics will ship on Thursday this week because UPS didn't deliver
most types of packages last Friday (Black Friday). Since many stores get their
shipments via UPS (instead of picking them up like we do) Diamond felt this
warranted a NEW COMIC THURSDAY this week. And so there we are. As we always do
on weeks like this we will again be running with flip/flop hours on two days
this week (and only this week) to compensate for the shipping change. Wednesday
(NO NEW COMIC DAY) we'll be here from 11AM-7PM with all of LAST WEEKS titles and
then Thursday (NEW COMIC DAY) we'll be here from 8AM-8PM with all the new stuff
listed on this week's
SHIPSHAPE.
Sorry about the confusion. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 112607 |
 HUGE
WEEK OF SALES..."When
are you going to have a sale?" Well, this is
your week partner because there is
something going on EVERYDAY THIS WEEK at the
store. Tuesday is Founder's Day (20% OFF
Everything all day), Wednesday is New Comic
Day with our seven 40% OFF "1st Day Sale"
titles and 15% OFF ALL of this weeks new
comics. Friday/Saturday /Sunday (that's right,
this SUNDAY we're open) is the once a year "Gobbledy
Gooker Sale" with discounts of 20-50% OFF
everything in the store. And running through
all that is our "Hero of the Month" 20% OFF
sale on all Green Lantern stuff. So if you're
looking to save on the 1000's of item's we
have on sale this is your week! HAPPY
THANKSGIVING! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 111807 |
 HERO
OF THE MONTH SALE...For
now the "1st Week Sale" is being retired. It's
popularity has been spotty for most of this
year and very few people have been asking
about it. Replacing it is the "HERO OF THE
MONTH" sale. One character/title discounted
20% OFF for a whole month. This month I'm
expanding the one-day Martin Nodell sale to a
full month GREEN LANTERN SALE. Beginning now
and running through the 30th all GL
merchandise is 20% OFF. Comics, trades,
posters, back issues (excluding FLIP FRAME's),
T-Shirts, books, etc are all discounted. See
THE
STORE
for more about restrictions (it's the usual
Founder's Day Sale limitations). So join the
GL Corps all month long! |
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Posted: 111107 |
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ESSENTIAL
SALE IS COMING...We
run Dollar Days Sale's for comic books during
the last three days of MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER
& DECEMBER. We run store wide Sale-A-Bration's
during the month's of FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST &
NOVEMBER. Now rounding out the calendar we
have added the ESSENTIAL SALE for MARVEL &
DC'S cornerstone trade paperback series.
Beginning next week (Monday the 29th through
Wednesday the 31st) and continuing during the
last three days (or there about) of each
JANUARY, APRIL, JULY & OCTOBER you can save
35% OFF on all our MARVEL MASTERWORKS and DC
ARCHIVE EDITIONS. Additionally, you can also
save on all our MARVEL ESSENTIAL and DC
SHOWCASE soft covers editions which will be
marked down to only $9.99 each! These are the
trades that comic libraries are built on and
this sale is your chance to pick them up
cheap! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 102107 |
 1ST
DAY SALE UPGRADE...The "1st Day Sale"
has been one of our more popular sales for years now (must be the 40%
OFF). Anyway, the "1st DAY SALE" began with three comic titles. Then it
expanded to six with the inclusion of a fourth comic and one magazine
and one trade paperback. Now it grows again with two changes which are
pluses for the "Sale". First off we're adding one title to expand the
"Sale" to seven new titles each NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY. Secondly, these
"Magnificent Seven" titles will be an unstructured mix from this week
on. Instead of a set number of comics/magazines/trades each week we'll
instead pick the mix based on what's shipping for that week. For example
this week's "Sale" (101707) consists of three comics and four trades
(two of which are $50 dollar Archive edition's) for a total of seven
titles, all of which will be 40% OFF this Wednesday for anyone who makes
a $5.00 minimum purchase. Future weeks "1st Day Sale Magnificent
7" titles will include a mix of any seven items we choose for that week.
Just another way we're trying to make Wednesday the "Happiest Day of the
Week" |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 101707 |
 NEW
STORE HOURS...As promised back on the 15th,
NEW STORE HOURS go into effect this Monday (100107). Sunday 093007 will be our
last day under our current hours. Our new Store Hours are as follows... |
NEW STORE
HOURS:
Monday: 10:00-7:00pm
Tuesday: 11:00-7:00pm
Wednesday: 8:00am-8:00pm
Thursday: 11:00am-7:00pm
Friday: 11:00am-7:00pm
Saturday: 10:30am-5:30pm
Sunday: CLOSED |
SUNDAY:
Obviously the biggest change is Sunday closings. I've decided to close one day
out of the week because after 13 years of 7 days a week/52 weeks a year I need a
day off. I'm picking Sunday because it's the one day the rest of the family has
off and it has always been the most unpredictable sales wise at the store. I've
been telling my Sunday regulars it was coming for the last few weeks.
MONDAY/TUESDAY:
Opening an hour earlier each day (10AM on Monday/11am on Tuesday). When you
include the 7pm extension on these days we added last month, that adds an
extra two hors to each of these days.
WEDNESDAY:
Opening one hour earlier at 8am, still open 12 hours
every NEW COMIC DAY. We're closing an hour earlier because the 8 to 9 pm hour
has show the least amount of activity during the day.
SATURDAY:
Opening a half hour earlier at 10:30 am.
The only major inconvenience I can see with the above changes is the Sunday
closings. I've tried to offset that by extending the hours on the days mentioned
above. I'd like to thank all of you who wrote or mentioned at the store your
preferences for the hours change. All ideas were taken into consideration.
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 092907 |
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STORE
HOURS CHANGING IN OCTOBER...On Monday
October 1st I'm going to be changing the store hours across the board
and I need your help. Anytime over the next week or so let me know if
you would like the store to open earlier, stay open later or if you are
happy with the store hours as they already are. The reason for
the change is to make things easier for you to shop so if opening the
store earlier (say 10am) would work out better for most of you let me
know. Conversely if closing altogether on Sundays (or earlier on
other days) would make it impossible for you to shop let me know that
to. I'll post what I hear from you (and the new store hours) right here
sometime during the last week of the month (before the 1st). |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 091507 |
ANNIVERSARY
STORE UPGRADES...It's anniversary time again and as I have done
with past anniversaries I'm using the event to usher in a few changes here at
the store (don't worry, they're all good, in fact they're UPGRADES). Here at Alternate Reality we have
four SALE-A-BRATION'S during the year and each one last's for 5 days (usually New
Comic Wednesday through Sunday). This year I have 5 changes I'm going to make
with different aspects of the store's policies, and I'm gonna' announce them one
a day until Sunday. So watch this space between now and Sunday and titter with
delight over...
DAY FIVE/UPGRADE FIVE:
UNIVERSAL DISCOUNTS FOR SUBSCRIBERS.
Beginning now if you are an ARSS subscriber your discount is a UNIVERSAL
discount meaning it counts for EVERYTHING in the store ALL the time (with the
exception of bulk supplies). Action Figures, Posters, Cards, Statues, Supplies
and more all all covered under your discount now.
DAY FOUR/UPGRADE FOUR:
NO MINIMUM FOR STARTING A SUBSCRIPTION.
Beginning now we are eliminating the the 8 issue minimum for starting an ARSS
subscription. Now you can start up a subscription at the store with as little as
1 title. You'll get all the ARSS subscription benefits and the same great
service 100's of subscribers enjoy every week.
DAY THREE/UPGRADE THREE:
MONDAY/TUESDAY'S OPEN UNTIL 7PM. Beginning
this Monday we're extending our Monday/Tuesday hours from 6PM to 7PM. While this
is admittedly a minor change (unless you've tried to get in after 6PM on these
days) expect an announcement of more sweeping changes with the store's weekly
schedule to come later this Autumn.
DAY TWO/UPGRADE TWO: ALL RPG/BOARD
GAME'S BUY 3 GET 4TH FREE. Beginning now all
our Role Playing Game (RPG) source books, core books, maps & manuals as well as
gaming fiction, comics AND Board Games are all just like our MANGA titles and
T-SHIRT'S: BUY THREE AND GET A FOURTH FREE, (with your 4th free item is
the one of equal or lesser value). Unlike our manga or apparel this category
encompasses a much wider variety of items under the heading of RPG/BOARD GAMES
so you can mix and match rpg's with comics or fiction or board games or whatever
as long as they are gaming related items in our Gaming area!
DAY ONE/UPGRADE ONE: CLEARANCE RACK =
QUARTER RACK. Beginning now the Clearance
Rack is no longer the "75% OFF RACK" but is now the "QUARTER RACK". Actually,
it's the 25¢ each/5 for $1.00 Rack but "QUARTER RACK" rolls off the tongue
easier. And that's for EVERYTHING on that rack EVERYDAY for EVERYONE!
See, I told you they were good changes! Stop back tomorrow for the next in-store
change. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 081507 |
 EURO-COMIC
SALE THIS WEEK…Our once a year, week long
celebration of four color fun from the Old World is going on right now at the
store. While manga may be all the rage as far as non-USA comics go, the
contributions (and fun) of comics from Europe cannot be ignored. The Brits have
given us: Judge Dredd, Dan Dare, 2000 AD, Dr.Who. The French: Asterix, Heavy
Metal, Tintin, the Smurfs. From Italy: Martin Mystery, Dylan Dog, Diabolik,
Nathan Never. Not to be overlooked are the contributions of Humanoids Publishing
and the Comic Library International and muchly-much more. All these comics,
trades, magazines, posters, action figures, etc that feature any euro-origin
characters or titles are 25% OFF from July 13th through the 19th here at the
store. So celebrate Bastille Day and St.Swithen's Day this week and get a taste
of European Culture. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 071307 |
 NO
MORE CRYSTAL BALLING…The
"Crystal Balling" page is being phased out starting this
week (070607). The page itself was a hold over from the
old EPOP NEWSLETTER that pre-dated this site (Just a
reminder for those who still don't get it: this is a
WEBSITE, the newsletter was sent via E-MAIL, The site
replaced the newsletter.) Anyway the Wednesday Update of
the newsletter featured the following weeks shipping
with the actual shipping list going out a few days later
on Saturday. Now with the size of the site I'm finding
I'm somewhat pressed for time each week and I'd rather put my efforts into
getting mid-week news out instead of a shipping wish list. At most all the
"Crystal Balling" page ever had was a three day shelf life before it was made
obsolete by the actual weeks shipping update. And more than once folks would
come into the store on Wednesdays looking for "Crystal Balling" items I just
updated the night before for the following week. Put all that together and it
just isn't worth the effort it takes to do. But don't think for a minute this
will affect any of the other 4 remaining SHIPSHAPE pages. They will all
continue to be updated every Friday sometime before the end of the day. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 070607 |
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BEST
LAID PLANS…One of the
things I've noticed in my life is the true-ism to the
adage "Man Plans and God Laughs". A few weeks back I
planned on starting a weekly update in the STORE NEWS
box at the top of the Frontpage. Nothing
earth-shattering, just musings on the week that was
and/or the week that's coming. Of course as soon as I
started it fate intervened to derail me. Which is the
reason why I haven't updated this box in about 3 weeks.
Of course if you've noticed the news section has been
updated almost everyday over the last week and a half
(like it should be). Anyway the plan for this section is
for me to touch base with you every week or so with
store news (hence the name) or personal musings. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 061007 |
 CRYSTAL
BALLING THIS WEEK…Well,
Hell only partially froze over last week as All Star
Batman and Robin #5 DID NOT ship to us. Seems the fine
folks at Diamond Distribution skipped putting that title
in my box so we all got to miss out on Wonder Woman's
new hardcore man-hating bitch persona (Thank You Frank
Miller!). Anyway the book WILL BE IN THIS WEDNESDAY
(052307) and since it was a "1ST DAY SALE" 40% OFF title
for last week it will be again this week (when it
actually arrives), And if you don't believe me check the
"1ST DAY SALE" list immediately to the right of this box
in the STORE CALENDAR. Sorry for the delay folks, Lee
and Miller kept everyone waiting 52 weeks between #4 and
#5 and Diamond tacked on an extra week just for the
halibut! |
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 EARLIER
PREVIEWS DEADLINE THIS WEEK...Orders
for the May 2007 edition of Previews are due in by 5PM
this SUNDAY (52707) one day earlier than usual. We will
be closed next Monday (052807) in observance of the
Memorial Day Holiday and by the time we reopen on
Tuesday the our Previews order will be long gone! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 052107 |
 CRYSTAL
BALLING…Hell freezes
over this Wednesday as both ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN #5
ships (exactly one year after #4 shipped) and ULTIMATES
2 #13 also ships out. Both will be on the racks this
Wednesday and both will be "1ST DAY SALE" priced at 40%
OFF! Later in the week we have our monthly FOUNDERS DAY
SALE (Sunday the 20th) so if you slept through our 4 DAY
FCBD SALE (mentioned below) you can get a taste of it
this Sunday! |
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FOUNDERS DAY IS SUNDAY MAY 20th!
DOORS OPEN AT NOON
20% OFF EVERYTHING!
(EXCEPT BULK SUPPLIES & FLIP FRAME BACK
ISSUES) |
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THIS
WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS…Did
you get your free comics? If you don't know what I mean
then you totally missed Free Comic Book Day last week (aka:
Christmas for comics). Hundred's of folks showed up
again this year and once again we gave away 1000's of
free comics (one copy of ALL the titles to anyone who
showed uo). That plus the sales: 20% Off Everything
except for the 25% OFF STATUES & ACTION FIGURES
plus the HALF OFF BACK ISSUES. and did I mention our
FCBD one day sale of $3.00 action figures, 1000's
of NEW quarter books and 1/2 off Marvel trades? No? Well
I hope you made it and were able to take advantage of
just some of these events. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 051207 |
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FREE
COMICBOOK DAY IS HERE!…For
the 6th year in a row Alternate Reality is
proud to once again be an active participant in the
nation-wide FREE COMICBOOK DAY event. As we have done
every year since it's beginning, we will once again be
offering ALL of this years FCBD titles at the
Mt.Greenwood Super-Store. Last year it was 26 titles,
this year there are over 40 DIFFERENT, ABSOLUTELY
FREE titles for the taking and all you have to do is
show up! While we've ordered 1000'S of copies of these
comics please be aware supplies are not UNLIMITED and
all the books are available on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
basis. (ARSS Subscribers, get FCBD pull cards back to me
if you haven't yet!) The comicbook is a true American
art form and this is the one day each year when we can
all celebrate the fun of comics! |
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THE
HAPPIEST DAY OF THE YEAR IS THIS SATURDAY, MAY 5th!
DOORS OPEN AT 10am
(1 hour earlier than usual)
IT'S FREE COMICBOOK DAY! |
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Some stores ignore FCBD all
together, some stores give away only a title or two, and
some chains make you scavenger hunt all their stores to
get all the titles. Only ALTERNATE REALITY gives you all
the books, in one location absolutely free! |
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FCBD PAGE |
FCBD REVIEW-A-PALOOZA PAGE |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 050107 |
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MO'MARCH
MANGA, MO'MARCH MANGA, MO'MARCH MANGA…No
other store carries more manga than Alternate Reality.
And by that I mean not only no other comic book store
but no other mass market BIG BOX bookstore either. Go
into any Boarder's Books and check out their manga
selection. We easily have two to three times as many titles on
hand as they do (not to mention five to six times as
many regular trade paperbacks). I've been there. I know.
Because we are the LEADERS in manga the March "1ST WEEK
SALE" (from the 1st through the 7th) will be a buy 2 manga books get a 3rd manga book FREE SALE. That's a
great deal but I've decided to begin a new ONGOING,
EVERYDAY FOR EVERYONE sale on manga. So... |
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Beginning MARCH 8th
BUY ANY 3 MANGA TITLES, GET A 4TH ONE FREE
EVERYDAY! |
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Of course with any Buy 3 get
a 4th free offer the free book is the one of
equal/lesser value. So starting March 1st the rules for
buying manga change in a big way here at Alternate
Reality. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 022407 |
WE'RE
LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO WRITE…Going
all the way back to the Alternate Reality Infoline and
continuing through the POP, the EPOP and now to this
website I've tried to bring you news, reviews and
occasionally opinions on the world of comics and other
related genres, Assisting me along the way have been my
good right and left arms Bocepheus and Good Old Jr as
well as other folks who have come and gone over the
years (whatever happened to the Hardcore Queen anyway?)
Today I find myself in a position where we can expand
our content and diversity but to do so more people have
to be brought on board. So I'm putting the word out to
all prospective writers (actual and wanna-be's) that if
you like to write we'd like to read it.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?: Currently I'd like to add a
regular/semi-regular section on Manga/Anime or Gaming to
the website however I'm NOT limited to just those
subjects and I am open to suggestions on any other
RELATED topics (comic/sci-fi/wrestling/media/etc) that
may fit our format. So if you think you'd have an
interest in writing regularly, occasionally or just once
on a subject that floats your boat let me know. I'm
looking for serious inquiries only so if interested stop
by the store or drop me an email
for more information. Any writing samples should be
emailed to
arcomics@msn.com for consideration. 200-350 words is
about the average length for a typical single issue
comic review.
So if you want to be the envy of all your friends start
banging the keyboard today! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 012207 |
 BACK
UP TO SPEED…As you
read this website is just about back up to speed.
SHIP-SHAPE has been updated several times this week. All
the REVIEWS have been updated (to what JR & Bo have sent
me to date) and NEWSBYTES have been updated with the BIG
3 topics we cover (Comic, Media, Wrestling) each roaring
back with 4 news stories each!
There are a few sections that aren't updated yet, but
those will be taken care of in the next day or so.
So thanks for your patience over the last few weeks,
there are some big announcements (okay, fairly large
announcements) coming up later in the month concerning
the store. Watch for them soon and of course GO BEARS! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 010607 |
 MERRY
CHRISTMAS! SO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SITE…I
hope everyone is having a HAPPY HOLIDAY this week
no matter what you are celebrating. Here at the site we
have been having some technical problems, the most
obvious of which is the missing Ad Border just to the
right of this box. Late last week some workstations were
added and the data transfer did not go as smoothly as we
would have liked. If you've surfed the site this week
you know you can still navigate to whatever pages you
want. However I have suspended updating the site until
we get the problem fixed (which hopefully will be some
time before New Year's later this week). So feel free to
surf the site however there will not be any updates for
any sections for a few more days.
Just a reminder new comics
will ship on this THURSDAY (122806) and next
Thursday (010407) instead of Wednesdays for the next two
weeks. The delays are due to the Christmas and New Years
Holidays. Since I haven't updated SHIPSHAPE this week
let me warn you there is a TON of merchandise arriving
at the store on Thursday this week! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 122406 |
 SOMETHING
NEW IN SHIP-SHAPE…I
blew off the Thursday Newsbytes this week in order to
put together a new page in
SHIPSHAPE listing the
products that are
OUT OF PRINT. If you've
paid any attention to the
REORDER page you'll
notice I do a lot of re-orders for the store. If you
come in looking for a comic (or trade or whatever) and
it's not in stock I will usually tell you to check
REORDERS on the website
to see when it will be back in (because if I sell out of
something I usually reorder at least one copy just to
have it "on hand"). However if I reorder something and
it is SOLD OUT at Diamond, there's really no place for
me to tell you that there won't be anymore of that item
coming in....until now.
OUT OF PRINT will be
updated every week with Diamond's list of items that
have passed into oblivion for them for that week. That
list will contain a lot of stuff almost no one will care
about, however I'm not going to cut it because you never
can tell what some people have a hankering for. There a
re some gems in there every week (like this weeks
listing of Alias Comics LULLABY #1, 2 and 3). In
addition to Diamond's weekly list I will also have a
section listing all the recent comics which both Diamond
and ALTERNATE REALITY are SOLD OUT of. In other words
these are comics which are PERMANENTLY SOLD OUT at the
store.
I hope you find this new page informative and useful. Oh
and the
OUT OF PRINT
mascot is from Edvard Munch's painting The Scream
(aka: The Cry). Why? Because that's the face I see at
the store when I tell someone a title is SOLD OUT! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 120806 |
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THE
LOST WEEK…If you've
been checking in on a regular basis you noticed not much
has happened here at the .com over the last week. A
variety of problems from computers going down to a bad
head cold have kept me away from the site all this week.
As I write this (Saturday 120206 at 4PM) I'm playing
catch up on the various departments that have gone
without updates since last Saturday. Newsbytes are done
and everything else should be caught up on by the end of
the day Sunday (look for the new SALE-O-RAMA sometime
this week), So be patient and check back in soon for
ShipSahpe, Reviews and more... |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 120206 |
 GOBBLE,
GOBBLE…For those of
you checking this space everyday, here's a
reminder/rundown on the next few days. Founder's Day was
yesterday (and quite busy), NEW COMIC DAY is tomorrow
(Wednesday 112206), THANKSGIVING is Thursday and we're
closed, and the GOBBLEDY GOOKER SALE is
Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Gobbledy Gooker is our BIG 3 Day
Christmas Sale (answering the question: "When's your
Christmas Sale?") we hold each year. If I get the time
I'll throw up a Sale page for it (or you can go
HERE on the calendar)
or you can just read this...
55% OFF 1000'S of SELECTED TRADES & COMICS!*
50% OFF all BACK ISSUES* and all PACKS OF CARDS!*
35% OFF all STATUES, ACTION FIGURES and T-SHIRTS!*
15% OFF all SUPPLIES*, POSTERS, BOXES OF CARDS, BOOKS & TRADES!*
WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, NO LIMITS ON QUANTITIES!
SALE PRICE MAY NOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER OFFERS!
SALE ENDS SUNDAY: 112606 at 5:00PM!
Pretty Swell hunh? Oh, and last but not least the
PREVIEWS deadline for the current catalog is this coming
MONDAY (112706). Anyway, I hope you all have a Happy
Thanksgiving and a safe holiday weekend! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 112106 |
 2
OLD FARTS + 20% OFF = THIS MONDAY!…Just
a reminder that today (112006) is Founder's Day at the
store. That means from NOON to 6PM on Monday you can
save 20% OFF EVERYTHING IN THE STORE (except Bulk
Supplies). That's 20% OFF all Trades, Posters, T-Shirts,
blah, blah, blah you know spiel. People are always
asking me when I'm going to have a sale at the store
(will someone please read the ALTERNATE REALITY SAVINGS
TICKER at the top of the page to these folks) well this
Monday our once a month 20% OFF sale returns. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 117006 |
 MARTIN
NODELL DAY IS WEDNESDAY!…Who
the hell is Martin Nodell? He's the creator of Green
Lantern (the Alan Scott original version). Nodell is the
man who brought us the Green Lantern oath, power
battery, power ring and most of the other stuff we
associate with Green Lantern mythology. Best of all he
is one of the few Golden Age creators who is still with
us, happily in retirement down in West Palm Beach
Florida. In honor of Martin's contributions, all GL
merchandise is 25% off this NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY, Marty's
birthday. That includes all comics, trades, posters,
action figures, statues and anything else I can't think
of right now. Happy 91st birthday Marty! |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
Davis |
Posted: 111006 |
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NEWSBYTES
EXPANDED…Over the
weekend I reworked Newsbytes to include a Gaming News
page and a Store/Site News page (as you can see from the
links above). I've been meaning to do this for a while
but they were both lost in the shuffle of getting the
site up and running a few months ago. Gaming News for
now will mostly cover product releases, since that seems
to be the subject of the vast majority of Gaming News
stories that are out there. The Store/Site page will
keep you abreast of store news (like the NEW
THURSDAY/FRIDAY STORE HOURS announcement below) and any
changes to the website like this item you are reading
now. I am not expecting DAILY updates on either of these
two new pages because: there's just isn't enough gaming
or store news out there to warrant it. Expect to see
updated news items for either page on "slow" news days. |
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 110606 |
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NEW
THURSDAY/FRIDAY STORE HOURS…Starting
THIS THURSDAY (110206) both Thursday AND Friday store
hours will be changing to 11am-7pm. That means we'll be
closing an hour earlier on Thursday's but staying open a
half hour later on Fridays. For more about our store
hours or location go....HERE
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Submitted by: Tim "Comicbookman"
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Posted: 103006
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