Mail call

[mikekn]

Yay! After yesterday's disappointing mail: one piece of junk, and our Cirque tickets, today was much better. (not that Cirque tickets are a disappointment - it's just that I can't use them until next summer)

Started off with UPS bringing me a book I ordered about two years ago. It's Francis Willughby’s Book of Games, an unfinished manuscript from the 1660s that contains rules to many of the late period games I've been trying to learn and teach. Very cool!

Then the mailman brought our comic shipment (68 items! The box is huge compared to a normal shipment) including Thud - The Discworld Board Game, which I've been hoping for since Terry Pratchett showed off a copy at Jersey Devil Con last year.


Now, not all the books are mine, only 26 of them. Several of my friends and I go in on a group order from Westfield Comics. They provide a nice discount from the start and the size of our order gives us at least another 10% off, which more then covers any shipping charges. Plus no sales tax (which would be 6% here in PA). The down side is that the good prices encourage me to order more. My current list is fairly long:

DC
Batgirl
Batman
Batman Adventures
Birds of Prey
Catwoman
Elfquest
Fallen Angel
Green Arrow
Plastic Man
Rose and Thorn
Teen Titans Go!
Fables
Hellblazer
Lucifer
Sandman Presents

Wildstorm
America's Best Comics
Smax
Top Ten

Marvel
Marvel 1602
Supreme Power

Dark Horse
Ghost in the Shell
Oh My Goddess!
Super Manga Blast!
Tales of the Vampires
Usagi Yojimbo GN
What's Michael? GN

Image
Hammer of the Gods
PVP
Rising Stars

Abstract Studios
Strangers in Paradise

Airship Press
Girl Genius

Amazing Ink/Slave Labor Graphic
Action Girl
Dork!
Lenore

Avatar Press
Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures
Frank Miller's Robocop

Cartoon Books
Bone

Coppervale Press
Argosy Magazine
Starchild

Dork Storm
Dork Tower
Nodwick
PS238

I Box
Thieves & Kings

Olio
Castle Waiting

Oni Press
Blue Monday
Jingle Belle
Love Fights
Scooter Girl

Pughouse Press
Amy Unbound

Shanda
Sheba

Sirius
Akiko
Poison Elves

Too Hip Gotta Go
Growing Up Enchanted
Wahoo Morris

Viz
Battle Angel Alita (tpb)

Of course most of the independent publishers don't keep anything like a regular schedule, so it's not like I get all of these every month. Some of them I've not seen new issues of in years.


This should keep me busy for the rest of the day :)