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DRAGON'S BREATH |
The Official Newsletter of Heroes and Dragons |
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Issue # 8.20 � November 9, 2003 |
CONTENTS
Columbia Comicon Returns This Saturday!South Carolina's comic convention is returning! After a six-year absence, the Midlands' only comic book convention is coming back to Columbia.� This special one-day show will be held at the Super 8 Motel & Conference Center on St. Andrews Road in Columbia.� (Click here for directions.) Special guests include:
Admission
is $2 (free for kids under 6 years old). Comic Club Meets Thursday at 7:30pmA last-minute production delay on Sgt. Rock: Hell and a Hard Place has changed our reading plans for November.� Instead of the new graphic novel by Brian Azzarello and Joe Kubert, Heroes and Dragons Comic Club will be discussing Batman: Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. Artist McKean has said that Arkham Asylum is too ambitious, that the character of Batman can't support a serious examination of mental illness.� Was McKean right?� Was Arkham Asylum a misguided attempt to make Batman "relevant," or was it just ahead of its time? You make the call at the next meeting of Heroes and Dragons Comic Club � 7:30pm on Thursday, November 13. Copies of Arkham Asylum are available now at the front counter of the H&D Mega-Store.� Retail price is $14.95, but card-carrying HDCC members can pick it up for only $11.96.� (HDCC members save 20% on all graphic novels, remember!) Previews Orders Due SaturdayOrders from the latest issue of Previews (The Comics Shop's Catalog�) are due by midnight on Saturday, November 15.� The current catalog includes items scheduled to ship in January of 2004. You can download the latest Previews catalogs in text-only format here and place your orders online here. REMEMBER: Coming EventsLord of the Rings CCG League meets this Tuesday, November 11 at 4:00pm. H&D Comic Club meets again on Thursday, November 13 at 7:30pm to discuss Batman: Arkham Asylum. Columbia Comicon returns to South Carolina from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, November 15.� Held at the Super 8 Motel & Conference Center on St. Andrews Road. Warhammer 40K tournament starts at noon on Saturday, November 15 at the H&D Mega-Store. Site to SeeWith issue # 3 of Neil Gaiman's Marvel super-hero opus arriving this week, this is the perfect time to turn our attentions toward Jess Nevins's 1602 Annotations: |
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