Super-Fly Comics & Games opened its doors in August 2007 after buying the new comics & graphic novels business of Dark Star Books. Since then we have expanded further into video, card, board and role-playing games; movies; manga; toys; t-shirts; statues and other cool things. Be sure to ask about our subscription pull file service to get 15% off almost everything in the store and our 10% discount for college students and military personnel.
We're located at 132 Dayton Street in Yellow Springs, Ohio. You can reach us at (937) 767-1445 or superflycomics@gmail.com.
Hours:
Monday & Tuesday Noon - 7pm
Wednesday through Saturday 11am - 8pm
Sunday Noon - 7pm
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Plus, there’s a special offer for customers of the store at the end of the show, so keep your ears peeled! Even better? You’ll see us again, every Tuesday evening. It’s the perfect thing to fill the void now that Lost is done on Tuesdays…
For those of you whop don’t follow us on Twitter (shame on you!) or don’t have a Twitter (good for you!), you missed the news that we scored quite the coup yesterday. While taking a day off from touring mc chris put it out there that he wanted to play Red Dead Redemption if any of his fans in the Cincinnati area were going to get a copy. Sure, we’re a little outside that area but we let him know that we had it and would be more than willing to let him come and play it on our 70″ projector. He agreed and we got a chance to watch as he rode and shot his way through Rockstar’s newest masterpiece. Seriously, this game is as great as mc was gracious and genuine. It was a fun time, and hopefully we’ll get a chance to hang out with him again soon (some of us are even going to his show at The Basement in Columbus tonight at 7pm. If you’ve never been to an mc chris show, you are missing out!
This week is our Avengers Day Party, celebrating the release of AVENGERS #1 by Bendis and Romita, Jr. We’ll have Thor Cake, the full array of Avengers variants, Marvel vs Capcom 2 on our aforementioned projector as well as FREE “I am an Avengers” prints for the first 25 folks that show up. We assure you, nothing is healthier for you than cake and video games. Honest.
Also out this week is ZATANNA’s new ongoing from Paul Dini, the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES returns with the legendary Paul Levitz, the Agents return in ATLAS, Pepper Potts takes center stage in the RESCUE one-shot, and the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA begins its crossover with the Justice Society as one of the returned heroes from Blackest Night joins the team!
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What a week, and it’s only Tuesday! For the rest of this week’s comics, click below!
I like messed up stories. It’s a fact. Any media that has story that throws you right turn straight into a wall is right up my alley. And Scalped is a pretty standard, messed up story. The series is set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation in modern-day South Dakota; the story is concerned with organized crime as well as the culture and living conditions of the Oglala Lakota living on the reservation.
The plot of the comic is partly inspired by Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who was arrested for the murder of two FBI agents in a reservation shootout in 1975.
Dashiell Bad Horse is an FBI agent, sent back to the reservation he left years ago to investigate Chief Lincoln Red Crow, chief of the Oglala tribe, chief of the local police, and a wealthy mob boss. Red Crow is about to open a $97 million dollar casino, and is anxious to clean up the tribe’s public image, not to mention taking out competition for his illegal interests. Did I mention that Bad Horse is “involved” with Red Crow’s estranged daughter, Carol? Did I also mention that Bad Horse develops quite a……maybe I shouldn’t drop too many spoilers. But it’s like that. Just when you think you have a good grasp on the situation on the ‘rez, something happens and/or a new element gets added to the mix that makes you put the book down, put your hands up and say “How did this happen?!?”
Double crosses, love triangles, drugs, corruption, greed, trampled dreams and the stark feeling of hopelessness rises off the page as you read the stories of the residents of the reservation. A story arc involving Dino Poor Bear, A young man struggling to keep his head (and his family’s) above water, is a particularly interesting and heavy tale. Plagued by drugs and having to provide for his family by working at Red Crow’s casino as a janitor, you really feel the weight of life on Poor Bear’s back as the pages turn. Reading as he ponders life outside the ‘rez and making good for his daughter makes you wince more then once. The side stories involving Moses Johnson and Mr. Brass are also very interesting and worth checking out.
R. M. Guéra provides the art for the book and it compliments the tone of the story perfectly. Gritty, sometimes blurred and smeared and the use of browns and darker hues really accentuate the overbearing depression that coats everyone’s outlook and the look and feel of living in the desert. Wide open landscapes and character designs are in step with the feel of the book. It feels oppressive and bleak just re
The series is really geared towards mature fans of crime stories and action. Most defiantly not for the kids. And it so happens that we have all the currently available trade paperbacks in stock as of the writing of this. If it so happens that we are out of any of these great books when you show up in the store, our friendly staff can special order them for you.
It’s the biggest game release of the summer, and we’ll have it on release day! Available for 360 and PlayStation 3.
America, early 1900’s. The era of the cowboy is coming to an end.
When federal agents threaten his family, former outlaw John Marston is sent across the American frontier to help bring the rule of law. Experience intense gun battles, dramatic train robberies, bounty hunting and duels during a time of violent change.
Red Dead Redemption is an epic battle for survival in a beautiful open world as John Marston struggles to bury his blood-stained past, one man at a time.
Developed by Rockstar San Diego, Red Dead Redemption is coming for Xbox 360® and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system on May 18, 2010 in North America and on May 21, 2010 in Europe.
Here are some game-play trailers that are sure to have you on the edge of your horse.
Copies are going to be limited, so stop in and reserve yours today! Don’t be the last one on your block to know how to lasso a guy off his horse and then drag him to death through a canyon.
“And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when the era of big company wide events ended! On that day all the Avengers titles were re-launched with new number ones to show that they were super-serious – and so we’re having a big party to celebrate!” – an issue of Avengers, I think
Or something like that. I’m not good with quotes. Either way, on Wednesday, May 19th the classic Avengers line-up returns in Avengers #1, written by Brian Bendis and art by John Romita, Jr. and we’re celebrating with an Avengers day party! We’ll have Avengers cake, our 360 up and running so we can get our Marvel vs Capcom 2 on, and we’ll also have free prints of the image above available for the first 25 people that show up. Here’s the official press release with our names in the blank spots with more information
“Super-Fly Comics & Games in association with Marvel Comics is pleased to announce the official Marvel Avengers Day Party all day Wednesday, May 19th. Fans of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and all things Marvel are invited to come in and celebrate the release of the new Avengers series penned by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by John Romita Jr. during this all-day event. Guests will have the chance to pick up a FREE exclusive limited edition print featuring Romita Jr.’s “I Am An Avenger” images, plus exclusive Avengers Day party variants of Avengers #1 will be on-sale to celebrate the launch of Avengers #1, a title kicking off a new Heroic Age at Marvel.
“As Marvel ushers in the Heroic Age, we wanted a chance to celebrate with our greatest fans as Avengers #1 signifies a whole new era for the Marvel Universe,” says Marvel Senior Vice President of Sales and Circulation Publishing David Gabriel. “Bendis and Romita Jr. are making Marvel history and we wanted to share in this momentous day with our fans and retail partners.”
Thanks, boilerplate!
Seriously, what better way to make New Comic Day even more fun than cake, video games and free stuff? Nothing allowed by law, I’ll tell you that!
Sometimes, if we’re good, they let us out of comfortable retail habitat to explore the world beyond Yellow Springs. When that happens, we find it’s best to document the occasion for posterity. Whether it’s for future generations to learn from our our lawyers to prepare a defense, only time will tell.
Here’s Super-Fly co-founder (and guy writing this blog post) Thacher E Cleveland being interviewed by Frank Raynor on the Underground Video Network at Dayton’s Gem City Comic-Con. You can skip ahead to the 3:05 mark to see him/me, or you can watch the whole thing (including the nice young lady from the d20 girls) and be amazed at what you
Thank goodness he interviews better than writes about himself in the third person.
Here’s the Super-Fly Crews journey into the dark heart of Chicago for the inaugural Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (or C2E2 for short). Beware the musical interlude!
For even more C2E2 coverage, check out our affiliates at Panels on Pages. All month they’ll have new C2E2 videos added every Wednesday at their C2E2 video coverage page. Here’s a taste of their coverage. Eagle eyed veiwers may spot a familiar face and logo…
Just because the show is over don’t think there won’t be anymore multimedia madness. Keep your ears perked because we’ll be joining the Panels on Pages network very soon with our very own, official Super-Fly podcast. Yes, now all the charm (or smarm. Your mileage may vary…) of a Super-Fly visit can be yours no matter where you’re located or what you’re doing. Keep watching this space for more details, or you can sign up for our email newsletter over on the left-hand side of this very website.
Super-Fly Comics…extending our reach across the great sea of the internet and into your senses!
Do you remember Siege? Sure, we all do! Well this week Marvel’s “last big event forever we super-double-promise” wraps up with Four! yes Four issues this week. Be cautious, though! There’s Naturally, first up is SIEGE #4, wherein everything gets wrapped up in a big fight. Then check out “FALLEN [BLANK],” where [BLANK] who dies during the battle with [BLANK2] is memorialized and, this is a quote from what passed for the Marvel solicit for this book, “as a writer (CLASSIFIED) returns to lead the farewells.?” I’m going to miss [BLANK] so much. I never thought they had a chance to full explore [BLANK] as a character. Sometimes Marvel makes me so [BLANKING] mad. Also, there’s NEW AVENGERS FINALE (which isn’t much of a finale since the book is going to be relaunched with the same title and creative team later this month) and DARK AVENGERS #16, where we discover the fate of Osborn’s wacky band of wife murderers and alien cannibals. Far out fun in the Mighty Marvel Manner!
Also out this week is BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, featuring Bruce in old-timey Caveman days wearing a giant bat-hat and possible shaving his chest hair into a bat symbol pattern. Also returning is BIRDS OF PREY, featuring newly resurrected Hank Hall. I’m sure he’ll fit in! Plus we’ve got more Godzilla toys, JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST, TITANS: VILLAINS FOR HIRE, and the Rashida Jones helmed FRENEMY OF THE STATE. That’s a tasty helping of awesome comics this week, I tell ya!
Thanks to everyone who came down for Free Comic Book Day and helped make it our best day ever! Keep an eye on this space for more info about the awesomeness that went down this past Saturday. Also a big thanks to Rusty Shackles, who had all kinds of awesome prints available for people to buy (you can now see a couple of them up at the shop now) and designed our exclusive Free Comic Book Day shirt (which is still available for those of you who didn’t make it; check our on-line store soon for details), plus also thanks to Joe Pruitt who was drawing and sketching all day for folks and selling his kick-ass art as well.
Remember, just because FCBD is over, that doesn’t mean the events stop here! IRON MAN 2 is out this week, and the Super-Fly crew will be going to the midnight show this Thursday at the Regal Cinemas in Beavercreek. If you want to join us or meet-up there, let us know! The more the merrier! This Saturday, the 8th is our Second monthly Art show, where resident DJ JFX 316 will be spinning his latest mixtape and our local artist people will be drawing, painting, sketching and doing all the cool stuff that artists do for you, the viewing public. If you play your cards right, you’ll be able to commission or buy some great art from great artists. It’s a great time to hang out and have fun from 2p to 7p this Saturday.
So now we return to our weekly scheduled new comic info. The biggun this week is BRIGHTEST DAY #1, where we begin to explore the mystery of the White Lanterns. Also important is the new ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN/WOLVERINE series, written by Jason Aaron. Before you get all complaney that it’s another Spider-Man or Wolverine title/spinoff, remember that this is Jason Aaron, an up and coming superstar that has made Wolverine: Weapon X one of the best Wolverine series *ever,* and has brought non-stop awesome to everything he’s touched. For those of you who picked up the prelude this Saturday, you can continue the 4-issue weekly Superman event WAR OF THE SUPERMEN that kicks off this week. Batman vs. Robin wraps up in BATMAN & ROBIN, the Twilight story wraps up in BUFFY SEASON 8, Mike Allred takes on Zombies in IZOMBIE and Tim Drake finishes off his battle with Ra’s al Ghul in RED ROBIN.
Thanks to everyone that came out to Free Comic Book Day and made it a huge success. Super big thanks to the 501st Storm Trooper Legion for entertaining the troops. It was a crazy day and a great time. But, onward and upward. Our events can’t stop. Won’t stop. Don’t stop. The next big event is the second Super-Fly Live Art Show. Early reports are that we’ll have as many, if not more, artists then the last show. Our resident DJ, JFX316, is working up a setlist of pretty off the wall music to set the tone. If that’s not enough, word is that he’ll have copies of his new mixtape, “The Halls of Insomnia” FOR FREE!
We’ll be starting at 2pm and going through the day until 7pm. There’s still time, artists. If you’d like to participate, contact us at Superflycomics@Gmail.com and let us know what you are doing and how much space you need. Art lovers, come in and support the artists by buying some of their wares. Music lovers, wonder at the diverse combination of music coming out of the sound system. Comic lovers…we’ll be selling comics. It’s kind of what we do here.
Yet another event from you friendly neighborhood comic store, Super-Fly Comics.
There’s a whole lot of stuff to do to get ready for this year’s Free Comic Book Day. It’s this Saturday, May 1st, and we’re running a 25% off everything sale, plus half-off on all back issues AND we’ll also have a ton of new clearance graphic novels hitting the shelves that day for the first time. Did I mention that? Probably. Plus, for every $50 you spend, you can get the next in our line of Super-Fly FCBD Original T-Shirts. This year it’s the Avengers “Get the Band Back Together” Tour shirt, featuring art from Rusty Shackles (pictured at left). Rusty will be in the shop, selling prints, doing sketches and being awesome. In addition to all that Free Comic Book Day madness, you have the following books and cool stuff to look forward too, all of which listed after the break. Also, don’t forget another Super-Fly Live art show Saturday, May 8th from 2pm to 7pm. Resident DJ JFX316 spins the tracks while artists do their thing to the shock and awe those around.
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