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	the stuff inside my head that must get out archives 2008 june may april march february january 2007 december november october september august july june may april march february january 2006 december november october september august july june may april march february january 2005 december november october september august july june may april march february january 2004 december november october september august july june may april march february january 2003 december november october september august july june may april 2002	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 Top 20 selling comics the for the week of July 25, 2007 Can somebody tell me why Onslaught Returns sells so well? For as many Liefield jokes as I hear around here the guys books still sell. I'm not complaining mind you, I'm just confused. I guess that's not as confusing as why All Star Batman & Robin is still a powerhouse despite a story nobody seems to like and a schedule that makes The Ultimates look like a weekly shipper. I guess that's what real star power gets you. Overall the list was a little lackluster this week, but I'm still enjoying the goofy fun of Mighty Avengers as much as everybody else seems to be. I never thought Bendis could turn around the Avengers franchise as skillfully as he has, but I've been pleasantly surprised. MIGHTY AVENGERS #4 CIVIL WAR FALLEN SON IRON MAN #0 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #542 INCREDIBLE HULK #108 COUNTDOWN #51 ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN #6 IRON MAN #20 X-MEN #201 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #5 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14 BATMAN #666 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #44 SILVER SURFER REQUIEM #3 TEEN TITANS #49 WOLVERINE #55 BLACK PANTHER #29 ONSLAUGHT REBORN #4 IMMORTAL IRON FIST #7 SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #39 WONDER WOMAN #11 [/topics/store/top20] permanent link Fri, 27 Jul 2007 custom pinball-o-rama Boingboing linked to a cool photoshop contest on SomethingAwful.com dedicated to custom-themed pinball machines that never were. The Schindler's List and Passion of the Christ tables are awesome, but nothing quite tickled me like the recursive logic of a Classic Pinball Machine Themed Pinball Machine. It satisfies me in a deeply dorky way. [/topics/etc] permanent link Mon, 23 Jul 2007 Top 20 bestselling graphic novels for June 2007 Better late than never, here's the top 20 GNs for June here at Hijinx. This month includes our first foray into convention sales, which effected sales more than even I expected. Some books, like The Boys might have sold much, much better, but reorders have been unavailable from the publisher Dynamite Entertainment. This was also the debut of Jason Shiga's Bookhunter at a very respectable #7, but it's rocketing up the July chart as we speak! FABLES VOL. 9: SONS OF EMPIRE TP HULK PLANET HULK HC CLONE WARS ADVENTURES, VOL. 2 MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL 6 BLACK COSTUME DIGEST TP 52 VOL 1 TP STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOL 8 TP BOOKHUNTER DOCTOR STRANGE OATH TP BATMAN: HUSH, VOL. 1 WALKING DEAD VOL 1 DAY GONE BYE TP CIVIL WAR MARVEL UNIVERSE TP CLONE WARS ADVENTURES, VOL. 1 ULTIMATES 2 VOL 2 TP CLONE WARS ADVENTURES, VOL. 3 ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL 3 TORN TP ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL. 1: GIFTED BOYS VOL 1 TP SPIDER-MAN BIRTH OF VENOM TP CIVIL WAR TP ANNIHILATION BOOK 3 HC [/topics/store/top20] permanent link Hijinx on list of top independent bookstores in Silicon Valley Please take a moment to check out our listing on this list of the top independent bookstores in Silicon Valley. Yes it's another online service you need an account to vote on, but if you already have an Amazon account it's pretty darn easy to sign up in under 30 seconds. But once you're signed up you can vote to raise our position on the list. Number 1 right now is our neighbor Hicklebee's Children's Books a ranking they richly deserve. I think our rating could be better than #15, but that's up to folks like you! [/topics/store] permanent link Top 20 selling comics the for the week of July 18, 2007 I've decided that this list would be more useful if I only list the top 20 comics each week. If you'd like more data, you can email me and let me know. Once again my favorite comic of the week was also our top-selling comic. I'm not sure why I care that Thunderbolt Ross think's he can kick the Hulk's butt when the rest of the Marvel U can't, but for some reason I do. This book reads big and dumb, just like it should. Lots of fighting and easily devined motivation for the main characters. WORLD WAR HULK #2 CAPTAIN AMERICA #28 COUNTDOWN #51 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #11 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #111 AVENGERS INITIATIVE #4 WORLD WAR HULK X-MEN #2 SUPERMAN BATMAN #38 ALL FLASH #1 WORLD WAR HULK FRONT LINE #2 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #15 GHOST RIDER #13 WOLVERINE ORIGINS ANNUAL #1 THUNDERBOLTS DESPERATE MEASURES #0 BRAVE AND THE BOLD #5 FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #22 NEW X-MEN #40 ANNIHILATION CONQUEST QUASAR #1 THE ORDER #1 ACTION COMICS #852 [/topics/store/top20] permanent link Top selling comics the for the week of July 11, 2007 Since I had to write list-generating software for our Entertainment Weekly list, I might as well put it to use here. I'll be listing our top selling comics list every week and a top 10 GN list once a month. This week's #1 seller was also my favorite comic of the week. I like where Bendis is taking the Marvel Universe, and I've always thought that Skrulls were cool and underused. Stephen Colbert's comic would have come in higher had I not sold out so quickly. Luckily, a lot more are on their way in very soon! NEW AVENGERS #32 COUNTDOWN #51 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #7 GREEN LANTERN #21 OMEGA FLIGHT #4 X-FACTOR #21 NOVA #4 ULTIMATE X-MEN #84 SUB-MARINER #2 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #9 SUPERMAN #664 ANNIHILATION CONQUEST WRAITH #1 WORLD WAR HULK GAMMA CORPS #1 EXILES #96 GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE #1 NEW EXCALIBUR #21 BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #7 SPAWN #169 FABLES #63 MARTHA WASHINGTON DIES (ONE SHOT) #0 [/topics/store/top20] permanent link Fri, 20 Jul 2007 sidewalk sale pics If you weren't there, you've probably heard the stories about how awesome our 25th anniversary sidewalk sale went, but just in case here's some pictures Mario took. [/topics/store] permanent link Tue, 10 Jul 2007 Hijinx does Entertainment Weekly Check out the July 13th issue of Entertainment Weekly with Optimus Prime on the cover. Page 75 features a brand new list of the top 10 comic books and graphic novels as sold at Hijinx. You read that right, our bestsellers are now a feature in a nationwide magazine! Proving once again that Hijinx customers are trendsetters! [/topics/store] permanent link Watchmen viral campaign? Warren Ellis just blogged this possible viral marketing campaign from Watchmen the movie. I don't think it really is for the movie, since Jude Law is confirmed to be playing Adrian Veidt, AKA Ozymandias, whose self-help program is on display on this webpage. [/topics/etc] permanent link Tue, 03 Jul 2007 Comics delayed for Independence Day We'll be closed Wednesday July 4th in honor of Independence day. Due to the holiday, comics will be shipping on Thursday July 5th instead of Wednesday. Don't piss off Uncle Sam, go celebrate independence! [/topics/store] permanent link Mon, 02 Jul 2007 holy cross-dresser! Is she a chick that flew in from outer space? Or is it a sad, fat and lonely gay man? You decide! Thanks to Eric Kirsammer of Quimby's in Chicago for posting this. And I thought some of my customers were a little out there... [/topics/etc] permanent link Sun, 01 Jul 2007 twilight zone poker chip Have you ever seen that episode of the Twilight Zone called A Penny For Your Thoughts? In it a young Dick York flips a quarter and lands it on it's edge. For some reason this grants him the ability to read minds until the quarter is knocked over. I always thought it was just a story, but here I just happened to be testing out my new video camera while playing a heads-up game of Hold Em. Needless to say I knew I had lost as soon as I saw it happen. It was just a matter of moments before I lost all of my chips. Now thanks to the power of YouTube, you can witness my humiliation first hand! [/topics/games] permanent link