Our new shirts are here!Available in blue or white, with amazing art by friend of the store Andy K!You can see more of Andy’s art in our Big Planet Comics anthologies, or athttps://www.instagram.com/andykillustrationhttps://www.andykillustration.com/
DC store moves to 15...
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Our Washington DC location has moved… 2 doors over to 1524 U St NW! The new location is larger and with a lot of natural light, so we’ve already added a bigger section for classic comic book back issues and will be adding more of everything else as we fill out the store.The new...
The Fox Maidens book...
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Local area artist Robin Ha (Almost American Girl, Cook Korean) has a new graphic novel out, The Fox Maidens. Robin was kind enough to do a limited edition, signed and numbered bookplate for us! “An epic new graphic novel fantasy – a queer, feminist reimagining of a legend from...
Best Sellers of 2023
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Hi everyone! Here’s a look at our best sellers at all three of our stores this year. You can really see the difference between each location, but some books were popular everywhere. Comparing to 2022 is really interesting, we get to see the continued popularity of several books that did...
Best of 2023
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It’s that time of year! When everyone makes their lists of the best of the year (even though it’s barely December!)So here are several of our favorites from 2023 (so far!)We’ve done 3 categories, Graphic Novels, Collections of ongoing series, and then finally a bonus list of...
Void Rivals announcement
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Void Rivals is a thrilling new scifi series by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, and Matheus Lopes. There is a big surprise in issue 1, and Robert Kirkman himself will tell you about it! (Just come and pick up the issue at any of our stores if you want to read it spoiler free!)
Best Sellers of 2022
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It’s been awhile since we’ve done this, so let’s look back at our best selling graphic novels and issues for the year! We finally published a new volume of our own local comics anthology, Big Planet Comics: Neon! This included a new short Zodiac Starforce story by our...
December Manga sale
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ALL manga at our Vienna, Virginia, and Washington DC stores is 20% off throughout December!This is a great chance to catch up on some Japanese comics, or try out something new. We’ll be posting some of our favorites here, but please ask if you want any other recommendations! Blue Period by Tsubasa YamaguchiAn aimless teenager stumbles into his high school art department and commits himself to becoming an artist. It also teaches the reader how to become a better artist, too! Kowloon Generic Romance by Jun MayuzukiReiko Kujirai is a 30-something real estate agent living in Kowloon Walled City. She’s constantly butting heads with...
Big News for College...
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BIG NEWS! Hey Big Planeteers!We know a lot of you shop at all our locations, so we wanted to let you know that we’re going to be passing the torch of comics in College Park to our friends at Third Eye Comics and their new Third Eye College Park location this July! Thank you all so much...
Weekly Final Order C...
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Time again to take a look at comics coming out a few weeks from now! AKA Final Order Cutoff time! Comics orders are always due for us on EACH WEEK, at 4pm on Sunday! Keep that in mind so we can order books for you if you want them! IF YOU DO NOT MEET THIS DEADLINE WE CANNOT GUARANTEE WE...
Thanksgiving Week Ho...
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Good news! It looks like our books will be on time this week! As of right now, it looks like there will be no delays on our new comics shipment! Here are our store hours for the Thanksgiving holiday: College Park: Closed on Thanksgiving, open Friday, 11/26 U street: Closed on Thanskgiving,...
Don’t miss: Lu...
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Due to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday (when our final orders for Lunar Comics are normally due), we have to have the Final Orders in on Thursday for DC and other books distributed by Lunar! So we need your orders by 5PM on Thursday, 5/27! Please see the list below, and click the link to...