Important Annoucement!

One of the reasons that I've enjoyed such a successful run with my pair of
comic book stores over the last 38 years has been the recognition of market trends, and always
shifting with them. I've often referred to retailing as a job that requites constantly wearing a pair
of roller skates to roll with the changes.

After June 27th I'll be adapting to change once again when Collector's Edition in
North Little Rock and The Comic Book Store in Little Rock transition from retail storefronts
to mail orders and online sales.

I'm not closing down--I'm just changing the way I do business.

I've already been handling mail order accounts for most of my 38 years, so this is not a new
endeavor. And recently my online sales through my (ID: rockark) Ebay Store have actually been
better than my storefront sales, and that's been with very little effort, so it was time to make a change.
With the pandemic, so many comic fans started letting their fingers do the walking online.

For all of my existing mail order customers, there will be no changes. You're good to go.

For my walk in customers, if you participate in my reserves service then you're already
halfway set up to convert to a mail order account. Please contact me as soon as possible if you'd
like to make the change. Everything about your account will remains the same--the only
difference is that you'll no longer need to make trips into the stores--your books will arrive at
your home.

I've had some customers cry when I started breaking the news yesterday. You and I have
been a part of each other's lives for so long, these letters look to me like a welt raised by a
whip. The only reason I didn't tell anyone sooner was because this decision hinged on the sale
of my JFK property. That agreement was struck today. So now it's official.

Four decades ago, after being International Graphics' youngest ever division manager at the
age of 22, people thought I was crazy when a few years later I quit the largest printing
conglomeration in the state. Since I'd opened my first store six months prior, it only took a
twenty minute drive before beginning my new career as a full time comics retailer. Not long after
that, technological changes began crashing the printing industry and International Graphics went out of business.

The comics industry has also changed shape many times since then. Comic collectors who
were once embarrassed to admit that they read comics are now the cool person who knows all
the pop culture. When I started, comics were still printed on letterpresses in Sparta, Illinois. Now
they are made everywhere, both on demand and digitally. The recent Covid-19 pandemic has
created challenges like the industry has never seen before, and it's time once again to adapt.

Over the last couple of years, I've also had an explosion of fiction and non-fiction books
published as a writer. The reviews have been incredible, and
right now I have contracts to produce 6 new books in the next 12 months.
That's on top of scripting, coloring, and lettering the weekly online comics that's been
running for the last two years. Other deals are waiting until I have the time.

So, the good news is that, just like when I left International Graphics, when I
walk for that last time out the door as a storefront retailer, I'll drive twenty minutes and
transition into several new careers that I've already begun--as an online retailer and mail order
service, as a elected public servant, and as a professional writer and colorist.

So, this is not goodbye!
Even should you elect not to continue doing business with me as a mail order account,
depending on which books you read, we may still be staying in touch.

When you're doing what you enjoy, it's not work, it's a labor of love.

That's what the last 38 years have been--and hopefully what the next 38 will be!

SHIPMENT LIST FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 2nd, 2020

***DC COMICS***

Action Comics #1022 - standard and variant editions
Batman/Superman #9 - standard and variant editions
Birds of Prey #1 - standard and variant editions
Catwoman #22 - standard and variant editions
Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 - standard edition, 1940s - 2010s decades variant editions, and blank variant edition 
Detective Comics #1022 -standard and variant editions
Event Leviathan: Checkmate #1 - standard and variant editions
Far Sector #6 - standard and variant editions
John Constantine: Hellblazer #6
Justice League Dark #22 - standard and variant editions
The Last God: Tales from the Book of Ages #1 (please note this title was solicited as The Last God Sourcebook) 
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #104
Shazam! #12 - standard and variant editions
Swamp Thing Giant #4
Wonder Woman #756 - standard and variant editions 
The Joker: 80 Years of The Clown Prince of Crime HC

SHIPMENT LIST FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 3rd, 2020

BOYS DEAR BECKY #1
BUFFY EVERY GENERATION #1
CASPERS SPOOKSVILLED #4
COPRA #6
CRITICAL ROLE VOX MACHINA ORIGINS SERIES II #6
DISASTER INC #1
FAITHLESS II #1
G.I. JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #271
NAILBITER RETURNS #1
RAGNAROK BREAKING HELHEIM #5
RED MOTHER #5
SABRINA SOMETHING WICKED #1 REGULAR & MANY, MANY VARIANTS

***MARVEL COMICS***

NO COMICS LISTED YET

SHIPMENT LIST FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 9th, 2020

***DC COMICS***

Amethyst #3
Batman #92 - standard, variant and 1:25 Punchline variant editions
Batman Secret Files #3
Batman: The Adventures Continue #1 - standard, variant, and blank variant editions
The Batman's Grave #7 - standard and variant editions
DC Classics: The Batman Adventures #1
Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #7
The Flash #755 - standard and variant editions
Harley Quinn #73 - standard and variant editions
The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 - standard edition, 1940s - 2010s decades variant editions, and blank variant edition, on Final Order Cutoff on May 11
Justice League #46 - standard and variant editions
Justice League Odyssey #21 - standard and variant editions
Legion of Super-Heroes #6 - standard and variant editions
Lois Lane #11 - standard and variant editions
Nightwing #71 - standard and variant editions
Superman Giant #3, on Final Order Cutoff on May 11 
DC Poster Portfolio: Stanley "Artgerm" Lau Vol. 2 TP

SHIPMENT LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10th, 2020

***MARVEL COMICS***

BLACK CAT #11 REGULAR & VARIANT
DAREDEVIL #20 REGULAR & VARIANT
DEADPOOL #5 REGULAR & VARIANT
EXCALIBUR #10
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #17 REGULAR & VARIANT
NEW MUTANTS #10 (FEB200892)

***INDEPENDENT COMICS***

ADVENTUREMAN #1
ARCHANGEL 8 #2
BITTER ROOT #8 REGULAR & VARIANT
CARSON OF VENUS WARLORD OF MARS #1 REGULAR & MULTIPLE VARIANTS
CIMMERIAN RED NAILS #1 REGULAR & MANY VARIANTS
COBRA KAI KARATE KID SAGA CONTINUES #4
DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #5
DECORUM #2 REGULAR & VARIANT
DEJAH THORIS #5 REGULAR & AN ARMY OF VARIANTS
DIE DIE DIE #10
FAITHLESS II #1
GO GO POWER RANGERS #32 REGULAR & MULTIPLE VARIANTS
ICE CREAM MAN #19
JAMES BOND #5
JOIN THE FUTURE #2
KILLADELPHIA #6
SOMETHING IS KILLING CHILDREN #7
STEALTH #2
UNDISCOVERED COIUNTRY #6
VAMPIRELLA RED SONJA #8 REGULAR & MANY VARIANTS
WILLINGTON #4

SHIPMENT LIST FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 16th, 2020

***DC COMICS***

Aquaman Giant #4, on Final Order Cutoff on May 18
Batman & the Outsiders #13 - standard and variant editions
Daphne Byrne #5 - standard and variant editions
Dark Nights: Death Metal #1 - card stock foil cover
Batman variant edition by David Finch
Detective Comics #475 Facsimile Edition
The Flash Annual #3
The Green Lantern Season Two #4 - standard and variant editions
Hawkman #24 - standard and variant editions
Metal Men #7 - standard and variant editions
Nightwing Annual #3
The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #3, on Final Order Cutoff on May 18
Strange Adventures 2 - standard and variant editions
Superman 22 - standard and variant editions
Wonder Woman #757 - standard and variant editions
Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #3, on Final Order Cutoff on May 18
YEAR OF THE VILLAIN HELL ARISEN TPB
Young Justice #15 - standard and variant editions 
Joker: The Deluxe Edition HC

SHIPMENT LIST FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 17th, 2020

***MARVEL COMICS***

CONAN: THE BOOK OF THOTH TPB (JAN201065)
NO COMICS LISTED YET

***INDEPENDENT COMICS***

A MAN AMOUNG YE #1 BIRTHRIGHT #44 CROW LETHE #2 DEATH TO ARMY OF DARKNESS #3 DEJAH THORIS #5 REGULAR & MANY VARIANTS FAMILY TREE #6 FIREFLY #16 G.I. JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #272 REGULAR & VARIANT GIDEON FALLS #22 INVADER ZIM QUARTERLY #1 LADY ZORRO #1 MAN WHO EFFED UP TIME #3 MIRKA ANDOLFOS UNSACRED #6 MOONSHINE #18 NON SPORT UPDATE VOL. 31 #3 POWER RANGERS TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #5 REGULAR & MULTIPLE VARIANTS PRIMER TPB RED SONJA AGE OF CHAOS #4 REGULAR & VARIANTS RESISTANCE #2 TARTARUS #3 TRANSFORMERS #20 REGULAR & VARIANTS UNCLE SCROOGE #56 VAMPIRONICA NEW BLOOD #4 WALT DISNEY UNCLE SCROOGE VOL. 4 24 CARAT MOON HC

***DC COMICS***

Aquaman #60 - standard and variant editions
Batgirl #46 - standard and variant editions
Batman #93 - standard, variant, and 1:25 the Designer variant editions
Batman Beyond #44 - standard and variant editions
Batman: The Smile Killer #1 - standard and variant editions, on Final Order Cutoff on May 25
Books of Magic #20
The Flash #756 - standard and variant editions
Green Lantern 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 - standard edition, 1940s - 2010s decades variant editions, and blank variant, on Final Order Cutoff on May 25
Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey #2 - standard and variant editions, on Final Order Cutoff on May 25
John Constantine: Hellblazer #7
Justice League #47 - standard and variant editions
Justice League Dark #23 - standard and variant editions
The Low, Low Woods #6 - standard and variant editions
Plunge #4 - standard and variant editions
Red Hood: Outlaw #46 - standard and variant editions
Suicide Squad #6 - standard and variant editions
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #11 - standard and variant editions
Teen Titans #42 - standard and variant editions 

SHIPMENT LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24th, 2020

***MARVELCOMICS***

2020 RESCUE #2 (FEB200910)
CAPTAIN AMERICA: MARVELS SNAPSHOTS #1 (FEB200899)
EMPYRE #0 AVENGERS (FEB200772)
IMMORTAL HULK #34 (FEB200979)
IRON MAN 2020 #4 FLUORESCENT (FEB200905)
SPIDER-HAM #5 (FEB200998)
STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS #3 (FEB201029)
THOR #5 (FEB200961)

SHIPMENT LIST FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 30th, 2020

***DC COMICS***

Batman: The Adventures Continue #2
DC Classics: The Batman Adventures #2
DCeased: Dead Planet #1
Event Leviathan: Checkmate #2
Harley Quinn #74
Justice League #48
Lois Lane #12

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On New Year's Day, 2020, Cirsova published their list of Awards Eligible stories, which features 3 works by Michael Tierney:

Wild Stars 4: Wild Star Rising heads up the list, alone in the novel category.

Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She, posthumously co-authored with Edgar Rice Burroughs, tops the list of short stories.

The Grimgrip, a Wild Stars bonus short story published in the new edition of Wild Stars 3: Time Warmageddon .

New Year's Day 2020 update:

Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She already has a nomination for the 2020 Washington Small Press Award:

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Wild Stars 4 and the 35th Anniversary set of Wild Stars are in stock now!
The dust jacket art for the 726 page Omnibus hardcovers that contains all four volumes is shown above.

Available exclusively at Collector's Edition and The Comic Book Store!
Wild Stars creator Michael Tierney is usually available at one store or
the other to offer free, personalized signings.

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, and the rest of the world has to wait until October 5th.

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Shane Plays Interview -- October 4th, 2019

Shane Plays host Shane Stacks stopped by Collector's Edition the day before the
worldwide release of the 35th Anniversary editions of Wild Stars Books One through Four.

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Michael Tierney and Cirsova Publishing
team up once again for:

Wild Stars IV: Wild Star Rising

Click on the links or the images above for details about Cirsova's plans to not only release Wild Stars 4,
but also Volumes 1 through 3 in a matching set under new covers, along with a
700-plus page hardcover Wild Stars Omnibus containing the complete saga!

It's all part of the Wild Stars 35th Anniversary celebration!

Pre-orders on ON SALE NOW!

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Even more Wild Stars 35th Anniversary celebration!

The Wild Stars Role Playing Game!

Soon you'll be able to have your very own adventures into the Wild Stars!

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Weekly online comic strip Adventures!
Beyond the Farthest Star

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Released March 2nd:

Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She

"Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She" is a short story begun by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1930 and left unfinished until Danton Burroughs asked Michael Tierney to complete it in 2005.
After Danton's tragic death, publication was delayed until the March 2019 issue of Cirsova Magazine, Volume 2 #1.

Here are a couple of pre-pubication articles about Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She:

Here's a link to an article by Paul Hair on Hollywood In Toto.

Here's a link to an article by Deuce Richardson on dmrbooks.com.

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Now available:

Who is God?

"Who is God?" is a social science-fiction short story by Michael Tierney, released December 2019 in the paperback anthology "Gods & Services", edited by R. J. Carter. A mysterious shop appears out of nowhere with a sign that reads Goods & Services, but one of the "O"s has fallen off. The inventory is unusual: lost or forgotten gods who perform services for a price.

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Jack's Basement

Cirsova #9, Fall 2018, contains Jack's Basement by Michael Tierney, a horror humor story with a twist ending that should appeal to fans of comic books.

Cirsova issues #9 and #10 are now on store shelves.

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Wild Stars III: Time Warmageddon now on sae!

Main cover by Tim Lim. Alternative trade paper cover by Mark Wheatley.

Hardcover dust wrapper cover by Mark Wheatley, presented in virgin format without type or bar code.

Click the images above or this link for more details!
To read what the critics thought of WILD STARS I and II, visit the REVIEWS PAGE.

Michael Tierney's bibliography can be found here!

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The Criteria for Admission Into the Galactic Community

Cirsova #7

This issue includes The Criteria for Admission Into the Galactic Community, Michael Tierney's third contribution to the magazine.
The title tells you that this is a science fiction story.

It is available now, or you can mail order by clicking this link or the image above.

Like the following Edgar Rice Burroughs' 100 Year Art Chronology, this publication is funded on Kickstarter.
Also like the ERBAC project, it was quickly funded, surpassing its target goal by 500% on the second day!

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Available NOW:

Speaking of which, the Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 Year Art Chronology (order link) went on sale June 2018!

Click on any of the images below if you'd like to read more about the

Edgar Rice Burrough's 100 Year Art Chronlogy

Edgar Rice Burrough's
100 Year Art Chronlogy

The Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 Year Art Chronology was a huge success on Kickstarter.
And the preorder sales never slowed down after that.
With advance orders still bing shipped, the publisher has informed me that the first printing has ALREADY SOLD OVER 70% of its run!
A second printing is already being planned.

You can read all the details here: >https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/600766964/edgar-rice-burroughs-100-year-art-chronology

I've also set up a page filled with teaser images: Edgar Rice Burrough's 100 Year Art Chronlogy

The online magazine Castalia House has run a series of interviews with Cirsova authors, and mine is now online here.

The interviewer, Scott Cole, asked a lot of great questions that covered not just my stories in Cirsova magazine, but also about my Wild Stars comics and books, my experiences as a comic book retailer, and about my Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 Year Art Chronology.

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The Bears of 1812

Michael Tierney has a new story in Cirsova Magazine #5 (Spring 2017), which is now out for sale!

My story in Cirsova #2 was Shark Fighter, a psychological horror story.
This one is a historical fantasy titled The Bears of 1812.

The Bears of 1812 features native American legend Sacagawea from the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and her involvement in the War of 1812. As I told the editor; "The stuff you'll think I made up is the stuff that really happened." There were many incredible historical events during that time, and Sacagawea's history easily weaved right into the heart of it. 

Michael Tierney -- April 5, 2017

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New Video Page!

Follow this link (or the link on the lefthand column site map) to discover film, news clips, and classic advertisements tracing the history of Collector's Edition, The Comic Book Store, and the comics industry in general over the last 4 decades!

You'll find every video on the website, plus many new videos showing major events like the censorship battle with the state legislature, the Death of Superman, and the Bankruptcy of Marvel Comics.

This month's featured blast from the past is She-Hulk's visit to Little Rock back in the Nineties!

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Shark Fighter

Featuring Michael Tierney's new short story, Shark Fighter,
we currently have a limited supply of each cover of the paperback editions at both stores

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Shark Fighter is a tale of horror beneath the deep blue sea, see if you can guess the Wild Stars connection. It's tenuous, but it is there.
For more information about this issue, visit this link.

Another Cirsova contributor mentioned my Shark Fighter story during his YouTube GeekGab podcast (visit this link).
Check it out starting at the 25 minute mark and continuing through when the host shouts:
"Stop the bus! A guy's fighting a shark!"
"Stop the bus!"
I'll take that review!

Amazon.com Shark Fighter Reviews (visit this link):

"Well written and there is a powerful emotional punch at its core."

"...not light fare, but .... meaty and gripping adventure"

"a grim sort of redemption"

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