kita | June 1, 2011
Guest ‘Stack’ this week! DAVE’s son can’t wait to read CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS #7 this week! Dave’s son is a third-grader who has been reading comics with his dad since he was three years old. His favorites include Uncle Scrooge, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Avengers, and Groo the Wanderer. He wrote [...]
joe | March 28, 2011
In some kind of weird infinity cover like way, the CBH podcast, From the Booth, got booted from the booths so that Friends of Ol’ Blue Hen, John Gallagher, Jamar Nicholas and Rich Faber, could record and film their styling and profiling Comic Book Diner podcast. Well here’s all the proof you need that the [...]
kita | February 21, 2011
Review by Mike Clarke of BC Refugee Blog FOR THE BIRDS: The Randomizer BIRDS OF PREY #7, 8, 9 (DC Comics) Gail Simone, writer. Ardian Syaf, penciler #7. Guillem March, artist #8. Inaki Miranda, artist #9. Vicente Cifuentes, inker #7. Nei Ruffino, colorist #8, 9. Travis Lanham, letterer #7, 8. Dave Sharpe, letterer #9. “The [...]
Randal | February 10, 2011
Join the From the Booth podcast! Okay so here is the deal for SUNDAY the 13th: Starting at 1 or as close to 1 as possible, anyone that wants to try out will sit in for a “demo” podcast. Basically, we will all sit down record a show similar to the ones you hear every [...]
kita | February 5, 2011
Joe and Kita are off to Texas soon for a meeting of the Legion of Super-Retailers and we’ll be sitting down face-to-face with representatives, editors, chief creative officers and grand poobahs from most of the major comic publishers. One whole day will be spent just with DC Comics editorial and management. We want to use [...]
kita | January 31, 2011
The ‘From The Booth’ Triumvirate Loses A Member! Who will be the new third member? Could it be YOU? The Battle For The Microphone Begins! Have you ever wanted to be something bigger than yourself? Well, here is your chance. One of the original three podcasters is going to be killed off (leaving for personal [...]
paul | January 3, 2011
This month, Captain Blue Hen starts celebrating having been on Main Street, Newark for 30 years! That has to makes us one of the oldest continuous comic shops in the nation! Believe it or not, we still have some customers who have been with us since the beginning – a couple even before there was [...]
kita | December 31, 2010
NEW MEMBER for the CBH FAMILY A SON born to Dani & Joe Murray on December 28. Baby Boy Murray shares a birthday with Stan Lee and friend of the store/Buzzboy-creator, John Gallagher and is named after Santa and Bruce Campbell (we’ll tell you the name after the Question of the Week runs its course). [...]
kita | December 27, 2010
VADER (with trusty Stormtrooper) shops for his health-minded friends at Newark Natural Foods Only the highest fiber content will do for Vader’s elite squad An apple a day for the Emperor
kita | December 20, 2010
Getting an ear full: comic book podcasts (part one) Review by Mike Clarke of BC Refugee Blog I love reading comics for pure enjoyment, as do many of us. I also like to read critiques of books and occasionally to participate in group discussion (the semi-regular BC Refugees gatherings) – – or at least hear [...]
kita | October 6, 2010
Get the deets Click pic for pdf of event poster
kita | September 7, 2010
From Doktor Andy’s Mutterings a truly neat comics blog from a CBH member! This is something that blew me away a few years ago when I first read issue 200 of Iron Man, so I thought I’d write about it here. Let me start by saying that Iron Man v1 #200, dated November 1985, is [...]
kita | August 13, 2010
On July 27th the Sweetman family was involved in a serious car accident on I-95 that threw the son and mother from the vehicle, leaving the son critically injured. Raistlin Sweetman is currently in a coma and has a long way to go—at least a year and a half of recovery. Friends and family are [...]
kita | July 22, 2010
Event Article by CBH Member, Michael Clarke for BC Refugee Blog I was not prepared for _ _ _ _ _ _ this interview…(More on that later) ARCHIE is an American institution, right up there with mom, apple pie, baseball, and small towns. Awareness through the decades? Absolutely! Everybody on the street is familiar in [...]
kita | July 5, 2010
Dan Parent was fun. Thank you to Dan and to everyone who came out to join us!
