The Short of It:

1. New Saturday Hours
2. (Comic) Book Club September 2009
3. House of M(ouse)
4. New This Wednesday

1. Hey everybody -- due to several life changes for the Stand-Up guys (Eric's rockin' band, Pat's going back to school) we've had to reduce our Saturday hours a bit; starting this Saturday, September 5, our official Saturday hours will be 12 - 6 PM. Thanks for understanding!

2. And another big thanks to those of you who attended last week's meeting of the (Comic) Book Club, in which we discussed Grant Morrison and Dave McKean's Arkham Asylum. This book probably had the widest range of opinions of any we've tackled in the club yet, which led to a great discussion! Be sure to join us this month for Wildstorm's Planetary vol. 1 by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday (and please note: this month the book discussion will be bumped up a week, to Sunday the 20th, due to too many scheduling conflicts on the 27th).

3. If you missed yesterday's big comic news... well, where the heck were you? The Disney-Marvel buyout is being talked about pretty much everywhere; Publisher's Weekly comics blog The Beat (http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/) writes that this is going to be a big story "well... forever" and CNN (http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/31/markets/thebuzz/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote) has even pointed to it as a sign that the recession is ending! (you hear that guys? it's okay to spend money on comic books again!).

I had a whole paragraph of editorial in here about the buyout but then I realized no one would want to read it. My point was this: it's business as usual at Stand-Up Comics. As far as we know right now Marvel's books will keep rolling out as usual with zero content change -- so don't worry, Disney won't change your comics! And if you find Marvel's sudden corporate move really distasteful, you could always check out some indie books instead -- maybe Oni Press' Scott Pilgrim, anything from Jeffrey Brown (via Top Shelf Publishing), or the rich catalog of books available from First-Second.

4. New This Wednesday

Marvel Comics: (okay, yes: despite what I said above, I had a little fun with this section. I couldn't resist)
Agents of Atlas #10
Black Panther 2 #8
Cable #18
Daring Mystery Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special
Deadpool #15
Duckburg Avengers #1
Exiles #6
Ghost Rider: Heaven's on Fire #2
House of M: Masters of Evil #2
Immortal Weapons #2
Incognito #6
Invincible Iron Man #17
Iron Man: Armor Wars #2
Iron Man Armor Wars Special: Inside Wall-E
Luke Cage Noir #2
Marvel Zombies Return #1
Mystic Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special
Rescue Rangers 20th Anniversary Special -- join the Rangers on their most dangerous adventure yet -- into the Savage Land itself!!
Starr the Slayer #1
Scar the Slayer #0 -- watch out, Mufasa!
Strange Tales #1 -- indie artists like Jason and Paul Pope get their hands on classic Marvel characters!
Torch #1
Trojan War #5
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #2
Wonderful Wizard of Oz hardcover

DC Comics:
Authority #14
Batman #690
Batman Confidential #33
Final Crisis Aftermath: Run #5
Jonah Hex #47
Justice League: Cry for Justice #3
Magog #1
Mighty #8
North 40 #3
Northlanders #20
Red Tornado #1
Solomon Grundy #7
Strange Adventures #7
Supergirl Annual #1
Sweet Tooth #1 -- Vertigo's next $1 first issue, from indie superstar Jeff Lemire, about a boy with deer antlers left to survive in a post-apocalyptic America. For $1, why not try it?
Wednesday Comics #9

Dark Horse Comics:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #28
Star Wars Invasion #3
Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels #3

Image Comics:
Chew #4
Fall Out Toy Works #1
Jersey Gods #7
Proof #23

Misc. Comics:
Army of Darkness #24
Barack the Barbarian #2
Boys #34
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep #3
Dr. Who Ongoing #3
Grimjack: Manx Cat #2
Hercules: The Knives of Kush #2
Hotwire #4
Irredeemable #6
Mercy Sparx #4
Robert E Howard's Thulsa Doom #1
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly #3
Transformers Best of the UK: Prey #2

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