Walking Dead Series

AMC has begun it's filming for the Walking Dead series, which for those of you who don't know, is based on a fantastic comic book series by Robert Kirkman. The above picture is a zombie makeup production photo. I think it looks pretty dang fantastic!

I hope that the series will bring more readers to the comic book series. This usually does happen, at least temporarily, with the comic book based movies. Will it work with a TV series? That we've yet to see. I know the Buffy comics and Star Trek comics based on the TV shows sell well, but those series are no longer on and these are supplements to the story. While Walking Dead, at least at first, is going to be a retelling of the comic book series, so it does have the potential to poach new readers. At Neptune Walking Dead is one of our consistent sellers because it is timeless, well written, and easy to sell off of the shelf. I'd hate to see that stop because of the show, yet as a Walking Dead fan I'm excited to see those black and white sketch stories come to life.

The series is set to premier this October at AMC Fearfest. For more information on the Walking Dead series and some additional pics, click here to go to the official site.

This Week's New Stuff

Here's Neptune's new comic book list for this week:

ANITA BLAKE VH LC CROMANCER 1 (OF 5)
ARMY OF DARKNESS FROM THE ASHES 19
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL 2 (OF 3)
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL 28
BOOSTER GOLD 19
BPRD BLACK GODDESS 4 (OF 5)
CAPTAIN ACTION 3
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 12
DAREDEVIL NOIR 1 (OF 4)
DARK REIGN HAWKEYE 1 (OF 5)
DARK TOWER GUIDE TO GILEAD 1-SHOT
DEAD IRONS 3
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS 1 (OF 5)
EXILES 1
GEN 13 29
GREEN LANTERN 39
GRIMM FAIRY TALES 37
HOUSE OF MYSTERY 12
IGNITION CITY 1 (OF 5)
INFITINE HORIZON 4 (OF 6)
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST 149
LOCKE AND KEY HEAD GAMES 4
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN 50
MARVEL APES AMAZING SPIDER-MONKEY 1
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY 8 (OF 8)
MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 1 (OF 4)
NORTHLANDERS 16
PUNISHER MAX 69
SALEMS DAUGHTER 0
SCOOBY DOO 134
SECRET SIX 8
SHE-HULK, ALL NEW SAVAGE 1 (OF 4)
SOLOMON GRUNDY 2 (OF 7)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 199
SOULFIRE NEW WORLD ORDER BEGINNINGS 1-SHOT
SOULFIRE SHADOW MAGIC 5 (OF 5)
SPIRIT 27
STAR TREK MISSIONS END 2
SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE 5
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON 2 (OF 12)
SWORD 16
TERMINATOR REVOLUTION 4 (OF 5)
TERMINATOR SALVATION MOVIE PREQ 4 (OF 4)
TERRY MOORES ECHO 11
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 1 (OF 4)
TITANS 12
TRANSFORMERS REVENGE FALLEN MOVIE PREQ DEFIANCE 4
TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT DRIFT 1-SHOT
TRINITY 45
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK 4 (OF 6)
WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION 1 (OF 4)
WARLORD 1
WOLVERINE WEAPON X 1
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ 5 (OF 8)
YOUNG LIARS 14

At Neptune we're also restocking on a bunch of graphic novels-gotta be ready for Free Comic Book Day with shelves full of great graphic novels. Plus we've seen an uptick in graphic novel sales since the move, so those have to be restocked too.

And if you are a Star Trek fan we're getting in some communicators and phasers. Those are must-haves for any good Treckie. You can take yours to the movie!

I'm excited to get my Ame Comi Harley Quinn PVC figure. I have Wonder Woman at home too. Those are my two favorite DC gals and two of the best looking Ame Comi's too - lucky for me.

And we only ordered one Zombie Outbreak Survival Kit - so if you want it you'd better come in Wednesday - I doubt it will be on our rack for long.

Wondering what issues are late, late, late this week? Well wonder no longer. DC's Spirit #27 just makes the list, with the last issue coming out 2/10/09--two months ago. But the big offender and the only other comic to make this week's list is Infinite Horizon #3, courtesy of Image comics. The last issue of this came out almost a YEAR ago, on 4/16/08. That's WAY too long! Who even knows where their copy of issue #2 is anymore? And it's too bad because it was a decent story, from what I remember.

Zombies are Coming!

Halloween is only a month away now. Since it's so close, and after all, Halloween Express has had the HUGE inflatable pumpkin store set up over at our state fair grounds since early September, it seems like a good time for the zombies to start arriving.

Yes, that's right, the zombies are coming. In fact, some are already here.

We have already received some Marvel Zombie T-Shirts and posters. The Marvel Select zombie Spider-Man and Cl. America have arrived in stores. We have only a couple left of the Marvel Zombie Minimates! (pictured)
Marvel is officially making October "Zombie Month" by having zombie variant covers for a number of comics every week. This coming week's special zombie covers are: Howard the Duck #1 and Ms. Marvel #20. Keep in mind that these are NOT zombie stories, just variant covers featuring the characters as zombies.

Walking Dead Volume 7 tpb, the Image comic series created by Robert Kirkman, just came out this week. It is a really great story, and we always sell a TON of every volume of this one. It isn't just a story about zombies either, but about human survival and adaptation.



World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War soft cover is coming 10/16. We had this book in the store in hard cover and it sold well. It's going to be a movie too they say - Brad Pitt's production company bought the option. So I am sure the soft cover version will continue to sell very well! We have the companion book: The Zombie Survival Guide in soft cover currently, and in the one year we have carried it, it has made the top 100 books sold at Neptune since we opened - that tells you how popular this is!



Last Night on Earth game is coming in on Monday. Some pictures below. Enlarge them to see in more detail. It has actually been out since Gen Con I think, and our distributor sold out and we had to wait for the next shipment to arrive. Our game distributor rep told me that the game is GREAT and they've heard nothing but positive things. It not only has a B-Horror Movie feel to it, but it plays that way too. Pick one up to play at your Halloween party or to give to a zombie fan for the holidays. The pieces and cards look great and I have no doubt we'll sell a lot of this one.



Marvel Zombies 2 is also coming soon. There are so many Marvel Zombie fans now that I am sure this mini-series will be hugely popular and stores will sell out. We ordered a ton - so if you don't already shop here at Neptune and your store sells out, check with us to see if we've got it.


So, brace yourself - you never know when the Zombie War will begin. Will you be ready?

Based on my risk analysis, Craig and I would only have a 29% chance of surviving the Zombie War.

Someone needs to make one of those image converters where you can turn yourself into a zombie - THAT would be cool. If there is one already and you know about it, please share.