Brave New Worlds

You’re probably aware of our little Book Club, you know the one where you buy 10 trades or hardcovers in a year and get store credit toward one…well we’ve started a Warhammer Rewards Program that works on the same principles.

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We will be continuing to host a board game night on Wednesdays 6 to 9 PM in our Willow Grove store.  The featured board game will be Last Night on Earth: the Zombie Game, but feel free to bring any board game with you that you might enjoy playing.  To connect with other players visit our message board: http://bnwcomicslnoe.proboards.com/index.cgi

For those who missed it here are some pictures from Free Comic Book Day 2012 in Willow Grove.  If you have any you’d like to add to our collection, please e-mail them to Eric (ericbnw@gmail.com) and we will add them to the page.  Special thanks to Comicverse creators  Bianca Alu-Marr & Steve Peters, sketch artist Joe Boland, and our favorite superhero, Smoke, who you can see more of at Wizard World at the end of the month.  Here is the link to his Wizard World appearance.

At the request of many regular Warhammer 40K players our Willow Grove store will now be stocking the Malifaux miniatures game!  As described on the Wyrd Games’ website:

Trigger-happy gunslingers, misguided Victorian science, hungry undead, and monsters hidden in every shadow; these are the terrors that will plague you in Malifaux.  Are you willing to risk your soul for a chance at great wealth and power? Because it’s the only thing you have worth trading. In Malifaux, you lead your crew in the battle for control of The Breach, a dark portal to a world of limitless magic.

All aboard! Malifaux is the end of the line.

We will be stocking the rules manual as well as the box sets for each of the five main factions:

• Arcanists
• Guild
• Resurrectionists
• Neverborn
• Outcasts

If you would like to special order any specific figures, please stop by our Willow Grove store to place an order.  For more information on game play and characters, visit the games’ official website here.

Games Workshop Official ‘Ard Boyz Tournament

Date Saturday August 13

Time 10:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Points 2500

Entry Fee $20

Player Max 12

Armies do not need to be painted to participate.

E-Mail Dave to register or for questions

Check out Games Workshop’s official release on the event and what happens when you win in the preliminary tournament.

Captain America is mere days away from the theater but you can live out his adventures now at Brave New Worlds with the latest HeroClix set available at both Brave New Worlds locations now.

Starting Sunday, July 24 Brave New Worlds Willow Grove will be hosting weekly tournament play with prizes.

Jump for upcoming tournament dates and weekly team requirements.

Brave New Worlds also has bricks, 5-Pack and NEW 1-Pack Boosters available to purchase NOW!

Saturday June 18th in Willow Grove @ Noon

Magic Commander Launch Party

Mutliplayer casual format

Each player must purchase 1 Magic Commander preconstructed deck to use for the event

Each player receives 1 of 5 alternate art oversized Commander cards

For more info, visit the official site

Saturday June 11th in Willow Grove

Magic New Phyrexia Game Day Tournament

Standard Constructed Format

ENTRY $6
PRIZE 1&1/2 packs per person towards prize

Alternate Art Priest of Urabrask for each player

Top 8 Players also get an alternate art Myr Superion

Top 2 Mirran faction and Top 2 Phrexian faction decks also receive alternate art Myr Superions.

For more info, visit the official site

Brave New Worlds Willow Grove’s next book discussion, volumes 1 and 2 of Wildstorm’s Planetary, will be held on Saturday, May 28 at 7 p.m. The brainchild of Warren Ellis, Planetary is drawn by John Cassaday.

Originally intended as a 24-issue bi-monthly mini-series, Planetary actually took almost eight years and 27 years to finish. It’s about a team of archaeologists that track down super-human activity along with paranormal secrets, histories and much more.

I wanted to do something that actually went deeper into the (superhero) sub-genre, exposed its roots and showed its branches. What if you had a hundred years of super history just slowly leaking out into this young and modern superhero world … Warren Ellis.

Planetary also offers a unique look at popular icons such as Godzilla, Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes and Doc Savage among others.

Save the date as the lords of Asgard descend on Brave New Worlds Willow Grove for our next book discussion on Saturday, April 30 at 7 p.m. as we discuss the literary and heroic merits of Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee’s critically-acclaimed eight-issue run of Thor: The Mighty Avenger. Hit the jump for more information.

Just in time for the release of the feature film Thor on May 6, Brave New Worlds Willow Grove’s next book discussion will focus on the Asgardian God of Thunder himself in Thor: The Mighty Avenger volumes one and two.

It’s been a thousand years and Thor returns to Earth in Oklahoma. However, he is not the Thor the Marvel Universe has come to know or even expect.

The nice thing about Langridge’s take on Thor is that is does not get bogged down in regular Marvel continuity. In fact, it is not a part of Marvel’s continuity, rather just another take on Thor that may be easier to digest for casual or non-fans. It is actually a terrific introduction into the character and some of the obstacles he may encounter in the film as he literally falls from grace.

Langridge changes up the relationship with Jane Foster a bit, modernizing it and offering a new and fresh approach for readers. Meanwhile, Samnee’s storytelling in pictures is simplistic and perfect for what the book is about.

And do not worry too much about Marvel continuity. While readers don’t need a who’s who to the Marvel Universe, we do find that Thor is part of a much bigger world when reading the abbreviated run.

Part of the problem for this title on its run was finding its audience. Marvel might not have effectively been able to locate and nurture that audience for what is really a well done book.

If you want a Thor book free of continuity that’s just fun, great art and dynamic character work, give this a look. Comic Book Resources

See you on the 30^th!