Inside the Vortex - 38
Celebrate Good Times -- Come On!
Hello from inside Vortex Books & Comics. Hard as it is to believe, we are approaching our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. Over the past year, we’ve had customers visit from as far away as Taiwan, Australia, and Ireland, and from far-off U.S. cities such as Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago. We’ve also had the robust support of our local community and folks from the extended environs of Baltimore, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia.
We appreciate all of you, and to show that appreciation, we’re having a ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION on Saturday, February 15th from open to close. On that day, you get 25% off ALL PURCHASES. That means all books. All comics. All DVDs and Blu-Rays. All shirts. All the stuff in the showcases. All card. Everything is 25% off. But the sale is limited strictly to that day only.
And if you are a writer, our monthly Writer’s Group meets that day, too, from 3pm to 5pm.
If you’ve been next door in our Annex recently, then you’ve seen this — a collage of all of our signings and in-store events from our first year.
Magic the Gathering — every Sunday from 11am to 3pm. Free to play. All ages. All styles. beginners welcome.
Dungeons & Dragons — every other Sunday from 11am to 3pm. Under 17 only. $5 per person. beginners welcome.
For a complete list of upcoming in-store events, click here.
You may have seen Neil Gaiman in the news recently. If so, then you may understand why we are currently in week three of our Neil Gaiman blowout. All graphic novels, new and used (including volumes of Sandman) are priced down to five bucks. All paperback books, new and used, are priced down to 99 cents. We have two signed books left, priced at $25 each. In store only. No mail order. Once they are gone, they are gone.
VORTEX BESTSELLER LIST
Our Top Ten Best-Selling Books For Week Of 1/27/2025
1. Strange Stones by Edward Lee and Mary SanGiovanni
2. The Rising: More Selected Scenes From The End Of The World by Brian Keene and Charlie Benante
3. Hell Hath No Sorrow Like A Woman Haunted by RJ Joseph
4. Witchcraft For Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
5. Wake Up And Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
6. House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias
7. Island of the Dead by Brian Keene
8. Memorials by Richard Chizmar
9. The Best Horror of the Year 16 edited by Ellen Datlow
10. Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook by various
Our Top Ten Best-Selling Comics For Week Of 1/27/2025
1. Absolute Batman
2. Absolute Wonder Woman
3. Absolute Superman
4. Amazing Spider-Man
5. Justice League Unlimited
6. Milk Run
7. Green Lantern
8. Transformers
9. Seance In the Asylum
10. Black Canary: Best of the Best
And that does it for this week! Thanks for your continued patronage, and we hope to see you soon!
— Brian and Mary
Big congrats on the one year anniversary!
Is Magic every Sunday or every other Sunday? This newsletter says every, but the event page says every other.