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Feb 1, 2026, 7:52:31 PM (10 hours ago) Feb 1
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Howdy y'all!

This is the shiplist for Wednesday, 21 January 2026.

STUFF & THINGS

1. PROBLEMS!
2. Comicky Goodness
3. Hours for this week!
4. Shiplists & Shortages

1. PROBLEMS!!!
 
Coupla missing books that're reordered and on their way!

2. COMICKY GOODNESS!!!

So. Much Comicky Goodness!!

If you hear of a comics-related event we missed, send us an email with the details!
MillionY...@yahoo.com

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1/6 by Alan Jenkins and One Six Comics

Kickstarter Campaign ending Feb 02, 2026

Have ever found yourself wondering, "What if the traitors on January 6th, 2021 had been successful?" Brotha Alan and his crew have been sharing their vision of that scenario in 1/6: the Graphic Novel. From their Kickstarter:

"At long last, Issue #4 of 1/6: The Graphic Novel is almost here!  With your help, Issues #1, #2, and #3 have made news, galvanized everyday people around the country, and (okay, we'll say it) predicted the future –– from federal troops deployed to our cities to persecution of political rivals and independent judges, to killer drones executing people without trial or evidence.  Somehow, we even predicted the reconstruction of the White House to look like a tacky Las Vegas casino.  (Even we thought that one was a stretch).

The good news is, help is on the way!  Issue #4, "And Still We Rise" is about the resistance.  Our heroes lead a Democracy movement to resist the authoritarian Regime while debating the more perfect union that might replace it.  Can they rise above their differences to prevail against violent repression, inner demons and, at times, each other?  Help America find out!

This is the final Issue of the series (😭)!  We need your help one final time to get Issue #4 into the hands of readers.  As always, with support from you, we'll be making copies available to libraries, schools, and universities.  We also plan special outreach to veterans and military families.  And, as in past issues, we'll be linking this issue to our free Action and Teaching Guides, created with Western States Center and San Diego State University, respectively.  These important free tools help to ensure that 1/6 is not just an entertaining, sometimes funny, often terrifying pop culture phenomenon, but also a driver of real change when we need it most."

If you're down, send Brotha Alan some coin at:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onesixcomics/1-6-the-graphic-novel-issue-4/description

The Picnic has been carrying 1/6 since jump, and we think y'all'll dig it.

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Fenway Writes Comics

Jan 31, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Fenway Community Center, 1282 Boylston St #123, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Fenway Writes Comics is a five week comics and graphic novel writing course for adults, ages 18 to 100. Cartoonist and art educator Kurt Ankeny (In Pieces, Pleading with Stars) will lead students through the process of writing for a graphic medium. Comics are a very accessible medium for readers, and especially good at making stories from daily life compelling. Is there a family anecdote that you want to preserve? Is there a person in your neighborhood that gives it a special spark that you want people to know about? We’ll show you how to shape your story for panel-to-panel storytelling. During the 5-week course we will aim to complete a rough draft of an 8-24 page comics script.

All experience levels are welcome!

Session One: January 31, 10am - 12pm
Session Two: February 7, 10am - 12pm
Session Three: February 14, 10am - 12pm
Session Four: February 21, 10am - 12pm
Session Five: February 28, 10am - 12pm

Fees: Registration is $100 for 5 classes and seniors over 65 receive a 50% discount with the code SENIOR50. Scholarships are available to any adult student with financial need. Contact us to make a scholarship request.

For more information and registration, please visit:

https://www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-details/fenway-writes-comics-2

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Hourly Comics Day 2026

Feb 01, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Comicazi, 407 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA 02144, USA

Come together to share the practice of creating comics every hour of the day. Join a panel of local cartoonists Damian Alexander, Caroline Hu, and Sanika Phawde in a discussion moderated by educator and comics-maker Jerel Dye.

For information and registration, please visit:

https://www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-details/hourly-comics-day-2026

FREE

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Picture + Panel: We Are What We Cook

Feb 02, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Boston Figurative Arts Center, 285 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143, USA

This month, Picture + Panel serves up a conversation about food and family with Robert Mgrdich Apelian and Shaina Lu, whose graphic novels explore the intersections of culture, community, and comestibles. Anthony Baum, the Somerville Arts Council's culinary coordinator, will moderate.

All BCAF events are free to attend.  If you wish to pay it forward, a $5 suggested donation helps sustain BCAF's comics advocacy and educational programming in the Greater Boston area.

More about Picture + Panel

Picture + Panel is a monthly conversation series that brings fantastic graphic novel creators to the Greater Boston area. Discover terrific authors and fascinating stories that combine text and art through conversational confabulation. Produced in partnership by the Boston Comic Arts Foundation, Porter Square Books, and the Boston Figurative Arts Center, Picture + Panel provides thought-provoking discussions for adults about this unique form of expression.

Book sales are provided at the event by Porter Square Books.

About the Creators

Robert Mgrdich Apelian (he/him) is an Armenian American author-illustrator based in Everett, Massachusetts. He's an avid reader of seinen manga and is especially passionate about making the most of comics as a storytelling medium. A primary goal of his work is to celebrate the diversity and cultural excellence of the Middle East and to portray it as something other than tragic and war-torn.​

Shaina Lu (she/her) is a queer Taiwanese American community artist exploring the intersection of art, education, and activism. She graduated from Wellesley College and Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she studied arts in education. When she’s not creating community art, she works with young artists and makers in Boston’s Chinatown. Most important, she drinks juice every day, and she is full of sugar.

For information and registration:

https://www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-details/picture-panel-we-are-what-we-cook

FREE

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Ashland Library Young Artists Comics Fest 2026

Mar 21, 2026, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ashland Public Library, 66 Front St, Ashland, MA 01721, USA

Join us for the Second Annaul Ashland Library Young Artists Comics Fest! Celebrate comics and graphic novels with local creators exhibiting alongside Young Artists ages 8-18 who are making their own comics! We’re welcoming kids 8 and up to make comics of their own in our many workshops. We'll have coloring sheets and other passive activities for younger siblings!

Kids 8-18 can apply to table by filling out THIS FORM by March 17th We'll be in touch with logistics.

Featuring:

    Headlining Graphic Novelists
    Young Artists
    Cosplay
    Comic and Drawing Workshops
    Calmer Space and Quiet Drawing for relaxing and regulating


More about Ashland Library Young Artists Comics Fest

ALYAC is produced in partnership by the Friends of Ashland Public Library, Boston Comic Arts Foundation, and the Boston Kids Comics Fest.


All BCAF events are free to attend.  If you wish to pay it forward, a $5 suggested donation helps sustain BCAF's comics advocacy and educational programming in the Greater Boston area.

Getting Here

    On-site parking: The Ashland Public Library has limited parking on its property.
    Municipal parking: You can find free parking across the street at the town parking lot.
    Public Transportation: Ashland Station is serviced by the Framingham/Worcester Line Commuter Rail line. The library is a 20 minute walk from the station.

For more information and registration visit:

https://www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-details/ashland-library-young-artists-comics-fest-2026

FREE

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Boston Comics In Color Festival

Apr 03-04, 2026, Friday, 6-730pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm
Reggie Lewis Center, 1350 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02120

The Boston Comics in Color Festival [BCICF] is a family-friendly event for all ages focusing on creators of color and stories by and about people of color. This event takes place in person the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center on the campus of Roxbury Community College (RCC) and is the first of its kind in the city of Boston. The event includes event headliner(s); special guest speakers; panel discussions with working artist and writers, workshops, cosplay contest, live art demos, as well as an artist alley for comic creators to share and sell their books, materials, artwork. ​​​​​​

For information and registration, visit:

https://www.comicsincolor.org/

FREE

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Roxbury Makes Comics 2026

Apr 21, 2026, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Roxbury Branch Library, 149 Dudley St, Roxbury, MA 02119, USA

Roxbury Makes Comics is a 4-day intensive drawing workshop series with a focus on comics! Led by cartoonist and educator Dave Ortega the workshops will cover character design, setting, dialogue, and storytelling. In order to complete your week-long project, attendance at all four sessions is required.

For more information and registration, please visit:

https://www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-details/roxbury-makes-comics-2026-2026-04-21-10-30

FREE

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THE PICNIC: 5 decades of the Million Year Picnic (2021, 2023), a documentary about our shop directed by Vincent-louis Apruzzese, is now available to watch on YouTube!

https://celluloidslammer.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-picnic-5-decades-of-million-year.html

He also did an animated version of MASK OF THE RED DEATH here:

https://celluloidslammer.blogspot.com/2025/08/masque-of-red-death-2025-directed-by.html


3. HOURS FOR THIS WEEK!!!

You might want to call before coming over...

Monday (02/02), Tony will be in the shop from around noon-7pm.

Tuesday (02/03), Gamal will be in from noon-7pm.

Wednesday (02/04), Gamal will be in from 11am-7pm

Thursday (02/05), Tony will be in the shop from around 11a-7pm.

Friday (02/06), Tony will be in the shop from around 11am-7pm.

Saturday (02/07), Tony will be the shop from around 11am-7pm.

Sunday (02/08), Gamal will be in the shop from 11am-7pm.

If you have questions or want to put in an order for curbside pick-up, shipping, or delivery with a $15 minimum to Cambridge, Watertown, Arlington, Medford, Somerville, Waltham, Belmont, or Lexington contact us via email, MillionY...@yahoo.com, or call 617-492-6763.


4. Shiplists & Shortages:

DC/LUNAR Shortages

ART OF GEORGE WILSON HC
DC K.O. KNIGHTFIGHT #4 (OF 4) CVR A DAN MORA
EAT YOUR YOUNG #6 (OF 6)
HIGH STRANGENESS #4 (OF 5) CVR A CHLOE STAWSKI
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #12 CVR A ADRIAN SMITH

PRH Shortages

DC/Lunar Shiplist for week of Wednesday, 04 FEB 26

ABSOLUTE BATMAN HC VOL 02 ABOMINATION
ABSOLUTE BATMAN TP VOL 02 ABOMINATION
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #11
ABSOLUTE POWER TP
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #16 CVR A RAFA SANDOVAL
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #16 CVR C INHYUK LEE CARD STOCK VAR
ADVENTURE TIME ONI COMPACT COMICS EDITION TP DOWN MEMORY LANE
ARCHIE X ARMY OF DARKNESS #1 CVR A ROBERT HACK
ARCHIE X ARMY OF DARKNESS #1 CVR C LAURA BRAGA VAR
BATGIRL #16 CVR A DAVID TALASKI
BATMAN #2 Third Printing Cvr A Jorge Jimenez
BATMAN #6 CVR A JORGE JIMENEZ
BATMAN #6 CVR B JIM LEE CARD STOCK VAR
BATMAN #6 CVR F CHRISSIE ZULLO VALENTINES DAY CARD STOCK VAR
BATMAN STATIC BEYOND #3 (OF 6)
BATMAN WHITE KNIGHT TP (DC COMPACT COMICS EDITION)
DARWYN COOKES THE COMPLETE SPIRIT CONNOISSEUR EDITION HC
DC AND MARVEL PRESENT SUPERMAN AND SPIDER-MAN (MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #28) #1 FACSIMILE EDITION CVR A JOHN ROMITA SR & BOB LARKIN
DC AND MARVEL PRESENT SUPERMAN AND SPIDER-MAN (MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #28) #1 FACSIMILE EDITION CVR B BRIAN BOLLAND VAR
DC CONNECT #69 OPT-IN BUNDLES OF 25
DC K.O. BOSS BATTLE #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR A JAMAL CAMPBELL
DC K.O. KNIGHTFIGHT #1 (OF 4) Second Printing Cvr A Dan Mora
DC X AEW #1 (OF 2) CVR A LUCAS MEYER WRAPAROUND
DC X AEW #1 (OF 2) CVR B DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON CARD STOCK VAR
DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #35 CVR A MARTIN SIMMONDS
DISNEY VILLAINS MALEFICENT #4
DORC #1
DYNAMITE DISPATCHES #8 FEBRUARY 2026
FBP FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS TP VOL 01 THE PARADIGM SHIFT (2026 EDITION)
FLASH GORDON #15
JSA #16
KID FLASH GOING ROGUE TP
LEGO NINJAGO STRIKE OF THE SERPENTINE OGN
LOUD HOUSE TP VOL 26
NICE HOUSE BY THE SEA #7 (OF 12)
POISON IVY #41
SPACE RIDERS TP VOL 01
SPAWN #372
STUDIO GHIBLI PRINCESS MONONOKE JOURNAL HC
SUPERMAN CHAINS OF LOVE SPECIAL #1 (ONE SHOT)
TEEN TITANS GO #12
TEEN TITANS GO BIG OR GO HOME TP
THREE THIEVES TP VOL 04 THE KINGS DRAGON
THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN #1
VAMPIRELLA #10
WALKING DEAD DELUXE #130
WONDER WOMAN BLACK & GOLD 2026 SPECIAL #1 (ONE SHOT)

PRH Shiplist for week of Wednesday, 04 FEB 26

ALL-NEW SPIDER-GWEN: THE GHOST-SPIDER #7
ALL-NEW SPIDER-GWEN: THE GHOST-SPIDER #7 ANNIE WU VARIANT
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21 DAVID NAKAYAMA COLOR BLOCK RED VARIANT
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21 LEE BERMEJO AMAZING VISIONS VARIANT
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21 STEVE RUDE VARIANT
AVATAR: THE GAP YEAR - TIPPING POINT #4
AVENGERS #35
CREEPY PRESENTS: BERNIE WRIGHTSON TP
Event Horizon: Dark Descent #5
FANTASTIC FOUR FANFARE TP
Godzilla [Kai-Sei Era] #7
GODZILLA: INFINITY ROAR #1
Knight City #1
LOGAN: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD #2
Love Ignited 2026
LOVELY RECIPE TP
MAGIK & COLOSSUS #1
Marian Heretic #4
MARVEL FANFARE OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC
NOVA: CENTURION #4
PLANET OF THE APES VS. FANTASTIC FOUR #1
Roots of Madness #4
Sonic the Hedgehog #84
SPACE SCOURS #3
SPIRITS OF VIOLENCE #5
STORM: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #1
STORM: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #1 DIKE RUAN VARIANT
STORM: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #1 PABLO VILLALOBOS VARIANT
SYNTHETICS VOLUME ONE #4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Godzilla #3
The Twilight Zone #4
TOWER DUNGEON 4 TP
ULTIMATE ENDGAME #2
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #14
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #14 PERE PEREZ VARIANT
UNCANNY X-MEN #23
WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE TP
WOLVERINE #15
Wynd: The Power of the Blood #7

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