Vault of Midnight Newsletter: Sep 24, 2011

As hinted at last Newsletter, we've bad-assed up the comic shop by, oh, a million percent or so in the past couple of weeks:

• Brand new shelves for our world renowned Zone of Employee Recommendation, nearly doubling the number of titles we can make fun of you about for not reading.
• A massive reshuffling and upgrade to our "Creator" (or Snob-Fest Books) Section in the basement; what before was merely a supremely efficient depository of irregularly shaped books is now more closely akin to a cozy, pretentious home away from home. No sitting allowed.
•  New, space-age lighting for our Glass Display Shelves. Warning: merchandise is now so attractive and enticing that it should not be looked on directly without parent or guardian's permission.
• A giant board game display thing!

Basically, you'll be like, "What? What is this comic shop? Surely this is some millionaire's luxury estate!" But it's totally not.

All the better to house all of the events coming up in the next couple of months! Recognize:

 Sunday, September 25, 11am to 5pm
Yard Sale! This is Tomorrow!

The Sullivans are having a yard sale! You know: The Sullivans (They own the comic shop that sponsors this newsletter)! Liz Sullivan would like to pass this message along:

"Since we live pretty far from the downtown area, we thought we'd have a sweet garage sale in the basement of the Vault to make it as accessible as possible to all the people who might be interested!  We'll be posted from 11am to 5pm.  Swing by and check out the stuff.  I wouldn't be surprised if you found ten things you wanted! Fifteen years worth of THINGS! It'll be awesome.  Trust me, I've seen all of it."

Friday, September 30, 6pm @ Blockbuster Video, 2248 S. Main St
Super Hero Friday

Just what it sounds like! A Celebration of super-hero-y type things at your local Blockbuster! Vault of Midnight is the special guest retailer!

Wear a super-hero T-shirt and get a Prize! Get your picture taken with a 3D, 6ft tall Batman! Other neatness! Check it out!

Thursday, October 6, 6pm to 10pm
Bob and Angus Season 2 Premier!

Mayfair Games kicks off season two of their Bob & Angus Show web series on October 6. (You've never seen Bob and Angus?! Check out MayfairGamesMovies on YouTube!) We're having a season premiere party on Oct. 6 from 6 pm until 10 pm. Munchies! Pop! Door prizes! Special guests! Sheep-related gaming (like Shear Panic, Struggle for Catan, and more)! What are you waiting for? RSVP next time you're in the store (reply to this email) and get your name put on our guest list (in order to get a a nifty extra)!

Friday, October 7, 8pm
ARBCO Presents!
 

Fuckin' A! is releasing the 2nd LP from the Vinyl Countdown and to celebrate they're gonna rock you along with Mare Crisium and Magic Missile. All Ages, just $5!

 
Thursday, October 13, 5:30 pm @ Hatcher Graduate Library
Feynman: A Talk by Jim Ottaviani

Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery in Room 100

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

In the substantial graphic novel biography Feynman, Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick present the larger-than-life exploits of Richard Feynman: Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, world class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century.

Author and U-M Librarian Jim Ottaviani will talk about this latest graphic novel. Book sale and signing to follow, courtesy of Vault of Midnight. Light refreshments.

Saturday, October 15, 9pm to 11pm
Cheap Laffs!

Courtesy of Nate Higley and Tavi Veraldi! Cheap Laffs #3 Release Party!
18+ Welcome! Refreshments provided.
Live Music: Nickie P. & Dick Jones - Live Comedy: Kent Tucker

Man, You Got To Be There!

Saturday, October 22, 2pm to 3:30pm
Teen Read Week: Superheroes Discussion

Teen Read Week will be celebrated October 16-22 with the theme 'Picture It @ Your Library'  Join us to discuss and write about Superheroes such as Green Lantern and Superman! Local teacher, performance poet and author of 'Knuckleheads' Jeff Kass will be joined by Curtis Sullivan, owner of Ann Arbor's nationally recognized 'Vault of Midnight.' In addition, special guests, Ray McDaniel and Van Jordan, renowned poets from the University of Michigan faculty will also be contributing to the discussion of Superheroes.

Saturday, November 5, 7pm
Covers: A Benefit for 826 Michigan

Covers: A celebration of the power of reading and writing! A benefit to help kids continue to read and write! A dance party that just won't stop (till 2in the am.) Come enjoy a night of art and writing in the extremely classy Vault Ultralounge. Together we will celebrate the uniting power of literature in all its forms. Local artists will be reimaging covers of their favorite novels. All benefits from the show will go to 826michigan, an Ann Arbor organization which helps children develop essential reading and writing skills and is just generally awesome.

End of Events

We also read comics this week! In this week's segment of, "Hey, what was your favorite comic this week and why was it dope?" we peek into the piles of Vault's Minions:

"Hey, what was your favorite comic this week and why was it dope?"

• Liz - Half World: So Flowery! While technically not a comic book, I could totally see the pictures with make believe in my head!

• Xmas - Daredevil #3: Did you know Daredevil is BLIND?!? Mark Waid totally remembered this obscure fact about Daredevil!

• Nick - Petrograd: History is Fun in Comics! Also spies, political assassination, and Rasputin.

• Curtis - Batman #1: Had all the things I wanted from a Batman comic: Batman, detecting, butt-kickery, and a cool hook. Plus Alfred is the sh!t.

That's All! Please attend all of these events and read all of these comics!
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-Vault of Midnight