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Independent comic shop in The Old High Street, Folkestone. Open now!

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Beautiful. That poor bald man.
senseistarman.com Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 7h
And now, to distract you from the state of the world, here's a comic preview page of Lex Luthor fighting a bear for no reason.
Lex Luthor, the greatest criminal mind of our time, fighting Samantha Strong, an anthro-morphic bear woman/serial killer, from the IDW horror comic Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees. From DC KO: Boss Battle #1.
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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The Absolute Batman Ark-M special and this month's Escape are both very good comics.

Tune in tomorrow for more comics opinions.
January 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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And some new art for the walls.

It's all going on in 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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And we got some of those new-fangled dice things.😎
January 7, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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We got some new Marvel in today...
January 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Saying it again. You do *not* have to be the most accomplished artist in the world to make an excellent comic that speaks to people and communicates your truths.
July 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Another drokkin' year
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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OK. Top 5.

Erlking Wood
Assorted Crisis Events
Absolute Martian Manhunter
Power Fantasy
Wizard of Earthsea

Honorable mentions for This Slavery, Brownstone, Absolute Wonder Woman and Exquisite Corpses.

Judges exemption for Richard Stark's Parker, just cos I only read it this year.
December 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Hello, I changed my mind about opening this week. We will now be open up until NYE and then closed Thursday and Friday.

So if you need to clear your head, get away from your relatives or look at something that isn't bloody Mrs Brown's Boys then come down and say hello. 😘
December 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 25,1945
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY IS NOISE COMING FROM ANOTHER ROOM IN THE HOUSE, NANCY: I WONDER WHAT THAT NOISE IS? CLICK CLICK CLICK P2- NANCY GOES TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON NANCY: OH -H - - IT'S THE CAT PLAYING WITH AUNT FRITZI'S TYPEWRITER!... STOP THAT! CLICK CLICK. CLICK THE CAT IS HAPPILY TYPING AWAY P3- WE SEE THE PAGE THAT WAS IN THE TYPEWRITER, IT READS… MeRry ChrISTmas fROm NANCI, SluGGo, FRItZ1 AND ErNIe BusHMILLer
December 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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This is the last day of the Xmas rush and somewhere in there we passed our first birthday.

Genuine, heartfelt thanks to all of you who have bought things, come in for a chat or told me about stuff. I've had such a good time reading comics and meeting you all. ❤️
December 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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The Beat's Best of 2025 has officially concluded! ICYMI, we compiled our favorite comics, manga and manhwa, webtoons and webcomics, kids comics, anime, video games, TV series, and movies!

This thread links all of our lists in one convenient place!

Best Comics of 2025:
The Beat's Best Comics of 2025
The Beat staff has come together once again to compile its annual, wide-spanning list of the best comics of 2025.
www.comicsbeat.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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We named ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER by @denizcamp.bsky.social, @javierrodriguez.bsky.social, & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, & published by DC Comics, as one of Best Comics of 2025.

Listen to #TheStampies (Part One) to hear our other faves from the year: cbccpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-stampi...
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Looks good.

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is available in the shop. It's really good.

Would make a great gift. 🙂

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Supergirl | Official Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by DC
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December 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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I had a lot of fun writing this new single-sheet Public Collectors zine: "Why Aren't People Buying Your Books and Zines at Fairs?" Reprinted in full here. It's free if you ask for it when you order from halfletterpress.com or you can get it in this set I made: halfletterpress.com/3-single-she...
In November 2025, I started an open editable document titled Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency. You can find it here: https://l1nk.dev/ArtBookFairSales. It gives publishers a space to share events they were in, what it cost to participate, how much they sold, and more on how it went, Event organizers often survey participants to gather this information on their own but the data they collect is not shared with the public. I wanted to make something everyone could see, use, and learn from. Book fair and zine fest costs can include travel, table fees, food, lodging, shipping and other expenses, The more data publishers add to the doc, the better others can try to understand if an event is worth the time and expense. There are many non-monetary benefits and reasons for participating in events (meeting people, sharing your work, visiting a new city, and building community). But this document should help others think about the economic dimension with care as they plan for fairs and think about what publishing means for them. In a discussion about Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency, some people commented that they sell very little at fairs, possibly because they are just starting out or finding their audience. I wanted to give them a pep talk, but there are so many factors involved with selling books and zines. Everyone has fairs that go badly or publishes things that don’t sell as easily as they had hoped. Still, there are some themes that emerge. As a fun way to try to diagnose why things don’t always work out, I created this list of possible reasons that attendees aren’t buying books. This text is informed by many years of tabling at book fairs and zine fests in the US as well as internationally. I hope people will take it in stride and think of this list as something lighthearted by a member of the community, for the community. Now go out there and find your readers! — Marc Fischer / Public Collectors Excerpt (the whole left page): Possible Reasons Why People Aren't Buying Your Books and Zines at the Art Book Fair / Zine Fest They are also publishers and have little money for other people’s books and zines. You left your table to go look at other publishers’ stuff or buy lunch because you didn’t pack enough snacks. You are looking at your phone too much. Or, you are busy reading someone else’s book and need to look up from it. You aren’t talking to them and are passively waiting for someone to understand your work, care, and buy it with no effort on your part. There are too many other people with tables at the fair/fest and not enough attendees to justify having so many participants. The economy sucks and no one has money, but they attended anyway because they love books, zines, and people who make them. Your prices are too high, and the books/zines feel like they are a poor value compared to other publications with similar qualities and production values. You made something that is a weird format or too large and no one wants to carry it around. They want to pay for your books and zines with some version of money that you don’t accept because every publisher is now expected to take about five different forms of payment. They came to the event to be seen and you are just scenery. There is a DJ, you are close to the speakers, and the music is too loud to have a conversation about your work. The vibes are bad. The light is bad, The breath/B.O. is bad. They are holding four cups of coffee, a glass of wine, and three tote bags filled with books. They are too burdened with stuff to handle or buy any more things. They only came to trade their books and zines with other publishers. Selling isn’t everything, you capitalist jerk! The last page of the main text: They’re a librarian and blew their budget too early in the fair. They are nervous about buying your last copy. Your work is great but your tone or content don’t fit the fair. They already have 93 different zines about the same subject that your publications are about. You have failed to offer a different take on whatever your thing is. Your type is small and hard to read. Your materials are fragile and will get destroyed in transit. You made the cover of your zine as graphic as possible, and no one wants to be seen carrying around a publication with a giant penis, dead body, or photo of Ted Cruz on the front. Apparently they came to the book fair/zine fest to buy plants, ceramics, stuffed animals, toys, chocolate, jewelry, clothes, and 3-D printed tchotchkes, not books and zines. They are distracted by the dazzling pattern on the tablecloth that you have placed under your books and zines. They are afraid of knocking your books and zines off the elaborate display structures and scaffolding that you are using to display 175 titles on a 3 foot wide table surface. You are still in the process of assembling your books and zines at your table and they don’t want to get in the way of your stapler, bone folder, cutting board and collating station. The super desirable thing you made ten years ago is out of print and your new stuff just isn’t hitting like the thing you are tired of and don’t want to reprint for the rest of your life even though it was profitable. Public Collectors www.publiccollectors.org Publication #110, December, 2025
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Christmas opening times.....
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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What's the point of running a comics shop if you can't get yourself a beautiful book every now and again? I've been reading the Martini edition of the Darwyn Cooke Parker stories. Oh boy. Some of the best comics I've ever read. Horrible, but beautiful.
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The weather's rubbish but you can order from our website and our trained team will leap into action and get your books to you ASAP. If you're in Folkestone then I'll probably just drop them round myself. 😁

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December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Haru 3 released yesterday, concluding the story. To celebrate we are offering all 3 books for £25 with a unique bookplate - made just for us!

They make perfect gifts!
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Fury by @domduongart.bsky.social now in stock! £5 ea.
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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We have a very limited amount of Pokémon stuff in stock now. Once it's gone, it's gone.
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Tomorrow is Xmas late opening on the Old High St! All the shops will be open until 8pm, there'll be snow, and a scavenger hunt, and a kazoo orchestra!

See you then!
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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We'll be open about midday tomorrow. Got to take a kid somewhere.
December 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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The phrase I probably hear the most in the shop is "yeah, I don't know what he's got".

Don't let that stop you! We sell these amazing gift coins and even have some cute little bags for them. So you can still give the gift of comics to a loved one, despite not knowing which ones they have.

😉
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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There won't be a comics delivery this week.

We will have two lots next week.

Sorry everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM