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This Week's New Book & Music Arrivals

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Here is a list of This Week's New Book and Music Arrivals that will be up on our regular site soon. In the meantime, you can get any of this stuff in-store or order via email or over the phone by calling 410-662-4444. Thanks! FICTION The Journeymen by James Jay - $13.95 The Hanging Gardens of Split Rock by Mike Faloon $13.95 Pretty Monsters (tpb) by Kelly Link - $9.99 Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson / Sam Stall - $14.95 Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart - $26.00 NON-FICTION The Book of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks: A Celebration of Creative Punctuation by Bethany Keeley - $14.95 Canning for a New Generation: Bold, Fresh Flavors for the Modern Pantry by Liana Krissoff / Rinne Allen - $24.95 Home Economics: Vintage Advice and Practical Science for the 21st-Century Household by Jennifer McKnight Trontz - $14.95 Trapped In A Scene - UK Hardcore 1985-1989 by Ian Glasper - $24.95 What's Your Poo Telling You? Activity B

Tonight - Smile Hon: Waste!

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Tonight is Smile Hon You're in Baltimore's reading for their new Waste issue . 7-9pm, 3620 Falls Rd!

It's That Time Again - Otakon 2010

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Howl - Otakon , originally uploaded by thedpq . Otakon starts tomorrow and runs all weekend!

This Week's New Comics

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Here is a list of This Week's New Comics that will be up on our regular site once it's fixed. In the meantime, you can get any of this stuff in-store or order via email or over the phone by calling 410-662-4444. Thanks! And sorry for the inconvenience. American Vampire #45 - $3.99 Angel #35 - $3.99 Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #4 - $3.99 Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader TPB by Neil Gaiman/various - $14.99 Batman: Widening Gyre #6 - $4.99 Black Jack Vol. 12 by Osamu Tezuka - $16.95 Detective Comics #867 - $3.99 Elephant Man by Greg Huston - $9.99 First Wave #3 - $3.99 Flight Vol. 7 - $27.00 Haunt #8 - $2.99 Invincible Vol. 6 - $14.99 Life With Archie: Married Life #1 - $3.99 Northlanders #30 - $2.99 Rasl #8 - $3.50 Street Angel Vol. 1 - $14.95 Superman: Whatever Happened To The Man of Tomorrow - $14.99 Tank Girl: Skidmarks - $16.95 Ten Thousand Things To Do by Jesse Reklaw - $20.00 Thunda: King of the Congo Archives Vol. 1 by Frank Fra

Atomic Books On Bizarre's Geek Road Trip

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What does Atomic Books have in common with Ferran Adria's elBulli restaurant, Bruce Lee's House and Area 51? Find out from Bizarre Magazine. "The world's strangest bookstore.... It sounds like heaven."

Smile, Hon: Waste Release Party - This Friday Night

Yes, our site is still down, but this Friday, come out for the new Smile Hon Release party for their Waste issue ! 7pm-9pm!

Scott Pilgrim Movie Passes

Hey, we're still working on the website, but in the meantime, who wants preview passes to the Scott Pilgrim movie? They're for tomorrow night (Mon, July 26th), 7:30pm at the Columbia Mall AMC Theater. Each pass is good for two people. First come, first served. Please do not call about them.

New Releases

While we're working on getting the Atomic Books site back in action, we've still been getting a lot of awesome stuff in stock. Here is a list of NEW RELEASES that will be up on our site once it's fixed. In the meantime, you can get any of this stuff in-store or order via email or over the phone by calling 410-662-4444. Thanks! And sorry for the inconvenience. ART TOYS Dr. Brain Vinyl Figure - $59.95 Ninjatown Mini Figures (Kidrobot) - $7.95 BOOKS 33 1/3 Volume 74: Van Dyke Parks' Song Cycle - $10.95 Animators Unearthed A Guide to the Best of Contemporary Animation - $24.95 The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol - $45.00 Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love by Dave Zirin - $24.95 Boardwalk Empire by Nelson Johnson - $17.95 Burning Britain - A History Of UK Punk 1980 to 1984 by Ian Glasper - $24.95 Catalog 439: Burlesque Paraphernalia - $22.99 Custom Lettering of the 60s & 70s - $45.00 David Choe by David Choe - $45.00 Death To Trad Rock! - Th

Wha - Where'd The Atomic Site Go?

How did you get here? What's going on? What happened to atomicbooks.com? Well, we're still working on getting the site back up, but until then, you'll be directed here. We want it back as quickly as possible, too! In the meantime, you can always IM (atomicbooks) us with questions, visit us on Facebook or email us at info@atomicbooks.com. Hey, is this really the Double Rainbow guy ?

Ninjatown Wee Series

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businessninja , originally uploaded by sugarfreak . On sale today! Yes, our site is still down. But you can always IM us (atomicbooks) or email us (info@atomicbooks.com) with questions or call us (410-662-4444) to place an order! ETA : Looks like our email is now getting spotty so you can also email atomicrachelw@gmail.com or atomicbenn@gmail.com

City Sages - July 15th

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Tomorrow night, come by for our latest Fiction Series installment with City Sages . Starts at 7pm, here at Atomic Books!

RIP Harvey Pekar

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“American Splendor” comic book author Harvey Pekar has died at age 70, according to Cuyahoga County coroner’s spokesman Powell Caesar. ETA : Some early thoughts on his passing by The Beat .

I Wish This Were a Poster

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Post Typography 's collection of parody music stickers illustrates the review of A Visit from the Goon Squad in this week's New York Times Book section .

John Waters on Marc Steiner

The Marc Steiner Show on WEAA, 88.9fm , is rerunning their interview with John Waters tonight at 6pm. Pam Grier is on at 5pm!

4th of July Hours

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bottlerockets , originally uploaded by sugarfreak . This Saturday, July 3rd, we'll be open from 11am-6pm. Sunday, July 4th, we'll be open from 11am-4pm. It's time to play with fire!