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Local Picks

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graphicusa , originally uploaded by sugarfreak . So we got some snow last night and a lot of people are stuck in their neighborhoods...which isn't so bad, is it? If you have a cool neighborhood with businesses that owners can walk to, everything is still open and right there. Let's check out some new books highlighting local flavor: Graphic USA is an interesting concept for a travel guide. They asked graphic designers to illustrate their hometowns and pick their favorite local haunts and must-sees. The Girl in the Green Raincoat is a collection of stories first serialized in the NYTimes, by local mystery writer, Laura Lippman (one of Rachel's faves). Reading any of the Tess Monaghan stories is like walking around Baltimore. And a new cool children's board book, 123 Baltimore , highlights iconic city symbols that help you count. Can you count all the Painted Ladies of Charles Village? I'm sure you can.

Reading Club Canceled Tonight

Due to more snow in the forecast for this afternoon and evening, Reading Club will be canceled for tonight! See you in February! ETA : We are closing at 6pm tonight!

Baltimore Bookseller Interviews

North Baltimore Patch has a really great series of interviews with Baltimore Booksellers, past and present: Part Five - Book Miser : "During my six years selling real estate, I was inside hundreds of private residences, and it always struck me how many houses contained not a single book, other than periodicals." Part Four - Royal Books : "As Internet bookselling evolved, buyers followed the path of least resistance. Why look in bookshops endlessly for the obscure book you need when you can go right to the computer and find it at a small shop in Kansas, put it in your shopping cart and be done with it? Since 1996, everything has changed, and today only the heartiest bibliophiles actually set foot in bookshops." Part Three - Red Emmas : "We started out anticipating that our cafe would sustain the bookstore (i.e., we thought the cafe would pay the rent and the bills), and the bookstore -- the reason we started this project -- would just kind of sustain itsel

The Perfect Gift

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atomicgiftcardwu , originally uploaded by sugarfreak . Our new giftcards illustrated by Annie Wu just came in. She's awesome! Giftcards can be ordered online or saved for the receiver here at the store. Shipping (and tax in MD) is now waived on these online orders. These cards can be used online as well. Just choose the PayPal option and then put the card's number in the comment section and we'll take care of the rest.

Dunny Azteca II Catch & Release Party Tonight!

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Starts at 7:30pm tonight! Come by and check out the new all South of the Border artist series. Bring your other Dunnys and toys for trading and enjoy some refreshing beverages.

Atomic's Top 40 Best Selling Books: 2010

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These are the 40 best selling books at Atomic Books in 2010. 1. Role Models by John Waters 2. Booze Cakes by Krystina Castella / Terry Lee Stone 3. Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010 by David Sedaris (guest ed.) / Dave Eggers (ed.) 4. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris 5. Simple Times by Amy Sedaris 6. The Daily Show's The Earth by Jon Stewart/The Daily Show 7. Shock Value by John Waters 8. Just Kids by Patti Smith 9. Clock Without A Face by Gus Twintig 10. Cheesemonger by Gordon Edgar 11. Old Man Drinks by Robert Schnakenberg 12. Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan 13. Sugarless by James Magruder 14. You're A Horrible Person, But I Like You by the editors of The Believer 15. Crackpot by John Waters 16. Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain 17. Lettering & Type by Post Typography 18. Bike Snob by BikeSnobNYC 19. From My Cold Dead Paws by James Bennett 20. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami 21. All

Atomic's Top 30 Best Selling Graphic Novels Of 2010

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These are the top 30 best selling graphic novels at Atomic Books in 2010. 1. Lulu Eightball Volume 2 by Emily Flake 2. Fart Party Volume 1 by Julia Wertz 3. Wilson by Daniel Clowes 4. Fart Party Volume 2 by Julia Wertz 5. Scott Pilgrim Volume 1: Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley 6. Drinking At The Movies by Julia Wertz 7. I Keee You!!: A Collection of Overheards by Benn Ray (ed.) 8. Zippy: Ding Dong Daddy From Dingburg by Bill Griffith 9. Walking Dead Volume 1 by Robert Kirkman / Tony Moore 10. R. Crumb's Book of Genesis by Robert Crumb 11. X'ed Out by Charles Burns 12. Scott Pilgrim Volume 2: Vs. The World by Bryan Lee O'Malley 13. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel 14. I Saw You by Julia Wertz (ed.) 15. Scott Pilgrim Volume 3: Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O'Malley 16. Walking Dead Volume 11 by Robert Kirkman / Charlie Adlard / Cliff Rathburn 17. Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley 18. Scott Pilgrim

Atomic's Top 50 Best Selling Zines/Magazines: 2010

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These are the top 50 best selling zines/magazines at Atomic Books in 2010. 1. Mojo Magazine 2. Juxtapoz Magazine 3. Bust Magazine 4. Bizarre Magazine 5. Smile, Hon, You're In Flagrante! 6. Bitch Magazine 7. Rue Morgue Magazine 8. McSweeney's #33 9. The Believer 10. Smile, Hon, You're In Baltimore #13 11. Maximum Rocknroll 12. Record Collector Magazine 13. ReadyMade Magazine 14. Shindig! Magazine 15. Smile, Hon, You're In Baltimore: Waste 16. Cinema Sewer #23 17. Fangoria Magazine 18. Found Magazine #7 19. Craphound #4 20. Hi Fructose #17 21. Baffler Vol. 2 #1 22. Urban Velo 23. Tattoo Revue Magazine 24. Skunk Magazine 25. Horrorhound Magazine 26. Cometbus #53 27. High Times Magazine 28. Cabinet 29. Dwell Magazine 30. Giant Robot Magazine 31. Ugly Things Magazine 32. Wax Poetics Magazine 33. Treating Yourself Magazine 34. Retro Lovely #3 35. Mental Floss Magazine 36. Wire Magazine 37. Shock Cinema Magazine 38. Adbusters Magazine 39. Imbibe Magazine 40. Rigor Mortis #2 41

I Heart Bmore - Football Edition

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nolen-strals-i-heart-bmore-football-edition , originally uploaded by sugarfreak . Are you like Nolen Strals? Do you love the football? He's come up with a Football Edition of his famous I Heart Bmore shirt design. They come in on Friday! Pre-order now.

Atomic's Best Selling Single Issue & Mini Comics

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These are the top 20 best selling single issue and mini comics at Atomic Books in 2010. 1. Henry & Glenn Forever by Igloo Tornado* 2. Sad Animals by Adam Meuse 3. Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Willow Special by Joss Whedon/various 4. Girls Don't Poop by Mario Van Buren 5. Buffy The Vampire Slayer #32 by Brad Meltzer/various 6. Hate Annual #8 by Pete Bagge 7. Buffy The Vampire Slayer #31 by Joss Whedon/various 8. Papercutter #14 by Dave Roche / Nate Beaty / Brian Maruca / Jim Rugg / Farel Dalrymple 9. Buffy The Vampire Slayer #33 by Brad Meltzer/various 10. Kool Aid Gets Fired by Tim Piotowski 11. Heavy Metal by various 12. Slurricane #1 by Will Laren 13. Papercutter #12 by Rachel Bormann / Joey Alison Sayers / Mark Campos / Dalton Webb 14. Boys Club #3 by Matt Furie 15. iZombie #1 by Chris Roberson/Mike Allred 16. I Want You #1 by Lisa Hanawalt 17. Lose #2 by Michael DeForge 18. Papercutter #13 by Matt Wiegle / Tim Root / Jonas Madden-Connor 19. Blammo #6 by Noah

Atomic's Best Selling Toys: 2010

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These are the top 20 best selling toys at Atomic Books in 2010. 1. Dunny Fatale Series 2. Dunny 2010 Series 3. Yummy Breakfast Keychains 4. Ninjatown Zipper Pulls 5. Futurama Mini Figures 6. Marshall Zipper Pulls 7. Cactus Pups Figures 8. Rippers Enamel Zipper Pulls 9. Smorkin' Labbits Series 4 10. Things That Hurt Zipper Pulls 11. Ninjatown Mini Figures 12. Gloomy Bear Zipper Pulls 13. Yummy Donut Enamel Zipper Pulls 14. Munnyworld Zipper Pulls 15. Mini Munny DIY Figures 16. Simpsons V2 Mini Figures 17. Wish Come True Figures 18. Domo Qee Figures 19. Carnies Mini Figures 20. Jibibuts Wooden Toys

2011: Revenge Of Print Begins

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flier by Jeff from LV Zine Library It's 2011, it's time for the Revenge of Print . This is a challenge to everyone who has ever made a zine/mini-comic/comix, is making zines/mini-comics/comix or would like to make a zine/mini-comic/comix - to do at least 1 more issue in 2011. Why? Because print is only dead if you want it to be. Currently, we have nearly 200 people now signed on to Revenge of Print. ( Visit the Facebook group for a list of all participants ). We have folks like us, Quimby's , Xerography Debt , Razorcake , Maximum Rocknroll , Zine World , Microcosm and too many more zine libraries and distros to name involved/supporting/endorsing it. We're also working out a few other ideas and suggestions too. For example: 1. we're thinking about hosting some kind of 2011: Revenge of Print event 2. we're trying to figure out a way to track everyone who said they'd participate and keep a list of what they've done 3. we may be doing a zine art show with p

No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July - January Book Pic

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Our January Reading Club pick is No One Belong Here More Than You . See you January 26th, 7:30 pm, for the discussion meeting!

Reading Club 2011 - Short Stories

This year's Reading Club (7th year!) focuses on the short story. Here are the year's selections: January No One Belongs Here More Than You - Miranda July February Ice Haven - Dan Clowes March What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Raymond Carver April Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury May Welcome to the Monkey House - Kurt Vonnegut June Demons in the Spring - Joe Meno July The Lottery - Shirley Jackson August Collected Stories of Amy Hempel - Amy Hempel September Collected Stories of Lydia Davis - Lydia Davis October Stranger Things Happen - Kelly Link November Summer Blonde - Adrian Tomine December The Push Man - Yoshihiro Tatsumi These titles are 15% off for Club members and we meet the last Wednesday every month at 7:30pm at Atomic Books. Join our Atomic Reading Club on Facebook for updates, extra discussions and shenanigans.