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This August, Prepare for Cates’ & Stegman’s “Absolute Carnage”!

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Get ready for Donny Cates’ and Ryan Stegman’s latest event comic!

We all love our trailers for the latest movies and tv shows that we cannot wait to countdown to or binge watch. We live in a very trailer centric culture in which we can devour every aspect of the entertainment we love and this has now, for a little while now, touched into the world of comic books. Check out the first trailer for Marvel’s latest event comic – “Absolute Carnage.”

Absolute Carnage tells the story: After turning Venom’s world upside down a year ago, DONNY CATES and RYAN STEGMAN are about to put the Sinister Symbiote through hell again, only this time CARNAGE has come calling, and everyone who’s ever worn a symbiote is dead in his sights! He’s skirted the periphery of the Marvel Universe for months, but Cletus Kasady at last stands poised to make his grand return to New York in a blistering triple-sized story…and he wants to paint the town red!

If you’re excited about “Absolute Carnage” and you don’t want to miss out on maximum fun, let us know and we could add this title to your pull list. And if you don’t have a pull list, we could set one up for you. It’s free to set up, you get 10% off your weekly pulls, and a guaranteed copy in case it sells out.

The blockbuster event starts in August (although fans will see the threads reaching as far back as AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252, with connections to almost every Venom and Carnage story since) and re-teams Cates with VENOM‘s Ryan Stegman and colorist Frank Martin for the deadliest story in the Marvel Universe!

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“Absolute Carnage” releases on Wednesday, August 7th.

This Month at Royal: Artist Vanesa R. Del Rey!

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Vanesa R. Del Rey is coming to Royal!

We’re very excited to announce that Vanesa R. Del Rey will be coming to our shop on Wednesday, July 24th from 4 to 7 pm! This will be the first time that the artist behind Black Widow, Hit, The Empty Man, and more will be at Royal Collectibles! We can’t wait to have her at the shop and we hope you’re just as excited as we are.

Aside from signing comics, selling art prints, and original work, Vanesa R. Del Rey will also be doing small 5 x 9 sketches for $60. Please keep in mind that sketches are based on Vanesa’s discretion and time permitting.

We hope to see you all on Wednesday, July 24th!

Be sure to follow Vanesa R. Del Rey on Instagram and Twitter.

Writer Cameron DeOrdio & Artist Soo Lee are Coming to Royal This Month!

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The creative team behind Charlie’s Angels/Bionic Woman are heading to Royal.

We hope everyone is enjoying their summer. We’re very excited to announce our first signing for this month – artist Soo Lee and writer Cameron DeOrdio. They’re the creative team behind this month’s new comic series, Charlie’s Angels/Bionic Woman.

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Cameron DeOrdio (Josie & the Pussycats) and Soo Lee (Strange Attractors, Fight Like a Girl) will be at Royal on Saturday, July 20th from 3 to 7 pm. Be sure to get your comics signed and, time permitting, Soo Lee will be available for sketches/commissions at her discretion.

We can’t wait to host Cameron DeOrdio (who’s no stranger to our shop) and Soo Lee and we hope to see all of you for what will surely be a fun day.

Be sure to follow Soo Lee on Instagram and Twitter, along with Cameron DeOrdio on Instagram and Twitter, as well.

Are You Royally Excited About Our 1st Ever POP Swap?

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The Royal Collectibles Pop Swap is coming this Saturday.

One of our best selling of collectibles is easily the Funko Pop vinyl figures. From Pops of DC and Marvel characters – to Pops based off of some of your favorite television and movies, there’s nearly a Pop for all of your interests. They’re small, they don’t take up too much space (depending on how big a collector you are), and they only cost $10.99! We like Pops, we know you like Pops, and that’s why we’re holding our first ever Pop Swap on Saturday, June 29th!

From 12 to 4 pm on Saturday, June 29th, we’ll be hosting our first ever Pop Swap in the back yard / driveway area of our Forest Hills Royal Collectibles store.

We hope to see you there, especially if you have Pops that you’re looking to potentially trade with like minded collectors and fans. We’ll be providing light refreshments, along with bringing back our Royal Pop Wheel of Prizes for those that were here or missed the excitement from this year’s Free Comic Book Day. We’ll also have a selection of discounted Pops at the price of $5 bucks.

Along with raffles for exclusive pops, we do have to mention the following disclaimer:

Royal will not be responsible for trades and purchases between the public. Please shop smart and all sales are final. Please be courteous, respectful, and remember that we’re all fans. And le’s have some fun along the way!

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The 1st ever Royal Pop Swap is this coming Saturday, June 29th! For any questions, please feel free to reach out to us.

Matt Miner & Creees Returning to Royal Collectibles for “Lab Raider” issue 1!

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Come celebrate the release of Black Mask’s “Lab Raider” issue 1!

We’re very excited to announce that Matt Miner and Creees will be doing a signing at our shop on Wednesday, June 5th. They’re very special guests to us and we’re glad to have them back at Royal Collectibles. Both Miner and Creees will be here in support of their Black Mask book, “Lab Raider.”

We hope to see everyone come out to support Matt Miner and Creees for the release of “Lab Raider” #1. This will be their second time at Royal. As always, feel free to get your copy of “Lab Raider” #1 signed, along with any other of Matt Miner’s works. For any additional questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Royal Collectibles featured in Prime Studios’ documentary!

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Steven Biscotti featured in Prime Studios’ Royal Collectibles documentary.

Last month I had the great opportunity to speak with a friend and customer, Justyn Candelaria, in regards to his documentary he wished to film for his class final. Royal Collectibles is a special place for me, especially as it’s been my local comic shop since they first opened doors in the early 90’s. You could view the documentary below!

To be able to speak about everyone’s friendly neighborhood comic shop (we are located in Forest Hills, after all!) brought me sincere joy and I hope you have fun watching. Justyn Candelaria created a fun and entertaining documentary that is very much a lover letter to Royal Collectibles and I’m honored to be a small part in a store that means so much to so many.

You could find Justyn Candelaria, on Instagram, at @primecriticentertainment in which he discusses all the things in pop culture film and tv that we enjoy, along with endeavoring to review every single episode of one of his favorite shows, “The Orville.

(Steven Biscotti)

Khary Randolph

EXCELLENCE! Khary Randolph Signing at Royal!

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Artist Khary Randolph will be appearing at Royal!

One of our favorite artists and guests at Royal Collectibles is, hands down, Khary Randolph! Khary, one of the hardest working artists today, will be joining us on Saturday, May 18th from 1 to 4 pm. His new Image comic, Excellence #1, releases this week and he’ll be here to sign all the comics!

Saturday, May 18th

For those interested, we will be providing CGC services for the Khary Randolph signing. The cost for grading will be $40. Feel free to bring in your TechJacket, Mosaic, Spider-Gwen, We Are Robin books, along with picking up Excellence #1.

Khary’s always a fun guest to have and we hope to see you all this Saturday, May 11th!

Have any questions? Always feel free to ask!

Free Comic Book Day

It’s Almost Free Comic Book Day!

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FCBD is the 1st Saturday in May!

Free Comic Book Day, a nationwide event, is almost here. On Saturday, May 4th we’ll be hosting FCBD at our Forest Hills shop. We have a lot going on so be sure to stop by.

For Free Comic Book Day 2019, as always, we will be offering 2 Free Official FCBD comics per person- they will be located on the main shelf and every issue will bear the FCBD logo.

We’ll also be selling our next wave of Royal merch! Our new shirt will be on sale ($15), along with a new tote ($10). The shirt is free with every purchase of $150 and the Royal Tote Bag is free with every purchase of $100.

We know so many of you love Funko Pops and for this year, we’ll have a Spin the Pop Wheel for a chance to win prizes and discounts. Any Funko Pop purchase allows you to spin the wheel. This is going to be a lot of fun and yet another activity to add to the excitement of FCBD!

We hope to see you on Saturday, May 4th for Free Comic Book Day!

Vita Ayala

Comic Writer Vita Ayala Appearing at Royal Collectibles!

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Valiant’s Livewire writer is coming to Royal.

We’re very excited to announce that we’ll be having Vita Ayala at our shop this month. Ayala will be appearing on Wednesday, April 24th from 5 to 8 pm. Aside from Valiant’s Livewire, we also have a select amount of some of their past books including Batman Beyond, Suicide Squad, and Marvel Knights.

Vita Ayala

I’m personally very excited to have Vita at the shop because they wrote one of the best Supergirl issues of all time – issue #19. Supergirl meets a non-binary teen and Ayala uses the framework of a super hero story to tell a far more important story about gender, identity, and the importance of being an ally to those that society sometimes forgets to stand by. As a big fan of the Man of Steel and his Super cousin, it was this issue that I often spoke of being one of the best “Super” stories written! (Steven of Royal)

We hope to see you soon at your friendly neighborhood comic shop and please come out to support one of the most important voices in the industry right now, Vita Ayala!

Vita Ayala could be found on Instagram and Twitter.

Jeff Edwards

Autobots, Roll Out! Transformer’s Cover Artist Jeff Edwards is Appearing at Royal!

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Jeff Edwards is coming to your friendly neighborhood comic shop this April!

With just a few days left in March, we’re ready to announce that Jeff Edwards, the cover artist for IDW’s “Transformers” series will be appearing at our shop. We’re looking forward to having him on Sunday, April 7th from 1 to 6 pm.

Jeff will be bringing an exclusive variant which will be sold for $20, along with a free signature if you’d like. Remarks and larger commissions will be available at Jeff’s discretion and with time permitting, of course.

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We hope all of you Transformers fans will roll out to Royal for the Jeff Edwards signing.

Jeff Edwards will be appearing Sunday, April 7th from 1 to 6 pm.