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Daily news and updates by Proprietor James Sime & the Isotope Staff
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
The IsoStaff sends out our deepest appreciation for the coolest thing we could have asked to get upon our return home from Comic Con... 2009 SF Bay Guardian Best of The Bay - Best Comic Book Store!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts San Francisco!
STORM - Superstar How STORM is celebrating
Detective Comics #855 Justice Society of America #29 Wonder Woman #34
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director How Kirsten is celebrating
Detective Comics #855 Surrogates vol 2: Flesh & Bone TPB Parker: The Hunter (Artist's Proof of SDCC Limited Ed) HC
James Sime - Proprietor How James is celebrating
Al Williamson's Flash Gordon HC Glamourpuss #8 Surrogates vol 2: Flesh & Bone TPB
Labels: Best of the Bay, comics, SF Bay Guardian, staff
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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Marvel Divas #1 Uncanny X-Men #513 Justice League: Cry For Justice #1
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director click to enlarge
Greek Street #1 Brat Pack (New Edition) TPB Goon vol 8: Those That Is Damned TPB
James Sime - Proprietor click to enlarge
Brat Pack (New Edition) TPB Greek Street #1 Batman & Robin #2
Labels: comics, staff
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Over breakfast the Isotope staff whipped up a set of classic camera pictures for our respective dad's to pin up on their bulletin boards for Father's Day. Who doesn't love a little Lomo Minitar in their lives?
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Captain Britain #14 Phonogram 2 #3 Madman #16
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director click to enlarge
Starman Omnibus vol 3 HC Phonogram 2 #3 Mysterius the Unfathomable #6
James Sime - Proprietor click to enlarge
Red Mass for Mars #3 Starman Omnibus vol 3 HC Won Ton Soup vol 2 TPB
Labels: photos, staff
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Excited about Batman and Robin #1? We are too! Check out this set of nifty Isotope "variant editions"...
 STORM - Superstar Batman and Robin #1 STORM Variant
Batman and Robin #1 Captain Britain and MI-13 Annual Buffy: Tales of the Vampire Annual
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director Batman and Robin #1 Kirsten Variant
Batman and Robin #1 House of Mystery: Vol 2 TPB Moomin vol 4 HC
James Sime - Proprietor Batman and Robin #! James Variant
Chew #1 Scalped #29 Batman and Robin #1 Labels: comics, Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, staff
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Grab your antique pocketwatch, your bronzed ray pistols, and your favorite pair of steampunk goggles and join the IsoStaff in celebration of Ignition City #3 with these fancy Isotope "variant editions", won't you?
 STORM - Superstar Ignition City #3 STORM Variant
Madame Xanadu #11 Guardians of the Galaxy #14 X-Men: Worlds Apart HC
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director Ignition City #3 Kirsten Variant
Glamourpuss #7 Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 #6 Power Up TPB
James Sime - Proprietor Ignition City #3 James Variant
Ignition City #3 Glamourpuss #7 Judge Dredd: Heavy Metal Dredd TPB Labels: staff, steampunk
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
In keeping with this week's high style theme the ever-fashionable Isotope staff is serving up a hand-picked haute couture selection of gorgeous designer and indy label comics you'll be seeing your favorite celebrities reading on the red carpet this season... the perfect high fashion accessory for the contemporary sexy nerd fashionistas in us all!
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Ex Machina #42 Fantastic Four #566 Olympus #1
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director click to enlarge
Goon vol 7: Place of Heartache & Grief TPB Mysterius The Unfathomable #5 The Boys: Herogasm #1
James Sime - Proprietor click to enlarge
Oishinbo a la Carte: Raymen & Gyoza TPB The Photographer TPB Johnny Hiro TPB
Labels: comics, fashion, staff
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
We're all about the art this week! With the jaw-dropping Warhol Live exhibit at the de Young Museum wrapping up this weekend (go see it while you can!), the amazing Nick Cave Sound Suits fashion-as-physical-manifestations-of-sound exhibit at the Yerba Buena, and the mobile street art fest that is Bay to Breakers... it's the right week to get your art on!
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The Unwritten #1 Umbrella Academy Dallas #6 Captain Britain & MI-13 #13
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director click to enlarge
Umbrella Academy Dallas #6 Lockjaw & The Pet Avengers #1 I Kill Giants TPB
James Sime - Proprietor click to enlarge
I Kill Giants TPB Green Lantern Corps #36 Unwritten #1
Labels: Andy Warhol, comics, culture, gallery, Nick Cave, staff
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Boys and girls, it's time to blast off to adventure with the IsoStaff! Grab your trusty bubble-helmet, your decode-o-ring, your favorite raygun and join us in a never-ending quest to defend the universe from tyranny and to keep the galaxies free for retro-futurists everywhere!
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New Mutants #1 Power Girl #1 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director click to enlarge
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 The Eternal Smile TPB Pherone HC
James Sime - Proprietor click to enlarge
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 The Eternal Smile TPB Power Girl #1
Labels: comics, ray guns, staff
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Ladies and gents, in honor of our friends at UPS getting us to drive around chasing after them for hours to get our boxes this week (on Earth Day? For shame, UPS!) the IsoStaff is using the power of Photoshop to get ourselves behind the wheel of the big trucks. Who wants a package delivered? Vroom!
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Astonishing X-Men #29 Guardians of the Galaxy #13 Wolverine: Weapon X Files One-Shot
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director click to enlarge
Stonecutter HC Tales Designed to Thrizzle #5 Freak Angels vol 2 TPB
James Sime - Proprietor click to enlarge
Tales Designed to Thrizzle #5 Jack of Fables #33 X-Men Omnibus vol 1 HC
(My sincerest apologies to the staff, and myself too, for the tummies and bad legs. Ha!)
Labels: comics, staff, UPS
Thursday, April 16, 2009
The Isotope staff mourns the passing of 100 BULLETS with a trip to SF's North Beach neighborhood...
STORM - Superstar Favorite Red Light District Song: Prince - Cream
Paul Pope's 100% HC Beta Ray Bill: The Green of Eden One-Shot Godland #27
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director Favorite Red Light District Song: The Cramps -All Women Are Bad
Mysterius The Unfathomable #4 Beta Ray Bill: The Green of Eden One-Shot Dylan Dog Case Files TPB
James Sime - Proprietor Favorite Red Light District Song: White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65
100 Bullets #100 Herbie Archives vol 3 HC Green Lantern Corps #35
Labels: comics, San Francisco, staff
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Isotope Peeps! A perfect addition to your Easter basket... or even for a little Peep Jousting. And while you're at it, go visit the fab Whitney Matheson and read her new Peep Show posts here and here.
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Captain Britain & MI 13 #12 Secret Six #8 Exiles #1
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director Click to enlarge
House of Mystery #12 Ignition City #1 Popgun vol 3 TPB
James Sime - Proprietor Click to enlarge
Adventures in Cartooning TPB Popgun vol 3 TPB Funny Misshapen Body TPB
Labels: comics, peeps, staff
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Hooray, Isotope staff stickers!
STORM - Superstar Click for stickers or see the Seal of Scholarly Truth
Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye #1 Agents of Atlas #3 War of Kings #2
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director Click for stickers or see the Seal of Scholarly Truth
Flash Rebirth #1 Jonah Hex: Bullets Don't Lie TPB Glamourpuss #6
James Sime - Proprietor Click for stickers or see the Seal of Scholarly Truth
Glamourpuss #6 Flash Rebirth #1 Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye #1
Labels: comics, staff
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
STORM - Superstar Click to enlarge
Umbrella Academy: Dallas #5 Madame Xanadu #9 The Muppet Show #1
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director Click to enlarge
Umbrella Academy: Dallas #5 The Muppet Show #1 American Jesus Book One: Chosen TPB
James Sime - Proprietor Click to enlarge
Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Joe Schuster HC Fantastic Four #565 Metropol: Ted McKeever Library vol 3 HC
Labels: comics, staff
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Upon returning from the beach I was heartbroken to see my favorite wall mural painted over. No more Donkey Kong + Dig Dug + Q-Bert graffiti? How sad! Of course this inspired the week's staff photos...
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Nikolai Dante: The Beast of Rudinshtein TPB Groom Lake #1 Courtney Crumrin's Monsterous Holiday TPB
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director Click to enlarge
Adventures of Blanche HC Mysterius The Unfathomable #3 True Tales of Roller Derby One-Shot
James Sime - Proprietor Click to enlarge
True Tales of Roller Derby One-Shot Jamie Delano's Rawbone #1 (best comic title of the week) Groom Lake #1
Labels: comics, graffiti, San Francisco, staff
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Checking out everybody's post convention photos gets us all giddy about folks dressing up all foolish, so we're sporting our favorite funnybook character costumes, too. Yes. we know this probably makes us look like huge dorks to some folks out there who frown on such activities. Well guess what? This is a comic book shop and we *are* huge dorks! (sticks out tongue)!
STORM - Superstar aka Madame Natasha Romanova - The Black Widow
The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack HC Jack Kirby's The Losers HC Ex Machina Special #4
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director aka Ms. Zinda Blake - Lady Blackhawk
The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack HC Captain Britain & MI-13 #11 Fables #82
James Sime - Proprietor aka Mr. Stephen Strange - Dr. Strange
Super Human Resources #1 The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack HC Guardians of the Galaxy #11
Labels: comics, nerd pride, staff
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
This week's staff pictures are a trio of techniques on different mediums drawn by the one and only Dave Johnson. Yes... we think his drawing of Kirsten is the best one too!
STORM - Superstar Medium: Sharpie on sketchbook paper. Click to enlarge
War of Kings #4 Secret Warriors #2 Madman Atomic Comics #14
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director Medium: Blue pencil & Sharpie on cardboard. Click to enlarge
I Am Legion TPB Shrapnel #3 Agents of Atlas #2
James Sime - Proprietor Medium: Sharpie on bar napkin. Click to enlarge
Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries 1900-1969 HC Madman Atomic Comics #14 Goon #32
Labels: comics, Dave Johnson, sketches, staff
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
So super excited to see Blondie at the Fillmore tonight! Even more so after seeing these pictures from last night's show in Vegas (swoon)!
In honor the Isotope staff are checking out all our favorite Blondie videos today. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
STORM - Superstar Blondie - Atomic
Umbrella Academy 2 #4 X-Force #12 Madame Xanadu #8
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director Blondie - Union City Blue
Atomic Robo vol 2 TPB Jack of Fables #31 Mr X: Condemned #3
James Sime - Proprietor Blondie - Platinum Blonde
The Wolverton Bible HC Thunderbolts #129 Larry Marder's Beanworld Wahoolazoma! HC
Labels: Blondie, comics, Deborah Harry, staff
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
In honor of the 2009 Tiki Tour with Darick Robertson... the Isotope staff has been transformed into Gods from the Polynesian Islands by our artist-in-residence!
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Guardians of the Galaxy #10 Captain Britain & MI-13 vol 1 TPB David Mack: Reflections #12
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director Click to enlarge
Mysterius the Unfathomable #2 Battlefield TP vol 1 Grendel Devil Reign TPB
James Sime - Proprietor Click to enlarge
Captain Britain & MI-13 vol 1 TPB Johnny Boo: Twinkle Power HC Dark Avengers #2 Labels: comics, staff, tiki bars
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Feel the Valentines Day love with us! Check out my latest passion-filled column over at Robot6 on CBR I Heart Comics and enjoy these special "Be My Valentine" cards we made just for you!
STORM - Superstar click here to enlarge
Batman #686 Captain Britain & MI-3 #10 R.E.B.E.L.S. #1
Kirsten Baldock - Special Projects Director click here to enlarge
Hellboy: The Wild Hunt #3 Incognito #2 All- Star Superman vol 2 HC
James Sime - Proprietor click here to enlarge
Thor #500 Saga of the Swamp Thing vol 1 HC Incognito #2
(Not enough love? Click here for a lil' vocal valentine too) Labels: staff, valentines day
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