
What's on the Rack? Issue #13: New Comic Book Day 31st March - Shades, Witchblood and a Man-Thing!
We've been a bit hectic this week, so What's on the rack is alter than normal - but it's Wednesday, it's New Comic Book Day and it's time to see What's on the Rack! As ever, we remain locked down and physically closed, but you can browse the entire rack by clicking here. If you're in more of a hurry, just scroll down for some of the highlights. As ever, click on the cover image to go directly to the product page. AVENGERS CURSE MAN-THING #1 BURN AT THE TOUCH OF THE HARROWER!

The Geeks at the Gates: Comics, Caffine and Junk Food - The Matt Garvey Interview
Regie sat down across the internet with the independent comics writer Matt Garvey to discuss his work, his methods and how on Earth he manages to come up with so many ideas. Matt's first influence was the Adam West Batman TV show. We both acknowledged that as kids we took it completely seriously. As you see from the clip below, it was in fact the campest thing ever to happen on a screen... We then talked (alot) about the Thought Bubble Festival. Covid willing this massive com

The Wednesday Waffle Issue #30: Money and applause!
Hello! It's Wednesday! It's New Comic Book Day and you can click here to see this week's rack, which features some awesome new titles - including Marvel's Aliens #1. It's another opinionated Waffle this week, provoked by a comment from writer Ed Brubaker about The Winter Soldier... It is said that Love of Money is the root of all evil. Personally I think that over states things a little - to be philosophical about it, Evil has more than one root. However. In the creative indu

"What's on the Rack?" Issue #12: Alien Fireflies Scream in Baltimore -New Comic Book Day 24th March
It's Sunday, the start of a brand new week - so it's time to see What's on the Rack for this week's New Comic Book Day, 24th March. It's a rather compact selection this week. You can CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHOLE RACK or just scroll down to see our highlights. As ever click on the cover image to go directly to the product page. ALIEN #1 THE ICONIC CINEMATIC TERROR MAKES ITS MARVEL DEBUT! Gabriel Cruz gave his life to Weyland-Yutani--In the case of an alien attack he barely sur

The Wednesday Waffle issue #29: One year on, still here, still locked down - seeing the future...
It's New Comic Book Day! Welcome to the Wednesday Waffle! As ever, you can CLICK HERE TO SEE THIS WEEK'S RACK Today is a landmark day for us here at Desties. Time is relative, and the way we measure it is ultimately subjective. On that basis I hereby declare that today is March 382nd 2020. Sometime around lunchtime exactly one year ago today - the Seventeenth of March 2020 one of the managers at The Everyman Cinema came downstairs to let me know that as a result of the emergi

What's on the Rack? Issue #11: New Comic Book Day 17th March
It's the start of a new week, so it's time to see what's coming in on Wednesday 17th March. If you want to imagine yourself in the shop, standing under the stairs and looking at the whole of the rack just: CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHOLE RACK If you just want to see what's new, simply scroll down - as ever, click on the cover images to go to the product purchase page, or shoot us an email to set up a standing order! BEQUEST #1 Welcome to the high fantasy world of Tangea! A land

The Wednesday Waffle issue #28: TV or not TV?
It's Wednesday, and it's time to waffle on once more! I'm bringing the opinions again this week, but since it's New Comic Book Day you might want to CLICK HERE AND BROWSE THIS WEEK'S RACK And before we get to the ramblings of a middle aged comic store owner, we also have some sad news that you may have missed: IN MEMORIUM FRANK THORNE: 1930 - 2021 Frank Thorne, perhaps best known for his work for Marvel in the seventies has left us on 7th March at the age of 90. His wife Mari

"What's on the Rack?" Issue #10: New Comic Book Day 10th March 2021
We're well into March - Spring is in the air and it's time to see What's on the Rack! As ever you can: CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL RACK If you're a bit pushed for time, just scroll down to see our highlights - as ever, if something takes your fancy just click the cover image to go to the product page! BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS #1 Batman may be the biggest name in Gotham City, but there are lots of other heroes—and villains—who will get a turn to shine in Batman: Urban Legends, a b