Random Bargains

Megadeth · 24 May, 2005, 04:04:23 PM

In my local branch of 'The Works' i picked up

War Story: J for Jenny (Garth Ennis; David Lloyd)
Ancient Joe (C.Scott Morse)
Nevada (Steve Gerber)

I've no idea of the quality of these books but with a combined cover price of over $30 i thought i might as well take them for ?1 for the lot!

Ridiculous price even if they're fairly awful, anyone know anything of their actual quality?

Pyroxian · 24 May, 2005, 04:31:40 PM

No idea of what they're like - The Works in Leicester has buggerloads of GNs in ranging from 2-5 quid each. I spent ?75 there on Saturday :/ Got some great stuff though - League II, Promethea II, Top Ten I, American Splendour, The Originals, Planetary 2 & 3, a near-complete run of Transmetropolitan, Road to Perdition, some Invisibles, Dan Dare - Voyage to Venus I, Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Year 1. They didn't have much 2K stuff though.

Steve

Megadeth · 24 May, 2005, 04:42:05 PM

Wow that's quite a haul, wish mine would get some books of that quality in. Although i wouldn't be able to afford it or have time to read any of it, still have a big stack of 2k books i picked up from Music Zone last time i was in Leeds left to read.

johnnystress · 24 May, 2005, 05:51:28 PM

Wow indeed! was that the hardback edition of The Originals? Are there any more there?

man, Id love the Dan Dare and Transmetropolitan stuff too

WoD · 24 May, 2005, 06:06:18 PM

I check The Works out now and again (usually after a thread like this) and I've yet to find anything. Sounds like Pyro got an excellent deal though.

paulvonscott · 24 May, 2005, 06:45:53 PM

Gah! My local works on Sunday had none of that stuff in. Gutting! May have a look out to another branch.

Pyroxian · 24 May, 2005, 07:22:38 PM

>Wow indeed! was that the hardback edition of The Originals?

Yeah, it was - I can't remember if there's any others though. Was dead chuffed though, it's a fantastic book.

The Leicester Works seems to be the main one for getting GNs in though. I keep checking the Oxford ones, but no luck (which is good for my bank balance :)

Steve

Steve

Carlsborg Expert · 24 May, 2005, 11:36:28 PM

Halo Jones/Hardback/?4;95/First time I could read it all through/Brilliant.

WoD · 27 May, 2005, 07:03:38 PM

4.95!!!! Nice one.

Checked Lunchtime today, no GNs but a load of old comics, 3 for a pound. Nothing too exciting for me though.

paulvonscott · 27 May, 2005, 07:58:39 PM

I tried two local shops, Durham and Stockton and both only has some crappy comics in. Oh well...

WoD · 27 May, 2005, 08:19:10 PM

If I can finish early, I'm going to have a look in Cardiff.

Will let you know.

Carlsborg Expert · 27 May, 2005, 08:28:24 PM

Try music zones and that.

Carlsborg Expert · 27 May, 2005, 09:56:55 PM

Sorry,english.

Have a look in a Music Zone or a shop with multi-media entertainment interests.

I got mine from a Music Zone and its not the first either..

Wils · 27 May, 2005, 11:08:23 PM

both only has some crappy comics in.

Same as the one is Rugby, as well. As far as I know, they've *never* had any graphic novels in.

Although the Works may be poor, the Stockton Music Zone had *loads* of 2000ad books in. Malchi and I got, IIRC, four hardbacks and a paperback for about ?13. For some reason there was a further discount on the total when we got to the till, which I wasn't exactly going to complain about. :)

paulvonscott · 27 May, 2005, 11:22:59 PM

Yeah, I checked out Music Zone, but I'd already picked those books up at another Music Zone (Darlington).

I'd love to have got a load of those Moore books.