Jeff Lemire Saturday February 13, 2010

Jeff Lemire dazzles his London fans with quick but superb sketches!





We had a steady crowd throughout the day.

Dan Brown (LFPress), Carol, Jeff Lemire, and Gord

Davita gets a sketch

At Graphic Novel Group, Dan Brown moderates the Q&A with Jeff Lemire


Jeff gives us behind the scenes details of Essex County, The Nobody, and Sweet Tooth

Thanks to Jeff, Dan, and all of you who came out to L.A. Mood's! You can view all the photos here.

New this week!

Board games:
-Dream factory
-Macao
-Glenn's Gallery
-Talisman Expansions! (re-stock)

And....
GODZILLA PLUSHIES!
Terrifying!
Destructive! Fun to hug!

Don't let him get away!!

Don't forget Saturday, February 13 from noon til 3, meet Jeff Lemire and get your books signed! Get a chance to win some original art too! Sketches are $15 and he will bring some original art for sale.

Check out this awesome article in the London Free Press by Dan Brown today here.

Also be listening to FM96 for some chances to win some Sweet Tooth prizes!

NEW THIS WEEK!

-Thunderstone (a deck buliding game of fantasy)

-Worldwake MTG set

-VTES- Heirs to the Blood

-Sweet Tooth #6

-restock of Will Eisner books for an upcoming GNG

TOY SALE!

RED TAG= 50% OFF
WHITE TAG= 25% 0FF

until February 18th

Magic: The Gathering Schedule of Events for February 2010:

Tuesday, February 2nd: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm start
Friday, February 5th: Draft (Zendikar, Worldwake, Worldwake)
6pm start
Sunday, February 7th: *Worldwake Release Party (Sealed Deck)
12pm start ($25.00 entry)
Tuesday, February 9th: Draft (Zendikar, Worldwake, Worldwake)
6:30pm start
Friday, February 12th: Standard (with Worldwake)
6pm start
Tuesday February 16th: Draft (Format to be determined)
6:30pm start
Friday February 19th: Draft (Zendikar, Worldwake, Worldwake)
6pm start
Sunday, February 21st: Standard (with Worldwake)
4:30pm start ($5.00 entry)
Tuesday February 23rd: Draft (Format to be determined)
6:30pm start
Friday, February 26th: Standard (with Worldwake)
6pm start
Sunday, February 28th: Standard (with Worldwake)
4:30pm start ($5.00 entry)

Hello again Magic players. Here are some of the details for February's events:
The FNM foil for February is Ghostly Prison. Looks like WOTC is giving us more tools for Extended play during the subsequent PTQ season. Also, Worldwake has arrived! Be one of the first twenty people to order a box from us and receive a special promotional version of Celestial Colonnade with your box. Our Worldwake release party falls on Sunday, February 7th. Here are some of the details:

11:00 am: registration begins ($25.00 entry)
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm: deck construction period
Sealed deck pools will consist of 3 packs of Zendikar and 3 packs of Worldwake
1:00 pm: tournament start
Participants will receive a release foil version of Joraga Warcaller (while supplies last).
Swiss paired rounds with a cut to top 8 players after regular rounds are played out.
Prized to be awarded to top 8 competitors and door prizes will also be given out randomly among those that don't make top 8.

Sunday, February 21st and Sunday, February 28th mark the return of our regular Sunday events. Entry will remain $5.00 and prizes will be awarded in store credit in roughly a 70/30 split of the entry pool between 1st and 2nd place. This month both Sunday events will be Standard constructed with Worldwake.

That's it for this month players. See you all again soon.

Jeyo

February Heroclix & Star Wars Events

Feb 4 Heroclix:
Build a force of 300 pts
Prize: Mjolnir Special Object LE

Feb 18 Star Wars Minis:
build a 300 pt team

Feb 25 Heroclix: It cold out there
build a 600 pt team, must have one cold based character
Prize: Immortal Contempt LE feat


L.A. Mood Heroclix House Rules

1. Theme team rules are not In effect

2. Purple Rings are Legal

3. You may play up to Three Battlefield Conditions

New This WeekGames:

-Rune Wars

- Star Wars Minis- DARK TIMES

Statues:

-Gimli's Axe

Comics:

-Archie #605 (part 6/6 of Archie Gets Married)

-Robocop #1

-Fall of Hulks Red Hulk #1

Attention Magic players attending the Worldwake Prerelease. Please note that sealed pools have been changed from 2 packs of Zendikar and 4 packs of Worldwake to 3 of each. This change has been made to comply with Wizards of the Coast instructions for Worldwake Prerelease sealed pools. Sorry for the confusion. I hope to see you there!

Jeyo

New This Week!

Games:

-D&D 4th Dragonborn

-D&D 4th Underdark

-Heroscape/D&D


Comics:

Joe the Barbarian #1...and...

Essex County is back in!

(don't forget to get it signed by Jeff Lemire February 13th!!)

Also, make sure to check out Dominion by Seth at Museum London:http://www.museumlondon.ca/d.aspx?s=/Exhibitions/default.htm#Seth:_DOMINION

January Heroclix & Star Wars Events

Jan 21 Heroclix: Wanna ride the Chariot?
Build a force of 500 pts
Prize: Skull Brother LE


Jan 28 Star Wars Minis: Dark Times Sealed
Buy 2 boosters of Dark Times & build a 100 pt team


L.A. Mood Heroclix House Rules

1. Theme team rules are not In effect

2. Purple Rings are Legal

3. You may play up to Three Battlefield Conditions

New in stock this week!

Minis/Clix:
-Kings of War
-Hammer of Thor Chariot

Board Games:
-Homesteaders
-Panzer General
-Granada
-1853
-Republic Rome
-Shipyard

Comics:
-Marvel Super Hero Squad

Figures:
-Avatar Action Figures!

Meet Jeff Lemire!
Creator of the critically acclaimed books: Essex County, The Nobody, and the new DC Vertigo series Sweet Tooth!

Saturday, February 13
11-Noon Q&A with the Graphic Novel Group
Noon-3PM Signing in store

From 11 AM until Noon, Jeff will be on hand to do a Q&A session with the Graphic Novel Group, all are welcome, but there is limited, reserved seating. Afterwards, he will be in the store available for everyone for signings from Noon until 3PM. He will do sketches for $15 and have original art for sale.

You can read up about Jeff on his blog: www.jefflemire.blogspot.com

or about the DC Vertigo series Sweet Tooth here.

Happy New Year and welcome back Magic Players! I've got another month full of Magic events planned so without further ado:

Magic: The Gathering Schedule of Events for January 2010:

Tuesday, January 5th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm start
Friday, January 8th: Draft (Zendikar)
6pm start
Sunday, January 10th: Standard
4:30pm start ($5.00 entry)
Tuesday, January 12th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm start
Friday, January 15th: Standard
6pm start
Friday January 22nd: Standard
6pm start
Tuesday January 26th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm start
Friday January 29th: Standard
6pm start
Sunday, January 31'st: Worldwake Prerelease (Sealed Deck)
12pm start ($25.00 entry)

The FNM foil card for January is Tidehollow Sculler. Will this little zombie begin to have more impact on standard come Worldwake? Only time will tell. Speaking of Worldwake, (gotta love dem seques) we will be holding a sealed deck prerelease tournament on Sunday, January 31st at noon. Here's the lowdown:

Time: 11am - 12pm registration
12pm start
Entry Fee: $25.00 per player.
*Format: Zendikar Block Sealed. Players will receive three packs of Zendikar and three packs of Worldwake to build a forty-card deck. Swiss rounds with cut to top 8.
Prizes of Worldwake booster packs to be distributed among top 8 competitors. Prize amounts will be determined by attendance. (2 packs will be added to the total prize pool per entrant in the tournament.)
* Please note that sealed pools have been changed from 2 packs of Zendikar and 4 packs of Worldwake to 3 of each. This change has been made to comply with Wizards of the Coast instructions for Worldwake Prerelease sealed pools. Sorry for the confusion.

Also, for those of you who like to purchase a booster box when a new set is released, keep this in mind: The first 20 people to preorder a box of Worldwake from us (only $125.00 tax incl.) will receive this special promo card when they pick up their box.

Finally, I just wanted to highlight the standard event on Sunday, January 10th at 4:30 pm. Entry is only $5.00 and prizes of store credit are paid out in a 70/30 split between 1st and 2nd place. I will be away through the middle of the month, but stay tuned in February for more of these Sunday events to resume.

Until next time,

Jeyo

December 31, 10-3
January 1, closed

The winners of our Guess How Many Lantern Rings in a Jar contest are Charles Dowswell, James Hutchenreuther, Steve Nyenhuis, and Jagger Benham.

There were 83 rings!

Have a Happy New Year!

Boxing Week Sales continue until December 31!
50% off all Back Issues
50% off Red Tag Toys
25% off White Tag Toys
20% off all Regular Priced Games
20% off all Role-playing Games
20% off all Regular Priced Graphic Novels
20-50% off Selected Statues

Don't forget to drop by on Wednesday, December 30 for the Marvel New Year's Eve Eve Party. Marvel sent us stuff to giveaway and sell on that day...and we'll dig up something DC too, don't you worry! And in the Underground, we'll have snacks starting at noon-ish and rumours are Davita G will bring her guitar and play sometime in the afternoon...we just want to have fun!

See you there!

"This bus strike sucks!"

says Comicbooklady from L.A. Mood's Comics and Games...but what to do about it? "No excuses if you need your comics, call us we deliver!"

$7.00 within the city, $5.00 for purchases over $50.00, FREE if purchase over $100.00

Credit cards for Comic Members only, all others Paypal or Cash!!!

This deal is so good, the city council might find a reason to fine us!

Godzilla toys from Bandai!

Great prices! just in time for Christmas! These won't last!

New Board Games

Power Grid: Factory Manager
Power Grid Brazil, Spain & Portugal Expansion

*****

Arkham Horror restock!

December sales
Selected board games reduced 50%
Red Tag Toys 25% off
Selected Statues 20-50% off

A little bit of L.A. Mood traveled to New York! Long time loyal customers Alexander, Anthony and Ana traveled to New York so that Alexander could audition at the famous Julliard School! Congratulations Alexander!



They took these photos with the Hammer of Thor and Anthony proudly displaying the L.A. Mood logo bag!

Magic: The Gathering Schedule of Events for December 2009:

Tuesday, December 1st: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday, December 4th: Standard
6pm Start
Sunday, December 6th: Standard
4:30pm Start
Tuesday, December 8th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday, December 11th: Draft (Zendikar)
6pm Start
Sunday December 13th: Standard
4:30pm Start
Tuesday, December 15th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday,December 18th: Standard
6pm Start

The FNM foil card for December is Sakura-Tribe Elder. There will only be three FNM events this month because of the holidays, so try and make it out if you are interested in this spicy little rampant growth on legs for your extended or EDH decks. I am also adding two Sunday events to the regular schedule. We will be holding standard constructed events on the 6th and 13th this month. Entry is $5.00 and the 1st and 2nd place finishers are to be awarded a 70/30 split of the entire entry pool in store credit. Additional prizes may be awarded based on attendance. Hope to see you all there!

Jeyo

Just a last minute update for our Magic players who follow this blog. We will be running a Standard tournament on Sunday, November 29'th at 4:30 pm. The entry fee is only $5.00 and prizes will be awarded in store credit for 1'st and 2'nd place in a 70/30 % split as determined by the total entry pool. Other prizes may be awarded based on attendance. We have increased our stock of M10 and Zendikar singles and there are plenty of goodies up for grabs. Hope to see you there!

Jeyo

December Heroclix & Star Wars Events

Dec 3 Star Wars Minis: Arena Animal Challenge
Build a force of 3 figures that equal no more than 115 pts
And see how well you do vs. the Nexu, Reek & Ackley


Dec 10 Heroclix: Hammer Hits the Floor
500 pts 50% of team must be from Hammer of Thor
Prize: Samantha Parrington LE


Dec 17 Heroclix: The Big Boys & Girls
400 pts at least on figure must more than 125,
No Colossals
Prize: “Blood Oath” Feat Card


L.A. Mood Heroclix House Rules

1. Theme team rules are not In effect

2. Purple Rings are Legal

3. You may play up to Three Battlefield Conditions

Christmas Shopping at L.A.Mood's: Star Wars

Not only do we carry all the current Star Wars from Dark Horse we do stock the trade paperbacks too! Our recent purchase of 40+ long boxes of comics, have given us a great run of the Marvel run of Star Wars. Bring your list and fill in the holes! We also purchased his collection of 90's Star Wars Power of the Force, mint in the package, priced to sell, most at $5.00 each!!!



Star Wars games:
These Star Wars Miniatures game boosters make great stocking stuffers! We also carry the Role Playing game books as well.




Star Wars Premium statues:

They're here! Pick up a brick! at long last!

L.A. Mood's Incredible Holiday Window Display!

Check out our great Red Hulk, Green Hulk holiday window display! It's Smashing! It's Incredible! It's red and green!

Vote for your favourite Holiday window downtown and you could win $200 worth of Downtown Dollars! (L.A. Mood accepts Downtown Dollars, of course!) You can fill out a ballot at participating downtown stores (uh, like ours! and vote for ours, of course! It's all in the details, see Hulk play air-candy-cane-guitar, envy the Hulk library, imagine Hulk ripping apart the holiday wrapping paper!) You can also vote on-line at www.downtownlondon.ca.

Prepare for the Fall of the Hulks and the upcoming Marvel Siege and come party with us on Wednesday, December 3o for Marvel's New Year's Eve Eve party! We are going to party like it's the day before New Year's Eve! Stay tuned!

Magic: The Gathering Schedule of Events for November 2009:

Tuesday, November 3rd: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday, November 6th: Standard
6pm Start
Tuesday, November 10th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday, November 13th: Draft (Zendikar)
6pm Start
Tuesday, November 17th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday, November 20th: Standard
6pm Start
Tuesday, November 24th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday, November 27th: Draft (Zendikar)
6pm Start

The FNM foil card for November is Oblivion Ring. As always prizes to be awarded, including doorprizes to those who come out and play. Hope to see you there.

J

New in stock!

Doom Patrol #4 Blackest Night with free Yellow Lantern Ring!

November Heroclix & Star Wars Minis Schedule
Games starts at 6:00pm

Nov. 5 Star Wars Minis
Build a 150 pt team and play

Nov. 12 Star Wars Minis Dynamic Duo
Build a team of two peices that equal exactly 100pts
no General Obi-Won Kenobi from Clone Wars Starter or
Boba Fett, Bounty Hunter allowed

Weds Nov. 18 Heroclix Hammer of Thor Release Gathering
Come and see the newst marvel Set and the rebirth of Heroclix
enjoy trading and friendly games

Nov. 26 Heroclix Hammer of Thor Marquee
buy two boosters of Hammer of Thor and build a 400* pt team
*(may be changed if booster pull do not support point value)

Arcane Legions!
a new miniatures game, 2 player starter for only $31.95

New in stock!
Dominion Seaside Expansion
Martian Fluxx
Munchkin Holiday Version
Munchkin Fairy Dust
Rise of Empires board game

D&D Primal Power
D&D Sinister Woods Dungeon Tiles
D&D Prince of Undeath
Pathfinder Bestiary
Rifter #48
Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader core rulebook

Star Wars Minis Galaxy at War
Monsterpocalypse Now!

Christmas Restock:
Agricola, Carcassone, Settlers, Ticket to Ride Europe,Wings of War
and much, much more!!!

Magic: The Gathering Schedule of Events for October 2009:

Friday, October 2nd: Draft (Zendikar)
6pm Start
Sunday, October 4th: Zendikar Release Party (Sealed Deck)
12pm Start
Tuesday, October 6th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday, October 9th: Standard
6pm Start
Tuesday, October 13th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday, October 16th: Draft (Zendikar)
6pm Start
Tuesday, October 20th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday, October 23rd: Standard
6pm Start
Tuesday, October 27th: Draft (Zendikar)
6:30pm Start
Friday, October 30th: Draft (Zendikar)
6pm Start

Players attending our Zendikar Release Party (Cost: $25.00) will receive a foil version of Zendikar's Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle.

The FNM foil for October is Browbeat.

Hope to see you at our October events!

October Heroclix & Star Wars Minis Schedule
Games starts at 6:00pm

Oct. 1 Star Wars Minis
Build a 150 pt team and play

Oct. 8 Heroclix
Build a 500 pt team and play

Oct. 15 Star Wars Minis
Build a 200 pt team and play
must pure faction, fringe counted as it's own fraction

Oct 22 Heroclix
1000 pts and 5 action per turn

Oct 29 Star Wars Minis
100pts

Scenes from a D&D Day! Definitely a full house!



Thanks to all our DM's: John, Charles, Dylan, Ira, Paul, & Tom!

Sept. 24 Heroclix Event
Game starts at 6:00pm

Build a 300 point team
and come on out

October Heroclix and Star Wars Minis Schedule coming soon!

The return of Heroclix has come!
Pre-order Marvel Heroclix Hammer of Thor now!

Carol's pick: Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth #1 only $1.00!

Poor Gus is one of the last kids left born after the "accident". His Dad says God decided to make them special, so these kids were born with fur, tails or antlers. But not everyone thinks they're special, beware the hunters! Lemire describes his tale as a "post-apocalyptic, neo-western, action-adventure, science-fiction, road-movie hybrid." I would call it a sweet, gripping, haunting tale.

Check out Lemire's Sweet Tooth blog and take advantage of his limited offer:

Send Jeff your copy (or copies) of Sweet Tooth #1 along with a self addressed return envelope. He will sign the book(s) and return it along with an head sketch of a Sweet Tooth character! You will get a sketch for each copy sent, (so if you send 2 copies, you get 2 sketches back, 6 copies=6 sketches, Maximum 6 per reader). Jeff lives in Toronto! So not too far at all....

Jeff has received critical acclaim for his Essex County trilogy, and The Nobody.

Worldwide D&D Day Saturday, September 19, 11 AM

Come on down to L.A. Mood's on Saturday, September 19, at 11AM to play D&D 4E among friends on Worldwide D&D Day. In conjunction with the release of the Dungeon Master's Guide 2, this D&D Day has a "learn how to create your own adventure" component or you can just play the adventure provided.

Seating is limited so please sign up early, and let us know whether you want to partake in adventure building or just play.

Email, call or come on down in person to sign up!

Hey folks, back again with the monthly Magic updates!

First off, the event schedule for September:

Magic: The Gathering Schedule of Events for September 2009:

Friday, September 4th: Standard
6pm Start
Sunday, September 6th: Open Play
12pm Start
Tuesday, September 8th: Draft (M10)
6:30pm Start
Friday, September 11th: Standard
6pm Start
Sunday, September 13th: Open Play
12pm Start
Tuesday, September 15th: Draft (M10)
6:30pm Start
Friday, September 18th: Standard
6pm Start
Sunday, September 20th: Open Play
12pm Start
Tuesday, September 22nd: Draft (M10)
6:30pm Start
Friday, September 25th: Standard
6pm Start
Sunday, September 27th: Zendikar Sealed Deck Prerelease Tournament
11am Start
Tuesday, September 29th: Draft (M10)
6:30pm Start


Many of you will notice that I have added a day to the regular Magic schedule. Every Sunday, we will be hosting either open play or a scheduled tournament. I want to give our players a chance to explore other variations of Magic play, from multi-player formats to Elder Dragon Highlander, and also open up another day that players can come in to pursue the singles they are looking for to finish their decks. This Sunday will be a great chance for some of our players to explore the new Planechase mechanics with Planechase available for sale this Friday.

Next, the L.A. Mood Killers team search tournament series has been put on hold for the time being. There has not been enough interest to warrant running them at this time. I will however be handpicking team members from our regular tournament attendees and trying to develop a team from there. Congratulations to Jerry Masse, our first member to join the team by winning the team search tournament held last month.

Finally, we will be holding a Zendikar prerelease tournament on Sunday, September 27th. The format is sealed deck with 6 booster packs of Zendikar to build your decks with. The cost is $25.00 to play. Stay tuned for the Zendikar prerelease card to be given away to prerelease attendees. Once the card is announced I will post it here.

Thanks for tuning in this month folks, I hope to see you at our Magic events.

Jeyo the Jester