It has been 75 years since Captain America first hit the pages of Timely Comics, suiting up in red, white, and blue to combat the Nazi menace with the help of a strength-enhancing super soldier serum. A lot has changed in the seven-and-a-half decades since: Timely Comics begat Marvel Comics, Captain America became an Avenger, […]
Whether you’re a fan of the comics, graphic novels, or movies, Marvel’s everywhere these days, and Barnes & Noble’s Get Pop Cultured month is no exception. On August 6, we’re celebrating everything that’s awesome about Marvel with a day of events and giveaways, not to mention an irresistible buy two, get the third free sale on […]
Nintendo or Sega, Jacob or Edward, Transformers or Gobots—geek culture has always been about taking sides (we don’t make things easy for ourselves, do we?). And no rivalry is more storied than the feud between Marvel and D.C. fans. Regardless of where your allegiance lies, we’re bringing both sides to the table with a buy two, get […]
For over a decade, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. At the end of each month, he’ll be sharing the lists of B&N’s bestsellers in the genre, from new hardbacks, to trade paperbacks, to mass markets and media tie-ins, to graphic novels and manga. These are the […]
There’s no shortage of science fiction and fantasy movies to look forward to this year, many of them based on some of our favorite books and graphic novels. In fact, we won’t have to go much more than a month between adaptations, and these movies are not, as a rule, being done on the cheap. The directors […]
