The pre-order campaign for The Second Death of Locke by VL Bovalino is now open, with Close Encounters in Bedford! Pre-order before 22nd September (or while stock is available) to receive a signed and personalised copy of the hardback, two character art cards, and a bookmark.

😍😍 Please share any art you got on Saturday with us! We love looking at pretty pictures!

Close Encounters Bedford has THREE book clubs (because we're crazy). Here's the deets for May's events! If you want more info then get in touch!

#FCBD £1 #1s and free comics courtesy of @cecomicsuk.bsky.social

Free Comic Book Day at @cecomicsuk.bsky.social was an absolute blast! They had more people in than last year! We had some great artists such as @sztehlocomics.bsky.social doing free sketches yesterday 😎 I got to talk about TT:F Chapter 1 with some people to get them hyped for this coming October!

Second bit of news today: Free Comic Book Day! @cecomicsuk.bsky.social has been kind enough to lend me a space in the upstairs part of their Bedford store! I'll have a folder of the FCBD stories I did last year, along with Tournament Tour: Fighter Chapter 0s and other bits and bobs!

Free Comic Book Day books have started to arrive! We will be giving out some FREEEEEEBIES on Saturday 3rd May! Keep an eye out for more details! #freecomicbookday #itsbegun #bedford #peterborough #northampton #comics #fcbd

We have VERY LIMITED Pokémon stock in the BEDFORD store! Come get a couple of packs before they run out... Again. #pokemon #bedford

Thanks!! Everyone should come to the Bub lectures (aka: comic chat!)

Bedford book clubs are POPPING OFF this month!! We start with House of Odysseus on 24th April, then our romantasy book club kicks off with Throne of Glass, and FINALLY we have comics chat on 26th April!! Get in touch if you need more deets!

For those who don't know us, we're the best comic shop in Bedford, Northampton, and Peterborough!

Close Encounters is now on Blue Sky!