34 years ago, Joel Pollack and Greg Bennett opened Big Planet Comics of Vienna! Thanks to everyone who has worked and shopped there over the years! Art by Warren Kremer from Richie Rich issue 196.

Happy New Comic Book Day! Picks of the week include Billy Bat volume 1 by Naoki Urusawa and Takashi Nagasaki, and The Deadman issue 1 by W. Maxwell Prince and @martinmorazzo.bsky.social Complete list every Monday!

Restocked with @peow.bsky.social power! New Rodney R Rodney plus more copies of the Eisner Award-nominated A Garden of Spheres 1 by @decassette.bsky.social !

Happy New Comic Book Day! New ones include: Criminal: Five Gears in Reverse Escape vol 1 JLA/Avengers facsimile Brzrkr: Light Draws Breath Did You Hear About Mimi Green? Star Trek: Celebrations Superman: Father of Tomorrow Wiccan and Hulkling All new comics listed every week on our site!

Happy New Comic Book Day! So many great new comic books and graphic novels came out today! Dungeon Crawler Carl adaptation volume 1 Dragon Circus Odin Of the Earth Absolute Green Arrow Action 50th Anniversary Special Babylon Cove The Book of Murmurs And many more!

Got in some cool old comic books at our Vienna store! Hard to beat bulletproof Batman when he finally teams up with Superman in World's Finest Comics New back issues for sale every week!

Also if you liked A Garden of Spheres, or Linnea's work, and are working within the industry, please talk about it! We don't sell on Amazon and have no press team so sharing is caring for us. We want to try and get more trad comic readers to start checking this out

The 2026 Will Eisner Award nominees have been announced and there's so many great comics on there! Always worth reading through to see what great stuff you might have missed! www.comic-con.org/awards/eisne...

Happy New Comic Book Day! Lots of new comics today! Innards Barbara Gordon Breakout Destination Kill Conan & Dragonero Excommunicated Godzilla vs. Texas Megalith The Olympus Saga Hidden Springs Showdown The Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day #ncbd

Happy New Comic Book Day! Complete list posted every Monday!

A few highlights from #FCBD at our Washington DC store!! Thanks so much to everyone who came out! ✨🌟✨ #freecomicbookday #lcs #localcomicshop

Spider-Man Noir says to stop by the strangely colorful local comic book stores today for Free Comic Book Day! #freecomicbookday

Free Comic Book Day is tomorrow, Sat. May 2!! Come by any of our locations and pick up some of the free comics above! Our Bethesda MD store is doing 20% off everything except new releases! Our Washington DC and Vienna VA are doing 60% off select books! See you tomorrow! #freecomicbookday

Our Free Comic Book Day at the Capitol event was another success! Thanks to @robertgarcia.house.gov @librarycongress.bsky.social & our friends @fantomcomics.bsky.social for helping us spread the good word about comics & Free Comic Book Day THIS SATURDAY! #fcbd #freecomicbookday #lcs #localcomicshop

Happy New Comic Book Day! Plus FREE Comic Book Day is Saturday! Here are some of the new titles: Red Roots Swamp Thing 1989 Soviet Land Nerd Inferno by @evandorkin.bsky.social #freecomicbookday

Thanks to everyone who came out for Independent Bookstore Day! And this Saturday May 2 is FREE Comic Book Day! Come by any of our stores and pick up some of these free comics! Plus our Vienna VA and Washington DC stores have a sale on selected softcover and hardcover books! #freecomicbookday

Just put all of The Doorman comic to my website for free. Written by @kibblesmith.com and @eliotrahal.bsky.social. Originally published a decade ago. Read it for free. www.kendallgoode.com/the-doorman

Happy New Comic Book Day! A bunch of new comic book series starting today and some grass graphic novels! Plus our new 40th anniversary shirts are showing up! Plus Saturday April 25 is Independent Bookstore Day and Saturday May 2 is Free Comic Book Day!

It's Superman Day! Come by to get some free Superman comics or buy some classic reprints!

Happy New Comic Book Day! Some of the new comics include The Hab Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Fireborn Darkness vs. Angelus Plus we got in our 40th anniversary totes! Full list on our site every Monday!

Spring Cleaning is up to 40% off today at our Washington DC and Vienna stores! Look for the bright stickers! Plus Independent Bookstore Day is in 2 weeks and Free Comic Book Day is in 3 weeks! #indiebookstoreday #freecomicbookday

Happy New Comic Book Day! Some great new comics out today! Plus we started our Spring Cleaning Sale at our Vienna and DC stores! New comics include: Everyone Loves a Jewel Thief Neighborhood Watch Estuary: A Ghost Story The Fury of Firestorm Pretty Hate Machine Web of Venom

It's time for our Spring Cleaning Sale at our Washington DC and Vienna stores! Starting today, all stickered items are 30% off! 30% off April 6-10 40% off April 11-17 50% off April 18-24 60% off April 25-May 2

We are closed today but back to normal tomorrow for our Spring Cleaning Sale in our Vienna & DC stores! All stickered items: 30% off April 6-April 10 40% off April 11-April 17 50% off April 18-April 24 (April 24 is Independent Bookstore Day!) 60% off April 25-May 2 (May 2 is Free Comic Book Day!)

In exactly 3 weeks, Saturday April 25 is Independent Bookstore Day! Come out and celebrate all the local independent bookstores that truly make our communities great! There are TWO bookshop crawls, one for 28 stores in and around DC, and one for 18 stores in and around Northern Virginia!

The Celebration of Life for John Staton is on Saturday April 11 from 5 to 8 in College Park, Maryland. We hope you will be to join us to remember John and celebrate his memory. rememberingjohn.info

Happy New Comic Book Day! Lots of new comic series starting and graphic novels this week, including: Mad About DC Royals Bizarro: Year None Daredevil Complete list of new weekly releases posted every Monday!

Happy New Comic Book Day! Superman / Spider-Man is finally out today, lots of graphic novels, plus a few new series: Butch Electric Chair Fantastic Four: First Foes Honor and Curse: Eternal Rafael Garcia: Henchman Complete list of new weekly releases is posted every Monday

Big Planet Comics opened in Bethesda Maryland in the summer of 1986, so we're coming up on our 40th anniversary! We're ordering some new shirts to celebrate! Contact your local store with the size you want. We will hopefully be getting XS through 3XL!

As long as we’re talking Baseball Vampires, I should plug Past Time then, it’s a good read - Jared at @bigplanetcomics.bsky.social just convinced me to buy it this past week! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Past-T...

Happy New Comic Book Day! Some of the new titles out today: Batwoman Dead Teenagers Deathstroke Leonide the Vampyr Lobo Pick-Up The Sentry Super Creepshow Complete list of all new weekly releases is posted every Monday

We're closing early so we can all get home safe. Back to normal hours tomorrow. Be careful out there!

BUY THE ENDS!!!! It’s by Maria and me. It’s relevant, suspenseful and great!

Happy New Comic Book Day! We got some great new stuff, including The Ends by @davidlapham.bsky.social Ex.Mag 6 from @peow.bsky.social Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish featuring José Andres! And lots more! Full list of each week's new releases is posted every Monday

Thanks to everyone who came out for @sophiadrawsdaily.bsky.social and her new graphic novel "Before We Wake"! We still have some of her signed bookplates left at all our stores, included free with a copy of "Before We Wake" while supplies last! bigplanetcomics.storenvy.com/products/370...

I'm closely involved in helping organize a Celebration of Life for my dear friend and coworker John. It would mean a lot to me, if you are inclined and able to do so, if you could donate and help us reach our goal; or share this post. Thanks for reading!

A Celebration of Life is planned for our friend and coworker John Staton at the College Park Aviation Museum from 5-8 pm on Sat April 11. Donations are currently being accepted to raise funds for a memorial plaque for John. Donate here: linkly.link/2d5Rq More info: rememberingjohn.info

Happy New Comic Book Day! A bunch of great new releases today Some new comics include: Cult of the Lamb Disney Villains: Gaston Exploit Iceman Omega Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man Marvel Team-Up 14 facsimile Monster Narco Nectar Star Wars: Shadow of Maul Complete list posted every Monday!

Signing and presentation by Sophia Glock @sophiadrawsdaily.bsky.social going on at our Washington DC store until 4 pm!

Reminder that Sophia Glock @sophiadrawsdaily.bsky.social will be at Big Planet Comics in Washington DC today Feb 28 from 2-4! She is signing her brand new graphic novel "Before We Wake"! Bookplate included! Big Planet Comics 1524 U St NW Washington, DC 20009 #booksigning

Happy New Comic Book Day! Lots of new comics and graphic novels today, plus don't forget Before We Wake by Sophia Glock, who will be at our DC store on Saturday from 2-4! Full list posted every Monday!

"Before We Wake" by Sophia Glock @sophiadrawsdaily.bsky.social is out! We will be hosting her this Saturday, Feb 28 from 2-4 pm for a presentation and book signing! Big Planet Comics 1524 U St NW Washington DC 20009

Here are two pages from Sophia Glock's @sophiadrawsdaily.bsky.social new book "Before We Wake", it comes out next week and she will be signing copies at Big Planet Comics of Washington DC on Saturday February 28 from 2-4 pm!

9 days until Sophia Glock @sophiadrawsdaily.bsky.social is here for her new graphic novel "Before We Wake"! It comes out next week & we'll have plenty at her signing, plus a bookplate! Sophia Glock Saturday, February 28 2-4 pm Big Planet Comics 1524 U St NW Washington, DC 20009 #booksigning

10 days until we host Sophia Glock @sophiadrawsdaily.bsky.social for her brand new graphic novel "Before We Wake"! (We read an advance copy and it's great!) You can pick up her earlier autobio "Passport" now! Sophia Glock Sat 2/28 2-4 pm Big Planet Comics 1524 U St NW Washington, DC 20009

Well unfortunately our Vienna, Virginia store was broken into during the night last weekend, but we have our new door replaced! There's a string of burglaries at local area comic book stores, so please show your support for your favorite shop, this sort of thing is both very painful and damaging.

Happy New Comic Book Day! So many new comic book series came out today, plus lots of our ongoing favorites and graphic novels. Sirens: Love Hurts The Thing on the Doorstep Complete list posted every Monday!

Happy New Comic Book Day! A bunch of new titles started today! Plus so many graphic novels! Knight City Love Ignited Archie x The Army of Darkness DC K.O. Boss Battle DC x AEW D'orc Planet of the Apes versus Fantastic Four Ripcord Thundarr the Barbarian & more! Full list posted every Monday!

We are excited to announce a signing with local artist Sophia Glock @sophiadrawsdaily.bsky.social for her new graphic novel "Before We Wake"! Sophia will be appearing at Big Planet Comics in Washington DC on Saturday February 28 from 2-4 pm. www.bigplanetcomics.com/sophia-glock...

Happy New Comic Book Day! All our locations are open and back to normal hours, and we have a bunch of new comics for you! The complete weekly list of all releases is posted on our website every Monday!