Supplies
We carry a huge selection of Comic Supplies!
Need bags, boards, boxes, card sleeves, ball cubes, etc…? We have them. We carry supplies to help you in preserving your various collections: comics, trading cards, magazines, records, toys, balls, bats, posters, books, and beyond.
Comics: We carrying poly-bags, various sized boxes, comic display cases, as well as short, long and magazine drawer boxes.
Sports: Penny sleeves, toploaders of all sizes, ball cubes, helmet display cases, bat tubes, card cases, screw-downs and magnetic one-touch card holders, and cardboard card boxes from 200 ct. to 5,000 ct.
Records: Lp, 10-inch, and 45 bags and sleeves. Cleaning brushes, clothes and fluids. Cardboard and plastic LP and 45 storage boxes. 45 record center-inserts. Record display frames.
We carry a huge selection of Sports Supplies!
Baseball Card Rigids, Binder Pages, Hockey Puck Displays, Ball Cubes, Pennant Holders, Mini Helmet Cases and lots more!
We also carry Boxes for sports cards in various sizes.
Looking to draw your own comic?
We’ve got everything you’ll ever need!
Comic Art paper (various sizes) Pens, Ink, Sketchbooks, Pencils, Erasers, How-to-Draw Books and tons more!
We carry tons of new t-shirts, hoodies and hats!
Shirts include Super Heroes, Nintendo Characters (Mario, Zelda), World of Warcraft and More!
We also carry the famous, Worcester – Paris of the Eigthies and Turtle Boy shirts!
Be sure to check out our own That’s E Shirts!
We have a huge selection of New and Used DVDs, Blu Rays, Boxsets and VHS!
Used DVDs are always “Buy 2 get 1 Free” and most VHS are ONLY 95 cents each!
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We Buy and Sell Collectibles! Please call first if you have items to sell & speak directly with the right specialist!
That's Entertainment of both Fitchburg and Worcester are open 11am to 7pm seven days a week, and closed ONLY on Christmas and Thanksgiving! Both store locations will be open 9am to 4pm on Christmas Eve (Tuesday, December 24th).
Attention comic book fans! Our shipment of comics expected to arrive from Diamond Comics Distribution has been delayed. We are expecting them to arrive Friday, but if they're not here Friday, December 13th, then the next scheduled day for shipment is Sunday. December 15th! This includes comics from IDW, Boom!, Dynamite, Titan, and other indie publishers. We apologize for the inconvenience that this may cause.
Moment #33: Harvey Ball’s Smiley Face!![]()
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We host many kinds of events at That’s Entertainment, but here’s one that really made people SMILE! Back in 1998 we presented the opportunity to meet Harvey Ball, the creator of the ubiquitous and charming Smiley Face!![]()
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As all Worcester historians know, Ball was a freelance artist. In 1963 he was commissioned by State Mutual Life Assurance to create a pin to boost company morale in the wake of a difficult company merger. In less than ten minutes, Harvey Ball came up with his deceptively simple Smiley Face and was paid $45 for the image! State Mutual handed out 100 Smiley pins to employees. Demand for them shot sky-high, and pins were soon being cranked out in lots of 10,000! By 1971, an estimated 50 million Smiley Face buttons had been sold and Smiley had become emblematic of the entire era! Smiley was perfectly-positioned to become the original emoticon, too, once the digital age arrived!![]()
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In the 1990s, local businesswoman Sandra Melkonian began featuring prints and original paintings by Ball in her gift gallery, as well as all kinds of Smiley merchandise, and she acted as his promoter. PEOPLE MAGAZINE ran a major article about Ball in 1998, various other media took notice and interest in Smiley surged. We saw all this and were thrilled to set up a personal appearance here by Harvey Ball for 7/18/1998. It was the ultimate “feel-good” event as a happy crowd filled the store! Mr. Ball was surrounded by an amazing variety of Smiley merchandise, including plushies, jewelry, t-shirts, signed prints and original artworks—and of course Smiley pins, in sizes ranging from the original ¾” pins to ones as big as pancakes! Harvey Ball even signed some copies of WATCHMEN #1 for us (long gone, sorry!). He asked about the significance of that cover image (Smiley with a splotch of blood) and seemed amused that Smiley was being featured in such a serious and grim comic book story! ![]()
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Harvey Ball passed away in 2001. We still carry on a connection with Smiley, having licensed Smiley t-shirts and pins through Ball’s World Smile Foundation for many years now! And we’ll always remember how, on one of the most memorable days in our nearly 40 years, Harvey Ball graciously met so many of his home-town fans and left everyone smiling!![]()
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"Did some of you attend our 1998 Harvey Ball event?"
We would love to help you find the perfect gift! Stop by and check out our large selection of comic books, graphic novels, manga, records, board games, toys, video games, Pokemon and Magic cards, sports memorabilia, and LOTS more!![]()
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