Support your local comic book conventions!

California Comic Book Convention Jan 31  www.CalComicCon.com

Long Beach Comic Convention  Feb 20  www.longbeachcomiccon.com

San Diego Quarterly Comic Con, Mar 7th  www.sdquarterlycon.com

Wondercon Apr 2-4 www.comic-con.org/wc

Pasadena Rock’n Comic Con May 28-30th www.rockncomiccon.com

San Diego Comic Convention International Jul 22-25 www.comic-con.org/cci

Alternative Press Expo Oct 16-17 www.comic-con.org/ape

Long Beach Comic Convention  Oct 29-31  www.longbeachcomiccon.com

Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention, bi-monthly, www.comicbookscifi.com

Saturday, June 26th
1:00pm – 4:00pm
3 Round Tournament
500 Points, Constructed
Limited Edition Prizes from Brave and the Bold Set
You can use figures and cards from:
DC: Legion of Superheroes, Justice League, Crisis, Batman: Alpha, Arkham Asylum, Brave and the Bold , The Blackest Night
MARVEL: Avengers, Mutations and Monsters, Secret Invasion, Fantastic Four, Hammer of Thor, Marvel Classics

AMC  has greenlit The Walking Dead as a six-episode series based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. The Walking Dead tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back) will portray the lead role of Rick Grimes while actor Jon Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) will portray the character Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast includes Laurie Holden (The Shield), who plays Andrea, one of two sisters who join the survivors of the zombie plague, Steven Yeun as Glenn, an expert scavenger and Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), who plays Rick’s wife Lori.

http://www.amctv.com/originals/The-Walking-Dead/

What is a 24 hour comic?

www.24hourcomicsday.com

The West Hollywood Book Fair encourages reading, writing, and literacy in the West Hollywood and greater Southern California area communities. The Book Fair strengthens community ties by connecting the reading public with schools, libraries, local businesses and each other. It promotes diversity, and brings together people from many different age groups, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations.

The West Hollywood Book Fair is organized by a Planning Committee of over 30 people including local authors, literary agents, city staff, school principals, community leaders, local bookstore owners, and others.

Numerous genres are represented at the Fair. The Fair’s exhibitors include many small independent bookstores and local literary non-profits and poetry groups. The components of the Fair include:

• 9 stages featuring author panels and special guest speakers
• 3 stages featuring live poetry, performances, storytelling, theater, readings, open mic
• Writing workshops
• Exhibitors
• Interactive activities & book signings hosted by exhibitors

http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org

Written by & Illustrated by: David Petersen

In Mouse Guard, mice struggle to live safely and prosper among all of the world’s harsh conditions and predators. Thus the Mouse Guard was formed. They are not simply soldiers that fight off intruders; rather, they are guides for commonmice looking to journey without confrontation from one hidden mouse village to another. The Guard patrol borders, find safeways and paths through dangerous territories and treacherous terrain, watch weather patterns, and keep the mouse territories free of predatory infestation. They do so with fearless dedication so that they might not just exist, but truly live.

Mouse Guard: Fall 1152
When guardsmice Saxon, Kenzie, & Lieam are dispatched to find a missing merchant mouse that never arrived at his destination, they stumble onto much more than they had bargained for… intrigue, betrayal, and a deadly, traitorous plot to overthrow the stronghold of Lockhaven.

Mouse Guard: Winter 1152
It is the Winter of 1152. It is a harsh winter, a cold and icy season. And the Guard face a food and supply shortage that threatens the lives of many throughout the land. Saxon, Kenzie, Lieam, and Sadie, led by Celanawe, traverse the snow-blanketed territories seeking aid and acting as diplomats to improve relations between the mouse cities and the Guard.  This is a winter not every Guard may survive.

Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard
Inside the June Alley Inn, located in the western mouse city of Barkstone, mice gather to tell tales, each trying to outdo the other. A competition, of sorts, begins. The rules: Every story must contain one truth, one lie, and have never been told in that tavern before. Legends of the Guard is a new Mouse Guard anthology series featuring the work of artists and storytellers handpicked by series creator David Petersen.

Sign up at 8pm.

The show starts at 8:15.
FREE BEER for the early birds.

The group will be meeting on the LAST Sunday of the month after this meeting.

We will discuss the status of the anthology stories.

The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects (hardcover collection):   Mike Mignola has deservedly become one of the biggest names in comics for his creation of Hellboy. But when Mignola needs a short break from the Hellboy universe, he turns to diversions such as The Amazing Screw–On Head, winner of the Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication!

When Emperor Zombie threatens the safety of all life on earth, President Lincoln enlists the aid of a mechanical head. With the help of associates Mr. Groin (a faithful manservant) and Mr. Dog (a dog), Screw–On Head must brave ancient tombs, a Victorian flying apparatus, and demons from a dimension inside a turnip. This new collection of oddball Mignola creations also includes “The Magician and the Snake” from Dark Horse Maverick: Happy Endings, and nearly fifty pages of brand new material, all as weird and hilarious as the beloved Screw-On Head.

* The Amazing Screw–On Head won an Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication.

* “The Magician and the Snake” won an Eisner Award for Best Short Story.

* Amazing Screw–On Head was the source for the cult animated short starring Paul Giamatti, David Hyde Pierce, and Patton Oswalt.

The battle between Heaven and Hell plunges into it’s darkest hour as Angels and Demons, face their own extinction.  Necodemis Necrowpolis, has been haunted by demons since his childhood, forcing him to stay on the run from his nightmares that haunt his soul.  The Forces of Light and Darkness will stop at nothing to find Necodemis Necrowpolis, who can unlock the one weapon that can end the war.  Welcome to a future where Hell on Earth is infested with Dirty Science, Super Technology, Angels, Demons and Monsters.  In the battle between Good and Evil, Necodemis Necrowpolis, will be forced to do the Unforgivable.