NYC – Maybe We’ll Have You Back Signing

Fred Stoller appears with Jerry Stiller at The Strand on Monday April 29th from 6:30PM – 8:00PM.

Press Release:

It’s spring, take a walk over to the Strand and laugh uproariously for an hour as actor/writer Fred Stoller shares many a story from his touchingly funny memoir, Maybe We’ll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star. He’ll then chat with veteran actor Jerry Stiller (father of Ben Stiller) about the various ups and downs and ins and outs of the acting world.

Buy a copy of Maybe We’ll Have You Back: The Life of A Perennial TV Guest Star or a $15 Strand gift card in order to attend this event. All options admit one person. Please note that payment is required for all online event orders at the time of checkout. The event will be located in the Strand’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at our store at 828 Broadway at 12th Street.

The Strand
828 Broadway (at 12th St.), New York, NY 10003-4805

NYC – Marble Season Signing

Gilbert Hernandez signs at the Housing Works Bookstore on Tuesday, April 16th AT 7:00PM.

Press Release:

Join beloved cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez (Love & Rockets) as he launches his new D+Q graphic novel Marble Season, his first semiautobiographical story of his childhood. Hernandez will present a fascinating slide show “From Funnybooks to Graphic Novels” featuring the comics of his childhood, in addition to a Q+A and signing. These silver age comics not only influenced Marble Season, but also set the course for Gilbert, as well as his brothers Jaime and Mario, to become the legendary comics creators they are today.

Marble Season is the first ever semi-autobiographical novel by acclaimed cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez of Love & Rockets, and is also his first graphic novel for Drawn & Quarterly. Meet Huey. He’s the middle child of a big family, growing up in a California suburb in the 1960s. He stages Captain America plays in the backyard and treasures his older brother’s comic-book collection almost as much as his approval. Set against the golden age of the American dream and the silver age of comics, Marble Season is a subtle and deft rumination on the redemptive and timeless power of storytelling and worldbuilding in childhood.

Housing Works
126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012

NYC – Tamara Shopsin Signs

Tamara Shopsin, New York Times illustrator, artist and chef discuss her touching memoir about her adventures aboard with author, humorist John Hodgman, known most widely for his correspondence work on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, on Monday April 15th from 7:00PM – 8:00PM.

Buy a copy of Mumbai New York Scranton or a $15 Strand gift card in order to attend this event. All options admit one person. Please note that payment is required for all online event orders at the time of checkout. The event will be located in the Strand’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at our store at 828 Broadway at 12th Street

The Strand
828 Broadway (at 12th St.), New York, NY 10003-4805

NYC – Food is Life, Life is Food

  

Join artist/author Lucy Knisley (Relish) and author/Murray’s Cheese events genius Beth Griffenhagen (Haiku for the Single Girl) for a discussion on Thursday, April 25, 2013 from 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm on the best things to eat, the important moments in life, and the overlap between.

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Word Bookstore
126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222-2002

NYC – Everything Is Perfect When You’re a Liar

Author Kelly Oxford appears with actress Olivia Wilde at the Housing Works Boookstore on MONDAY, APRIL 1 AT 7:00PM for a conversation about Oxford’s new book, Everything Is Perfect When You’re a Liar.

Housing Works
126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012

DC Villains Documentary Announced; Fans at WonderCon 2013 Invited to Participate

Press Release:

 

“Behind every great hero, there are a whole lot of villains.” – Geoff Johns

NEW DOCUMENTARY NECESSARY EVIL: VILLAINS OF DC COMICS

LEGENDARY VILLAIN CHRISTOPHER LEE NARRATES

BURBANK, CA (March 26, 2013) – The Joker, Bane, Deathstroke, Darkseid and Lex Luthor — the scariest and most menacing villains in DC Comics’ universe — take center stage in a brand new full-length documentary from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) and DC Entertainment (DCE). The joint announcement was made today by WBHE and DCE.

Christopher Lee, who has played the villain more times than almost any other actor, will provide his unique voice as narrator. His roles in more than 200 films include star turns as Dracula, the Mummy and Frankenstein’s monster in Hammer horror classics, Count Dooku in Star Wars, and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit films.

In this new documentary film, the malevolent, sometimes charismatic figures from DC Comics’ hallowed rogues’ gallery will be explored in depth, featuring interviews with the famed creators, storytellers and those who have crafted the personalities and profiles of many of the most notorious villains in comic book history.

Production begins March 30, to coincide with WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center March 29-31.

Noted Geoff Johns, best-selling author and DCE’s Chief Creative Officer, “DC Comics is known for many things, but chief among them is the compelling, diverse and legendary society of super-villains who populate its universe. From the monstrous Solomon Grundy to the brutal Black Adam to the charismatic Sinestro, there is no single greater collection of villainy in all of fiction. These villains are hugely popular comic book characters in their own right and, quite honestly, many are often times more popular than some of our iconic super heroes.”

Jeff Baker, WBHE’s Executive Vice President and General Manager, Theatrical Catalog, added “The DC brand is enjoying a huge resurgence thanks to the entire leadership team at DC Entertainment which is driving opportunities not only for new theatrical properties, but for brand extensions as well. This new documentary will reinforce this evolving strategy and leverage DC assets across the entire studio landscape.”

Johns also reiterated that this year’s initiative will be a turning point for DCE. “It’s time we deconstruct these complex and sinister antagonists and celebrate the role they play as the engine and energy of some of the greatest storytelling in comics. 2013 is the Year of the Villain at DC Comics.”

On Saturday, March 30th, fans attending WonderCon are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite DC Comics’ villain for an opportunity to be featured in the documentary Fans can join DCE at WonderCon at booth 801 with filming to take place Saturday from 10:30am – Noon. To find out more about where and what time to meet in the WonderCon DC Entertainment booth, keep checking the DC Comics Facebook (Facebook.com/DCComics) and Twitter sites (@DCComics).

Participation in upcoming ‘cons’ (Comic-Con International: San Diego and New York Comic Con) is anticipated, with a full release scheduled for later in the year. ­­­­­­

NYC – New School Launch Party

Dash Shaw signs at Desert Island Comics on Friday April 5th from 7:00 till 9:00 pm.

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Desert Island 
540 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 388-5087

Comic Book, Toy and Horror, Hot Wheels COLLECTORFEST (June 2013)

Event Details:

• Category: Comic Book Convention
• Location: New York
• Date: Sunday, June 23rd 2013
• City: Comic Book Convention in Newburgh
• Event: Comic Book, Toy and Horror, Hot Wheels COLLECTORFEST
• Address: Hudson Valley Hotel, 90 State Route 17K
• Country: US
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Convention Name
	COMIC BOOK, TOY & HORROR, HOT WHEELS COLLECTORFEST
Convention Website Address
	http://www.facebook.com/collectorfest
This convention will take place:
	for one day only.
Date (Format mm/dd/yyyy)
	06/23/2013
Venue Name and Address
	hudson valley hotel 90 rt. 17k newburgh, ny 12550 United States Map It
Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables
	50
Projected Attendance
	500
Please select the Category that best describes the convention
	Comic Books
Additional Categories
	Horror Science Fiction and Fantasy Collectibles

NYC – Husbands Signing

Jane Espenson and Brad Bell, creators of Husbands, sign at the new graphic novel at the Columbia University Bookstore on Monday, April 8, 2013 at 6 p.m.

Columbia University Bookstore
2920 Broadway, Lerner Hall, New York NY

NYC – Jupiter’s Legacy Signing

Writer Mark Millar signs at Midtown Comics Downtown on Thursday, April 25, 2013 from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm.

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Press Release:

Join us as we welcome back one of our favorite guests, Mark Millar! To celebrate the release of Jupiter’s Legacy #1, we will host writer Mark Millar at our Downtown store on Thursday April, 25th from 7-9pm. Don’t miss it!

Purchase of Jupiter’s Legacy #1 is required to attend the event.

Jupiter’s Legacy #1:
The comic-book event of 2013 finally arrives as superstar creators MARK MILLER and FRANK QUITELY give us the superhero epic that all future comics will be measured by. The world’s greatest heroes have grown old and their legacy is a poisonous one to the children who will never live up to their remarkable parents. Unmissable.

Midtown Comics
64 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038

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