CA – FCBD: Superman Signing

Geoff Johns, Christos Gage, Scott Shaw!, and more sign at Golden Apple Comics on Saturday May 4, 2013 for Free Comic Book Day!! RSVP on Facebook!

2013 Free Comic Day Info:

FREE Autograph Signing Schedule

10AM:

*DAVID HORVATH (Uglydoll Co-Creator)

Free Uglydoll Viz Comic!

CHRISTOS GAGE (Comic & TV Writer)

Free Absolution Avatar comic!

11AM:

SCOTT SHAW! (Cartoonist for Annoying Orange & Simpsons) Free Bongo Comic & Sketches!

12PM:

MAX BEMIS (Frontman for the Indy Band Say Anything & comic creator) Free BOOM! & KABOOM! Comics!

-Polarity comic issues #1 & #2 from BOOM! on sale at the event!

1PM:

GEOFF JOHNS (DC Comics C.C.O & Comic Writer) Free Superman DC Comic & one (1) other item signed ONLY!

ALL DAY LONG

-PREVIEW THE NEW “STAR TREK: THE VIDEO GAME”

FOR XBOX 360 ON THE VIDEO GAME TRUCK!

-DJ SET BY PDUB!

-KIDS ACTIVITIES!

-FOOD TRUCKS!

-GIVEAWAYS!

Golden Apple Comics
7018 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038

Will Eisner Week Celebrates Graphic Novels

Press Release:

The Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation is proud to announce Will Eisner Week 2013, a ten-day series of events in more than a dozen cities nationwide that celebrates graphic novels, free speech awareness, and the career and legacy of Will Eisner, one of the most innovative figures in the history of comics and graphic novels.

Will Eisner Week’s theme this year is, “Read a Graphic Novel,” which will be the underlying message of all the events. Cities holding celebrations include New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, and Minneapolis.

Will Eisner Week 2013 has added significance, as it marks 35 years since the 1978 publication of Eisner’s groundbreaking graphic novel, “A Contract With God.”

“This year, we will be having Will Eisner Week celebrations in more places than ever before,” said Will Eisner Week Organizing Committee Chair Danny Fingeroth. “The people doing the events are planning some amazing happenings that will spread the word about how cool graphic novels are, and that celebrate Will Eisner’s astonishing body of work done over a career that spanned seven decades.”

Will Eisner Week 2013 events include:

March 1-15, SAVANNAH, GA: Savannah College of Art and Design will hold several events run by Professor David Duncan, including a March 2 screening of “Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist” and various Eisner-themed art sessions.

March 2, 4:00-4:55 PM, SEATTLE, WA: Emerald City Comicon panel: Eisner’s “A Contract With God—Reflections on the 35th Anniversary,” featuring Dennis O’Neil, Batton Lash, Matt Fraction, Jackie Estrada, and Ben Saunders.

March 3-10, PITTSBURGH, PA: Various events at the Toonseum, including a screening of the documentary “Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist” by Andrew & Jon Cooke on March 6.

March 4-8, ARKADELPHIA, AR: The Comics Arts Club of Henderson State University, under the direction of Professor Randy Duncan, will study Eisner’s work in the context of Immigrant Experience Focus Week.

March 6: 7:30 PM, PORTLAND, OR: The Art Institute of Portland: Lecture on Eisner by Dark Horse Editor Diana Schutz.

March 7, 6:30-9:30 PM, NEW YORK, NY: The Society of Illustrators hosts a Will Eisner Sketch Night.

March 7, 7:00-9:00 PM, SAN FRANCISCO, CA: The Cartoon Art Museum. An Evening With Mario Hernandez, including a discussion of Eisner’s influence.

March 7, 7:30 PM, PORTLAND, OR: The Jack London Bar. A reading of Eisner’s “Last Day in Vietnam,” with Brian Bendis, Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Michael Oeming, and Dylan Meconis.

March 7, 7:00-9:30 PM, BOSTON, MA: Tufts University. Screening of “Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist,” followed by a panel discussion including A. David Lewis, Chuck Henebry, and Stephen Weiner.

March 10, 1:00-4:00 PM, MINNEAPOLIS, MN: Minneapolis College of Art and Design hosts a Graphic Novel Read-In, featuring a screening of “Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist.”

March 11, 7:00-9:00 PM, NEW YORK, NY: Parsons/The New School, Comics & Picture-Story Symposium. Jeremy Dauber and Danny Fingeroth discuss Eisner’s work in the context of Jewish-American literature.

March 12, WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT: Center for Cartoon Studies. Lecture on Eisner by Stephen Bissette. (For CCS students only.)

March 14, 7:30 PM, BURBANK, CA: The Animation Guild will hold a special Comic Art Professional Society meeting devoted to Eisner, hosted by Scott Shaw!.

Celebrations are also being planned for Amherst, MA and Washington, DC. Check www.willeisnerweek.com for updates on all events.

CAM Sketch-a-thon Artists at SDCC 2012 to Include Adlard, Janson, and Many More

Press Release:

Sixth Annual CAM Sketch-a-thon at San Diego Comic-Con International

Cartoon Art Museum Event:  Thursday, July 12 through Sunday, July 15, 2012

$10 Suggested donation per sketch

San Francisco, CA:  The Cartoon Art Museum is pleased to announce its programming for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, to be held at the San Diego Convention Center from July 12-15, 2012.  This year marks the sixth annual CAM Sketch-a-thon, which features a host of artists donating their time and talents to support the museum in its fundraising efforts.  This year’s roster includes professional animators, graphic novelists, newspaper strip cartoonists, political cartoonists, comic book illustrators, webcartoonists, underground cartoonists and self-publishers, providing the Cartoon Art Museum’s booth with one of the most diverse artistic populations at Comic-Con.  The National Cartoonist Society’s 2012 Reuben Award Winner Tom Richmond and Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard are among the artists supporting the Cartoon Art Museum at this year’s event.

Artists will draw for visitors during one-hour sessions at the Cartoon Art Museum’s booth, #1930 on the convention floor.  In exchange for a donation of $10 or more to the Cartoon Art Museum, supporters will receive a customized convention sketch from a professional cartoonist.  Featured artists include  Charlie Adlard, Michael Aushenker, Elijah Brubaker, Carolyn Watson Dubisch, Mike Dubisch, Phil Foglio, Shaenon K. Garrity, Zack Giallongo, Sina Grace, Mike Gray, Klaus Janson, Keith Knight, Jon Macy, Larry Marder, Kraig Rasmussen, Denny Riccelli, Tom Richmond, Dave Roman, Scott Shaw!, Seamus Smith, Raina Telgemeier, Jen Vaughn, Kimo Yancey and Ron Yavnieli, with many more to be announced as the convention approaches.  Please stay tuned to our website for an updated list and schedule as additional artists confirm.

Artists who are interested in participating in the CAM Sketch-a-thon should contact Andrew Farago at gallery@cartoonart.org for more information.

SDCC Announces Their Special Guests List is Complete for 2012 with 28 New Additions

While they have yet to remove George Perez from the list (who announced via his Facebook page that he is cancelling his appearance this year), Comic-Con International has announced that their Special Guests list for 2012 is complete. The latest update contains 28 new names:

• Tim Bradstreet
•  Gail Carriger
•  Becky Cloonan
•  Ben Edlund
•  Steve Englehart
•  Greg Evans
•  Brecht Evens
•  Rob Guillory
•  Peter F. Hamilton
•  Jennifer and Matthew Holm
•  Lynn Johnston
•  Joe Jusko
•  Erik Larsen
•  John Layman
•  Jeff Lemire
•  Rob Liefeld
•  Katsuhiro Otomo
•  Whilce Portacio
•  James Robinson
•  Ben Saunders
•  John Scalzi
•  Scott Shaw!
•  Jim Silke
•  Marc Silvestri
•  J. Michael Straczynski
•  Angelo Torres
•  Jim Valentino
•  Tom Yeates

 

Comic-Con Announces 11 More Special Guests for SDCC 2011

More guests for the 42nd annual Comic-Con International, to be held July 21-24 at the San Diego Convention Center, have been announced:

• Gerry Alanguilan
• Garth Ennis
• Tsuneo Goda
• Mell Lazarus
• Jim Lee
• David Lloyd
• Ethan and Malachai Nicolle
• Anders Nilsen
• Scott Shaw!
• Louise Simonson
• Walter Simonson

 

CA – Golden FCBD

Greg Pak, Scott Shaw, and more sign at Golden Apple Comics on May 1st for Free Comic Book Day.

BIG SALE – CREATOR SIGNINGS
10am: SCOTT SHAW CARTOONIST – SIMPSONS, Captain Carrot, Etc.
10am: RADICAL JEFF NENTRUP & JOHN HEFFERNAN
12noon: APE ENT. Penguins of Madagascar’s DAVE SERVER and JACKSON LANZING
1pm: APE ENT: Geoffrey Thorne, Creator/Writer of PRODIGAL
1pm: Creepy Carly – Sketchy Girl Carly Mizzou – Illustrator & Creator
2pm: GREG PAK – Writer of HULK & Incredible Hercules

Golden Apple Comics, 7018 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038