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LATEST NEWS @ THE COMIC BUG
| FREE COMIC BOOK DAY ON MAY 3RD! |
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Free Comic Book Day rocked the house at Manhattan Beach's The Comic Bug last Saturday, May 3rd. Riding the coattails of the blockbuster motion picture IRON MAN, throngs of comic fans lined up to get free comics and sketches from over two dozen comic book creators.
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola made a surprise appearance along with BPRD writer Joshua Dysart, Sonambulo creator Rafael Navarro and Simpsons' artist Phil Ortiz. To tie in with the Iron Man film, Marvel Adventures' Iron Man artist Scott Koblish dropped in to draw hundreds of pictures of Ol' Shell Head for kids.
In addition to comic book creators, a YoYo demonstration and a Lego Building seminar, local libraries set up a station to sign up readers for library cards. The Hero Initiative continued its hard work with representative Susan Weyl registering people with the Ralph's Club charity donations.
The Hollywood League of Super-Heroes Superman, Wonder Woman and The Hulk showed up to take pictures with attendees and help hand out the thousands of free comics ordered for the occasion.
For the first time in Comic Bug history, the shop ran out of free comics midway through the afternoon. The store had to resort to giving away much of its overstock to keep fans happy.
"We didn't anticipate a crowd like this," stated Jun Goeku regarding the over 500 patrons in attendance. "Hopefully they all come back next year!"
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| Prophet signing on May 14th |
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PROPHET is a new comic series by co-creators Daniel Corey (writer) and Anthony Diecidue (artist), and is product of DangerKatt Creative Studio. PROPHET is best described as a Western noir with supernatural overtones.
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| Comic Book Artists Guild meeting May 18th |
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Meet with your local artists to network and learn about the comic book industry. CAG meets every 3rd Sunday from 4 to 6pm. If you want to break into the industry then come on by!
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| Indiana Jones is Back. May 22nd |
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We will see the return of Dr. Jones to the big screen on May 22nd, 2008! Will this be the best movie of the quadrilogy? We shall see...
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| Giant Monsters Attack The Comic Bug on May 25th |
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On May 25, from Noon to 7pm, The Comic Bug will be hosting a marathon of giant monster related shows, many of which are not available on American DVD. Ultraman, Godzilla, Gamera and many others will be shown, so if you are a fan of such things or willing to check them out, come on by! Bring your own confy chair if you like!
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| Hulk Smash back to theatres on June 13th. |
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We no Ang Lee. We happy! This is the version of the Hulk we've been waiting for, not the crying daddy's boy who fights hulk dogs and the absorbing man?
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| WANTED in theatres on June 27th |
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Angelina Jolie on the big screen playing a bad-ass and hot assassin? Move over Tomb Raider fans, this movie is for the big boys!
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| Mignola's Hellboy II on screen July 11th |
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Mike Mignola's highly successful creation hit the theatres a few years back and is back again due to fan demand!
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| The Dark Knight vs. the Joker on July 18th |
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Can the Batman survive against the new and improved Joker? Heath Ledger couldn't but hopefully Christian Bale can! (I'm not being insensitive am I?)
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The Comic Bug carries all of your comic book needs and more!
NEW COMICS
We carry the widest range of mainstream comics and independent books in the South Bay.
BACK ISSUES
Hot, popular and hard to find
back issues can be found at The Comic Bug. If we don't have it, we will try to
find it for you!
TRADE PAPERBACKS
& GRAPHIC NOVELS
Our selection is growing all the time! We have all the trades you need and more!
ACTION FIGURES
Marvel Legends is hot and we have them. DC Direct is making huge waves so check them out. We carry all the new comic related action figures.
GAMING
Heroclix, Magic The Gathering, Yu Gi Oh!, Pokemon, Duel Masters, MArvel & DC VS. system & Pirates of the Gold Coast. Need we say more?
DVDs
We have those comic related DVDs you can't find!
T-SHIRTS
Geek out in these cool shirts!
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