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Faith No More-oke with The Taint, Matt Jacobs, Mike Wellman & Michael Aushenker
2026-08-26 08:13 (America/Los_Angeles)
Celebrate the release of Rock N’ Roll Biographies FAITH NO MORE/MR. BUNGLE flip book and SLAYER with the loudest event in Comic Bug history!
SLAYER writer Michael Aushenker will be joined by FAITH NO MORE/MR. BUNGLE team of Matt Jacobs and Mike Wellman as well as Rock N’ Roll Biographies publisher Mel Smith for an evening of cutting edge rock n’ roll. But where’s the volume, you ask?
Turn it up to 11 with THE TAINT who are in the process of learning a plethora of FAITH NO MORE songs for you to choose from for LIVE KARAOKE! (We call it FAITH NO MOREOKE around these parts) We’re working on an additional musical surprise, so stay tuned!
Check out The Taint’s Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Taint/161675149035
And check out the nifty trailer Mike’s wife Carol put together here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_1d8tUksxc

D.J. Kirkbride signs his Bigger Bang TP!
2026-08-26 08:13
Because YOU demanded it! D.J. Kirkbride makes his triumphant return to THE COMIC BUG MANHATTAN BEACH to sign copies of his latest tome, THE BIGGER BANG collected edition!
THE BIGGER BANG is unique look at the creation of a hero, and the END of a universe!

Enter a BIZARRE NEW WORLD with Skipper Martin
2026-08-26 08:13
Imagine, one day, you have the power to FLY! That’d be pretty special, right? You’d be on top of the world! (literally!)
Now, imagine, a day later, EVERYONE has the power to fly! Suddenly, you’re just as insignificant as the next guy. That’s the premise of BIZARRE NEW WORLD, a comic that mixes the magic of super-powers with the humdrum of everyday existence!
Meet writer SKIPPER MARTIN and explore this thought-provoking and often humorous BIZARRE NEW WORLD!

SONS OF THE DEVIL with Brian Buccellato
2026-08-26 08:13
Writer Brian Buccellato (FOSTER, DETECTIVE COMICS) returns with another nail biting thriller! Imagine you learn that your dad was essentially Charles Manson and you have the central idea of SONS OF THE DEVIL! We’ll be premiering the new IMAGE title at The Comic Bug Manhattan Beach and Brian will be on hand signing copies!

Journey to PARIAH, MI with Andres Salazar
2026-08-26 08:13
Writer/artist Andres Salazar returns with the second volume of his gorgeously illustrated supernatural western PARIAH, MI!
He’ll have copies of the brand new VOLUME 2 on hand as well as copies of VOLUME 1 who missed it the last time his stagecoach passed through Manhattan Beach!
Read more about Andres, PARIAH, MI and more here:
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/09/andres-salazar-talks-pariah-missouri-westerns-and-kickstarter/

Free Comic Book Day Is Coming!
2026-08-26 08:13
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click to enlarge for location, time, details It’s HERE! Well, almost. But finally, we can start to announce all the cool stuff The Comic Bug has been working on behind the scenes to bring you the most exciting FREE COMIC BOOK DAY we’ve ever attempted.
This year, you’ll be able to participate in FREE COMIC BOOK DAY with The Comic Bug in not ONE, not TWO, but THREE separate locations! We’ll have FREE COMICS and ACTIVITIES at both our Manhattan Beach and Culver City locations, so make sure you drop in to the shop nearest you and scoop up lots of free goodies, then you’ll want to hurry over to the CULVER CITY TEEN CENTER for The Comic Bug’s (and possibly the WORLD’s) first-ever FREE COMIC-CON DAY! And what a day do we have planned, with participation from over 70 comic book writers and artists, nearly EVERY major publisher and loads of COSPLAYERS, PODCASTS and CONTESTS. Can I get a witness?!
Here’s your first look at what The Comic Bug has been cooking!
SPIDER-GWEN TABLE

ROBBI RODRIGUEZ (artist, co-creator SPIDER-GWEN)
SIYA OUM (variant cover artist, creator of LOLA XOXO)
JOEL ELAD (CGC autograph witness)

BOB’S BURGERS TABLE

BRAD RADER
HECTOR REYNOSA
ANTONY AGUINALDO
KAT KOSMALA

ASPEN COMICS

FRANK MASTROMAURO (OVERTAKEN)
VINCE HERNANDEZ (DAMSELS IN EXCESS)
PETER STEIGERWALD (ZOOHUNTERS)
JT KRUL (All New SOULFIRE)
DAVID WOHL (All New FATHOM)
MARK ROSLAN (BUBBLEGUN)
SCOTT LOBDELL (FATHOM)

WAYNE ENTERPRISES (DC COMICS)

DANNY MIKI (BATMAN)
LEA HERNANDEZ (TEEN TITANS GO!)
GARRY BROWN (CATWOMAN)
EMI BROWN (BATMAN LEGO)
KI KIM (artist)
BRIAN BUCCELLATO (DETECTIVE COMICS)
STEVE BUCCELLATO (BATGIRL: CONVERGENCE)
BLOND THE COLORIST (SUICIDE SQUAD)

DEADPOOL TABLE

SCOTT KOBLISH (DEADPOOL, X-MEN ’92)
CHUCK WOJTKIEWICZ (DEADPOOL: THE MOVIE)

IMAGE COMICS

RICHARD STARKINGS (ELEPHANTMEN)
ERIC CANETE (RUN LOVE KILL)
JONATHAN TSUEI (RUN LOVE KILL)
AXEL ORTIZ (AXE COP: The Animated Series)

IDW PUBLISHING

D.J. KIRKBRIDE (THE BIGGER BANG, AMELIA COLE)
BARBARA KESEL (MY LITTLE PONY, WATCHMEN)

BOOM! STUDIOS

JEFF STOKELY (THE SPIRE, SIX GUN GORILLA)
CHUCK B.B. (BLACK METAL)
MICHAEL ALAN NELSON (HEXED)

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT

JOSHUA DYSART (IMPERIUM)
JAMES ASMUS (QUANTUM & WOODY MUST DIE!)
ANDY LIEGL (comic’s greatest cheerleader!)

CONCRETE PARK

TONY PURYEAR
ERIKA ALEXANDER

NINTH CIRCLE/ATOMIC BASEMENT

RAFAEL NAVARRO (SONAMBULO, GUNS A’BLAZIN)
KEVIN ALTIERI (BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES)

OSSM! COMICS/DARK PLANET COMICS

OMAR SPAHI (SEPARATORS)
STEPHAN FRANCK (SILVER)

DARBY POP PUBLISHING

ANDREW ROBINSON (7th SWORD, THE FIFTH BEATLE)
MATTHEW FEDERMAN (DEAD SQUAD)
STEPHEN SCAIA (DEAD SQUAD)
KEN KRISTENSEN (INDESTRUCTIBLE)
JACK LAMBERT (DOBERMAN)
RENAE GEERLINGS (Editor-In-Chief)

ARTIST ALLEY

LORD MESA (CHIBI HERO ART)
CHRIS BRANDT (A HERO A DAY)
DON WALKER (AGENT: WILD)
DAVID BLAKE LUCARELLI (CHILDREN’S VAMPIRE HUNTING BRIGADE)
DON SCHMIDT (STEAMFUNK)
TANYA BJORK (HAVENHURST)
JOIE BROWN (HEAVENLY KIBBLE GUARDIAN KORGI)
ALEJANDRO LEE (THE ADVENTURES OF SALLY SPROCKET & PISTON PETE)
TONY DONLEY (ALBERT EINSTEIN: TIME MASON)
SKIPPER MARTIN (BIZARRE NEW WORLD)
JAMES F. WRIGHT (NUTMEG)
DEWAYNE FEENSTRA (THE ADVENTURES OF AERO-GIRL)
TIM HEIDERICH (MISUNDERSTANDING COMICS)
MOM (she’s a mystery!)
ROBERT ZAILO (KURT NOVA)
FLOBO BOYCE (SILVERSTREEK)
RALPH MIRANDA (MAN FIGHTING STREET, strongest man in comics)
CHRIS KAWAGIWA (THE TELL)
STEPHAN YAN (Deadpool cosplayer)
ALICIA HOLLINGER (HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE)
CESAR I. ROSAS (ARTIST)
GLENN BROWN (ARTIST)
DAVE HOLTZ (ARTIST)
LAK LIM (ARTIST)

PODCAST TENT

DEFECTIVE GEEKS
THAT HASHTAG SHOW
DRINKING WITH COMICS
COMICS ON COMICS

VENDOR TENT
SEQUART ORGANIZATION (comic book documentaries)

Patrick Meaney (filmmaker)
Marissa Stotter (director, SHE MAKES COMICS) – A fantastic cinema imprint dedicated to great comic book based documentaries!
A FISTFUL OF COMICS (collectible supplies) – Protect your comics, prints and more with these fine supplies!

TEE NO EVIL

T-Shirts and fine geek apparel

ANGEL CITY DERBY GIRLS

Learn all about Culver City’s awesome derby team, one of the top in the nation!

L.A. WEEKLY

Check out what’s happening in and around L.A. every Thursday! Free schwag too!

HUBERT’S LEMONADE

Quench your thirst with samples of HUBERT’S delicious LEMONADE!

COMIKAZE PHOTO BOOTH

Take a photo outside a LIFE SIZED TARDIS and learn about the upcoming COMIKAZE CONVENTION!

KOTOBUKIYA

Manufacturer of finely detailed superhero and sci-fi models and statues

KIND Snacks

Delicious (and HEALTHY!) snacks to satisfy your hunger!

EXCLUSIVES!
The Comic Bug has been working with artist SIYA OUM and MARVEL COMICS to bring you a special edition of EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #2 that introduced SPIDER-GWEN! This exclusive cover by SIYA OUM will only be available at THE COMIC BUG starting on FREE COMIC BOOK DAY for $10.00. Limited 1 per person. Sketch cover $20.00. Pick up both copies for $25. Get your books signed by both Siya and SPIDER-GWEN creator ROBBI RODRIGUEZ!

FREE COMICS!!!
We’ve ordered more FREE COMICS than ever before to ensure that EVERYONE gets free goodies to get into your hot hands! We’re talking TENS OF THOUSANDS of FREE COMIC BOOKS!
Mark your calendar! FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (and FREE COMIC-CON DAY) is happening Saturday, May 2nd from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. (earlier at the shops)! It will be a day long remembered! May the force be with you!
It’s all happening at the Culver City Teen Center!

Art Attack! w/Chuck Wojtkiewicz
2026-08-26 08:13
Wednesday, March 25th, we’ll be joined by artist extraordinaire CHUCK WOJTKIEWICZ for an evening of eye-splintering fun!
Chuck will be making the brick & mortar premiere of his amazing art book ChukArt Volume 1 (http://chukstuff.storenvy.com/products/8839854-chukart-volume-i) and showing off some new stuff he’s been involved in since.
Chuck Wojtkiewicz is a freelance artist who has worked in video games, film and comics! From Halo to Warcraft to BLUR STUDIOS (the folks behind the upcoming DEADPOOL movie!) Chuck’s done it all! Check out more of his work HERE:
www.artstation.com/artwork/chukart-vol-i-cover-art
And come say “hello” on March 25th at our Manhattan Beach location!

Tim Heiderich is Misunderstanding Comics
2026-08-26 08:13
You won’t understand comics until you misunderstand them!
We turn a jaundiced eye toward all that is wrong with the “invisible art”. Every innovative idea that still shuffles along past its much-deserved death, every awful web comic that still manages to rack up a million page views with recycled Star Wars jokes, the once great artists and writers who have become caricatures of their former selves, and the new talent ready to discover bold new ways to sell out.

The History of Comics – Why comics and “fine” art ain’t so different.
Misunderstanding Art – Why your skill and talent are holding you back.
How to Misunderstand Characters – How to create compelling characters, or do you even need to?
Storytelling – We distill ideas from the top names in comics, reducing a lifetime of innovation to a punchline.
Web Comics & Self-Publishing – When no one else will print your comic about prohibition-era anthropomorphic cats.
Manga & Everything Wrong with Japan – It’s not all school girl uniforms and tentacle rape. Just most of it.
Intellectual Comics – Feign intellectualism with bigger words and smaller fonts.
Comic Book Collectors & Other Fanboys – The people who pay your salary and how to exploit them.
Making Good Money with Bad Ideas – Take this book, for example.

About the authors:
Tim Heiderich is a writer and longtime fan of comic books and comic art, both good and bad. Misunderstanding Comics is co-written and illustrated by Mike Rosen, the writer/illustrator behind the satirical adaptation of The Malleus Maleficarum: the Medieval Guide to Hunting Witches.

Jay Faerber & Brian Joines will share their Secret Identities!
2026-08-26 08:13
SECRET IDENTITIES #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Brian Joines, Jay Faerber (A/CA) Ilias Kyriazis, Charlie Kirchoff
The supergroup known as The Front Line have just invited new hero Crosswind to join them. But what they don’t know is that Crosswind is a mole, sent to learn all their secrets. And the Front Line have LOTS of secrets.
Writers BRIAN JOINES and JAY FAERBER and the stunning art team of ILIAS KYRIAZIS and CHARLIE KIRCHOFF bring you classic super-team action and intrigue for the 21st century.
Behind every mask is a secret…

DEADPOOLOOZA with Scott Koblish, Ed Laroche & the fine folks at RADCO!
2026-08-26 08:13
Celebrate the release of Deadpool: Art of War #4, Deadpool #41 and some exciting new titles from RadCo Publishing (BAD SUMMER by Ed Laroche and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night by Ana Lily Amirpour-who directed the critically acclaimed film of the same name). We’re calling it DEADPOOLOOZA as it will be a freaky fun comic festival like none other!
Bad Summer writer/artist Ed LaRoche will be joining us to sign comics and meet fans from 5 to 8 p.m.
And putting the LOOZA in Deadpoolooza is none other than Deadpool illustrator SCOTT KOBLISH, who we have recently discovered is an amazingly talented singer/songwriter! Mr. Koblish will be going SIX STRING SAMURAI on us at 7:00 p.m. to bring us his chimichanga flavored folk rock! Here’s a sample of what you can expect!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3USoyFiSC88
See you here, folks!

Star Wars Premiere Party!
2026-08-26 08:13
X-Wings, fall in formation and swoop down to THE COMIC BUG (either location) to celebrate STAR WARS triumphant return to MARVEL COMICS!
STAR WARS #1 by Jason Aaron and John Cassaday launches January 14th and captures the spirit and fun of the original Star Wars trilogy like no comic before!
Show your STAR WARS spirit between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. by dressing up as your favorite STAR WARS character and receive a FREE copy of the first issue!
We’ll have a slew of variants available too and special STAR WARS treats by our friend justJENN designs while supplies last!
The force is strong with this one, boys and girls! It’s our first event of 2015 so let’s blow it up like a DEATH STAR!

She Makes Comics screening & DVD release party!
2026-08-26 08:13
Join us for a special evening screening that celebrates WOMEN and COMICS! SHE MAKES COMICS is a fascinating documentary that investigates the history of the comic book medium and the women who have been making and reading them.
From writers to artists, editors to cosplayers, SHE MAKES COMICS covers every aspect in an entertaining and informative fashion!
Joining us for this event will be director/producer Marisa Stotter and producer Patrick Meaney. Stay tuned for future announcements on other guests that might be taking part in the night’s festivities. The screening is FREE and DVDs will be available for sale after the movie!
Check out the trailer HERE!
http://vimeo.com/85577047

Richard Hatch, Death of Apollo signing!
2026-08-26 08:13
Richard Hatch, the phenomenal actor who brought APOLLO to life in the 1970’s Battlestar Galactica series, kept the torch glowing bright for BSG through the 80’s and 90’s and returned to play TOM ZAREK in the re-imagined BATTLESTAR GALACTICA series will be appearing at THE COMIC BUG CULVER CITY to send his 70’s personae off in style!
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE DEATH OF APOLLO is written by Dan Abnett, one half of the team who assembled the line-up of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY that made it to the big screen and one of the greatest sci-fi writers in comics.
We will also be paying tribute to the dearly departed BATTLESTAR creator GLEN LARSON.
In the meantime, check out Richard Hatch’s awesome take on a Battlestar sequel, 1999’s BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE SECOND COMING concept trailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s8heJPX8xk

Indiana Jones and the City of Gods table read
2026-08-26 08:13
…and now for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!Join us for a fun, dramatic evening at our Manhattan Beach location for a table read of Frank Darabont’s unfilmed classic INDIANA JONES and the CITY OF THE GODS!When the script leaked a year or so after INDIANA JONES and the CRYSTAL SKULL was released, hard-core Indy fans were in an uproar that this, in many ways, superior, script wasn’t the one chosen by the powers that be when it came time to roll cameras on the new Indy film.Witness as some of comic-dom’s greatest talents sit down to chew up the scenery on what might be the most unique event The Comic Bug has ever offered!STARRING:RICHARD STARKINGS as Professor OxleyRAFAEL NAVARRO as Marion Ravenwood’s husband Peter BelaskoBARBARA KESEL as Marion
JOSHUA DYSART as the narrator/scene director
and introducing F.C. Brandt as INDIANA JONES!
The man in the hat is back!

Hell-come to Culver CIty, Mike Mignola!
2026-08-26 08:13
Hell Comes to Culver!
Mike Mignola will be making his debut appearance at THE COMIC BUG CULVER CITY to sign copies of HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D. #1!
Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, gorgeously illustrated by Alex Maleev with lush colors by Dave Stewart, HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D. follows Hellboy’s early adventures with the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense in the 50’s.
A bizarre series of murders and rumors of something worse lead Professor Bruttenholm to send a young Hellboy to a Brazilian village on his first mission. Hellboy and a small group of agents uncover something terrible in the shadows of a sixteenth-century Portuguese fortress . . .
Swing by and meet the creator of all that is HELLBOY and celebrate this exciting new chapter in Hellboy History!

Black Lightning Friday! Fortified with Mapoupons!
2026-08-26 08:13
Tired of waking up at 4 a.m. to bust down doors at Best Buy or Target? Or looking for something to do after you’ve conquered all of the fellow shoppers at the big box chains?
Come on down to THE COMIC BUG, now serving your comic book needs with TWO LOCATIONS! It’s time again for our annual BLACK LIGHTNING FRIDAY sale (now with added MAPOUPONS! MAPOUPONS are copyright/trademark The Comic Bug LLC.) What does this all mean?
In the spirit of Amazon’s “Lightning Sale” where a product goes on sale for some insanely discounted price for an hour, The Comic Bug is the first BRICK and MORTAR in HISTORY to offer a variation on that theme, the BLACK LIGHTNING SALE! Black Lightning will descend from, well, wherever he usually spends his time (comic book limbo?) and electrify various departments of the store for two hour chunks of time! 75% off Back Issues? Yep! 50% off Trade Paperbacks? You betcha! 50% off NEW COMICS?!!!! Are we insane?!!! Well, you already know the answer to that. However, these drastic deals can’t last all day, so you’ll have to follow us either on FACEBOOK or TWITTER to see what deals BLACK LIGHTNING is dropping next and at what location!
That’s not all! Make any purchase at either store (Comic Bug Manhattan Beach or Comic Bug Culver City) and receive an exclusive MAPOUPON! “What the hell is a MAPOUPON?” you’re wondering? Well, it’s not quite a MAP, it’s not quite a COUPON, it’s sorta a mixture of BOTH. Like a Clock Radio. Bring your MAPOUPON from one store to our OTHER location and receive a FREE NEW COMIC or 50% OFF ANY TRADE PAPERBACK or GRAPHIC NOVEL purchase!! And we will conveniently provide directions from store to store RIGHT THERE on the MAPOUPON!
The fun runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at both locations! However, our MANHATTAN BEACH SHOP is holding a very special DOORBUSTER sale in the Latverian Lounge from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., so if you wanna get an early start, that’s a good place to kick things off!
We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! We THANK all of you for an amazing year of comics and geeky goodness!
The Comic Bug Manhattan Beach
1807 Manhattan Beach Blvd.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310) 372-6704
The Comic Bug Culver City
4267 Overland Ave.
Culver City, CA 90230
(310) 204-3240

Grand Opening in Culver City!
2026-08-26 08:13
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8th! The Comic Bug Culver City is throwing its official GRAND OPENING and what a spectacle do we have planned for you!
*DEALS! We’re talking buy 2 get 1 free DC, MARVEL & IMAGE TPs. An ENTIRE ROOM filled with 50% OFF graphic novels and TPs, and much, much more!
*CREATORS! Some of the hottest comic creators in Southern California will be on hand to meet and greet, sign autographs and provide sketches for you! GABRIEL (Star Wars Legacy, Planet of the Apes, Kinski) HARDMAN, DANNY (BATMAN) MIKI, JOSHUA (HARBINGER) DYSART, RAFAEL (SONAMBULO, GUNS A’BLAZIN) NAVARRO and D.J. (AMELIA COLE, THE BIGGER BANG) KIRKBRIDE will be in attendance to share their love of comics with you!
*COSPLAYERS! Witness some of Los Angeles’ greatest cosplayers bring the characters you know and love to life right before your naked, steaming eyes! Meet and take photos with WONDER WOMAN, SUPERGIRL, SPIDER-MAN, CASEY JONES and the crew of STAR WARS: REBELS!
We’ll be joined by Culver City’s very own ANGEL CITY DERBY GIRLS who will be rocking and rolling around the parking lot to deliver even more fun and GOODIES throughout the day!
I guess what we’re trying to say is come on down to The Comic Bug Culver and prepare yourself for an epic day of FUN for the whole family!

Chuck BB signs Black Metal Omnibvs Edition
2026-08-26 08:13
Chuck B.B. will bring his unique brand of METAL MAGIC to our new CULVER City location this Wednesday!
Feel the hellfire and taste the damnation when you check out BLACK METAL OMNIBVS EDITION and say hello to the master of comic book metal in the flesh!

Deadpool artist, Scott Koblish, signs Art of War!
2026-08-26 08:13
Like a killer dragon swooping down from the sky to blast hellfire on us all, SCOTT KOBLISH is blowing the doors WIDE OPEN on our new CULVER CITY location (4267 Overland Ave. Culver City, CA 90230).
He’s firing on all cylinders with DEADPOOL: THE ART OF WAR! Check out the special preview here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=23664
Deadpool is re-writing Sun Tzu’s seminal ART OF WAR and the rules will be nothing short of twisted and zany! Be there!

Brian Hurtt, Artist of The Sixth Gun
2026-08-26 08:13
The sensational artistic talents of BRIAN HURTT will be riding into our premises (and Brian, too!), to spotlight SIXTH GUN: the long running series of six enchanted pistols, witches, gunslingers, and unfolding secrets (what more can you ask for???)!
All seven paperback volumes, including the spin-off collection, “Sons of the Gun”, will be readily available to enjoy.
EVEN BETTER, buy two Sixth Gun books, get ONE FREE!
See you there!

Halloween ComicFest with FREE comic books!
2026-08-26 08:13
The Comic Bug will be giving away hundreds of comic books for Halloween!
Karl Alstaetter will be at Culver City from 1-3pm

Joshua Williamson, Image Comics writer signing!
2026-08-26 08:13
Amazing comic writer, Joshua Williamson, will be signing at The Comic Bug to promote his many comics and to showcase his newest series from Skybound Comics! Joshua currently writes, Birthright, Nailbiter, Ghosted, Captain Midnight, Predator: Fire & Stone & Robocop. He is the Jamaican Brian Michael Bendis of comics today!
Come by and check out some of his many titles and meet the writer of half of the new comic titles on the shelves!
Haven’t heard about BIRTHRIGHT yet? Creator/writer Joshua Williamson (NAILBITER, GHOSTED), artist Andrei Bressan, and colorist Adriano Lucas are the team behind this fantastic new title. BIRTHRIGHT begins with an innocent game of catch in the park and ends with a couple still in search of their missing son years later—never knowing what became of him when he disappeared into the woods that day. But of all their imagined scenarios, nothing could prepare them for what happened when he returned. So begins the new epic series, where fantasy becomes reality.
BIRTHRIGHT #1 (Diamond Code AUG140536) arrives in stores on 10/8, as an oversized 40 page issue, available for only $2.99.

Hellboy 20th Anniversary with Mike Mignola
2026-08-26 08:13
Come meet HELLBOY creator MIKE MIGNOLA and celebrate the release of IDW’S HELLBOY ARTIST’S EDITION! This is going to be a party to rival ragnarok!
Here’s a few things you can expect!
-Check out a curated gallery of HELLBOY pages and artwork during the event.
-The first 25 people to PRE-ORDER/PURCHASE the HELLBOY ARTIST’S EDITION will receive a special gift courtesy of the Mignola family and Skeleton Crew Studio-a BPRD collectible ARTIFACT! Check them out here… http://www.skeltoncrewstudio.bigcartel.com/category/hellboy-b-p-r-d
-Purchase the HELLBOY ARTIST’S EDITION and enter into a raffle to win original art by Mike Mignola!
– Get a limited and Comic Bug Exclusive, Hellboy Shotglass with purchase of the Hellboy Artist’s Edition!

-Plus, you can get this gorgoeus tome signed!
Here’s a little more about the HELLBOY ARTIST’S EDITION from the fine folks at IDW!
“Mike Mignola is one of the preeminent comics creators of the past 25 years. His career was already firmly established for his outstanding work on characters like Batman, Wolverine, a myriad of beautiful covers and more… And then came Hellboy. Mike’s iconic creation struck a meteoric chord with fans from the very start and has not abated in the 20 years since his debut.
This Artist’s Edition features the first five issues of Hellboy in Hell as well as a wealth of historic supplementary material: the first three Hellboy stories-the two initial four-pagers, produced for promotional purposes, and the 10-page story from John Byrne’s Nextmen #21- plus The Corpse, and two other tales selected by Mignola for inclusion.
Each page of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy Artist’s edition is shot from the original art and showcases Mignola’s gorgeous work as closely as possible to the physical page-this is a book for fans of great storytelling and students of the craft.”
This is not an event to be missed!

https://www.facebook.com/events/224692037727265/

The Wedding of Deadpool with Scott Koblish!
2026-08-26 08:13
Deadpool is getting married! Meet the cover artist Scott Koblish!
• That’s right-the day you never dreamed would come has finally arrived…Deadpool is getting MARRIED!
• First up in this ENORMOUSLY OVERSIZED ISSUE is our the main feature-the biggest wedding since that one guy married that other guy as Deadpool and his mysterious bride tie the knot in a tale by Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn, & Mike Hawthorne!• THEN, we’ve rounded up EVERY writer to ever pen Wade’s series to celebrate this magical occasion! No self-respecting Poolophile can miss this one!• It’s the most important issue 27 in the history of comics!

Hellboy Day! 20 Years of Mignola's Masterpiece
2026-08-26 08:13
To celebrate 20 years of amazing Hellboy writing and art, The Comic Bug will have 25% OFF Mignola merchandise! There will also be a limited number of The Comic Bug Exclusive limited print, the Death of Hellboy.
http://artofmikemignola.com/
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/1626/hellboy-day-participating-stores

Stray Bullets signing with David Lapham
2026-08-26 08:13
DAVID LAPHAM’S STRAY BULLETS IS BACK!
The award-winning crime series is back with an all new story arc entitled STRAY BULLETS: KILLERS.
That’s not all! Along with the release of STRAY BULLETS: KILLERS, comes the long awaited FINAL ISSUE of the original Stray Bullets series, STRAY BULLETS #41! Did you miss the first series? That’s okay! It’s not essential to enjoy STRAY BULLETS: KILLERS, but if you really want to treat yourself to some of the most gut-wrenching, often funny and ALWAYS surprising crime-fiction out there, pick up STRAY BULLETS: THE ÜBER ALLES EDITION which collects STRAY BULLETS #1-41, the entirety of the original series.
STRAY BULLETS is for fans of hard-hitting, character driven crime stories in the vein of Quentin Tarantino or the Coen Brothers. Often quirky and nostalgic, each issue is packed with people you’ll both love and deplore (sometimes it’s even the SAME character!)
SATURDAY, MARCH 29th, meet STRAY BULLETS creator DAVID LAPHAM for a very special signing at The Comic Bug. We will announce the hours of the signing in the very near future, but be sure to RSVP here for updates and even a chance to win a nifty STRAY BULLETS prize the day of the signing!
COOL BEANS!

The Fifth Beatle signing with Andrew Robinson
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Wednesday, March 5, The Comic Bug will be experiencing BEATLEMANIA with Andrew Robinson! THE FIFTH BEATLE: THE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORY is a graphic novel by Vivek Tiwary, Andrew C Robinson and Kyle Baker.
The Fifth Beatle is the untold true story of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who discovered and guided the Beatles – from their gigs in a tiny cellar in Liverpool to unprecedented international stardom. Yet more than merely the story of “The Man Who Made the Beatles,” The Fifth Beatle is an uplifting, tragic, and ultimately inspirational human story about the struggle to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. Brian himself died painfully lonely at the young age of thirty-two, having helped the Beatles prove through “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” that pop music could be an inspirational art form. He was homosexual when it was a felony to be so in the United Kingdom, Jewish at a time of anti-Semitism, and from Liverpool when it was considered just a dingy port town.
Come meet artist ANDREW ROBINSON from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and then from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. He’ll have graphic novels and gorgeous art prints available to dazzle your eyes!

Comic Book Creator meeting May 31 at Long Beach Comic Expo with Steve Niles!
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We will be holding the creator meeting at Long Beach Comic Expo with guest, Steve Niles.
www.longbeachcomicexpo.com
