The Comic Bug

The Comic Bug Presents: Drink & Draw at The Slip
2025-12-19 04:42 (America/Los_Angeles)
Do you like to draw? Do you like to drink? Then come join us at our monthly Drink n’ Draw at The Slip Bar and Eatery presented by The Comic Bug!
We’ll have comic and sci-fi themed DRINK SPECIALS and you can work on your life-drawing and the company of dozens of awesome fellow artists and maybe even a writer or two!
LadyBugs, SketchyBugs and Uninitiated Bugs, come on down! Admission is FREE! Drinks will be flowing and pencils and pens will be on fire! Finally, the South Bay has it’s own drink and draw gathering! Special thanks to The Slip for having us!
Come have fun!

Spencer & Locke signing with creator, David Pepose
2025-12-19 04:42
I don’t think I can say it any better than I did last Saturday night! Don’t snooze on this one, folks!
Pretty sure this is going to be the indie comic sensation of 2017 and that’s not because creator David Pepose is signing copies at Culver City THIS Wednesday from 11 to 2 and at Manhattan Beach on Wednesday, April 26 from 5 to 8.
No, it’s because for the last two months, we’ve had a steady drip of customers asking to put it on their pull sheets, a drip that has become a stream here lately. It’s a great concept “Calvin & Hobbes in the gritty underbelly of a Sin City-like world” and it is fabulously executed! Check out this link and come meet Mr. Pepose at our Culver City shop around lunchtime this Wednesday!

Magic The Gathering: Amonkhet Open House
2025-12-19 04:42
Magic Open House – AmonkhetOn Saturday, April 15, players of all levels will come together to learn and play Magic, say farewell to Aether Revolt, and look ahead to the next exciting release—Amonkhet!
We will be introducing new players to the game and welcoming them into your Magic community with learn-to-play sessions, using the Welcome Decks that will be provided to new players.
Invite your veteran players to join the fun by bringing a friend or helping to teach new players.
The first 20 new players will receive a 2017 Welcome Deck!
There will also be foil full-art Amonkhet land cards while supplies last! So get there early!

Infinite Glory Signing with Justin Kirkman
2025-12-19 04:42
Come meet writer and creator, Justin K. Kirkman, of the new series Infinite Glory!
Culver City: 11am-2pm
Manhattan Beach 5pm-8pm
http://calicomics.com/InfiniteGlory/

Cup O' Joe with Stan Lee, Joe Quesada & Kevin Smith!
2025-12-19 04:42
Now with added Kevin Smith! That’s right, folks! This just in, Kevin Smith will be joining this Friday’s Cup o’ Joe with Stan Lee event at The Paley Center! Joe Quesada, Stan Lee and NOW Kevin Smith! It’s a geek trifecta!
Purchase tickets at this link and join us at The Comic Bug Manhattan Beach by 9 a.m. to cruise there on the BUG BUS (our version of a party bus!) courtesy of The Hero Initiative! Tickets are $125 plus service charge, but we’re offering a very special REBATE to our Comic Bug peeps! Choose between a $30 cash refund or $50 in store credit the day of the event!
Oh, and you get this nifty autographed poster too! All proceeds benefit The Hero Initiative, a great charity that looks out for many, many comic creators who could use a helping hand. Click the link and join the party! Huzzah!
ABOUT Cup O’ Joe
Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada is bringing back his famous “Cup o’ Joe” chats in a spectacular way in a spectacular place—The Paley Center in Beverly Hills! And he’s bringing along the GREATEST of all possible guests—Stan “The Man” Lee!
And YOU can be there for this fun and historic event! A mere 125 tickets will be made available at $125 each for this great Friday lunchtime event! It’s the PERFECT way to take an afternoon off work and ease into your weekend while being regaled with great tales of the Marvel Universe from Stan and Joe! Ticket proceeds benefit Hero Initiativem the charity the helps comic book creators in medical and financial need!
WHO: Stan Lee and Joe Quesada!
WHAT: Cup o’ Joe, Joe Quesada’s freewheeling Marvel chat, WITH Marvel Universe founder Stan Lee!
WHY: Because it’s a GREAT event that benefits a GREAT charity!
WHERE: The Paley Center, 465 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA. MASSIVE ramp parking right across the street!
WHEN: Friday, April 14 at 11 a.m. Have a great time, and hit lunch after!
WHAT YOU GET

A small, intimate, cool event with Stan Lee and Joe Quesada!
Great tales of Marvel Comics and Stan’s fascinating life and times!
BEST of all, a commemorative print TRIPLE-signed by Stan, Joe, and artist Mike Mayhew!

Get your tickets NOW! They’re sure to sell out fast!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cup-o-joe-with-stan-the-man-lee-tickets-32639126506?aff=efbnreg

Sketchy Bugs Weekly Creator Meeting on Wednesdays
2025-12-19 04:42
The Sketchy Bug Group was founded when a group of South Bay creators chose to break free from the isolation of working in solitude and sought out a common place for creative work in an attempt to simulate the “bullpen” experience of comic book history. The group has been meeting every week on Wednesday nights from 6 pm to 9 pm at THE COMIC BUG in Manhattan Beach, CA since the Spring of 2013. Be it Artist or Writer, Inker or Colorist, The Sketchy Bug Group welcomes all that are enthusiastic about pursuing creations in this medium.
Interested? Join the group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/387717228061106/
Follow us on instagram @ instagram.com/sketchy_bug_group

Comic Con Revolution in Ontario
2025-12-19 04:42
Support the newest local comic book convention!
About Comic Con Revolution
Comic Con Revolution was founded on very simple principles. We are excited to celebrate comics and the creative arts. At the absolute core of what we do are the creators themselves. The people who create the comics, games, toys, film, movies and more that we all love. Without their tireless dedication to creating the fantastic worlds we all get lost in, events like Comic Con Revolution would not be possible. We strive to create the best possible experience for attendees, exhibitors and guests alike. Our team of event industry veterans are dedicated to working hard to create that experience for each of you.

Summoner's War Meetup
2025-12-19 04:42
Summoner’s War Meet Up & Tournament
Come meet, play or learn about Summoner’s War! The Comic Bug is proud to host the mega popular game with over 60 million downloads!
Com2uS: https://com2us.com
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1435767223110633/?active_tab=discussion

International Table Top Day at The Game Hub
2025-12-19 04:42
Come play, learn and share table top games!
The Game Hub is officially a part of International Table Top Day and will be scheduling games, fun and excitement on April 29th!
Stay tuned for more details.
http://www.tabletopday.com

Development Hell Presents Sam Hamm's Watchmen
2025-12-19 04:42
On the heels of Tim Burton’s hit BATMAN in 1989, the screenwriter, Sam Hamm was hired to bring Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s dystopic super-hero social commentary WATCHMEN to life for the big screen.
It never happened. Well, not until many years later when Zach Snyder gave us a literal film adaptation of the comic series. The gang at DEVELOPMENT HELL and SKELETON CREW PRODUCTIONS are taking on their biggest, most ambitious table read to date, reading Mr. Hamm’s 1989 final draft of THE WATCHMEN!
There are many fun detours from the original source material, including an ending that MIGHT provide some clues to just HOW the Watchmen will be crossing over into the DC Universe in the very near future!
As we read 1989’s WATCHMEN, Batman and the Flash are trying to solve the mystery of “The Button”, the iconic, blood-spattered happy face button worn by Rorschach throughout the seminal series.
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to catch what “might have been”! FREE!

Open Mic Comedy Night!
2025-12-19 04:42
Just when I could use a REALLY GOOD laugh, here comes the Latverian Laugh Riot on February 24th to the rescue! This Friday at The Comic Bug totally FREE!

Free Comic Book WEEKEND Is Coming!
2025-12-19 04:42
Announcing FREE COMIC BOOK DAY at The Comic Bug! A two-day extravaganza!
Saturday, May 6, meet writer/creator RICK REMENDER and receive a FREE EXCLUSIVE VARIANT edition of his smash hit SEVEN TO ETERNITY #1 at our Manhattan Beach location!
Then, on Sunday, OOGA CHAKA on over to CULVER CITY to meet the creative team behind ALL NEW GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! Star Lord! Groot! Rocket! Gamora! Drax! Writer GERRY DUGGAN and artist AARON KUDER will be onhand to sign copies of our exclusive variant to All New Guardians of the Galaxy #1!
You know THAT’S NOT ALL! But this is where it begins. We’ll have all sorts of great things popping off each day, from cosplayers to free refreshments, clothing and toys to some of the hottest up and coming indie talent as well as the creators you know and love!
Oh, and did we mention THOUSANDS OF FREE COMICS?!! See you here and THERE, Saturday and Sunday, true believers!
Saturday:
The Comic Bug
1807 Manhattan Beach Blvd.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
11a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday:
The Comic Bug
4267 Overland Ave.
Culver City, CA 90230
11a.m. to 5 p.m.

Celebrating Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Creators Day
2025-12-19 04:42
Celebrate some of today’s greatest black writers and artists in comics and sci-fi on Saturday, Feb. 25 at The Comic Bug Manhattan Beach. We’ll be releasing a list of who is attending in the next day or two, but for certain BRANDON EASTON, comic and tv writer as well as the producer & director of BRAVE NEW SOULS: Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century will be here presenting his entertaining and informative documentary beginning at 4:00 p.m.
There will be a Q&A following as Brandon sits in on our monthly Comic Creator Group Meeting! See you here!

Richard Starkings Celebrates 75 Issues of Elephantmen!
2025-12-19 04:42
Meet creator, writer and artist, Richard Starkings, as he celebrates 75 issues of his creator owned comic book, Elephantmen.

Star Wars: Destiny- Jedi Academy Training Camp
2025-12-19 04:42
Come to The Game Hub for a special meet & greet and how-to-play session for STAR WARS DESTINY hosted by Jedi Master Cheyenne!
Learn the ins and outs of Star Wars Destiny, the most exciting new card/dice game from a galaxy far, far away! And if you already KNOW how to play, just come hang out and meet and play with other Rebels or Imperial Troops from the area!
This Tuesday’s meet-up is FREE and will get you up to speed and ready to enter the following week’s very first STAR WARS DESTINY TOURNAMENT!
If you don’t have any Star Wars Destiny cards yet, we have a special offer for Tuesday night only! Purchase either STARTER DECK and receive $8.00 store credit towards any SW Destiny singles in our showcase to help fill out your deck!
See you next Tuesday at THE GAME HUB!
It is your DESTINY.

The Coldest Winter Signing with Artist, Steven Perkins
2025-12-19 04:42
Writer, Anthony Johnston, and artist, Steven Perkins, return to the Cold War-Era Berlin for this prequel to The Coldest City. After a string of botched assignments for M16 in Berlin, David Perceval is being sent home. Even his final mission before leaving – the defection of a Soviet scientist – goes badly wrong, as the coldest winter for 30 years descends on Europe.

Open Mic Comedy Night!
2025-12-19 04:42
Just when I could use a REALLY GOOD laugh, here comes Latverian Laugh Riot! January 27th to the rescue! This Friday at The Comic Bug totally FREE!

Cougar and Cub Signing with Writer, Nick Marino
2025-12-19 04:42
It’s Batman & Robin meets… THE GRADUATE?! What happens when a big time superhero decides to sleep with her young, upstart sidekick? Find out in the adventures of COUGAR and CUB!
Come to either Comic Bug location next Wednesday to admonish the deplorable creators of Cougar and Cub, ROSIE KNIGHT and NICK MARINO. They’ll be signing COUGAR & CUB at our Culver City shop from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and at Manhattan Beach from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
It’s our first signing of the year! Let’s get this motor running!

Ladybugs, LA Women's Comic Creator League on Thursdays
2025-12-19 04:42
Women of Comics Books Unite!
The Los Angeles Women’s Comic Creators League (aka The Lady Bugs) is an open group of women comic book enthusiasts and creators. Their primary mission is to create a safe space for women to share projects, make friends, and most importantly, HAVE FUN!
We meet every Thursday from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at The Comic Bug!
http://www.ladybugcomics.org

Get Sketched As Your Own Superhero by Ruben Gerard and Rafael Navarro
2025-12-19 04:42
Ever want to be drawn by a comic artist as a super-hero? Penny Strikes! artist Ruben Gerard and Sonambulo/Guns A’Blazin’! artist Rafael Navarro have drawn hundreds of people at graduations, proms, bar mitzvahs and celebrity parties for years now and are bringing their artistic magic to The Comic Bug for a special day!
They’re offering a special, discounted rate. Get drawn and use the image for your holiday cards! Get a family portrait! Super-hero wedding announcements! The possibilities are endless!
Get drawn into the fun!

Black Friday Is Coming! Get Ready...
2025-12-19 04:42
It’s that time of year again, folks! That time all of the retail world straps on their Santa hats and fires up their cash registers! Doorbusters, jingle bells and all that jazz!
At The Comic Bug, we do things just a little differently! Inspired by online stores’ “Lightning Deals”, we invented BLACK LIGHTNING FRIDAY, named after one of our favorite heroes. It’ll be going down at BOTH LOCATIONS (there’s even something in it for you if you go to both spots!), every two hours, we’ll announce a new BLACK LIGHTNING sale!

By popular demand, we’re bringing back the MAPOUPON, combination MAP and COUPON that is good for either a free new comic or 50% any item at the OTHER store! Mapoupons handed out in Manhattan Beach are good for items in Culver City and vice versa! Here’s the locations…
The Comic Bug Manhattan Beach
1807 Manhattan Beach Blvd.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
The Comic Bug Culver City
4267 Overland Ave.
Culver City, CA 90230
See you here! And there!!!

Meet DC Comics Vigilante Writer, Gary Phillips
2025-12-19 04:42
The spirits of Greg Saunders and Adrian Chase are alive and well at DC, but instead of the open prairie or the skyscrapers of Manhattan, the next Vigilante will be battling crime on the seedy backstreets of Los Angeles, as DC Entertainment announced today that THE VIGILANTE: SOUTHLAND, a six-issue miniseries written by Gary Phillips (Vertigo’s COWBOYS, Violent Spring, Perdition U.S.A.) with pencils and inks by Elena Casagrande, colors by Giulia Brusco and covers by Mitch Gerads (Vertigo’s SHERIFF OF BABYLON), will be hitting comic retailers October 5.
“This take on Vigilante incorporates current social and political issues making Vigilante: Southland both relevant and contemporary, which sounded like an incredible direction to tell new stories featuring this character,” said DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Dan DiDio. “Gary’s experience with crime fiction will give Vigilante an edginess and grittiness that hasn’t been seen before.”
THE VIGILANTE: SOUTHLAND is the story of Donny Fairchild, a failed NBA player who’s just making ends meet as a maintenance man. When his girlfriend stumbles on a conspiracy to steal water rights through a series of shady land development deals, she’s mysteriously murdered. Once Donny starts getting too close to the cause of her death, his house is blown up and he’s left for dead. Determined to bring the killers to justice, Donny undergoes training from an urban legend known as The Eastsider to become a masked vigilante.
“THE VIGILANTE: SOUTHLAND is incredibly relevant to our times,” said writer Gary Phillips. “It’s a politically tinged story that touches on a myriad of contemporary issues, such as gun violence, class struggle and Black Lives Matter. The book also provides me an opportunity to contemporize classic issues/tropes like the fight over water rights in southern California. I’m very excited to show readers this character, reimagined for the 21st Century.”

Meet Robert Roach, creator of Menthu
2025-12-19 04:42
Check out ‘Menthu’, the comic book created by Robert Roach. The books, set in Ancient Egypt and the modern Los Angeles area, centers on a father/son narrative; following the journey of Rashan N’Shanga, who “upon learning that he has superpowers, sets out on a quest to figure out exactly what this means”. The series feature Egyptian immortals, superheroes, Voodoo super-villains, angels & demons.

Mosaic & Solo Double Debut Signing with Geoffrey Thorne
2025-12-19 04:42
Actor, novelist, and writer, GEOFFREY THORNE, is double-dipping with TWO brand new Marvel releases: MOSAIC #1 and SOLO #1!
Come by the Culver City shop to talk comics and for signed copies!
http://www.geoffreythorne.com/

Development Hell IV: Power Man
2025-12-19 04:42
Development Hell I: Frank Darabont’s Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods
Development Hell II: Joss Whedon’s Wonder Woman
Development Hell III: George Miller’s Justice League
The Comic Bug Presents… Development Hell IV: Power Man!

Brandon Easton will sign new MASK Series!
2025-12-19 04:42
The fans have spoken and so by popular demand, M.A.S.K. will hit comic shops later this year from the creative team of writer Brandon Easton (Marvel’s Agent Carter, Transformers: Deviations) and artist Tony Vargas (Rot & Ruin, TMNT: Shadows of the Past Board Game).

Rick Remender will premiere Seven to Eternity from 5 to 8!
2025-12-19 04:42
Rick Remender returns to The Comic Bug!
Come celebrate the release of SEVEN TO ETERNITY with this RARE APPREARANCE of one of comics’ most exciting and critically-acclaimed writers! Rick will be signing copies of Seven to Eternity at our Manhattan Beach shop from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Don’t miss out!
More about SEVEN TO ETERNITY:
Bestselling writer Rick Remender (BLACK SCIENCE, DEADLY CLASS, LOW, TOKYO GHOST), artist Jerome Opeña (Uncanny X-Force, Fear Agent), and colorist Matt Hollingsworth (TOKYO GHOST, WYTCHES) launch an all-new, jaw-dropping ongoing series in SEVEN TO ETERNITY this September.
In SEVEN TO ETERNITY, The God of Whispers has spread an omnipresent paranoia to every corner of the kingdom of Zhal; his spies hide in every hall spreading mistrust and fear. Adam Osidis, a dying knight from a disgraced house, must choose between joining a hopeless band of magic users in their desperate bid to free their world of the evil God, or accepting his promise to give Adam everything his heart desires.
“Before our time at Marvel, Jerome and I began working together at Image ten years ago on titles such as Strange Girl and Fear Agent so it’s very fitting we return now to tell the tale of the Seven to Eternity,” said Remender. “All those years ago we began discussing doing an epic fantasy tale at some point, should the planets ever align. A unique take on the familiar genre full of action, unexpected twists, totally unique characters and a villain who might end up stealing the show. It’s taken us a decade to get it together, but the wait was worth it. During the past decade we’ve collaborated on numerous projects and fine-tuned our mighty nerd skills to a point where what we produce here will eclipse our past collaborations and consume all evil in the universe and give a new pony to every child. This is without question Jerome’s best work to date and when you add super champion of color jive Matt Hollingsworth, once their powers are mixed into the art cauldron, something new and terrifying is born, a new level of sequential science.” Opeña added: “It’s been a long time coming, so it’s amazing that Rick and I are seeing a project we’ve been developing for years finally become a reality. Having Matt Hollingsworth join up with us makes it even more exciting and I hope readers will enjoy what we’ve all been tirelessly working on.”
SEVEN TO ETERNITY takes readers on a hard road through the strange fantasy world of Zhal. All men have surrendered their freedom for fear. Now, one last free man must choose.

Batman Day 2016! Free Comic Books!
2025-12-19 04:42
The annual celebration of the Dark Knight is back when Batman Day hits on September 17th! Join in on the fun with Batman Day events around the country and internationally, great discount deals and more! Check out this page for more details, as well as essential Batman graphic novels and news about Gotham City’s favorite hero.
