Drink & Draw!

Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that there will once again be a pre-Con Drink & Draw the night before the upcoming Spokane ComiCon. This year it will be held at Rex's Burgers & Brews in downtown Spokane, Friday May 18 from 7 - 11 pm.

There is a Facebook event page set up to RSVP, or if you have any questions: Drink & Draw: Spokane Comicon Prefunk

A big thanks to Nathan O'Brien, Jeremy Whittington and everyone at Rex's for putting together and hosting this great event!

Free Comic Book Day!

It's here once again - the day that's Christmas for comic geeks, and also a great chance to introduce comics to new readers and make a new generation of fans.

Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday (May 5), and is a national event that provides retailers a lot of awesome comics, from a variety of publishers, that they can give away for free. All of the comic book stores in the Spokane area will be participating, and the Guild will be at 2 of those locations, drawing free sketches for customers.

There will be FCBD related events at all stores, and you can find the Guild at Merlyns in Spokane, and Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene. Artists will be at Lightning Comics on Saturday from 10:30 - 3, and Merlyns will be extending FCBD to Sunday as well. Please contact the individual stores for more details.

If you're not local, be sure to check out the FCBD website for a participating retailer in your area, and we hope to see everyone else this weekend!

The Avengefuls!

Tomorrow (May 2) marks the release of yet another big comic title from a local creator - The Avengefuls by Joshua Covey, written by Bleeding Cool's Rich Johnston and published by Boom Studios! This is one of a series of Marvel movie parody comics that Johnston is doing, each one based on a different Marvel property.

You can check out a few pages from the issue here: Avengefuls Preview!

Joshua has been extra busy recently - he is also illustrating all of the covers for the 2nd printings for all four of the Marvel parody books, as well as doing the 3rd printing cover for Boom Studios' Supurbia #1. You can see that cover here: Supubia by Joshua Covey.

And don't forget that this week is also the release of Dynamite's The Spider, drawn by Colton Worley, who will be signing at Merlyns tomorrow from 5 - 7 pm. In addition, you'll have a chance to meet both of these creators at the upcoming Spokane ComiCon, on May 19!

The Spider Signs!

We had previously shown some awesome preview pages for Dynamite's new "The Spider" series on this very site. The book is illustrated by local artist Colton Worley, and if you need a reminder you can see the pages here: The Spider Strikes!

Well, the series debuts this week, and Spokane shop Merlyns will be having a signing for the book on Wednesday. Colton will be at the shop from 5 - 7 pm, meeting fans and signing the first issue.

You can contact Merlyns, or check out the Facebook Event page, for more information: Spider Signing!

Superhero Storytime!

It's time once again for Superhero Storytime, an annual event for kids of all ages, hosted at Auntie's Bookstore in downtown Spokane and sponsored by the Spokane Comicon!

This is a great opportunity to promote reading for kids, and introduce them to the worlds of superheroes and science fiction. There will also be giveaway and goodies for the kids, and you can even win a ticket to the upcoming Comicon!

There will be two chances to participate, both this Saturday (April 28) - one superhero themed at the main Aunties store, from 11 am to Noon; and one Star wars themed at the River Park Square mall location, from 1 -2 pm.

You can contact Aunties for more information, and there are Facebook Pages set up for both times:

-Superhero Storytime on Facebook-

-Star Wars Storytime on Facebook-

A big thanks to Nathan O'Brien and the Spokane Comicon for sponsoring this great event!

Catbeard the Pirate Book One!

This is the fundraising campaign for Guild member Matt Nelson's first print collection of his webcomic, about the adventures of a pirate cursed with a living cat for a beard. Yes, it really is as awesome as it sounds. :)

Just $15 gets you a signed copy of the book, and helps support an independent comic creator (and pretty dang cool guy). There's also bonuses, like sketches and original comic art, available for additional contributions - you can even be a part of Catbeard's crew!

The book has a lot of bonus material, including a new story not released on-line and a ton of awesome pin-ups by indy creators, including a fair number by other Guild members. Matt will be at the upcoming Spokane ComiCon on May 19th - he should have copies of the book, at least a limited run, available for purchase there.

April Guild Meeting!

A reminder that this Sunday (the 15th) is our monthly Guild meeting at Rex's Burgers & Brews in downtown Spokane, at 3 pm.

We'll have plenty to discuss, with both Free Comic Book Day and Spokane ComiCon fast approaching.

Hope to see you there!