Join award-winning, nationally syndicated political cartoonist and comics editor Matt Bors as he cracks open the subject of political comics. From gun control to women’s rights, climate change to the War in Afghanistan (where he traveled as a comics journalist in 2010), Bors shows us how, in a world of controversy, political comics have become a surprisingly effective way to make a point.

Guest MC and Live Interview by Alice Quinn (TDotComics.com + Quinntessential Comix)
Seating Begins at 7:00PM
Program Begins @ 7:30PM

Hosted by Ad Astra Comics and The Comic Book Lounge & Gallery with support from Quintessential Comix

Organized in conjunction with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) – For more information, visit www.TorontoComics.com

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY IS BACK!
2nd Annual Celebration at the Comic Book Lounge
Saturday May 4th
11AM – 7PM

SALE 20% OFF ALL BOOKS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS (excluding Artist’s Editions)
ALL BACK ISSUES ON SALE

SPECIAL AFTERNOON APPEARANCE BY THE TORONTO X-MEN & MORE!

GUESTS INCLUDE:

KEN WHEATON – POPEYE ARTIST

INCLUDING A SPECIAL GALLERY EXHIBITION  OF POPEYE ART BY KEN!

DAVE ROSS – IRON MAN ARTIST

RB WHITE

LEO LEIBELMAN

SEAN WARD

CHRISTOPHER YAO

DAVID BISHOP

ALL Superman family related products are on sale.

All comics, graphic novels featuring Superman, Superboy, Supergirl, World’s Finest and Justice League of America are 20% off US Cover.

ALL Superman comics (incl. Justice League) are 40%. Toys are 10% off.

The 3 Amato painted cover recreations featuring Superman are $50 off.

Tomorrow night, March 28, it’s the end of an era at 587A College as it marks the final night for the last Toronto Cartoonists Workshop course at our location. The TCW may offer courses again in the future, but at this point there is nothing new scheduled. We’ll be working with Guerilla to get a new door sign made to mark this adjustment a.s.a.p.

With no upcoming classes Guerilla and the Lounge have been working to improve the community space to make it a bit more retail oriented and filled with fun stuff. The area will still house the Gallery portion — and currently we still have J. Bone’s Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #1 art on display (until April 1) as well as a series of cover recreation paintings by local artist Amato available.

We currently have a HUGE SALE on selected Marvel, DC, Dynamite, Boom! and IDW hardcovers and trades in the community space. We’ve been adding items to this area every week, and there are some AMAZING deals! Trades as low as $2 and hardcovers as low as $5!!!!!

On most days of the week you will also find our artist in residence, Christopher Yao, hard at work on his various assignments and producing sketch covers. Chris has a whole selection of sketch covers on sale right now at the Lounge.

We’d also like to take the time to welcome Sean Ward to 587A College. Sean is now based in the Guerilla Printing section of 587A but is often engaging customers and staff alike at the Lounge with his ineffable wit and charm.

UPCOMING EVENTS

April has a lot of things lined up for it already. Here’s a quick overview of the next few Lounge events:

April 5 – Rock Testament art show and Industry Night (8-11pm)
April 6 – The 12 Hour Comic Book Marathon (11am-11pm)
April 13 – Ladies Night II (7pm-Midnight)

We do have some plans for the upcoming Free Comic Book Day (Saturday, May 4) and the Comic Book Lounge will be exhibiting at two upcoming conventions in May and June:

Ottawa Comic Con – May 10-12
Niagara Falls Comic Con – June 8-9

Also, keep in mind that the Taste of Little Italy Street Festival is scheduled for June 15-17. That means that College Street will be blocked off to vehicular traffic between Bathurst and Ossington.

SATURDAY, MARCH 30: 11AM – 7PM

SUNDAY, MARCH 31: Closed

Swing on over after work / school Wednesday night for a chance to meet and hang out with Jeff and Ray at the Lounge! We’ll save a seat for you on the couch!

• The star of JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK is unleashed in his all-new ongoing series!

• Liar, cheater, manipulator…John Constantine is all of these, and yet he uses these skills and more to protect the world from the darkest corners of the DC Universe.

• What Constantine learns in this first issue will shake the very foundations of the New 52…and only he knows how to deal with it!

Written by:  Jeff Lemire & Ray Fawkes
Art by: Renato Guedes
Cover by: Juan Jose Ryp
Variant Cover by: Renato Guedes
Color/B&W: Color
Page Count: 32
U.S. Price: 2.99
On Sale Date: Mar 20 2013

We’ve also got copies of the original Dave Stevens Rocketeer Deluxe Edition hardcover available, as well as a couple of copies of the Dave Stevens Rocketeer Artist’s Edition (2nd Printing) remaining.

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THE ROCKETEER Experiences a “Hollywood Horror”!

Continuing their relationship with Dave Stevens’ high-flying hero, IDW Publishing is pleased to announce a brand-new Rocketeer miniseries for 2013!

Fans of Cliff Secord’s aeronautic acrobatics will be treated to THE ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR! Written by Eisner and Harvey Award winner Roger Langridge (Thor, Popeye, Snarked!) and illustrated by Eisner nominee J. Bone (Batman/The Spirit), Hollywood Horror is another action-packed chapter in the saga of comics’ favorite flyboy! As an added bonus, legendary comics superstar Walter Simonson has signed on as cover artist!

“You can count the really great superheroes created since the 1960s without taking your shoes and socks off, and The Rocketeer would have to be somewhere near the top of that very short list, so it’s a great privilege to be writing his adventures,” said Langridge. “And I’m particularly thrilled to be working with J. Bone on the art chores. He’s definitely an artist’s artist, in the best possible sense. We’re working hard to give this story our own personal twist without losing the classic Rocketeer tone, so you can expect plenty of fiendish schemes, famous cameos, derring-do, pretty girls and (of course) thrills galore!” he continued.

“Roger has given me so many terrific characters from the world of The Rocketeer and old Hollywood that drawing each scene excites me to get on to the next; and the next,” said Bone. “I enjoyed my initial taste of drawing the Cliff and Betty in The Rocketeer Adventures #4 so much that I’m thrilled to be drawing them again!”

Always caught in the middle, it’s a pulp thrill ride when Cliff finds himself embroiled in a dark mystery in the seemingly picturesque heart of Hollywood’s golden age! He may be neck-deep in mystery and mayhem, but it wouldn’t be a Cliff Secord caper if his sweetheart, the stunning Betty, weren’t steamed at him!

For fans of high-altitude adventure and on-the-ground intrigue, there’s simply no substitute for The Rocketeer!

THE ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR #1 (FC, 32 pages, $3.99)

The Comic Book Lounge + Gallery is proud to present this private launch party for KILL SHAKESPEARE – THE TIDE OF BLOOD #1. There is no admission charge. The event includes a gallery show of original artwork by ANDY BELANGER (Kill Shakespeare, Swamp Thing) and BECKY CLOONAN (Conan: Queen of the Black Coast, Batman), as well as an appearance by Tide of Blood co-writer ANTHONY DEL COL.

Here’s a before and after shot of the space from the same perspective looking in from the top of the stairs —- the top photo was taken on February 6, 2012…. the lower was taken on February 6, 2013.

The Comic Book Lounge and Gallery officially opened it’s doors on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Come in and celebrate our first anniversary this Saturday (Feb. 9)!