Come by between 3pm and 5pm this Sunday, September 29th for a special signing with SEX CRIMINALS artist and co-creator Chip Zdarsky! Chip will be signing and sketching for fans.
Month: September 2013
Ladies Night IV is this Saturday night – September 28th
This Saturday night at the Lounge (September 28), the store is hosting our next private Ladies Night event —- basically the guys stay home and the store hosts a social for female fans and professionals to relax and network.
Our last three evenings had been a lot of fun (or at least I’ve been told that as I can’t be there!) and the hosts tell me this should be no different.
The event will run from about 7pm until Midnight. Some refreshments provided by Visions of Utopia, the store, and the evening’s co-hosts.
We wanted to give everyone going the heads up that Dorval Films will be coming in between 7 and 8 to do some coverage of the event to run on their web series COMIC BOOK CULTURE. The reason for the heads up is that the two people covering the event for Dorval Films are guys, and they’ve previously covered the LOW SOCIETY and CYBORG 009 book launches/art shows at the Comic Book Lounge. They promise to be out by 8 after conducting interviews with only those people willing to be interviewed / consent to be on camera. This will be a great chance to promote the positive aspects of this community event to a larger audience.
Also, makeup artist and co-host Jennifer Maciel Bolton tells me she will be bringing her makeup kit.
Speaking of art shows, Marcus To’s Cyborg 009 artwork is still on display at the Lounge and will be up on Ladies Night this Saturday night.
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Reminder: CYBORG 009 Art Show and Signing with Marcus To and Ian Herring TONIGHT 9/20 – 7-11pm
Tonight at the Comic Book Lounge we will be hosting an art show and signing with MARCUS TO and IAN HERRING to celebrate the recent release of their new graphic novel CYBORG 009 from Archaia Entertainment. Beverages will be available for purchase at the event.
SYNOPSIS
Archaia Entertainment is excited to announce a partnership with Ishimori Production Inc. of Japan to produce Cyborg 009, a modern adaptation of the classic manga series created by the legendary Shotaro Ishinomori, author of other such notable works as Kamen Rider, Goranger, Kikaider and Skullman. This deluxe hardcover graphic novel will feature the classic characters and origin story from the original series re-imagined for a new worldwide audience. The new edition will be written by F.J. DeSanto (The Spirit, Immortals: Gods and Heroes) and Bradley Cramp (Gattaca and the forthcoming film Invertigo), and illustrated by artist Marcus To (Red Robin, The Huntress) and colorist Ian Herring (Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand).
The story follows nine normal humans kidnapped from around the world to become unwilling test subjects by The Black Ghost Organization, a secret society that provides weapons of mass destruction to the highest bidder. The nine victims are put through a series of extreme experiments that transform each one into a unique super-powered weapon. With the help of a compassionate project scientist, these living weapons rebel from their captors and set off on a mission to stop Black Ghost from plunging the world into a perpetual state of war.
Created in 1964, Cyborg 009 was Japan’s first and most-popular super-team, quickly becoming one of the most influential manga series of all time. The original manga has been published in over 250,000,000 copies of weekly comics and comic books worldwide.
A new 3D CGI animated theatrical feature film, 009 RE:CYBORG, produced by Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, Kill Bill Vol.1), was released in Japan in October 2012. DeSanto is currently attached to produce a live-action feature film version of the property.
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Reminder: Sat. Sept. 7th – Cerebus LOW SOCIETY Launch Party with Gerhard
Cerebus built a reputation for parody by liberally borrowing from popular and established comic characters. With Low Society, Multiple Eisner and Joe Shuster award-nominated editor Rob Walton (Ragmop) and the Comic Lab bullpen take you on all-new adventures in aardvarkian insanity featuring appearances from Red Sophia, Moon Roach, Elrod, and more. Featuring an all new cover inked by Dave Sim with backgrounds by Gerhard. Plus a host of pin-ups, laughs and surprises.
The launch party/signing at the Comic Book Lounge in Toronto features a rare appearance by special guest GERHARD (who worked with Sim on Cerebus from issues 65 to 300), editor Rob Walton and the Comic Lab Bullpen. There will be an accompanying art show of the original art from the published issue.
The book will be distributed to comic book shops later this month, but advance copies will be available EXCLUSIVELY at the Comic Book Lounge (587A College Street, Toronto) for this event!
Please note, that while he gave permission to use Cerebus in this project (and his position on how others can use the character is detailed in the preface of LOW SOCIETY) — Cerebus creator Dave Sim will NOT be at the event.
Refreshments will be available for purchase at this event.
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