Posted on October 5th, 2011
Bridge City Comics is proud to announce our Night with Craig Thompson and Habibi on Friday, October 7, 2011 from 6pm - 9pm! This event is free to the public. Craig will be in attendance to sign autographs but offering sketches will be at his discretion.
UPDATE: Craig has graciously created brand new artwork for a print available ONLY during our signing event on Friday, October 7! If you buy a copy of Habibi from Bridge City Comics from its release on September 20 through the signing on October 7th, you'll be given a special card. Bring the card with you to the signing and we will give you a copy of the print FOR FREE during the event (while supplies last)! Prints will also be available for $10 each if you bought Habibi somewhere else.
Come help us celebrate the long-awaited release of Craig Thompson's long-form masterpiece, Habibi! Craig took the world by storm with his 2003 592-page semi-autobiographical graphic novel, Blankets. And now he's outdone himself with Habibi, a 672-page story of two children bound together by chance, who grow together, then apart, as they struggle to find a place for themselves in the world.
Bridge City Comics will have copies of Habibi on hand for purchase during the event ($35), as well as a special, limited event-only sale on Craig's Blankets graphic novel ($15 during the event, regularly $30 while supplies last).
About Habibi: Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depthÑand frailtyÑof their connection. At once contemporary and timeless, Habibi gives us a love story of astounding resonance: a parable about our relationship to the natural world, the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and, most potently, the magic of storytelling.
Posted on September 28th, 2011
Bridge City Comics is proud to announce our Comic-Legend Rick Geary Signing Event on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 from 6pm – 8pm! This event is free to the public.
In attendance will be the legendary cartoonist Rick Geary to sign autographs and to talk to fans about his 34 year career in comics! Rick has worked professionally as an illustrator in comics since 1977 and has numerous credits under his belt, including the popular “Treasury of Victorian Murder” series of books.
Bridge City Comics will have copies of a number of Rick’s books on hand for purchase during the event, including many Treasury of Victorian Murder books, as well as Cravan and The Adventures of Blanche.
About Rick Geary :
He has written and illustrated three children’s books based on The Mask for Dark Horse and two Spider-Man children's books for Marvel. His children’s comic “Society of Horrors” ran in Disney Adventures magazine. He was the artist for the new series of GUMBY Comics, written by Bob Burden, for which they received the 2007 Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Publication for a Younger Audience.His graphic novels include three adaptations for the Classics Illustrated, and the nine-volume series A Treasury of Victorian Murder for NBM Publishing. The new series A Treasury of 20th Century Murder began in 2008 with “The Lindbergh Child.” His other historically-based graphic novels include Cravan, written with Mike Richardson, and J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography.Rick has received the Inkpot Award from the San Diego Comic Convention (1980)and the Book and Magazine Illustration Award from the National Cartoonists Society (1994).
Posted on September 28th, 2011
Bridge City Comics is proud to announce our Spell Checkers Vol. 2 Release Party on Friday, September 30, 2011 from 6pm – 8pm! This event is free to the public.
In attendance will be the creative team of Portland locals Jamie Rich, Joelle Jones and Nico Hitori De! They will be signing copies of Spell Checkers Vol. 2 but sketches will be left to the discretion of the artists. Come join us for a night of fun, comics, and try to stump Jamie Rich at 80’s music trivia!
Bridge City Comics will have copies of Spell Checkers Vol. 2 on hand for purchase during the event, as well as a copies of Spell Checkers Vol. 1 and assorted other titles from the creative team.
About Spell Checkers Vol. 2 :
There are two new kids at school. Twin brothers--one straight-laced and buttoned-up, the other a rebel in a leather jacket--and they’ve transferred in with trouble for the Spell Checkers. Jesse finds romance, but for Cynthia, it’s rivalry. She and the good brother compete for student body president, while Kimmie tries to find out who murdered the last one. Dark magic is afoot, as well as dark humor, in the second mystical volume of Oni’s latest hit series.
Posted on September 21st, 2011
Bridge City Comics is proud to announce our Meet Up with Adam Warrock and Mega Ran on Saturday, September 24, 2011 from 1pm - 2pm! This event is free to the public. Adam Warrock and Mega Ran will be in attendance to sign autographs before their performance at the Hawthorne Theater that night with MC Chris and MC Lars.
ADAM WARROCK
Known as the Internet's foremost comic book rapper, Adam WarRock has been creating music about his favorite comics, as well as numerous other pop cultural subjects. Mixing an independent hip hop aesthetic with a love and passion for all things nerdy and geeky, he has garnered a following both online and worldwide through his tireless song production and touring. His music has been featured on PRI, NPR, WFMU, as well as sites such as SlashFilm, Newsarama, Time's Techland Blog, and WIRED.com. He is currently on a national tour with mc chris, MC Lars and Random. http://www.adamwarrock.com/
RANDOM aka MEGA RAN
People will remember Mega Ran for his daring leap into video game remixing which led to a Capcom cosign, but Random's penchant for storytelling has impressed retro gamers while garnering respect from Hip-Hop's harshest critics. He developed the Mega Ran persona after rapping over an album filled with samples from the hit game Mega Man. He's continued since then, doing albums based on several other games, including 2011's "Black Materia," which retells the story of Final Fantasy VII. http://megaran.com/
Bridge City Comics will have copies of Warrock and Mega Ran's CDs and other merchandise for sale during the event.
Posted on July 6th, 2011
Bridge City Comics is proud to announce our very first Concert in the Courtyard with GEEK GIRL AWESOME: Marian Call and the DoubleClicks on Thursday, July 14, 2011 starting at 7pm! This event is free to the public. A donation for the artists is requested. This event is taking place in the courtyard adjacent to Bridge City Comics.
Marian Call delivers whimsical Alaskan folk funk for the Coffee Counter-Culture. She sounds a little like Joni Mitchell & Regina Spektor raising the child of Jason Mraz & Erin McKeown. Call’s sound is soulful, honest, humorous, and clever, loved by all types — computer geeks, church ladies, teenage groupies, NPR listeners, and urban hipsters worldwide. Marian toured all 50 states in 2010 and hopes to play for you soon — find more information at http://www.mariancall.com.