Archive for 2006

Tony Fleecs, writer/artist of the comic In My Lifetime and Christian Beranek, writer of the comic Dracula Vs. King Arthur will be in the store signing from 11am-1pm and 3pm-8pm. They will be the first artists to sign at The Comic Bug since the devastating fire of 2006! They will brave the conditions in ... Full story

November 26th Update: We were on FIRE Thanksgiving Weekend! The busiest shopping days of the year is over and busy is an understatement. Even though our building has been red-tagged since the fire on Wednesday, we were still able to conduct business from our parking lot. Our customers have been extremely supportive, buying ... Full story

During this crisis, The Comic Bug will still be open for business! Due to the lack of electricity, gas or water, we will shorten our store hours from 10 to 6pm during the week and 9 to 8pm on Wednesday. We are in the ... Full story

Meet the artists responsible for some great indys such as Meat Cake, Nightmares & Fairy Tales & Autumn at The Comic Bug on November 18th from 2-4pm. Dame Darcy won a scholarship to the San Francisco Art Institute in 1989. She majored in film and studied animation under Larry Jordan. That same year, Darcy ... Full story

“Since the founding of America, there has been a darkness at work that the general population konws nothing about. But there is an elite corp of soldiers ready to deal with the things that go bump in the night: THE U.T.F. (Undead Task Force)” Meet the team responsible for U.T.F. (Undead Task Force) at The ... Full story

WE DID IT!!! 24 hours straight of creating comics! Roughly 35 creators accepted the challenge and we have 18 completed 24 page comics. Some came for fun to hang out with creators and try to draw a comic book and some serious creators hunkered down and used all 24 hours to sleeplessly create their ... Full story

Mike Wellman made an appearance at the Redondo Beach library to talk about comic books. This is the second appearance at that location and the focus was the creative process. Mike spoke with kids young as 6 years old who wanted to someday write comic books. Full story

You would be hard-pressed to find an actor who has more class and an all-around nice guy then Richard Hatch of Battlestar Galactica fame. Richard Hatch made an appearance at our store on 9/30/2006 and gave his fans a good time.  He discussed his work on Battlestar Galactica in the original series and also the current hit ... Full story

Thanks to the Ludovico Technique team for their appearance at The Comic Bug. Living in Infamy is a 4-issue mini-series that follows a bunch of super-villains who rat out their boss and gets placed into witness protection for villains. A great concept and a great series. In fact this was one our best ... Full story

SPAZ creators were on hand to sign their new #1 issue of SPAZ. They signed autographs and provided sketches for their fans. Their all-age comic book is a fun book that looks at comic book geeks in all their geekiness. Check it out at The Comic Bug. Full story