Archive for the ‘Local Events’ Category

Support your local comic book conventions! California Comic Book Convention Jan 31  www.CalComicCon.com Long Beach Comic Convention  Feb 20  www.longbeachcomiccon.com San Diego Quarterly Comic Con, Mar 7th  www.sdquarterlycon.com Wondercon Apr 2-4 www.comic-con.org/wc Pasadena Rock'n Comic Con May 28-30th www.rockncomiccon.com San Diego Comic Convention International Jul 22-25 www.comic-con.org/cci Alternative Press Expo Oct 16-17 www.comic-con.org/ape Long Beach Comic ... Full story

Marvel Comics has announced a New Year’s Eve Eve Party, a December 30 (Skip Week) promotion allowing retailers to offer customers exciting items from the House of Ideas that are perfect for ushering in a new year of comic reading.  Fall of the Hulks Alpha, Ed McGuinness Variant.  ORIGINS OF SEIGE #1.  SIEGE is almost upon us! And ... Full story

Monday, October 19th from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.  MAKIN' COMICS SEMINAR with Mike Wellman and Rafael Navarro at the Redondo Beach Library.  Many folks come to The Comic Bug wondering how they too can be a successful, multi-thousand dollar comic creator like our own Mike Wellman.  Well, come on down to the Redondo Beach Library ... Full story

Hey, look, more movie robots smacking each other around! In regular theaters and Decepticon-sized IMAX June 24th! Full story

I'm pretty sure that Hasbro is making the toys for nearly every big movie this summer (okay, not Star Trek or Terminator Salvation). Between Wolverine, Transformers, and GI Joe, they could stand to make a pile of money. Gosh, I hope none of these movie suck. Full story

Christian Bale is John Connor in the new Terminator film, set in the future, after Judgement Day. Go see this film. Just don't walk through Bale's eyeline. I hear he hates that. Full story

Kirk and Spock are back, but much younger and with their real hair this time around. Catch it in regular theaters and IMAX. Full story

May1st He's the best at what he does... Come hang out with The Comic Bug gang at Pacific Theaters, Friday May 1st as we spread the word on where it all came from. That's right, baby! Hulk #181 and millions of X-Men comics and appearances later, Wolverine is finally getting his very own movie (if you don't count ... Full story

The biggest comic book convention in the country will be in San Diego from July 25th to 29th. If you are looking for it, it will be there. Comic books, toys, video games, wrestling, anime, games, clothing and so much more. Also there are always highly sought after convention exclusives you can wait ... Full story

More comic movies opens this year and this time it's the sequel to the Fantastic Four movie which came out a few years ago. Actually this could be the last of a trilogy if you count the unreleased Fantastic Four movie with really bad acting, really bad special effects and a really bad story, which is ... Full story