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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Free Comic Book Day Guide 2016 Los Angeles

All these events are taking place Saturday, May 7 for Free Comic Book Day. The day that celebrates getting free comics!


Starts 11am-4pm
Meltdown Comics and Collectibles
7522 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90046
Free Comics, Coloring Book Extravaganza, Sanjay and Craig signing with Eric Esquivel, Sam Spina and James Kaminski, mini Zine Melt, Discounts, Swag, Photobooth, Heavy Metal Signing, The Devastator pop up, 540 Comics, DigitalLA + more goodness being added daily




Blastoff Comicsfest
10am-4pm
The Federal Bar
5303 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, California 91601

Come visit with comic creators from Marvel; Dark Horse; IDW Publishing; DC and more, as they sign comics, give away free sketches and meet one-on-one with fans young and old. Admission to the festival is free. There will also be a beer garden, food stations, live DJ, costumed hero photo ops, and of course, plenty of free comics!

Comic creators scheduled to appear at the festival include Cecil Castellucci (Star Wars: Moving Target, Plain Janes); Christos Gage (Rom: Spaceknight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10); Joelle Jones (Lady Killer, Superman: American Alien); Nicholas Meyer (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan); Steve Niles (The October Faction, Monster and Madman); Jamie S. Rich (Lady Killer, Ares & Aphrodite); Chris Ryall (Rom: Spaceknight, String Divers, Onyx); Tad Stones (Darkwing Duck, Hellboy: Sword of Storms); Craig Thompson (Blankets, Habibi, Space Dumplins); and Chris Yost (X-Men, Avengers).


3pm

The Federal Bar
5303 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, California 91601
$15
 ·     GERARD WAY (My Chemical Romance, Umbrella Academy)·     CARL GOTTLIEB, screenwriter (JAWS, THE JERK)
·     NICHOLAS MEYER, director (STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, STAR TREK VI: THE VOYAGE HOME)
·     QUINTON PEEPLES, Co-Executive Producer, Netflix’s IRON FIST
·     BRIGITTE HALES, writer (Hulu's 11/22/63, ONCE UPON A TIME)
·     JIM KRUEGER, writer (THE HIGH COST OF HAPPILY EVER AFTER, JUSTICE)
Moderated by Michael Stradford, Director of Enhanced Content for Warner Home Entertainment
21+ Unless Accompanied by Adult 



Free Comic Book Day at House of Secrets w/ Alan Tudyk, PJ Haarsma, Shannon Eric Denton & Spongebob Comics' Israel Sanchez!
11am-7pm
House of Secrets
1930 W Olive Ave, Burbank, California 91506
 
1-2 pm: we'll have ISRAEL SANCHEZ, co-writer of "Spongebob Freestyle Funnies 2016" (one of this year's special-edition free comics!)

6-7pm: we're pleased to welcome ALAN TUDYK (Firefly, Con Man: The Series), PJ HAARSMA and SHANNON ERIC DENTON, who will be premiering and signing their new comic "Spectrum!" Based on the show-within-a-show from the hit webseries "Con Man," starring Tudyk and Nathan Fillion, the entire first issue is included in the Free Comic Book Day special edition... free!

 
11am-7pm
The Perky Nerd
1606 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, California 91506
"We'll be celebrating with Chris Burnham from Batman Incorporated, the #1 best selling artist for that title! He will be with us from 11am to 2pm, http://chrisburnham.com/. Bryan Edward Hill, most recently writing for POSTAL, will be here from 11am to 1pm https://imagecomics.com/creators/view/bryan-hill. Jody Houser of Faith and Orphan Black, just to name a few of her titles, http://www.mindeclipse.com/, will be with us starting at 2:30pm. Trash Panda, will be celebrating with us as well! Lucky for us we will be getting another visit from the 505 LA Food truck from 11am to 3pm too! Not to mention all the FCBD titles we will be giving out. Cosplay is encouraged and will be happening so show up for some super photo ops. It's going to be one amazing day."


10am-7pm
Earth-2 Comics
15017 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, California 91403
 Meet the Creators of the FCBD Comics: DC Superhero Girls, Suicide Squad and Spectrum!

Special Signings & Free Comics from 10 am to 7 pm

11-1 Shea Fontana (DC Superhero Girls Writer) &
Monica Kubina (DC Superhero Girls Colorist)
Sterling Gates (Adventures of Supergirl Writer)
Cat Staggs (Adventures of Supergirl, Wonder Woman 77 artist)

1-3 Ryan Benjamin (Suicide Squad New 52 Cover Artist, Batman Beyond)
Adam Glass (writer Suicide Squad New 52, Rough Riders, Supernatural TV Series)

2-4 Sebastian Kadlecik & John Bring
(Creators of Penguins vs Possums)

4:30-5:30 Spectrum/ConMan Team:
Alan Tudyk,Shannon Eric Denton, PJ Haarsma

*The Spectrum Team will only be signing the FCBD comic
and Con Man DVDs. Sorry, No Time for Selfies!
Tickets for attendance will be given out starting at 10 am on FCBD May 7, no guarantees.
10am-8pm
Hi De Ho Comics
1431 Lincoln Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Hi De Ho Comic-Con will be L.A.’s first in store comic con featuring comic book publishers, artists, writers cosplayers, food, giveaways and more!
  Hi De Ho Comic-Con list of guests include:
Stranger Comics
Aftershock Comics
451 Media Group
Imagine Everything Studios
EMET Comics
George Wassil (writer Oh Hell)
Joshua Henaman (writer Action Lab’s Bigfoot Sword of the Earthman)
Eddie deAngelini (writer/artist Collectors)
For The Win
Ralph Villalobos (artist)


May 7th is Free Comic Book Day!
Culver City Teen Center 
 4153 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230
First, at the CULVER CITY TEEN CENTER just a few doors down from The Comic Bug's Culver City location, The Con Man creator/star ALAN TUDYK, PJ HAARSMA and SHANNON ERIC DENTON will be signing FREE copies of SPECTRUM #0 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. SPECTRUM is a Free Comic Book release based on the fictional TV show that actors Tudyk and Nathan Fillion starred on prior to their stint on the con circuit on CON MAN.

Also, SHANNON LEE, daughter of Bruce Lee, will be signing copies of BRUCE LEE: THE DRAGON RISES FCBD EDITION along with writer JEFF KLINE later in the afternoon (exact time TBD) at the Culver City event.

Back by popular demand, LOLA XOXO creator SIYA OUM will be on hand to sign copies of THE COMIC BUG's EXCLUSIVE SIYA OUM EDITION of MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: PINK #1.

Also appearing at the Culver City Teen Center are BRANDON EASTON, JOSHUA FIALKOV, DAN WICKLINE, MEGAN HUTCHISON, J.T. KRUL, BARBARA KESEL and many, many others. There will also be a cosplay/fantasy backdrop photo booth courtesy of PIXELBOOTH, geek speed dating games and opportunities by CUDDLI, Power Ranger photo ops courtesy of POWER MORPHICON and a chance to meet and join the two creator groups currently running at The Comic Bug, THE SKETCHY BUGS and the female-run LADYBUGS.


9am-5pm
Golden Apple Comics
7018 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, California 90036
 FREE COMIC AUTOGRAPH SIGNINGS:

9AM: BRUCE LEE, THE DRAGON RISES
SHANNON LEE (DAUGHTER OF BRUCE LEE)
BERNARD CHANG (COVER ARTIST)

10AM: ROM SPACE KNIGHT #0
CHRISTOS GAGE (WRITER)

2PM: WONDER WOMAN 77'
MARC ANDREYKO (WRITER)
JASON BADOWER (ARTIST)
CAT STAGGS (ARTIST)
*FREE BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN COMIC

2PM: MOVIE POSTER GIVEAWAY
DAVID WOHL: PRODUCER AND WRITER OF THE NEW RACHET & CLANK MOVIE!

$1 PICK-A-POP INSTANT WINNER GAME
BUY A LOLLIPOP FOR $1 EACH AND WIN A PRIZE!
-EVERY LOLLIPOP IS A WINNER!
-LOOK FOR GOLDEN STICKS TO WIN 1 OF 50 GRAND PRIZES!
-$1 EACH OR 12 FOR ONLY $10 BUCKS

-FREE TMNT MOVIE GIVEAWAYS!
-SALE: 1000'S OF 2 FOR $1 COMICS!!
6am-8pm 
Galaxy of Comics
17306 Saticoy
Van Nuys, Ca
 * SIGNINGS! Featured guests include:
Len Wein (Writer/Creator of Wolverine, Swamp Thing, Colossus, Storm and many more) signing his DC Legends of Tomorrow – Time TBA
Steven T. Seagle (Batman/Superman, Uncanny X-Men, It’s a Bird) andJason Adam Katzenstein (Artist at the New Yorker) signing Camp Midnight – Time: 3 PM to 5 PM
- Tom Riordan (American Gothic Press) signing Killbox #1 – Time: 10 AM to Noon
* Cosplayers! And once again this year we have to thank Karina at Agents Of Cosplay for bringing so many great cosplayers!
* In addition, EVERYTHING in the store will be ON SALE! 25% OFF! 30% OFF! Even 50% OFF in places! And, like always, so many incredibly priced Silver and Bronze Age BACK ISSUES, you’ll need pallets to cart it all off!!! (Sorry, sale does not apply to consignment items, cards or hold bags, nor will we provide pallets….)
* AND, as always, we move part of the event outside and offering our TENS of THOUSANDS of Back Issues at 50 to 90% OFF!!!
91406
Things From Another World 
2pm-4pm
1000 Universal Center Dr, Ste 101
Universal City, CA
Free Comic Book Day is coming up soon. Make sure you join us as we will be hosting Dustin Nguyen from 2pm-4pm.
Collector's Paradise Winnetka
11am-7pm
7131 Winnetka Ave, Winnetka, CA 91306
 Special signings all day
11am-7pm
Collector's Paradise Pasadena
319 S Arroyo Pkwy, Ste 4, Pasadena, California 91105
Special signings all day
 Both comic shops give you deals on repeat business any special events throughout May.
10am-7pm

123 W Wilson Ave
Glendale, CA

With over 21+ free comics given away per person, no one gives away more ‪#‎freecomics‬ than us! Special guest writer Richard Hamilton signing copies of FCBD ‪#‎darkhorse‬ ‪#‎legendofkorra‬ ‪#‎howtotrainyourdragon‬ comic at 1pm!