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HOMETOWN HEROES Celebrates Seattle Independent Artists

courtesy 80% Studios
courtesy 80% Studios

Seattle is famous for coffee, rock and roll, rain and the pioneering spirit of independent comics.

Local fans and visitors are invited to a one-night free event celebrating the spirit of independent artists and Seattle’s underground comic book community.

Hometown Heroes is Friday, April 8th at 1927 Events just steps away from Zanadu Comics.

Creators Casey Silver and Dimi Macheras (80% Studios, creators of Guttertown Massive) formed the event out of a desire to connect creators, readers and the stories that bond them in a new way. This one night only event aims to provide a stage upon which multiple aspects of local Seattle culture, not just comics, can be represented through the art of these artists. Continue reading HOMETOWN HEROES Celebrates Seattle Independent Artists

ZANADU NEW COMICS PICKS FOR October 14, 2015

Zanadu Comics logo for their 40th Anniversary
Zanadu Comics logo for their 40th Anniversary

New Batman, Twilight Children, Two Brothers, and two Secret Wars books come to a big finish, and more new comics are in shops now.

And here’s something new for your enjoyment:

Casey and Morgan from Zanadu Comics (our friendly neighborhood comic book shop) reveal their new comics picks for the week as only they can in the latest episode of Comics Should Smell Good.

Watch and see if you agree:
Continue reading ZANADU NEW COMICS PICKS FOR October 14, 2015

MARVEL RED WOLF New Series

Red Wolf courtesy Marvel, a Mashable Exclusive
Red Wolf courtesy Marvel, a Mashable Exclusive

A huge comeback for Marvel’s first Native American character with art by a Washington artist of Native American descent.

Red Wolf will star in his own new ongoing series by Nathan Edmondson as revealed by Mashable.

The hero turned up in promo art for the upcoming All-New, All-Different Marvel Now and in a current alternate history Secret Wars tie-in title.

Now we know Red Wolf will star in his own new book coming in December.

The character debuted way back in Avengers #80 then starred in his own short-lives series in the 1970’s set in the Old West. The new Red Wolf will fight crime in the American Southwest. An acclaimed Pacific Northwest artist is part of new Red Wolf team. Continue reading MARVEL RED WOLF New Series

ZANADU COMICS SIDEKICK STORE

20150609_182912The pop-up store appears like X-Man Nightcrawler bamfing into action. It’s not just for clothing anymore.

Just like the Scarlet Speedster, “Flash retailing” comes to give geeks quick and cheap deals courtesy of Zanadu Comics. The veteran Seattle store now has the Li’l Z Sidekick Store just a space over with big discounts in a small space.

The Sidekick Store is open now through July 3rd Wednesdays to Sundays and by appointment. Featuring $1.00 comics by the pound, and discounts as high as 90%, this is a chance for the hardcover or new comics lover to grab old school issues, trades plus manga and even “needle in a haystack” items you never knew you even wanted until you see them…and must have them! Continue reading ZANADU COMICS SIDEKICK STORE

ZANADU COMICS Presents LADIES’ NIGHT

Ms. Marvel #5 courtesy Marvel
Ms. Marvel #5 courtesy Marvel

A comic book take on Ladies’ Night celebrating four female creators, fans and women who just want to learn more about comics.

 

Zanadu Comics declared October 15th is Ladies’ Night at their store with an after-hours event for women.
“Most women have never set foot inside a comic store. Their reasons are many and varied, but most of them revolve around the idea that comics are a guy thing. We all know that’s not true. Comics are for everybody. So in hopes of dispelling the myth that comics are for boys, we are having this women only event,” Team Zanadu told us. Continue reading ZANADU COMICS Presents LADIES’ NIGHT

AvX Launch Parties!

AVX promo art courtesy Marvel

  On Tuesday, April 3, be among the first to see the first salvo of Avengers VS. X-Men! Over 1,100 stores worldwide will be participating in Avengers VS. X-Men early release parties, and some of them will host your favorite Marvel creators!

  Participating comic shops with Avengers or X-Men-themed exclusive mini posters, buttons, variants, lithographs and more, but the only way to get them is to be there!

Showing my Mutant Pride with Emma Frost at ECCC, ComicsBlend.com

  I will be at my neighborhood shop, Zanadu Comics, in downtown Seattle! There even have a special deal from 6-8pm, here’s a link to their Facebook page. I’m proud to say that Zanadu stands with the X-Men!

Here’s the link of stores hosting AvX launch parties worldwide courtesy of Marvel.com. Have fun, enjoy AvX and thanks for supporting your local comic shop!

Guttertown Massive

Guttertown Massive by KC Silver and Dimi Mac

  Get the squid! The cover for Guttertown Massive seduces you in right away. A brutal beauty with bloody, bandaged fists is surrounded by a techno squid. Welcome to the twisted future created by K.C. Silver (aka  Casey Silvia) and artist Dimi Mac.

  Imagine the refugees of Mad Max, The Matrix and Johnny Nmenonic all fighting for fame and survival in a crowded industrial underworld. Davron and Reno are competitors in a war of beats. Seeds are planted for a bitter rivalry in a massive futuristic party scene in a dark, crowded world that the youth yearn to escape.

  After the creepy colored cover turn  inside for the black and white world of the gutter.  Dimi Mac packs the panels bursting with dark, stark energy. I think the crowded art reflects the overcrowded world these ravers are fighting to find their way out of. Find you way to Guttertown Massive and experience Beat fighting yourself. Expand your horizons and take a dose of this.

  Learn more about this world and local creators at guttertownmassive.blogspot.com. Get a copy in the Local Comics section at Zanadu Comics in Downtown Seattle.

Disclaimer: I was not paid to write this. The writer works at my neighborhood comic shop and asks if I would give his project a read and because Casey is so damn cool (and given me so many gret recommendations for books) I did.