Events

Isotope Comics in San Francisco is hosting a MASSIVE epic this Saturday with Grant Morrison as he winds down his SUPERGODS tour. The event includes an all-ages signing from 2-5, followed by a night-time hangout that features the amazing lo-ball glasses designed by Cameron Stewart and Sonia Harris, designer of BUTCHER BAKER, THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER.

If you haven't quite had enough comical convening, and still have the energy to remember your name, come on over to the Golden Apple in...

Today at Jim Hanley's Universe 15 creators signing! Awesome line-up -- be there!

It's a combination launch party for arts magazine Cousin Corrinne's Reminder and a comics reading by Nick Bertozzi, Jen Ferguson, Dean Haspiel and more tonight at Book Court:

Gabrielle Bell is releasing her San Diego Diary mini, and Lizz Hickey is releasing SUCK IT. Both are JUST IN TIME. more info

For those of you happily staying home in NYC instead of braving nerd prom, you are being rewarded by an amazing event: The Fine Art of Comics, with Gary Panter, Art Spiegelman, and Chris Ware at the Whitney Museum on July 20th. Held in conjunction with a show on Lyonel Feininger, this trio of masters will talk about comics and fine art.

A super hero pub crawl, a StarTrek-themed dive, the Zombie Walk, Wil Wheaton's Wootstock, Geek Girl Network's Geek Out, Kevin Smith's SMODcast, entitled "Jay and Silent Bob get Old" -- dear gold, if you can't find something fun to do instead of standing in line for Hall H, you have a problem.

This monthly Brooklyn comics reading event returns with Bob Fingerman reading from his horror-themed works, and Keith Meyerson reading from a reissue of his pioneering work HORROR HOSPITAL.

Toronto Comics Art Festival Director Chris Butcher has a big round-up, thank you post that reveals that this years events drew a total of 15,000 people to the various venues. He also reveals that next year's show will be held May 5-6:

Cousin Corinne's LIVE COMIX BLOCK launches w/a presentation of Nick Bertozzi's LEWIS&  CLARK and Jason Little's MOTEL ART IMPROVEMENT SERVICE, MC'd by Jah Furry aka Jeff Newelt, on Friday, May 27th @7pm at BookCourt, 163 Court street [between Pacific&  Dean], Brooklyn / 718.875.3677. ... + Nick Bertozzi will be showing images (first time anywhere) of his upcoming graphic novel JERUSALEM written by Boaz (REMEMBER THE TITANS) Yakin http://nickbertozzi.com/ http://beecomix.com/ http://nickbertozzi.com/ http://beecomix.com/ John Hodgman re LEWIS&  CLARK "Nick Bertozzi's comics do more than bring history to life: they reanimate these long dead souls and make them human again.

It's getting very green around here. SF's Cartoon Art Museum has a gala opening for a Green Lantern exhibit on Thursday, June 9th -- it's a "green tie" event we're told. We want in on that!

For several years, those who feel that the San Diego Comic-Con has lost the comics part of the equation (even though it isn't true at all ) have been wondering if an alternative event -- a "Slamdance*" to CCI:SD's Sundance -- would spring up. And artist/animators Scott Morse and Ted Mathot (who both have Pixar as a day job) are making this "Slamcomic" come true with TR!CKSTER, an alternative venue for comics events that will be open to the public and located right across the tracks from the SD Convention Center.