Flashback SDCC 2024 Part 4

 SDCC 2024 - Part 4

One of the best things about SDCC are the offsite activations. We have a bunch of them to show you in our upcoming posts. We did as many as we could with the time that we had.  

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Bwana Spoons Gravy Toys Mega Load!!! Turtles Fungi Comics & Kaiju oh my. on Kickstarter

Bwana Spoons has his Gravy Toys Mega Load! Turtles Fungi Comics and Kaiju oh my. is now on Kickstarter. This kickstarter campaign is to help fund a couple of new art toys, comic and a bunch of kaiju. Help Bwana Spoons out and back his Kickstarter project. There are some really cool rewards.

ID10T Music Festival & Comic Conival Recap

We checked out the first ever ID10T Music Festival & Comic Conival which took place June 24th-25th that was held in Mountain View at the Shoreline Amphitheater. We arrived a bit early and saw a pretty big line of attendees waiting to get in. The show started at 12pm each day and ended late at night.

ID10T Fest Souvenir T-Shirts

When you first enter the show you'll pass by a few Souvenir Stands and other vendors such as Do The Bay and KGO 810 where you can win prizes etc... as well as a lot of places to buy food and drinks.

Collector Corps Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Unboxing

We received out Collector Corps Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 not too long ago so it was only fitting that we put up our unboxing on the same week the movie is coming out. Some lucky movie goers were able to watch the movie early but for the rest of us the movie won't be in theaters until Thursday/Friday, May 4th or 5th depending on your Theater.  Anyways, check out our pictorial unboxing below!

Chima Group Sofubi Pre-Order

We have up in our store some of Chima Group's Sofubi figures up for pre-order in our store. We have quite a few of the older releases from last year (2015) and some of the new releases that was recently released including their 2 new characters Mee (cat) and Comic (finger puppet). If you are looking for any of the newer releases and they are out of stock or not listed, please email us as we might still be able to get them.

DARK HORSE RESURRECTS ORIGINAL “ALIENS” SERIES FOR 30th ANNIVERSARY HARDCOVER

THE ORIGINAL SEQUEL TO “ALIENS”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR—In 1988, Dark Horse’s Aliens comic debuted, with stunning art by Mark A. Nelson and a script by Mark Verheiden, taking the comics market by storm. For the thirtieth anniversary of the Aliens film, Dark Horse and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products are releasing an oversized hardcover edition of the unabridged and unadulterated series!

This must-have collector’s edition delivers 184 pages of original black-and-white art, each panel more horrifying than the last.

Eagle Eye Prime's Stardust The Super Wizard Soft Vinyl Figure Release

Eagle Eye Prime just released Stardust The Super Wizard "Red Boots" Version Soft Vinyl Figure. 8" articulated figure. Made from Japanese Soft Vinyl (sofubi). You can purchase this HERE for $45 + shipping. Each red boot figure includes an exclusive ALL NEW Stardust mini comic written and illustrated by Benjamin Marra.

If you were a subscriber, an unpainted blank version was also released for $40 but is now SOLD OUT.

AMC INKS ‘TURN: WASHINGTON’S SPIES’ COMPANION COMIC

COVER ART BY CHRIS HUNT, WRITTEN BY SERIES WRITER LATOYA MORGAN

Tune in Tonight for an All New Episode, Also Written by Morgan, at 10pm ET/PT on AMC

A new episode of “TURN: Washington’s Spies” premieres tonight, Monday, April 20 at 10pm ET/PT.  Critics are raving about the series; including Nancy deWolf Smith of the Wall Street Journal who said, “Newcomers to the series can just let the pleasures of this handsome and well-acted period piece wash over them.”

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF THE LEGEND OF ZELDA : A LINK TO THE PAST

VIZ MEDIA’S PERFECT SQUARE IMPRINT ANNOUNCES RETURN OF THE LEGEND OF ZELDA™: A LINK TO THE PAST™ GRAPHIC NOVEL BY SHOTARO ISHINOMORI

Long Out-Of-Print Famed Comic Based On The Nintendo Video Game Returns This May 

This Saturday is the San Jose Super Toy, Comic & Collectible Show!

This Saturday is the San Jose Super Toy, Comic & Collectible Show at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, CA.  Great time to pick up some gifts for Christmas or for yourself!

San Jose Super Toy Comic & Collectible Show This Weekend!

The San Jose Super Toy Comic & Collectible Show is this weekend at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds!

The Florida Xtravaganza Show

The Florida Xtravaganza Show aka FX Show will be held on November 15-17 2013 in Orlando, Florida.

Bwana Spoons Killer's Day at the Beach Release

Bwana Spoons will have a Killer's Day at the Beach release tomorrow, Friday, August 9th at 11am Pacific HERE. Neon Green Killer release with mini comic & mini print. There will also be some Killer customs.

Oh and while you're checking out Bwana's shop for the Killers to pop up, Bwana also recently released 7 new Silk Screened Prints in his shop..

Free Comic Book Day This Saturday!!!

This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day at your participating Comic Book Store. Not sure if yours is participating go here to find out. The picture above is just one of many free comic books. Will have to stop by and hopefully get the Vizkids Uglydoll Comics which also shows previews for Hello Kitty, Pokemon etc....

Viz Media x Sanrio = Hello Kitty Manga

Viz Media x Sanrio have made a publishing deal to release Original Hello Kitty Manga. Their first release will be a special single volume Hello Kitty comic is scheduled to debut at the San Diego Comic Con with a Comic-Con exclusive cover by Eisner-nominated artist Jacob Chabot.

"The comic will feature art by Victoria Maderna, Ian McGinty and Chabot. The main graphic novel series is scheduled to launch in the Fall of 2013 with Here We Go!, a collection of comic stories about Hello Kitty’s travels. Both offerings will be rated ‘A’ for All Ages, and will be published under the company’s VIZ Kids imprint. VIZ Media previously teamed with Sanrio and video game company Capcom to develop a pair of fun STREET FIGHTER^® X Sanrio books that were released in November 2012.

HELLO KITTY^®: Here We GO!· MSRP: $7.99 US / $9.99 CAN · Available Fall 2013 

Hello Kitty has places to be and friends to meet! Join her  (or Hello Kitty) as she explores an underground realm, chases an unsavory cake thief around the world, climbs the Himalayas, travels back in time, and discovers that sometimes, the best place to get away from it all is between the pages of a good book.

HELLO KITTY^® FASHION MUSIC WONDERLAND · MSRP: $6.99 US / $7.99 CAN · Available Summer 2013 

It’s Hello Kitty as you've never seen her, in stories filled with fashion, music and adventure!

Sanrio^® is the global company behind classic iconic characters Hello Kitty^®, Little Twin Stars^®, My Melody^®, and many more. Sanrio^® was founded in the 1960's in Japan by Shintaro Tsuji, whose simple dream of bringing smiles to people's faces grew into the brand's "small gift, big smile" philosophy. This philosophy has served as the inspiration for the broad spectrum of products bearing the likeness of endearing characters that have helped to skyrocket the brand into a $5 billion-a-year business. Sanrio^® recently acquired the classic Mr. Men Little Miss™ brand which also has graphic novels published by VIZ Media.

“Sanrio and Hello Kitty are synonymous with the very essence of pop culture, and we’re very excited to have Hello Kitty as part of the VIZ Kids family of titles,” says Beth Kawasaki, VIZ Media Senior Editorial Director. “The new wordless comic and graphic novel series will appeal to Hello Kitty fans of all ages. VIZ Media is having a blast creating the fun new original series and we can’t wait for everyone to see the books.”"

Wondercon 2012 - Comixology x The Walking Dead Vol. 1 Digital Comic FREE

Stop by Comixology at Booth # 107 at Wondercon and pick up a special LE promotional postcard with a unique code to download The Walking Dead Vol.1 for FREE exclusively at Comixology.com. 5000 Digital Copies will be released. 1st come, 1st serve! Regular price is $8.99 for 140 pages. The Walking Dead Show is based on this comic.