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Chicago Comics
3244 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657 USA

Phone: 773.528.1983
Toll Free: 800.509.0333
Fax: 773.528.1979
info@chicagocomics.com

store hours:
Mon, Tue, Thu: 12 noon - 8 pm
Wed: 11 am - 9 pm
Fri: 12 noon - 9 pm
Sat: 11 am - 9 pm
Sun: 12 noon - 7 pm

Past Events and Book Signings

DAVE MCKEAN SIGNING PHOTOS HERE!

June 10, 2009
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W. North Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
tel. 773/342-0910

Pictures from FCBD 2009 can be found here.

Pictures from the Kramers Ergot signing can be found here.

Chip Kidd Presentation & Signing!

Promoting the first collection of Bat-Manga from Japan!

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 from 6-8pm at
Chicago Comics 3244 North Clark St.

Also appearing: contributing author Saul Ferris
There will be a short presentation about this fascinating period from Bat-History! Following the presentation Chip Kid will be signing copies of the book!

Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan Collected and Designed by Chip Kidd, with contributing authors Geoff Spear, and Saul Ferris The two hottest genres in comics gleefully collide head-on, as the most beloved American superhero gets the coolest Japanese manga makeover ever.

In 1966, during the height of the first Batman craze, a weekly Japanese manga anthology for boys, Shonen King, licensed the rights to commission its own Batman and Robin stories. A year later, the stories stopped. They were never collected in Japan, and never translated into English. Now, in this gorgeously produced book, hundreds of pages of Batman-manga comics more than four decades old are translated for the first time, appearing alongside stunning photographs of the world?s most comprehensive collection of vintage Japanese Batman toys.

This is The Dynamic Duo as you?ve never seen them: with a distinctly Japanese, atomic-age twist as they battle aliens, mutated dinosaurs, and villains who won?t stay dead. And as a bonus: Jiro Kuwata, the manga master who originally wrote and drew this material, has given an exclusive interview for our book.

The deluxe, expanded, and limited hardcover edition has a distinctly different cover, full-color printed endpapers, and an amazing extra adventure written by Jiro Kuwata (not included in the paperback), about a band of rogue alien robot art thieves at large in Gotham City. Guess who gets called in to save the day....

More than just a dazzling novelty, Bat-Manga! is an invaluable, long-lost chapter in the history of one of the most beloved and timeless figures in comics.

3243 N Broadway St. Chicago IL 60657
1 August through 30 August 2008 (flyer misprinted)

Very Special Event! Jessica Abel and Matt Madden workshop!

Award-winning comic creators Jessica Abel and Matt Madden Will teach an EXCLUSIVE comics workshop from 6-8 pm on Friday, JUNE 27th!

Chicago Comics is proud to sponsor a limited engagement workshop with two of the comics industry's greatest talents. Learn the ins and outs of how to produce and market your own comics in an intimate setting with the authors of the upcoming release, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures, a textbook on comics creation. The event is FREE, but attendance is extremely limited, as we are keeping the event to UNDER 30 people. to sign up, call or email Chicago Comics: info@chicagocomics.com or 773.528.1983. Spots will be held on a first come first served basis.

Jessica Abel is the author of the graphic novel La Perdida (Pantheon Books). Previously, she published Soundtrack and Mirror, Window (Fantagraphics Books), two collections that gather stories and drawings from her comic book Artbabe, which she published between 1992 and 1999. She also collaborated with Ira Glass on Radio: An Illustrated Guide, a non-fiction comic about how the radio show This American Life is made. Abel won both the Harvey and Lulu awards for "Best New Talent" in 1997; La Perdida won the 2002 "Best New Series" Harvey Award. Abel's upcoming projects include a textbook, called Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, about making comics, written in collaboration with her husband, the cartoonist Matt Madden; and a new graphic novel, Life Sucks. She teaches at New York's School of Visual Arts.

Matt Madden is a comics creator and teacher at New York's School of Visual Arts. He is the creator of the graphic novels Black Candy, Odds Off, and A Fine Mess, and of the groundbreaking comics theory book, 99 Ways to Tell a Story. He and Jessica are the series editors of The Best American Comics anthologies. They live with their daughter in Brooklyn, NY.

Christian Slade, A former Disney animator, will be signing from 12pm until 2pm. Christian?s all-ages graphic novel, Korgi, has received notable praise for its exceptional artwork. It is a woodland fantasy tale about a young girl Ivy, and her korgi, Sprout. Korgi: Book 2 will be out in August 2008. Christian lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Ann and their two welsh corgis Penny and Leo.

Jeffrey Brown, a Chicago- based comics creator, will sign from 2pm until 4pm. His works include Clumsy, Unlikely, AEIOU, Be A Man, Bighead, I Am Going To Be Small, Minisulk, and Every Girl is the End of the World For Me. He's also appeared in a host of antholgies from McSweeney's to the Drawn & Quarterly Showcase, and has been featured on NPR's 'This American Life.'