27.Jan.2012 Stocking up on Mini-Comics!
What a week here at Chicago Comics. We just received a huge Microcosm order today: I suggest you come check out the new Zines and Mini-Comics we just stocked! Speaking of Mini-Comics! Our buddy Becky Cloonan just sent us a handful of her self-published comic, Wolves. It looks absolutely stunning, i mean, what else would [...]
03.Dec.2011 Onrie Kompan Signing Wednesday, December 7th for Yi Soon Shin
Onrie Kompan SIGNING! 4 – 8pm Wednesday, December 7th. Onrie will be in store signing promoting his comic Yi Soon Shin. Issue 4 will be out Wednesday. It is a limited series based on the true story of Admiral Yi Soon Shin, a Korean naval commander who saved his people from Japanese invasion forces during [...]
15.Apr.2011 Wilfred Santiago Signing May 28th @3 pm
5/28 Wilfred Santiago Signing! Wilfred Santiago Signing! 3pm May 28th @ Chicago Comics!!! The biographical 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente is a human drama of courage, faith and dignity, inspired by the life of baseball star Roberto Clemente. Tweet This Post
09.Mar.2011 Ivan Brunetti Signing – Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice
April 1st 5pm – 7pm @ Chicago Comics! Ivan is re-releasing his book Cartooning, Philosophy and Practice, and he will be signing with us on April 1st to promote it! This is not an April fool’s joke! Through simple, creative exercises and assignments, Brunetti offers an unintimidating approach to a complex art form. He looks [...]
04.Feb.2011 Jeremy Bastian Signing February 26th
Cursed Pirate Girl is arguably one of the most exciting independent titles to be published in the last couple years. A fan favorite, Jeremy Bastian’s meticulous and incredibly detailed art greatly compliments his tale of a little girl caught up in a pirate adventure! Nautical adventures on and under the high seas lead a cursed [...]
25.Oct.2010 Our Front Shelf is better than your front shelf.
How rad is our front shelf right now?! From Left to Right: Charles Burns’ new masterpeice ‘X’ed Out’, Alan Moore’s magazine ‘Dodgem Logic’ September 2010, Chris Ware’s ‘Acme Novelty 20′, Lynda Barry’s ‘Picture This’, and ‘Horror! The Horror!’ a collection censored and thought to be long buried comics. They’re all new this week too! Holy [...]
Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty V.20
Acme Novelty is out and we here at Chicago Comics are fully stocked! Tweet This Post
18.Jul.2010 The New Handbook Men is in!
Just letting everyone know we just got in the latest issue of Handbook Men (Volume 4 Issue 3), come take a look at the sultry and seductive men between the pages of this sexy zine! Can’t wait for more? Check out our selection of queer zine backstock; Butt, spank and even some superhero porn! Whoa! [...]
15.May.2010 Onrie Kompan SIGNING (Yi Soon Shin Writer and Creator)
Onrie Kompan will be signing and promoting his book Yi Soon Shin on June 16th from 6 to 9pm. The second issue is out now!
24.Apr.2010 Free Comic Book Day 2010
Title: Free Comic Book Day 2010 Location: Chicago Comics Link out: Click here Description: Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year – when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away select comic books absolutely FREE to anyone who comes into [...]