Our window displays by the great Katie Borrman are always strong, but in our opinion this one is the ne plus ultra, perfectly capturing comics, and multiple styles in a tribute to the classic gag by Bushmiller!
TODAY Wed 2/5 is get a free BAG AND BOARD (if you ask!) with your new comics purchase -- and on New Comics Day at that! One B&B for each individual new comic bought, with a limit of 25.
TODAY Mon 2/3 is Buy Two get Third book free from the EUROPEAN rack. Damn, those Euros know how to draw!
TODAY Sun 2/2 is Buy Two get Third book free from the CLASSICS rack. Comics from the 40s, 50s, and 60s are the foundational building blocks of our great medium!
Our Kids Club selection this month is a real blast (-off)! MR. MUFFINS DEFENDERS OF THE STARS by @benkahncomics.bsky.social and Georgeo Brooks, published by @oni-press.bsky.social. Pick up a copy from us, and watch for our interview with Ben and Georgeo coming in March.
Our Adult GN Club pick for February 2025 is a powerful memoir asking important questions about grief and trauma: THE MURDER NEXT DOOR by @hugh-jeego.bsky.social ! Excited to host Hugh for a very special interview at Comix Experience on Sun, 3/2 at 10am PST — come down and join our studio audience!
TODAY Sat 2/1 is Buy Two get Third book free from the ROMANCE rack. We told you it was love!
A new sale each and every day this month from Comix Experience…. because we LOVE YOU nearly as much as WE LOVE COMICS!
Sunday 1/19 at 10 am PST, please join us as we interview master cartoonist Terry LaBan for the superb MENDEL THE MESS-UP for our Kid's Graphic Novel Club! m.youtube.com/watch?v=WLlQ...
Our Adult GN Club pick for Jan '25 is I HEART SKULL CRUSHER! by @cozyjamble.bsky.social and Alessio Zonno. Interview on 1/19/2025 at youtube.com/live/W9S2svu.... Get a SIGNED copy at comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/... and join club at www.comixexperience.com/graphic-nove...
Our KIDS club for Jan '25 is a great book from master cartoonist Terry LaBan: MENDEL THE MESS UP. Get a copy: comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/... and watch our interview on Sunday 1/26/2025 at 10am PST at youtube.com/live/WLlQNYH... Join up at www.comixexperience.com/graphic-nove... !
HOW did Comix Experience do in 2024? WHAT are our best-sellers? WHO is buying the best comics? WHERE are the sales coming from? WHY do we love comics so much? All of these questions and more can be found at www.comixexperience.com/news/2024/12...
Sunday 12/29 at 10am PST, please join us for the final Graphic Novel Club conversation of the year, as I am joined by the team supreme of @kierongillen.bsky.social and @stephaniehans.bsky.social to talk about the craft of comics, and WE CALLED THEM GIANTS. Watch it at youtube.com/live/XY9S-Ln...
Get a copy with an original and exclusive SIGNED bookplate from our store at comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/...
Or join the club and get great books every month at www.comixexperience.com/graphic-nove... -- support a great store selling great books from great creators!
Our Adult GN Club book for Dec '24 is WE CALLED THEM GIANTS from @imagecomics.bsky.social by @kierongillen.bsky.social and @stephaniehans.bsky.social! We have the joy of interviewing them on Sunday 12/29 at 10am PST. Watch live at youtube.com/live/XY9S-Ln... More details in following post....
Find out more about our Graphic Novel of the Month clubs at www.comixexperience.com/graphic-nove...
Our KIDS CLUB selection for Dec '24 is the cutest comic we have ever picked: DETECTIVE BEANS by New Zealand's Li Chen from @andrewsmcmeelkids.bsky.social ! Get a copy: comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/... + watch our livestream interview Sun 12/15 at 10a PST at youtube.com/live/JfbNxoW...
Stop! Hey, what's that sound? Oh, it's me interviewing the awesome Rick Parker on Sunday morning for the exceptional DRAFTED from Abrams Books! The livestream begins at 10am PST, and can be watched anytime after! Find the link in comments below. Sunday mornings are a GREAT time to talk comics!!
Sunday, 11/17, at 10am PST, we livestream the Nov Kids Graphic Novel Club interview, and are energized to speak to @jorgeagu.bsky.social and Andres Vera Martinez about the rollicking MONSTER LOCKER from First Second. Watch it live, or catch it anytime after! Let's talk comics on a Sunday morning!
The things that Jeffrey loved the most were his family, Marvel superheroes, Star Trek, and the Mariners. He was on the verge of phenomenal success and recognition for his art before suddenly struck down by Lupus. He lived in the hospital for 925 days, always fighting, always smiling. I will miss you
Shout-out to our friends at @comixexperience.bsky.social -- Brian Hibbs and crew have been serving up comics in San Francisco for 35 years!
If you are mentoring young people coming into the industry, please let them know that BELOW 50pp is a bad rate ESPECIALLY from a big company.
our system updates along with new issues of previews, so we won't have it on record until june-ish--but feel free to call/email/drop by and i'll put it on our running pre-order notes!
(matthew, if you have your publicist send us a copy, we can put it on the book club consideration list :))
Outside storefront for Bookshop Santa Cruz with a pink and black frame added to the image with the Sprocket logo. Text reads, "Retailer Feature, Bookshop Santa Cruz"
This 57 year old indie bookstore is the star of our next retailer feature, it's Bookshop Santa Cruz! We're so glad for Silver Sprocket to be a part of this intergenerational institution, learn more about BSC in our full interview with head of Graphic Novels Mo! www.silversprocket.net/2024/01/31/r...
Just in case you missed it, Wednesday January 31st is the final day of our month-long Customer Appreciation Sale, and we saved the last sale for the best: it is WILD CARD DAY, where YOU can pick which sale of the entire month that you want to use!
We hope to see you then! We love you so much!
Publishers Weekly had some lovely things to say about Influenca which comes out NEXT MONTH!! "It’s an irreverent, cockeyed take on survival horror sure to entertain fans of zombie anarchy, LGBTQ romance, and punk attitude."
www.publishersweekly.com/9798886200362
BIG NEWS: We’re honored to be interviewing legendary contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei for our February Graphic Novel Club! Celebrating Ai Weiwei’s new graphic memoir- ZODIAC.
Join the club before Feb 1st to receive a copy of the book signed by Ai Weiwei 🖋️!
www.graphicnovelclub.com/start
The audio-only "podcast" version of Daniel Clowes interview with Comix Experience owner Brian Hibbs about MONICA from @fantagraphics.bsky.social is available now where ever you get your podcasts or at .... comixexperience.simplecast.com/episodes/dan...
