{"id":4405,"date":"2016-05-18T03:03:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T07:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2016-05-21T21:27:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T01:27:56","slug":"fcbd-recap-and-civil-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/2016\/05\/fcbd-recap-and-civil-war-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"FCBD Recap and Civil War II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Free Comic Book Day is over and we’re finally getting settled into the regular pace of things. (Like our weekly email and Facebook Posts)<\/span><\/p>\n

First off we have some thank you’s we’d like to throw out there.<\/p>\n

THANK YOU<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Thanks to our event photographers, Heather Campbell, Laura Wimbels and Graham Smith of Rubber City Cosplay.<\/p>\n

Here’s Graham’s pictures from the photo boot<\/a>h<\/a> on Frid<\/span><\/span>ay Night:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"_GWS4026\"The Rubber City Cosplay kids were a great addition to the event and added a lot of energy to the festivities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can find them here if you’d like to know more about what they’re up too:<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s Heather Campbell’s album from Frid<\/span><\/span>ay as well<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"FCBD2016-7515\"You can find her here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The amazing Laura Wimbels pulled double duty and took pictures on both Frid<\/a><\/span><\/span>ay<\/a> and Saturd<\/a><\/span><\/span>ay<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"IMG_7599\"Follow Laura’s Faces of Cleveland project at Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

We also got a little post event press from Scene Magazine<\/a> and Cleveland.Com:<\/a><\/p>\n

For the record, I was slightly misquoted there. My answer was Stan Lee, because nothing can kill Stan. Not even shark infested waters 100 miles from shore. He’s a survivor.<\/p>\n

We’d also like to thank Sean and Kristen Burns from Breakneck Gallery for putting together a great pop up art show. They were another welcome new addition to the event. Here’s some of the artwork from the show<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ryanThanks to all the artist who contributed and sketched at the event. Please do your civic duty and follow them on social media! We always keep a running contact list of the artists we work with here on our website<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Many do commissions so feel free to contact them for that.<\/p>\n

We’d also like to thank the members of the Rust Belt Monster Collective for another fantastic mural.<\/p>\n

\"RBMC\"They have a gallery art show this Frid<\/span><\/span>ay at the Popeye Gallery, as well as a book you can order here<\/a><\/p>\n

VOLUNTEERS and HELP<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

I’d like to thank our amazing volunteers, Joe, Dan, Jenn, Kevin, Jason, Justin, Ashton, Mark, Josh and the last minute addition of Kelly. Thanks to out event bartender Macklin as well.<\/p>\n

Thanks to our amazing staff of Jim, John Shearer, Ben, Jason and Kevin. 3,000 people come through a 1,900 square foot space in 24 hou<\/span><\/span>rs and they make it happen.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Jameson for the design work, really above and beyond at this point. (Jameson has moved on to the major leagues in town, and now works as a graphic designer for Great Lakes Brewing Company)<\/p>\n

Thanks to John Woods for web design and for getting these emails out. (The mail must go through.)<\/p>\n

Oh yeah. Thanks mom.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_7104\"Mark your calendars everyone. Mom’s official last day will be Wednesday July 6<\/span><\/span>th as she retires to the Halls of Valhalla. (and full time grand parenting.)<\/p>\n

Lastly, thank to all your for the support but at this event and throughout the year!<\/p>\n

UP COMING<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Timed perfectly to coincide with the movie (and it is as great as everyone is saying) Civil War II #0 hits the shop this week!<\/p>\n

\"CivilWe got a sneak peak into the story with the Free Comic Book Day Special (if you didn’t get a copy, just ask at the counter on Wednesd<\/span><\/span>ay. We have like 50 left.) but this is the first official issue. By the creative team behind the Marvel classics House of M and Siege, Brian Bendis and Oliver Coipel. This time the conflict is between Iron Man and Captain Marvel over the fate of the Inhuman’s place in the Marvel Universe.<\/p>\n

DC’s new “revamped” Hanna-Barbera titles begin this week<\/a> with Future Quest #1, which will combine Space Ghost, Johnny Quest, the Herculoids (my personal favorite) and even Birdman.<\/p>\n

\"FutureCharacter designs are by the late and great Darwyn Cooke. Other titles to come include Scooby-Doo (next week actually), Wacky Raceland and the Flintstones.<\/p>\n

Just a reminder that Preacher debuts on AMC this week<\/a> on Sunday May 22<\/span><\/span>nd.<\/p>\n

Stop by the shop on Sund<\/span><\/span>ay before the show between noon and 5<\/span><\/span>pm and we’ll give you a FREE reprint of the first issue of Preacher made especially for the day.<\/div>\n
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\"PreacherPreacher is a great story and highly recommended and collect into six graphic novels. Let’s hope they get it right!<\/span><\/p>\n

Darwyn Cooke has passed away, and he was nothing less than a genius at age 53. He was our modern Kirby, Infantino and Kubert rolled into one.<\/p>\n

\"Darwyn\"I feel his passing, as I know he had much more to give, not just with artwork but in stories that would inspire me and change how I view things. No joke. DC New Frontier is one of the most important stories in my thirty plus years of selling comic books. I can go on forever about his work, but it’s best to just experience it for yourself if you haven’t already. This is not a sales pitch, this is a hope that you will take the time to delve into some material that will bring out the best in you.<\/p>\n

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  • DC The New Frontier Deluxe Hardcover (the classic)<\/li>\n
  • DC Graphic Ink The DC Comics Art of Darwyn Cooke Hardcover (tons of short stories and material, including all the Jonah Hex stories)<\/li>\n
  • Richard Stark’s Parker the Hunter Hardcover (Crime noir at it’s best. all four volumes are incredible)<\/li>\n
  • Catwoman Trail of the Catwoman (Cooke redefined Catwoman and gave her her modern look.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    We’ll be getting in a special reorder of all his books, so please ask the staff to point out anything that seems interesting to you.<\/p>\n

    \"Johnny“But if you ask my brother they’ll set you straight. Johnny Cloud was a loser.” Godspeed Darwyn Cooke,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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