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STORE SIGNING: Wednesday January 25th 5-7pm
STORE SIGNING
Wednesday January 25th 5:30-7pm
Come meet Hyde Park writer Andrew Rostan!
An Elegy for Amelia Johnson
A Graphic Novel by Andrew Rostan, Dave Valeza. and Kate Kasenow
Named one of the Best Graphic Novels of 2011 by USA Today.
“Elegy is the kind of book you’ll read and not be quite the same afterwards.” Brian Truitt
Andrew J. Rostan was born in Youngstown, Ohio, went to college in Boston and a small town in the Netherlands, and wrote the vast majority of An Elegy For Amelia Johnson in Los Angeles, where he lived from 2007 to 2009. He concurrently produced several unpublished and very, very bad projects, which he was able to do thanks to five victories on Jeopardy! After receiving a moment of clarity at a monastery which later burned to the ground, Rostan moved to Chicago and earned his master’s degree in the Humanities, therefore qualifying him for any job on the market. Today Rostan still lives in Chicago where, when not working on his next books, he is applying for doctoral programs, teaching, working for an insurance company in what will always be the Sears Tower, and cooking near-gourmet meals. His inspirations are his parents, Harry Chapin, Robert Bolt, Woody Allen, and Anthony Trollope. He will talk about old movies, classic rock, fiction, and baseball for hours if you get him started.
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SPECIAL LAST MINUTE CELEBRATION SALE! OPEN UNTIL THE NEW YEAR! 2012
SPECIAL LAST MINUTE CELEBRATION SALE!
HAPPY NEW YEARS!
We are staying open til 1:00AM on Saturday New Year’s Eve!
Come in for a special sale Saturday Dec. 31st 7pm to 1am:
Buy two TPBs/GNs, get a third free!
Come in during the evening and play some board games in our game room. Talk comics and all things cool. Hang out while waiting for 2012!
SPECIAL DOOR PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY.
See you tomorrow and in 2012.
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HOLIDAY HOURS FOR THIS WEEKEND
For the Christmas Holiday, we will be open on Saturday and closed on Sunday.
Saturday 12/24/11 we will be open 11:00-7:00pm
Sunday 12/25/11 we will be closed
Monday 12/26/11 returning to our regular hours 11:00 to 7:00pm
We appreciate the business. Have a wonderful holiday.
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STORE SIGNING: FRIDAY DECEMBER 16th 5-7pm
STORE SIGNING
FRIDAY DECEMBER 16th 5-7pm
Come meet the writer of a great new book: Devils Island!
DEVILS ISLAND GN
ARCANA STUDIO
(W) Nikola Jajic
A historical fiction thriller, Devil’s Island follows the trials and tribulations of a few fictitious prisoners, who are used as hunters by the prison guards. Their job is to re-capture prisoners who attempt to escape the jungle island, bringing them back at any cost… dead or alive!
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D&D Q&A Rescheduled to November 16th!
Steve Townshend
November 16th @ 6:30pm
First Aid Comics GameRoom
Before we play, come meet Steve Townshend for a Q&A session about freelancing with Wizards of the Coast…
Steve Townshend is a freelance designer for Wizards of the Coast. His D&D credits include Monster Manual 3, Demonomicon, Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale, The Madness at Gardmore Abbey, Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Emporium, Heroes of the Feywild, and a smattering of articles for Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron magazines. Steve studied theater and creative writing at Ohio University. After graduation he moved to Chicago, where he studied improvisation under Del Close and performed at local improv theaters like ImprovOlympic (now iO), the Playground, and the Annoyance. He spent his twenties touring with professional Shakespeare companies across the U.S. and Canada before changing his focus to fiction writing. His two favorite original designs for D&D are the banderhobbs from Monster Manual 3 and Oublivae, Demon Queen of Desolation, from Demonomicon.
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HALLOWEEN SALE OCTOBER 29th 30th 31st
HALLOWEEN SALE!
OCTOBER 29th 30th & 31st!
15% OFF: ALL Graphic Novels, Comics, & Action Figures!
WEAR A COSTUME: GET AN ADDITIONAL 5% OFF
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Two Great Guests at D&D Wednesdays this Month
Steve Townshend
November 16th @ 6:30pm
First Aid Comics GameRoom
Before we play, come meet Steve Townshend for a Q&A session about freelancing with Wizards of the Coast…
Steve Townshend is a freelance designer for Wizards of the Coast. His D&D credits include Monster Manual 3, Demonomicon, Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale, The Madness at Gardmore Abbey, Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Emporium, Heroes of the Feywild, and a smattering of articles for Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron magazines. Steve studied theater and creative writing at Ohio University. After graduation he moved to Chicago, where he studied improvisation under Del Close and performed at local improv theaters like ImprovOlympic (now iO), the Playground, and the Annoyance. He spent his twenties touring with professional Shakespeare companies across the U.S. and Canada before changing his focus to fiction writing. His two favorite original designs for D&D are the banderhobbs from Monster Manual 3 and Oublivae, Demon Queen of Desolation, from Demonomicon.
Last Month Pat visited us and had a great time chatting with our players! Thanks Pat we really appreciated the visit, come back anytime.
Pat Loboyko
OCTOBER 26th @ 6:30pm
First Aid Comics GameRoom
Before we play, come meet Pat Loboyko for a Q&A session about his artwork…
Pat Loboyko began his artistic career at the tender age of four, when his parents gave him crayons and scrap paper to help combat his restlessness during weekly Sunday mass. Since then his medium of choice has evolved from crayon to watercolor to Wacom tablet, and he has left the pews of St. Nicholas to create artwork in the more appropriate confines of his lovely little hovel in Logan Square. A professional illustrator since 2003, he has worked for a myriad of gaming companies and publishers, including Games Workshop, Green Ronin, Fantasy Flight, White Wolf, J!NX, and Kobold Quarterly. He has contributed artwork to the Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying Game and was the lead artist on Witch Hunter: The Invisible World and the newest edition of Arcanis, both published by Paradigm Concepts. His latest work can be found in The Laundry and Cthulhu Britannica: Shadows over Scotland from Cubicle 7. Pat refuses to take part in edition wars, crusades for the return of ROM to Marvel Comics, and looks forward to meeting you.
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