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Minicomics Invasion Day Is Coming to Meltdown Comics! February 11 from 12 to 5pm!

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Feb 022012

On Saturday, February 11, from 12 to 5pm, the students from Meltdown University director Jim Higgins’s college classes will be presenting and selling their minicomics to YOU! These students from Otis College of Art and Design and CalArts will be showing off the great comics they’ve made during this past Fall semester in the college-versions of the Creating Comics Jim teaches at Meltdown. There’s some great work in these minicomics by these fabulous art students, some of whom may be the future stars of their own comics series. And you can discover them now!

(Want to take Jim’s next Creating Comics class, which starts on Wednesday, February 15? Want to find out about the other Meltdown U classes like the Webcomics and Inking and Coloring classes which are starting new series in the next week or two? Or learn about the ongoing Kids Comics class? Then go here for more info and to sign up:

http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/meltdown-university/

http://www.meetup.com/DrawMelt/

And what else are you doing on with your Saturday afternoon anyway — watching reality television? Spending important hours of your life on Facebook? Hanging around in some stupid park where you’ll just wind up with grass stains on your jeans? Your really good jeans? Instead, bring yourself down to Meltdown and see these rising stars and get some great comics. We have spoken!

Two pages from the minicomic by Otis student Carolyn Tom.

About the Meltdown Comics EXTRAS edition

Included in this pack will be a commemorative Meltdown Comics envelope and letterhead, Meltdown Comics sticker, vintage Baby Melt ribbon (yeah, we made this), a tiny 1:6 scale T-Shirt (Sized-to-Fit the DEATH RAY ACTION FIGURE, the Hi-Fashion Enid DOLL or to class-up your child’s BRATZ doll if you will), a little silkscreen print, a pin, plus other surprises. All using the Meltdown Comics Mel Mascot and logo designed last century for Meltdown, Inc. by Dan Clowes. That is like back in the 1990s,man! ONLY 200 sets will be made. FUN! Will cost us more that 10 bux to make all of these bits but will only add 10 bux over the cover price if you buy the book from us. Pre-order Meltdown Comics EXTRAS edition here

The book

Throughout his 25-year career, alternative cartoonist/screenwriter Daniel Clowes has always been ahead of artistic and cultural movements. In the late 1980s his groundbreaking comic book series Eightball defined indie culture with wit, venom, and even a little sympathy. With each successive graphic novel (Ghost World, David Boring, Ice Haven, Wilson, Mister Wonderful ), Clowes has been praised for his emotionally compelling narratives that reimagine the ways that stories can be told in comics. The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist is the first monograph on this award-winning, New York Times–bestselling creator, compiled with his complete cooperation. It includes all of Clowes’s best-known illustrations as well as rare and previously unpublished work, all reproduced from the original art, and also includes essays by noted contributors such as designer Chip Kidd and cartoonist Chris Ware.

About the author

Alvin Buenaventura recently started the publishing company Pigeon Press. He previously published artistic and insightful graphic novels, books, and prints under the imprint Buenaventura Press from 2003 to 2009. Buenaventura also edits the monthly comics section for McSweeney’s literary magazine, The Believer. He lives in Oakland, California.

Authors: By Alvin Buenaventura with an introduction by George Meyer, interview by Kristine Mckenna, with essays by Susan Miller, Ken Parille, Ray Pride, Chris Ware, and Chip Kidd.

Publishing Date: 4/1/2012 Page Count: 224 Cover: Hardcover with jacket Illustrations: 300+ color illustrations. Regular edition available here

Saturday, find out if your zombie survival plan will work at the Outbreak: Undead party!

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Jan 302012

Come celebrate the WILD SIDE of zombie survival with all of us at Hunters Books for a RAGE FILLED event to celebrate our newest expansion to Outbreak: Undead!

We at Hunters Books believe that after discovering the horrors of wilderness survival, you’ll be asking yourself “Why couldn’t it just be Zombies?

If you are going to be in the LA area, and want to not only meet your fellow zombie survival enthusiast but the creators as well. Then come down to the Nerdist Theater in Hollywood, CA where the famous MELTDOWN COMICS is located, and party with us!

Open Bar, Raffle, Photos, Demo Games and more.

We will also be hosting a book signing featuring the lead developer Christopher De La Rosa, and Jessica Pelatt the cover model from the cover of the Core Rulebook.

This is by no means a closed invite, bring your friends, bring your kids, and come discover why YOUR ZOMBIE SURVIVAL PLAN WILL FAIL!

Best of all, it’s FREE!

Fans of role-playing games, fans of zombies, and fans of fun times- come on down at 8pm this Saturday, 2/04/2012 at Nerdist Theater inside Meltdown Comic, 7522 Sunset Bl. LA, CA 90046

Help out Reach Out and Read: Donate here or by downloading Dolurrhs Dawn Adventures

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Jan 292012

We at DnDMelt want to thank everyone for participating in our charity event!! A HUGE thank you to our Sponsors: Keith Baker, Satine Phoenix, Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, Shelly Mazzanoble, Walter Brenner, The Nosh Beverly Hills, Mighty Fine Tees, Ralphs & Sam Proof!!!!

You can continue to donate by Donating here:

NOW we have the PDF up for your downloading pleasure!!! You can purchase and download it through the end of the week right here: Dolurrhs Dawn PDF DOWNLOAD

Written by Keith Baker & Illustrated by Satine Phoenix

Reach Out and Read

Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud.

Reach Out and Read builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop critical early reading skills in children, beginning at 6 months of age. The 3.8 million families served annually by Reach Out and Read read together more often, and their children enter kindergarten with larger vocabularies, with stronger language skills, and better prepared to succeed.