Meltdown Comics & Nerds in Babeland Present: Course in Zombiology, Jan. 20th, 7pm

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Jan 142011

Join us Thursday, January 20, 2011, at 7pm PST at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles or at nerdsinbabeland.com/chat in the discussion for our first ever Comic Book-of-the-Month club, focused entirely on The Walking Dead. Learn more about the books, the television series, or just geek-out with a bunch of fellow Walking Dead-Heads. Want to know more? Then read on!

Have you ever wanted to get into comic books but have no interest in superheroes and/or mutants? Or, perhaps you have never thought about getting into comics but happen to be a huge fan of all things horror/zombie/gruesome? Or you are already obsessed with The Walking Dead and just looking for people to geek out about the book and series with? At the meet-up, we will discuss the book series from the beginning, and why it might be the perfect book for you to pick up if you’ve been toying with the idea of getting into graphic novels but haven’t taken the plunge.

Jenna Busch (Moviefone Minute, Huffington Post, Cineboobs) will be leading a discussion on the hit AMC program show based on the series, followed by a discussion lead by Stephanie Wooten from Nerds in Babeland on the best-selling comic book series. In between the discussions we will even provide a zombie make-up tutorial by Jackie Bagwell, an owner & organizer of Ashtoberfest (a week-long festival dedicated to all-things zombie).

All attendees will get 20% off all purchases at Meltdown, Inc during the duration of the event. Can’t be there in person because you don’t live in Los Angeles? Show up to the online chat and receive a discount code good for 20% any online order placed through Meltdown Comics.

What: Comic Book-of-the-Month club.

When: Thursday, January 20, 2011 7PM PST.

Entry fee: $6.00 You’ll also have the opportunity to enter a raffle in order to win a copy of a Walking Dead graphic novel.

Where: http://bit.ly/meltmap

RAINCHECK: TWD BOOK ONE is currently out of stock from their distributor. Get 20% off if pre-purchase during the event.

Check www.nerdsinbabeland.com for live streaming online with an online chat component for those who cannot join us in person.

Produced by: Nerds in Babeland (with the help of Girls Read Comics Too & All Things Fangirl)

Source: www.nerdsinbabeland.com (http://s.tt/11NpX)

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Listen to the wise Blair Butler and come on down to Meltdown to pick these up

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Sep 162010

Fresh Ink Online host Blair Butler reviews graphic novels Cuba: My Revolution, The Unwritten, Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story, Chew: The Omnivore Edition Vol. 1, and Titmouse

Now that you’ve been schooled by Blair, make your way to Meltdown Comics and pick up any of these Graphic Novels;
Dark Rain, Titmouse Vol. 1, Cuba: My Revolution, Chew and Unwritten. All available now!

*Titmouse Mook Vol. 1 available for wholesale. Please submit all inquiries here.

First Holiday of 2010 SALESALESALE MONDAY the 18th!

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Jan 172010

First Holiday of 2010
SALESALESALE
MONDAY the 18th!
Martin Luther King Jr.

50% OFF BACK ISSUES

30% OFF Any comic ISSUES marked 2009

20% OFF GRAPHIC NOVELS!

While Supplies Last!

*offer cannot be combined with any ongoing discounts and promotions.

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Available NOW @meltdowncomics- The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D.T

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Jan 112010

One part MOME collection, one part authorized IFC Channel spinoff, the first quarter of this jacketed hardcover collects the work — storyboards, scripts, character designs, etc. — that Shaw has created for a series of original shorts for IFC.com. The latter 3/4ths collect his acclaimed short stories from MOME, as well as several little-seen stories from elsewhere, and a new 20 page story.

The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. is Shaw’s first book since his breakthrough graphic novel of 2008, Bottomless Belly Button, which was named Publishers Weekly’s best graphic novel of 2008, one of Entertainment Weekly’s top ten books of 2008, and one of Amazon.com’s top ten graphic novels of the year, amongst numerous other accolades. The book also collects Shaw’s acclaimed, genre-bending short stories from MOME, including “Look Forward, First Son of Terra Two,” a remarkable story of two lovers traveling in opposite directions… in time. Also featured: “Galactic Funnels,” the 2008 Ignatz Award nominee for “Outstanding Story,” about the parasitic relationship between an artist and his lover/mentor; “Satellite CMYK,” a sci-fi mindwarp that ingeniously drives the narrative through Shaw’s masterful control of color, and “Making the Abyss,” a fictionalized story of a surreal film set filled with nuclear tanks, hot tubs, and blind ambition.

Befitting the restless experimentation and innovation of Shaw’s work, this slim hardcover features a first for Fantagraphics: a clear acetate overlay dust jacket, meant to evoke an animation cel.
Download an EXCLUSIVE 10-page PDF excerpt (8.8 MB), which includes the first five pages of two stories.