Santoro Con 4 - Saturday, June 22, 7-11pm - with Jim Rugg
Celebrating the Release of
Jim Rugg's Supermag.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
7:00pm until 11:00pm
Frank Santoro and his band of comics cognoscenti will be on hand to talk shop, share comics legend and lore, expound on comics trends.
This time around welcome the summer solstice with special guest, Jim Rugg, who will be on hand to sign copies of his latest publication, Supermag!
Come one, come all – this event is open to everyone – and join in Pittsburgh's definitive comics salon.
Held at Copacetic HQ in Polish Hill:
The Copacetic Comics Company
3138 Dobson Street - 3rd floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
1-412-251-5451
http://www.copaceticcomics.com
And here's the Facebook EventPage:
AND - coming up:
The 3138 Dobson Street 3rd Anniversary SALE!
Saturday and Sunday, June 29 & 30
Join us - and building mates Mind Cure Records and Lili Cafe - all day both days to celebrate the completion of our third year in Polish Hill. Prepare yourself for an onslaught of value!
Andromeda Quarterly Release Party - Thursday, May 23
Please Join us this Thursday, May 23, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm to celebrate the release of the third issue of Andromeda Quarterly. AQ editor and publisher, Andy Scott will be on hand, as will many of this issue's contributors.
Check out AQ#3 contributor, Juan Fernandez's nifty animated gif of the issue: http://crinklesnsmudges.tumblr.com/post/50828462367/this-thursday-andromeda-quarterly-release-party
And here's the FaceBook EventPage: https://www.facebook.com/events/338125096314296/
Saturday, May 18 - The Official MEMORY Release Party
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Please join us on the evening of Saturday, May 18, from 6pm to 9pm to celebrate the release of Jeremy Baum's anthology of comics and illustration, Memory.
This 186 page anthology of comics and illustration based (to varying degrees) on the theme of human memory is the brainchild of Pittsburgh-based artist and publisher, Jeremy Baum. Made possible by a successful Kickstarter campaign, this project was steadily piloted through the self-publishing obstacle course by Captain Baum, who made the trip from conception to publication in very good time. Memory contains full color, duotone and black & white work of 50 creators from Pittsburgh and beyond and is notable for containing the work of many international contributors, including Jelena Dordevic (Serbia), Nicolò Pellizon & Daniele Giardini (Italy), Diego Tripodi & Diego Simone (Argentina), Tim Molloy (Australia), Sara Skogsberg (Sweden) and César Sebastián Diaz (Spain). Numbering among the contributors as well are household names (well, among hardcore indy-comics households, anyway) such as Eric "Tales to Demolish" Haven, Hans "Chrome Fetus" Rickheit. Pittsburgh is very much in the house in Memory, represented most notably by Jim Rugg, who provided the cover illustration, along with too many to mention here, including Shawn Atkins, Jessica Heberle, Nick Marino, Nate McDonough, Steph Neary, Tom Scioli, Nils Skeletonballs, Julie Sokolow (whose 10-page contribution is the most formally inventive of the collection and a real stand out), Brenna Sydel, Copacetic's own Bill Boichel, and, of course, Jeremy Baum himself, whose 14 page collaboration with Morgan Ritchie-Baum, "Creation Story", a tale of SF-tinged occult mysticism executed in detailed pen & ink with pantone colors, is the collection's longest. The work in Memory really runs the gamut in style and story, ranging from oblique and abstract to straightforward and traditional. Visit the Kickstarter page for more info, and be sure to check out the 9 updates, which provide additional information as well as tons of artwork by the contributors. In addition, the contributor listing at the back of the book includes URLs for each, so readers can easily further engage in the work of any and all involved in this project.
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3138 Dobson Street - 3rd floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Saturday, May 4 is Free Comic Book Day
Copacetic will join in the 2013 FCBD celebration, but we do things a little bit differently around here. First off, we focus on a select grouping of the FCBD offerings that reflect our customers' interests. In addition to those pictured here, there will be some small press offerings from Tugboat Press and Sparkplug Books. We will also have selections from past years' FCBD offerings on hand for giveaway as well. And, we will have a crazy half-price back issue comics sale featuring plenty of high-grade books that are already priced at half off guide, including the over 1000 comics in our $1 sale boxes (that will then be only 50¢ during the sale) and including our mega-discounted sets. Not only that, but we will extend the giveaways and the sale through Sunday as well, so no one needs to be left out due to scheduling difficulties.
Coming Saturday, April 20: Drawing Power + Santoro Con 3!
Saturday, April 20 brings us two events that are likely to be of interest to Copacetic cuctomers.
First: from 10an to 5pm, it's Drawing Power: Comics, Zines & Books in Pittsburgh and Beyond (Details below)
Second: from 7pm to 11pm right here at Copacetic HQ in Polish Hill, it's Santoro Con 3 with special guest Dash Shaw. Keep in the loop at http://www.facebook.com/events/527290047310165/
We hope to see you there!
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Drawing Power: Comics Zines and Books in Pittsburgh and Beyond
A one day event celebrating and exploring the small press and self-publishing comics and zine community of Pittsburgh and its connection to the larger world.
Saturday, April 20th
10am-5pm
Carnegie Museum of Art Theater (lower level)
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Moderators will be Bill Boichel from Copacetic Comics and Caitlin McGurk from the Billy Ireland Collection at OSU.
Schedule
10:00-10:30am: Meet & Greet; tabling
10:30-11:15am: Panel 1
11:30-12:15pm: Boulet presentation
12:15-1:00pm: Big Feminist But presentation
1:15-2:00pm: John Porcellino presentation
2:15-3:00pm: Panel 2
3:15-4:00pm: Dash Shaw presentation
4:15-5:00pm: Panel 3
Panel 1: The Pittsburgh Scene, Bill Boichel moderator
Andy Scott
Nate McDonough
Lizzee Solomon
Paulette Poullet
Panel 2: Self-Publishing, Caitlin McGurk moderator
Ramsey Beyer
John Porcellino
Bill Boichel
Rachel Masilamani
Panel 3: A Career in Comics, Caitlin McGurk moderator
Jim Rugg
Ed Piskor
Frank Santoro
Dash Shaw
There will be tables packed with locally produced zines and books for both perusal and sale, as well as new releases from our out-of-town artist guests and a selection from around the world.
