What 2 Know On Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 5th:
| Upcoming FREE SPECIAL EVENTS @ Image Collections | ||
| Saturday | June 2nd |
Bread & Honey - 5th Annual FREE Indy COMIC CON @ Image Collections |
| .........FREE COMIC BOOK DAY is SATURDAY MAY 5th....... | ||
| Saturday | June 2nd |
Bread & Honey - Come DRAW with us before, during & after the Bread&Honey Fest Parade |
....BELOW....GET FILLED IN for F.C.B.Day:JOIN US for a PARKING-LOT of FUN-FILLED ACTIVITIES & SURPRISES!…and...um,...Free Comics!
------Daniel 'Oshouki' Wong -- Comic Illustrator, Digital Artist, Self-Publisher -- Mississauga --- http://www.oshouki.com ---- .http://www.celticshaman.ca [....to see Daniel's work, click on 'Store Hours' above!]
-----Chris McQuaid -- Comic Writer, Letterer, Self-Publisher - Mississauga --- http://www.celticshaman.ca
-----Adonis Howard -- ARTIST, Comic Writer, Self-Publisher - Creator of Great Stuff
-----Mark Bertolini -- Comic Writer [215 Ink's 'BREAKNECK' ]-- Mississauga --- http://www.215ink.com
-----Sam Medina-- Creator of 'Jake the Evil Hare', Comic Writer/Artist, Self-Publisher--- http://www.jaketheevilhare.com
-----Jill Dhakura, Artist, Painter, Creative Dynamo http://dhakh8ckxer-host.webs.com
------Carolyn Austin-Smith, Painter, Artist
-----Juliet Gauthier, Artist, Painter
-----A SPECIAL GUEST........who? click HERE to find out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPC8DVbyfUA
their DC [Superhero] UNIVERSE titles in AUGUST, then 'START OVER' with 52
ALL NEW #1s in SEPTEMBER.....which they DID!....
Noteable Also....
December 7, 2011: Jerry Robinson, creator of the Joker, died on December 7 at age 89.[3]
December 14, 2012: Joe Simon, co-creator with Jack Kirby of Captain America, died at age 98 after a brief illness
EDUCATIONAL cmx spotlight......
ROMANCE CMX spotlight......
HISTORICAL CMX spotlight......
Western CMX spotlight.......
WAR CMX spotlight.........
CRIME CMX spotlight...........
REALITY CMX spotlight......
FANTASY CMX spotlight......
DRAMA cmx spotlight......
HORROR cmx spotlight......
FANTASY cmx spotlight......
SCI-FICTION cmx spotlight......
MARTIAL. Arts spotlight......
The fold-up-in-a-bag kind work the best obviously, but any sturdy and SAFE ones are ok.
Free Comic Book Day 2012?.....PLUS: Watch 'THE AVENGERS' MOVIE with IMAGE-C!!!
Free Comic Book Day 2012 is almost here......SAT MAY 5th 2012, from 9am - 6pm [make note]
[...Go put it in your SMARTPHONE and / or mark it 'old-school' on the FAMILY CALENDAR.... we'll wait.... :o]
PLUS: Watch 'THE AVENGERS' MOVIE with us![ Below: WHICH 'Avengers' book you should read b4 the movie! ]
...Discover the latest updates on what IMAGE COLLECTIONS has planned THIS year [and other year's highlights :o].....just ....
CLICKY-CLICK HERE: http://www.imagecollections.ca/fcbd
Take the day off........as we will have activites throughout the day starting @ 9am - 6pm & so far, we have LOTS of FUN for prospective future ARTISTS & WRITERS, and many chances to spread the word on your favourite books!!!
We will be focusing on ALL aspects of the comic industry...with much more info to come...
----LINE-UP begins @ 8am,,.....details SOON!
As for the EVENT itself.....
We’d like to see it stand tall as a ‘Literary Holiday’ encouraged by many of those who, sadly, are still unaware of its existence....
S A Y S . . . . . . . Supporting LOCAL TALENT means expanding the industry!!!
THE AVENGERS MOVIE,.... live-action & prime-time is due to hit theaters, stay-tuned HERE for your chance to experience it.....BIG!!!....and learn about an Event you never thought you'd see.... [....actually, what odds would you have been given in betting to EVER see a non-animated 'AVENGERS' movie on the silver screen??....]..
Who doesn't just LOVE Samuel L. Jackson [...created as Nick Fury WAY before the movies in MARVEL's 'modernistly' designed 'ULTIMATE COMICS', an on-going 2nd Universe...<<see below>>]....epspecially when he's ordering around 'EARTH's MIGHTYEST',......WANT MORE?!....Looking 4 then READ:.
says......Marvel's mightiest, 'The AVENGERS' titles, have been simply amazing reads lately!
The perfect place to START READING 'THE AVENGERS' is @ the 'AVG: Disassembled' point [...collection always kept in stock... ;o], where huge ramifications lead to the dissolving & rearranging of the team a-la DC's 'JUSTICE LEAGUE', with big-gun characters SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE being asked to play parts...
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Fan-Favourite, and Canadian,EH?, artist extraordinaire David Finch [...now at DC Comics, on 'BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT'...] provided the widescreen, show-stoping art, perfectly matched with Brian Michael Bendis' action w/character narratives which lead to 'The Avengers' becoming a welcomed 21st Century 'extended-family' for its members....
....which they needed....as FEW would have ever expected what trials lay ahead......
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Before the movie, IF YOU ONLY READ ONE AVENGERS BOOK, just one, the fast-paced thrill-ride that'll keep you awake & at attention is.....
Ok, we admit it, picking just ONE of these is like choosing between potential date-mates on a Friday night [...pick the UGLY one, you'll both be happier... :o]....so we offer double the choice....
[....Technically speaking, these ARE different MARVEL UNIVERSES [one, the modern 'ULTIMATE COMICS line-up created in 2000, the other created in 1961 with Fantastic Four #1!...], and both are TRUE CEREBRAL ACTION for the thinking reader!...]
1........If you have a political bone, enjoy tainted heroics, and generally steer clear of MARVEL, we suggest to READ:
'----THE ULTIMATES'........a cliche-smashing reality of a 'heroism' in modern day, splashed with shady political undertones leaving oneself with a burning satisfied sensation once digested...
....OR.......
2......If you LOVE SUPERHEROES, enjoy their interactions, and have a sneaky feeling you haven't left them behind just yet [...you're RIGHT, like always!... ;o], then READ:
'CIVIL WAR'.........the prototype grown-up MARVEL tale breaks everything, and doesn't fix it....the most realistic crossover they've ever attempted forces YOU to seriously question..."Whose Side Are YOU On?"
....and GUESS WHAT?.....they are BOTH written by the SAME AUTHOR...remember the name...
.........M A R K M I L L A R !
-----Dum-Dum Dugan:Why aren't these men in uniform?
-----Tony Stark: It's 'Casual Friday'. Uniforms are optional for support staff... didn't you get the memo?
— Iron Man [Vol 4] #15
"Nice thing about built-in radar: You can see where you're going
-- when you can't see where you're going!"
--Iron Man #226
"Today, comics is one of the very few forms of mass communication in which
individual voices still have a chance to be heard...."
-----Scott McCloud, author of UNDERSTANDING COMICS
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AVENGERS vs X-MEN PRERELEASE SPECIAL EVENT NIGHT
This year it's finally time to solve the ultimate fanboy question for MARVEL ZOMBIES everywhere, which is the most powerful team when put to the test in AVENGERS VS X-MEN #0, AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1, #2, #3, #4, #5! For more SEE BELOW for our special PRE-RELEASE PARTY for AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1!!!.......
says..... X-MEN vs AVENGERS is Marvel's 2012 Big Event !
.....For the FIRST TIME in 18 YEARS [!!!!], IMAGE COLLECTIONS will be OPEN on a TUES night!!!!!......just FOR YOU....to pick up a copy of MARVEL's 2012 Event!!!
AVENGERS VS X-MEN LAUNCH PARTY
@ IMAGE COLLECTIONS [Comic & Card Store]
181A Queen Street, Streetsville, Mississauga
TUESDAY APRIL 3rd @ 6:00 - 9:00pm
----Wolverine: "I ain't up to anything don't have the word "beer" in it..."
------Beast: "You could fight for beers..."
----Wolverine: "Well, now that doesn't sound too bad...."
will give us the headings, and...-"
that I should be here, but there's clearly someone evil behind this, and...
...well, with all the attacks on former Avengers - well, it could be a trap...."
[.....Long pause as everyone stares at Justice.....]
------Justice: Oh. Right. Of course it's a trap. I'll just shut up now..
............THANKS 4 SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT F.C.B.Day 2012......
Hello there......Some of you it seems may not yet have heard of the holiday celebration known as FREE COMIC BOOK DAY until now, so here is some info....so that you TOO can get pumped about it!
Hello You....DC 52 Relaunch
Oh, Hi There!....Great to see you! We thought you'd make it back here eventually :o)...
WELCOME to IMAGE COLLECTIONS' little place on the web. We may NOT have the most 'fantabulous' website on the 'net, but at least we...er,...try?? Do we intentionally make it look like this?...Only 'The Shadow' knows for sure...This new site morphs almost daily, bursting with goodness, or something close to it,...or far... Thanks for taking time out to visit us, as we hope YOU are able to do IN PERSON one day also @ our 21 YEAR OLD STORE in Streetsville, Mississauga [Near Toronto, Ontario, CANADA] ...
| Sailor Moon... yes, SAILOR MOON is Back!......CALL for details! | ||
| Early FEB 2012 | .....NEW Magic Set 'DARK ASCENSION' is Released!..... | |
| --Best of DC-52s-- | --BEST READING--#1.Batman--#2.Swamp Thing--#3.Detective Comics-- | |
| Fri Feb.3 / Sun Feb.5 | .....NEW Magic 'Dark Ascension' Release Weekend Drafts | 6:15pm Fri, 1pm Sun |
| Learn How to make COMICS!....Call us for details! | ||
| UPCOMING: Image Comics 'SAGA'#1....StarWars meets Romeo&Juliet!!! | ||
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.....Speaking of Sci-Fi-Space-Fantasy.... Dark Horse is revealing the Origins of the JEDI, in it's STAR WARS Comics!!! |
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| COMIC BOOK CHAT........EVERY WED from 6:15 - 8:00pm | ||
| DC 'Full REBOOT' DEBATE | 6pm | |
| Come On Out & PICK A SIDE, is DC CRAZY? | ||
| or Are You CRAZY for the DC Relaunch last FALL? | ||
| Which costumes will be changing? Is DC still CRAZY? Learn about the NEW SUPERMAN, FLASH!! | ||
| Come On Out... Have YOUR SAY about the BATGIRL Controversy... FIRESTORM is back in SEPT! | ||
| FOR MORE on the DC REVAMP see covers below & our READING COMICS PAGE... Link BELOW | ||
4 NEW DC INFO click here:
http://www.imagecollections.ca/reading-comics
S A Y S . . . How Long Has It Been For You Since Your Last Comic?.....
| Weekly Events @ Image Collections | ||
| Mondays | Play Magic: the Gathering | 6-8pm |
| Tuesdays | Play Yugioh, the card game | 4-6pm |
| Tuesdays | Multiplayer Magic: the Gathering | 4pm |
| Wednesdays | NEW COMICS DAY (100's new every week!) | 11am |
| Wednesdays | COMIC CHAT (share YOUR thoughts!) | 6-8pm |
| Thursdays | Play WOW (Warcraft), the card game | 6-8pm |
| Fridays | Play Yugioh, the card game | 4-6pm |
| Fridays | Play Magic: the Gathering | 6-8pm |
| Saturdays | Learn & Play Pokemon | 11am |
| Saturdays | HEROclix Blastoff - Learn & Play | 1-3pm |
| Saturdays | Play V.S. (Marvel/DC card game) | 2-4pm |
| Saturdays | Play Magic: the Gathering | 4-6pm |
| Sundays | Image Collections ART GROUP | 1-3pm |
| (Come on out and share with up-and-coming artists, like yourself) | ||
| Sundays | Play Magic: the Gathering (Draft) | 1-3pm |
CALL FOR DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN ENTER OUR 24 HOUR COMIC BOOK DAY EVENT SAT. OCT. 1st
......We HAVE LOTS!
......also...the latest set 'Dark Ascension' [...the twighlight-ish set!]
COME OUT AND PLAY ALL WEEKEND LONG !....ALL FORMATS....Call 4 DETAILS ....
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GET READY FOR THE.... DC 'REBOOT' / 'RELAUNCH' / 'RESTART' IN SEPT
Every DC SERIES is being CANCELED after AUGUST, and come SEPTEMBER they will be starting from scratch with new modern, contemporary versions debuting with...
....52 ALL-NEW #1 ISSUES!!!...
As Reported Here, as well as on more desirable destinations on the Web, the HUGE COMIC NEWS is that DC COMICS, after over 70 Years of publishing "The ORIGINAL Universe" of superheroes, will be...
STOPPING ALL OF ITS TITLES IN AUGUST...
....Though September will bring with it a new 'FALLing' out of sorts...
A NEW SUPERMAN will debut as DC's FIRST HERO as the company is sure to 'rake' in many interested NEW READERS discovering a COMPLETE REBIRTH of its SUPERHEROES with 52 NEW #1s....
...... RESERVE EARLY SO YOU DON'T MISS OUT.......
S A Y S . . . "For MORE About The DC-NEW-52 see our Reading Comics page.."
The 'NEW DC 52' RELAUNCH Titles:
- Justice League #1.....Featuring Famed Superstar ARTIST JIM LEE!
- Action Comics #1
- Animal Man #1
- Batgirl #1
- Batwing #1
- Detective Comics #1
- Green Arrow #1
- Hawk & Dove #1
- Justice League International #1
- Men of War #1
- O.M.A.C #1
- Static Shock #1
- StormWatch #1
- Swamp Thing #1
- Batman and Robin #1
- Batwoman #1
S A Y S . . . How Long Has It Been For You Since Your Last Comic?.....
- Deathstroke #1
- Demon Knights #1
- Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE #1
- Green Lantern #1
- Grifter #1
- Legion Lost #1
- Mister Terrific #1
- Red Lanterns #1
- Resurrection Man #1
- Suicide Squad #1
- Superboy #1
- Batman #1
- Birds of Prey #1
- Blue Beetle #1
- Captain Atom #1
- Catwoman #1
- DC Universe Presents #1
- Green Lantern Corps #1
- Legion of Super-Heroes #1
- Nightwing #1
- Red Hood and the Outlaws #1
- Supergirl #1
- Wonder Woman #1
- All-Star Western #1
- Aquaman #1
- Batman: The Dark Knight #1
- Blackhawks #1
- The Flash #1
- The Fury of Firestorm #1
- Green Lantern: The New Guardians #1
- I, Vampire #1
- Justice League Dark #1
- Superman #1
- Teen Titans #1
- The Savage Hawkman #1
- Voodoo #1
For MORE info clicky: www.dccomics.com
S A Y S . . .Support Your Local Comics Shop...(they would, wouldn't they...:o)
.......'nuff said!
DC MOVIE MAY BE TOO 'GREEN' FOR SOME, BUT
'LANTERN' COMICS SHINE PLOT BLATENTLY PROUD...
Art by ALEX ROSS
DC's surprisingly most consistent high-grade hero
reading is, and has been for years now, its staple will-
powered character Hal Jordan, otherwise known as the
'GREEN LANTERN'....
Over the past 6 years, DC has allowed anyone who chooses to, enter easily into the life of Hal through gateway stories such as 'GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH',which contains everything a newcomer'd ever need to know about emerald ring-wielders, and 'SECRET ORIGIN', an emotional internal struggle within a man who has almost no trouble adapting to amazing abilities, yet has complex foibles as a human being, which literally blow up the challenges of being, with apologies to Marvel's Daredevil's catchphrase, "a man without fear"...
Don't let the spaced-out rock-'em/sock-'em of a few stories and a visually explosive movie fool you, GREEN LANTERN usually reads as a very down-to-earth, character-driven beam of redeeming light in a sometimes murky medium...
"I shall shed my light over dark evil.
For the dark things cannot stand the light,
The light of the Green Lantern! "
----Original oath uttered by first [1940's] Green Lantern, Alan Scott.
"In brightest day, in darkest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power...Green Lantern's light!"
---The most famous version, used by modern [1960's & up] Green Lantern, Hal Jordan.
S A Y S . . . "Have You Admitted 2 Anyone Yet You Once Played With POGs?"...
Con Bravo
...As seen @Image Collections
2011 FreeComicBookDay Event,....
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CON BRAVO is July 30-31 2011!
With Tons of Action, and lots of Special Guests, check out this LOCAL alternative to boredom.........
Image FUN @ Free Comic Book Day [with PICs!].....
Want to score big with a parent?... Pick up any issue of TINY TITANS [dcKids]... perfect for ANY AGE, large panels, simple words, and FUN stories!
It's WORTH the drive (or walk, or subway, then bus,... or even BIKE-Ride... in these environmentally-savvy times) to Streetsville, MISSISSAUGA (West of Toronto, Canada).
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[...near Toronto], Ontario, CANADA
Located @ Hwy 401 West & Mississauga Road [approx.]
COME VISIT US SOON...
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A HUGE THANKS goes out to all who on the 1st SATof MAY took in our...
[ GUEST LIST BELOW....]
Much FUN was had, [...to find out, keep checking our
FCBDay PAGE [see LINK way at top] for updated photos
and comments [soon 2 come] on the event ...
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