SF News Castro Comic Book Shop 'Whatever' Launches Fundraising Effort To Forestall Imminent Closure A Castro comic book store is in serious financial trouble, with its owner saying he needs to raise $8,000 by the end of the week or the shop will close for good.
Arts & Entertainment SF Finally Gets a Comic Con, Kicking Off Today The ratio of nerds to official Comic Cons has always been out of whack in San Francisco, where we cosplay every day but have never had a full-on Comic Con (just WonderCon!) held
Arts & Entertainment Rediscovered Historical Comics Recall San Francisco Days Of Yore Ron Henggeler, a chronicler of local ephemera in his newsletter, happened upon a 1975 volume of illustrations harkening back to Old Frisco by Albert Tolf, and you should take a look. The historical
SF News Photos: Here's What Went Down At Silicon Valley Comic Con Yesterday brought with it the conclusion of Silicon Valley Comic Con — the science fiction and fantasy convention spearheaded in part by Steve Wozniak that this past weekend graced San Jose for the first
Arts & Entertainment "Calvin & Hobbes" Creator Bill Watterson Returns With Artwork In "Pearls Before Swine" Comics Earlier today, former-San Francisco lawyer/now-syndicated cartoonist Stephan Pastis, revealed that legendary "Calvin and Hobbes" creator had contributed artwork to Pastis' "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip this week. Apparently Pastis had struck up
SF News Photos: Batkid Saves Gotham City, Wins San Francisco's Heart You can breathe a sigh of relief, San Francisco, as young, yet oh-so strong, Batkid Miles saved the day. Here now are pics showing what went down after Make-A-Wish turned Baghdad by the
Arts & Entertainment Matt Groening's Mother Dies, Leaves Behind Simpsons-esque Obit When Simpsons creator Matt Groening's mother, Margaret (or Marge, as her friends knew her), died last month at the age of 94, a wonderful obituary was printed in a Portland, Oregon newspaper, which
Arts & Entertainment Sunday: Judd From 'The Real World S.F.' Giving Away His Entire Comic Book Oeuvre Speaking of Real World: San Francisco, Judd Winick, a noted comic book writer/artist in his own right, will give away his entire collection of books that he's written over the years. Buy
Arts & Entertainment Waldo Alley Street Sign Given 'Where's Waldo' Makeover A clever prankster dolled up the street sign at Waldo Alley in the Marina Russian Hill with much-needed Where's Waldo flair, replete with red and white cap and stripes. Ingenious. [Photo:Rick Haelig
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMICS: Daniel Clowes, of Ghost World fame, is at City Lights tonight celebrating the release of Mister Wonderful, a newly published collection of his Eisner Award-winning comic series that originally appeared in The
misc The Weather Was So Nice Today... ...even Superman stopped to enjoy it. Have a great weekend, folks.
Arts & Entertainment Mission District-Based Comics Wanted for New Book by Laura Beck You guys, this a totally brilliant idea. The Mission is already saturated with every type of media, so why not make it the most interesting kind? A comic book! Lauren
misc Read SF Public Press Funnies! SF Public Press, an online site that's also a $2 newspaper, recently featured a full page comic strip from artist Andrew Goldfarb and writer Shawn Gaynor about sit-lie law. It's like Garfield, but
SF News What San Francisco Neighborhoods Would Cartoons Live In? Hoodscope came up with this deliriously joyful bit: in which SF neighborhoods would cartoon characters live? Brilliant. Let's see, in the spicy meatball that is North Beach, they've got the Mario Brothers; in
misc Webcomic About SF Startup Scene Launched by <em>Twitter Wit</em> Author Nick Douglas, former Gawker and Valleywag scribe/Twitter Wit author, created a glorious new comic about a nascent online internet e-web venture in San Francisco. It's called Big Damn Deal. Douglas kicks things
misc Photos: Wondercon 2010 at Moscone Center Scores of comic aficionados converged on Moscone Center this weekend to attend the annual Wondercon, our annual comic book, science fiction, and motion picture convention. Folks dressed up in colorful attire, emulating characters
Arts & Entertainment Local Bookmongers All Either Dying or Frenetic or Both by Matt Baume It's tough times for local booksellers. With Abandoned Planet cleaned out, McDonald's given the heave-ho, and the name of the frightening Forever After Books in the Haight thankfully shown to
misc Gift Guide: Caffeinated Comics by Amy Crocker Caffeinated Comics has posted this helpful holiday gift guide, suggesting specialized comic books for your entire list. Their recommendations include: Your Buddy Who Lives in the Mission: "The Graphic Bio
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMICS: Shitty Kitty is still abroad, but Telephone & Soup will be showcasing their latest Shitty Kitty work at Mission: Comics, which was inspired by their recent relocation to Rabat, Morocco. There will
SF News Al's Comics Vandalized Well, this wasn't cool. Al's Comics, located on Market Street across from The Center, was vandalized over the weekend. According to Josh Ellingson, who captured the image above, "Around 3-4 a.m. on
misc Photos: San Francisco Zine Fest Photog Steve Rhodes captured these fun and colorful photos at the San Francisco Zine Fest on Saturday. Check out the full collection on Flickr. Stay tuned for SFist Brock's rundown of Sunday at
Arts & Entertainment "Tales Of Mere Existence" Book Release Party Tonight is the first officially published book by Lev Yilmaz, author of the underground animation and webcomic series "Tales Of Mere Existence". Lev will be doing a reading from the book, and showing animations
