Comic Relief Labor Day Sale!

Back Issue Bins 50% off!
Discounted Graphic Novels!
Select Manga 30% off!
50 cent Comic Books!

20% off Back Counter Vintage Books (non consignment)!
Select Archive Editions/Marvel Masterworks 35% off!
Adult Comics/Material 30% off!

NEW Graphic Novel and Trade Reading Club: Buy 10 books; get one FREE!

Comic Relief
The Comic Bookstore
2026 Shattuck Ave
510.843.5002

Comic Relief and San Francisco Zine Fest Present!

John Porcellino (King Cat) and Noah Van Sciver (Blammo)

Both artists will present slideshows of their work, followed by Q+A and Booksigning!

Thursday, September 2nd at 7pm!

Comic Relief, 2026 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

Click here to RSVP on Facebook!

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JOHN PORCELLINO was born in Chicago, in 1968, and has been writing, drawing, and publishing minicomics, comics, and graphic novels for over twenty-five years. His celebrated self-published series King-Cat Comics, begun in 1989, has inspired a generation of cartoonists. Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man, a collection of King-Cat stories about Porcellino’s experiences as a pest control worker, won an Ignatz Award in 2005, and Perfect Example, first published in 2000, chronicles his struggles with depression as a teenager. King-Cat Classix, published in 2007, is a comprehensive overview of the zine’s first fifty issues, and Thoreau at Walden is a poetic expression of the great philosopher’s experience and ideals. According to cartoonist Chris Ware, “John Porcellino’s comics distill, in just a few lines and words, the feeling of simply being alive.”

More info: http://www.king-cat.net/

Map of My Heart celebrates the twentieth anniversary of John Porcellino’s seminal and influential comics zine, King-Cat Comics, which he began self-publishing in 1989. In this collection, Porcellino, while living in isolation and experiencing the pain of divorce, crafts a melancholic, tender graphic-ballad of heartbreak and reflection.

Known for his sad, quiet honesty, rendered in his signature deceptively minimalist style, Porcellino has a command of graphic storytelling as sophisticated as the medium’s more visually intricate masters. Few other artists are able to so expertly contemplate the sadness, beauty, and wonder of life in so few lines.

http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/

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Last Gasp’s review of the brand new BLAMMO #6 (Noah Van Sciver):

“Remember your favorite Alternative comic books from the ’80s and ’90s? All of those comics that defined their era for a generation of people, and then ended? Well, this era now has its own great Alternative comic book, and here it is! Blammo is the slightly surreal, semi-autobiographical comic book from young up- and- comer Noah Van Sciver. If you’ve never seen or heard of this comic book, this issue is an excellent starting point. Blammo #6 is 32 pages of piss and vinegar, punks fighting giant lizards, Bob Dylan exposed, tips on how to live the easy life and more! Van Sciver channels the greats in his work, and you’ll want to get in on this now!”

http://nvansciver.wordpress.com/

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An SF Zine Fest Event!
http://www.sfzinefest.com/
Don’t miss the Zine Fest, September 4th and 5th at the County Fair Building, San Francisco!

Landmark’s California Theatre and Comic Relief present: Scott Pilgrim vs the World!

The new movie based on the epic comic series hits the California Theatre on Friday, August 13th!

Bring your Scott Pilgrim ticket from the California Theatre to Comic Relief and get 20% off any work by Bryan Lee O’Malley!

For showtimes at the California Theatre, click here!

California Theatre, 2113 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA 94704

Comic Relief, 2026 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

Yes, folks, Comic Relief will not be attending San Diego Comic Con this year. However, with some help from Dark Horse, fun will still be had at home!

We’re participating in Dark Horse’s #notatcomiccon promotion. This Saturday, July 24th, we’ll have prize giveaways, and a raffle for Dark Horse schwag - Hellboy, Buffy, Star Wars, and plenty of other Dark Horse products!

So come on down and help us keep our chins up.

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Comic Relief, 2026 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704, 510.843.5002

Octopus Pie: There Are No Stars in Brooklyn

A book signing with Meredith Gran.

Join us this Friday, July 16th, from 6-8pm to celebrate the release of Meredith Gran’s new book! Read the comic online at http://www.octopuspie.com/. Come to the store and walk away with a signed copy of the new book!

Comic Relief

2026 Shattuck Ave

Berkeley, CA 94704

510-843-5002

Please RSVP at our Facebook event page!

Image Comics and Comic Relief Presents!

PUG: Official Graphic Novel Release Party! 104 pages of rousing fisticuffs and heartfelt emotion!

One night only! Main event!

With writer Derek McCulloch, artist Greg Espinoza, and special guest Shepherd Hendrix!

Wednesday, July 14th, 4-8pm at Comic Relief, THE Comic Bookstore. 2026 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

FREE FOOD AND DRINKS!

RSVP at our Facebook Event!

Comic Relief proudly presents Richard Starkings, creator and writer of Hip Flask and Elephantmen. Soon to be a major motion picture!

Wednesday, June 16th - ALL DAY - 11:30am to 9pm!

At Comic Relief, THE Comic Bookstore! 2026 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704. 510-843-5002

Free Comic Book Day

May 1st, 2010

A DAY OF FREE COMICS, SPECIAL GUESTS, AND FUN!

12PM-2PM:
James Robinson (Starman, Leave It To Chance, JLA)

Jimmie Robinson (T. Runt, Bomb Queen, Evil & Malice)

Derek McCulloch (Stagger Lee, T. Runt, Displaced Persons)

Greg Espinoza (Pug)

2PM - 6PM:
Eric Jones (Supergirl, Batman Brave and the Bold, Little Gloomy)

Pannel Vaughn (Illustrator)

Landry Walker (Supergirl, Batman, Incredibles, Little Gloomy)

Comic Relief: The Comic Bookstore
2026 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA
(510)843-5002

Meanwhile is the world’s first interactive comic. It is up to YOU, the reader, to decide how the story unfolds. Using an innovative system of tabs and tubes, readers can follow the story right, left, up, down, around in circles or even off the
page! Puzzles, clues, and even hidden codes lead the reader to secret pages, which offer even more adventures to explore in parallel universes!

Comic Relief sold the very first copy of Meanwhile in the late 90’s, back when it was a self published, hand cut minicomic. Please join Jason as he returns to the scene of the crime for a reception and book signing to celebrate the book’s publication and national release.  There will be wine, beer, snacks, a slideshow about the making of the book, older versions of Meanwhile, and a paper calculator for people to play with!

Saturday, March 20th, 7 to 9pm!

Comic Relief, 2026 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA - 510.843.5002

Facebook event: Jason Shiga at Comic Relief!

Ryohei will be signing his book ‘Killer Cuts and Killing Shapes.’ Limited edition of 500, printed in Oakland on 100% recycled paper by Rowan Morrison Publishing.

Comic Relief, 2026 Shattuck Av, Berkeley, CA 94704, 510.843.5002

In conjunction with his show ‘Rockin’ Paprs, Swingin’ Scissors’ at Rowan Morrison Gallery, 330 40th St, Oakland, CA 94609. Opening reception Satu, March 6th from 7-10pm. www.rowanmorrison.com