FRAGGLE ROCK event today!

Meet writers ADRIANNE AMBROSE and LEIGH DRAGOON now until 3PM today at Flying Colors!

Cool stuff is happening at FLYING COLORS!

Peace!

FlyCoJoe

A Not Quite Autobiographical Spritiual Comedy: Local Talent Makes Good!

Now in Stock at Flying Colors is a very cool book called

IMAGINARY JESUS

It's the first novel written by

MATT MIKALATOS...

and it is

Highly Recommended!

Matt was on staff here at Flying Colors in the '90s, along with he crew that included Sam, Alan, Roland, Gavin and Adrian. Since his time here, Matt has graduated from UC Riverside, been a high school teacher, a missionary in China and also graduated from Western Seminary.

So, yes, this is a book with a lot of Christian spiritual thought in it. It is also one of the better comedies you'll read in any genre. Starting in a laid-back Portland coffee shop, Matt encounters a dude who could be Jesus, a talking donkey and a wild man named Pete... who could just be an apostle.

IMAGINARY JESUS follows the trek of Matt, Pete and the donkey as they chase after the one they think is the real Jesus.

The quest even takes Matt and his cohorts back to FLYING COLORS. That's right, part of the novel is set right here in my favorite comic shop (and hopefully yours, too). All through this novel are reminders that Matt is really a comics geek disguised as a Christian thinker.

There's comedy gold in reading IMAGINARY JESUS ...and it may just help you on your personal quest to find the Real One while you're at it.

This is a book that can be enjoyed by believers and non-believers alike, as it veers far away from preachiness and sticks to the goal at hand--- delivering Matt from all the misconceptions he's carried about who Jesus is---and by extension, how Jesus is misunderstood in this world.

Congrats on the book, Matt!

Peace! 

FlyCoJoe

To Do List: Meet FRAGGLE ROCK writers at Flying Colors on Saturday May 29

One of the big hits from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY is Archaia Entertainment's FRAGGLE ROCK comic book.

Well, my pal Mel Caylo at Archaia called me to set up an appearance for two of FRAGGLE ROCK's writers for the release of FRAGGLE ROCK #2... and it's a "GO!"

Saturday May 29 from Noon-3PM, stop by Flying Colors to meet writer/cartoonists Leigh Dragoon and Adrianne Ambrose.

Leigh has previously workd with Sam Keith on the series My Inner Bimbo from ONI Press, as well as Faerie Path manga from Tokyopop/HarperCollins.

Adrianne was nominated for a Writer's Guild of America award for video game Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble, and is also the author of  Confessions of a Virgin Sacrifice, an entertaining farce that pokes copious amounts of fun at the fantasy genre.

FRAGGLE ROCK #2 hit the racks on Wednesday May 26.

Peace!

FlyCoJoe 

FCBD Contest winners!

Thanks again to everyone who attended Free Comic Book Day at Flying Colors on Saturday May 1.

Here are the names of the lucky winners from our contest:
Kelly Conroy, Walnut Creek
Colton Haley, Danville
Ethan Rosenstein, Walnut Creek
Karma Christensen, Walnut Creek
Stephanie Duchin, Concord
Paul DaRosa, Concord 

Peace!

FlyCoJoe

Thank You!

Thanks to everyone for coming to Free Comic Book Day at Flying Colors last Saturday!

We'll be announcing the winners of our FCBD contest on Wednesday May 5---which just so happens to be our next NEW RELEASES' DAY, with dozens of great titles coming out...including WAR OF THE SUPERMEN, continued from the FCBD edition.

Also, Wednesday sees the release of DC Comics' BRIGHTEST DAY #1--- and Flying Colors is offering a FREE While Lantern ring with the purchase of BRIGHTEST DAY #1 (limit one per customer).

See you soon--- in Flying Colors!
Peace!

FlyCoJoe

New podcast interview with FLyCoJoe

"Funny Books with Aron & Paulie" interview FlyCoJoe about Free Comic Book Day, comics' retailing and a number of graphic novels you just may want to read!
Hit the link  HERE!

Countdown to Free Comic Book Day!

One week from Saturday on May 1, we'll be having a huge party to celebrate
the 9th Annual FREE COMIC BOOK DAY at Flying Colors.

For some interviews with the artists and writers of this year's FCBD comics, please hit this link!

For a look back at photos from previous FCBD events at Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff, hit this link! 

Flying Colors' Special Guest on FCBD from 11AM-2PM will be ERIK LARSEN, Image Comics founding partner and artist/writer of the long-running series SAVAGE DRAGON. For Erik's Wiki page, hit this link! 

Flying Colors will also have a special appearance from 11AM-1PM by everyone's favorite movie mutant--- the one and only WOLVERINE! 

We'll be giving away thousands of FREE comic books on Saturday May 1 from 11AM-7PM--- and we hope you can make it and bring a bunch of your friends, especially the ones who are not currently comic book readers!

Peace!

FlyCoJoe
(and please know you're invited to join the Flying Colors Comics Fan Brigade on Facebook. Just hit this link..and then search for Flying Colors Comics Fan Page! )

New Video: Flying Colors Free Comic Book Day ad

Welcome to Flying Colors: New Video

ERIK LARSEN GUESTS AT FLYING COLORS ON FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

May 1st Event Features Thousands of FREE Comic Books

Erik Larsen, the creator of SAVAGE DRAGON and one of the founding artists of Image Comics, will be the special in-store guest at the Free Comic Book Day event Saturday May 1, 2010 at Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff in Concord CA.
Larsen is scheduled to appear at Flying Colors from
11AM-2PM. The Free Comic Book Day giveaway will be from 11AM-7PM. Flying Colors Comics is at 2980 Treat Blvd in Concord CA.

“I’m thrilled to have Erik back to Flying Colors for the first time since our one-year anniversary way back in October 1989!” said Joe Field, owner of Flying Colors and founder of the Free Comic Book Day worldwide event. “Our Free Comic Book Day events here are a huge party and I’m happy that a talent like Erik is making the time to make new fans here at Flying Colors that day.”

In addition to thousands of Free Comic Book Day editions being given away on May 1, Flying Colors will also have a limited number of FREE copies of Larsen’s SAVAGE DRAGON: Image First edition for Larsen to sign for comic fans and new readers alike.

“I love getting out to meet fans and show more new readers what comics are all about,” said Larsen. “It’ll be great to see everyone at Flying Colors which really is the epicenter of Free Comic Book Day.”
Erik Larsen is best known as the creator/writer/artist of SAVAGE DRAGON, the long-running comic book series from Image Comics. He has also worked on a variety of titles for Marvel Comics, including Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, The Defenders, Wolverine, and Nova. At DC Comics, Larsen has worked on The Doom Patrol, The Outsiders, Teen Titans, Adventures of Superman and Aquaman.

In the early ‘90s, Erik Larsen and five other comic book artists left the work-for-hire environs of Marvel Comics to form Image Comics, where Larsen launched his creator-owned Savage Dragon series. He served as publisher of Image Comics from 2004-2009 a period of great creative diversification for Image.

Free Comic Book Day is now in its ninth year. The event, founded by Flying Colors’ owner Joe Field, is celebrated the first Saturday in May at nearly 2000 comic book stores in nearly three-dozen countries. Since its inaugural year in 2002, more than 15 MILLION comic books have been given away, drawing attention to the creative diversity and entertaining storytelling found in contemporary comics.

More information about Free Comic Book Day can be found at http://FreeComicBookDay.com
Updates about the event at Flying Colors can be found at
http://FlyingColorsComics.com.