Free Comic Book Day Guests!

Signing on Free Comic Book Day, May 3 from 11AM-2PM.

Alex De Luca is the creator and writer of the forthcoming horror graphic novel Enigmatown, previewed in the special edition FCBD 2025 Red 5 Comics Adventures. Alex’s work has been seen in comics for Red 5 Comics, 10 Ton Press, Antarctic Press, AC Comics, and Pilot Studios...and more!

 

Alex is also active as a guitarist in Rush tribute bands… and you may just want to ask him about being the official cartoon voice of the great Geddy Lee of Rush. 

 

 

 

Signing/sketching on Free Comic Book Day, May 3 from 11AM-2PM

Tom Beland rose to fame with his independent autobiographical series True Story Swear to God. Also check out his Chicacabra!

 

Tom has done work for Marvel Comics (Spider-Man, Fantastic Four) and has an original feature page in Flying Colors 30th Anniversary Special.

 

 

Mon 4/21 @ 5PM: Rosenberg & Boss Double-header

A signing on a Monday afternoon?

Maybe we're crazy to try this, but we're grateful for the opportunity to host writers Matt Rosenberg (We're Taking Everyone Down With Us) and Tyler Boss (You'll Do Bad Things) for making the time to visit Flying Colors on their whirlwind tour of comic shops. 

Join us to see their new Image Comics, get the comics signed and join the discussion of how we're all going to take the comics' world to greater heights! 

Wed 4/16: Ben Ferrari's SON CHASERS debut

Next up!

Ben Ferrari will be at Flying Colors at the start of our next new Releases Day on Wednesday April 16 from 11AM-1PM to debut his new one-shot special SON CHASERS!

We hope you’ll join us. Event page HERE!

JIM LEE Signing Event Tips!

JIM LEE Event

Important Reminders for Event Ticket Holders!

1) PARKING! When you arrive, as a courtesy to Trader Joe's shoppers and others in Heritage Square, please use the ground-level parking lot on Burnett Ave behind the Ashley Home Store.

2) EARLY START TIME!
The signing is scheduled for 11AM-1PM, but we'll try to get an early start at around 10AM.

3) For those who are members of the Flying Colors Hero Society, please get here by 9:30AM. General Admission ticket holders, please arrive by 10:30.

4)Remember to BRING THE YELLOW TICKET you got when you purchased your event ticket. That's your ticket to get the signatures. We cannot be responsible for lost ticket.

5) Please line up in order by the number on your ticket.  

6) Bring your copy of BATMAN 158 (main cover). That will be signed by Jim Lee. You can also bring as many as four other flat items, no larger than 11"x17" for Jim to sign. (If you forget to bring you copy of BATMAN 158, you will be limited to four other signatures).  

7) Sorry, but there will be no personal photos with Jim. We will have a professional photographer on hand. We will post event photos online soon after the event.

8) Please have all five of your items to be signed OUT OF THE BAGS & BOARDS as you approach Jim to get them signed.

 

9) Once your items are signed, please keep moving so we can get everyone through the line in the limited time we have.

Also, please consider bringing a bottle of water for the wait in line. Once we get going, we will do our best to move the line quickly.

Thank you, FlyCo Faithful!

Jim Lee event updates

UPDATES:

* Jim Lee signing event tickets are STILL AVAILABLE!
* Tickets are only available in store at Flying Colors!

Tickets will surely sell out before the event day, so get in here soon!

Flying Colors is open
Wed-Sat 11AM-7PM
Sun-Tue 11AM-6PM

Additional Info:

* Bring your copy of BATMAN 158 to get it signed.

* In addition, you can get four additional items signed. If you don't bring in your copy of BATMAN 158, then you will only be allowed the four total signatures.
* Items can be no larger than 11x17.

* Items must be FLAT. If you choose to bring an action figure or Funko box, the boxes must be flattened with no figure inside.

All of these rules are in place to ensure things move smoothly and that everyone will be able to get through the line in the limited time we have.

Also, please watch Flying Colors social media (Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and this blog) for updated info.


Tickets will surely sell out before the event day, so get in here soon!
Flying Colors is open Wed-Sat 11AM-7PM & Sun-Tue 11AM-6PM

Late shipments this week

Please note: 

Many comics schedule for release on Wednesday April 2 will be late. Unfortunately, this week shipments have NOT shown up yet from two out of three of our comic distributors.

We will have some new comics on Wednesday, as usual, but it won’t be til Thursday until we have ALL of this week’s New Releases. Thanks for your patience!

JIM LEE Event & Ticket Information

JIM LEE SIGNING EVENT & TICKET INFO

Who: Superstar Artist & DC Publisher JIM LEE!

What: Signing event to celebrate the release of the Batman "H2SH" story
Where: Flying Colors Comics, 1170 Concord Ave Suite 140, Concord CA
When: Saturday April 12 11AM-1PM

Due to the extremely limited time Jim Lee will be here, his signing appearance at Flying Colors is a limited ticketed event.  

To secure your ticket for the Jim Lee event:

* Starting Wednesday March 26 at 11AM, tickets will be available for a limited time to our Flying Colors Hero Society members for the member price of $50. Strict limit of ONE ticket per Hero Society member. (Please note: Hero Society memberships purchased after March 1 2025 are NOT eligible.)  

What's included:

* Ticket package will include a copy of BATMAN #158 (main cover), available with your ticket purchase. Also included in the ticket price, you'll receive copies of BATMAN #159-163 (main cover) to complete the H2SH storyline, as they are published and available for in-store pickup only at Flying Colors.

* Your ticket will include Jim Lee's signature on BATMAN #158, plus four additional signatures (flat items only) at the signing event.

* Tickets for the Jim Lee event will ONLY be sold in-store, not online or by phone.

Important Notes You Need to Know!
* If available, additional tickets for those not enrolled in Flying Colors Hero Society will go on sale Monday March 31 for $75 each with a strict limit of one.

Please Note:

1) Event tickets are not refundable, exchangeable or transferable. Lost tickets cannot be replaced. NO exceptions.

2) Tickets will be numbered. At the event, please line up in order of your ticket number.

 

3) On Saturday April 12, we ask all attendees to use the parking lot at 1200 Concord Avenue (with the T-Mobile high-rise office building), across John Glenn Drive from Flying Colors in Heritage Square.

4) There will be NO "meet and greet" photos. We will have a professional photographer here taking photos of the event.

Sat 3/22: Out of Alcatraz and into Flying Colors!

When: Saturday March 22 11AM-1PM
What: Signing for the first issue of OUT OF ALCATRAZ from ONI Press
Who: Author Christopher Cantwell and artist Tyler Crook
Where: Flying Colors Comics, 1170 Concord Ave (of course!)

Here's the set-up:

Born from one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century, this taut and breathtaking original limited series launches with a double-sized, 48-page debut from Eisner Award–nominated writer Christopher Cantwell (Plastic Man No More, Briar) and Eisner Award–nominated illustrator Tyler Crook (Harrow County, The Lonesome Hunters)!

Convicts Frank Morris and Clarence Anglin have washed ashore in San Francisco after surviving their infamous escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in June 1962. They soon meet their gruff and disappointed handler, a mysterious young woman who’s also running from something, and hope to quickly get their way north to the border—if they can even make it out of Modesto alive.

As a dogged federal manhunt and chance encounters threaten the desperate convicts, everyone involved is about to discover the same bloodstained truth: life on the run is an even more hellish prison than Alcatraz could have ever been!

Sat 4/5: Matt Mikalatos Debuts New Graphic Novel at Flying Colors

What: "God With Us" graphic novel signing and release event
Who: Best-selling author Matt Mikalatos
When: Saturday April 5 Noon-3PM
Where: Flying Colors Comics, 1170 Concord Ave Suite 140, Concord CA

Award-Winning Author Matt Mikalatos Explores 40 Beloved Stories in Scripture—from Creation and David and Goliath to the Resurrection—Through the Eyes of the Curious

WaterBrook is thrilled to introduce the captivating new graphic novel God With Us: Bible Stories on the Road to Emmaus (WaterBrook/Penguin Random House; release date 4/1/25) skillfully written by award-winning author Matt Mikalatos and wonderfully illustrated by David Shephard. 

Arriving a few weeks before Easter, God with Us will help readers young and old follow God’s story of love, hope, and rescue from Genesis to the Gospels—through 40 stories told by Jesus himself. This intriguing, funny, and heartfelt journey explores Scripture from Creation to the Resurrection through the eyes of the curious walking with Jesus on the Road to Emmaus.

God with Us also helps unveil the beautiful tapestry of Jesus’s loving presence throughout the biblical narrative. Mikalatos and Shephard effectively immerse readers in the culture and surroundings of first century Israel.

 

The long walk home after celebrating Passover in Jerusalem should be a joyful journey, but this year the travelers (including young Moshe and Rachel) are sad and afraid. Then a mysterious stranger shows up and starts telling stories—from many years ago all the way up to the recent death of Yeshua (Jesus) on the cross—and the friends can’t wait to hear more.

Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated, God with Us makes a perfect gift for Easter and throughout the year that families and readers of all ages will enjoy.

 

“Dave worked hard to make the land and trees and bushes, buildings, furniture, clothes (and toys!) look close to how they would have in those days," said author Matt Mikalatos. "Dave also did an amazing job bringing all the characters to life, and I enjoy seeing Yeshua as he eats and talks and laughs alongside the other people in this book…I love comics, and I love the Bible. I hope this graphic novel makes you love the Bible more too.”  

 

Flying Colors "God With Us" Facebook Events page is HERE!

(Photo at right: Matt Mikalatos on staff at Flying Colors Comics, circa 1996).

Sat 4/12: Jim Lee at Flying Colors... Again for the First Time!

Who: JIM LEE, mega-popular comics artist, DC Comics Publisher, cool dude
When: Saturday April 12 11AM-1PM
Where: Flying Colors Comics, 1170 Concord Ave
Why: Jim Lee's return to doing the art on BATMAN and his return to Concord where he did his first pro shop signing in 1988 at Flying Colors original location! 

We're thrilled to welcome our long-time friend and superstar artist Jim Lee to the new Flying Colors! Please note: this event is extremely limited so this will be a ticketed event.

We'll be announcing details soon, so please follow us on social media:
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Note: There will be NO online sales for this event. All sales to reserve your space at the signing will happen in-store at Flying Colors.