Big Planet Comics is proud to welcome Rebecca Goldfield, Michael Short and Matt Dembicki for a signing of their new book Captive of Friendly Cove!
May 21 – MariNaomi Signing and Reading
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Big Planet Comics is proud to welcome MariNaomi for a signing and reading from her new book from 2Cloud, Turning Japanese!
Kendall Goode & Paulina Ganucheau signing ...
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Big Planet Comics is proud to welcome local artists Kendall Goode & Paulina Ganucheau for their two new comic series, The Doorman from Heavy Metal, and Another Castle from Oni Press!
2016 Publishing Line and Kickstarter!
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We are publishing 12 comics in 2016 with Retrofit Comics, and we are running a Kickstarter to raise money. The comics include: We All Wish For Deadly Force by Leela Corman, Hellbound by Kaeleigh Forsyth and Alabaster Pizzo, Elf Cat in Love by James Kochalka, Summerland by Paloma Dawkins, Libby’s Dad by Eleanor Davis, Our Mother by Luke Howard, I Thought You Hated Me by MariNaomi, Canopy by Karine Bernadou, Lovers in the Garden by Anya Davidson, Shit and Piss by Tyler Landry, and a comic by Sophie Yanow!
Best of 2015 Podcast
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Kelly, Nick, and Jared countdown and compare their individual Top 10 Comics and Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2015! What shows up on multiple lists? What is #1?
Washington Post video
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The Washington Post business section did a cool video about our stores!
Alex de Campi & Carla Speed McNeil signings
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Big Planet Comics is proud to welcome Alex de Campi and Carla Speed McNeil, for 2 signings for their new Image Comics series, No Mercy, on Saturday December 12!
Kevin Panetta & Paulina Ganucheau signing! Zo...
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Big Planet Comics is proud to welcome our hometown heroes, Kevin Panetta and Paulina Ganucheau, for 2 signings for their new Dark Horse Comics series, Zodiac Starforce!
Best of 2014 Podcast – Part Two
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Best of 2014 Podcast – Part Two!
We put together our lists of the best of 2014! We have several different categories, and everything on these lists below are the best things that came out this year.
On our podcast we discuss them all to arrive at the top of each category.
Best Writer
Best All-Ages Comic/Graphic Novel
Best Colorist
Best Ongoing Series
Best Book
Best Sellers of 2014!
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2014 was a great and interesting year for comics! We’ve compiled all of our records to list Big Planet Comics’ best selling comics and graphic novels of the year. We’ve also listed each of our four store’s best sellers separately too, so you can see the interesting variations from store to store.
A Retailer’s Tips On Selling Minicomics
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Comics are awesome. And some of the most awesome comics are the ones you create yourself, and then print and sell yourself. (We’re calling these sort of comics “minicomics” for short.) And we love seeing an amazing new minicomic, whether it’s someone’s first work or an established “professional” who is doing something personal for themselves. As a store, we love selling minicomics! They are far more diverse than comics put out by big publishers and showcase an amazing array of talent. But, as a comics retailer, we’ve also noticed a lot of things that make it hard for minicomic creators to sell us comics, and for us to sell minicomics to...
Big Planet Comics Mural by Juan Pineda
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Big Planet Comics is proud to have a brand-new mural on the front of our Washington, DC store by local artist Juan Pineda!