Mission Comics & Art

This month we're meeting up to discuss YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION by Badiucao and Melissa Chan! Published by Street Noise Books From Emmy-nominated journalist Melissa Chan and esteemed activist artist Badiucao comes a near-future dystopian graphic novel about technology, authoritarian government, and the lengths that one will go to in the fight for […]

Join us in welcoming comic creators Briana Loewinsohn and Jordan Morris! RAISED BY GHOSTS by Briana Loewinsohn This brilliant YA graphic novel is a love letter to family and all of the messy complexities they come with, from the acclaimed author of Ephemera: A Memoir. Set in the author’s own teenage years, Raised By Ghosts […]

This month we're meeting up to discuss the Eisner award nominated DJUNA by local artist Jon Macy! "She was the glamorous tortured genius of 1920s Paris. A poet, painter, novelist, and reporter. She was one of the stars of the Lost Generation. Her terrible childhood fueled her novels with Shakespearean tragedy. Her savage love affair […]

Joi us in welcoming local artist Hugh D'Andrade and his new graphic memoir THE MURDER NEXT DOOR published by Street Noise Books "When Hugh was ten years old, his next door neighbor was brutally murdered. Hugh and the victim’s sons discovered the body. Feeling that the murder was something that happened to his friends, and […]

This month we're meeting up to discuss MY FAIRY GODFATHER by local writer Robert Mailer Anderson and artist Jon Sack "Set in Liberal, Kansas, a teenager moves in with her gay, film geek Godfather and his partner who run the Starlite movie theater, a safe haven for their eccentricities and artistic yearnings. My Fairy Godfather […]

🌟 Kids can choose as many free comics as they like! 🌟 Free face Painting for kids! 🌟 Adults get 5 free comics, and a 6th with donation to 826 Valencia https://826valencia.org 🌟 All Free comics will be available outside on the sidewalk in front of the store.

COME JOIN US FOR A COMIC BOOK RELEASE PARTY AND ARTIST HANG OUT! COME HANG OUT WITH: Kirt Burdick - https://www.instagram.com/kirtburdick/ Apple - https://www.instagram.com/supercoolawesomechicken Daniel McCloskey https://www.instagram.com/beancandan/ Mark Bode - https://www.instagram.com/markbodeofficial/ Book release by Nero Caez: New issue two of The Heavy Meadow comic series, along with a redux of issue one. A4, giant format! […]

DC is celebrating Superman this year with some special free comics, plus some limited edition releases! Free comics include: 🦸 SUPERMAN DAY 2025 - ALL-STAR SUPERMAN #1 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely 🦸 SUPERMAN DAY 2025 - SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS BOOK ONE by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale 🦸 SUPERMAN DAY 2025 - […]

This month we're meeting up to discuss MAN'S BEST by Pornsak Pichetshote and Jesse Lonergan! "It’s Homeward Bound in space in this epic, heartwarming sci-fi adventure from two of comics' brightest stars! Earth is finished. The resources are gone, but that doesn’t mean the hope of a new home is lost. The Starship Horizon and […]

Be among the first to get a copy of BATMAN #158 - the first chapter of H2SH aka Hush 2! We'll also have an ashcan of BATMAN #159 previewing April's second chapter of "Batman: H2SH," providing an exclusive, pulse-pounding 12-page sneak peek along with a special Launch Party Glow-in-the Dark variant cover of BATMAN #158! […]

This month we're meeting up to discuss BIG JIM AND THE WHITE BOY by David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Anderson - a thrilling reimagining of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn centering on the experience of Jim, an enslaved Black man in search of kidnapped wide and children, along with his cheeky sidekick Huckleberry Finn.

Not-just Comics Trivia returns in March! Gather your pals and assemble your team for an evening of fun and nonsense! Question for all levels! All welcome! Here's examples of the type of questions - https://instituteofidletime.com/2024/05/02/comic-book-trivia-episode-xii/ * Teams of up to four people * Prizes! * Fun times!