Fantastic Comics – The Shared Universe http://www.theshareduniverse.com The Internet's Bay Bridge connecting the Bay Area's comic fandom. Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:26:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 56882144 East Bay Comic Book Trail – What Is It? http://www.theshareduniverse.com/east-bay-comic-book-trail/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss http://www.theshareduniverse.com/east-bay-comic-book-trail/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2018 22:13:18 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1473 The Bay Area is lucky to have more than a dozen comic shops within a 20-mile radius. We’ve split a bulk of those shops into two trails: The San Francisco Comic Book Trail and the East Bay Comic Book Trail. Now you can treat comic book shopping like a pub crawl! This map is especially […]

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]]> http://www.theshareduniverse.com/east-bay-comic-book-trail/feed/ 2 1473 Bay Area Local Comic Shop Day 2016 Round-Up http://www.theshareduniverse.com/bay-area-local-comic-shop-day-2016-round-up/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Nov 2016 19:19:09 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1331 Local Comic Shop Day is tomorrow (November 19)! We’ve done our best to collect information on signings around the Bay Area. Below is a listing of all of the shops that have made it known via social media or on websites if they’re taking part in Local Comic Shop Day. The majority of listed events […]

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]]> 1331 Multiple Berkeley Events: Monstress co-creator Marjorie Liu at Fantastic, Trickster, and Berkeley Library http://www.theshareduniverse.com/multiple-berkeley-events-monstress-co-creator-marjorie-liu-at-fantastic-trickster-and-berkeley-library/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Sun, 09 Oct 2016 16:00:08 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1270 Marjorie Liu is returning to the Bay Area next weekend for a series of events related to the return of Monstress to comic shelves. Liu was last in the Bay Area in July as part of Comix Experience’s Graphic Novel Book Club. This time, she’ll be in the East Bay with stops at Fantastic Comics, Tr!ckster, […]

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]]> 1270 East Bay Comics Trail Signing: Ted Naifeh at Trickster & Fantastic (9/17) http://www.theshareduniverse.com/east-bay-comics-trail-signing-ted-naifeh-at-trickster-fantastic-917/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:27:13 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1242 The most recent project from Princess Ugg creator Ted Naifeh takes the superhero genre and mashes it up with a medieval fantasy world. Night Dominion is a slight break for Naifeh who’s earned a hefty stack of Harvey’s and Emmy’s creating young adult comics with strong female protagonists. Naifeh told the AV Club the title is more mature than […]

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]]> 1242 Signing: Wonder Woman trio Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, and Liam Sharp at Fantastic Comics (Aug 14) http://www.theshareduniverse.com/signing-wonder-woman-trio-greg-rucka-nicola-scott-and-liam-sharp-at-fantastic-comics-aug-14/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tue, 02 Aug 2016 03:29:46 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1197 Fantastic Comics, 2026 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, has lassoed the creative team behind DC’s rebirthed Wonder Woman series. The DC trinity of Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, and Liam Sharp will join forces for a wonderful signing event from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. on August 14. Women may return to Fantastic Comics at 8 p.m. for an exclusive […]

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]]> 1197 Free Comic Book Day 2016: The East Bay Comics Trail http://www.theshareduniverse.com/free-comic-book-day-2016-the-east-bay-comics-trail/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 May 2016 15:09:41 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1060 We started with a simple question: Can we feasibly hit every comic shop in Oakland, San Francisco, and Berkeley in one-day? After mapping a number of potential routes it was determined “maybe, but unlikely, and we’ll probably die.” It would have been a case of quantity over quality. What would be the point of rushing into […]

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