Comic Book Club: Cape and Cowl presents “The Fix” with Steve Lieber in attendance

Near the top of my to-do list for this site is  create a section where folks can track all of the comic book clubs we have in the Bay Area. At the least eight of the shops in our coverage area thefix_01-1feature a monthly or semi-regular comic book club. Comic Book Clubs are great opportunities to connect with people who not only have a shared interest in comics but also a shared interest in your flavor of comics. Having so many in such a concentrated area means you could hop from club to club based on that month’s offering. or you can try to do them all. I won’t judge your ambition.

The added bonus of living in the Bay Area is that on occasion a creator will show up for a Q&A. Case in point, on October 5 Cape and Cowl, 1601 Clay Street, will host Steve Lieber who co-created The Fix alongside Nick Spencer. About the book:

THE FIX is a story of the crooked cops, scheming mobsters, and corrupt politicians that run Los Angeles—and the sex toy that can bring them all down. Oh, and the hero is a drug-sniffing beagle named Pretzels.

The discussion starts at 7 p.m.

Click here for a nearly complete list of Bay Area comic events.

Jesse Russell

Before Oakland, there was Madison, Wisconsin. In Madison, the hours that weren’t filled up by my day job were typically devoured by event planning and running the city’s popular arts and politics news site, Dane101. Some of the events I organized include an annual two-night cabaret/carnival/masquerade party called the Fire Ball Masquerade, Madison's biggest non-city sponsored Halloween party, the geek culture focused MadPubQuiz of Awesomeness, and the first Whedonesque Burlesque in the country. Having successfully reshaped the reality of Madison, Wisconsin I packed up and moved to the Bay Area in February of 2013. In addition to comics, I enjoy imbibing cocktails and beer, exploring foreign cities, consuming food of various temperatures, hearing music performed live, losing at board and card games, and getting caught in the rain.