Mission: Comics and Art is on the move

Mission: Comics and Art will soon be on the move. The comic shop and art gallery will be moving from 3520 20th Street to 2250 Mission Street. Nearly two years ago Mission launched a successful Kickstarter campaign intended to raise funds for a new sign at the 20th Street location. Unfortunately, landlord issues came up preventing Mission owner Leef Smith from attaching the sign to the building. Smith noted on Kickstarter that while he loved the space it was an important moment because “the location in this building and the landlords here are not going to be conducive to further growth and the business will be better served by moving to a new location.”

One of the many benefits of moving to the new location is Smith will finally get his sign. The new location, previously occupied by Vimy Electronics, comes with a large box sign jutting out over the sidewalk. The location will help Mission: Comics and Art capture more eyeballs than ever.

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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.