Cape and Cowl Archives : The Shared Universe https://www.theshareduniverse.com/tag/cape-and-cowl/ The Internet's Bay Bridge connecting the Bay Area's comic fandom. Thu, 20 Sep 2018 23:24:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Eisner Retailer Award: Oakland’s Cape and Cowl makes the longlist https://www.theshareduniverse.com/comics-retailer-award-oakland-cape-and-cowl/ Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:31:09 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1567 Oakland’s Cape and Cowl Comics has landed on the 2018 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award longlist. The nomination puts Cape and Cowl in the company of 20 outstanding comic shops from around the world who “have done an outstanding job of supporting the comics medium both in the industry at large and in […]

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]]> Oakland’s Cape and Cowl Comics Burglarized https://www.theshareduniverse.com/oaklands-cape-cowl-comics-burglarized/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:43:59 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1508 Oakland’s Cape and Cowl Comics was burglarized early Saturday. Employees arrived to open the shop for business Saturday morning to find the front door had been smashed and nearly 50 comics stolen from the high-value comic wall. Many of the titles stolen were in CGC slabs. CGC slabs are each individually numbered, so if a slabbed […]

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]]> Signing: Emily Pearson Signing “The Wilds” at Cape and Cowl on March 10 https://www.theshareduniverse.com/signing-emily-pearson-signing-wilds-cape-cowl-march-10/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:58:41 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1464 If you pay attention to the comics media you know Black Mask‘s newest title The Wilds is the critical darling of the month. Writer Vita Ayala described the book to Geek.com: …humanity was ravaged by a plague that killed half the population, and turned a number of the remainder into essentially flower zombies. Humanity, to survive, […]

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]]> Bay Area Local Comic Shop Day 2016 Round-Up https://www.theshareduniverse.com/bay-area-local-comic-shop-day-2016-round-up/ 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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]]> Free Comic Book Day 2016: The East Bay Comics Trail https://www.theshareduniverse.com/free-comic-book-day-2016-the-east-bay-comics-trail/ 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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]]> Around the Bay: Cape and Cowl hosts Image+ release party https://www.theshareduniverse.com/around-the-bay-cape-and-cowl-hosts-image-release-party/ Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:01:23 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1038 Cape and Cowl, 1601 Clay Street in Oakland, celebrated the release of the first issue of Image+ with a well-attended event on Wednesday. In addition to introducing comic readers to the new Image preview magazine the comic shop featured signings with Nick Dragotta (East of West, HowToons), Jimmie Robinson (Power Lines, Five Weapons, Bomb Queen), Justin Greenwood (The Fuse, […]

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]]> FCBD2016: Cape and Cowl food drive and tattoo contest https://www.theshareduniverse.com/fcbd2016-cape-and-cowl-food-drive-and-tattoo-contest/ Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:00:08 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1020 Free Comic Book Day announcements keep rolling out from comic book stores around the Bay Area. The most recent entry comes from Cape and Cowl, 1601 Clay Street in Oakland. The newest comic shop in the Bay will leverage the popularity of Free Comic Book Day, May 7, as a food drive for the Alameda County […]

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]]> Launch: Cape and Cowl present Image+ https://www.theshareduniverse.com/launch-cape-and-cowl-present-image/ Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:00:41 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1000 Image Comics is launching it’s newest promotional publication at the Bay Area’s newest comic shop. Cape and Cowl Comics, 1601 Clay Street in Oakland, is hosting a launch party on April 27 for the new magazine Image+. The monthly magazine will be distributed alongside the Diamond Distributors publication Previews. In addition to promoting up and coming Image titles, […]

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