Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Collector's Planet 5 Year Anniversary Oct 22nd!

Collector's Planet in Corpus Christi, Texas is celebrating 5 years of being in business this Saturday, October 22nd at 3517 S. Staples!  To celebrate, they are giving 50% off on all back issue comic books, graphic novels, sports cards, t-shirts, and action figures! 

Comic writer and Corpus Christi native, Joshua Dysart, known for his work on BPRD (Hellboy) for Dark Horse Comics and Swamp Thing for DC Comics, is the big guest of the event and will be signing books for fans from noon to 4pm! 
CORPUS CHRISTI comic book illustrator, Trent Westbrook, will also be attending and signing first print copies of CORPUS CHRISTI #1 from noon to 4pm as well. 

Collector's Planet will also have 4 (possibly 5) one of a kind sketch covers for CORPUS CHRISTI #1 as give aways every hour, drawn by Trent Westbrook.  Two of the covers have art that was scanned and will be used in future issues, including a variant cover for issue #2 in late December! 





Trent Westbrook will also have original art, prints, posters, sketch books and books for other companies that he has worked on available.  Trent Westbrook would just like to say that he is humbled and honored to be alongside the great Joshua Dysart and to be a guest of Collector's Planet!  (Thanks, David!) 

Come out and celebrate a great local owned comic shop!


Tuesday, October 4, 2011

2nd print on sale today! + SKETCH COVERS!

The second printing of CORPUS CHRISTI #1 has gone on sale today!  It can be found at Texas Toyz and Comics Plus!  The second printing contains original pencil and inks cover pinups in the back, along with an interview with the creators.


In other news, there is an original, one-of-a-kind copy of CORPUS CHRISTI #1 out there!  A sketch cover by illustrator Trent Westbrook. 



This copy is at Collector's Planet.  Check it out if you stop by the store!