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Free Comic Book Day 2012 @ Little Island Comics
Featuring Andy Runton (Owly) and Fabio Moon (Serenity)
Saturday, May 5th, 2012, Noon-5pm
@ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst
Free Comic Book Day is an annual event in the comics industry where stores offer free comic books to entice you into shopping with them on a regular basis! The Free Comic Books are specially selected by publishers (Not Every Comic Book Is Free) and then store can decide what to give away. Seeing as this is Little Island’s first year, we definitely wanted to participate and start a tradition, and what better way to kick it off than with two awesome creator signings!
The Details:
- Free Comic Book Day events will run from Noon to 5pm.
- Everyone who attends is welcome to select up to 4 free comics from our selection!
- Only 25 people will be allowed in the store at a time (we’re just a Little Island after all!) so there might be lining-up-outside involved. Bring an umbrella just in case!
The Creators:
- 12pm-2pm: Meet Fabio Moon! Fabio is the artist of series including Daytripper, BPRD, and Casanova (for grown-ups). This year Fabio Moon is the illustrating the new SERENITY story by Zach Whedon (Joss Whedon’s brother) in the FCBD Star Wars / Serenity Flip Book!
- 3pm-4pm: Meet Andy Runton! Andy Runton is the creator of the amazing Owly comics, and this year he’s illustrating an all-new OWLY story in the Top Shelf Kids Club Comic!
The Comics:
Little Island Comics will have copies of the following titles for give away starting at Noon, but some titles are limited and might disappear very quickly!
2000 Ad Judge Dredd Spec, Animal Planet World Most Dangerous Animals, Atomic Robo & Friends, Avengers #12.1, Bad Medicine #1, Barnaby, Bongo Free-For-All / Spongebob Freestyle, Buffy / The Guild, Censored Howard Cruse, Dc Comics The New 52 Special Ed, Dc Nation Superman Family Flip Book, Dune Origins, Finding Gossamyr Stuff Of Legend, Image 20, Infernal Devices Clockwork Angel, Marble Season, Mega Man, Moomin Color Special, Mouse Guard Labyrinth & More Hc, Muqtatafaht Middle East Comics Anthology, Peanuts Adventure Time Flipbook, Rockhead & Zinc Alloy 2-For-None, Smurfs & Disney Fairies Feat Tinker Bell, Sonic The Hedgehog, Spider-Man Season One, Star Wars / Serenity, Top Shelf Kids Club, Transformers #80.5, Voltron Force Shelter From The Storm, Walt Disneys Donald Duck Family Comics, Yo Gabba Gabba Free Comic Book Time.
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We hope to see you at the store!
- Little Island
Posted by: Andrew on: April 4, 2012
In celebration of the arrival of Spring, Little Island Comics will open the following hours this weekend:
Friday 6 April 2012: 12pm – 6pm
Saturday 7 April 2012: 11am – 7pm
Sunday 8 April 2012: 12pm – 6pm
Monday 9 April 2012: 12pm – 6pm
Tuesday 10 April 2012: Back to Regular Hours.
Our regular Saturday make-your-own-comics activities will go on as usual, from 12pm-3pm on Saturday. See you there!
Posted by: Andrew on: March 21, 2012
Attention, young artists! You may already drop by on Saturdays to make comics because you love to draw, but there is an even better reason to drop by on March 31st. Chris “Gogz” Leung and Sondang “Marv” Sianipar, local creators of The Misadventures of Mal & Lot, will be on hand to create comics with kids and sign copies of their latest issue! Mal & Lot is an action-packed adventure that follows the antics of Mal, a human boy, and his alien friend, Lot, as they outwit bounty-hunters, space pirates, and many other dangers in their journey across the universe. Don’t miss this chance to dream up your own space adventure with the help of two Toronto comics creators!
Saturday, March 31st, 12pm – 3pm Kids Making Comics – Special Edition: The Misadventures of Mal & Lot Making-comics activities with Chris Leung and Sondang Sianipar! Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst St, Toronto Free to Attend.Posted by: Andrew on: March 20, 2012
Our Saturday regulars know very well that every Saturday between noon and 3pm kids are welcome to drop by Little Island to make their own comics masterpieces, either to take home or to display in the store. But on Saturday, April 14th, author Peyton Leung and his brother, illustrator Hilary Leung (of Ninja Cowboy Bear fame!) are joining us for something a little different. Their newest picture book, The Pirate Girl’s Treasure, is a pirate adventure story told through origami. For this special edition of our Saturday art activities, Hilary and Peyton will lead us on our own origami adventures! Kids who love origami, kids who love pirates, kids who love pirate origami should not miss this event!
Saturday, April 14th, 12pm – 3pm Kids Making Comics – Special Edition: The Pirate Girl’s Treasure Origami Activities with Peyton and Hilary Leung! Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst St, Toronto Free to Attend. Pirate Adventure will be provided.Posted by: Andrew on: March 6, 2012
Fiona Smyth’s book The Never Weres has been a favourite with the Little Island team since its release last year. On March 17th, join us for a special installment of our Kids Comics Book Club, when we’ll welcome Fiona Smyth to Little Island Comics and discuss her book.
Young fans of The Never Weres should come ready to have their questions answered and their opinions heard at 3pm on Saturday, March 17th! This is a great chance to meet a comics creator and learn about how graphic novels are made. As always, Book Club follows our regular Saturday Kids Make Comics event (12pm-3pm), making March 17th the perfect day for budding comics artists to come by the shop!
Kids Comics Book Club happens on the first and third Saturdays of every month. Book Club participants receive 20% off of current and future Book Club picks. Please call or email us for details!
Posted by: Andrew on: February 28, 2012
Those of you who have visited us in-store already know that this Saturday’s book club pick is Explorer: The Mystery Boxes, edited by Amulet creator Kazu Kibuishi. Kids approximately 10 to 13 years old are invited to join us Saturday March 3rd for a lively discussion of this follow-up to Flight Explorer!
Book club participants can pick up their copy of Explorer (and any of our other book club picks) at 20% off regular price. Please call us or email mail@littleislandcomics.com for details!
Posted by: Andrew on: February 8, 2012
Creator Matt Forsythe In Toronto!
For his new books My Name Is Elizabeth, Jinchalo, and Comics Class!
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
@ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst Street, 3pm-4pm
Free To Attend
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Matt Forsythe is the Doug Wright Award-winning, Eisner nominated author of Ojingogo, a wonderful wordless graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly Books. Forsythe is also one of the founing editors of the incredibly popular art + inspiration website Drawn: The Illustration Weblog at Drawn.ca, and has done countless illustrations for magazines, websites, and other outlets across the world.
Now Matt is coming to Toronto to celebrate the releases of a trio of excellent new books for all ages and interests!
Little Island @ 3pm: Join Matt as he signs and sketches for young fans and their parents at Little Island Comics from 3pm-4:30pm, in support of his first children’s picture book My Name Is Elizabeth. A fun read for parents and grown-ups alike who’ve always hated getting stuck with a nick-name, My Name Is Elizabeth is a New York Times Notable picture book.
Little Island will have a variety of original paintings by Forsythe from My Name is Elizabeth on display during this event, a rare opportunity to see some of the beautiful originals he’s created, so don’t miss out! This event is for kids and grown-ups of all ages!
Matt Forsythe will follow his appearance at Little Island Comics with the launch of Jinchalo, a new full-length wordless graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly, and his brand new comic book about teaching comics, Comics Class, from Koyama Press! This event will be at The Central at 6pm, and is geared to an adult audience; head over to the Beguiling’s site for details!
It’s gonna be a full, awesome day of great comics, graphic novels, and picture books for all ages. Come on out and enjoy!
Posted by: admin on: January 31, 2012
Adventure Time #1 Comic Book Party!
With Ryan North and Steve Wolfhard!
@ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst Street
Saturday February 11th, 3pm-4:30pm
Free to attend!
On Wednesday February 8th BOOM Studios will release the first issue of the Adventure Time comic book series! It’s going to be written by Toronto’s own Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics)! And did you know that awesome Toronto comic book maker Steve Wolfhard works on the Adventure Time with Finn + Jake cartoon series? There’s a whole lot of Adventure Time going on in Toronto, and we’re going to throw a party to celebrate!
Kids and Adults alike are welcomed to Little Island Comics on Saturday, February 11th from 3pm to 4:30pm for our Adventure Time party! You can meet Ryan North and Steve Wolfhard, get your Adventure Time comic books signed, get original drawings, do fun Adventure Time activities and crafts, and so much more! MATHEMATICAL!

Here’s the skinny on variant covers:Adventure Time #1 is shipping on Wednesday, February 8th, and The Beguiling and Little Island Comics will be getting copies on the day of release!
Adventure Time #1 will have 5 (five!) covers!
Cover A is the one on the top of this post
Cover B is just the half of the image above with Jake but with a logo on top.
Cover C is just the half of the image above with Finn but with a logo on top.
Cover D is the super-rare variant cover by Jeffrey Brown (Incredible Change-Bots, Clumsy) shown to the right.
Cover E is the complete wrap-around cover shown above with no logos or anything.
Covers A, B, and C will sell for the regular cover price of $3.99, even though some of them are ‘rare’. The Jeffrey Brown cover will sell for $15.00. The wrap-around cover will sell for $25.00. All covers are first-come, first-served.
(And for those of you that don’t know about variant covers: These are just special cover illustrations, but the story inside is totally the same, so you’re not really missing anything!)
- Chris @ The Beguiling
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