Geof Darrow Art Show

Here's your opportunity to snag the perfect holiday gift! We have 10 pieces of original art for sale by the wonderful and insanely talented Geof Darrow (Hard Boiled, Shaolin Cowboy, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot.) The gorgeous detail in these drawings really must be seen in person to be believed. For this show, you can take your new art home as soon as you buy it. Artwork will remain on display as long as they are available for purchase.

Shaolin Cowboy and Totoro
14" x 18 3/4"
SOLD

Shaolin Cowboy and Fish
13 3/4" x 8"
SOLD

Shaolin Cowboy vs Nazi Baby
17" x 14 1/2"
SOLD

Shaolin Cowboy Riding Robot
11 3/4" x 22 1/4"
SOLD

Nixon from Hard Boiled
13 1/4" x 17"
SOLD

Hard Boiled Fight
18" x 11 3/4"
SOLD

The Spirit - drawn on velum paper and used in Frank Miller's "The Spirit" movie.
8 1/4" x 17"
SOLD

Rusty
4 1/4" x 14 3/4"
SOLD

Big Guy and Rusty vs Ultraman
11 1/4 x 18"
SOLD

Rusty Flying
6 3/4" x 12 1/2"
SOLD

*Please note that all dimensions are approximate; most of Geof's paper has irregular edges. All prices listed include frame.

Nursery Rhyme Comics Book Release & Art Show

NURSERY RHYME COMICS
BOOK RELEASE AND ART SHOW
@ Secret Headquarters
Friday, October 21st beginning at 7pm

Come on down to SHQ and help us celebrate the release of :01 First Second’s “Nursery Rhyme Comics”!

The anthology features 50 classic nursery rhymes drawn by 50 cartoonists, such as Vanessa Davis, Mike Mignola, Kate Beaton, Craig Thompson, and many more (including the fabulous artists that will be attending the show.)

The following artists will be on hand to sign copies of the book, as well as having their art on display!

Jamie Hernandez, Jordan Crane, Jen Wang, Tony Millionaire, Stan Sakai, and Tao Nyeu.

We are beyond excited to have so many talented artists at the release party. Join us, won't you?

For more info on this wonderful new book, check out http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/.

Eye of the Majestic Creature Book Signing

EYE OF THE MAJESTIC CREATURE
BOOK SIGNING WITH L. STEIN
@ Secret Headquarters
Friday, September 23rd beginning at 7pm

We are super excited to announce our "Eye of the Majestic Creature" book signing, happening this Friday! Join artist Leslie "Larrybear" Stein and the SHQ bunch for some boozy beverages and check out one of our favorite books of the year.

Praise for "Eye of the Majestic Creature":

“Visual inventiveness combined with a high level of wit.” - Michael Kupperman

"You’d be hard-pressed to find a more downright affable character than blithely blitzed Larrybear, the young female focus of Leslie Stein’s ongoing semi autobiographical comic, whose first four issues are collected here.... Stein gives us the slackerly, star-eyed alternative to a cadre of 'misanthropic, self-pitying comics about unappreciated cartoonists,' as Tom De Haven characterized it... ...[T]his book [is] such a pleasure..." – Richard Gehr, The Comics Journal

"Stein's cartooning is broad and trippy, and if she occasionally becomes intoxicated with her own gimlet-eyed sensibility, she's never afraid to turn that dark wit on herself. Eye of the Majestic Creature... is ultimately the tale of a young woman rejecting the things that shaped her and attempting to figure out what comes next for her. Thanks to Stein's loose, amiable approach, you'll want to know that, too." – Glen Weldon, NPR

You can find out more about the book and read at excerpt over at Fantagraphics.

http://majesticcreature.tumblr.com/

"Supers" by Timothy Garrett @ SHQ

"SUPERS" BY TIMOTHY GARRETT
AN ART SHOW
@ Secret Headquarters
Friday, September 9th beginning at 7pm

The Secret Headquarters presents "SUPERS", a typographic exploration into the world of the comic. Graphic illustrator Timothy Garrett has re-imagined and reinvented classic comic book logos in his own colorful and innovative style. There will be art for sale, as well as incredibly cool shirts with matching canvas bags.

Come join Tim and the SHQ gang for a drink to celebrate the opening!

Check out more of Tim's artwork at http://www.timothygarrett.com/.

Forming Book Release Party @ Secret Headquarters

FORMING VOL 1 BY JESSE MOYNIHAN
BOOK RELEASE PARTY
@ Secret Headquarters
Friday, August 5th beginning at 7pm

Come join Jesse Moynihan and the SHQ crew to celebrate the release of the beautiful new graphic novel "Forming". There will be booze, fun, and reflective conversation about life, the universe, and everything (if you'd like.)

A quick synopsis of Jesse's new book:
"Since the dawn of human history, we as a species have sought to understand our existence through creationist fables of omnipotent deities, mythical creatures, and speculation of what—or who—may lie beyond the stars. In Forming Vol. 1, Jesse Moynihan takes these 50,000 years of socio-religious postulation and throws them in the blender to create one epic—and irreverent—battle royal between alien gods, Ancient Greek Titans, interplanetary assassin droids, and humanity itself.

An eon-spanning comedy, Forming details the spawning of worlds, and the trajectory of consciousness on Earth. The first in a trilogy of books, Nobrow is proud to collect the first volume of Jesse Moynihan’s acclaimed webcomic in a specially-designed graphic novel format truly worthy of its contents."

For more info, visit http://jessemoynihan.com/ or http://www.nobrow.net.

Jeffrey Brown Art Show

ZOMBIFICATION PROCESS
THE ART OF JEFFREY BROWN
@ Secret Headquarters
Friday, July 29th from 7- 9pm

We are very excited to announce our next art show with the one and only Jeffrey Brown! Jeff will be here at SHQ with some awesome zombified Beatles art for sale. We'll also have packs filled with sketches, notes, storyboards, and other bits and pieces of Jeff's art process.

The show will be up until the end of August, but make sure to join us Friday, July 29th for our opening night. There will be much drinking and rabble-rousing (and drinking.) See you there!

Tom Neely's "The Wolf" Release Party

TOM NEELY'S "THE WOLF"
SIGNING & RELEASE PARTY
@ Secret Headquarters
Friday, July 8th from 8pm - 10pm

Join us this Friday to celebrate the release of Tom Neely's beautiful new painted novel, "The Wolf"!

A synopsis of the book:

The Wolf is a new graphic novel by Los Angeles-based painter-cartoonist Tom Neely. The book tells a simple love story, but one woven with surrealist horror, werewolf lore and its own brand of nightmare logic. With The Wolf, Neely progresses from the traditional cartooning style he showed off in his previous books, The Blot and Brilliantly Ham-Fisted, to a form that blends comics-style storytelling with a fine arts approach to imagery. The ultimate effect is equal parts touching and chilling.

Check out a preview for Part One of the book here!

Gene Yang & Thien Pham Signing

GENE YANG & THIEN PHAM
"LEVEL UP" SIGNING
@ Secret Headquarters
Friday, June 17th from 7pm - 9pm

Join us in celebrating the release of "American Born Chinese" writer Gene Yang and artist Thien Pham's new graphic novel, "Level Up". Stop by this Friday to have a drink and get your book signed!

A rundown of the new book:

"Smackdown! Video Games vs. Medical School!

Which will win the battle for our hero’s attention in Gene Luen Yang’s new graphic novel?
Dennis Ouyang lives in the shadow of his parents’ high expectations. They want him to go to med school and become a doctor. Dennis just wants to play video games—and he might actually be good enough to do it professionally. But four adorable, bossy, and occasionally terrifying angels arrive just in time to lead Dennis back onto the straight and narrow: the path to gastroenterology. It’s all part of the plan, they tell him. But is it?

This powerful piece of magical realism brings into sharp relief the conflict many teens face between pursuing their dreams and living their parents’. Partnered with the deceptively simple, cute art of newcomer Thien Pham, Gene Yang has returned to the subject he revolutionized with American Born Chinese. Whimsical and serious by turns, Level Up is a new look at the tale that Yang has made his own: coming of age as an Asian American."

Read an excerpt of the new book here. See you on Friday!

Paul Hornschemeier Signing

LIFE WITH MR DANGEROUS
PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER SIGNING
@ Secret Headquarters
Friday, June 10th from 7pm - 9pm

Come celebrate the release of Paul Hornschemeier's new book, "Life with Mr. Dangerous"! Join Paul and the SHQ gang for drinks, book signing, and good times. It'll be Paul's only Southern California stop until Comic-con, so don't miss it!

An early review of the book:

"Empathy and creativity inform this unsentimentalized account of a young woman’s loneliness.
On the eve of her 26th birthday, Amy Breis finds herself suffering an anxiety attack on the bus, amid the prospects of an empty life, a dead-end job and a free-flowing imagination. Though a variety of men plainly find her attractive, her major companions are the cat she confides in, her mother who worries about her (yet whose own dead-end job provides little inspiration for her daughter) and her television tuned to an animated series featuring Mr. Dangerous, mostly reruns but with one new episode every week. She also has a long-distance telephone relationship with a boyfriend who lives halfway across the country in San Francisco, and whose communication with her provides solace that makes her miss him all the more. Her encounters with men occasionally find her falling into bed, but she resists their efforts to get to know her better and extend their connection past one night. Her female friends at work are mainly concerned about potential boyfriends for Amy as well as ones who have already proven themselves jerks. Amid this fairly straightforward, matter-of-fact narrative, graphic novelist Hornschemeier (The Three Paradoxes, 2006, etc.) intersperses sequences that might be dreams, fantasies or flashbacks, along with episodes in which Mr. Dangerous seems to be providing commentary on (or at least counterpoint
to) Amy’s life. The artist displays an affinity for dialogue balloons that float beyond the panel, while plenty of other powerful passages are simply wordless." - Kirkus Reviews

Check out the trailer for the new book here!

Monster Tea Party

Holly Conrad wishes she had a space ship and a mage tower. She can't have those, so instead she spends her time making monsters and playing video games. You may have seen her creatures and costumes on the floor at Comic-con, and now you can check out her creations right here at Secret Headquarters! Wooo!

Join us at the Monster Tea Party opening: Friday, May 20th at 8pm. Beverages will be on hand to keep the creatures subdued...

Come as a monster and get a prize!!! No kidding.

Monsters will be on display for a limited time. See them sooner then later.

The Art of S. Britt

The Art of S.BRITT
Print Show
NOW on display @ Secret Headquarters
Prints were produced in a signed and numbered run of 3 per image.
Prints are available framed for $40 each.

A few key words taken from the bio of S.Britt:

door-to-door doormen
randy ghost
filthy little fingers
juvenile delinquents
abnormal child psychiatrists
school mascots
poor sap
starving artist
“Hot Cross Buns”
pretty lousy student
mundane curriculum
disgruntled teachers
burnt-out instructor
pep talk
GED
sweatshop
Kathy Lee Gifford
freelance illustration

Prints will be on display at Secret Headquarters until we decide otherwise...
Do not be foolish punks, grab them while you can!

The Art of Malachi Ward

Friends! It has been some time since our last opening event. How are you? Great. Nice to hear. As I was saying, please join us in viewing the amazing art work of Malachi Ward by attending his opening at Secret Headquarters this Friday March 4th. Don't bother looking up Malachi Ward because all you'll find about him is that he lives with his wife in a tiny apartment in Pasadena. Its not much to go on but trust us when we tell you that you will be giddy with excitement when viewing the walls of SHQ this Friday. Or it could just be the drinks. Oh, there will be drinks.

The Art of Malachi Ward
Opens Friday, March 4th, from 7 - 9pm