FCBD HALLOWEEN PICS
AND RAFFLE RESULTS!
Thank you to all who joined us to help out the Vancouver Food Bank.
Every contribution helped make this event a success. To all
the talented artists, writers, volunteers and to everyone who
dressed up for Halloween to help us with our charity fundraiser,
Thank you again for making this day meaningful. I think that
this is proof that we do not need to rely on an international FCBD event
to make a difference in our own community.
Listed below are
the winners of the FCBD Halloween raffle.
Congrats to Peter Kiesman who won a STAR WARS DARTH VADER LIGHTSABER!
Congrats to Kwen Gee Phu who won a
DARK KNIGHT JOKER 1/6 SCALE COLLECTOR FIGURE!
Congrats to Jacob Alvernaz who won a HORRORCLIX GREAT CTHULHU!
Congrats to Margeret L. Traynor who won an
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC!
Here are some
pictures from the day of the event Click the thumbnails to enlarge.
There were even more costumes later that
night...
Next Free Comic Book Day is Saturday,
May 1st 2010!
Original posting:
Saturday October
31st, 2009
FREE COMIC
BOOK DAY IS UNDEAD AT ELFSAR!!!
Before hallows eve
(if you dare) make plans to come to Elfsar and help us raise
food and money for the Vancouver Food Bank! We have a lot
of comics to give away and need as much help as we can get.
On Oct 31st.
Put
on a costume.
Note: This is
optional but strongly encouraged.
Come to Elfsar, get
5 free comics.
Bring food or money
donation, and get 10 free comics.
Take pictures with
awesome costumed heroes & villains.
Meet comic creators,
get sketches & stuff signed.
Win Prizes in our
raffles and help us with our fundraiser.
As the name
implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when Elfsar Comics
& toys is
giving away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into
the store.
There
are over 100 selected different titles being offered by Elfsar
for the second time this
year, from major publishers like DC & Marvel Comics to an array of
independent studios from across North America.
Only the
designated Free Comic Book Day comics are free and Elfsar will
be giving away even more titles to those participating in the
food drive, as a bonus Elfsar will also have a storewide-sale on its
non-free merchandise.
What kind
of charity donation are you looking for?
What do you
think would make a difference in someone's life who needs to
eat? No one should ever go hungry. We are looking
for a minimum donation of 2 to 5 dollars worth of
non-perishables or a 2 to 5 dollar donation to be able to
purchase perishables. Of course the more you give, the more we
give. We have special prizes reserved for those who make a
larger impact. Trust me, you will want to donate more.
Is this the first Free
Comic Book Day?
No. This is actually the
eighth year that Free Comic Book Days have occurred and each year it
gets bigger and bigger. This event is however, only local to
Elfsar Comics & toys in Vancouver. In the past, thousands of stores around
the world have given away millions of free comic books to
interested readers. Check out previous FCBDs at Elfsar here:
http://elfsar.com/FCBD/FCBD_2009.htm
Overall participation from
just about every major comic book publisher has been amazing,
from the biggest publishers to independent publishers, fansites,
news magazines, and more. At the Elfsar level, we are
hosting a mini-convention style celebration of comics with a food drive for the Vancouver Food Bank.
And costumes! Let's not forget about costumes! Show your
Halloween spirit and come dressed up!
Comic
books are an original North American art form, created in the
early days of the twentieth century. They are fun to read,
featuring a wide range of diverse storylines that capture the
imagination of the readers, and have survived: the dominance of
radio, the ubiquity of television, the spread of color and sound
motion pictures, the rise of videogames, and the Internet.
That's worth celebrating in our book!
Over
10,000+
copies of FCBD books from over
100+
different titles
will be given away for FREE!
If you missed Free
Comic Book Day the first time around or have
never been to one, here is your chance to get
some of those missed titles and even some we
have never offered before.
If you bring a punked up doll you may be able to get a
free signed copy!
Abby Denson will be
conducting a reading from her new book Dolltopia
at Elfsar Comics & Toys
From Green Candy Press, Lulu Award-winning cartoonist
Abby Denson is a regular script-writer for
both Marvel and DC Comics, and the creator of the queer
comic Tough Love: High School Confidential will be
joining us on Halloween for a comic book signing of her
new book Dolltopia. Abby is touring across Canada and
she will be bringing, the punked-up Barbies and
stripped-down Kens from her new book Dolltopia to join
us on Halloween. This is a special stop on her tour to
celebrate it's release.
Dolltopia is the story of Kitty, a ballerina doll
forced into a not-so-happily-ever-after living
arrangement with a male jock toy. Filled with
discontent, Kitty takes it upon herself to escape her
human-imposed domesticity and create a new life and a
new image for herself away from the persecution of the
human world. On this mission, she finds not only a host
of like-minded individuals, but a veritable heaven for
the alternative doll: Dolltopia.
Abby's book,
published in a deluxe edition by Green Candy Press, features French
flaps where paper dolls of the two main characters, Kitty Ballerina and
Army Jim, can be cut out. There are also outfits inspired by pop culture
icons for each character in the book so you can plan your own escape to
Dolltopia.
Abby will be giving away FREE CUPCAKES to anyone who buys Dolltopia on October
31st!
Meet local writer Ryan
Morris and get a signed copy of his new book
called "Molt".
Isabelle Donhelle is a professor of ornithology at the
prestigious Hawthorne University in Boston. It's Isabelle's twenty-ninth
birthday, and after escaping from a party she never wanted to be a part
of, she has come to the conclusion that her life so far has lacked any
significant, meaningful change. But following a chance encounter,
Isabelle falls for a struggling student of hers, and quickly finds
herself tangled within his uncontrollable reality. Things are not always
what they seem though, and this newfound relationship is much more than
Isabelle wanted to believe it was. Now she must realize that change,
whether desired or not, is always more complicated after the fact.
Meet
children's novelist
Larry Krause. Larry has been
interested in the fantasy and horror genres for years,
in particular the Lord of the Rings trilogy and
the horror classic Halloween. In this novel,
Krause has accomplished a fusion of both fantasy and
horror genres.
This
is the first novel in a series of adventures
involving Billy Lucas, his mysterious past and
future, and a supernatural witch named
Jacqueline Goble, who proves to be a powerful
nemesis. But Billy also has a few
supernatural powers up his sleeve.
Written by
Larry
Krause
Cover by
Ethan Peacock
With illustrations by
Ethan Peacock
Artist Robin Mitchell will also be on hand to do FREE sketches
with a small $ donation to the foodbank!
Note:
Both of Mitchell's books will be included in our
popular BUY 2 GET 1 FREE SALE!
From his work with
clients like Hasbro, Wizards of the West Coast,
Brand Studio Press, Imaginism Studios & Blue
Dream Studios, we have the talented
Robin Mitchell
who will be
showcasing his art in books appropriately
called:
ART OF ROBIN MITCHELL VOL 1
ART OF ROBIN MITCHELL VOL 2
We welcome back
again writer and Shuster award winner
Sean O'Rielly.
He is the owner of
Arcana Studio,
Canada's top
Independent comic publisher with over one
hundred properties to his credit.
(Kade, Ezra &
Clockwork Girl are just a few of Arcana's
titles.) Arcana Studio is currently
working for Disney as an official vendor,
Ubisoft, HBO and developed Dragon's Lair,
Reboot, Se7en and Final Destination for Comic
Books.
Want to see what Arcana is all about? Check
out their website:
HERE
For
the fist time ever Elfsar's
Ethan Peacock
steps from behind the retail counter to sign
copies of his cover to Kade written by Sean
O'Rielly and published by Arcana Studios.
Ethan will be giving away copies for Free to
anyone who donates $2 or more to the Vancouver
Foodbank. He will also be doing some free
sketch work.
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to get a
free one of a kind drawing of your favourite
comic book character and get your hands on a
free copy of the first ever Elfsar Exclusive
comic brought to you by Arcana Studios.
FCBD
COSTUMED GUESTS:
You never know who
might assemble at Elfsar on the first ever Halloween
edition.
At Elfsar
you will be greeted throughout the day by costumed heroes
and villains who have taken a break from crime fighting and
devious plans to rule the world so they can be with us on
our 2nd national geek holiday. These great people will be
posing for photographs with anyone who gives a donation to
the food bank. So remember to:
1) Bring a
camera.
2)
Donate food and or a few loonies and toonies.
3)
Get your photo/s taken with a number of Heroes & Villains.
Forgot to bring a
camera? No problem, there will be some very talented professional
photographers on hand
to take your picture for you.
You can then download your picture from our website.
Check out the awesome photos from last Free comic Book Day
HERE
*SMILE!*
These are great for your facebook and
myspace pages!
(NOTE/TIP: if you donate $2 you get an extra
raffle ticket to win one of the raffles listed below)
CHARITY DONATIONS:
Nothing can make you feel better than giving back to YOUR own community. We strongly
advise everyone to bring in a non-perishable food item to donate
to the Vancouver Food Bank. You would be amazed at how far
a simple jar of peanut butter will go to feed the hungry.
By just bringing in a $2 worth of food or $2 money donation, you will qualify to get a FREE
entry into one of our raffles and get access to even more free
books than just the ones listed as FREE COMIC BOOK DAY ones!
Want to know what they are? Bring in a donation to find
out.
RAFFLES TO WIN:
Win a
STAR WARS DARTH VADER LIGHTSABER!
Win a
DARK KNIGHT JOKER 1/6 SCALE COLLECTOR FIGURE!
Win an
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC!
Win a
HORRORCLIX GREAT CTHULHU!
We have Free posters,
T-shirts, buttons, figures and even more stuff that we will be giving
away for FREE! We encourage you to dress up and come down to Elfsar for
Free Comic Book Day!
WE ALSO HAVE A BIG SALE:
As if free
comics were not enough we have a storewide sale that happens only a few
times throughout the year.
20% off Toys, Models, Games, Posters, T-shirts,
Novelties & more!
Buy 2 get 1 free on all Graphic Novels!
50% off on all Back issues and rare variant
covers!
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that you download and install the latest version of Internet Explorer
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On Oct 31st.
Put
on a costume.
Note: This is
optional but strongly encouraged.
Meet
children's novelist
Larry Krause. Larry has been
interested in the fantasy and horror genres for years,
in particular the Lord of the Rings trilogy and
the horror classic Halloween. In this novel,
Krause has accomplished a fusion of both fantasy and
horror genres.
This
is the first novel in a series of adventures
involving Billy Lucas, his mysterious past and
future, and a supernatural witch named
Jacqueline Goble, who proves to be a powerful
nemesis. But Billy also has a few
supernatural powers up his sleeve.
From his work with
clients like Hasbro, Wizards of the West Coast,
Brand Studio Press, Imaginism Studios & Blue
Dream Studios, we have the talented
Robin Mitchell
who will be
showcasing his art in books appropriately
called:
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to get a
free one of a kind drawing of your favourite
comic book character and get your hands on a
free copy of the first ever Elfsar Exclusive
comic brought to you by Arcana Studios.
