The Best Saturday Ever!
Join Bedrock City Comic Co. for Free Comic Book Day this Saturday, May 6, 2017

(Q) What has 29 cos-players and 1 cosplay dog, 14 artists, 6 bands, 3 superhero themed face-painters, 1 superhero themed hairstylist, 2 superhero themed vehicles, pinball & video games, 1 magician, visits from Comicpalooza Street team, snacks from Hot Toppings Pizza, Enter-To-Win Tickets to see Neil Gaiman, Enter-To-Win tickets to Cirque du Soleil Kurios, and whole team of derby girls...plus 50K of FREE COMICS to giveaway and the best employee team anywhere? �� �� ��
(A) Bedrock City Comic Co. Free Comic Book Day events! Take a tour of the stores! Scroll on down for the schedule of events at each store!

Take a look at the selection of free comics that will be available at each of our stores here!  
Westheimer Location
6516 Westheimer, Suite D
Houston, TX 770598 (713) 780-0675 

Artist - Rob Guillory 10-7PM. Rob is an Eisner and Harvey Award-winning artist best known for his work on the New York Times bestselling series CHEW for Image Comics. Born, raised and currently living in the fine city of Lafayette, LA with his wife, their three kids and assorted alligator-fighting  cats.

Artist - Kody Chamberlain  10-7PM. Kody is a professional writer and artist whose created cutting-edge work for the best publishers and studios in the entertainment business, including Dark Horse, DC Comics, Harper Collins, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, FOX, Lucas Arts, Marvel, MTV, Sony, 343 Industries, Universal, Warner Bros, and more. Comic book highlights include Sweets: A New Orleans Crime Story, Punks, 30 Days of Night, New Universal, 1602 Witch Hunter Angela, Tag, Shang-Chi/Deadpool, and HALO: Tales from Slipspace. Kody is currently writing and drawing a 14 issue crime series to be announced in the coming months. 

Author/ Illustrator -Dave Roman 2-7PM. Dave is the author/illustrator of the Astronaut Academy series (winner of Maryland's Black-Eyed Susan Book Award) and writer of the graphic novels Teen Boat! and Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery. He has contributed stories to Comics Squad: Recess!, Explorer: The Mystery Boxes, Nursery Rhyme Comics, and Goosebumps Graphix: Slappy's Tales of Horror. Roman is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, a former editor at Nickelodeon Magazine and is currently series editor for First Second's Science Comics series of nonfiction graphic novels. He lives in Astoria, NY and draws a weekly webcomic called Starbunny, Inc. 

Author / Artist - Falynn Koch 10-7PM. Falynn can be an illustrator, comic book artist, or storyteller, depending on when you ask. Born in Buffalo, NY, she then went everywhere, near and far, and wound up in Philadelphia, PA with her two dogs and fiancée. Falynn once owned a food truck, is fascinated by germs and microbes, and has drunk mountain water with life enhancing properties (so the locals told her) on three different continents, and hasn't died from it yet! She graduated with a degree in Sequential Art from SCAD, and Science Comics: Bats is her first graphic novel with First Second. Her favorite things to draw are illogical mythological creatures.

Author / Artist - Ru Xu 2-7PM. Ru grew up in Indianapolis and received a degree in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is the creator of the popular webcomic Saint for Rent, and NewsPrints is her first graphic novel. Her favorite things include historical fiction, fat birds, and coffee-flavored ice cream. 

Artist - Oliver Banks Art is a Houston based freelance artist who works as a graphic designer and illustrator. He has worked with companies such as Reliant/NRG, Just Energy, CCP Comics, and with many personalities such as the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers. He's currently working on his own comic book featuring his own created property and characters, called Imagine Maxx. Oliver will be at our Westheimer store 10-7 pm

We have so much more to share such as School of Rock Katy's House Band will be on hand from 10am -noon to rock you, Joystix Classic Games & Pinballs will provide pinball games and video games, Sport Clips Haircuts of Westheimer & Dunvale will provide free superhero or supervillain hairstyles to kids, cosplayers from Houston Hero Headquarters (The Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman 12pm-3pm), Merly the Cosplay Dog as Barky Allen from 5-7pm, and Cosplay Vogue Houston (Harley Quinn, Black Cat, Kakashi, 10-2pm) are available for photo ops., don't miss WW All Rated's Wonder Woman Jeep from 12pm-3pm, and snacks provided by Hot Toppings Pizza.
Westheimer Location
6516 Westheimer, Suite D
Houston, TX 770598 (713) 780-0675 

Artist - Rob Guillory 10-7PM. Rob is an Eisner and Harvey Award-winning artist best known for his work on the New York Times bestselling series CHEW for Image Comics. Born, raised and currently living in the fine city of Lafayette, LA with his wife, their three kids and assorted alligator-fighting  cats.

Artist - Kody Chamberlain  10-7PM. Kody is a professional writer and artist whose created cutting-edge work for the best publishers and studios in the entertainment business, including Dark Horse, DC Comics, Harper Collins, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, FOX, Lucas Arts, Marvel, MTV, Sony, 343 Industries, Universal, Warner Bros, and more. Comic book highlights include Sweets: A New Orleans Crime Story, Punks, 30 Days of Night, New Universal, 1602 Witch Hunter Angela, Tag, Shang-Chi/Deadpool, and HALO: Tales from Slipspace. Kody is currently writing and drawing a 14 issue crime series to be announced in the coming months. 

Author/ Illustrator -Dave Roman 2-7PM. Dave is the author/illustrator of the Astronaut Academy series (winner of Maryland's Black-Eyed Susan Book Award) and writer of the graphic novels Teen Boat! and Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery. He has contributed stories to Comics Squad: Recess!, Explorer: The Mystery Boxes, Nursery Rhyme Comics, and Goosebumps Graphix: Slappy's Tales of Horror. Roman is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, a former editor at Nickelodeon Magazine and is currently series editor for First Second's Science Comics series of nonfiction graphic novels. He lives in Astoria, NY and draws a weekly webcomic called Starbunny, Inc. 

Author / Artist - Falynn Koch 10-7PM. Falynn can be an illustrator, comic book artist, or storyteller, depending on when you ask. Born in Buffalo, NY, she then went everywhere, near and far, and wound up in Philadelphia, PA with her two dogs and fiancée. Falynn once owned a food truck, is fascinated by germs and microbes, and has drunk mountain water with life enhancing properties (so the locals told her) on three different continents, and hasn't died from it yet! She graduated with a degree in Sequential Art from SCAD, and Science Comics: Bats is her first graphic novel with First Second. Her favorite things to draw are illogical mythological creatures.

Author / Artist - Ru Xu 2-7PM. Ru grew up in Indianapolis and received a degree in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is the creator of the popular webcomic Saint for Rent, and NewsPrints is her first graphic novel. Her favorite things include historical fiction, fat birds, and coffee-flavored ice cream. 

Artist - Oliver Banks Art is a Houston based freelance artist who works as a graphic designer and illustrator. He has worked with companies such as Reliant/NRG, Just Energy, CCP Comics, and with many personalities such as the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers. He's currently working on his own comic book featuring his own created property and characters, called Imagine Maxx. Oliver will be at our Westheimer store 10-7 pm

We have so much more to share such as School of Rock Katy's House Band will be on hand from 10am -noon to rock you, Joystix Classic Games & Pinballs will provide pinball games and video games, Sport Clips Haircuts of Westheimer & Dunvale will provide free superhero or supervillain hairstyles to kids, cosplayers from Houston Hero Headquarters (The Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman 12pm-3pm), Merly the Cosplay Dog as Barky Allen from 5-7pm, and Cosplay Vogue Houston (Harley Quinn, Black Cat, Kakashi, 10-2pm) are all available for photo ops., and  don't miss WW All Rated's Wonder Woman Jeep from 12pm-3pm, and snacks provided by Hot Toppings Pizza.

Clear Lake Location
102 W. Bay Area Blvd
Webster, TX 77598 (281) 557-2748 

Shawn Swanner - 10-7PM Shawn is a self-developed artist from the SE Houston Tri-city area that specializes in character design. Fond of laughing in the face of traditional rules, through his journeys he has developed a style of no style, incorporating everything from realism to cartooning. This has granted him the ability to create a tr
uly unique piece of work every time. You can check out all of his awesome work here:
https://m.facebook.com/Sapana-Entertainment-135045789928646/

Chet Presley -10-7PM  Chet is a co-founder, -Editor-in-Chief, promoter, and creator of Houston's own independent comic publisher, Pulp 21 Comics. A 15-year veteran graphic designer in the signage industry, Chet spends as much of his time outside of his day job writing and drawing his comics and helping facilitate the creation and production of others - by a crew of some of the most talented artists and writers in the Houston area - under the Pulp 21 umbrella. He often worries that the caffeine isn't working anymore.

Overground Comics, Jon Hughes from 10-7PM!

I also heard that the street team from Comicpalooza 2017 will be dropping by to add some fun to the day!

School of Rock Clear Lake will be playing from 10:00-12:00. Don't miss these amazing kids that come together from their local community to form one of the best power rock bands Houston has to offer.

The magical David Rangel will be with us from 9:30AM-12PM and you can learn more about David at his corner of the web here: http://www.thedavidrangel.com/

Get your photo taken with Cosplayers 10-5PM! Plus don't miss the cutest Merly the Cosplay Dog as DOGPOOL from 10AM-1PM

Captain America & Black Widow will be patrolling the store from 12PM-3PM and you'll find Deadpool, Mary Jane, & Spider-Man swinging by from 2:00PM-5:00PM! Thank you Houston Hero Headquarters

You can also snap a selfie with Elektra and Joker from Cosplay Vogue Houston from 10AM-2PM.  


FM1960W Location
4683 FM 1960 W.
Houston, TX 77069 (281) 444-9763 
 
Dave Roman 10AM-12PM   Dave is the author/illustrator of the Astronaut Academy series (winner of Maryland's Black-Eyed Susan Book Award) and writer of the graphic novels Teen Boat! and Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery. He has contributed stories to Comics Squad: Recess!, Explorer: The Mystery Boxes, Nursery Rhyme Comics, and Goosebumps Graph
ix: Slappy's Tales of Horror. Roman is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, a former editor at Nickelodeon Magazine and is currently series editor for First Second's Science Comics series of nonfiction graphic novels. He lives in Astoria, NY and draws a weekly webcomic called Starbunny, Inc.

Visit with Dave at the following store locations:
FM1960 W store from 10AM-Noon 
Westheimer 2PM-7PM

Dave's website is yaytime.com


Local Artist Tommy Nguyen will be there providing awesome sketches for all.

School of Rock Champion Forest will be playing from 10:30-12:30 and School of Rock The Woodlands 1-3PM. Don't miss these amazing kids that come together from their local community to form two of the best power rock bands Houston has to offer.

Get your photo taken with Cosplayers such as Batman, Jocker and Harley Quinn from Houston Hero Headquarters 12-3PM and Laura Croft and Twi"lek from Cosplay Vogue Houston from 10-2 PM! 

...and don't miss out on that SWEET BATMOBILE that will be outside of our store from 10-7PM! 

Washington Location
4602 Washington Ave Suite A
Houston, TX 77007 (713) 862-0100 

Colorist -Andrew Dalhouse 10-1PM. Andrew has had a passion for coloring since high school when he started buying comics. He pursed his passion and broke into the comic book industry over 10 years ago, and has been enjoying the ride ever since. He has colored comics for a variety of publishers, DC, Ma rvel, Valiant, Boom, & Dark Horse. Andrew is currently working on Titans for DC and Faith, Gen Zero and the upcoming Rapture mini from Valiant Comics.

We have so much more to share such as School of Rock Cypress' House Band will be on hand from 10am -noon to rock you! 
Cosplay
Snap a selfie with Supergirl, Poison Ivy, or Catwoman from 12pm-3pm fromHouston Hero Headquarters

Meet Rinoa Heartily, Daphane, & Velma from Cosplay Vogue Houston from 10 am-2pm!

Sugar Land Location
4831 HWY 6
Missouri City, TX 77459 (832) 987-1994 

Art  of Ru Xu 10AM-12PM Ru grew up in Indianapolis and received a degree in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is the creator of the popular webcomic Saint for Rent, and NewsPrints is her first graphic novel. Her favorite things include historical fiction, fat birds, and coffee-flavored ice cream. Visit R u online at www.ruemxu.com and on Twitter at Art of Ru Xu

Visit with Ru at the following store locations:
Sugar Land store from 10AM-Noon 
Westheimer 2PM-7PM

Local Artist Jiwei Saw will be there providing awesome sketches for all from 10AM-3PM.

Simon Sanchez 2:30-7PM: Native Texan, Simon Sanchez is the writer and creator of Nazi Werewolves from Outer Space, Kung Fu Satanist, and King Tut, Truck Driving Pharaoh. A lifelong comic book collector and fan of grind house movies, Simon combined his two passions to create his own universe under the umbrella of Trauma Comics.

Local duo Bloodline Blind will be playing from 10:00-12:00. 
Cosplay:
Snap a selfie with the Powerpuff Girls on Free Comic Book Day Saturday, May 6, 2017 from 12PM-3PM at our Sugar Land store! Thanks to Houston Hero Headquarters.

Black Widow will be patroling the store from 10 AM - 2 PM with a shout-out to Cosplay Vogue Houston!

Oh!!! ...and did I mention the Yellow Rose Derby Girls will be there from 12 PM -4 PM.
Enter-to-Win Tickets
 
Society for the Performing Arts presents Neil Gaiman at the Wortham Center Saturday, July 8, 2017

Use discount code 'BEDROCK' to receive $5 off the purchase of your ticket at 
http://spahouston.org/show?ShowId=179

Enter-to-Win Tickets at all five Bedrock City Comic Co. Locations.
  
 
Enter-to-Win Tickets

A curious world of disbelief is coming to Houston, KURIOS by Cirque du Soleil! Don't miss the most acclaimed Big Top show by Cirque du Soleil. Now playing though May 21 under the Big Top at Sam Houston Race Park. Great Tickets starting at $35.

Stop by any Bedrock City Comic Co. location and pick up a discount card today or enter-to-win a pair of tickets for the May 18th show at Free Comic Book Day at all five locations.