the real BATMAN at SDCC 2011

Of course it wouldn't be Comic Con without an appearance by BATMAN!
Even Catwoman needs her cell phone these days...

and a Caped Crusader still needs his caffeine

but you can count on the real Batman to draw the biggest crowd of all!

A visitor posts impressions of our showroom

Just learned about this really nice post on comic book artist and publisher Randy Reynaldo's blog with his impressions of a visit to our showroom:

http://wcgcomics.blogspot.com/2011/03/treasure-trove.html

Brianne Drouhard signing June 2011

On June 25th we hosted a signing with one of my favorite artists, Brianne Drouhard, for her first book: Billie the Unicorn.


Here you can see the lovely bookplate (in frame) she offers as a special gift to those who purchase their copy at Stuart Ng Books:


Brianne signed and did sketches for patrons who had placed mail orders, as well as those who could attend the signing in person.






I've been a proud fan of Brianne and her work since she left a sample copy of her sketchbook at our booth at SDCC years ago. We've watched her career grow since then.. from recent grad of CalArts... to animator.. character designer... storyboard artist... and now author/illustrator. Her work can be seen in shows such as Teen Titans, Batman: Brave & the Bold, and Transformers: Animated. She had an enthusatic crowd at the signing.

Here's a special sample of her work..... an inscribed book to a fellow artist ... as well as the Billie bookplate and promotional postcard.

Brianne also spoke on two panels at SDCC 2011!

Stretch your budget with our show room specials

Here's something unique for visitors to our showroom! 2 carts of specially priced books right at the entrance:



One cart is individual copies of french imports. The other cart is an assortment of out of print titles.

We also have our box of "hurt" books which offer great savings on some of our most popular titles. These are copies with slight damage or defects (bumped corners, etc). Since we can't use these books to fill mail order sales, we offer them at reduced prices for our showroom patrons.

You can stretch your budget and still shop our range of titles, all in the comfort of our showroom. Treat yourself and stop by soon!

Big Wow/SuperCon May 21 - 22 booth 305

Stuart Ng Books at Big Wow Comics Fest (formerly Super Con) in San Jose (May 21st & 22nd). Why no announcement on our website??? Not every SNB convention exhibit is a big retail push with a large space and lots of staff and stock. Doing a show like this, exhibiting with a different focus, lets Stuart get out and about more.... meeting with patrons and artists etc.

Here's the link for the Big Wow home page:

http://www.super-con.com/index.html

Guests include Adam Hughes, Mick Gray, Sean "Cheeks"Galloway, Travis Charest and Frank Cho. Here's the guest list link:

www.super-con.com/guests.html

Stuart will also be shopping this Con and the bay area.... check our website in the coming weeks for new treasures from this trip.

Interview w/ Moebius in LA Times Apr 3

There's an interview w/ Moebius in today's LA Times Calendar section. The interview happened back in Nov while he was in Burbank for CTNX. Here's the link: http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/04/02/moebius-on-his-art-fading-eyesight-and-legend-i-am-like-a-unicorn/

Taschen's take on book business

Here's a link to interview with publisher Benedikt Taschen from last week's CBS Sunday Morning. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7360194n&tag=cbsnewsVideoArea.0