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This Saturday, February 10 @ Tempe's Best Comic Shop!

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Ash Avenue Comics
810 S. Ash Ave., Tempe, (480) 858-9447
With comics spawning movies as diverse as Sin City and Art School Confidential, the geeky stigma they've always had is just about gone so pop into this downtown Tempe shop to find the Valleys best selection of graphic novels.

From Get Out Magazine/East Valley Tribune

Ash Ave. Comics crew is off to San Diego!

Fear not, we will be open our regular hours of operation during the convention!  If, however, you are off to the San Diego Comic Con (and are over the age of 21) ,  then check out the Comic Con Funk Party!  Ash Avenue Comics & Books is sponsoring one hell of a good time in San Diego on Friday, July 21!  After a long day at the San Diego Comic Con, head down to the Beehive for some drinks, live art, and jamming music, can you dig it?!?

Live art by
Food One
Scott Morse
Dave Crosland
And Tempe's very own: DUMPER FOO!

All art will be for sale that night.

Live music by
Trike MF
Mr. Puma MC
Jersan
Skutech
Red Sonya
Dash Eye
@Large
Sean Morley
Blip

Sponsored by
Ash Avenue Comics & Books
810 S. Ash Ave.
Tempe, AZ
480-858-9447
www.ashavecomics.com
www.myspace.com/ashavecomics

Located at
The Beehive
1409 C Street
San Diego, CA

21 and over
9PM to 2AM
$10

Free Comic Book Day, this Saturday, May 6!

It's that time of the year again, folks, Free Comic Book Day 2006 is this Saturday, May 6th. We are a gold sponsor of FCBD, meaning we have a ton of free comics to give away. On top of that, all trade paperbacks, graphic novels, t-shirts, posters, statues, toys, and back issues will be 25% off! This is our chance to show how much we appreciate all of our customers, so stop in on Saturday between 11-7 and get the hook up.

See you all on Saturday!

Art Spiegelman: Comix101

Art Spiegelman, writer/artist of the Pulitzer Prize winning Maus,  will be speaking on comics at the Orpheum Theatre on Thursday, February 2, 2006 at 7:30 PM.

Orpheum Theatre
203 West Adams St.
Phoenix, AZ
Box Office: 602-262-7272

General Admission: $10.00 (Service charge may apply)
Student Admission: $5.00 (w/ valid high school or college ID)

Student tickets must be purchased in person at the Orpheum Box Office or at the door on the evening of the event.

There will be smoking on stage during the event.  

Ash Ave. Comics on myspace!

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TIME MAGAZINE'S BEST OF 2005: COMIX

Time.com's Comics columnist reviews his picks for the best of 2005, check them out here.

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Ash Avenue Comics
810 S. Ash Ave., Tempe
(480) 858-9447

Nestled in the heart of old Tempe, this comic book store removes almost all — a little bit is part of the fun — of the unbearable geekiness that plagues most such shops. Recommended: Searching through the wide selection of graphic novels. Not recommended: Stumbling out of Casey Moore's inebriated and buying that issue of X-Men No. 37 hanging up on the wall.

From Get Out Magazine

The article below is from the East Valley Tribune.  Ash Ave. Comics' owner Drew Sullivan was quoted in the article amongst comics industry figures such as Todd McFarlane and Jim Mahfood.  An exerpt is below:

There's nothing funny about a comic book exhibit

“Every customer here picks up a little mainstream, a little small press,” says Drew Sullivan, owner of Ash Avenue Comics and Books in Tempe. “People have a real diversity of tastes and in the genres they pick up.”

From Get Out Magazine