Join us and special guests, Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick (close friends of Warren who are featured in the film) for an exclusive screening of the new documentary by Patrick Meaney, WARREN ELLIS: CAPTURED GHOSTS. We will have DVD copies of Meaney’s previous film for sale, GRANT MORRISON: TALKING WITH GODS.

The film features the most extensive interview Ellis has ever given, and spans his life, from his first memory watching the moon landing as a child, to his recent cross-media success with the film adaptation of Red. Along the way, Ellis’s acerbic wit and core belief in humanity comes across like never before.

Complimenting Ellis’s own words are interviews with his artistic collaborators, friends and admirers from across all media, including actress Helen Mirren, Director Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), comedian Patton Oswalt, Adult Film Star Stoya, Musician Claudio Sanchez (of Coheed and Cambria), comics writers Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, and Antony Johnston, and futurist Jamais Cascio. Ellis’s comics collaborators like Marvel Comics CCO Joe Quesada, artists Darick Robertson, Ben Templesmith and Phil Jimenez also provide insight into Ellis’s mind and creative workings. The film features numerous ambient interludes that spotlight Ellis’s prose and writing from both his online columns and his comics.

LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: Matt Fraction & Kelly Sue DeConnick Q&A after the film
WHAT: Free screening of WARREN ELLIS: CAPTURED GHOSTS
WHEN: Friday Jan. 6th, 7-9pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

Bio info:

Warren Ellis sees the future. He is a comic book writer and cyberpunk philosopher living on the edge of tomorrow. He speaks to a cult audience of artists, journalists, scientists and fans who hail him as INTERNET JESUS.

The film was shot over the course of 2010 and 2011 in England, San Diego and New York. It was completed in Fall 2011 and will premiere at the Napa Valley Film Festival in November 2011, before a worldwide theatrical and special engagement run. DVD release will follow in February 2011.

The film was directed by Patrick Meaney, shot by Jordan Rennert, and produced by Respect Films and Sequart, as a followup to the critically acclaimed Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods.

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PRESS GANG PUBLISHERS/COLLECTIVE

FAMILY STYLE
FLOATING WORLD COMICS
STUDY GROUP COMIC BOOKS

BOUND TOGETHER/INK IS THE NEW BLOODS

Press Gang publishers’ party… A trio of like-minded publishers banding together to increase the awesomeness in a variety of as yet super-secret ways and shapes.

LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: Zack Soto, François Vigneault, Aidan Koch, Jennifer Parks, Chris Cilla
WHAT: Studygroup Magazine book release and art exhibit
WHEN: Wednesday Dec. 7th, 6-8pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

BIO INFORMATION:

The long-running Studygroup12 anthology has mutated once again. Now known as Study Group Magazine, it’s a hybrid magazine of cartooning excellence and comics journalism. Printed in vivid two-tone throughout and co-edited by series creator Zack Soto and former Comics Journal editor Milo George, our 64-page debut is a thing of fucking beauty.

Featuring comics and art by:

TREVOR ALIXOPULOS (Hot Breath of War, Mine Tonight)
CHRIS CILLA (The Heavy Hand, Kramers Ergot)
MICHAEL DEFORGE (Lose, Thickness)
DAVID KING (Lemon Styles, Crime World)
AIDAN KOCH (The Whale, Astral Talk)
JONNY NEGRON (Chameleon, VICE Comics)
JENNIFER PARKS (The Lone Wolf, Studygroup12)
ZACK SOTO (The Secret Voice, Ghost Attack)
DARIA TESSLER (Elf World)
MALACHI WARD (Expansion, MOME)

With the features:

BRECHT EVENS profiled by Greice Schneider (The Comics Grid)
ELEANOR DAVIS interviewed by Zack Soto (Studygroup12)
And a monster interview with CRAIG THOMPSON by Milo George (TCJ Library)

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Floating World Comics presents its latest publication – Violence Valley, a 64 page odyssey of animated absurdity by Jesse McManus.

A bright, dumb, gap-toothed lad goes rambling out-doors, inevitably finding himself within the deepest bowels of a living, breathing dog. His passage out the other end involves homespun dental work, a transforming pan-flute and the kind of reverse infestation which will make anyone look twice before they flush.

This comic, told with a void of verbiage that would make Franz Masreel howl at the moon, writhes with rubbery ink while doing a frenetic dance on the fence between classic cartooning and op-art abstraction. If you shoved John Kricfalusi in a blender with Mat Brinkman and successfully dared Bridget Riley to drink the mixture, her resulting stool would look identical to this comic book.

For some, it will recall the joys of freestyle walking down curved pavement, greeting dripping dogs and cross-eyed children. For others, it will recall their lunch as it lurches onto their tongue. In either case, the cyclical structure and ingrained velocity of Violence Valley will instigate the kind of reading experience that leaves folks wet and grinning.

LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: Jesse McManus
WHAT: Violence Valley book release and art exhibit
WHEN: Thursday Dec. 1st, 6-10pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

BIO INFORMATION:

Jesse McManus was born in 1986 and lives in Portland, OR. Though Violence Valley is his first solo comic book to be published, he has appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot 7 and Dan Quayl as well as a slew of mini-comics.

His recent animation work has been shown in the Floating World Animation Festival DMTV2 and the Eyeworks Festival in Chicago, IL. He spends daylight hours working at Bent Image Lab as a character designer and production assistant.

http://www.heyfu.com/

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Floating World Comics is proud to publish Object 5, the first monograph of illustration and graphic design work by Swedish artist, Kilian Eng. The book features over 60 full color pieces created over the last three years. The book will debut at Floating World Comics on Thursday December 1^st and at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest on December 3^rd. The book is limited to 1000 copies worldwide. We’ll have ordering information online soon.

Kilian’s images present alternate worlds where the environment plays a great role. Many of these sequences present visual stories, without any text. This is connected to his growing interest in theatrical mise-en-scène and set design for film. He is fascinated with the details that can create these imaginative worlds; colors and lighting, dimensions and sounds. His inspiration comes from classic and futuristic architecture, surrealism, science fiction, as well as the different elements and shapes in natural and urban landscapes.

OBJECT 5 promotional clip from Kilian Eng on Vimeo.

Special thanks to Infinity Night and Radio Cosmos Records for providing music used in the trailer.

LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: Kilian Eng (artist not in attendance)
WHAT: Object 5 book release
WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 1st, 6-10pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

BIO INFORMATION:

Kilian Eng AKA DW Design was born 1982 in Stockholm Sweden where he still lives and works. In 2010 Kilian Eng graduated from Konstfack, University of Arts Craft & Design in Stockholm from the master group in storytelling, graphic design & Illustration.

A couple of years ago Kilian discovered the possibilities of working in a digital way with illustration. Without losing respect for the powers of pen and paper Kilian started to investigate this new medium. The computer proved to be the perfect tool and gave exactly the kind of workflow he was looking for.

Today Kilian is working digitally with almost every visual project making illustrations rich in color and full of environment. In recent years he has also started to work with animation for telling stories.

On the web:

Début Art (Kilian’s agency for commissioned work) www.debutart.com/kilianeng

Behance: www.behance.net/kilianeng

Tumblr blog: www.dwdesign.tumblr.com

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It’s the day after Thanksgiving. Time to start your holiday shopping with comic books!

50% off all back issues! (Back issues are all comics that didn’t come out this week)

25% off all books and graphic novels!

One day only – Friday Nov. 25th, 11-7pm

(Sale excludes Grass Hut items and vinyl LPs from Landfill Rescue Unit)

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