Elfsar Comics & Toys Blog

Hey all,  
Wow did this month go by fast!!! 
We are one a week away from the biggest day of the year
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! 
Okay, on with the news…

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TODAY WE NEED YOUR IN ASAP IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY
 DONE SO.  ORDERS ARE DUE TODAY FRIDAY the 24th!

Okay if you have not looked threw previews then give Elfbytes a read. 
I did not have time to get all the pictures up but our reviews are up if
 you want to know what we think.
You can find this months review here:
 www.elfsar.com/Elfbytes%20Articles/April_2009.htm

Note: All Comic Saver File Customers should really find the time to read this
as we sometimes offer product not yet listed in Previews.

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APRIL 25th SEE ROBOCOP AT THE EMPIRE GRANVILLE 7! 

Join Elfsar on Saturday at 7:00pm for a screening of the classic film. 
Not a digital film, the actual negative from 1987!  
Elfsar is a sponsor and will be giving away prizes for this one time showing. 
Tickets are $10.99 and this price includes a regular popcorn and regular drink! 
Get tickets at Elfsar or at the Granville 7 Cinemas. (604) 684-4051

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MAY 2ND (NEXT SATURDAY) IS FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

This truly is the best day of the year.  If you have never been to one at Elfsar,
this is not to be missed. 
Check out the event here: http://www.elfsar.com/FCBD/FCBD_2009.htm

SUMMARY:
1. May 2nd FCBD (Get 5 Free Comics at Elfsar)

(Donate to the food bank and get 5 more free comics,
plus a photo with costumed Heroes and Villains and an entry into a raffle of your choice.) 
The more you donate the better the free comics get and the more chances to win the raffles.
Celebrate our annual geek holiday and help us raise food and money for the Vancouver Food Bank!
Free Comic Book Day starts at 11am and going until 7:00pm. 

We have 4 special guests who will be at Elfsar at various times (they will all be at Elfsar between 1-4pm)

1.)     Artist, writer, film maker KAARY ANDREWS (Spider-man Reign)

2.)     Artist, designer CAMILLA D’ERRICO (Nightmares & Fairy Tales)

3.)     Writer, publisher SEAN O’REILLY (Kade from ARCANA STUDIOS)

4.)     Digital Artist DARYL MANDRYK  (Star Wars and one of the FCBD books
from RADICAL PUBLISHING)

We will have our popular store-wide sale on as well.

BUY 2 GET 1 FREE on all reading material!

SAVE 20% OFF All non reading material!
NOW WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP. 

Please help promote FCBD at ELFSAR at any relevant forums or groups you belong to,
let people know that this is going on and help raise food and money for a charity that is
suffering a lot this year due to the economy. 
Please suggest any ideas you have to us on how we can reach more people.

Join the Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=174148&id=753250202#/group.php?gid=5515647817
and count yourself among the attendees for our upcoming event and more importantly
invite your friends and tell them to invite theirs. 
Bring, drag and force those who don’t read to the store and get them some FREE COMICS!

Links:
OUR WEBSITE: http://www.elfsar.com

FCBD: http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

FCBD at ELFSAR: http://www.elfsar.com/FCBD/FCBD_2009.htm

EVENT on FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=174148&id=753250202#/event.php?eid=33661639968

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MAY 9th PLAY D&D 4.0 AT ELFSAR! 

On Saturday May 9th we invite you to come to the store between 3pm and 5pm for a couple of hours
of some fun.  No knowledge necessary.  Want to learn how to play? Just curious?
Want to see the difference from previous editions?
Come down and play for fun and learn what the game is all about. 
It’s FREE and all you have to do is give us a call (604) 688-5922 or send us an email
and let us know you are coming to the Dungeon Delve. 
www.elfsar@shaw.ca

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MAY 16th GET READY FOR THE STAR TREK KHAN-CON! 

Brought to you by our good friends at 2ND LEVEL WIZARDS. 
On Saturday May 16th Show your Trekkie pride and flaunt your bat’leth for all to see
at Vancouver’s ONLY Star Trek Con starting at 11am and going until 6:30.
Includes:
1. classic Trek episode “Space Seed” featuring Ricardo Montalban as Khan Noonien Singh
2. STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
3. New Star Trek film by JJ Abrams!
4. Costume Contest
5. Chorgh Mile Klingon Rap Battle
6. Cartoons, assorted weirdness, prizes by Elfsar Comics (More info to be updated shortly).
Join the Facebook event at http://tinyurl.com/khancon. Tickets on sale Apr 27.
Love Trek so much just attending just isn't enough? Want to volunteer?
Interested in becoming a sponsor?
Contact them at info@secondlevelwizards.com!

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Phew, I’m tired just writing all that!  The next few weeks are going to be fun, I hope you can make it,

-The Big Elf

Check out the new version of the FCBD promo video.  Enjoy.

Meet Digital Artist Daryl Mandryk (Showcased in this years Free Comic Book by Radical Publishing) He has done cover work for Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic (Dark Horse Comics) and has been featured in such publications as ImagineFX.

Daryl will be joining us this year for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 2nd!

12 - 4pm

Want to see what he has done? Check out some of his incredible art: HERE

Check out his blog: HERE

An always welcome guest is 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.

Sean will be joining us again for this year’s Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 2nd!

Want to see what Arcana is all about? Check out their website: HERE

It’s now official,  artist and designer Camilla D’Errico (Nightmares & Fairy Tales) will be joining us this year for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 2nd!

Check out some of her fantastic art: HERE

Comics

Camilla d’Errico has been drawing comic books since 2001, while attaining her Illustration and Design diploma at Capilano College in North Vancouver. Her first professional comic book project was with Seattle and New York based Committed Comics, for the series Threads. She then took on the role of lead penciler for the four-part mini series Zevon-7. When Zevon-7 creator Quenton Shaw launched QEW Publishing in 2004, Camilla’s creator-owned manga series, Burn, was added to the studio’s project base and was subsequently published by Arcana Studios in May 2008.

In 2006 she was approached by House of Parlance to work on the graphic novel for singer Avril Lavigne. Together with Joshua Dysart, Camilla d’Errico co-created the two-part graphic novel, entitled Make 5 Wishes, which was published in 2007 by Del Rey Manga and Random House in North America and by Tokyopop in Asia. In 2007, Camilla d’Errico became the artist  for Serena Valentino’s series, Nightmares & Fairy Tales, published by Slave Labour Graphics, beginning with issue 19.

Painting

Camilla d’Errico’s career as a painter began in 2006, when she participated in shows at Vancouver’s Ayden Gallery in Gastown. Since early 2007, Camilla d’Errico has been a regular participant in group shows in the Los Angeles galleries Thinkspace, Copro Nason and Gallery 1988. She is among the group of female artists including Audrey Kawasaki, Amy Sol, and Stella-im-Hultberg, who paint females as their subjects. She is part of what may be the first art movement in Western history where women are not second-class citizens, but may even have an edge in the mind of the public, especially when it comes to capturing the essence that is woman. One of the main features of Camilla d’Errico’s paintings is the emotional complexity evident in each character and the fact that every girl always shows a different and intriguing mix of emotions.

Commercial work

In parallel to comics and manga, Camilla has done illustration and design work for Ride Snowboards, Hasbro Toys, Wizkids, OSO Design House and Ginch Gonch, amongst others.

Dark Horse Comics has licensed her art for a Journal and Stationery Set, and Punchbrand has used her as their flagship artist for their artists’ series Crazyhats and Panda Hoodies. She has taken a page from Tokidoki and launched into creative collaborations with many companies in merchandise, foremost with OSO Design House, which launched a line of handbags and accessories designed by Camilla.

Well last night was Wrestlemainia 25.  The 24th anniversary of the biggest night in Sports Entertainment.  Here is my quick grading and thoughts on the event.  (Graded on a 5 point scale)

4.5 Undertaker vs HBK
Wow! I enjoyed the pace of the Undertaker HBK match, they made another match for the young up and comers to study.  I swear I thought Taker broke his neck when he went over the top rope.  I would say this was almost a 5 star match and probably would have been without the botched Superkick and blown turnbuckle spot.

3.5 Hardy vs Hardy
Although I enjoyed the Hardy vs Hardy match it felt hella rushed.  I’m guessing they were told that they only had a certain alotted time and as an act to not disappoint fans they felt forced to squish as many spots in as possible.

 
3.0 Orton vs HHH
I felt Orton really should have won in the main event and provided a reason for people to turn into RAW on Monday.  In my opinion, it would have been the smarter play.

 
3.0 Jericho vs Legends
Seeing Mickey Rourke get into the ring was great to see but I would have thought they would milk it a bit more than a couple jabs and a two punch combo.  I somehow suspected that if Jericho wins, he would then turn to Rourke and ask him to get into the ring.  I also hoped that Jericho would say something along the lines of  “…I can beat any Hall of Fammer and that there is nobody in the Hall of Fame that could beat me.”   Then cue the shattered glass of the newly inducted 2009 Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin’s music.   Now that would have been a huge pop.  I guess getting Austin to put a stunner on the lionheart would cost the WWE too much $$$.

 
2.5 The MITB match
This match scared the heck out of me.  I hope MVP is alright.  We will be seeing this match on many episodes of botchamania shortly.  Without all the botches I would have ranked this match higher as it was still entertaining.

 
2.0 Cena vs Edge vs Bigshow
Meh… No Comment. It felt like just an episode of Smackdown.

1.5 Mysterio vs JBL
I guess this made room for the other matches.  But I can’t seem to shake that this match was an insult to previous Intercontinental belt holders.  This belt has always been known to be the “workers belt” and I can’t say that these two put the work in. We will be seeing JBL on commentary soon.  Seems the logical choice since Tazz is gone.

 
1.0 Mrs Wrestlemainia
What a waste of PPV time.  But hey it’s your token gimmick match.

My Final PPV rating: 2.625 out of 5