I got to draw the new bags for @theshq.bsky.social !! I felt it was time to represent the true nature of those fancy boys.
Secret Headquarters
@theshq.bsky.social
Your favorite comic shop since 2005. Atwater Village, CA
There aren't enough characters allowed on here to express how much is going on and how excited we are about it! So here goes nothing: LAABF Thur-Sun, new issue of Sammy Harkham's Terror House with reprints, Go Nagai "Darthman" Tee, Secret Fantasy Swap Meet Tee, the 8 digit pin to my bank acct is 672
It's here, fellow freaks! Dave's at Brain Dead Fantasy Fest armed with the chainmail of friendship, the shield of print bangers and the mace of a new hush-hush "we-stumbled-upon-this" zine that you need to see with your own eyes to believe. Today and tomorrow. Game on, you angels, you have our ax!
Be sure to buy two copies ‘cause Nicolette Wood made a bodacious bookplate and you need both!!
These came out so nice! If you are in LA area, go pick up Ex.Mag 6 from @theshq.bsky.social !!!!!!
Malachi Ward@malachiward.bsky.social · 6mo agoBe sure to buy two copies ‘cause Nicolette Wood made a bodacious bookplate and you need both!!
Coming back down to earth from another ComicsPro! Thanks to all the publishing pals, distribution dawgs, funny paper freaks that visited us over the last week, including but not limited to the mighty @dandq.bsky.social! You know our greatest weakness is @lisahanawalt.bsky.social and Tsuge swag.
INSANE SALE AT SHQ! Hundreds of books discounted at a downright cuckoo 50% off OR MORE! Running thru this weekend and maybe longer... if the guys in white don't come take us away to padded cells!
HOLY MOLY! THIS THURSDAY 2/5, 5-7PM IN ATWATER! We'll have Paying For It books for sale, and have a Chester and a Sook-Yin to sign them. See the film at Laemmle Glendale, opening 2/6! @payingforit.bsky.social Better be here or in a bunker because when they get here, this town's about to EXPLODE.
Atwater BOOLEVARD poppin right off! Moments later these wild animals tore Patrick limb from limb for that "sweet sweet can". RIP Our Patrick.
THIS WEEKEND! Dave's bringing some some of the good good. Friday night for the superfreaks. Saturday and Sunday for regularfreaks. More info: acid-free.info
🚨 NEW SHIRT ALERT 🚨 Presenting "Slam It" & "Park It", 2✌️ new SHQ shirts, illustrated/designed by maestro Emilio Santoyo/EMILIO'S POCKET. thesecretheadquarters.bigcartel.com/product/shq-... thesecretheadquarters.bigcartel.com/product/shq-... Kickoff to the ongoing SHQ 20th Anniversary Collection!
Light the bat signal and cue the Fantastic Four choral theme, SHQ has a sign! Come bask in the glory, but also come inside and stop gawking in the middle of the sidewalk.
Fantastic Dave sez... SHQ will close early today, 5:30pm to be precise, to TRAVERSE THE MULTIVERSE (aka Hollywood on a Saturday night). Excelsior! *cue "FANTASTIC FOUR!" choral refrain*
San Francisco, we are inside of you! Come see us at SFABF, we have Apologies Press books and a super limited run of our new Chainstitch Cap! Don't fret if you don't disco in Frisco. We have more caps on the way and they're up for pre-order on the W.W. Webs. ZINES til they bury me 6ft underground.
SHQ Chainstitch Cap - Zines, Comics or Books [PRE-ORDER]
Throw out your Cosmopolitan magazines and un-tab those Buzzfeed quizzes, the new truest form of the personality test is "Which SHQ Chainstitch...
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👋👋 Gina & Tom!!! Chuffed by a check-in from cross-country comix comrades @partnersandson.bsky.social !!! If you're in Philly for any reason, please pay these dear dudes a visit and be rewarded with some of the raddest comics and zines in the US of A. Safe travels, homies!
Carly is pulling up to LAABF to sign her new collage portrait zine THE DOME from 1-2pm! SHQ is honored to release this treasure for your eyeballs. Each copy comes with a thong silkscreened by Press Friends. And if you can't make it this weekend: thesecretheadquarters.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
First sighting in the wild of our new middle grade GN Greta Whiteshark! And at the impossibly cool @theshq.bsky.social in Los Angeles, no less! With @emilymullock.bsky.social color palette shining through! #kidlit #middlegrade
LAABF STARTS TONITE! We're setting up shop at ArtCenter College of Design in PASADENA with the raddest assemblage of artists, publishers and big time weirdos. AND we're debuting TWO SHQ-published books! Thursday-Sunday. That's what Pasa-deaner was talkin' about! www.printedmatter.org/programs/eve...
Happy Mother's Day! We're rolling so so hard on this massive ART SALE. If you're in a panic and need a last minute gift, we're here for that perfect Charles Burns print Mom's been hinting at for months. DO NOT DISAPPOINT HER.
Anders popped in post-book tour and signed/sketched copies of the SHQ-published TONGUES PROCESS SKETCHES + OUTTAKES! Snag in the shop or online, and if you don't yet have his beautiful TONGUES VOLUME 1... what in sam hill are you waiting for??? thesecretheadquarters.bigcartel.com/product/tong...
Praise Arishem, it's FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! We're loaded up with free All Ages comics, you know for the kids, and we have a Celestial-sized apparel giveaway with purchases of $10, $15, $25 in the shop. Come on in and we're eternally grateful for your patronage!
Straight outta Schulztown! Thanks for poppin' in @redgoldsparks.bsky.social and Phoebe Kobabe! A lucky person with excellent taste is gonna find a signed copy of GENDER QUEER to cherish and flip a finger to the fascists banning books!
Happy GOES LIKE THIS Day! SHQ copies come with a exclusive signed riso print, and we still have a few with Jordan sketches in case you've been sleeping on our post-event stock. Congrats on the magical work, J. Crane & @fantagraphics.bsky.social! thesecretheadquarters.bigcartel.com/product/goes...
Our Shohei shirts are going fast! @superphamicom.bsky.social designed an absolute gem. This is a small run (already out of a couple sizes!), so don't expect this to go too long like his ramp up to pitching again. Grab it before it's going going gone:
SHQ x John Pham SHOHEI Shirt
IT'S TIME FOR DODGERS BASEBALL! Kick off endless summer with the ultimate sweet boy of blue, SHOHEI OHTANI! Drawn by hometown hero John Pham...
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This Friday (3/28, 5-7pm), CRANE TAKES FLIGHT! Glide over to SHQ for the launch of GOES LIKE THIS, a collection of comics by our buddy Jordan Crane. He'll be signing books and each comes with an EXCLUSIVE RISO PRINT!!! Order online or cop in shop: thesecretheadquarters.bigcartel.com/category/jor...
