Meet The Frog God, Jared Konopitski and Fourth Way Comics at Second Saturday Extension

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2013
Time: 7 - 9 pm
Location: Empire's Comics Vault, 1120 Fulton Avenue, Ste. K

We Love Second Saturday

Last month we held our first Second Saturday extension event, and we're excited to bring you another Second Saturday add-on event.

BONUS: To celebrate making the Sacramento News & Reviews' Best of Sacramento 2013 list, graphic novels will be 25% off and any comic from the new comic wall that features a female heroine or is written or drawn by a woman will be 10% off. And a great big Thank You to our customers, to women creatives everywhere, and to SN&R for recognizing us the Most Egalitarian Comic Book Store. The sale starts at 6:30 pm and ends at 9 pm.

Debut of Konopitski's Hand-Painted Art from The Frog God

Local artist Jared Konopitski painted each and every panel of the comic, The Frog God, written and published by Fourth Way Comics. The comic book and the original art will be available for the first time in Sacramento. This also represents the first showing of Konopitski's original art, which will also be for sale.

Sacramento Premiere of The Frog God

Fourth Way Comics' describes the story of The Frog God this way:

"Things are not what they seem in this amphibian tale of death and resurrection.  A young girl embarks on an adventure with a strangely familiar polymorphic entity and discovers her own mysterious power.

With 44 pages of candy-colored imagery, The Frog God combines the fanciful acrylic paintings of Jared Konopitski  with the dreamlike word smithing of RFCL [Radio Free Clear Light]."

The artist and writers will be available to talk about the comic, the creative process and to sign copies of the comic.

Kristi "Batz" Zerga at Creative Women Mini-Con 2013

We're pleased to have Kristi "Batz" Zerga with us at our Creative Women Mini-Con 2013 on Saturday, August 10.

Meet Kristi Zerga

Kristi is co-owner of LEGENDS of Heroes & Villains and LHV Publishing, which publishers several different titles, including its main title, “Kitty & Batz,” a dark comedy about two homicidal adolescents.


At LEGENDS of Heroes & Villains, Kristi writes, pencils, inks, colors, letters, lays out pages, formats, designs logos, and much more. She is also a freelance artist who has done work for tattoos, children's books, comics, body boards, t-shirts, logos, and conceptual art/colors.

She is currently an apprentice sculptor at Bump in the Night FX.

Date: Saturday, August 10, 2013
Time: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Empire's Comics Vault, 1120 Fulton Avenue, Suite K,  Sacramento

ECV Press Cover Artist Krysten Reis at Creative Women Mini-Con 2013

Krysten Reis can't imagine life without art. She is a recent graduate from the Art Institute of Sacramento with a bachelor’s degree and an experienced 2D animator, concept artist, and illustrator.

Immediately after graduating, she began working at a start up game company and has done work with Sigil Stone, Stigma Games, Ink Game Studios, and Gunwale Games. Now she is pursuing her dream of working in comics and does freelance work.

No Life Without Art

Recently, Krysten drew a cover and poster for ECV Press' new book, Trixie Dynamite, which you'll find on our local comics shelf here in the shop. She's also drawn for Scattered Comics.

Krysten is also a fan favorite at our annual Free Comic Book Day Mini-Con. We're pleased to welcome her back for our first Creative Women Mini-Con.

Meet Krysten this Saturday at our Creative Women Mini-Con 2013:

Date: August 10, 2013

Time: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.